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When Pressing Delete Is OK: Learn How to Eliminate ROT in Your Organization

AIIM

This causes enough problems by itself, but when you then add to the pile all the redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) information you have in your systems, on your file shares, and in every other possible location, it’s a real nightmare. Don’t Let Your Information ROT. Identifying and Evaluating ROT.

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5 Reasons Your Files and Records are ROT(ting)

Gimmal

Redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) information likely dominates your content stores. We collect data from organizations every day to understand why information governance problems exist, and there are generally five reason your files are ROT(ting). Five Reasons Your Files are ROT(ting) 1.

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4 Ways to Determine ROI around Data Cleanup

Everteam

You need to show them not only why you need to perform a data cleanup, but prove the ROI behind it. To help you out, here are four ways you can pull together the numbers to determine the ROI from cleaning out redundant, duplicate and trivial information (ROT). If it’s ROT, wouldn’t it make more sense to get rid of it completely?

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How to Perform a Content Migration - Your Checklist for Success

AIIM

For a file share cleanup , it may make more sense to go in phases or target particular departments or processes. Or is much of it redundant, outdated or obsolete, or trivial (ROT)? But every organization has to do this at some point or risk losing access to important information. What’s the Scope of the Migration? Conclusion.

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