| CONTENTS | June - July 2011 |
June—July 2011

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NewsTrack
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Tech community presses Government for implementation of Hargreaves IP reforms
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The British Library and Google to make 250,000 books available to all
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Information Commissioner urges private companies to undergo data protection audits
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OpenText deepens commitment to BPM with acquisition of Global 360
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Autonomy Records Manager receives US DoD 5015.02 certification
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TERMINALFOUR Site Manager 7.1 launched with emphasis on migration capabilities
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Northumbria University offers new distance learning course on information governance
- The National Archives brings web archiving to local authorities
Articles
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How your SharePoint metadata strategy impacts everything you do. SharePoint 2010 can fail miserably without taking metadata and taxonomy into account. Without a solid metadata strategy, you will hinder your ability to leverage the full functionality of SharePoint. In fact, it’s the number one reason why SharePoint deployments fail to take hold in the end user population. Christian Buckley
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Your SharePoint records governance plan and ISO 15489: disaster preparation and recovery. Records managers are often not as comfortable with disaster preparation and recovery as they should be. Here the author outlines a SharePoint 2010 governance plan that, if done well, will demonstrate to senior management that the records and IT partnership is healthy. Mimi Dionne
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The art of coping with office distractions—six steps you can take towards productivity. The plethora of communication tools which were supposed to make us more productive has produced unexpected consequences. It is now estimated that most employees waste at least an hour a day dealing with office distractions. David Lavenda offers some guidance on how to reduce distractions and maintain your productivity. David Lavenda
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Testing the cloud. Service availability, service assurance and service efficiency are the main challenges facing cloud service providers. Rigorous testing is key to meeting these challenges and to providing enterprise customers with the greatest confidence in cloud service provision. Daniel Joseph Barry


