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

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Information Governance  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

The Future of Records Management: Breaking Down Silos and Building Bridges

As someone who's been in the information management field for over 25 years, I've witnessed significant shifts in how organizations handle their information. One of the most notable changes I'm seeing is how records management is evolving and finding new homes within organizations.

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Human Resources  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

Future-Proofing Information Management Through Talent Development

The evolution of information management demands a new approach to talent development. As someone who transitioned from traditional librarianship to leading digital transformation initiatives, I understand the importance of continuous learning and adaptation.

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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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Change Management  |  Information Governance  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

Celebrating Information Management: Shell's Annual IG Week

At Shell, we believe in the power of information management (IM) to drive business success. That's why, once a year, we host an Information Governance Week - a dedicated time to focus on the importance of IM across our organization.

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Big Data  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

Building Information Governance in the Age of Data Lakes

When Systems Don't Talk to Each Other In my organization, we have dozens of corporate systems, and all of them do really important things as part of the work of the organization. But if somebody wants to ask a question like, "How are we providing services into a particular community?" and "What are the types of services in a particular community we're offering over time?" - we have to go to multiple systems to answer these sorts of high-level questions.

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Archiving  |  Digital Transformation  |  Intelligent Information Management (IIM)  |  Retention

Wrestling with the Paper Mountain: A Real-World Information Challenge

Discovering What We Actually Have At The Salvation Army Australia, we're facing what I call the "Paper Mountain" - we have this paper mountain, and we don't know what's in most of it. We don't know whether it helps us, whether it hurts us. We know it costs us money every year to store it, but we don't know what's in it.

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Intelligent Information Management (IIM)

From Passive Collection to Process Integrity: How Information Management Has Changed

The Early Days: When We Just Collected Everything When I first joined the information management industry some 25-30 years ago, there was an assumption that information was simply what the business did. They produced it, we trusted it, and our job was to collect it. We never really questioned the information - we just collected it.

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