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Many organisations that keep or process personal data of EU citizens are hard at work trying to reach the May, 2018 compliance deadline for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Yet, despite these efforts, a large number of organisations remain far from ready. Many also remain unaware of the need for GDPR compliance at the far side of their asset life cycle: namely, the point of IT asset disposition (ITAD).

Last year's weekly to-do lists are nowhere near as important as your financial files. So why are they still cluttering up your primary storage system? Here are four key steps to better classifying your data.

There are certainly more exciting things in the world than tape cartridges, tape drives and tape libraries. However, these concepts become pretty appealing when they help organisations save boatloads of money. The following striking statistics about tape tell a tale that all records management professionals will want to read.

Moving towards a compliance-aware workforce isn't necessarily easy, but an organisational shift in thinking rarely is. Understanding employee behaviour is more likely to improve compliance protocols and processes than trying to think of technology as a magic wand.

Disposing of your business's obsolete technology in a compliant way is the right thing to do, both as a cost-saving measure and as a risk management strategy. Here's why.

More than nine out of ten Records and Information Management professionals have records retention schedules in place—but most say these programmes need improvement. Here's a four-step approach to modernisation that can boost your records management efficiency.

Like most financial services organisations, you keep track of information and records management metrics, such as storage volume and disposition rates. Here's how carefully constructed KPIs can infuse these numbers with newfound operational value.

Analysts predicted we'd all be working in paperless offices by now. So, what happened? Find out what making the move to paperless could mean for your business.

Organisations face several obstacles when it comes to restoring data from growing tape archives. Learn best practices to successfully restore tape data.

One of the most crucial decisions records managers have to make is whether their organisation's records centre should be centralised or decentralised; this is by no means an easy choice. Thankfully, this subject is not a new one in the field of records management. There are plenty of resources in the space to help records management professionals make the right choice for their organisation.