Information Management Journal articles from July 2004

Information Management Journal archives from July 2004

Managing information around the world.(A Message from the Editors)
July 1, 2004... Today, managing information in Australia is not that much different than managing information in the European Union or Canada. All face the same basic issues and share similar processes, standards, regulations, and best practices. Still, there...

Google's new e-mail service sparks privacy concerns.(News, Trends & Analysis)
July 1, 2004... Search engine giant Google has announced plans to introduce "Gmail" a free Web-based e-mail service that would offer users 1 gigabyte of storage. In return for the storage, Google's technology will scan users' incoming e-mail and then deliver...

U.S. government still mining data.(News, Trends & Analysis)
July 1, 2004... Privacy concerns prompted Congress to shut down the Pentagon's $54 million Total Information Awareness (TIA) program last September, but according to a recent congressional report, government computers have not stopped combing private records....

Find war heroes online.(News, Trends & Analysis)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has made it easier and faster to find information about war heroes by posting 3.2 million records for veterans buried at 120 national cemeteries since the Civil War in an online database (www.cem.va.gov)....

Coming in 2005: international PDF-archive standard.(News, Trends & Analysis)
July 1, 2004... PDF-Archive (PDF-A) could become an international standard by early next year. The open-standard PDF, created by Adobe Systems, has become a widely used format for distributing documents on the Internet because it preserves their original...

EU and U.S. agree on air traveler data.(News, Trends & Analysis)(European Union)
July 1, 2004... After much negotiation, the European Union (EU) has adopted a controversial agreement with the United States to share airline passenger records as a way to search for wanted criminals or terrorists on transatlantic flights--despite a legal...

E-mail archiving market set to explode.(News, Trends & Analysis)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... E-mail archiving system sales will skyrocket between now and 2008, mainly because of companies' ever-increasing storage needs and regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA),...

Quattrone found guilty.(News, Trends & Analysis)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Frank Quattrone, former head of technology investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), was found guilty of two counts of obstruction and one count of witness tampering in his retrial for obstruction of justice. Quattrone's first...

U.K. public sector wasting millions on document management.(News, Trends & Analysis)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... According to research from U.K. document management specialist Danka, key public sector organizations in the United Kingdom are wasting 722 million euros a year because they are failing to control the production of printed documents. On a...

Did you read my e-mail?(News, Trends & Analysis)(DidTheyReadIt.com)
July 1, 2004... Sign up for a service from DidTheyReadIt.com, and you'll never again have to wonder whether the e-mail messages you send are read. The service allows anyone who pays the $50 annual fee to secretly track e-mails they send and find out whether...

New archivist nomination stirs controversy.(News, Trends & Analysis)
July 1, 2004... On April 8, President Bush nominated historian Allen Weinstein to be archivist of the United States and head of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Weinstein currently serves as a senior advisor at the International...

NHPRC adopts new directives, awards grants.(News, Trends & Analysis)(National Historical Publications and Records Commission)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... At a recent meeting, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) set a new course for funding the national archival system and adopted a new strategic plan calling for leadership in public policy, distribution of the...

Online crime costs rising.(News, Trends & Analysis)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... A new survey reveals that online criminals are attacking corporate and government networks more frequently, and it cost businesses an estimated $666 million in 2003. The survey of 500 computer security executives recently conducted by CSO...

E-gov slowly gaining acceptance, but must mature.(News, Trends & Analysis)
July 1, 2004... Accenture's fifth-annual e-government study found that the world's governments are at a crossroads with their online programs. With a few exceptions, e-government advances have slowed over the past few years. The average maturity increase...

Pharmacy records found in public restroom.(News, Trends & Analysis)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Storing customer records in an unlocked file cabinet in a public restroom is not a wise legal or public relations move. But that's where a Walgreens in Creve Coeur, Missouri, was reportedly storing hundreds of prescription records more than a...

Boeing probe intensifies.(News, Trends & Analysis)
July 1, 2004... The grand jury probe of Boeing Co.'s illegal document gathering is growing larger and gaining steam. Since late 2002, the Los Angeles U.S. attorney's office has been investigating Boeing's alleged use of thousands of sensitive Lockheed Martin...

A prescription for electronic health records: converting paper files into electronic health records (EHRs) can lower costs, reduce medical errors, and save lives, but the development expenses and technological challenges are great.(The Use & Misuse of Information)
July 1, 2004... Imagine sitting down at a computer and being able to access, download, and print your medical records. If you move across the country, you will still be able to access your and your Family's medical records online, as will your new doctors,...

