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...
By Patrick Eitenbichler On April 7th, the Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal published a great article written by Brandon Cook, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Clearwell Systems. Brandon describes how the increasing number of business transactions across borders leads to more litigation, government...
It makes me cringe every time I hear someone say "we don't need to worry about these, they are not records". People usually refer to information that has been created or used in the line of business, but doesn't fall into their organizations "official" definition of business...
By Noel Rath I’d like to discuss archive management and records management and the widespread use of these terms. The Society of American Archivists state that archives management is “The general oversight of a program to appraise, acquire, arrange and describe, preserve, authenticate, and provide access...
By Patrick Eitenbichler Over the past week I talked to a number of customers and industry analysts to better understand whether backup tapes are kept for just a couple of months or for many years. After all, the specs show that the lifespan of e.g. LTO media is 30 years. To my surprise, I found out that...
By Steve Fink We have added five new Information Heroes to our Information Management Digital Hub. Click here to check out the new members of the Information Hero community. You’ll find: Marty Loeber who oversees e-Discovery for Valero's legal department, discussing how the USA’s largest oil refiner...
By Rhys Jones To celebrate Halloween and the nightmare season we are offering a US $1,000 shopping spree at the HP online store to the person that tells us the best story of an information disaster. We are interested in hearing about disasters that impacted – or could have impacted – your backup and...