Gimmal

AUGUST 17, 2023

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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AIIM

JANUARY 22, 2020

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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Everteam

DECEMBER 17, 2018

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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JKevinParker

JULY 9, 2017

This is often a great time to clean up information ROT (redundant, obsolete, trivial). Create cleanup and migration plan. Stage 2: Test Create staging site for test and cleanup. Test content cleanup in staging site. Validate test cleanup and migration. Customize cleanup and migration procedures.

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The Texas Record

JUNE 26, 2023

Disposition Dispose of the ROT—redundant, obsolete, trivial—items before creating a new file structure. They will still need to learn the new structure within a set period. Train new employees about the file structure and how they are managed. Consider building periodic refreshers into your records training.

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AIIM

DECEMBER 19, 2019

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 Or is much of it redundant, outdated or obsolete, or trivial (ROT)?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 the reason will impact the overall migration process. What’s the Scope of the Migration? Does it store information that can no longer be recreated?

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Everteam

DECEMBER 27, 2018

If it’s true that almost 80% of the information an organization has is ROT – redundant, obsolete and trivial, then there’s a ton of work to be done to find that information, clean it out and organize what’s left. 4 Ways to Determine ROI around Data Cleanup. The Critical Role Your Legal Team Plays in Information Governance.

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