Records Managed In SharePoint Help Increase Adoption, Simplify Compliance, and Lower Cost
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Houston, Texas – September 29, 2011 - GimmalSoft, a division of Gimmal that provides advanced information governance and records management products built on Microsoft SharePoint 2010, is excited to announce that the Compliance Suite for Microsoft SharePoint has been certified against the DoD 5015.02 standard for records management. The exhaustive testing for DoD 5015.02 certification is widely regarded as the de facto standard for records management applications. The fact that GimmalSoft meets the DoD’s standards for records storage, retention and destruction shows that GimmalSoft offers a system that will help records managers in all industries be successful.
Organizations have struggled with the cost, efficiency, and user adoption of using one system for collaboration or work-in-progress documents while using a different system for managing enterprise records. The Compliance Suite eliminates the need to integrate separate enterprise content or records management platforms in order to provide a certified configuration. It is built on Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and therefore, no secondary repository or system is required to meet this standard. The Compliance Suite provides an efficient, intuitive experience for users who are embracing Microsoft SharePoint 2010 in their organization.
“Today, there is an incredible amount of information stored in SharePoint and an increasing number of users who need to access it,” said Jared Spataro, senior director of SharePoint Product Management at Microsoft Corp. “With GimmalSoft’s solution, critical documents can remain in SharePoint, and our customers can benefit from reduced complexity in the records management process."
Art Bellis, vice president of GimmalSoft, says "We are excited about a paradigm we call Records Management 2.0 where viral adoption, transparent information lifecycle management, lower cost and lower risk can be realized. In the Records Management 1.0 paradigm of enterprise content management and records management, organizations have historically achieved no more than 10-12% enterprise-wide adoption. We believe Microsoft SharePoint 2010 will help enable Records Management 2.0.”
The Compliance Suite has been reviewed by RIMtech Principal Bruce Miller. Mr. Miller is widely regarded as the inventor of modern electronic recordkeeping software having sold two prior records management software firms to EMC and IBM. The report addresses questions such as whether DoD 5015.02 capabilities are required for record keeping and what is provided with the Compliance Suite. Mr. Miller declares the GimmalSoft Compliance Suite for SharePoint 2010 a game changer. The complete review is available here: http://www.rimtech.ca/GimmalSoft.html.
GimmalSoft will be presenting and demonstrating the software at three upcoming events: The Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2011 in Anaheim, California on October 3-6, ARMA International in Washington DC on October 17-19 and at the Document Strategy Forum in Chicago Illinois on November 1-3. Additional information about these presentations can be found here: http://www.gimmalsoft.com/NewsAndEvents/Pages/default.aspx.
Mike Alsup, founder of Gimmal, states “Achieving this important certification will give organizations the opportunity to build upon their Microsoft SharePoint 2010 implementations by managing the complete information lifecycle inside of Microsoft SharePoint 2010. Our vision for GimmalSoft is to fully enable enterprise-wide content and records management."
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About GimmalSoft
GimmalSoft, a division of Gimmal, develops products that provide enterprise-scale advanced governance and compliant records management products. GimmalSoft solutions drive user adoption and adherence to compliance policies by making the information lifecycle and management process transparent, delivering consistency, compliance and proactive litigation readiness. GimmalSoft solutions benefit leading companies and government agencies who want to improve the effectiveness of information management for all of their users. For more information, visit www.gimmalsoft.com.
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