Records and the Threat of Cloud Computing
Records managers are still trying to figure out how to deal with the decades-old problem of e-mail, so the cloud remains on the distant horizon for most.
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Records and the Threat of Cloud Computing
I recently hosted a panel for ARMA that discussed compliance and records management issues related to Cloud Computing. It proved to be one of the most thought-provoking sessions I have been involved in for a long time. What became abundantly clear very early on was that records managers and compliance officers really need to get their head around cloud computing, and fast.
retention and disposition are the core principals of records management, and cloud computing brings into question the relevance and value of both principles. I think cloud computing is the biggest threat records management has ever faced. Yet records managers are still trying to figure out how to deal with the decades-old problem of e-mail, so the cloud remains on the distant horizon for most.Read more at intelligent-enterprise.informationweek.com
