Photizo Transform 2013 Wednesday Roundup

 

Early to Bed and Early to Rise? Not me, I hung around the sports bar Tuesday night and spoke to many P4P members, it was a good time put a face on the member.

I spent most of Wednesday morning after breakfast in the Transform Exhibit area.

Oki with NOC in a box was a really cool spin for dealers that would like to get into MNS, however they lack the resources for a full blown plan.

Muratec, also offering an even better version of MNS at a super price. Their program was extremely interesting

Document Management Software Drives Additional Click Revenue!

While at the BTA Winter Break event in Orlando I paid a visit to the Docuware booth.  I've been aware of Docuware for sometime, never had the chance to use their solution, but wanted to see if they had anything that was unique and special with Document Management and MFP's.

I was able to speak with Mary Williams who is the Marketing Communications Manager for Docuware, and she told me about a new feature with Docuware that would enable an MFP user to scan the Docuware archive from the MFP, select that document and then print that document from the MFP!

Whoa, I thought that was an awesome feature. I was not aware that this technology was available.  I asked Mary for some additional information on this.  Today I received the document which is titled "CONNECT to Toshiba Version 2", the first line of the document states Turn your Toshiba MFP into a portal to Docuware.

Here's a quick couple of paragraphs from that document.....

What is "Print Management"?

Kudos to Trevor Hoffer from Print Audit for this article. Trevor is our featured "Guest Blogger" for the month of January!

What is Print Management? How will it benefit you and your customers?

Despite the fact that print management has become a ubiquitous term there is still considerable 

confusion about what exactly it is and what its benefits are. Many people confuse print management and fleet management solutions, but the two perform very different functions.

Fleet management (or device management) solutions are used to collect meter reads on imaging devices and perform service functions such as supplies management and service history tracking.

In contrast, a comprehensive print management solution allows organizations to capture and control every print job that occurs in an environment. Print management solutions also enable organizations to control who can print to where and can be used to alter user behavior by setting printing limits, restricting color usage and forcing duplexing. 

Copiers & MFP's "Scan2Cloud Middleware Reveal"

Scanning from MFP's, every business is doing it, everyone I speak to admits it's been a boon to saving them time.

All of your current manufacturers MFP's now have standard scan2email and scan2folder. In recent months MFP manufacturers have sweetened the pie by adding additional background functionality when you scan2folder.

Such as creating a text searchable .pdf, performing OCR (optical character recognition) back to a word doc or an excel doc, or even scan2 a power point file, and least we no forget scan2cloud functionality.

It's  truly is amazing that you can walk up to the MFP and have these time saving features at the touch of a button, right?

Well, kinda, if you're a small account and all you need is to create searchable /pdf's here and there, or the occasional scan2word or scan2excel, these systems will work fine.  But what about more intensive users, lets say accounts that want every document scanned as a searchable .pdf and every document is 30-50 pages and you want to drop them off to the cloud?  This is where it can get

The Transition of the Copier Industry "Part IV"

Part IV

During the 1928 Presidential Campaign the Republican National Committee ran an ad that stated based on the Harding & Coolidge administration that they had "put the chicken in every pot and car in every back yard".  With the introduction of many cloud based document management solutions like Doculex and Intellinetics the  right for Document Management Software for every business both large and small.  Forget about the paper and how about the electronic files, if you don't have a Document Management program how the heck are you finding the documents you created last week, last month or a few years ago?  I get it, they're stored on a drive, and then named under a nested folder which is under another nested folder an then another.

Think about how much time you spend looking for documents whether they are paper based or electronic, if you don't have a managed document service/software you're inefficient.

What can Copier Manufacturers Do:

First they need to forget about all of the cool acronyms and marketing gimmicks.  Today's copier  manufacturers need to start buying companies (software) and focusing on business solutions or developing a new media (that's called R & D) that that will give them a renewable revenue stream (the old renewable revenue stream was putting toner on paper).  I'm of the opinion that manufacturers should start buying companies like dropbox, officedrop, box and document management software companies that have Cloud Document Management Services.  Why let others control the document when you're in the document business?

Manufacturers could bundle their own free service and then offer a pay service. There are many SBM accounts that could benefit from a cloud service document management software. Traditionally what's held the SMB business back is cost, ease of use, and training.  Cloud services billed monthly whether by storage or clicks to create a renewable revenue stream, it's kinda like cloud back up and disaster recovery solutions, the more you store, the more you'll pay.  But cloud document management software can have an immediate ROI impact, which is unlike backup and disaster recovery solutions (who the heck wants to sell insurance, not me).

