Technicians using laptop while analyzing server in server room PHOTO: Shutterstock Information management concerns a cycle of organizational activity: the acquisition of information from one or more sources, the custodianship and the distribution of that information to those who need it, and its ultimate disposition through archiving or deletion. Behind all this year's headlines about enabling technologies, remote workers and management strategies to keep workers productive, is the struggle to keep this technology cycle moving. While information management is key to this, it is important to keep in sight the fact that information management is a global term that covers all the interactions and technologies that keeps workers productive, including automation, artificial intelligence, cloud computing and privacy.