Are the EDRMS arguments wrong? I don't think they are.
Have the EDRMS arguments delivered? No. (Steve is right on that point -
we're still where we were 10 years ago)
Do the EDRMS arguments therefore need to be abandoned? No. if an
argument is sound then it's sound. (Archival management arguments are
equally sound and they haven't opened the corporate coffers either
(every time that one comes up the resource requirement is invariably
understood as a 'bigger cupboard' not a 'managed environment')
SharePoint has been mentioned: The collaborative side of that product is
already being tempered with RM add-ons and EDRMS argument.
Does such technology provide the opportunity to deliver on the RM
thinking behind EDRMS? (it may well be the case)
My point? Doesn't matter which way the debate is cut or which
technologies come along - EDRMS thinking still figures strongly.
Gerry
Newcastle University
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