Sell monthly/annual subscription services that allow SMB accounts to connect there MFPs to share point, ms 365, their CRM, their DMS or their business line of software.  I understand their are some 3rd party companies offering these services, but what do you have to lose beside pages?  Control the document stupid!

Here's a thought, maybe buy some of the most popular CRM's or business lines of software companies and develop those connectors for your MFP's.

Here's another idea,  how about selling print licenses, here you would install 500 printers (all inclusive except for paper), have the customer buy 5 or 10 million pages upfront and then renew the license when the prints have expired.

Do what Ricoh did, come out with your own business tablet and create customized software solutions that will improve a business processes. Printed pages may go away, however the document is here forever.

I don't believe I'll see the end of putting toner or ink on paper in my time, I do believe that one day there will not be a need for paper.  If you've ever watched any StarTrek episodes, you may or may not have noticed that you never see a sheet of paper.  Who knows maybe the likes of Toshiba, Sharp, KonicaMinolta, Ricoh, Canon, Kyocera, Xerox or Samsung will market the first transporter.

Our transition to a services led approach will require us to lead with more diverse services, managed print stream, managed print, document management and storage solutions. Stay tuned for part 5 and "Whats the future for copier dealers".

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Can Your Dealership Profit through the Click Charge ECM?

Darn tootin!  I wrote about the Intellenetics Enterprise Content Management solution a few weeks ago during Photizo's Global Transform show in Orlando this year.  BTW, I recommend that all MFP dealers try and make this show next year in Scottsdale, and don't rely on the data and information your MFP manufacturer is feeding you is the right solution for making a profit.

A few days ago I was treated to a Mano-a-mano webinar with the folks at Intellenetics about their "Click Charge" ECM solution that is designed for the MFP and MPS dealer channel.  Here's a few interesting items I picked up. Hmmm.....

All right seems these notes will be from memory because I misplaced the note pad that had the notes! 

• Branding is available
• Dealer Billing per month and then Dealer bills end user with MU
• Direct Billing to customer and royalties paid back to dealer
• Public portion of ECM allows users to search on their documents

And that's about all I can remember with my notes, not a big deal because Intellenetics will conduct a private webinar on July 19th for Print4Pay Hotel Members.  After I viewed the webinar a few days ago I asked them to tweak a few things and that will tell your more about the billing, and branding options along with the revenue stream royalties and the up charge for billing. 

If I had my own dealership (which I don't), I would be rolling this out to all of my SMB accounts.  First I would call them and ask them for a short 15 minutes about a new product and service we are launching. I would schedule this for one day of the week, like a Thursday and set 4-5 appointments each day.  I would then have a power point presentation set-up.  I would then guide them through the FAB (remember FAB, Feature, Advantage and Benefit),  and of course at the end when they ask how much this will this cost I will have TWO plans available.  A Premium Plan where we charge a base monthly fee and scan click charge (could be quarterly), where we (dealer) controls the uploading to the Cloud, and the indexing, and we would then train the end user on how to retrieve the documents.  The second plan would be Basic Plan, where we charge a monthly (could be quarterly) base fee and scan click charge, we would train the customer on how to index, upload and retrieve the files.

Remember it's not about the big sale, it's about the click and the ongoing annuity stream.  Most SMB accounts are scanning to a wndows based file folder and then placing documents (that are not OCR'd or in  indexed) in nested folders. If you can find the pain, which there is with this type of format you can bring home the bacon and have the best of both worlds by capturing the scans and the print clicks.  Keep in mind that Dealers have been reluctant to charge for scans because they were afraid that they would lose print clicks to the competitors who did not charge for scans. But in this scenario  you are presenting value of the ECM system and the benefit of accessing those files from the cloud.

Recently, I've been scheduling appointments for our new services, and with every appointment each customer either asked for a quote or additional information about a pain that we discovered on the appointment.  The moral of the story is to keep introducing new products and services to your existing accounts, they are a gold mine of they have pain in their business process.  

Please go here for the exclusive P4P Hotel webinar for Intellenetics "Can Your Dealership Profit through Click Charge ECM.

