Records management

IT management software company CA , along with interactive marketing company Acxiom have set out to produce an enterprise class, cloud-based information governance solution. This new partnership aims to tap into the blossoming eDiscovery market by providing a solution that both companies say cannot be beaten for value.The timing of this announcement is interesting considering Arkansas-based Acxiom is just about to release its Q1 figures, which it has already indicated in June would be close to 21% lower than Q1 last year. Market RealitiesAcxiom’s figures are interesting not so much because of the amount of money involved, but because one of the principal reasons they are citing for income decline.According to a statement issued in June, “The outlook for revenue in the near term remains challenging  [as we] continue to feel the effects of market consolidation, as well as clients continuing to defer decisions on their marketing spending or canceling programs …" GA_googleFillSlot("Inline-300x250--01");

It's always good to get recognition from the analyst firms because many organizations pay attention to what these guys say. In the ever evolving area of records management, this recognition can help a lot.According to the report: The Forrester Wave(TM): Records Management, Q2 2009, a number of key enterprise content management vendors lead the wave for records management including Open Text, IBM, EMC and Oracle. Autonomy and CA are also leaders, with Interwoven and HP noted as strong performers.

SpringCM Inc., the leader in on-demand document management and workflow, recently announces SpringCM 5.0, the first SaaS platform that allows companies to easily deploy multiple content-centric applications across different enterprise workgroups and enables value added resellers (VARs) to build repeatable, cost-effective applications to deliver to their customers. SpringCM provides an innovative solution that reduces the cost of development and speeds the implementation of applications that primarily deal with content such as documents and document images. SpringCM has integrated 22 Enterprise Content Management (ECM) technologies spanning imaging, document capture, search, version control, business process automation, fax, e-mail and records management, that are needed to automate hundreds of business processes such as accounts payable, logistics, contract, proposal and records management and compliance.

SpringCM(TM) Inc., the leader in on-demand document management and workflow, today announces SpringCM 5.0, the first SaaS platform that allows companies to easily deploy multiple content-centric applications across different enterprise workgroups and enables value added resellers (VARs) to build repeatable, cost-effective applications to deliver to their customers.

Nearing the end of its Content World 2008 Conference, Open Text announced new plans for its eDOCS product line that will give customers the flexibility to leverage the latest ECM technology. The plan includes new enhancements for eDOCS, more integrations with the Open Text ECM suite and more play time with Microsoft. eDOCS Overview Over the last year, Open Text has been working hard on several new solutions and integrations for records management product eDOCS, including the U.S. Department of Defense 5015.2-STD certification last October, integration of BPM capabilities and with Enterprise Connect, an Open Text Content Service which allows customers to provide customized views of business information to users in familiar applications.

SpringCM(TM) Inc., the leader in on-demand document management and workflow, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Version 4.5 of its award-winning Software-as-a-Service content management system. The new release includes 54 features and enhancements designed to improve document-centric processing and the SpringCM user experience. Dan Carmel, CEO of SpringCM, commented on the new release, "Version 4.5 is another strong step forward for SpringCM and again highlights the advantages of delivering ECM as a service. As with our previous releases, SpringCM customer feedback was instrumental in guiding our development efforts, and many of the new features are directly attributable to user suggestions. This release adds key capabilities to enable process managers to manage work more effectively, identify and resolve process bottlenecks and gain insights into key business and process metrics. Security and audit enhancements support our enterprise customers. These ideas have helped us to develop the industry's broadest and most complete on-demand content management platform."

IBM has announced a family of products for archiving email, classifying content and searching multiple information sources -- independent of where and how the content was created, processed and archived called the Content Collection and Archiving products. IBM said its Content Collection and Archiving offerings will help clients move beyond e-mail archiving to provide organizations with management capabilities for virtually all their business content, including file systems, Lotus Quickr, Microsoft SharePoint, instant messages and other information. The products offer functionality to meet legal eDiscovery and records management requirements as well as de-duplication and integration with records retention services, helping to reduce storage and electronic discovery costs.

There is one word everyone loves to hear, and that word is “free.” SpringCM has decided to appeal to customers who love that word — the company is giving away its records management solution to existing customers who are already taking advantage of SpringCM’s document management and workflow platform capabilities. The catch: well, this offer only lasts until 2011 comes around. Only around two months ago did the latest release of Spring CM version 4.4 enable records management capabilities, and now the company is giving this functionality away for free. Is it because the product isn’t selling well? Probably not.

According to a document management study that was commissioned by Iron Mountain, UK firms are more likely to trust others with the task of records management than German and French firms. Interestingly, most firms decide to keep active records stored on-site. Is our information safe? Exactly 300 firms were included in the report. It paints a decent picture of how companies go about handling records management — 100 firms in the UK, 100 firms in France and 100 firms in Germany were interviewed. This research was conducted in May 2007.

Research and Markets, a research group that tracks the Enterprise CMS industry, has released a report that predicts the Enterprise CMS and Document and Records Management (DRM) markets will see drastic growth in the coming years, with sales numbers more than doubling from US$ 1.6 billion now to US $3.5 billion in 2012. The report goes on to say that the first wave of DRM systems was adopted by groups within enterprises that needed a system to fill a team or a department’s need. Now, entire enterprises are looking to bring Enterprise Content Management Systems online and are considering a different product altogether. This second wave of wider CMS adoption will be fruitful for those companies in the Enterprise CMS market, such as Microsoft and IBM.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Document and Records Management: Controlling Information Risk and Aiding Compliance" report to their offering. Many early Document and Records Management (DRM) deployments were rolled out at the departmental level as point solutions to address a single issue. Now these organisations are extending their deployments enterprisewide to address compliance requirements or to deliver an integrated information management strategy.

