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Kickstart Your 2025: Revamp Your RIM Program!
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Zasio Year in Review: Versatile 2025 Release Dominates Busy 2024
Zasio is delighted to look back on a busy 2024 and highlight numerous achievements for our software, support, consulting, and legal research teams. We work hard to deliver the industry’s best information governance solutions.
And that’s going to continue in 2025!
Here’s a quick snapshot of another fantastic year!
Software & Support:
Building on the success of Versatile 2023, Zasio announced this fall its next major update to the company’s industry-leading information and compliance platform — Versatile 2025.
The product’s newest features included in Release 1 leverages artificial intelligence with the Versatile Information Assistant (VIA) for more intuitive legal research discovery....
Essential Insights: What Every RIM Professional Should Know About Backup and Recovery
After much toiling, your new RIM program is off to a successful start. It took effort, but your records have been inventoried and categorized, and their lifecycles mapped. And thanks to some regular and creative training, your meticulously researched records retention schedule is finally in place—and is being widely followed (miracles do happen).
And the best part? Your stakeholders are no longer bashful about asking you questions—a promising sign that organizational RIM awareness is on the rise. But just as you begin basking in your newfound success, a curveball arrives: “how do our retention periods affect records in backup and...
Does Dunder Mifflin Have an Approved Records Retention Schedule? RIM Portrayal in Hollywood is … Interesting
In the RIM profession, you may find yourself watching movies and television through a different lens. Pop culture has shown us that mishandling records leads to some comedic and, sometimes, catastrophic results. Whether it’s accidental destruction, improper storage, or security breaches, the way Hollywood characters manage (or mismanage) their records provides valuable lessons in real-world RIM principles.
Below are a few examples of where records management goes wrong—and what we can learn from it.
The Office – Michael’s “Special Filing Cabinet” (Season 1, Episode 1 – “Pilot”)
The pilot episode of "The Office" introduces viewers to the quirky dynamics of...
Zasio Announces Major Records Management Software Update: Versatile 2025
Zasio, a global innovator in B2B information governance and records management solutions, is excited to announce Versatile 2025, our most powerful update yet.
Versatile 2025 includes all of Zasio’s industry-changing information governance solutions under a single umbrella suite, including physical records management, electronic records management and retention schedule management.
The new update introduces numerous key features, including Zasio’s new Advanced Records Management Module and a new artificial intelligence assistant, (Built with Llama), which makes it easier than ever to search for records retention regulations.
“We are proud to welcome the next major release of Versatile,” said...
Credentials for Advancing Your RIM Career
Information governance and records information management are complicated worlds comprised of many different roles—each of which require expertise in a specific area.
Fortunately, multiple certifying bodies exist to ensure professionalism through area specific certificates and certifications. Without guidance, though, navigating whether a CRM, IGP, CRA, CIPP, CIPM, or AIGP (to name a few) is the most beneficial choice for you can be overwhelming.
Here are a few tips to untangle some of the more popular offerings for RIM professionals—helping you maximize your investment into one or more of these acronyms.
Certificates vs. Certifications—Yes, There Is A Difference
Certificates evidence proficiency...
Play Your Way to Records Management Program Compliance
Recently, I asked my kids to help clean up our home. After my requests repeatedly failed to motivate them to do anything, I changed tactics and made a game of it. I set a timer for 15 minutes and told them if they simply took everything that was theirs back to their rooms before it went off, we would have some ice cream. Amazingly, my kids got hustling without further complaint. We all worked together, met our goal, and enjoyed a clean house, eating delicious ice cream.
Like getting kids to clean up their mess, encouraging employee compliance with a...
Sanctions: The Repercussions of Poor Recordkeeping
What happens when a business violates recordkeeping requirements?
Most people think of fines—which is usually the case. For instance, the SEC recently fined multiple firms (including multiple Wells Fargo related firms) $549 million for poor recordkeeping.
But sanctions take other forms as well. Businesses and entities of all kinds should be aware of these sanctions to proactively tailor their records information management practices. This article discusses examples of the most common sanctions and what your organization can expect from them.
FINES
Simple fines are the most common record keeping penalty. Amounts can vary, but here are some heftier...
FTC Goes After H&R Block for Not Retaining Consumer Data
H&R Block has settled several consumer protection-related lawsuits over the years, including a $1.6 million settlement in January with the City of Los Angeles. But its most recent showdown comes from the top: the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC raised the flag earlier this year after consumers complained about H&R Block’s seemingly free tax preparation plan and confusing process to downgrade purchased plans. The FTCs’ readiness toward legal action against companies over personal data collection and use shows an effective records and information management program is crucial to safeguarding corporate financial health and sustainability.
Virtual Coffee: Creating a Workable Email & Messenger Retention Strategy
Is your organization struggling to manage email and messaging retention? If yes, you’re not alone. These tools are central to daily operations but can easily become cluttered with redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) information, making it challenging to separate valuable records from the noise. Managing this information without disrupting established processes can be particularly challenging.
Join Jenn and Rick for the next Virtual Coffee webinar, where we’ll explore best practices for effectively managing email and messaging retention. We’ll discuss top strategies, share practical, hands-on solutions, and provide guidance on implementation while avoiding common pitfalls.
What: Virtual Coffee w/ Consulting: Creating a...
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