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Accounting and Finance  |  Certified Information Professional (CIP)

Why the CIP Is Not Just for Information Pros: An Accountant’s Story

When asked what the CIP means to me, I immediately smile. This accomplishment means a lot - both on a professional and personal level. You must be wondering - how did an accountant become a Certified Information Professional?

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Capture and Imaging  |  Paperless Office

11 Things You Need to Know about Uncontrolled Information

The reality for many organizations is that uncontrolled information – and especially paper -- still has a stranglehold on day-to-day activities. Many tasks requiring review and approval still require physical interactions with paper-based information. There is clearly room and opportunity for business organizations to maximize their information use and value as well as lower operating costs by removing paper from their business processes.

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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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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial Intelligence: Huge Opportunity or the Zombie Apocalypse?

What worries us most is often not what actually gets us—that is, causes us our biggest problems. The enormous human capacity for worry can result in productive focus and taking action. Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) inspires our imaginations, invokes our worst nightmares, and touches our deepest fears. Near-term, it threatens to take away our jobs and leave us with no way to feed our families.

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Compliance  |  GDPR  |  Privacy

GDPR and Cross Border Data Flows Between the EU and the US: Current State of the Law

As a direct response to the Snowden revelations relating to the bulk collection of personal data by US intelligence the European Commission and the US Department of Commerce jointly developed a new framework purporting to considerably strengthen the protection of privacy rights of EU citizen data when such data is transferred to US data processors and controllers. The previous regime under the Safe Harbor was invalidated by the European Court of Justice in Schrems v. Data Protection Authority, which held that EU citizen’s privacy rights are at risk given the broad overreach by US public authorities.

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Electronic Records Management (ERM)  |  Healthcare

Medical Records: Getting Smarter but Not Intelligent

Unfortunately, I’ve had a few recent encounters with our healthcare system. As you would expect, I paid attention to the recordkeeping process. The spectrum ranged from paper to born-digital and has me thinking about my health records in a new way.

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Certified Information Professional (CIP)

In Pursuit of the CIP: Why Did I Wait So Long?

I have a confession to make: I was a CIP skeptic. That’s right; I often found myself questioning whether the body of knowledge CIP represents -- even in its redesigned form -- was truly relevant for today’s information stewards in leading the digital transformation charge. I wondered whether business strategists who comprise the fastest growing AIIM membership sector would find applicability therein? Or, was CIP simply a capstone on a lifelong career for those core (and fewer) content “specialists”?

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