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Keep your finger on the pulse of Intelligent Information Management with industry news, trends, and best practices.

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Paperless Office

12 Steps to Take Right Now to Create Paperless Processes

The song of being paper-free has been sung since the early days of document imaging. As technologies have advanced and business organizations have come to realize the negative impact paper has on operational processes, getting rid of paper is fast becoming a possibility And while it may not be enterprise level, there are definite signs that departmentally, as seen in this report highlighting changes in HR and AP, businesses are making the transition to a paperfree business model.

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Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS)

Why Can’t Most Organizations Get Their Act Together on File Sharing Technologies?

Let's take a look at the policy environment (or lack thereof) that surrounds how most organizations use sync and share technologies. File sync and share are on the rise, yet there is still a cultural challenge and user reluctance slowing organizations from moving in this direction. While there are proven technologies available, 29% of our respondents cite concerns over security and unauthorized access to their information as a big challenge in implementing a file sync and share solution. For 19%, the challenge they face is a lack of understanding the full benefits file sync and share can bring to their organization, and for 20%, it is the cultural challenge related to change management, combining a lack of management support (12%), and user reluctance (8%).

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14 Steps to a Successful ECM Implementation

Making an ECM implementation successful requires planning and attention to detail. The best way to create the right solution is to identify organizational goals and priorities. Learn how to manage a successful implementation in our free guide.

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Compliance  |  Information Security  |  Privacy

Privacy Back in the News Again

The disclosures this week from Yahoo, about government access to private emails, have fueled another round of discussions about the role of privacy and security in an internet/social age. One of the issues that I think is not fully understood about this issue – especially in the U.S. – is the fundamentally different perspectives about privacy that exist in Europe, and how those differences then manifest themselves into policy.

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Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

[Infographic] Current State and Future Trends in Enterprise Content Management

Information management is boldly on the horizon. Everyone from C-level thought leaders to end users are dreaming up enterprise content management possibilities and asking an important question: how can my organization go beyond its current ECM state?

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Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

Infonomics: How Do You Measure the Value of Information?

It seems obvious: In an age of Digital Transformation, the information assets of an organization are increasingly THE defining source of organizational value.

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Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS)

3 Reasons Why You Need to Pay Attention to Unsanctioned File Sharing

Are your employees using file sharing tools that you don’t want them to use? If so, you are not alone. In fact, 65 percent of organizations surveyed reported that they are aware that their employees are using unsanctioned file sharing tools, according to a new AIIM research report. And the fact that the other 35 percent said they are “not aware” of employees using unsanctioned tools is not necessarily reassuring, as this is not an indication that it’s not happening.

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