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Top 7 Solutions @ Transform 2012 Conference "Intellinetics @ #1"

Cost Per Page Billing for Document Management Services

Photiizo’s Global Transform has concluded for 2012.  I'll be attending the conference in Scottsdale for 2013. 

About two months ago I wrote a blog about "Managed Documents the Next Big Thing" which I related to Managed Print.  The thought was to have an MFP connect to the cloud, and then scan documents directly to a cloud based document management system or a folder in the cloud.  After the documents were there the dealer would then manage the documents to have them indexed, OCR’d.  The dealer could then charge either a monthly fee for the service or a click charge that could be added to the existing maintenance agreement.  The benefit to the customer would be no upfront cost, no training (except to retrieve the documents), no internal IT support, and no maintenance fees.  The dealer could then remain “more sticky” in the account and offer the value added service.

While at the Transform Conference I ran across an Enterprise Content Management solution that was right up my alley.  The Intellivue ECM platform from Intellenetics is available as a cost- per-page model where you pay a low monthly fee based on the number of pages you use to the software to manage.  There is no upfront cost!  Billing would be enabled on a cost per page model, there would be one cost per page for a black scan and one cost per page (higher than the black cost) for a color scan, the reasoning for the higher cost for the color is that the color scan created a larger file size. With this SaaS solution a company can realize and immediate return on investment from the first month Intellivue is deployed.

Another excellent benefit to the dealer is that they can charge professional services for the installation and training to the end user. I’m more of a fan of the dealer performing the indexing of the documents for the end user and I’m not entirely sure this can be accomplished with Intellivue.  I will be making a call to them to see if there is a way this can be done.

The concept is for the user to scan2file from the MFP, the user would then index the file and submit to the ECM on the cloud (this is the part I’d like to see the dealer do so you it could be a seem less solution for the customer and you would be able to bill professional services).  Intellivue then retains the document for Archival in the Cloud or Premise Solution.  Intellivue would then create a monthly total of Pages in the Archival tabulate the monthly bill based on the cost per page.  Intellivue can then feed the monthly page totals and cost to the MPS billing software (I’m hoping that this will also work with MFP billing software).  You MPS software would then generate the total bill including line items for hardware, supplies, services and Intellivue.  Royalties are paid to the reseller from the ECM revenues collected.

The power of this solution is that there is no upfront cost and I see Intellivue as a tremendous value for the SMB customer.  For too long the SMB customer has shied away from content management due to the upfront cost, the training, the IT infrastructure and the thought that they would have to dedicate and employee to operate the software.

BTW, this is the first blog in a series of 7 for the top 7 solutions at Transform 2012 Conference.

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Daily Document Management Industry Notes from Around the World! 4/18/2012

Yup, I know it's been awhile since I posted these, but been busy in my day job sellin (still pays the bills). If you need daily info I post it all here http://copierquestions.websitetoolbox.com/

Equisys is pleased to announce the launch of Version 5 of Zetadocs for NAV, the latest version of the popular document management add-on for Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
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OpenText™ today announced the availability of OpenText Document Server, Alchemy Edition, version 9 (OpenText Alchemy), the latest version of OpenText's popular document management solution which helps small-to-medium-sized ...
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Today, document management and imaging company, Version One, today announces that Greg Ford has been appointed as the company's new managing director. Greg, who succeeds, Julian Buck, will be looking to deliver significant year-on-year growth.
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Canon India Pvt. Limited, India's No 1. complete digital imaging company today announced the launch of new range of imageRUNNER 1700 series and Document Scanners to further strengthen its stand as the market leader in India in Document Management Space ...
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KYOCERA Document Solutions America, Inc. (www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.com/us), headquartered in Fairfield, NJ, is a leading provider of computer-connectable document imaging and document management systems, including network-ready digital ...
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This not only improves accountability by helping lenders comply with regulations, but allows for a more organized document management system. Documents, which can be digitally stored on secure file servers, can be retrieved at anytime from anywhere.
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Daily Document Management Industry Notes from Around the World! 4/2/2012

