Established in 2006, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) requires any company involved in a lawsuit or federal litigation to preserve and recover electronic documents and emails as part of the discovery process. The penalties for non-compliance with FRCP… Read More
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Law Firms, Document Management, and Regulatory Compliance
The number of documents that law firms deal with on a day-to-day basis can be staggering. And with compliance pressures and court deadlines constantly looming, document management becomes a top priority. Law firms need technology that allows them to Simplify… Read More
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Enterprise Content Management and Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA) Compliance
Enacted in 1999, the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), which is mandatory for all financial institutions, regulates the way in which the collection, disclosure and protection of consumer’s information is handled. Implement efficient means for information distribution. Manage Security controls to… Read More
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Enterprise Content Management & Record Archiving Rules for the Securities Industry
Originally intended for paper documents, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, more importantly, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 and 17ad-7 were implemented to better define Record Archiving Rules for the Securities Industry. Today, however, these… Read More
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The Public Utilities Industry and Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Have you ever stopped to think about where your water, electricity, and gas come from? The public utilities industry is extremely large and, as you can imagine, extremely paper heavy between high volume record keeping, compliance, and disaster recovery requirements…. Read More
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Compliance & Enterprise Content Management
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), which was introduced in 2002, is designed to help increase corporate responsibility, stop accounting fraud, and improve financial disclosures. Under SOX, accounting and auditing firms need to exercise tight control over financial reports and transactions, such… Read More
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) & ECMNOW!
According to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal law that protects the privacy of student educational records, schools are permitted from sharing current or archived student records or personally identifiable information without written consent from the… Read More
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On-Demand Document Management, HIPAA Compliance and the Healthcare Industry
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known by the acronym HIPAA, requires healthcare providers to convert to electronic information systems and adopt secure, effective information management practices to better protect patient information. And with over 545,000 businesses in… Read More
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Get more Value from Microsoft SharePoint using Digitech Systems
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) from Digitech Systems is helping companies, like yours, make the most of their technology investments, including Microsoft SharePoint. SharePoint is a general purpose platform that connects people with information. Unfortunately, SharePoint doesn’t natively include sophisticated ECM… Read More
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Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and the Retail Industry
Did you know that the retail industry is the second largest industry in the United States, generating an estimated $3.8 trillion in annual sales? It is not hard to believe is it? After all, there is a retail store on… Read More