Tom Wrosch Oregon Commercial Registries Manager 2013 IACA Annual Conference
Expert? Nah. Sexy? Nah. Excited? You Betcha! Why?? It’s fundamentally changed my office IACA Annual Conference
Oregon Records Management Solution (Started July 2011) Not just storage, it’s a system Searchable to A/V Internal/External Hardware/Software It’s SaaS-sy 2013 IACA Annual Conference
Three distinct characteristics that differentiate it from traditional hosting: It is sold on demand, it is elastic, and the service is fully managed by the provider Reasons for Cloud Development: innovations in virtualization and distributed computing, improved access to high-speed Internet, and a weak economy. Types of Clouds: Public Cloud - sells services to anyone on the Internet Private Cloud - proprietary network or a data center that supplies hosted services to a limited number of people. (Synergy Data Center)
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Location, location, location Stable Local Not too local Infrastructure Known partner 20 jobs = 50, IACA Annual Conference
Government Accountability Government Transparency Government Accessibility 2013 IACA Annual Conference
NO start up costs for new partners Monthly subscription: $37.02 per user Cost decreases as users increase $10.54 for 20K users Cost shift: capital to operational 2013 IACA Annual Conference
Enables streamlining of work processes Decrease response time for records storage and retrieval Saves storage space through automated destruction Vastly reduces legal discovery efforts No search of back-up tapes Strong search engine Organized info up front 2013 IACA Annual Conference
Legally compliant records retention Secure system – DoD certified (highest) Scheduled and automated records destruction reduces exposure Tier 3+ secure data center Combined 47 year history with partners Proven implementation 2013 IACA Annual Conference
All records (paper and electronic) in one system Readily accessible Published on internet Satisfied public records requests Records retention and destruction routinely managed to published schedules 2013 IACA Annual Conference
6 State agencies: 11 – 2,000 users 6 Cities 2 Counties 1 Special District Other States: Wyoming Other Countries: ? 2013 IACA Annual Conference
Oregon SoS Corporation Division 2013 IACA Annual Conference
No Stranger to Imaging Film-Fiche-Disc-Server No Stranger to Software Workflow-Backend-Frontend-Standalone-Integrated COTS again? Process re-engineered – to death! Servers are for storage: from S drive to mail Program silos Trust issues 2013 IACA Annual Conference
Started small Imaged paper Transferred TIFs Wrote XML to PDF to TRIM Scanned natively to TRIM TRIM is transparent! Copies online Files in TRIM: stats, manuals, history to Trim Scheduled retention 2013 IACA Annual Conference
Indexing simplified – or not Flexible Inline redaction tool Versioning Transactions tied to TRIM Simple and advanced search methods 2013 IACA Annual Conference
One storage solution for many platforms Peace of mind – Business continuity Ease of Discovery Vanishing cabinets and carousels Powerful and transparent to use Good business: cheaper, quicker, less overhead, better records management, secure, stable, and enables re-engineering. It’s our Core App! 2013 IACA Annual Conference
More services More convenience Done in a hurry Online available 24/7 Wherever you are, it’s there For less money Cheaper services - Copies for free! Lower operating costs Government transparency 2013 IACA Annual Conference
For More Information…. Mary Beth Herkert Oregon State Archives