Learning which risks to take and how to minimize the rest.

• Author: Wiler, Vicki
• Position: IN FOCUS: A Message from the Editor - Editorial

Welcome to this issue of Information Magazine, which pays oil on our promise to bring new features to our new, all-digital format.

Our new series called "Notable Pros" is one such example. These articles, which profile an accomplished information professional, begin with an introduction to Alison North, FAI, a true pioneer in the field and a self-described "disruptive consultant." North's record is impressive and her comments are frank and enlightening; at times, they might be viewed as "disruptive" to the professions more usual ways of thinking. Flip to page 27 to read this article by Nikki Swartz.

Also new to this issue is electronic polling, which has a two-fold intent: 1) To get insight about issues that are important to you as an information professional and to the advancement of the profession itself; and 2) To use this intelligence to improve our association's products, services, and support to members and others in the professional community.

Our first polls, which we expect to launch at the end of March, will ask you to 1) weigh in on possible prc-conference Designation Academy session topics at ARJVIA Live! 2017 and 2) tell us where RIM re|>orts in your organization. Andrew Altepeter has an opinion about the latter topic, in his article, "The Case for Including RIM in information Security," which begins on page 40.

The cover article is a new entry for a long-standing series. For the eighth time, ARMA International and Forrester Research have teamed to track the RIM profession's challenges and trends. Starting on page 20, Forrester analyst Cheryl McKinnon, IGP, CIP, summarizes the results of the Forrester Research and ARMA International Records Management Online Survey Q1, 2017; she also describes the three major challenges in "The Next Frontier for RIM Pros."

As in the challenges McKinnon describes, the need to...