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Email Backup != Email Archive

By Dick Weisinger

A recent online article in Byte and Switch discusses the frequent confusion over the difference between the terms Backup and Archive.  Many people fail to distinguish between the two.  This is particularly true in the case of email. Email backups allow you to

The GIF File Format is Finally Free

By Dick Weisinger

On Sunday the last remaining patent on the GIF file format expired.  From the GNU web site: We were able to search the patent databases of the USA, Canada, Japan, and the European Union. The Unisys patent expired on 20

Putting your finger on what Content Management is

By Dick Weisinger

There’s been a number of articles and blogs over the last week that show that the definition of ‘Content Management’ has become blurred and is continuing to change.  Jim Rapoza at eWeek says that things like collaboration, portals and wikis are ouside

Embedded Document MetaData

By Dick Weisinger

There was a blog here a few months back about PDF/A, a version of Adobe’s PDF file format that is intended to be used for long-term document archival.  AIIM recently updated their FAQ about PDF/A, and it provides good information.