The AIIM Blog
Keep your finger on the pulse of Intelligent Information Management with industry news, trends, and best practices.
Business Process Management (BPM) | Document Management
When most people think of e-forms, they think of a fillable PDF that is printed, signed, and either scanned for emailing, faxed, or – heaven forbid – mailed. Whichever scenario you conjure up, a fillable PDF is not a “true” electronic form and cannot provide companies with an integrated solution to streamlining and automating key business processes. Here are eight ways in which “true” electronic forms can transform your business. This is especially important, since according to Gartner, 85% of business processes rely on forms.
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Intelligent Information Management (IIM)
Most organizations do not realize the actual volume of data living and breathing on their corporate web properties, document management systems and file shares. In a world where it is estimated that around 80% of corporate data exists in unstructured forms; knowing how to turn the contents of that digital landfill into a knowledge asset presents a huge challenge for any business. But by capturing, sharing, and retaining that knowledge, you will definitely build business advantage. Here are eight things you need to do get the most out of your digital landfill.
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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.
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) | Intelligent Information Management (IIM)
I've been both reading and listening (I know, very nerdy) to Tom Peters' new Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence. Lots of thought-provoking ideas and the audio is a hoot because a) Tom does it himself, and b) a book with lots and lots of repetition and big giant letters comes across interesting as an audiobook, particularly when one is running around and around and around a 1/16 mile track.
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Change Management | Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
For better or worse, I have been in the ECM industry for over a decade and a half. During this time, I have consistently seen opportunities for organizations to use ECM to bring about transformative value. But more often than not, ECM implementations fall short of the initial promise.
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Compliance | Information Security
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. (James F. Byrnes) Risk, just like death and taxes, is part of everyday life. The risk associated with business information and knowledge is sometimes dismissed as acceptable business overhead. However, the need to maintain and raise the value of business information is clear during economically challenging times. To this end, here is a crash course in improving information risk for your organization.
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Information Governance | Intelligent Information Management (IIM)
1. "IT doesn't matter." When Nicholas Carr published this statement in the Harvard Business Review in 2002, there was an outcry from the IT pundits. Obviously, the fear of becoming irrelevant seemed exaggerated. Today we know Carr was right. He realized that we should talk about services and information, delivered based on our requirements fitting the needs of the business and other stakeholders such as employees and clients, instead of concentrating our energy on running bulky machines heating up the environment and driving up the electricity bill. So the T in IT is becoming less important. Typical IT Governance initiatives are still focused on in-house IT installations and software development; this will have to change. IM can support this.
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