Is Your Information and Data Counted as a Business Asset?
Learn how to implement an Information Asset Register to manage and protect your organisation’s data assets, enhance security, and ensure compliance.
Overcoming Bias: The Importance of a Vendor-Neutral Approach in Information and Records Management Consulting
Selecting a vendor-neutral consultant for your information and records management needs ensures that the advice and solutions you receive are solely in your organisation’s best interests, without any bias towards specific technology vendors. This vendor-neutral stance guarantees that services are aligned with your technological environment and business strategies, ensuring compatibility with your existing systems and […]
Five Key Insights on AI in Information Management for Records Managers
As organisations incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into their operations, records managers need to understand its impact on information management. Generative AI, in particular, is transforming the field by enhancing capabilities such as classification, search, and summarisation. This article presents five key insights into how AI in information management is reshaping records management, offering essential information […]
Optimising Event-Based Retention in Microsoft 365
In the last part of our Microsoft 365 (M365) series we looked at retention labels. While event-based retention is possible in the M365 environment through retention labels, it requires additional steps on the part of end users and administrators in order to work: See an example below of what event-based retention might look like for employee file records, which generally need to […]
Toolkit for Information Governance
As Information management consultants we engage with organisations to help them create, review and implement complex information governance frameworks. Many of these organisations are subject to frequent and recurring administrative and organisational change. These changes present significant challenges for continuity of information access. Recently we undertook a large information governance project for a government department […]
Information Management in Microsoft 365
Retention labels in Microsoft 365 (M365) provide organisations with the ability to apply retention controls to documents through the solution interface. Unlike retention policies, when a retention label is published end users can view and apply retention labels themselves. To understand how retention labels can be used to support your retention requirements, let’s look at how […]
World Digital Preservation Day
Did you know that the first Thursday of November is celebrated as World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD). WDPD allows preservation experts across various industries to come together and raise awareness of digital preservation initiatives and societal benefits of preservation. The world in which we work today is largely digital. Digital information and records are growing exponentially […]