In an interesting development since we last spoke about records management and a hybrid cloud solution, the US Department of Energy has teamed up with that wacky bunch of engineers at the National Nuclear Security Administration to develop a secure, hybrid cloud solution that they plan to make available to other departments, as well as [...]

The Integrated Information Lifecycle Management model calls for retention and disposition across all of your organization’s content.  In SharePoint this means you are almost certain to apply Information Management Polices to some (and possibly all) of your content based on location rather than Content Type.  You’ll need to apply these Information Management Policies to your [...]

Email records management is a critical component of the Integrated Information Lifecycle Management model and an absolute requirement from a preservation/e-discovery perspective, but it is not – despite what some consultants may tell you – rocket science.  In fact, if you fight the urge to demand a perfect solution, a very good solution is really pretty [...]

I’ve spoken to two different groups over the last couple of days and both groups asked me the same question about Content Types and SharePoint Information Management Polices.  Essentially, they wanted to understand why simply applying a retention and disposition schedule directly to each unique Content Type wouldn’t meet their records management requirements.  This is [...]

There’s probably no single issue in this industry more heavily debated, more overly analyzed and generally more misunderstood than email records management.  And this is terribly unfortunate because an effective email records management solution is a critical component of integrated information lifecycle management. Easily the biggest source of confusion is the definition of email records [...]

For anybody out there who might be in the Washington, DC area early next month, the ARMA Metro Maryland chapter has graciously asked me to speak to them about records and information management, SharePoint and the Integrated Information Lifecycle Management model on Thursday, February 9th.  If you’d like to attend my presentation, here’s a link [...]

Change is good and the New Year brings a new focus for this blog.  As many of you know, I am a Certified Records Manager and I’ve spent the better part of my career promoting effective electronic records management practices.  None of that has changed.  I firmly believe that the role of a Records Manager [...]

I’ve posted a number of articles on SharePoint records management and the ‘cloud’ and I’ve spoken at length on the subject with a whole host of people, both pro-cloud and anti-cloud.  I can honestly say both camps make strong arguments for or against managing records in a cloud environment.  Personally, I’m a little torn by [...]

Our friends at Gartner just released their annual Magic Quadrant report on Enterprise Content Management and it has some interesting things to say about the state of content and records management and SharePoint as a driving force in the market. Interestingly, Gartner notes that even though the global economy has been in a prolonged recession [...]

This month marks the third anniversary of the launch of this blog and those of us at SPRM want to take a moment to express our thanks to all of you who have been loyal readers and contributors.  Looking forward, we are all very excited about the future of SharePoint-based records and information management, which [...]