Digital Landfill

Here is the top 10 posts of the year for my blog -- enjoy and Happy New Year!  And the envelope please...

1. Ten Fast Facts About Document Management Value
2. SharePoint and ECM
3. 8 Things to Watch for in the Coming Recession
4. Ten Steps to Building an ECM System
5. Ten Commandments for an Effective DM Project
6. California Document Management and Imaging RFP Available
7. Top 6 Document Management Webinars from March/April Now Available
8. SharePoint Deja Vu -- 4 Observations
9. When it comes to electronic information, the challenge never ends...
10. Wall Street bailout will reveal information management gaps at many firms...
11. What do you see as the impact of the recession on content and document projects?
12. First major market study of Enterprise 2.0
13. Family Feud and Document Management
14. Marketing during a recession
15. Panera...I beg you don't blow it

Some posts worth checking out on the AIIM web site (make sure to scroll down "below the fold" to the definitional text...)

• What is ECM?
• What is BPM?
• What is ERM?
• What is Information Organization and Access?
• What is E-mail Management?
• What is Enterprise 2.0?
• What is Enterprise Search?
• What is e-Discovery?
• What is Document Management?
• What is Collaboration?
• What is Imaging?
• What is WCM?
• What is Web 2.0?
• What is SharePoint?

And don't forget one of the most downloaded document presentations of 2008 -- What's in your digital landfill? -- with almost 15,000 views...

Some posts worth checking out on the AIIM web site (make sure to scroll down "below the fold" to the definitional text...)

• What is ECM?
• What is BPM?
• What is ERM?
• What is Information Organization and Access?
• What is E-mail Management?
• What is Enterprise 2.0?
• What is Enterprise Search?
• What is e-Discovery?
• What is Document Management?
• What is Collaboration?
• What is Imaging?
• What is WCM?
• What is Web 2.0?
• What is SharePoint?

I have decided that it is time to begin Christmas shopping, so before venturing out, a few purely fun holiday items that might be of interest.

Our very own ElfYourself video, create by my daughter.  This is one of the truly great viral marketing gimmicks.  I wish I had thought of it.

A portion of our family holiday letter, in the form of a calendar.  Our card gets stranger by the year.

One of the stories from my book, .  Enjoy.  Download HERE.

Peace.

Outmoded BPM resources an issue for businesses
Computerworld Canada - November 20, 2008

What the future holds for the information worker
eChannel Line - November 14, 2008

The 7 Evolutionary Phases of Enterprise 2.0
Destination CRM - November 7, 2008

To Save or Not to Save: E-mail Storage
Inc. Technology - October 29, 2008

Searching for Your Findability
DOCUMENT - Aug/Sept 08

Many Companies Have No Clear Leader for BPM Strategy
IT Business Edge - September 19, 2008

Process Needs Process—Not Just Technology
Insurance Networking News - September 18, 2008

Some stories worth noting -- courtesy of Infonomics Magazine.  Not a subscriber?  Infonomics subscriber information (no charge). 

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Do You Know Where Your Data Is? Map It.
Electronically stored data (ESI) is everywhere. Get a handle on it and dramatically cut your ediscovery costs.
By Mark Diamond

The Practice of Best Practices
One might say it is a best practice is to practice using best practices. I know that sounds like double-talk, but think about what I really said here, it is a best practice to practice best practices. The term practice simply means doing things over and over again in an effort to improve.
By Bob Larrivee

The Future of Information Work
From "ME" to "WE," a look at how information work has evolved and what's in store for all of us.
By Atle Skjekkeland

Eight Reasons to Keep Investing in Managing YOUR Information
An economic downturn is not the time to stop your information management projects. Let your competitors fall by the wayside, keep investing in the efficient use of your information.
By Lawrence Wescott II, Esq. and Randolph A. Kahn, Esq.

New Forrester Guide for ECM and Enterprise Search System Taxonomy
"How To Build a High-Octane Taxonomy for ECM and Enterprise Search Systems," is a guide to building taxonomies that don't sit on a shelf, but work inside key information systems to make them more effective. But it's challenging to incorporate taxonomy projects in the whirlwind of tools and processes to create, manage, and access content in the enterprise.
Forrester (11/17/08) Owens, Leslie, with Brown, Matthew; McNabb, Kyle; and Nicolson, Norman

Security, Civil Liberties Experts Question Data Mining -- Subject-based data mining can help government investigators track down associates of known terrorists, but it can also lead them to monitor huge numbers of innocent people as people grow increasingly interconnected. 
ComputerWorld (12/3/08) Gross, Grant

White Paper Explores Government Use of Web 2.0 and Social Networking -- "Government 2.0: Building Communities With Web 2.0 and Social Networking," describes efforts undertaken by communities, states, and the federal government to implement the tools and technologies of Web 2.0. The consensus?: Web 2.0 can help government enhance its existing relationship with citizens.
Government Technology (12/08) Sander, Todd

DOD, Veterans Affairs Will Use SOA to Increase EHR Interoperability -- The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments will migrate their respective electronic health record systems to a service-oriented architecture to enhance the interoperability of outpatient clinical data.
Government Health IT (11/24/08) Buxbaum, Peter