In December 2009 I published an article explaining 8 reasons why CMIS will transform the ECM industry (http://aiim.typepad.com/aiim_blog/2009/12/8-reasons-why-cmis-will-transform-the-ecm-industry.html ). In May 2010 the initial version of the CMIS standard was released by OASIS. In the last few months I have been asked by several people of what my opinion is now, looking back at my thought-provoking predictions that I made in this article one year previously. So it’s time for me to reflect on these statements and to state 8 reasons why 2011 will be the year of CMIS.

Here are just a few of my favorite “Great Moments in Document Management” from my list during the course of the year. Which ones are on yours?

The new AIIM Capture and Imaging Survey is out.

According to our in-house analyst Doug Miles — “Offices are at last using less paper. Although still growing in 27% of organizations, in 39% paper usage is finally starting to fall. However, the strongest drivers for scanning and capture are not savings on paper storage space but improved searchability and knowledge sharing, followed by productivity improvements in document-centric business processes. Nearly 40% of the organizations surveyed reported investment payback within 12 months of implementing systems. We also compare strategies for outsource, centralized scanning and distributed scanning, and look at levels of capture integration with other enterprise systems.”

Develop an Information Governance Charter. Such a charter needs to be embraced by the board or its equivalent and have a set of principles that are aligned to the strategic goals of the organization and recognising the structural tensions that exist in every business.