InContext April 2008

The e-newsletter for information, records and content management professionals

Welcome to the April edition of ‘InContext’. In each issue we discuss the challenges facing information management professionals.

This issue: How to effectively manage your physical records and avoid (possibly very public) data loss. We also have a comprehensive whitepaper for you to download on how to successfully plan for e-discovery.

Finally, we reveal more results from an independent survey 'Document Mayhem in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ on how successful information management in your organisation may be linked to the age and seniority of your employees.

As always, we'd love to hear what you think of InContext so please contact us with your ideas on future content.

Regards

David Oates
Vice President, EMEA
TOWER Software

Physical records management
A chink in your RM strategy?
In the rush to transform documents and records into e-formats, the management and tracking of physical information can be overlooked; as the HMRC 25 million ‘missing records’ debacle highlighted, often with dire consequences. We review the key issues to consider when managing your physical data carriers.
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The e-discovery journey
Is your organisation ready?
E-discovery or e-disclosure is relevant to all European organisations, governmental and private; compliance goes beyond technology and encompasses legal, constitutional, political, security and personal privacy issues. If you’re looking for guidance on strategies to effectively handle e-discovery, download our whitepaper 'The e-discovery journey - is your organisation ready?'
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HP to acquire TOWER Software
Expanding capabilities in fast-growing e-discovery
and compliance software market
HP and TOWER Software have announced that they have signed a pre-bid agreement for HP to acquire TOWER. The deal will enable HP to expand its offerings in the fast-growing electronic discovery and compliance software market.
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Middle managers are most habitual
hoarders of documents and email
Successful information management is linked
to employees age and seniority
A TOWER Software survey has revealed that despite 88% of employees at middle manager or below needing to share computer files with co-workers, a staggering 62% of middle managers store them in places other than a shared computer network and 59% of them store such files in multiple locations.
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Greenwich Borough Council
shrinks its physical footprint
EDRM system supports office space
consolidation and compliance
A TRIM Context EDRM system from TOWER Software is to support the rationalisation of Greenwich Borough Council’s physical office space and improve its customer service. The project started with a 40 user pilot, and will eventually be rolled out to all 3,500 direct council employees.
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EDRM Solution spotlight:
National Maritime Museum
The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, needed to manage over 230,000 documents and streamline is public enquiries process. The solution was to implement a TRIM Context EDRM System to manage all its workflow including document retrieval and enquiry handling.
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