Information Management Journal articles from November 2003

Information Management Journal archives from November 2003

RIM professionals of the future.(records and information management future)(Editorial)
November 1, 2003... Fast-forward 15 or 20 years into the future. The year is 2023. Records and information managers are now called "records and information technologists" because the primary tools of their trade--file cabinets, file folders, and paper...

Senate votes to divert NARA's e-archives funds to Amtrak.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)
November 1, 2003... The Senate Appropriations Committee has voted to defer for one year the $35.9 million requested for the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) electronic recordkeeping project and divert the funds to Amtrak. It is a move...

Swiss ISPs must keep e-mail log for six months.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)
November 1, 2003... In an attempt to intercept electronic messages relating to criminal activities, Swiss legislation was changed in January 2002 to permit e-mail surveillance, Internet service providers (ISPs) had until April 1, 2003, to comply with the technical...

Survey reveals disaster recovery expectations and reality.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)
November 1, 2003... August 2003 will be remembered for the biggest electrical blackout in North American history, and millions of businesses across the United States and Canada may feel the economic impact for a long time. The lucky companies that did not lose...

Documents shredded while you watch.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)(watching shredding over the Web)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... With identity theft cases growing exponentially, wouldn't it be nice to know that the classified documents you send off to the shredder are really shredded? Well, rest assured. Instead of visiting Midland Recycling's plant in Lincoln,...

Einstein online.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... When Albert Einstein died in 1955, he left behind thousands of documents, including letters, scientific manuscripts, speeches, and political writings, and he probably never dreamed that one day millions of people would be able to access them as...

Information databases aid investigators.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)(Multi-state AntiTerrorism Information Exchange (MATRIX), developed by Seisint Inc. )
November 1, 2003... The state of Florida is developing a database--the Multi-state AntiTerrorism Information Exchange (MATRIX)--that may prove to be a criminal's worst enemy. The database is designed to give U.S. law enforcement agencies a powerful tool to analyze...

India to adopt data privacy rules.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... A new law expected to be in place in India in early 2004 will provide legal safeguards to ensure data privacy protection for India and its offshore customers, including those in the United States and the European Union. India's Ministry of...

Dangerous documents.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)(public documents created in Microsoft Word not safe)
November 1, 2003... According to the British Broadcasting Corp., the U.K. government recently decided to abandon Microsoft Word for documents that become public and instead use documents created with Adobe Acrobat, which uses the portable data format (PDF). ...

Are you addicted to the Internet?(Up front: news, trends & analysis)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... To determine whether you are a Web addict, ask yourself these five questions: 1. Do you spend More time than intended online? 2. Do you neglect Other responsibilities as a result? 3. Have you tried Unsuccessfully to cut down on...

Convicted spy buried sensitive U.S defense documents in 19 locations.(Brian P. Regan)
November 1, 2003... The FBI recently discovered thousands of buried documents containing potentially classified information. Convicted U.S. spy Brian Regan devised a sophisticated plot to sell sensitive military secrets by burying documents in 19 locations of...

E-gov initiatives making strides.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)
November 1, 2003... In its latest report, Government Online, data analysis firm eMarketer found that while e-government initiatives are making huge strides worldwide, there is still a long way to go in establishing trust in terms of online correspondence between...

Court rules trade secrets outweigh free speech.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The California Supreme Court recently ruled that the First Amendment right to free speech does not mean trade secrets can be published on the Internet with impunity. According to experts, the ruling sets the stage for further legal scrutiny of...

Want the CIA director's address? Get it for $26 online.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)
November 1, 2003... The Internet has become a worldwide playground for identity thieves. Some online sites will give out your bank account balance for about $300. At least a dozen sites sell Social Security numbers and other private data for a small fee. The...

Canada and U.S. Internet usage.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)
November 1, 2003... Population Internet Penetration ISPs Users Canada 31,902,268 16,840,000 53% 760 United States 280,562,489 165,750,000 59% 7,000 Total 312,464,757...

Identity theft victims skyrocket, surveys say.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)
November 1, 2003... A May 2003 study funded by Privacy & American Business (P&AB) and conducted by Harris Interactive reveals that the 7 million victims of identity theft in 2002 represent an 81 percent increase over the number of victims in 2001. Furthermore,...

EPA awards $2 million for environmental data-sharing.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)
November 1, 2003... The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced more than $2 million environmetal informarion grants to four states, the District of Columbia, and two Native American tribes. This is the first phase of fiscal year 2003 funding for...

New database reveals details of state's earliest court cases.(Up front: news, trends & analysis)
November 1, 2003... Famed explorer Meriwether Lewis died with outstanding debts. Missouri's first senator and famed painter Thomas Hart Benton was sued for libel. And scores of other lesser-known Missourians were embroil in land disputes divorces, and other court...

