Introducing EDM

There's a fascinating article running today on Search CIO Midmarket today. The topic, the future of electronic records and document management. The findings - a lot of companies still don't have a program in place. According to the start of the piece:

"Despite all the hoopla over the need for electronic records retention policies -- particularly given the need to produce records for litigation for compliance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure -- many midmarket companies fail to have or enforce standard practices to retain electronic records. In fact, recent research shows that a third to a half of U.S.-based organizations still do not include electronic records as part of their records retention policies." The story goes on to say, "Part of the problem is that most midmarket companies have not been able to shift from a hard-copy records management mind-set to an electronic document management mind-set. "They just haven't made that leap," said Brian Hill, an analyst at Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research Inc."

If you're interested, the author also points out the many benefits of introducing EDM to your business (many of which I've already covered at this blog). Follow the link for the link for the full article.