AIIM, the ECM association, just rolled out two new initiatives to bring together users, vendors, and industry experts in the areas of electronic records management and Enterprise 2.0 - and Access Sciences is pleased to be involved.

As I mentioned in my previous post, we frequently get the opportunity to speak to various groups and organizations. Here is an updated list of our upcoming speaking engagements. For more information about any of these engagements, please contact Amanda Stringer at astringer@accesssciences.com or me at jwilkins@accesssciences.com.

Earlier this month FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, published Regulatory Notice 10-06, Social Media Web Sites: Guidance on Blogs and Social Networking Web sites. This is of particular interest for a couple of reasons. First, there are still a lot of people that believe that social networking sites either aren't used for business, or shouldn't be used for business. Now, this is nothing new - we saw similar positions and assertions around instant messaging, and before that around email, and probably the telephone before that. The publication of this note seems to contradict both of those ideas - clearly the question has arisen as to how financial services firms can use these tools for business.

Here is the outline for the AIIM Email Management Certificate Program. Access Sciences developed this course in conjunction with AIIM and the AIIM Education Advisory Groups.