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In my last post I spoke about how the transfer of structured data from the source system into the records management system works. Now that we have covered this step, lets look at some of the special features that you want to manage structured data as records. Like any other record, you want to be able...
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Once you have defined what the records that you extract from your structured business application look like and how they are classified in the target records management system, you are ready to start transferring them. There are different things to consider depending on what type of transfer you are...
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Today I want to write about the second step in the process of structured records management , the classification of structured records. Structured business applications are built to perform consistent tasks as part of well defined day-to-day business processes. This, combined with the predictable nature...
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After last weeks overview of the structured records management process , I want to start giving you some details of what each step in the process involves, beginning with the definition step. Records stored in relational databases, as the name suggests, are made up from individual data items stored in...
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In my last post I started on the subject of Structured Records Management, an area of records management that is re-gaining a lot of relevance because ALL electronically stored information is discoverable in e-Discovery and FOIA, not just unstructured documents. In this and some subsequent posts I would...
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I started my professional life when computers were big machines that filled rooms and only large corporations could afford them. In smaller businesses many of the administrative tasks, such as accounting, keeping customer registers, product catalogs, managing personnel, leave control, payroll etc. were...
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by Mary Caplice I was reading an article today from Forrester (‘Q&A: The Economics Of Green IT’) about how companies can not only save money by going green, there may also be government incentives and utility company programs to help them. They may even incur penalties in some regions for not going...
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By Mary Caplice Although we’re all experiencing the effects of a worldwide downturn in the economy, organizations are finding that there are certain things they can’t ignore and wait until the economy improves. They’re finding that they have no choice but to invest time and technology in reducing costs...
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By André Franklin In part 3, we discussed seven principles. If the principles are observed, you are unlikely to ever have the need to migrate to a different archiving platform in the near future. The seven principles are: Thoroughly understand your email environment Set clear archiving goals that will...
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by Mary Caplice Benjamin Franklin first said "In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes" but we’ve come across recent evidence from an HP customer that one can be avoided, sort of (but it’s not death, sorry!). This customer has thousands of old, de-commissioned applications that...
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by Ali Elkortobi Data needs to survive technological evolutions because data may still be needed many years after its creation and active usage. Structured data is particularly challenging since it must be stored in a format that survives: • Database evolutions and migrations • Application versions and...
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By Linda Zhou The HP Integrated Archiving Platform (IAP) supports local and remote replication. There are two replication methods for copying data between two IAP systems: one-way replication and cross replication. These techniques are in addition to the disk-level mirroring built into IAP. To illustrate...
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by Janani Mahalingam What does Cloud Computing mean? What does it mean for archiving world? Cloud computing is the concept where you get IT resources by just turning a knob - just like you get hot water or cooking gas whenever you want by turning a knob. These resources are always available and you will...
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 by Kevin O'Malley Recently I spoke at several Oracle user conferences and had a lot of inquiries about what it takes to implement a database archiving project. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions with answers. Please feel free...
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by Kevin O'Malley Recently, HP hosted a customer case study with Tektronix that detailed their global database archiving strategy. The following is an interview style blog with Lois Hughes of Tektronix on some of the key elements of their implementation. If you'd like to view the complete webinar...