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• May 08, 2014 08 May'14

  Lessons learned from DAM product buying process

  Buyers share their lessons on the digital asset management product buying process and how to sort through a fragmented market.

• April 29, 2014 29 Apr'14

  A SharePoint upgrade can educate users about information governance

  Upgrading or migrating to a new version of SharePoint gives companies a chance to clean up their content and revive information governance training.

• April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14

  SharePoint 2013 migration revitalizes content accessibility

  SharePoint 2013 search has improved, but content accessibility really lies in encouraging users to rethink information and its organization.

• April 17, 2014 17 Apr'14

  Better user adoption of SharePoint ECM needs a flexible approach

  For widespread adoption of SharePoint ECM features, find out how users work and be ready to adapt to their processes.

• April 15, 2014 15 Apr'14

  SharePoint social success starts with a collaborative culture

  For SharePoint social features and other social collaboration tools to pay off, organizations need to build a culture in which sharing is rewarded.

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• April 15, 2014 15 Apr'14

  Oracle WebCenter emancipates users and processes at Faribault Foods

  After comparing Oracle WebCenter with OpenText, Faribault Foods chose Oracle document management because of its feature set and ecosystem.

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  The new information lifecycle compounds records management challenges

  Amid the records management challenges caused by cloud, mobile and social, two basic questions can help bring information back under control.

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  BPM projects must come from top down, says Oracle Collaborate speaker

  While trends such as mobility have changed BPM from the bottom up, BPM projects should come from the top down, said an Oracle Collaborate speaker.

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  Metadata landmines in SharePoint migrations

  Migrating to SharePoint, particularly from a third-party platform, can wreak havoc on metadata if you don't know what you're dealing with.

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  Cloud, mobile up the ante for identity and access management strategy

  An identity and access management strategy has become more essential for enterprises now that data resides in the cloud and on mobile devices.

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  With risks revealed, information privacy in the cloud grabs attention

  As cloud privacy risks come to light, businesses need to gain better control over enterprise data in the cloud -- but without stifling productivity.

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  A guide to modern records management challenges

  As enterprise content grows, so do records management challenges. Explore this guide for records management advice and AIIM 2014 conference coverage.

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  Records management must evolve into retention management, expert says

  Traditional records management has failed given the explosion of information in the digital era, says expert and AIIM conference speaker Nick Inglis.

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  Successful ECM strategy needs to mirror how users work

  User adoption has long been a sticking point for enterprise content management systems, but mirroring users' processes can be the key to success.

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Information chaos makes content management business-critical

  Information's volume and velocity could eclipse our ability to manage it. AIIM President John Mancini discusses the information management mandate.

• March 04, 2014 04 Mar'14

  Getting a handle on user identity in the Microsoft platform

  Various applications in the Microsoft platform can share user identity based on Active Directory, but that doesn't mean that they always should share.

• March 04, 2014 04 Mar'14

  Attivio's enterprise search engine democratizes data analytics

  Check out this week's enterprise content management news, including the latest on an enterprise search tool that can simplify data analysis.

• February 13, 2014 13 Feb'14

  Protecting content and consumer data in the cloud

  Recent high-profile consumer data breaches have brought protecting this data to the forefront. Scott Robinson offers his take on the issues.

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  Social media monitoring services vs. do-it-yourself analytics

  Many enterprises are analyzing social media conversation on their own but could benefit from enlisting a social media monitoring service instead.

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  Social media monitoring analytics for the faint of heart

  While social media monitoring analytics is still getting its legs, it's here to stay.

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  Will top social media platform Facebook tank by 2017?

  According to recent research, the massive popularity of top social media platform Facebook will sputter by 2017, with 80% of its user base defecting.

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  White House turns to social media outreach to boost State of the Union

  The White House is using social media outreach to address plummeting viewership of the State of the Union address.

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  Social media monitoring software still presents steep learning curve

  Why is social media monitoring software so critical for companies to understand their constituencies and respond through products and services?

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  The top social media jobs and salaries for 2014

  Love it or hate it, the Web has ushered in new skills and jobs. Here are the top five social media jobs of 2014, according to PayScale.

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  As ECM systems mature, BPM becomes central to ROI

  ECM systems have matured beyond content repositories to include automated workflow, which can optimize business processes and justify the cost.

• January 16, 2014 16 Jan'14

  Cloud-based storage options for ECM

  As an organization grows, storage for ECM software gets exponentially more costly. Cloud-based storage options make sense, and here's why.

• January 10, 2014 10 Jan'14

  SharePoint 2013 improvements: Predictions for R2

  SharePoint 2013 offers solid functionality, but some features need improvement. Here's a SharePoint 2013 R2 wish list.

