I have been receiving quite a few surveys where the marketplace from many directions, is trying to figure out where we are headed. Here are some examples of what Big Data and other service agencies want to know?

Cloud computing has revolutionized the workplace and now IT professionals must now navigate new potential risks. Is IT ready to deal with litigation support?

Cloud storage has the potential to be a disruptive technology. IT has not yet figured out the risks that Cloud poses to the organization? Where do we find the answers?

The regulatory and legal environment that IT professionals must familiarize themselves with worries some professionals. Who can guide the management of a Cloud based records management program?

Some feel that the Cloud has gone to far?  How do we fix the pitfalls that endanger the organization?

Before the answers to the above are fully developed, now Blockchain for the Cloud is brought in.  Is this another example of the Big Data not wanting to do what works but move on to what generates new sales?

Has the Cloud been supported such that it is secure?  Do corporations care about Security?  

Blockchain appears to be an attempt to add security to the Cloud by yet again removing human intervention from the process? 

Why do organizations keep moving to new technology when the old technology has not been perfected and secure?

Is Blockchain just another magicians slight of hand where the client is distracted with the new and shiny in one hand so they stop paying attention to the failures in the current model?

Are you prepared for life after the hard drive? NAND flash memory surpassed HDD in areal density for the first time. The reliable mechanical hard drive is getting replaced by cloud storage and solid state drives. These changes are turning the corner to a world where robotics are playing a bigger role in manufacturing. How does mankind stay relevant?
( a look inside Giga, Volvo, Toyota and Faraday car plants will show a level of sophistication and robotics that are unlike past experience.)

Boxes of records are disappearing from shelves. The big shelving companies are moving more to manufacturing storage as the big growth model for paper records has shifted. How is your organization reacting to records storage?

The fact that committee overseeing server room and data center design is looking for guidance on electronic records, how does the records management community respond?

Is security of records less or more important?

If all records are born digital, will records management of the future just evolve into a large jukebox of records that opposing counsel can attach a search jukebox to find the smoking gun?

How does  records manager need to educate themselves to stay relevant in a world of electronic and Cloud storage?


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