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Document Archival for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

By Dick Weisinger

A Software Information Lifecycle Management survey by UK-based BridgeHead found that Compliance ranked third as a driver for document archival.  First on the list was BC/DR Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.  Second was ‘Data Growth’.  70% of respondents cited Disaster Recovery as

Electronic Data Retention and FRCP Rule 26

By Dick Weisinger

Changes were proposed to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) that will impact litigation and the eDiscovery process.  The FRCP lays out rules that are applied in civil cases that are held in US federal courts.  FRCP rules attempt to create

Paper-based Records Management is slow to Change

By Dick Weisinger

One interesting twist stands out from a recent AIIM  report that shows the results of a survey made among 741 end users involved with information management: eRecords Management policies are still lagging when compared to policies in place for dealing with

XBRL: Financial Content Management Language

By Dick Weisinger

Over the last week Jon Udell of InfoWorld has had a podcast and a number of blog entries about XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language).  Since 2000, many have expected to see a revolution in the accounting and financial industry because

Consolidation in the ECM market

By Dick Weisinger

A May 2006 report by Gartner shows that OpenText, IBM, FileNet and EMC were market leaders in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) marketplace.  The report said that the “ECM market is dynamic” and “marked by technology consolidation”.  That consolidation is happening