The AIIM Blog

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

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Cloud

Weighing the Pros and Cons of Your Journey in the Cloud

There is a lot of interest and discussion about the cloud these days— and for good reason. As business leaders and department heads identify impediments to their teams’ effectiveness, they are beginning to recognize that the cloud is not just about storage; it’s about flexibility, process improvement, and savings. But it will take a balanced perspective to cash in. As with any important business decision, a crucial step is to weigh the pros and cons to determine its suitability for your unique use case. Here is a list to get you started:

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AIIM on Air  |  Change Management

[Podcast] Solving The Number One Barrier to Digital Transformation

Over the course of several years, Kevin Craine has interviewed hundreds of folks in Information Management for the AIIM on Air podcast. There are a few questions Kevin loves to ask his guests: What’s your biggest challenge right now? What’s the one thing keeping you from truly innovating at your job? What is the single most significant barrier to digital transformation at your company?

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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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Capture and Imaging

Overcoming the Challenge of Unstructured Information

According to AIIM research, 75% of the organizations we surveyed view digital transformation as “important” or “very important” to their organization. Survey respondents point to techniques like advanced data capture, machine learning, and process automation to provide the powerful potential to reengineer and improve core business processes. The trouble, however, is that that the majority of information capture and content management solutions on the market have been built to work with highly-structured and pre-determined information and workflows. Feedback from our AIIM community of practitioners tells us that working with unstructured information is one of the biggest barriers to digital transformation.

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Automation

Four Best Practices to Guide Your Intelligent Automation Journey

There is a growing disconnect in organizations between their desire for process automation and the information that is needed to drive those processes. 54% of the information needed within a particular business application is stored within the application itself rather than within a dedicated content repository, a percentage that has remained remarkably consistent over the past five years.

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Digital Transformation  |  Electronic Records Management (ERM)

Six Steps to Digital Transformation

At the heart of any digital transformation journey is information. Information is the currency that fuels and funds innovation, process improvements, and organizational performance. As a result, an organization’s information is its most valuable asset; the common denominator in customer experience, business agility, operational excellence, and automation.

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Certified Information Professional (CIP)

Preparing for the Online Proctored CIP Exam - Avoiding Common Pitfalls

We've been offering the Certified Information Professional exam in a proctored online format for about a year now. In that time, we've noticed some common pitfalls that cause issues with candidates or even prevent them from completing the exam. Here are the top three issues candidates run into and how to avoid them:

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