Experts worry that items preserved in digital form may not be readily accessible in the future because the equipment and software needed to read them will become obsolete.
Recent scandals in the USA provoke this New York Time article on accountability in government. But it's not just government that faces this challenge.
"...stored personal memories or favorite music on eight-track tapes, floppy disks or 8-millimeter film,” said Allen Weinstein, the archivist of the United States. “In many cases, these technologies are now relics, and we have no way to access the stored information.
Imagine this problem multiplied millions and millions of times. That’s what the federal government is facing.”
Source: New York Times
It's what every business is facing--exacerbated by Web 2.0! Contact us to schedule an assessment of your risk.
: Please enter your name and title
: Enter your email for our response
Enter a brief description or request below
Search
Contact Us Internationally
Visit the Bookstore
Click here for books, video and more available to visitors from Asia, Europe and the Americas.
"Once it was the mining of ore and gold that generated wealth. Tomorrow it is going to be the mining of minds."
Leif Edvinsson, World's 1st CKO
If business guru Tom Peters is correct in saying that the currency of the 21st Century is knowledge, then any business with an eye on the future needs its staff to invest that currency. In turn, that means every business needs to make its own investment in creating the kind of culture and environment in which knowledge is nurtured, expanded and celebrated. Create the kind of workplace in which your knowledge workers invest their knowledge in your business.
When technology can be harnessed to support learning communities of practice, and when community members--your staff--excel through well designed work-flows that generate authentic and reliable records, you have a recipe for success. People, combined with information, are fundamental.
Janne Horkonen's Jaywalk
Syndicate
