Note

Before looking into Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions, the enterprise needs to fully understand the meaning behind this vendor marketing term. Full-bodied ECM solutions exist all over the market, but that doesn't mean that they are...

Tool

Before taking steps to towards an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution, the organization needs to assess its current readiness for taking on this big implementation. Use this tool to determine readiness across three key categories -...

Template/Policy

Business plan creation is essential to obtaining business and executive support for your Enterprise Content Management (ECM) implementation. Use this template to ensure that a full ECM solution is warranted and that a comprehensive corporate...

Template/Policy

Career development plans represent a critical two-way commitment between an employee and the organization. These plans are essential to building employee engagement, which in turn drives retention. Use this template to develop a pool of talented...

Solution Set

ECM is a better acronym for vendor marketing than tactical IT planning.

Electronic evidence is now a major deciding factor in court cases. Understand the mechanics of e-discovery prior to the acquisition or implementation of records management and archiving solutions to avoid wasting money on an unnecessary or...

Template/Policy

This template provides enterprises with a measuring-stick against which to weigh existing policy, as well as a foundation for new enterprises designing this policy for the first time. Download and modify this document to suit enterprise needs.

Training increases employee morale, retention, and overall productivity. Put together a formal professional development program and individual plans to help track costs and meet department objectives.

Premium Resource

The purpose of HR Management Practices is to provide the tools to manage the IT human resource lifecycle. This lifecycle begins with the decision to hire new employees and ends with how to manage departing employees. IT must recognize that that...

SharePoint 2007 has given rise to a new set of issues concerning data backup and recovery. While the latest release of SharePoint has improved its backup functionality, enterprises will have to look at their unique business objectives to decide...

Enterprises approach e-mail archiving for a variety of reasons. A successful e-mail archiving implementation depends largely on defining those reasons and ensuring the solution meets the needs. Identify drivers and use these to state business...

Confused about which e-mails to retain, and for how long? IT leaders must demand clear guidance from the enterprise. IT can influence retention policy formation by advocating for legal input, providing technical guidance, and drawing from...

E-mail archiving adoption should trigger an evaluation of existing e-mail acceptable use policies. Enterprises should establish a clear, explicit understanding with employees as to the level of confidentiality, acceptable uses, and retention...

Avoid lawsuits, penalties, and misunderstandings by clearly defining acceptable use of e-mail for both employees and the enterprise. Define retention periods, set privacy expectations, and ban unacceptable practices.

Job Description

The Storage Administrator's role is to operate and performance-tune storage platforms across the organization to ensure high levels of data quality, availability, and security. This individual also participates in the planning and implementation...

Job Description

The Storage Architect's role is to plan, design, and analyze the organization's storage infrastructure according to best practices, while ensuring high levels of data quality and availability. This individual will develop, implement, and oversee...

Template/Policy

Download this document retention policy template to help you design and enforce a policy to mitigate risk.

Job Description

The Document Imaging Specialist's role is to perform production activities for supporting in-house document retention policies and procedures. This includes preparing documents for scanning, operating scanning equipment, and assuring the quality...