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02.12.08 -- Do You Have An Effective Records Retention Schedule?

February 12, 2008

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Featured Articles
Do You Have An Effective Records Retention Schedule?
Enterprises of all sizes have to comply with an increasing number of legal and regulatory obligations, many of which require companies to be able to locate and authenticate documents and official company records. As a result, companies are taking steps — if they haven't already — to implement comprehensive, company-wide records management systems.

Explore ECM Software Opportunities
"ECM [enterprise content management] continues to be the hottest sector of the software industry," says HK Bain, CEO of Digitech. The challenge (and the opportunity) lies in determining how to best manage all that content and what outside factors influence how that content is handled.

Branch, Remote, And Back-Office Capture
By Steve McNair, Transaction Directory

Branch, remote deposit, and back-office capture have broken down the traditional geographic barriers to the relationship between the financial institution and the client. Consolidated banking relationships, improved funds availability, and reduced fees are among the most visible adoption benefits. As vendors and technology march toward commodity pricing, commercial customers are expanding our horizons on the application and benefits of the technology.

The Problem Of Enterprise Records Management
EMC Documentum Records Manager and Retention Policy Services deliver on these two critical elements of enterprise records management. This report describes both products in detail, and how they can be deployed flexibly and cost-effectively across the enterprise to meet the full spectrum of records management needs.

Considering A DM Investment? Here Are Five Tests To Help You Decide
If you are considering a DM investment, independent of feature and functionality considerations, you may be comparing an independent software vendor versus on-demand option. How to decide? Here are five tests, from SpringCM, that can help you evaluate when on-demand is right for your company.

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Featured Products
CA Inc Email Management For Lotus Notes
CA Inc Email Management is seamlessly integrated with IBM Lotus Notes to provide records management capabilities from within the application.
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Clearview 4 — ECM Suite
Clearview brings an exciting, new Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution built specifically for Microsoft® technology and application environments.
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Alfresco Enterprise Content Management — Enterprise Edition
The Alfresco Enterprise Network is the open source alternative for enterprise content management. Our goal is to not only provide an open source offering but to surpass commercial offerings in terms of features, functionality, and benefits to the user community.
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KODAK i780 Scanner: Mid-Volume Scanner
The new mid-volume production KODAK i780 Scanner offers users a set of market-leading features to help them aggressively meet the rapidly escalating requirements of production level, intelligent information capture.
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EMC Documentum Digital Asset Manager
EMC Documentum Digital Asset Manager exposes a set of powerful transformations and enhanced content previews, enabling companies to fully leverage the value of their digital assets.
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Downloads Of The Week
Records Management: A Real-World Guide
Yes, users are the people who make your business go. In fact, you might be one of them. But an adept rule-follower? Not all the time. In most cases, it 's not that you don't want to be a stickler for policy, it's just that you don't know what the policies are — particularly when it comes to records management.
The Value Of SharePoint-Based ECM Solutions
With SharePoint's rich and deep inventory of ECM functionality designed to meet the business needs of the masses, customers seeking out and evaluating SharePoint-based ECM solutions will clearly become a pervasive business trend in 2008 — and beyond.
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February 28
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