With the dramatic increase in corporate rules, industry regulation and stricter legislation on how organizations conduct business, Information Governance has become indispensable. But until now, it’
You likely already know that information is perhaps the most valuable asset our organizations possess because it is at the root of everything we do: keep records, report on operations, communicate wit
Content may still be king, but now, the ownership and control over it may very well belong to the people! With new pressures introduced by the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)... View More
Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in 2018, reflecting both consumer and enterprise concern for data collection, usage and security globally. This complex set of... View More
Imagine you are being audited or are under a discovery order to present all materials pertaining to a lawsuit. You have well-planned, maintained, and monitored Information Governance (IG) policies and
While understanding the five stages of the electronic document life cycle is vital, creating governance policies and practices are just as important to ensure consistency, security, findability, and defensibility... View More
A business's records management department can play a key role in advancing the information governance initiative throughout the organization. As a neutral party, they can serve as a liaison for the various... View More
Establishing a collaborative information governance committee is vital to sustaining a records and information management (RIM) program. In the past, organizations often formed an oversight committee to... View More
Can an organization manage the vast array of records and information assets without a third-party tool? While Microsoft Office 365 proclaims to have many records management capabilities, it also professes... View More
For many organizations, one of the key drivers to invest in records management and information governance initiatives is to balance recordkeeping risks in discovery during litigation. In normal business... View More
Last week, information governance solution provider Everteam announced the latest version of everteam.discover, everteam.discover 2.1. This updated version... View More
Do you outsource a part of your business and then promptly forget about it? Your answer should be, "definitely not." Outsourced services should be viewed as an extension of your business operations and... View More
Information governance is not a rebranding of records management. It is so much more than that. Yet, some information professionals seem to be locked into a terminology debate that’s focused on just... View More
There is a lot of noise today about information governance (IG). I say noise because, at times, that is what it sounds like—lots of folks talking about IG this and IG that and lots of executives... View More
The change in the enterprise content management (ECM) market is a reality. In fact, it’s been happening for some time. ECM has become a service. New vendor landscapes have emerged to support documents... View More
Experienced business leaders are constantly looking for ways to improve and make the most of their resources. Whether driven by a need to cut costs or the pursuit of a competitive advantage, cloud adoption... View More
Cleaning up shared drives to eliminate redundant, outdated, trivial (ROT) content is pretty easy to do—it has high value for information technology (IT) by freeing up valuable storage, and it has... View More
IBM and other mainframe companies established the concept of software as a service (SaaS) as far back as the 1960s. Since then, SaaS has come a long way in enabling companies to shift electronic content... View More
Today, organizations are increasing the deployment of electronic content management (ECM) technologies to support information governance (IG)/records and information management (RIM) goals and to improve... View More
As businesses today strive to develop a strong, secure framework for information governance, the first thing they must do is gain a comprehensive understanding of their existing information landscape and... View More
Generative AI (GenAI) is set to revolutionize the Customer Communications Management (CCM) industry, driving profound changes in how businesses interact with their customers
