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The AI value creation pyramid: How companies get the maximum benefit from AI
Author: Michael Rumpf 1 Initial situation: The growing importance of AI in companies Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a topic for the future - it has arrived in the here and now. Companies around the world are turning to AI to optimize processes, reduce costs...
AI is like a game of soccer – you can’t play without rules!
Does Switzerland need an AI law? AI is like a game of football - it can't be played without binding rules! I am of the opinion that Switzerland must initiate regulation of artificial intelligence procedures as quickly as possible. The hesitant approach that is...
Records Management around the world: Australia
Records management in Australia is a well-established field with a strong focus on compliance and accountability. In this interview with Conni Christensen from synercon.co we want to discuss the current state and future trends in records management. Conni Christensen...
E-mail archiving: obligation or freestyle? (part 2)
E-mail archiving: obligation or freestyle? Part Two: Reasons for Email Archiving The most important thing right away. With the retention regulations of Swiss commercial law in force since 1.1.2013 , there are no longer any legal requirements in Switzerland for the...
New publication: Lifecycle Mgmt and relationship with Information Governance (french)
Gouvernance d'information (Les Cahiers du Numerique) - impact of records mgmt to information governance The French Canadian journal "Les cahiers du numerique" has issued an interesting number about the interrelations btw records management (information lifecycle mgmt)...
Update: Retention of business correspondence?
Business correspondence - retention obligation? Since 1.1.2013, Swiss commercial law has applied the principle that business correspondence is no longer subject to retention. What does this mean for companies? Which cases do you consider borderline and where is there...
Blockchains – or when will the next nerd be driven through the village?
Hardly a day goes by without a journalist feeling called upon to preach the promising future of the bankless society. In search of new jobs & Zuckerbergs, the news- and money-hungry gang of investors and journalists has now stumbled upon the topic of blockchain...
The Standardization Zoo or “Who Needs ISO Standards?”
I do not make a pit of murder out of my heart. I consider 90% of the existing standards to be redundant, unnecessary and confusing, or as a colleague of mine once said: "As long as there are different sockets in Euopa, I don't believe in standardization, certainly not...
Visibility and utility of IG programs for spec. Business functions and end users
James Lappin writes in his paper,"The strengths and weaknesses of the information governance approach to records management" "If one of the main strengths of the information governance model is the reduction in burden on the end-user, the main weakness of the model is...
Glossary
This glossary already includes the additions that will be referenced in the second edition of the guide (2021). In the future, the glossary will only be maintained here as an online version (krm.swiss/glossar), because this allows the technical terms and links to be...
Seminar Review: Data Protection and k2 PID Cockpit
On June 28, 2022, Kompetenzzentrum Records Management AG (krm) and Karakun AG (karakun) presented their joint "K2 PID Cockpit" for tracking down personal data in internal systems in Zurich. However, the event kicked off with an exciting look at data protection...
What is Information Governance?
What is information governance – a brief explanation
Handing over data in the bankruptcy of cloud providers
Cloud services are based on the fact that IT infrastructures, such as computing or network capacities, data storage or also software are made available directly via a network, in particular the Internet, and these can be obtained by a user as required. As a result,...
Book excerpt IG 2021 (5): IG also applies to SMEs – The GLAS model as a guide
We repeatedly hear the objection from various sides that information governance is only relevant for medium to large organizations. For managers and people without prior knowledge, the introduction: Information Governance for KLV (children, laymen and board...
Do companies need a Chief Information Governance Officer (CIGO)? (3) – IG in organizational change. Digitization needs information governance
"Information technology strategy plans in the absence of business policies are symptoms of policy-making avoidance by top executive management." (Paul Strassmann, Governance of Information Management. The Concept of an Information Constitution, 2004, p.16) ...
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