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Rock, Paper, Digital?

By Melody Smith | January 16, 2015

As another example of digital replacing paper, the Oneida County District Attorney’s Office, the first in New York state, is very close to going paperless.

Sometimes life does imitate art and vice versa. On a recent episode of the CBS Series, The Good Wife, it was part of the plot to fake metadata on an email. It is interesting that metadata has become so common to our vernacular that it is fiction television and without the typical NSA, Big Brother, Government references attached.

Partner With the Best

By Melody Smith | January 15, 2015

Data management technologies continue to evolve and offer new possibilities. Some are outstanding at offering new features and services, and some are less than satisfactory. There are many things to consider when previewing new data management technology.

Packrats Unite

By Melody Smith | January 13, 2015

Here we are at the beginning of a new year. Resolutions aside, it is great time to take inventory of your records and evaluate your records management plan.

Tightening Up Security

By Melody Smith | January 12, 2015

Expert System SpA is known for their development of semantic software for the effective management of information and big data. They recently announced that together with Elettronica SpA, they are establishing a new company, CY4Gate Srl.

Making Your Content Findable

By Melody Smith | January 8, 2015

Concept Searching is addressing the business and technology challenges of migration, security, records management, and information governance through new add-on software to its already existing Smart Content Framework. conceptTaxonomyWorkflow serves as a strategic tool, managing enterprise metadata to drive business processes at both the operational and tactical levels.

Are You My Mummy?

By Melody Smith | January 6, 2015

Animalmummies.net is a searchable database of Ancient Egyptian animal mummies. The Animal Mummy Database search interface provides a good example of taxonomic facets. You can browse by Animal Type, Wrapping Type, or Museum.

99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall

By Melody Smith | January 5, 2015

Taxonomies and classifications are not only helpful, but critical to making your content findable. This is true regardless of the topic or data – even when it is beer.

Bringing It All Together

By Melody Smith | January 1, 2015

The launch of Salesforce Files Connect allows files from on-premises Microsoft SharePoint to be brought into a company’s cloud workflow.

e-Discovery Doesn’t Have to Be Scary

By Melody Smith | December 31, 2014

The word discovery causes anxiety in some and th term “e-discovery” is even scarier to some. Somehow despite the fact that we use technology on a daily basis, there is still resistance to incorporating digital evidence into a case.