• January 02, 2014 02 Jan'14

  Snapchat hack has users thinking twice

  A recent hack into Snapchat, the social media platform for photo sharing, has users thinking twice about giving personal information to these services.

• January 02, 2014 02 Jan'14

  Predictions for 2014: Enterprise content management trends

  Check out the 2014 enterprise content management trends that are poised to be game changers.

• January 01, 2014 01 Jan'14

  SharePoint 2013 features: Predictions for 2014

  SharePoint 2013 features sport new mobile, social and cloud-based capabilities. Here are some improvements and predictions for SharePoint in 2014.

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  Huddle's collaboration software takes aim at SharePoint: ECM news

  Check out this week's enterprise content management news, including updates on Huddle, Hyland Software and a startup called Toymail.

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  Is Yammer the best collaboration tool for your company?

  Whether Yammer is the best collaboration tool for your company depends on a few factors, including how much you want to customize it.

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  Why companies still struggle with creating a social media strategy

  While most enterprises use the platforms, many still struggle to create a social media strategy, with proper governance, workflows and employee roles.

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  The top ECM software of 2013

  In this roundup of the top enterprise content management (ECM) software for 2013, Microsoft, IBM and Hyland Software were among the standouts.

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  The top ECM software stories of 2013

  In 2013, readers wanted to know about ECM software, social media monitoring strategies, WCM strategies and the real deal on SharePoint 2013.

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  SharePoint 2013 out-of-the-box features

  Let's give thanks for some of SharePoint 2013's out-of-the-box features, some of which have made serious strides since the previous release.

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  The trouble with SharePoint 2013 migration

  SharePoint 2013 migrations can be a bear -- especially with legacy applications. You need solid governance and planning to smooth the data migration.

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  Social business benefits include increased revenue, expert says

  Social business benefits are undeniable, says an AIIM expert. But companies can safeguard against risks by conducting a social business assessment.

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Records managers butt heads over privacy issues at ARMA Live 2013

  Panelists speaking at ARMA Live 2013 had differing opinions about customer data and how businesses should use it.

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  Records management trends: Cloud, mobility bring new disruptions

  Records management is being transformed by cloud computing and mobility, said Steve Goodfellow, president of Access Systems Consulting.

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Electronic records management software can aid paper-based problems

  Organizations are struggling to manage paper-based documents alongside electronic records, said an expert at ARMA 2013.

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  SharePoint site branding: Put site publishing in the hands of users

  SharePoint 2013 puts publishing capabilities in the hands of users rather than developers. Users have new power -- and headaches to deal with.

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  Disaster relief efforts reveal how social platforms deliver results

  Disaster relief efforts now show how various organizations can use data from social platforms to produce business outcomes more efficiently.

• October 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  SharePoint 2013 WCM makes enterprise content search a reality

  Companies are struggling regularly to make enterprise content searchable, accessible and discoverable. Enter SharePoint 2013 WCM capabilities.

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  Enterprise collaboration tools hindering collaboration?

  While companies often introduce myriad enterprise collaboration tools to encourage team collaboration, the wealth of choices may be a hurdle.

• October 03, 2013 03 Oct'13

  SharePoint 2013 governance: Wrangling sprawl -- and users

  SharePoint gives users greater autonomy. But without proper SharePoint 2013 governance, implementations can suffer from sprawl and rogue users.

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  How mature are social media listening tools?

  Even with social media listening tools, managing a company's presence in social channels is difficult. Have monitoring tools matured enough?

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  A compliant social media plan is a collaborative effort

  Compliance and legal departments should be brought into social media plans early to better ensure success, says an expert.

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  When social media listening tools provide serious intelligence

  In financial services, social listening tools have not only gathered data on customer behavior but also changed behavior toward customers.

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  Proving the value of social media to the C suite

  Persuading C-suite executives to invest budget and human resources in social media strategies can be a tough sell.

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Social media strategies: There's no big bang

  Creating an effective social media strategy that conforms to compliance mandates requires a phased approach and plenty of collaboration.

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Integrating social media tools with CRM systems

  Integrating social media tools with existing company systems, such as customer relationship management systems, can be challenging.

• September 12, 2013 12 Sep'13

  SharePoint Online vs. on-premises: When does it make sense?

  SharePoint Online can reduce infrastructure and management costs. But there are instances where SharePoint on-premises makes more sense.

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  SharePoint 2013 e-discovery makes strides in mining Exchange Server data

  SharePoint 2013 e-discovery brings new capabilities that can reduce time-consuming tasks and litigation costs. But the process requires know-how.

