The AIIM Blog
Keep your finger on the pulse of Intelligent Information Management with industry news, trends, and best practices.
AIIM on Air | Certified Information Professional (CIP)
Digital disruption calls for digital leaders with the skills and experience to optimize information assets and transform business. The AIIM Certified Information Professional (CIP) designation has come to represent a badge of competence and knowledge for those entrusted with the task of building an information strategy. But, what do our CIPs say about the certification? How has it helped their work and impacted their career? In this podcast episode, Kevin sits down with three Certified Information Professionals to talk about the certification, the benefits, the process, and their advice for those considering the CIP.
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GDPR | Information Security | Privacy
Now that the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is in force, organizations are ramping up their efforts to re-fresh data subject consent obtained prior to GDPR and under the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC by virtue of which opt-out or implied consent was permissible.
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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.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Automation
Artificial intelligence has the ability to change our lives for the better. Increasingly, businesses are looking to automation to complete tasks in a more cost-effective and efficient manner. Unfortunately, automation may lead to job loss. In fact, the finance, manufacturing, and service industries have already cut jobs due to automation.
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The threat of a hack is greater than it ever has been before with, technology now reaching all parts of the world and granting access to the internet uniformly. The effects of such hacks have been seen in the news lately as well as major corporations like Sony, Yahoo, and Equifax experience the terrible consequences of cyber breaches.
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In light of recent events, we can all agree that information security has been criminally overlooked on some major fronts across most industries. Absolutely mind-boggling attacks on major corporations like Sony, Yahoo, and Equifax have consecrated InfoSec in the most frightening way possible. It is entirely possible that InfoSec had been given the resources it needed in those conditional circumstances but, given the unmitigated damage and lack of response, it is beyond fair to say that InfoSec may not have been a high priority. The benefit, if any, of these attacks is that they cemented the need for InfoSec in all businesses of all sizes.
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If we were to believe everything we hear in the press, then all computing and data storage is moving to the cloud — and quickly! The reality, though, is more nuanced. Firstly, there is no singular cloud; instead, there are hundreds of clouds to choose from. Secondly, not everything is moving to the cloud, and even the stuff that is is moving slowly. The world of Information Management has been somewhat slow and reluctant to move to the cloud, and often with good reason.
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