computer output to laser disk

Electronic Report Management
Computer Output on Microfilm
Computer Output to Laser Disc
Computer Output to Laser Disk
Enterprise Report Management
ERM

   <storage> (ERM, Enterprise Report Management) The capture,
   archiving and publishing, in digital form, of (typically
   {mainframe} generated) documents such as accounting and
   financial reports.  ERM often replaces systems based on paper
   or {microfilm}.

   ERM usually captures data from {print streams} and stores it
   on {hard drives}, {storage area networks} or {optical disk}
   drives.  The data is indexed and can be retreived at the
   desktop with a {web browser} or a {fat client}.  ERM systems
   are part of {enterprise content management} or {electronic
   document management}.

   An example application is PearlDoc QuickFile Information
   Management System (http://pearldoc.com/) (IMS).

   An early replacement for {greenbar} printed reports was
   Computer Output on Microfilm (COM, not to be confused with
   {Microsoft}'s {Component Object Model}).  This was superseded
   by Computer Output to Laser Disk (or Disc - COLD) which used
   optical media.

   In 1999 the {AIIM} renamed COLD to ERM/COLD to reflect the
   variety of media in use.  This was promoted, in 2002, by Mason
   Grigsby - widely reputed as "The Father of COLD" for his
   seminal work with {INSCI} in the late 1980s.  Judging from
   their web site, AIIM don't seem too sure whether ERM is
   "Electronic", "Enterprise" or both.

   (2007-07-25)