Category Archives: Entium
Business Process Analysis – Part I
I thought I would chronicle the latest project that I am working on. The project is a Data Management (i.e. Content Management) for a large Engineering firm. It’s a classic scenario where data and documents are co-mingled into silos of applications that need to … Continue reading
Quantifying Records Management
Those in the ECM community, Risk Management, Legal, IT and the Corporate Board Rooms have discussed why we need records management. Most of the discussions center around Compliance followed by Cost Savings. There are many variations on these themes but generally they … Continue reading
Document Capture
Much has already been written about capturing paper documents and their storage and retrieval. Technology exists at all levels for the capture of paper documents, from the mass scanning of documents, to full document OCR, and zone able OCR. The … Continue reading
Open Source vs. Paid ECM systems
There is a lot of news and buzz these days about Open Source systems and how they are “better” for an organization vs. the traditional paid source ECM systems. The industry is currently occupied by both types of systems. Open … Continue reading
Enterprise library
Everything a corporation owns is subject to discovery. Paper files, electronic, email, reports, web pages you get the idea. In making everything a company owns accessible and electronic, it also makes everything discoverable in a much more comprehensive and meaningful … Continue reading
Types of RM Systems
RM or RMS Records Management Systems, which were once stand-alone platforms that mostly handled box management, have now been merged into larger organizations and now make up a component of a larger information management offering. DM or DMS Document Management … Continue reading
Record System Terminology
There are phrases and terms that are key in the records management community, many of which are also used in the technology and business communities. But across these communities, the terminology is often used in inconsistent and overlapping ways, which … Continue reading
Records Retention and Technology
I’ve been asked to participate in the writing of a book that is scheduled to be published here in the United States early next year. The book is about Records Retention and I’ve been asked to put together “Chapter 4″ … Continue reading
ACLs In the Enterprise Library
A while ago I was asked the question, How ACLs would work within the Enterprise Library. The idea is that when content is created in one “system” through a workflow or business process then that content needs to be available … Continue reading
Enterprise Library not ECM
We hear a lot of acronyms thrown around in the Content Management space. Each having their own unique definition or being an aggregator of previous acronyms (take ECM for example). Here are just a few: WCM DM RM ECM EDMS … Continue reading