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I am not here to tell you to leave all of your information on (file shares in) file servers, however we have learned after working with many customers needing Records and Information Management solutions that sometimes it’s just better to leave your files in place. At least for a while. Placing record retention policies on files (on your file servers) is very feasible if you stay within reasonable bounds.

The Veritas Information  Map, a new tool to enable businesses to delve deep into their data stores to recognise and prioritise information across their organisations, is one of a number of releases being delivered over coming months as Veritas completes full operational separation from Symantec, due by October 2015.

IBM has announced the acquisition of Compose, Inc., a privately held US company that provides MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, and other database as a service (DBaaS) offerings targeted at web and mobile app developers. Financial terms were not disclosed.

When you go swimming, do you creep in slowly or jump right in? I’ve tried both and have decided that jumping in is by far the better way. A few seconds of shock at the temperature change and then I’m swimming happily. Why endure slow temperature change torture when the whole body adjusts quickly?

Content, data, information – no matter what your terminology, it’s everywhere and being created by everyone in your organisation. No surprise; that information is not always properly governed by the people creating the content – much less by the organisation itself.

Organizations rarely lack information in this new world of work. Unfortunately, information is gridlocked and unavailable to drive business decisions on the fly, according to new research from Ricoh and IDC.

Users who are familiar with a traditional DM system expect to be able to overwrite existing versions of a document.  This is because not all changes are so important that they need to be published as a new version of the document.  When those users first move to using SharePoint they are pleased to hear that SharePoint supports versioning – not only the Major versions that they are used to but also Minor or Draft versions as well.  The only problem is that they cannot overwrite an existing Major version – only an existing Minor version can be overwritten.

H&R Block has broadened its online on boarding process to include a paperless background check that slashes staff and turnaround time.

The CBH Group, Australia’s largest co-operative owned by around 4,200 Western Australian grain growers, has completed a major ECM migration from OpenText eDOCS 5.3 to Content Server 10.5, implemented by solutions provider Fastman.

There are many reasons organisations are implementing Document Management Software (DMS) to replace traditional paper filing systems, from superior organization and security to increased productivity and profitability. However while many anticipate the paperless office presents a win-win equation for both businesses and their customers, uptake is stalled in many industries as different inherent barriers prevent what seems to be a natural migration.