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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

ARMA defines information as “Data that has been given value through analysis, interpretation, or compilation in a meaningful form” (ARMA 2016, p 28). ARMA defines data as “Any symbols or characters that represent raw facts or figures and form the basis of information” (ARMA 2016, p 12). ARMA (2016). Data Analytics.

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Part 2: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about the evolution from RIM to Content Services?

ARMA International

Implied herein is a cloud computing model that ARMA (2016) defines as “A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., COLD is a “technology that records and then stores computer-generated data onto optical disks for online access” (ARMA 2016, p 10).

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What Is Our Professional Future?

Brandeis Records Manager

Program Director for University Records Management, Brandeis University. At the risk of sounding alarmist, I have concerns about the records management profession’s long-range future. Reading through Kelly’s book as a records manager or archivist is an exercise in marathon squirming. George Despres, CRM.