Keeping an eye on Sarbanes-Oxley: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is creating an ever-evolving new landscape for corporate governance, making it critical organizations worldwide to pay attention.(Capital edge: legislative & regulatory update)
November 1, 2003... July 30 marked the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOx). A the central focus of SOx is to improve the integrity of the audit process for publicly traded companies and the reliability of audit reports on...

CD features destruction-equipment catalog.(Market place: new products & industry announcements)
November 1, 2003... A free business-sized CD displays Security Engineered Machinery's shredders and destruction equipment products. The catalog also can be downloaded from the CD in a printable PDF format. Contact: www.semshred.com

Software combines e-mail, file management.(Market place: new products & industry announcements)(EverDesk by EvecEZ Systems)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... EverDesk from EvecEZ Systems integrates e-mail and file management into a single "activity-based" interface, enabling filing, sorting, and searching for all files on a user's computer. The software stores e-mails as individual documents and...

GlobalSCAPE adds DocuComp engine.(Market place: new products & industry announcements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Through a partnership with Advanced Software, GlobalSCAPE has added the DocuComp comparison engine to its PureCMS content management soft ware. PureCMS offers a Web content management system for small and medium businesses. DocuComp uses...

IMR announces MailStore.(Market place: new products & industry announcements)(Information Management Research Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Information Management Research (IMR) has released Alchemy MailStore for Microsoft Exchange. The product provides a real-time, automated, rulesbased capture engine that helps businesses solve their e-mail regulatory compliance and records...

Accutrac offers Dynamic RIM software system.(Market place: new products & industry announcements)(Accutrac Software Inc.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Accutrac XE, an adaptable records management solution for large enterprises, allows organizatious to track all records associated with any entity, even those existing "outside the box." It offers a dynamic RIM software system without...

Stellent launches Sarbanes-Oxley Solution.(Market place: new products & industry announcements)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The Stellent Sarbanes-Oxley Solution is designed to help companies streamline their processes for complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The application allows all the parties involved in the compliance process to quickly, easily, and...

Yaletown simplifies E-mail management.(Market place: new products & industry announcements)(Yaletown Technology Group offers E-mail and Correspondence Warehouse)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Yaletown Technology Group (YTG) offers E-mail and Correspondence Warehouse (ECW) version 2.0 corporate e-mail management solution. It provides the automatic capture, archiving, and retrieval of corporate e-mails when they are needed to address...

Open Text offers compliance platform.(Market place: new products & industry announcements)(corporate governance platform in Livelink software)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Designed to help companies manage critical information and collaboration in the face of Sarbanes-Oxley regulations, Open Text offers an integrated corporate governance platform for its Livefink software. The application provides a Web-based...

IM: invaluable new business tool or records management nightmare? Instant messaging's free-form nature is presenting risks and challenges for business and records managers everywhere.
November 1, 2003... ?4U. RU retaining IM rcds? If URNOT, there may b FTF mtg w/ TPTB in UR futr IRL. (Translation: Question for you. Are you retaining instant messaging records? If you are not, there mey be a face-to-face meeting with the powers that be in...

Electronic discovery in 2010: the past 10 years have proved that the escalating costs of data collection and review in discovery of the systems themselves, demand a major realignment of how business data is maintained.
November 1, 2003... The year is 2010. Margaret Techway, a highly placed, first-generation, holographic memory engineer, has recently left her company, Innovations Inc., to join market-newcomer 3-D Strategies. Upon her departure, the "data-freeze" provision of...

Managing electronic records in the 21st century: as Michigan's State Archives and Records Management Services discovered, records management application (RMA) software can solve many electronic recordkeeping problems, but it also presents many challenges.
November 1, 2003... With recent cases Of improperly forwarded, deleted, or stored e-mail grabbing business headlines, the heat is on records and information management (RIM) professionals everywhere to implement a solution that will ensure proper classification...

Knowledge conversion is the key to success: businesses that know how to convert information into knowledge will be more successful than those that do not. The same is true for information technology companies.(Business Matters)
November 1, 2003... Any business can provide information, but those that can convert that information to knowledge will be most successful predicted Stan Davis and Jim Botkin in their 1994 Harvard Press Review article "The Coming of Knowledge-Based Business." ...

Making the executive presentation: senior executives' information needs require a unique approach, but it is critical to learn how to get their attention.(Career Path)
November 1, 2003... It is a common refrain heard from records and information management (RIM) professionals: "I can't communicate with my management." Like it or not, it is the burden of those who want to communicate to do so effectively. Given a continuing...

E-mail rules for records managers.
November 1, 2003... E-Mail Rules: A Business Guide to Managing Policies, Security, and Legal Issues for E-Mail and Digital Communication is a tightly written book on a subject that should be of great concern to all records managers. Before opening the book,...

A new textbook for records management practice.
November 1, 2003... Managing Records: A Handbook of Principles and Practice is a comprehensive and indispensable textbook that also provides an up-to-date theory and practice overview. The eight-chapter book provides guidance on all aspects of current records...