So, what makes a record different from any other piece of information - electronic or physical? How does one identify something as a record? Who gets to decide? Is there an approval process for verifying business records? Does every piece of content need to be investigated for record quality? How about voice messages, text messages, and chat threads?

In a few recent blog posts, we talked about the survey we did with ASUG of SAP professionals. Now, let's dive into the data a little deeper.

The below blog post comes from a white paper produced by ASUG and Gimmal: Cruising Along the Information Highway: Understanding your SAP EIM Environment. It discusses the results of a recent survey of the ASUG community surrounding information management best practice awareness. The data is crystal clear: Almost everyone uses SharePoint. The near-optimal penetration of Microsoft Office 365 as a productivity suite means SharePoint is often the first line of defense when it comes to storing and retrieving documents. Those engaging in EIM would be foolish to ignore its role among most companies, especially those who run SAP technology. Any software solution provider with EIM support products would be wise to integrate well with SharePoint. After all, it’s much easier to leverage and optimize an already-existing product than to try and replace it with a new one, right?

The below blog post comes from a white paper produced by ASUG and Gimmal: Cruising Along the Information Highway: Understanding your SAP EIM Environment. It discusses the results of a recent survey of the ASUG community surrounding information management best practice awareness.

At Gimmal, we spend a lot of time talking about all of the cool things our software can do - and for good reason. Modern records management software can do a lot to make it easier to govern content and execute defensible dispositions. But despite that, we should also remind our readers that there's no such thing as a "magic bullet" when it comes to business processes - there is no panacea that will ever replace proper planning, measured project execution, and realistic change management.

The 2018 Microsoft Inspire conference was truly one for the books. As organizations and Microsoft partners from around the world converged in Las Vegas bringing together industry experts and like-minded people fueled by cloud, IoT, and AI, attendance soared well over 20,000.

Earlier this year, we unveiled our superhero theme, inviting records managers to join us at their regional ARMA events (as well as ARMA Live!) and answer the question: "what kind of records management hero are you?"

Technology is an enabler for sure. But without the right resources and direction, it can also be an inhibiter. Once an enterprise decides that all corporate information has the potential of being a corporate asset, the next step is to establish a continuous program to identify, improve, and protect this asset just like any other. 

Below is a blog post by Gimmal Director of Services Karen Goode. Karen is a valuable leader within our Services organization whose passion for process and project execution has driven some of our most successful implementations. Below, she discusses how an effective project execution framework can help organizations see through the chaos of project management and ensure consistency, efficiency, and repeatability throughout all of their processes.  

After much demand, SharePoint Conference North America was back this year from May 21st to 23rd at the luxurious MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas. After three packed days, one question remains: was it worth it, and should we be looking forward to next year? Let’s recap.