Content chaos is trigger for ECM purchase Growing content chaos within organisations is the main buying trigger for Enterprise Content Management systems
For most new users of Enterprise Content Management systems, the chaotic state of their documents, emails and electronic content is the final trigger to get things under control, according to the annual AIIM “State of the ECM Industry” report. Whilst existing users are putting increased productivity and optimised business processes well ahead of compliance as the main justification for their ongoing ECM investment, new adopters are more likely to be galvanised by the need to take control of their proliferating file shares, email stores, web pages and paper records.
AIIM Tracks Business Benefits of Enterprise 2.0
Business take-up of Enterprise 2.0 has doubled in the last year, according to ECM industry researcher AIIM. There has been a dramatic increase in the understanding of how Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis, blogs, forums and social networks can be used to improve business collaboration and knowledge sharing.
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Organisations Implement Electronic Records Management Using ISO Standards
The AIIM ERM Certificate Program teaches the implementation approach provided in ISO/TR 15489-2:2001 more...
Emails can get you into trouble
It’s not just 10 Downing Street that could have problems with incriminating emails. ECM industry researcher AIIM has found that a third of organisations have no policy to deal with legal discovery and 40% might need to search back-up tapes to find emails that could be relevant to litigation. The AIIM survey, entitled “Email Management, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, also found that 84% would have no way to justify why emails of a certain age or type had been deleted. more...
AIIM’s New ECM Training Course Utilises Innovative MIKE2.0 Open Source Methodology
Use of open source methodology paves way for more systematic approach to ECM implementations
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Electronic content still out of control
In its annual “State of the ECM Industry” research report, AIIM has found that managing electronic office documents is still a challenge for 47% of organisations, and that modern business communication channels - instant messages, text messages, blogs and wikis - are uncontrolled and off the corporate radar for 75% of businesses. However, AIIM’s research also found that whereas two years ago compliance was the main driver for bringing this content into a controlled and searchable environment, cost savings and efficiency are now the main motivating factors. more...
AIIM launches updated ECM and ERM Certificate Programmes
Educating executives on best practices, standards and technologies that yield
effective enterprise content and records management systems
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Organisations Need to Reduce the Cost and Risk of Managing Electronic Information
The non-profit industry association AIIM introduces the
new and improved Electronic Records Management training course
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Content Repurposing – ECM’s Best Kept Secret
Recent AIIM research has found that while companies are adopting new approaches to creating and capturing content, they have not been as quick to adopt innovative delivery and publishing methods. When asked the degree to which content is repurposed, 45% of survey respondents indicated “minimally” or “not at all.” Another 28% indicated that content was only “somewhat” repurposed. more...
AIIM highlights waste on routine inbound transactions
Silver Spring, MD – December 18, 2008 – Recent AIIM research found that 54% of organizations manually re-key some of the content they receive from customers, suppliers, partners and citizens. Nearly 40% of respondents say they don’t scan any of their incoming documents, implying that they still haven’t tapped into the enormous benefits of converting paper documents into a digital stream, despite the fact that these technologies have demonstrated clear ROI from process automation for over a decade. more...
PDF set to be the format of choice for document archives
Silver Spring, MD – December 18, 2008 – Recent AIIM research found that 90% of organizations are using the PDF file format for long-term storage of scanned documents, and 89% are converting Office files to PDF for distribution and archive. Not surprisingly, paper is currently used by 100% of organizations, but when asked to predict the situation in 5 years time, use of paper for long-term storage dropped to 77%, whereas PDF rose to 93%. more...
AIIM - The ECM Industry Association Announces Two New International Training Programs for BPM and Findability
AIIM - The Enterprise Content Management Association announces the expansion of its certificate training program to include two new programs for Business Process Management (BPM) and Information Organization & Access (IOA). These new programs will provide organizations with the skills and knowledge to improve their business processes and optimize enterprise search and findability. Online courses will be available starting September 10 by going to www.aiim.org/training. more...
The AIIM Roadshow,
Based on visitor feedback from last year’s show, AIIM has will provide a much stronger information track on Microsoft’s SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS). The 2008 AIIM Roadshow will visit: Glasgow: April 28th, Bolton: April 29th, Coventry: April 30th, Bristol: May 1st, and London May 2nd.
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AIIM's VP to hold a Pre Conference Workshop at Gartner Summit
AIIM’s VP Atle Skjekkeland will be taking a pre conference session on 4th September as part of Gartner’s Portal, Content and Collaboration Summit. more...
