RIMproReport with Tom Adams

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It’s the end of the summer show. Labor day weekend is approaching.  Thanks for a great summer to kick off the show.

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On this weeks show we chat with Kathi Albertini about issues she is intimately aware of in RIM service companies. She leads Profit Enhancement Groups (PEG) for PRISM members.  In addition to the PEGs, her work includes workshops for upper management and supervisory personnel on operations, sales and marketing, finance and control and organizational issues.  Her consulting work focuses on organizational growth and technology assessment.  In addition, she leads Profit Enhancement Groups in other industries and provides consulting services.

Listen closely to Kathi’s thoughts on technology utilization in companies that grow effectively.

Kathy’s website can be found at

http://www.managementgrowth.com/

News Links

• Symantec’s 2010 Information Management Health Check: Download here

Show Length: 33.456 minutes to be exact.

Kathi Albertini, CEO of Management Growth Institute, Inc.

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Welcome to our 10th show. We’re excited by the continued growth of the show. Thanks for supporting us by listening.

We’d love to hear from you and learn more about whats happening in your business.

First major change of the show… we want to make each one around 30 minutes now.  We’ve been creeping up in the greater than 70 ++ minute range, so I hope that the more concise shows will make it easier to listen to a complete show.

On today’s show we talk to Jeff Ice and Brian Jungeberg of Oswald Logistics.  Oswald Logistics has created some very specific industry insurance products that are worth knowing about.

You can contact Jeff at (440) 260-1050  or Brian at 440.260.1002  for more information.

Their emails respectively are: jice (at) oswaldcompanies.com  and bjungeberg (at) oswaldcompanies.com

Here are a couple of articles written by Jeff and Brian helping to articulate the issue we discuss during the show.

• Are Your Protecting Your Business and Your Lifestyle: Infocus magazine, March 2010 Edition
• In The Shadows: SDB Magazine, March/April 2010 Edition

[Full Disclosure for the FTC: I receive no compensation for talking to industry vendors on the show.  I provide these vendor interviews because they have valuable resources to offer our RIM community. If at some point a guest is a sponsor for the show, or there is financial remuneration to me for their presence on the show, I will disclose that before the interview.]

During the news portion of the show, I make reference to these items. Here are the links to the relevant details.

• BareMetal Data World Conference
• Brambles Investor Presentation
• RIMproReport Job Posting Area (New site feature. So, if you have a new job opening, let me know.  If you are available for hire, let me know and I’ll add it.)

Show Length: Only 36 minutes. Hope you like these shorter versions.

Brian Jungeberg of Oswald Logistics

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On this weeks show we chat with Ian Thomas of O’Neil Software about trends he is seeing in the RIM service industry.  I encourage you to follow Ian’s Twitter feed as he has great info and updates there.

We also converse with Tom Dumez, VP of HR at Kent Records in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Tom has led the charge at Kent to ensure all staff understand and comply with HIPAA related requirements in their record center. Tom is also now helping other RIM service companies ensure staff are HIPAA savvy as well. If you are interested in chatting more with Tom you can reach him via email at “trainings” at “kentrecords” dot com.  Or call his toll free number at 800.536.6681.

Finally, we talk at length with Steve Richards of Richards and Richards about being ready for disaster in you RIM business. With a recent fire in our industry, there is no better person to talk to than Steve . And as much as many believe they are prepared, this interview should not be missed. Just listening and implementing one thing Steve talks about in this show could save you some major headaches if anything did ever happen to you.

As always, we include this weeks industry news and a few other things.

For your information, this is the show time blocks.

• Ian Thomas starts at the 5 minute mark,
• Tom Dumez at 21 minutes into the show.
• The Industry news is at 40 minutes and
• Steve Richards comes on at about the 45 minute mark.

Enjoy this weeks show.

Show Length: 80 minutes but who’s counting?  With a show this good, you don’t need to count.

Tom Dumez visits San Diego

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On this week’s show we talk to Bob Johnson, Executive Director of NAID. We discuss some of the big things the association is currently working on.

We also learn more about the Little Media Vault in a conversation with Neil Hunt of Critical Systems.

And we also have a good chat with Jack Wiles of The Training Co. Jack is a noted security expert and is the featured keynote speaker at the BareMetal Data Conference in September.

In the interview Jack references an article he sent me.  You can download it here.

All that, this week in the news and more.

This show is dedicated to Jake Palmer. RIP

Show Length: 67 minutes… if you’re counting.

Jack Wiles, Security Expert

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This week on the show.

Joby Easton, Director Sales and Marketing for SSI Shredding Systems talks about the new parts division, SSC – Shredder Service Company. And we also talk about their extensive video library at Watch It Shred.

A great conversation with Michael Ball, President of DataStore in Milwaukee about their new focus on SharePoint related services. Mike can be reached via email to discuss what he is doing at “mball” at “datastoreweb” dot “com” (Mike’s email address is slightly altered to ensure spam is reduced. I trust you can figure it out)

And a quick answer to a RIMproReport mailbag  question by Ray Barry of Shred School.

Another great show for you this week.

Show Length: More or less  59 minutes.

Michael Ball, President of DataStore, Milwaukee