AIIM

JANUARY 22, 2020

This causes enough problems by itself, but when you then add to the pile all the redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) information you have in your systems, on your file shares, and in every other possible location, it’s a real nightmare. Don’t Let Your Information ROT. Identifying and Evaluating ROT.

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ROT Cleanup Records Management Risk 123

Gimmal

AUGUST 17, 2023

Redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT) information likely dominates your content stores. Whether it’s your network file shares, EFSS locations such as Box and Dropbox, or even your email accounts, a large portion of content and records is essentially useless. Five Reasons Your Files are ROT(ting) 1.

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AIIM

DECEMBER 19, 2019

For a file share cleanup , it may make more sense to go in phases or target particular departments or processes. Information Management Specialists: A given migration could require advice and support from records managers, knowledge managers, document managers or document controllers, privacy and data protection specialists, and others.

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Metadata Records Management ROT Cleanup 107

Everteam

DECEMBER 27, 2018

If it’s true that almost 80% of the information an organization has is ROT – redundant, obsolete and trivial, then there’s a ton of work to be done to find that information, clean it out and organize what’s left. 4 Ways to Determine ROI around Data Cleanup. That requires records management.

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Information governance Government Records Management GDPR 40

Gimmal

MARCH 13, 2025

Why Your Data Cleanup Efforts Are Probably Failing Written by Data cleanup feels like the house chore everyone knows they should doyet it rarely makes it to the top of the to-do list until something goes catastrophically wrong. Below are the key takeaways, along with insights to get your cleanup initiative on track.

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