Bob Larrivee

Bob Larrivee is a recognized expert in the application of advanced technologies and process improvement to solve business problems and enhance business operations. In his career, Bob has led many projects and authored hundreds of e-books, industry reports, blogs, articles, and infographics. In addition, he has served as host and guest subject matter expert on a wide variety of webinars, podcasts, virtual events, and lectured at seminars and conferences around the globe.
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May 2015
Enterprise Content Management Is Mission Critical for Majority of Businesses: Now What?
BY Bob Larrivee
May 7 2015
| #7 TOP READ — Not so many years ago, when you asked about enterprise content management (ECM), it was common to hear the words, “ECM is nice, but I do not consider it to be mission critical...
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March 2015
Are You Thinking About ECM Multidimensionally?
BY Bob Larrivee
March 16 2015
What does that mean: multidimensional thinking? It really depends on your perspective and role in an organization. When we talk about design and development organizations, multidimensional might mean creating...
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February 2015
Digital: A Faster and Better Way of Doing Business
BY Bob Larrivee
Feb. 10 2015
Paper is still a dominant part of many organizations, clogging and slowing processes. There are many reasons for it being present, including human reluctance to eliminate it. This is intriguing since many...
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January 2015
Can an Email Client Become the Single Point of Access to Your Information?
BY Bob Larrivee
Jan. 8 2015
Welcome to 2015! Growing demand for simple, flexible interfaces by the user community dictates that businesses of all types assess user needs and select tools that align with organizational requirements...
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Yes, Your Physical Signatures Are Slowing Down the Process
BY Bob Larrivee
Dec. 2 2014
There are many instances throughout various business transactions where a signature is required on a document. While this is to be expected, the way signatures are applied can and does have a significant...
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Corporate Information Security: A Frightful Awakening
BY Bob Larrivee
Oct. 30 2014
Here we are in October already, a month known for tricks, treats and scary things lurking about waiting to frighten you. While it is a time for fun and social interactions, it is not a time you want to...
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Information Governance: Organizing for the Organization
BY Bob Larrivee
Oct. 9 2014
There is a lot of buzz growing once again about information governance and the importance of organizing information to align with compliance requirements and findability. This is not a new concept nor...
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Establishing Information Intelligence
BY Bob Larrivee
Sept. 12 2014
If you look at the word intelligence, you may find Webster’s definition to include “the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one\'s environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective...
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Why Everyone Thinks ECM Is So Complex
BY Bob Larrivee
Aug. 7 2014
In my travels, I have often been told how complex enterprise content management (ECM) is to understand and implement. I find this somewhat curious and disconcerting. Perhaps this is due to my longevity...
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Why Capturing Information Is Key to Your Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plan
BY Bob Larrivee
July 7 2014
Here we are, Florida in late June, headed into hurricane season. It is the season we stock up on water, batteries and many other supplies in case we should need them for survival. This time of year also...
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Help Wanted: When to Look for Outside Expertise for Your Information Management Project
BY Bob Larrivee
June 5 2014
This is an interesting comment: help wanted. To many of us, this would be interpreted as a company seeking employees, but for the sake of this article, I suggest it means the company is seeking expertise...
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Technology Implemented for the Sake of Technology Will Not Work for Your Content Organization
BY Bob Larrivee
May 18 2014
Whether teaching, lecturing or just talking about enterprise content management (ECM) with folks, one thing commonly told to me is that the technology is in place, but the findability situation is still...
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Hold It: Why Uniform Policy Enforcement Is Crucial to a Litigation Hold
BY Bob Larrivee
March 11 2014
I was reading an article titled, \"Sanction Imposed for Inadequate Implementation of Litigation Hold,\" where the discussion focuses on the defendants\' efforts to preserve information and the efforts...
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What Is Information Governance, and Why the President Thinks It's Important
BY Bob Larrivee
Feb. 19 2014
President Obama\'s joint memorandum, which I wrote about in my last column, clearly demonstrates a need for governance and accountability. Given this, information governance becomes the focus and, as a...
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Mandates, People and Recordkeeping: The Human Factor Matters
BY Bob Larrivee
Dec. 2 2013
On August 24, 2012, President Obama issued a memorandum regarding the management of government records, citing the need for reformation of the policies, practices and framework that would bring about a...
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Why Is Your Information Capture So Hard? It Could Be Your Consistency.
BY Bob Larrivee
June 10 2013
One of the things I hear over and over is that information capture is a challenge due to the magnitude of information creation. We create information at an astounding rate and store it with the expectation...
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What Is an Electronic Document Management Life Cycle?
BY Bob Larrivee
March 26 2013
For purposes of discussion in this article, the term document is defined as "recorded information or an object which can be treated as a unit." Document management, often referred to as document management...
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If It’s Good Enough for the Supreme Court…
BY Bob Larrivee
Sept. 10 2012
I recently read an article on News-Press.com titled, "Florida Courts to Ditch Paper and Go Electronic," detailing how the Florida Supreme Court is committed to this move and has made it mandatory that...
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What Is Document Management?
BY Bob Larrivee
May 9 2012
Even though this technology has been around for some time now, this is still a question I am frequently asked and find to be confusing for many. What exactly is document management, and what are the key...
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Singing the Email Blues
BY Bob Larrivee
Dec. 13 2011
Are you singing the email blues? "My inbox is full. Email is hard to find. I need more info but do not want more email. Attachments are killing my eDiscovery efforts." All of these are lyrics to what I...
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