Industry Support for CMEI Working Group

Industry Associations

Peter R. Hermann, executive director and chief executive officer of ARMA International, The Association of Information Management Professionals
“This collaboration of records management principles and technology solutions is a long-time coming. ARMA International is extremely pleased to be a part of this effort to create technology solutions that will help provide organizations with a clear path toward information management compliance.”

Technology Companies

James Whitemore, vice president of Network Storage, Sun Microsystems
“Compliance is a top concern among businesses around the globe. Companies of all sizes need more than point products to address their unique issues - they need a compliance architecture, built on innovative products, experience-based best practices, and comprehensive services from IT partners who understand how compliance affects all aspects of their business, not just the data center. We are honored to join our colleagues in this field to provide our expertise in implementing compliance frameworks that solve customers’ unique problems, help them reduce their risk, and enable them to focus on what they do best - running their businesses.”

Steve Tongish, director of marketing (EMEA), Plasmon
 “Plasmon sees the CMEI Working Group as a great opportunity to pool the resources and experience of all stakeholders and help companies develop effective storage compliance strategies. Today, so much of the activity around compliance is happening in isolation. Agencies are defining regulations, vendors are creating products and organizations are assembling solutions without any real commonality of purpose. It is not surprising that there is so much confusion and that many companies struggle to meet their compliance obligations. Plasmon is pleased to participate in the CMEI initiative. The goal of developing a framework that can be used by agencies, vendors and organizations to simplify and improve compliance is a positive step forward.”

Bill Forquer, executive vice president of marketing, Open Text
“The CMEI Working Group offers an excellent opportunity for technology providers to work together to help customers with compliance management. We look forward to participating in CMEI and to contributing our expertise in applying ECM software to compliance standards in many industries.”

Derek Gascon, senior director, archiving and compliance solutions, Hitachi Data Systems
“Compliance and regulatory issues are at the forefront of all of Hitachi Data Systems customers’ minds. There is a tremendous gap between regulatory requirements and a consensus as to what best practices and technologies are available to close these gaps. We believe our customers and the industry as a whole will benefit from the CMEI initiative - as it is a positive move toward establishing a common framework for regulators, lawmakers, technology vendors and industry organizations to help reduce the confusion, complexity, and eventually the overall cost of complianceand governance requirements.”