Information technology (IT) is an essential part of any organization, and with rapidly changing technologies, funding challenges, and conflicting priorities, it’s essential for organizations to have... View More
In business, the act of finding information we need is an everyday occurrence and the focus is heavily shifting to risk management and compliance. In fact, there was a significant shift in focus to risk... View More
As a technology industry analyst, I cut my teeth and traditionally wrote on technology issues. I’ve covered workplace collaboration for years and can geek out with the best of them. However, the... View More
We are amidst a time of extraordinary change and faced with very real challenges as “customer-centricity” and disruptive digital technologies rewrite the rules as we know them. Time and time... View More
The unrelenting requirement to increase revenues, reduce costs, secure corporate assets and innovate is prompting organizations across all industries to identify areas that are ripe for digital transformation.... View More
I have a great deal of experience with organizations that place their bets on technology at the cost of the organization, or others place their bets on technology and the organization at the cost of the... View More
When we think of rolling out information management solutions, what is the single biggest risk factor for success of the project? The answer is the adoption of the new solution by the people. Why is this?... View More
In a sweeping generalization, which I will subsequently withdraw from the table, I'll state that there are only two types of people: those who walk into a room confident they are the cleverest person there... View More
Back in the 1990s, large-scale digitization projects were common so that organizations could work in a fully digital environment, eliminate file cabinets, reduce risk of loss or misfiling and consolidate... View More
The mantra of our industry has long been one of "being paper-free." This is not new; we have been chanting this since the early days of document imaging. Overcoming the differences between acceptance of... View More
There have been a number of articles on how to win customers, namely, in this unsexy business of electronic document management (EDM) or electronic content management (ECM). It is, indeed, a difficult... View More
We have been accumulating electronic documents in shared drives since the innovation of networked computers and file servers in the early 1980s. Folders and sub-folders defined in shared or network drives... View More
In an attempt to establish transparency and uniformity throughout a system that some may describe as inefficient, unnecessarily restrictive and unclear, President Obama issued Executive Order 13556, the... View More
It’s been six years since I attended the annual Legaltech event in New York. The last time I was there in February 2010, I had the honor of presenting the Day 1 Keynote, “Don’t Build... View More
According to Gemalto, a leader in digital security, more than one billion data records were breached in 2014, and 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker went so far as to deem 2014 “the year of the... View More
According to research and analysis from McKinsey & Company, a survey of 38 life, 33 property-and-casualty (P&C) and nine health insurers revealed that the top-performing (top-quartile) insurers' operating... View More
We know there are risks of data loss and data breaches by external hackers and fraudsters. We see this reported daily. While this is of concern, it is the internal threat of theft by staff or ex-staff... View More
Shared drive remediation is a crucial activity for effective information governance (IG). IG helps to lower risks and costs by significantly reducing data volumes and providing accessibility and structure... View More
Many of us, at some point in our lives, have decided that something must change, and usually, the beginning of a new year is a traditional time to be focused on that change. Some will decide to go to the... View More