• August 14, 2013 14 Aug'13

  SharePoint 2013 mobility boosts the bottom line, expert says

  Microsoft was late to the party on enabling SharePoint for mobile. But SharePoint 2013 sports features that could boost worker productivity.

• August 13, 2013 13 Aug'13

  SharePoint governance plans doomed without business buy-in

  SharePoint governance plans require technologists to rein in the information chaos of business units -- a doomed prospect without business buy-in.

• August 12, 2013 12 Aug'13

  SharePoint Technology Conference: Mobile tips and more at Onvelop talk

  This news roundup outlines new developments in SharePoint technology and offers a preview of the 2013 SharePoint Technology Conference this week.

• August 12, 2013 12 Aug'13

  SharePoint 2013 collaboration features enhance enterprise decision making

  SharePoint 2013 collaboration features enable companies to make better decisions, says content management expert Scott Robinson.

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Enterprise content management tools gather incremental steam

  Enterprise content management tools are making their way into the enterprise, though adoption remains incremental.

• June 28, 2013 28 Jun'13

  Enterprise crowdsourcing the killer app for cloud and mobile platforms

  Businesses are finding that crowdsourcing provides valuable uses for cloud and mobile technologies, able to accomplish almost any task they need.

• June 10, 2013 10 Jun'13

  Data value chain puts the focus on what matters most to a business

  In his career running data management systems for consumer goods companies, Richard Beaver has found a formula for success: the data value chain.

• May 24, 2013 24 May'13

  IT leaders can learn from users' concerns about Tumblr-Yahoo deal

  Users of the Tumblr blogging site worry about what will happen to their content after Yahoo's acquisition, and IT execs can learn from the situation.

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  The organization of the future: Not just hybrid IT, but hybrid people

  The adoption of hybrid IT approaches creates a need for executives who can both formulate business objectives and assess IT requirements.

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  SharePoint technology feels growing pains as 2013 release arrives

  SharePoint 2013 adds new features to the collaboration software. But it comes at a time when SharePoint's value is being questioned in some quarters.

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  'No IT' technologies empower business users, improve productivity

  Self-service tools that can be deployed without IT's assistance are changing the relationship between IT pros and end users, to their mutual benefit.

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  Content management process aids corporate sustainability efforts

  Effective content management can drive new business value through better communication of sustainability risks and opportunities.

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Chief content officer can create value from content management noise

  The Google Reader RSS controversy could give chief content officers an opportunity to see what matters in content management and what doesn't.

• February 21, 2013 21 Feb'13

  Avoid the pitfalls of cloud collaboration management

  Analyst Tim Walters explains how to build a strong case for cloud collaboration management and how to avoid problems that pop up along the way.

• February 21, 2013 21 Feb'13

  Podcast: Who should be in charge of an enterprise search deployment?

  Organizations looking to set up an effective enterprise search deployment need to carefully consider the person they pick to lead the initiative.

• January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13

  Enterprise search software helps users uncover value in 'big data'

  Analyst Cathy McKnight believes enterprise search software is the key to discovering value in big data and making it accessible to the end users.

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Best practices in implementing an information governance policy

  Expert Barclay Blair describes how organizations struggling with data chaos can begin an information governance policy initiative to regain control.

• December 19, 2012 19 Dec'12

  Build the business case for an enterprise search platform

  Analyst Scott Liewehr explains how to make the case -- and ultimately receive funding -- for an enterprise search platform and strategy.

• December 14, 2012 14 Dec'12

  Hasty deployments threaten SharePoint platform success

  A new AIIM report finds that many organizations are deploying the SharePoint collaboration platform without taking enough time to think it through.

• November 20, 2012 20 Nov'12

  Users offer mixed reactions to SharePoint, Yammer integration plans

  Microsoft's plan to integrate Yammer with SharePoint 2013 struck a chord with users at the annual SharePoint conference in Las Vegas.

• October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12

  World of Warcraft offers organizational learning lessons

  John Seely Brown opened up KMWorld by describing a new process of organizational learning that enterprises should embrace to remain competitive in a new era.

• October 19, 2012 19 Oct'12

  New Gartner Magic Quadrant deems social software arena volatile

  Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Social Software reveals a booming market in which vendors have to make some serious contributions to stay in the game.

• October 16, 2012 16 Oct'12

  IT opposes cloud content management, AIIM Industry Watch report says

  Cloud content management will become the de facto practice at firms in the next six to eight years despite IT opposition, according to a new report.

• October 08, 2012 08 Oct'12

  From the editors: Document imaging, management need holistic approach

  It's more important than ever to have a good handle on document imaging and management because of the ease with which we can move information around.