Open Text Corporation, a global leader in enterprise content management (ECM), recently announced that The City of London Corporation has selected Open Text to provide a comprehensive corporate records management and archiving solution. The City of London Corporation is responsible for the needs of its residents, businesses and over 340,000 people who come to work in the 'Square Mile' everyday, creating vast quantities of both physical and electronic documents and records. Among bodies that provide local authority services, the City of London Corporation is unique; with over 800 years of history it is the oldest "local-authority-type entity" in the country. The organisation prides itself on combining its ancient traditions and ceremonial functions with the role of a modern and efficient local authority.

SpringCM Inc., the leader in on-demand document management and workflow, announced at the Intacct Advantage User Conference recently the availability of its Accounts Payable Automation Solution for Intacct financial management system users. The SpringCM Accounts Payable Automation Solution is fully integrated with Intacct¹s on-demand financial management and accounting applications and will enable businesses to both improve productivity and reduce expenses by making paper-based processes obsolete.

Iron Mountain Europe, a records management and storage services provider, announced the acquisition of Anamnis GDM SAS, a firm specializing in electronic document management solutions. The Skinny on Anamnis GDM SAS Anamnis GDM SAS is the sister company of Anamnis, the French records management and data protection services firm, that was acquired in June 2007 by Iron Mountain Inc., the mothership of Iron Mountain Europe. Anamnis GDM SAS operates in Rennes, Caen, Paris, Lyon, St. Denis and Les Lucs, where it offers electronic document and workflow management system services based on scanning, indexing and online document management solutions.

SpringCM, the leader in on-demand document management and workflow, recently announced that its ECM Software-as-a Service (SaaS) platform has been selected by KMWorld Magazine for the Trend-Setting Product List of 2008. Those products and companies that deliver industry-leading capabilities in knowledge management processing efficiency and significant value to their customers are eligible for the award. "Hundreds of products are reviewed each year and we thoroughly analyze all aspects of each," said Hugh McKellar, KMWorld editor in chief. "This year's list of trend-setting products has been compiled through direct briefings with the stakeholders themselves, the vendors, analysts, system integrators and end-users. We had one goal in mind — to select only the products that indisputably deliver robust, real-world customer value."

The King County District Court (KCDC) of Seattle, WA, has rolled out an information infrastructure from Hyland Software for the fast and efficient management and distribution of court records and other legal documents. "Our document management system is a big time saver for KCDC employees and legal professionals who regularly access court records," said Andy Gilmer, King County District Court's Database Administrator. "Before, people had to travel to the courthouse where the records were stored or the court had to mail files from one location to another. In addition to the time and costs associated with searching for and copying records, occasionally the wrong documents were placed in files. Now access is immediate and easy, making the process more efficient and productive for all."

SpringCM, the leader in on-demand document management and workflow, today announced SpringCM Version 4.4, the newest version of the company's award-winning Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) document management and workflow platform. SpringCM 4.4 marks the addition of Records Management as well as several new process automation and usability enhancements designed to improve business performance and to automate document-centric processes. "Demand for records management continues to grow and this capability is an imperative if organizations are to effectively implement an enterprise information retention program," said Kenneth Chin, research VP at Gartner Research. "These products are being increasingly integrated into the organization's content management infrastructure as a service, rather than operating as stand-alone records management systems."

In May 2003, The Law Offices of Braverman and Rossi approached CyberNET with objectives to move the firm's records management processes into the 21st century. At the time, the law firm was using file cabinets to organize and access case files. Braverman and Rossi wanted to free up the space consumed by these cabinets and eliminate the time and effort involved with updating client information within this paper-based environment.

The Stellent® Universal Content Management architecture offers customers the only solutionsupporting each aspect of content management — document management, Web contentmanagement, collaboration, records management and digital asset management — within asingle, common product architecture. Stellent Consulting's Implementation Advisor Offeringprovides dedicated Stellent expertise to your project throughout the entire lifecycle of theimplementation. This offering is ideal for a customer or partner who possesses the necessaryresources to implement their Stellent solution, but is interested in some expert project oversight.The Stellent Implementation Advisor will review and provide feedback on the project plan,monitor the overall project plan and execution and help customers effectively use the functionalityoffered in Stellent's Universal Content Management.

ZyLAB is a leading provider of legal Information Access Solutions, with over 20 years experience and hundreds of thousands of worldwide users. Our ZyIMAGE product suite offers legal professionals a full array of advanced and secure investigative technologies to help ensure more efficient overall information management.ZyIMAGE's comprehensive XML-based platform allows our customers to archive, search, and manage millions of pages of digitized paper and electronic files, even multimedia and e-mail. ZyIMAGE's open, modular construction means solutions can be built to fit our customers' actual budgets, internal processes, and needs. Innovative tools are available forAdvanced e-Discovery and e-Disclosure Fast document review Text-mining and automatic translations Contract management Records management …and much more. High-quality search and retrieval features support over 200 languages—including Arabic, Russian, Korean, and Mandarin Chinese—as well as 370 electronic formats