Tyco Fire & Security unveils Fire Suppression System.(New Products & Industry Announcements)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Tyco Fire & Security announces ANSUL SAPPHIRE Fire Suppression System, technology that uses a new sustainable chemical agent that fights fires without causing damage to critical assets. The system uses 3M Novec 1230 Fire Protection Fluid, which...

DocuLex announces Professional Capture.(New Products & Industry Announcements)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Professional Capture is DocuLex's new production paper-to-electronic document program developed for high-volume document conversion and management environments. The Windows-based, open-systems format software enables document scanning, content...

Hyland integrates with GIS software product.(New Products & Industry Announcements)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Highland Software has integrated its OnBase enterprise content management software with ESRI's ArcIMS product, allowing users to link documents stored in OnBase to locations on maps within ESRI ArcGIS applications. With the OnBase/ESRI...

Iron Mountain offers enterprise e-mail management service.(New Products & Industry Announcements)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Iron Mountain has launched a new enterprise e-mail management service, offering a single solution to address records management compliance requirements and reduce the cost and infrastructure burdens of enterprise e-mail management. This service...

OmniRIM releases OmniRIM Version 6.2.(New Products & Industry Announcements)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... OmniRIM Solutions has released OmniRIM Version 6.2 for Oracle and SQL. The new version features improvements that include: an online retention development and approval tool, added functionality to support and manage documents, the ability to...

VIACK launches new version of E-meeting service.(New Products & Industry Announcements)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... VIACK Corp. has released the new version of its VIA3 E-meeting service. It allows users to archive instant messages as well as jointly collaborate on Microsoft Excel documents. The new version is secured with Advanced Encryption Standards (AES)...

Cuadra enhances STAR IM system.(New Products & Industry Announcements)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Cuadra Associates has released a new version of its customizable information management software. The 3.9 release of STAR features enhancements to the software's core technology, Windows-based interface, and browser-based system management...

FKI Logistex White Systems offers SpectrumPlus.(New Products & Industry Announcements)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... SpectrumPlus warehouse control system from FKI LogistexWhite Systems is scalable, Windows-based software that electronically automates the usual paper-based instructions associated with a conventional picking, putting, or storage system,...

Adopting electronic records management: European strategic initiatives.(Cover Story)
July 1, 2004... In Europe, records management has been traditionally viewed as an activity for long-term archiving and one of little actual business value. However, several elements are currently driving the implementation of records management programs and...

ARMA 2004 Long Beach.(Association of Records Managers & Administrators )
July 1, 2004... ARMA International 49th Annual Conference and Expo Long Beach Convention Center October 3-6, 2004 Long Beach, California Challenging Times Demand Creative Solutions... In today's constantly changing world of electronic records, legal...

Security and risk management: a fundamental business issue: all organizations must focus on the management issues of security, including organizational structures, skill sets, processes, and methodologies for managing security and risk management.
July 1, 2004... According to a report by The Computer Security Institute, 251 of the organizations polled lost $202 million in 2003 due to computer crime. While this loss rate is down from 2002, it is still significant, and many of the companies said they were...

Using ISO 15489 as an audit tool: ISO 15489, the first international standard devoted to records management, provides a comprehensive and practical basis for auditing full and partial records management programs.(Lessons Learned)
July 1, 2004... ISO 15489 (1:2001 Information and Documentation--Records Management--Part 1: General) is the first international standard devoted to records management. It was developed from the Australian standard (AS 4390.1--1996) and provides detailed...

Why content management should be part of every organization's global strategy: to meet the challenges of creating, using, and sharing content in a global marketplace, organizations should consider a content management system.
July 1, 2004... For many organizations, the challenges of surviving in today's global marketplace often seem overwhelming. One of the most time-consuming and costly tasks a company faces when "going global," or competing in the global marketplace, is...

Knowledge Management and Knowledge-Based Organizations.(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... TITLE: Creating Knowledge Based Organizations EDITORS: Jatinder N.D. Gupta, Sushil K. Sharma ISBN: 1-59140-162-3 PUBLISHER: Idea Group PUBLICATION DATE: 2004 LENGTH: 373 pages PRICE: $79.95 U.S. SOURCE:...

Case Studies in Ethics.(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... TITLE: Ethics and the Archival Profession: Introduction and Case Studies AUTHOR: Karen Benedict ISBN: 1-931666-05-9 PUBLISHER: Society of American Archivists (SAA) PUBLICATION DATE: 2003 LENGTH: 90 pages PRICE:...

RIM and IT professionals disagree about who is responsible for ERM.(records and information management, Information Technology, electronic records management)
July 1, 2004... Just as electronic records management (ERM) has grown as a global issue for businesses and governments, so has the disparity between records and information management (RIM), business, and IT managers' perceptions of RIM's role in ERM. A...