The AIIM Blog

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

Blog Feature

Change Management

Change Management: How to Manage the People Side of Change

Change is never easy and can be difficult and even downright frightening. A new process or technology being introduced can bring up thoughts of: How is this new process going to change what I do? Will the organization still need me with the new technology? The way we did this has worked, why should we change something that isn’t broken?

Read More

Blog Feature

Certified Information Professional (CIP)

The New Information Professional – Why I Let Nothing Stop Me from Getting Certified

I’m way too old for this! Seriously, do you know how long it’s been since I’ve taken a major exam?! Besides, I’m not a good test taker! These were just some of the excuses that were preventing me from taking the CIP exam. Well, apparently, I’m not too old, and I’m a better test taker than I expected. I recently took the CIP prep class at AIIM’s headquarters in Silver Spring, MD, took the exam, and I passed. Woo hoo!!!!

Read More

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.

Blog Feature

Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

The Problem with Content

“Content is data in context.” Don’t quote me on that. I didn’t say it. I don’t know who said it. To be accurate, I should say that I don’t know who said it first. Lately, whenever I hear that statement, it’s in the form of “They say, content is data in context.”

Read More

Blog Feature

Compliance  |  GDPR  |  Privacy

What Do the GDPR and New Privacy Laws Mean for U.S. Companies?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which was ratified in 2016 and will be enforced in May 2018, requires companies to meet higher standards for the protection of personally identifiable information. As the deadline gets closer, many US corporations are wondering how GDPR will impact them.

Read More

Blog Feature

Certified Information Professional (CIP)

How to Quickly Become a Trusted Advisor for Digital Transformation

Canon Norway, a division of Canon Europe, is the company in Norway with the most Certified Information Professionals (CIP) on staff. In recognition of this, we interviewed Henrik Klemetsen, Canon Norway’s Head of Marketing and Sales Excellence, to get his thoughts on the CIP program and how he was able to achieve such success with his team.

Read More

Blog Feature

Digital Transformation  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

Digital Transformation Means Tackling the Next Generation of Process Problems

Digital Transformation requires that organizations meet a new generation of process challenges. Holistic customer journeys that embrace multiple sub-systems and processes, often owned by different departments, require a different way of looking at process problems. Looking to specific industries, consider some of the following (per Michael Croal from Cornerstone Advisors).

Read More