The AIIM Blog

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

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AI & Automation Trends: 2024 Insights & 2025 Outlook

As we reflect on the transformative developments in AI and automation throughout 2024, several key trends have emerged that are shaping the future of information management. During a recent webinar, AIIM Florida Chapter Chairman Craig Laue and I discussed the top industry news and research of the year and what they mean for the future of the industry. Based on that discussion, here's what we've learned and what we can expect in 2025.

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Capture and Imaging

Information Leaders' Guide to Selecting Imaging Technology: Leveraging TWAIN Standards

As an Information Leader, selecting the right imaging technology for your organization is a critical decision that impacts information flow, accessibility, and management. With the rapid evolution of cloud and mobile technologies, it's crucial to choose solutions that are not only effective today but also future-proof. The TWAIN Working Group standards, particularly TWAIN Direct, offer a framework for making informed decisions. Here's what you need to consider when selecting imaging technology with TWAIN standards in mind.

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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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Archiving  |  Digital Transformation  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)  |  Retention

Wrestling with the Paper Mountain: A Real-World Information Challenge

Discovering What We Actually Have At The Salvation Army Australia, we're facing what I call the "Paper Mountain" - we have this paper mountain, and we don't know what's in most of it. We don't know whether it helps us, whether it hurts us. We know it costs us money every year to store it, but we don't know what's in it.

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Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

From Passive Collection to Process Integrity: How Information Management Has Changed

The Early Days: When We Just Collected Everything When I first joined the information management industry some 25-30 years ago, there was an assumption that information was simply what the business did. They produced it, we trusted it, and our job was to collect it. We never really questioned the information - we just collected it.

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Information Governance  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

Powering Information: Shell's Approach for the Future of IM

At Shell, we recently held an IM business strategy workshop that brought together IM business leads from different lines of business. The goal? To connect the dots between information and data management and chart our approach for the coming years.

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Capture and Imaging

Why Information Management Practitioners Should Care about Document Capture Standards

As an advocate for advanced imaging technologies and standards, I'm often asked why information management practitioners should care about imaging standards like those developed by the TWAIN Working Group. The answer is simple yet profound: these standards are crucial for efficient, accurate, and secure information acquisition and management.

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