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Glossary of Terms
ARM
Autonomy Records Manager, (formerly CA Records Manager, formerly MDY FileSurf), is a flexible Records Management solution that allows organisations to manage physical, electronic, and e-mail records either in-place, or within the Records Manager repository.
Data Migration & Analysis
The process of moving data from one place and/or format to another often in preparation for the implementation of an ECM system. Also involves going through a classification phase and the removal of duplicate, obsolete and trivial files.
Document Capture
The process of importing documents and information through capture devices, for example scanners. Can also involve intelligent extraction of information.
Electronic records
Computerised records in the forms of e-mails, Microsoft Office documents, blogs, Wikis, Instant Messenger, for example.
Information Audit
Analysis and evaluation of an organisation’s information repositories and processes resulting in a risk analysis and set of recommendations to system to improve accuracy, relevance, security, and timeliness of the recorded information.
SharePoint
A Microsoft technology that provides collaboration, document management, intranet and website functionality.
Information Governance or Information Management
An enterprise-wide strategic view of information to support immediate and future regulatory, legal, risk, environmental and operational requirements.
Information Lifecycle
An approach to Information Governance which covers processes and technologies surrounding the creation, capture, storage, management, preservation and delivery of information.
Records Management
The practice of maintaining the records of an organisation from the time they are created to their eventual disposal with an emphasis on classification, retention and disposition.
SaaS
(Acronym for Software As a Service) A software distribution model in which applications are hosted by a vendor or service provider and made available to request over a network, typically the Internet.
e-Discovery or e-Disclosure
The process and technologies around the preservation, collection, analysis and production of electronic information as evidence.
EDRM Model
The Electronic Discovery Reference Model which aims to formalise the e-Discovery process into a series of discrete and repeatable steps.
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