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August 2010 - European Edition


Welcome to the "GetSmart at AIIM" monthly eNewsletter packed with events, information and resources to help you increase your knowledge and advance your career.
SharePoint Courses Available Now!

Learn best practices for sharing and managing information on the SharePoint platform. Online course details

4 Day SharePoint Masterclass  
13th -16th September, London BOOK  PLACES NOW
Industry Watch: Records Management and e-Discovery

How is electronic records management performing in the new spotlight?
  • Is your electronic records management robust - or non-existent?
  • Are emails your biggest headache?
  • How do you respond to legal discovery requests - do you have a dedicated e-discovery system or do you use Enterprise Search?
  • Has your records-keeping ever been questioned in court?
  • How about managing records in SharePoint?
  • Are you looking to use Manage-in-Place?

16Gb i-Pad In this next AIIM survey we evaluate the confidence levels in electronic records, the business drivers for compliance, the issues of litigation and e-disclosure, and the strategy choices for electronic records management and emails.

Take the survey and be entered into a prize draw to win a 16Gb Apple iPad with Wi-Fi worth £450.

Point of capture

Ashley KeilFor enterprises and bureaux/BPO service providers alike, large scale capture is becoming less about document management and more about business process management, as ibml’s Ashley Keil explains to DM Editor Dave Tyler - Read the interview online

8 ways to advance your ECM project
  1. Do some digging to prove cost savings.
  2. Use benchmarks to show the value of other key benefits.
  3. Line up your case with your company’s business goals.
  4. Understand how the expense for ECM will be classified.
  5. Review how your company budgets for IT and go with the path of least resistance.
  6. Emphasize/prove usability.
  7. Do a little research into what has worked at your company in the past.
  8. Present your case clearly.

Read in full http://aiim.typepad.com/aiim_blog/2010/07/eight-ways-to-advance-your-ecm-project.html

Third "Community" site is launched - "Capture"
Learn from each other about best tips and practices for capturing your documents. We know it’s not as simple as putting paper in a scanner and pressing a button. Check it out!
AIIM Industry Watch 'SharePoint - Strategies and Experiences.'

SharePoint Industry WatchAIIM measures SharePoint utilisation for traditional ECM applications, strategies for integration, and the use of third party add-on applications to improve functionality. Download this free report

 The Selection Conundrum - Are all OCR engines created equal?

Transym LogoChoosing the right product in a market where everyone is supposedly the fastest and most accurate poses a dilemma: who to believe? You know that they can't all be the best - or is OCR a rare example of an industry where all products are created equal?

Part of the problem is that OCR software providers have no defined benchmarks for testing, and no uniform code of standards to follow. This makes it difficult to compare performance statistics between different suppliers. Transym Explore the "Selection Conundrum" 

Abbey WhitepaperHow do you effectively implement a high volume document conversion solution?

Learn how this international patent translation firm converted their existing records of nearly 30 million documents to a searchable archive and achieved a rapid ROI. Download Now
 

BSI Public Consultation on new ISO Records Management standards

The drafts will be available until 31st August 2010.  The AIIM community is invited to comment on the above standards

Google Waves Goodbye To Messaging App

Google has abandoned work on Wave, its ambitious real-time messaging and collaboration application, after admitting it had not become a hit with the public. Read more at Sky News
Connect With AIIM

 

Language Technologies for Authors - efficient ways to consistent texts.

2nd September - 10:00am UK,  

Register

     

Enhanced Records Management for SharePoint.

 17th September - 10:00am UK,

Register
 
AIIM Training Courses

4 Day SharePoint Masterclass
13-16 September, London

 Learn best practices for sharing and managing information on the SharePoint platform.

Electronic Records Management
21-24 Sept, London
14-17 Sept, Utrecht  
9-12 Nov, Utrecht  

Enterprise Content Management
21-24 Sept, London
2-5 Nov, London
5-8 Oct, Utrecht
30 Nov-3 Dec, Utrecht

Business Process Management
19-22 Oct, London

Enterprise 2.0
30 Nov-3 Dec, London

Events Calendar

ATM Meeting
 9th-10th September, 2010

Contact for details

New AIIM Advisory Member

"From the beginning, we took a long, hard look at our customers’ specific business needs and the most common inefficiencies that afflicted the most essential business processes in a number of industries. What we uncovered became the basis for our ImageNow product suite. We designed ImageNow to integrate seamlessly with any business application, giving you the power to:

capture and process important business documents and content

collaborate to quickly resolve the processes associated with those documents

protect the integrity of data throughout its lifecycle

and instantly access the information you need, in the context of your everyday business processes.

visit Perceptive Software Website
Market Research Downloads
AIIM Welcomes New and Renewed Trade Members

                    

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