The AIIM Blog
Keep your finger on the pulse of Intelligent Information Management with industry news, trends, and best practices.
Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Technical complexity, and in some cases vendor lock-in, make it very difficult to connect all of the various content systems that typically exist in every organization and access the right content. And that has a negative impact on the productivity of your knowledge workers and on your organization's ability to respond in a timely manner to changing market conditions.
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Automation | Capture and Imaging
Your business deals with documents on a constant basis. Without technology in place, organizing the different types of files and contact points for written communication can be intense. You might have paper contracts, email and attachments, faxes, and web forms all integral to the same client or customer file. This is where capture automation becomes effective in streamlining your productivity and organizational ability.
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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.
Digital Transformation | Intelligent Information Management (IIM)
Many organizations are on some sort of Digital Transformation journey – or they should be. Everyone wants to “transform"; but what exactly is Digital Transformation?
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What if every file—from documents to multimedia—was digital and used the same file format: “File.everything”— wouldn’t that be nice? But for most workers, the present information environment couldn’t be more different. Today, the typical information ecosystem is a content jungle: multiple file formats, a mix of structured and unstructured content, all growing wildly throughout the organization. Under these conditions, search is difficult; unused operational information atrophies into “dark data,” or the untapped, operational content that sits idle in our repositories. Dark data is at once a security vulnerability, as well as a missed opportunity to leverage information to its fullest potential. Fortunately, today, there is a solution.
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“Engagement” is the Holy Grail for every organization, and enterprise collaboration systems are at the heart of efforts to more deeply engage employees. Deloitte notes, “In a digital world with increasing transparency and the growing influence of Millennials, employees expect a productive, engaging, enjoyable work experience.”
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In the true confessions category, I will admit to not having a formal IT background. Yes, I know. Shocking. As a further step down the true confessions path, I will admit that I was an economics and history double-major as an undergraduate.
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