eDJ Contributor: Steve Markey
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- March 28th
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GARP® And eDiscovery
As I prepare for a keynote that I am delivering next month at a records management conference on behalf of a state government, I thought of how an organization may integrate the Association of Records Managers and Administrators’ (ARMA) Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles (GARP®) into their electronic discovery (eDiscovery) processes. Assimilating the GARP® principles into eDiscovery, specifically the tasks associated with the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), can be seen as implementing process improvement practices, much like Six Sigma. However, it should be noted that GARP® has a records lifecycle focus due to its affiliation with ARMA. The following paragraphs will describe GARP® in additional detail, as well as how an organization may integrate this framework into their eDiscovery (EDRM) processes to experience a higher level of process maturity and increased cost effectiveness.
posted at 8:00am on Mar 28th
- March 12th
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Electronic Document Management-Electronic Content Management And eDiscovery
The topic of assimilating one’s electronic content/document management (ECM/EDM) solution into the organization’s eDiscovery strategy came up the other day while working with one of my financial services clients, so I thought I would share some insight. This topic came up while sitting down with IT, Compliance, and Operations to discuss implementing Microsoft’s SharePoint into the enterprise. It should be noted that the client uses outside counsel; so, the said parties were the internal stakeholders for an initial discussion on SharePoint and eDiscovery. I did the following to bring the stakeholders on board the ECM/EDM and eDiscovery train. I asked the right questions to the stakeholders, including: What is your eDiscovery strategy? What is your archiving strategy? What eDiscovery tools and processes are in use? What is your record and information management (RIM, aka information governance) strategy? What is your [...]
posted at 9:00am on Mar 12th
- February 23rd
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Big Data And eDiscovery
Big Data is a new paradigm for many professionals, and it is relevant for eDiscovery professionals as it is a new artifact to consider when pondering the collection and discoverability of content. Oracle defines Big Data as an aggregation of data from three sources, which include: traditional (structured data), sensory (log data, metadata), and social (social media)1 data. Big Data is often stored in non-relational, distributed databases using new technology paradigms, such as NoSQL (Not only Structured Query Language).
posted at 9:00am on Feb 23rd