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Archiving | Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

8 Steps to an Effective ECM Archive Migration

By: John Mancini November 17th, 2009

With the vast number of disparate systems in an organization, along with their relative complexity and enormous amounts of data, ECM migrations can be daunting. This brief list of eight considerations in undertaking an ECM migration is meant to provide a common-sense approach to addressing the process.

8 Things You Need to Remember About Email Archiving

By: John Mancini October 27th, 2009

Have a well defined and detailed calculated business case. Organizations are facing various challenges to take back control and unlock the business value of content, especially in emails. Four challenges drive the business case for email management: Archive email and content for storage space management to reduce operational costs introduced by the increasing volume and size of emails and multiple formats of content types Manage email and content for legal obligations to comply with different rules and regulations which create duties of evidence and documentation, facilitate eDiscovery, or indicate supervision and monitoring for non-compliance Combine email and content to other loosely managed content to minimize risks caused by increased organizational scale and complexity, changed speed and style of communication, lost knowledge. Manage email and content to gain efficiency. Associate email and content to processes and business applications to accelerate business processes

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.