Hello from ARMA / Hey, where did you go?

Event Coverage from ARMA International 2006 Conference and Expo at Rocky Mountain Voices

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:17:21 GMT

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... and non-US standards??

Rammell Consulting — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:18:37 GMT

>our efforts around getting Office SharePoint

>Server 2007 certified for the Department of

>Defense’s 5015.2 standard

Ethan,

What about Sharepoint Server's compliance with non-US standards, such as MOREQ?

Regards,

Eldin (one of several million non-US Microsoft customers!)

re: Hello from ARMA / Hey, where did you go?

utbundy — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:32:15 GMT

Ethan,

The collaboration announcement begs the question: will the Office/Echange/SharePoint apps for 07 be able to "go it alone" with regard to enterprise RM -- or to put it another way, if they can, as many of the posts seems to suggest (i.e., DoD 5015.2 certifidation), why do you need to collaborate with a major RM software vendor? At first glance, implementing the 07 Office/Echange/SharePoint including support for RM would be an obvious advantage for small or mid-size organizations who may not be able to fund an implementation of a 5015.2 cert app to do recordkeeping.

Regards, and like what I'm seeing in this blog....

UTBundy

re: Hello from ARMA / Hey, where did you go?

recman — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:16:47 GMT

@ UTBundy:

Firstly, thanks for the kind feedback.

Now that the announcement of our collaboration with Iron Mountain has been made public (see http://blogs.msdn.com/recman/archive/2006/10/25/iron-mountain-and-microsoft-collaboration.aspx ), hopefully the answer to this question is a bit clearer – we’re collaborating with a major RM services provider. :)

We absolutely agree that for many organizations “going it alone” (as you put it) with our 2007 releases will be appropriate for their enterprise RM needs. That said, we’re actively working with partners in the RM community, on both the software and services sides. There are different rationales for each collaboration – including providing good interoperability for customers who’ve already got other RM software in place, helping address the needs of customers in particular industries/jurisdictions who may require specific functionalities or certifications we don’t plan to pursue for the 2007 releases, etc.

The unifying strategy behind these collaborations is that they’re all about meeting the current & emerging RM needs of our customers – where it makes the most sense for us to do that by “going it alone”, that’s what we’ll do. Where partners can help us get to a better overall solution for our customers, we’ll explore those approaches as well.

Hope this helps clarify,

- Ethan Gur-esh, Program Manager.

re: Hello from ARMA / Hey, where did you go?

recman — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:25:49 GMT

@Rammell Consulting:

Eldin,

At this point in time, we haven’t announced plans to have the 2007 release certified against RM standards other than DoD 5015.2 chapter 2.

The reason for our pursuing DoD certification initially (as opposed to others like MOREQ) isn’t indicative of a US-centric approach. Rather, it’s a reflection of the broad acceptance and influence of this particular certification, both in the US and in other jurisdictions. (For example, the DoD 5015.2 standard has had a strong influence on the MOREQ standard, and in the RM standards of countries like Denmark and South Africa.)

From the early design phases of the 2007 release, we reviewed multiple records management standards & certifications, and took those requirements into account in the product. But the certification processes are time- and resource-intensive, and like all organizations we’ve had to prioritize our efforts in this area. Based on customer feedback (like what you’ve provided in your comment) Microsoft or our partners may pursue additional certifications in the future – but our only announced plans so far are for DoD.

Hope this helps,

- Ethan Gur-esh, Program Manager.