Information
This is the work part. Posts here relate to the craft of my career and profession.
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There Goes AIIM CIP
When I wrote about the state of the information professional community last week, I really didn’t think I would be revisiting the topic so soon. While we can self-organize using Meetup, having a national association really makes a difference in the success of every community effort. What made AIIM valuable in this role was their… Continue reading
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Where Is The Content and InfoGov Community?
It has been a long couple of years. Everything has moved online and maintaining the sense of community in the Information Governance (InfoGov) industry has been a challenge. That is not even taking into account the continued changes our association space that we’ve been seeing. To be honest, I miss seeing my industry colleagues and… Continue reading
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Open Source ECM is Dead
It finally happened. An acquisition in the ECM space that was so newsworthy I had to write about it. One so big that it is going to fundamentally change the market. Hyland just announced that they are acquiring Nuxeo. I never thought that an acquisition involving these two firms would be so newsworthy. However, this… Continue reading
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Remembering My Family’s Ada Lovelace, Aunt Nancy
This year for Ada Lovelace Day, I want to share my Aunt Nancy with you. A year ago on this day, I was preparing to head to Huntsville, AL to attend her memorial service. I had been unable to attend her husband’s memorial earlier in the year and I wasn’t going to miss saying good… Continue reading
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Content Services Made Possible With AWS
[Originally written for the TeraThink blog. Additional edits have been to clarify context.] We’ve shared a bit about how we’ve setup a working infrastructure for content services at USCIS. While it hasn’t always been easy, there have been a few key takeaways that have made TeraThink’s efforts successful. Define business-centric APIs. We currently use Mule… Continue reading
36 CFR Part 1236, Alfresco, Amazon, Aurora, AWS, Box, Cloud Computing, CloudHSM, Containers, Content Services, Crypto Delete, Crypto Erase, Cryptographic Object Storage Service, Digital Transformation, ECM, FIPS 140-2, Information Governance, Information Management, Lambda, MuleSoft, Records Management, SaaS, SP 800-88 Rev. 1, TeraThink -
Join TeraThink At Alfresco’s 2019 Government Summit
[Originally published on the TeraThink blog] Alfresco is bringing their Alfresco Days series of events back to D.C. again on May 23. The 2019 Alfresco Government Summit focuses on generating discussions around leveraging Alfresco as a platform in the cloud. Specifically, as an open source content services platform living in AWS. TeraThink will be there… Continue reading
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Digitally Transform Your Processes and Information Governance Policies
[Originally published on the TeraThink blog] One of the great things about using content services in your digital transformation efforts is the automation a lot of information governance processes. You can link business entities, automate the application of policies, and reduce duplicate content. All of which increases reliability of information and reduces redundancy. The newly… Continue reading
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Book Review: Switch
I’ve been reading a lot of history instead of industry books lately. I finally decided to pick up an industry book and grabbed Switch off of my pile. I received a copy of it years ago at some event and had been meaning to read it. Recently, several people have mentioned it on Twitter and I… Continue reading
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Building The Next Generation Of Leaders At InfoGovCon 2018
[Originally published on the TeraThink blog] Once again, I am attending the Information Governance Conference (InfoGovCon) in Providence, Rhode Island. In addition to the excellent content during the main conference, The Information Coalition team added two new components to the agenda, the Leadership Summit and CIO Breakfast. I was honored to be asked to represent TeraThink… Continue reading
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Learning Lessons As We Make Content Services A Reality
[Originally published on the TeraThink blog] I’ve been speaking a lot about content services of late. At TeraThink, we are a big believer that good content services are a solid foundation for excellent user experience. This is why I’ve been focused on dispelling some of the hype around content services. One of the reasons I, and… Continue reading