• September 19, 2012 19 Sep'12

  From the Editors: No magic to effective WCM; just careful planning

  For Web content management deployments to be effective, they require careful planning and implementation for greater ROI and targeted user experience.

• September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12

  Gartner Magic Quadrant: Mobile, social trends alter WCM market

  The new Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web content management adds Acquia, points to needs of social media and interoperability as altering WCM market.

• September 06, 2012 06 Sep'12

  From the Editors: Open source SharePoint 2010 collaboration savings

  SharePoint 2010 collaboration is helped by open source add-ons for groups with tight budgets, use a farm to backup data and tune SQL Server throughput.

• August 29, 2012 29 Aug'12

  The future of email: Collaboration experts on new social media tools

  Enterprise collaboration experts give their opinion on the future of email and email management in the face of new social media tools.

• August 28, 2012 28 Aug'12

  Collaborative culture key to enterprise social media software adoption

  One of the elements of a successful enterprise social network deployment is a corporate culture that prioritizes open communication among employees.

• August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12

  SCOLA makes multilingual learning easy with unified information access

  SCOLA uses Attivio unified information access to ease how Web visitors search diverse learning assets in 175 languages.

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  Competitors, observers sound off on Microsoft-Yammer and SharePoint

  Industry watchers and competitors see Microsoft’s purchase of Yammer as meaning everything from validating their approaches to enterprise social collaboration to helping SharePoint play catch-up.

• June 25, 2012 25 Jun'12

  Microsoft buys Yammer, solidifies SharePoint enterprise social chops

  Microsoft’s purchase of Yammer gives products like SharePoint enterprise social media capabilities that customers have requested and purchased from ISVs, industry watchers say.

• June 14, 2012 14 Jun'12

  IB rebuilds its Web CMS in the cloud for new era of broadcasting

  CoreMedia's Web content management system is at the heart of a cloud-based publishing platform from Internet Broadcasting Systems that enables TV stations to deliver news to various mobile devices.

• June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12

  Info360 conference to emphasize social, cloud, mobile

  The annual Info360 conference will illustrate the new challenges content management professionals are facing.

• April 16, 2012 16 Apr'12

  Survey: Enterprises lacking strong information management plan

  Many organizations have no plans for effectively dealing with the explosion of information today, according to a recent survey.

• April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12

  Forrester: Video aids collaboration, social media strategy success

  A Forrester report explains best practices for integrating live streaming and on-demand videos for internal use in an organization’s overall social media strategy for more effective business.

• April 03, 2012 03 Apr'12

  Enterprise social media, mobile workforce targets of AIIM Conference

  Finding information management and ECM success requires engaging employees in enterprise social media and mobile, speakers and attendees at the AIIM conference said.

• March 15, 2012 15 Mar'12

  BYOD puts pressure on content management

  IT managers and content management pros are being put into a difficult position, one where they need to find a way to work with the many new devices entering the workplace.

• March 07, 2012 07 Mar'12

  Web content management’s new role: Targeted customer experience

  Integrating CRM with revamped Web content management strategy is pushing WCM into a more prominent role as companies aim for highly personalized and targeted customer experiences.

• February 22, 2012 22 Feb'12

  Health care firm drives progress with SharePoint 2010 implementation

  A comprehensive enterprise SharePoint 2010 implementation is expected to help one health care consultancy more effectively advise clients and deliver new drugs and medical tools to the market.

• February 06, 2012 06 Feb'12

  Lancaster Bible College gets cloud Web content management system boost

  After technical infrastructure issues continually crashed Lancaster Bible College’s website over the course of a year, the school switched to a cloud Web content management system.

• January 24, 2012 24 Jan'12

  Content management, collaboration grapple with consumerization of IT

  Content management and social collaboration are not free of the effect consumerization has had on IT.

• January 11, 2012 11 Jan'12

  Beyond the Web page: Broader Web strategy a must for business success

  Page-oriented Web is a thing of the past. In a multichannel world with the explosion of smartphones, e-readers and tablet PCs, it’s time to rethink WCM strategy to be successful and remain relevant.

• January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12

  Lots of talk, little movement toward cloud Web content management

  While some companies are getting their feet wet with cloud-based WCM, the ramp-up is slow because of lingering concerns about security, ease of configuration and integration.

• December 28, 2011 28 Dec'11

  From smartphone to scanner: Mobile workforce alters document scanning

  Document scanning and information capture processes are changing with the rise of the mobile workforce and the mainstream use of mobile devices.

• December 07, 2011 07 Dec'11

  Gartner: Adobe outranks IBM, Microsoft for top Web content management vendors

  Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Web content management adds Adobe, forecasts an overall growth rate of 14% until the year 2014; almost twice that of the enterprise content management software market.