The Information Lifecycle Landscape: A Brief History
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Ancient History: ECM is for Mainframe Report Storage
COLD / ECM
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COLD / ECM
The Lifecycle: 1.Content Moves from Mainframe to ECM2.Stays in ECM forever / Gets archived on tape
Ancient History: ECM is for Mainframe Report Storage
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Recent History: ECM is for Everything!
ECM
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Recent History: ECM is for Everything!
ECM
The Lifecycle: 1.All content can be archived to ECM system2.Stays in ECM forever / Gets archived to tape
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Recent History: ECM is for Everything!
ECM
EPIC FAIL!
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Recent History: SharePoint is for Work-in-Progress ECM/RM is for SharePoint
ECM/RM
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ECM/RM
The Lifecycle: 1.“Real work” happens in SharePoint (yeah, right)2.Records get moved to ECM3.Stay in ECM forever / Get archived to tape
Recent History: SharePoint is for Work-in-Progress ECM/RM is for SharePoint
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The Near Future: Share-Drives Move to the Cloud
ECM/RM
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ECM/RM
The Lifecycle1.Ad-Hoc work in Cloud2.Real Collaboration happens in SharePoint3.Records get moved to ECM/RM
The Near Future: Share-Drives Move to the Cloud
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ECM/RM
What You Should Do
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ECM/RM
What You Should Do
1.Drain the SWAMP!2.Don’t move to the cloud until shared drives are
cleaned up3.Even then proceed with caution4.How do we remove content from the cloud?
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ECM/RM
What You Should Do
1. Govern SharePoint2. Apply appropriate Metadata to assist RM
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ECM/RM
What You Should Do
1. Make RM/Archiving seamless to the end-user2. Develop and execute a disposition plan
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• Making the business case. Move beyond generic benefits and soft gains to tangible, business-relevant impacts of ECM.
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Thank YouLane Severson
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