The AIIM Blog

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

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Digital Transformation  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

9 Ways Uncontrolled Information Stands in the Way of Your Digital Transformation Plans

Most organizations are on some sort of Digital Transformation journey. Everyone wants it. But what exactly is it? And how do you get there? How can you navigate the changes Digital Transformation brings while staying focused on business growth? How do you avoid disenfranchising employees and losing customers to more digitally savvy competitors?

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Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

Rethinking the Intersection of People, Process, and Technology

Organizations have long struggled with the magic “triad” of people, processes, and technology. This struggle has remained constant through multiple generations of technology – from paper to microfilm to imaging to document management to enterprise content management.

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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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Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

How Important Is Digital Document Consistency?

A repository containing documents that were digitized inconsistently or inaccurately presents a new set of problems for an organization, problems that can hinder the productivity gains they had hoped to achieve.

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Paperless Office

Did You Hear the One about Being Paper-Free?

Oh, that joke is as old as you can imagine, and I have heard a lot of them. And I have heard “offices will be paper-free when (you fill in the blank)”. In fact, I was once one of those people and, to an extent, still am because it is still true.

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Compliance  |  GDPR  |  Privacy

Are You Ready for New European Data Protection Regulations?

GDPR, the new EU data protection regulation, is just around the corner. The amount of personal data stored by companies and governments has ballooned, and the value of that data has multiplied as more and more personal business is transacted on the internet. Identity theft has become far more prevalent. In addition to the disruption to businesses and the impact on customer loyalty that data breaches create, many jurisdictions are looking to bring their data protection legislation in line with the new, internet-based world – although unfortunately, not into alignment with each other.

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Content Migration  |  Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

Content Modernization Is More Complicated than Simple Migration

Organizations have a decision to make relative to the large volume of documents in existing legacy systems. The challenge is that organizations may have millions of documents. Which should be moved and which should stay where they are? What can be safely archived or deleted? According to a Forrester survey, only 7% of organizations surveyed have migrated all content to new ECM systems. The vast majority – 87% – retain some or most legacy content remains in old systems. Updating your infrastructure to take advantage of the benefits of a more modern-cloud-based structure requires a content integration platform – and one that is flexible enough to evolve over time.

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