Information Management Journal articles from October 2001

Information Management Journal archives from October 2001

Moving forward. (From The Editors).(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... From e-commerce regulations to emerging Web technologies, the articles within this Journal paint a picture of the issues facing records and information management (RIM) professionals. Key among them are protecting consumer and financial...

Electronic signature technologies: a tutorial. (Cover Story).
October 1, 2001... AT THE CORE THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES: * acceptance, security, integrity, and authentication issues in electronic signature technologies * what qualifies an electronic signature as authentic * the role of public key infrastructure...

Legal issues in documenting: e-commerce transactions. (Cover Story).
October 1, 2001... While electronic commerce offers speed, convenience, and cost advantages over traditional paper-based transactions, it raises many business and legal issues. One of the most complex is transaction documentation. A discussion of legal...

E-business, e-government & information proficiency. (Cover Story).
October 1, 2001... Institutions' growing reliance on digital information is leading to some profound changes in how they are organized and operate. Ironically, the rising importance of digital information presents both unprecedented opportunities and...

e-Transactions: the impact of the internet on the financial sector. (Cover Story).
October 1, 2001... It's hardly great news that there has been tremendous growth in the use of the Internet and other electronic facilities to process financial transactions. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., transactional Web sites have more...

"Liquid" information in the wild west of e-Commerce. (Cover Story).
October 1, 2001... Is it fair to compare e-commerce to the Wild West, where anything goes? Al Segars, a professor of information technology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, thinks so. "If you're the sheriff coming into town, it's very...

Web technologies for information management. (Cover Story).
October 1, 2001... The Computer Industry Almanac reports that, as of December 2000, there were 551 million personal computers in use and 299 million Internet users worldwide. Governments and businesses are working at break-neck speed to deliver information,...

Automatic categorization: how it works, related issues, and impacts on records management. (Cover Story).(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... A records manager's primary responsibility has always been to process unstructured data. The increase in unstructured documents and the rise in the portion of the material that is electronic has created an environment where the records manager...

The Future of e-Business. (In Review).(video by Stanford University Media Solutions)(Review)
October 1, 2001... Increased awareness of the Internet is prevalent in today's society, regardless of age, race, or economic status. All one has to do to be convinced is simply spend time watching television or reading the paper. Society is constantly bombarded...

Writing Effective Policies and Procedures. (Book Review).(book by Nancy J. Campbell)(Review)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Policies are guidelines regulating organizational action and controlling the conduct of people. Procedures describe the normal operating method and provide the protocol for implementation or the "how to." Both policies and procedures are...

Ethics of Information Management. (Book Review).(a SAGE Publications book)(Review)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Almost every day there are newspaper reports of unethical and illegal business activity. Much of this activity covers new and uncharted terrain; more and more of it relates to records and information management. In fact, reports indicate that...

Buried Alive and For The Record. (Video Reviews).(Commonwealth Films)(Review)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Fear is not one of our nobler emotions. It can, however, do absolute wonders in getting one's attention or in motivating people into action. For those records and information managers who have difficulty getting the attention of senior...

Data mining: a slippery slope. (Legal).
October 1, 2001... Collectively, the world's information set grows by leaps and bounds every year. This phenomenon is driven by technology -- we are now able to capture and store information in quantities and ways never before possible -- but it is also driven by...

Start with e-mail! (Technology).
October 1, 2001... Electronic mail has become both an indispensable communications tool for office workers and a nightmare for company executives attempting to reduce business risk. Over the last 20 years, e-mail messages have evolved from simple text characters...

Knowledge management finally becomes mainstream. (Knowledge Management).
October 1, 2001... Knowledge management (KM) is finally catching on and might even be considered mainstream by some. Earlier this year, CIO magazine polled its Web site visitors, typically CIOs and business people who deal with IT issues, asking them, "Does your...

Megatrends in international records management. (International).
October 1, 2001... International records management was "born" during the 1990s and proceeded to evolve beyond the concept stage into real initiatives of global significance during and after this time. Although there were efforts during the 1970s and '80s (i.e.,...