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Certified Information Professional (CIP)  |  Enterprise 2.0

Big Data, Operation Narwhal, Project Orca and the Election of a President

OK. We all swore on Election Day that we didn't want to hear one more word about anything to do with the Presidential election. Living in a swing state (Virginia), we were treated to an endless onslaught of horrendous negative ads from both candidates, plus at least 5-10 robo-calls per day. The calls were not lost on kids as young as first graders. A friend of ours who teaches first grade reported that a student came in one morning, very excited, and reported, "Ms. Willis, you won't believe it. We got a personal phone call at home last night from BOTH Mitt Romney and Barack Obama."

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Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

2013 Predictions – Systems of Record and Systems of Engagement – What Comes Next?

As many readers know, about two years ago a Task Force of AIIM members worked with Geoffrey Moore (author of Crossing the Chasm, among many titles) to build out a "future history" of the content industry. The intention was to think about how enterprise information technology was changing in the wake of the influx of consumer technologies.

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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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Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

How Do You Know Whether a Content Management Consultant Is Any Good?

Projects in the content management space -- which often occur at the complex and volatile intersection of content and process -- can often be challenging. Organizations are often at a loss to figure out where to start and turn to consultants and SIs to help plot a course.

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Electronic Records Management (ERM)  |  Enterprise Content Management (ECM)  |  Sharepoint and Office 365

Top 10 AIIM Expert Bloggers for July – ECM, ERM, SharePoint

The AIIM Community offers a space for members of our community to share the information management best practices they've learned from experience on the job. These blog articles provide valuable insights. I was looking through the most popular blog posts for July and thought I would share my top ten here. The rules for qualifying: If you had more than one post in the top 10, I only took the top one. I only counted posts that were done in 2012. So congratulations to all of the following bloggers (and thanks for being involved in AIIM). And the envelope, please....

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Capture and Imaging

The Brave New World of Scanning and Capture – Really?

I recently purchased a new car from one of the largest car dealers in the country (privately owned, $55 million in annual revenues). Given that I am notoriously cheap about cars, it was a very inexpensive car, and we paid cash. After negotiating the deal, we went to the back room where we signed all of the documentation. We signed the following forms:

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Sharepoint and Office 365

What CEOs Should Know about Microsoft SharePoint

We just published a new Industry Watch Report titled, “The SharePoint Puzzle – Adding the missing pieces.” The study, based on the responses from 551 organizations, identified a lack of expertise, lack of strategic plans, and resistance from users as the top three most prevalent business issues associated with SharePoint. But despite these concerns, most organizations are planning to increase or maintain the level of SharePoint spend on internal development, integration to other repositories, training, add-ons, hardware, services and licenses over the next 12 months.

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