tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34964839361697391002012-01-25T12:30:31.151-08:00Records and Information Management FrontiersDesigned as a place to discuss issues related to Records and Information Management(RIM)practices, policies, and products.
Webster's defines a frontier as: "the farthermost limits of knowledge or achievement in a particular subject, a line of division between different or opposed things, or a new field for exploitative or developmental activity".
The desire is that this space addresses all of the above with respect to RIM.Larry Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721435942349278134noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496483936169739100.post-39128032072755003972011-12-23T08:49:00.000-08:002011-12-23T09:32:03.347-08:00Inspired to come out of hibernation for THIS!There was an article in the Washington Times today regarding the recent Presidential Memo calling for improving the manner in which digital records are being managed ( http://goo.gl/Gk88p ) and challenging those in Federal Agencies to address the current manner in which records are managed across the board to come up with recommendations for more effective and efficient methods. I don't know how Larry Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721435942349278134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496483936169739100.post-46343446508831813252010-02-26T09:31:00.000-08:002010-02-26T12:37:33.114-08:00The more things change......the more they stay the same. Not sure who originated this phrase, but if they got a nickel for every time it was used, they'd be wealthy.I've noticed the constant acquisitions and rumors of even more acquisitions in the IT Services industry are continuing, and in many cases, resulting in dissatisfied customers who have no recourse other than to complain with their feet... and in some cases, Larry Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721435942349278134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496483936169739100.post-46812904705559885802009-11-24T10:45:00.000-08:002009-11-24T12:29:08.827-08:00Is a year (to the day) long enough between posts?I'd like to think so. =) It's not like I've been hiding though, but I've been busy with the paying job, and posting and participating a lot on Internet Evolution recently. There has been a lot going on in our profession over the past year- much of it related to social networking, cloud computing, SaaS (and other 'XaaS' models), privacy breaches, major data losses (can anyone say T-Mobile and Larry Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721435942349278134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496483936169739100.post-945246789934211682008-11-24T11:33:00.000-08:002008-11-25T14:03:19.530-08:00E-Mail management should REALLY NOT be so confusingIt's been interesting watching some of the articles recently about the challenges of managing e-mail as if there is a need to manage every piece of it that exists. I've been writing about this topic for quite some time, and while I've also stated it isn't a simple task... it's nowhere NEAR as hard as some make it out to be! In fact, it's hard to believe there were 153K hits for the literal Larry Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721435942349278134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496483936169739100.post-65794300723425894752008-11-12T11:38:00.000-08:002008-11-12T12:10:22.159-08:00Got your head in the clouds (computing)?But now they only block the sunThey rain and snow on ev'ryoneSo many things I would have doneBut clouds got in my wayI've looked at clouds from both sides nowFrom up and down, and still somehowIt's cloud illusions I recallI really don't know clouds at all....I think Joni Mitchell summed it up well when she said "I really don't know clouds at all".There's been a lot of discussion about cloud Larry Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721435942349278134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496483936169739100.post-8030650072675083992008-10-27T09:49:00.000-07:002008-10-27T10:42:41.455-07:00Long time, no postI guess I've been a baaaaaad blogger, letting this sit idle for such a long time. Not that I haven't had a lot to say, just been saying it elsewhere and trying to figure out if/how to focus my energies to one source. So much to say, where to begin? Okay... the ARMA Conference in Las Vegas. I was finally allowed to attend, but the notice came so late the airfare for a 90 minute flight ended upLarry Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721435942349278134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496483936169739100.post-87968035299820815772008-09-11T19:30:00.000-07:002008-10-28T19:36:19.585-07:00Red Flag guidelines in effect Nov 1, 2008The 2007 changes to FACTA go live in November; details can be found here.The 2007 amendment to the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) (15 USC 1681m(e)) directed the Federal Trade Commission and 5 other federal agencies to establish Guidelines for financial institutions and creditors (as defined) to develop and implement a WRITTEN Identity Theft Program for new and existing Larry Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721435942349278134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496483936169739100.post-12459940208504945242007-10-18T16:41:00.000-07:002008-10-28T20:39:06.688-07:00Buckets are back for discussionSeems it happens http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/initiatives/flexible-scheduling.html couple of years, but no time like the present, right? Recently, the Records Management Listserv, a community of over 1500 RIM professionals has been batting the topic around as if it's something new. Take a look at the two links above, and you'll see the National Archives has been formally discussing the Larry Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721435942349278134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496483936169739100.post-2808026109724500532007-09-14T13:29:00.000-07:002008-10-28T15:09:07.510-07:00Where is YOUR Personal Information??Interesting article in Forbes, asking the age old question who gets your information and what do they do with it?The writer postulates (based on input from an IBM analytics specialist), when you give out your information once, and it ends up in a database within 12 months over 1000 listings could potentially exist.This topic has been discussed many times before and there are a lot of opinions, Larry Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721435942349278134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496483936169739100.post-81745514309794190942007-08-30T13:12:00.000-07:002008-10-28T13:24:46.922-07:00Happy Anniversary, CD-ROM!Hard to believe it was 25years ago this month the first commercially available music CD was pressed and released... and even HARDER to believe who the artist was!Ironic it was their last release and the least well known of their historyLarry Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721435942349278134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496483936169739100.post-37688251234738021542007-07-09T10:56:00.000-07:002007-07-09T11:04:27.770-07:00Welcome to my Blog!As time goes along, I hope to add information that both new practitioners and seasoned RIMs will find of value related to best practices in the field of RIM, as well as links to information being developed and discussed relevant to the field of practice.Over the past 5-10 years, RIM is becoming a filed that business is becoming more interested in, primarily due to the Larry Medinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12721435942349278134noreply@blogger.com0