Information Governance
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What is an Information Professional?
One thing I heard from MANY people at the AIIM conference was that the concept of an information professional as we understand it was flawed. The claim was that usage patterns of AIIM resources showed that members would join and engage to tackle a single project. Once that project was completed, they would leave AIIM… Continue reading
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Acquisition of Recommind by Open Text Opens Things Up
First the basics. Open Text has purchase Recommind, a strong player in the eDiscovery space. This is Open Text’s second significant acquisition in the past few months, the other being when Open Text purchased some customer experience software components from HP including Interwoven and MediaBin. We knew more acquisitions were coming after they then announced… Continue reading
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The Open ECM Platform
[Originally published on the TeraThink blog] There has been talk of creating enterprise content management (ECM) platforms for years. They typically do not live up to the hype or expectations. The upfront investment typically required dooms most projects before they deploy their first business solution. It has reached the point where if an organization wants to… Continue reading
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Pointing AIIM in the Right Direction
There are a lot of posts flying around about what information professionals need from an association. My discussion on too many associations seems to have struck a nerve and gotten people thinking. Before I dive into details regarding AIIM, I want to share these posts. Donda Young entered the fray discussing what she wants in… Continue reading
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Moving AIIM’s Certified Information Professional Forward
In December, the industry was faced with the prospect of a long needed certification being removed from the market. After the community protested that we need the CIP, AIIM backed off from closing the CIP and committed to updating it to reflect the changes in the industry since the CIP’s inception. So far so good.… Continue reading
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A Whole New World, Again
While the industry was aflutter talking about the fall and rise of the CIP certification, I was planning my next big thing. My next big thing has happened and I am now a director at IBC, a DBS Company. [Note: IBC later rebranded as Dominion Consulting]. What does that mean? Well it means that I’ve… Continue reading
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AIIM Awoke the Sleeping Community and Listened
Last week I shared my opinions on AIIM cancelling the CIP certification program. Similar opinions were shared in many blogs (Mark Owen compiled a nice list), tweets, LinkedIn, and many other channels. I don’t want to dwell on the specifics of those posts because an important thing happened shortly afterwards. Just seven days after AIIM… Continue reading
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The CIP, A Lost Opportunity
[EDIT: 1 week after killing it, AIIM restored the CIP after the community’s feelings about the CIP became known. Read my initial thoughts.] For those that may not have heard, AIIM is killing off the Certified Information Professional (CIP) certification. We’d like to share an exciting development with you. To categorize the news as disappointing… Continue reading
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Sony, Information Governance, and the Quest for Relevancy
People have been writing for months about what could have prevented or lessened the impact the Sony hack. I’ve talked to many people in the information governance industry on this very topic. I’m a firm believer that even with proper information governance policies that were properly followed, the impact of the Sony hacks would be… Continue reading
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Stop Talking about Backups Tapes!!!
This isn’t a rant against backup tapes in IT infrastructure. This isn’t a rant about how backup strategies need to change. It is a rant about all the people that depend on backups for managing information. Stop it! Backup tapes are to restore your system when things go wrong. Period. If you have to keep… Continue reading