a.k.a.® Disposition Management

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One of the more challenging tasks an information manager faces is the development of retention and disposal authorities.

For corporations, pressure to develop disposal authorities has come from the tightening of legislation in the wake of Enron and Arthur Andersen. New legislation including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act 2002 require organisations to monitor, track and manage the creation and reporting of all financial information required for government reporting.

For government agencies, most archives authorities require the redevelopment of disposal schedules in line with the DIRKS methodology (see below).

a.k.a.® Retention and Disposal Software has been designed to make the task of the information manager easier. It enables developers of disposal schedules to build their disposal information step by step, particularly where there is a need to conform to the DIRKS methodology. As information is gathered about legal and business requirements for records, so it can be compiled within a.k.a.® and used to substantiate retention and disposal recommendations.

a.k.a.® Retention and Disposal Software follows Synercon's design philosophy to create systems where information only need be entered once. Therefore tight integration with the a.k.a.® classification software enables disposal classes to be linked to an existing Business Classification Scheme. All of the the outputs of a.k.a.® software can be uploaded into records and document management systems.

a.k.a.® Retention and Disposal Software  has also been designed to meet the needs of information technologists who are struggling to come to terms with vast amounts of electronic information. a.k.a.® Retention and Disposal Software supports information lifecycle management (ILM) systems by delivering rules to manage the progressive migration of electronic documents through tiers of storage.

a.k.a.® Retention and Disposal Software:

  • Conforms with the ISO 15489 DIRKS methodology
  • Delivers a range of retention and disposal schedule types
  • Imports/exports to EDRM systems
  • Publishes to the Web
  • Provides flexible reporting
  • Integrates with a.k.a.® Classification Software

a.k.a.® (also known as)For more information and to download an evaluation copy of a.k.a.®, go to the a.k.a.® website.