The One-Minute ECM Guru Volume 1 in a series

The One-Minute ECM Guru

Volume 1 in a series

Guru (plural gurus) Noun A Hindu spiritual teacher. An advisor or mentor. A leader or expert in a field.

Guru (plural gurus)

Noun

A Hindu spiritual teacher.

An advisor or mentor.

A leader or expert in a field.

Today’s Guest Guru…

Charles Lamb (1775 - 1834)

Charles Lamb (1775 - 1834)

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

Question for the ECM Guru: “E-Mail Management -- WHY BOTHER?”

Question for the ECM Guru:

“E-Mail Management -- WHY BOTHER?”

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26 and 34, which went into effect December 1, 2006, use the term “electronically stored information” rather than the term “data compilation” and identify it as a distinctive category of information subject to discovery obligations on par with “documents” and “things.”

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26 and 34, which went into effect December 1, 2006, use the term “electronically stored information” rather than the term “data compilation” and identify it as a distinctive category of information subject to discovery obligations on par with “documents” and “things.”

So What?

Wall Street Journal, April 25 2007 Intel's Email Recovery Effort Is Set to Cost 'Many Millions' By Don Clark and Peg Brickley Intel Corp. described costly steps it is taking to recover from a series of mistakes it made in preserving employee emails in a high-stakes antitrust case. The chip maker, stating that "it regrets the lapse in its retention practices" in a case filed by Advanced Micro Devices Inc., said it had already spent $3.3 million…

Intel's Email Recovery Effort Is Set to Cost 'Many Millions'

By Don Clark and Peg Brickley

Intel Corp. described costly steps it is taking to recover from a series of mistakes it made in preserving employee emails in a high-stakes antitrust case.

The chip maker, stating that "it regrets the lapse in its retention practices" in a case filed by Advanced Micro Devices Inc., said it had already spent $3.3 million…

Wall Street Journal, April 25 2007 Intel's Email Recovery Effort Is Set to Cost 'Many Millions' By Don Clark and Peg Brickley Intel Corp. described costly steps it is taking to recover from a series of mistakes it made in preserving employee emails in a high-stakes antitrust case. The chip maker, stating that "it regrets the lapse in its retention practices" in a case filed by Advanced Micro Devices Inc., said it had already spent $3.3 million…

Intel's Email Recovery Effort Is Set to Cost 'Many Millions'

By Don Clark and Peg Brickley

Intel Corp. described costly steps it is taking to recover from a series of mistakes it made in preserving employee emails in a high-stakes antitrust case.

The chip maker, stating that "it regrets the lapse in its retention practices" in a case filed by Advanced Micro Devices Inc., said it had already spent $3.3 million…

Wall Street Journal, April 25 2007 Intel's Email Recovery Effort Is Set to Cost 'Many Millions' By Don Clark and Peg Brickley Intel Corp. described costly steps it is taking to recover from a series of mistakes it made in preserving employee emails in a high-stakes antitrust case. The chip maker, stating that "it regrets the lapse in its retention practices" in a case filed by Advanced Micro Devices Inc., said it had already spent $3.3 million…

Intel's Email Recovery Effort Is Set to Cost 'Many Millions'

By Don Clark and Peg Brickley

Intel Corp. described costly steps it is taking to recover from a series of mistakes it made in preserving employee emails in a high-stakes antitrust case.

The chip maker, stating that "it regrets the lapse in its retention practices" in a case filed by Advanced Micro Devices Inc., said it had already spent $3.3 million…

$3.3 million

$3.3 million

But Is There An Alternative?

A Not so Hypothetical Question Imagine that your organization is sued by a former customer or constituent and must produce all the organizational information related to that person. Approximately how long do you believe that would take?

Imagine that your organization is sued by a former customer or constituent and must produce all the organizational information related to that person. Approximately how long do you believe that would take?

“ Could produce critical information in less than one week…” We have not yet begun a significant document/records project. We are deploying and implementing an enterprise scale document and records management capability. AIIM State of Industry Survey, 2007 Organizations with > 100 employees 18% 42%

We have not yet begun a significant document/records project.

We are deploying and implementing an enterprise scale document and records management capability.

“ Could produce critical information in less than one week…” We have not yet begun a significant document/records project. We are deploying and implementing an enterprise scale document and records management capability. AIIM State of Industry Survey, 2007 Organizations with > 100 employees 18% 42%

We have not yet begun a significant document/records project.

We are deploying and implementing an enterprise scale document and records management capability.

What’s that worth?

For Intel, at least $3.3 million

For Intel, at least

$3.3 million

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