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Information Asset Management: A Joint Responsibility
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Sort Desciption: Information Asset Management: A Joint Responsibility By Carla Chastka W R Systems Ltd. As we talk about Information Asset Management also known as any combination of Content Management Document and ...
Content Inside: Information Asset Management: A Joint Responsibility By Carla Chastka W R Systems Ltd. As we talk about Information Asset Management also known as any combination of Content Management Document and Records Management and Authoritative Data discussion of this topic tends to have a different definition based on the author's perspective. The one item of agreement is that organizations have information. This information may be in text images audio- or videotapes and yes even someone's brain (also known as Tacit Knowledge). Thus as we go about "managing" this information there tends to be an assumption that information is "already known" within the organization. As International Data Corporation (IDC) states the greatest opportunity lies in the Information Value not in the IT infrastructure. Thus the challenge remains that even though information may be "known" 80% of the time this content is not known by the person who needs it. THE PROBLEM: Unlock the Value in Enterprise Information THE PROBLEM: Unlock the Value in Enterprise Information Most enterprise IT investment to date has gone into building structured information systems (e.g ERP BI CRM SCM Accounting) IT INVESTMENT Unstructured Structured Yet according to IDC most enterprise knowledge resides in unstructured information systems (e.g. Web servers Content Management Group ware etc. ) INFO VALUE Structured Unstructured As CIO's focus on increased efficiency in infrastructure to maintain overall management of all repositories and provide appropriate access to users the responsibility for information discovery in context still remains with the business units. In order to achieve global organizational access users must have accurate timely secure and personalized access to this information. This access can be accomplished through Discovery and Information Asset Management. Discov ...
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