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Electronic Records Management (ERM)

What’s Wrong with Records Management?

There is something very wrong with how organizations manage information of business or legal value. Most ECM or ERM systems are not deployed across an enterprise; they are usually implemented in large and regulated industries to improve the control of information in a specific department or process. Why do so few business executives care about records management? The answer is complex, but here are a few thoughts.

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Electronic Records Management (ERM)  |  Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

The Future of ECM and ERM – A Panel Discussion at AIIM Chicago

I recently attended a meeting of the Chicago chapter of AIIM, where a stimulating panel discussion on the future of ECM and records management took place. I wish I had recorded the conversation, but I took some great notes that I wanted to share with you all.

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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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Electronic Records Management (ERM)

Continuing to Extend the Paper-Centric Records Paradigm Is like Having a Blacksmith Work on Your Lexus

Continuing to extend what we did with paper into the world of electronic information is like having a blacksmith work on your Lexus. At some point, we're all going to need to think through the implications of what we're doing right now. Like in Family Man, a favorite movie of mine, we get "glimpses" into something different, but we can't quite get our arms around it.

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Electronic Records Management (ERM)  |  Information Governance  |  Social Media

Poking at the Soft Underbelly of Social Media

Now in the spirit of true confession, let me admit that I am a social media zealot. I was an early member of Facebook (according to my daughter, perilously close to the creepy edge before it was mainstream). I've been blogging for years on the AIIM Blog. Ditto Twitter, pretty early on. Together with Atle Skjekkeland, I launched an early content management social network (InformationZen) on a Ning platform over a weekend after our IT people told us it would be at least six months before they could get to it. Inside of AIIM, we were playing around with Yammer before IT even knew what was going on. My list of sins in the name of small business expediency is not insignificant.

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Capture and Imaging  |  Document Management  |  Electronic Records Management (ERM)

8 Things You Need to Know about Managing Your Personal Electronic Information

In this day and age, we are faced with more and more electronic receipts, contracts, bills, etc as the paper ones continue to be phased out. However, what about that garage full of old documents you’ve been collecting for the past twenty years?

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Collaboration  |  Electronic Records Management (ERM)

8 Ways to Balance Collaboration Efforts with Traditional Records Management

If you’re like most companies these days, you’re in the midst of deploying collaboration tools, such as SharePoint, in an attempt to meet users demands for more open communications. At the same time, you’re probably maintaining an array of legacy records management systems, deployed a decade or more ago, which are used to manage a specific subset of data in a very specific way. If you haven’t already noticed, these systems are like oil and water.

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