In an interesting development since we last spoke about records management and a hybrid cloud solution, the US Department of Energy has teamed up with that wacky bunch of engineers at the National Nuclear Security Administration to develop a secure, hybrid cloud solution that they plan to make available to other departments, as well as [...]

The Integrated Information Lifecycle Management model calls for retention and disposition across all of your organization’s content.  In SharePoint this means you are almost certain to apply Information Management Polices to some (and possibly all) of your content based on location rather than Content Type.  You’ll need to apply these Information Management Policies to your [...]

Email records management is a critical component of the Integrated Information Lifecycle Management model and an absolute requirement from a preservation/e-discovery perspective, but it is not – despite what some consultants may tell you – rocket science.  In fact, if you fight the urge to demand a perfect solution, a very good solution is really pretty [...]

I’ve spoken to two different groups over the last couple of days and both groups asked me the same question about Content Types and SharePoint Information Management Polices.  Essentially, they wanted to understand why simply applying a retention and disposition schedule directly to each unique Content Type wouldn’t meet their records management requirements.  This is [...]