Doxim has spent the last decade helping financial service providers to streamline creation, management, storage and access of customer documents such as statements, confirms, loans and tax forms. Adding Arius OpenAdvantage® to this mix is a natural ...
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A new cloud-based document management service, SurDoc, allows users to back up, share and edit -- including digitally sign -- a variety of documents on the cloud using desktop and mobile devices. The SurDoc service is compatible with popular Web ...
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While LegalZoom provides legal documents to the consumer market, there are very few solutions to help small legal businesses manage documents, conduct billing, manage tasks, and run reports. So it's only natural that several web-based applications are ...
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Document management software would love to be Paper 2.0, but paper won't go away without a fight. I'm not here to defend paper. In fact, just the opposite. So if you're in love with paper--forms and pamphlets and every kind of document that you can ...
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TriCerat announced a new version of Simplify Suite version 5.5 desktop management software and unveiled its new Scanect software at the show. Scanect is designed to help law firms quickly scan archived documents directly to a document management system ...
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Actnet Print Concepts (ACTNET) announced some new and exciting developments to its Enterprise Document Delivery (EDD) solution, in a move designed to provide its customers with solutions that continue to meet the ever-changing document management needs ...
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Objective CEO Tony Walls told ZDNet Australia that in order to comply with the law, government agencies like Customs needed strong document management systems to keep track of everything. "The national Archive Act ... basically says that if you create ...
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Introduction to Document Management with the Cloud

Hooray!, another Guest Blogger!  This weeks guest Blogger is Constanze from Fenestrae, Constanze is in charge or marketing for UDOCX.  When is comes to an MFP Cloud solution for
I was reading an interesting article here on the mfp solutions blog about “document management” and how it is defined differently depending on the technical background of the individual referring to it.

I have found the following definition on the web:

“Document management is the process of handling documents in such a way that information can be created, shared, organized and stored efficiently and appropriately. For many businesses, the focus of document management is on the organization and storage of documents. They want to be able to store documents in an organized and secure way that still allows documents to be found easily.” (http://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/management/g/documentmgt.htm)
In my opinion you must expand the definition of “Document Management” to include the words “electronic” and “digitized”.

Document management should be the process of handling ALL kinds of documents in such a way that information can be created, shared, organized and stored efficiently, appropriately and electronically. Organizations should be able to store electronic documents in an organized and secure way that allows digitized documents to be found easily.

Thus, organizations must implement document management systems (like SharePoint) while also employing technology to digitize physical documents accurately and efficiently.

General advantages of document management systems:

Reduce storage through digital archiving

No lost files

Faster, structured and easy retrieval and search

Compliancy and security

Structured input (scan)and output (print)

Improved cash flow (business critical documents)

We designed UDOCX to be a fast, structured and SIMPLE way to get paper documents from any multifunctional printer/scanner or copier, enrich them with optical character recognition and metadata, and accurately store them into SharePoint (or SharePoint Online) for further processing, workflow, or archiving.

I will concentrate more on the advantages/user cases of SharePoint during the next weeks. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask me constanzek@fenestrae.com

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Daily Document Management Industry Notes from Around the World! 3/28/2012

M-Files to Provide Solution to Publicly-listed Mining Company for Management of Exploration Documents, Financial & HR Information and Workflow Processes Dallas, TX (PRWEB) March 28, 2012 M-Files Inc., the developer of M-Files flexible enterprise ...
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BTerrell Group, LLP received the 2012 Partner Excellence Award by extending the functionality of their clients' Sage 300 ERP (formerly Sage Accpac) software with the Sage endorsed document management solution. Altec Products, Inc., a leading provider ...
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Recall, a global leader in document storage, secure document destruction, digital document management and data protection, today announced that Edward Hospital & Health Services has selected Recall for ...
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Mediscribes, a leading provider of Medical Transcription Services and document management systems all across the globe, as members of Health Story Organization have vowed to stand by each and every Health ...See all stories on this topic »

Jeff Weaver, Managing Partner at WAVS IP says, “We made the decision to go paperless last year. While we looked at general document management systems, we were concerned with the amount of customization they require for an IP firm.
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BRAMBLES, the world's biggest pallet supplier, says the sale of its US document management business valued at about $2 billion will take one to two months longer than expected. The company had planned to sell the Recall business by March 31, ...
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Through this partnership with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), ColumbiaSoft enhances its development of Windows-based document control solutions that help businesses manage information and processes for greater efficiency and to avoid financial ...
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Daily Document Management Industry Notes from Around the World! 3/26/2012

Grow from YFM Equity Partners (through its managed fund Seraphim Capital) and MMC Ventures, to drive growth of its email and document management solution for enterprises, the first to be fully integrated with Microsoft Outlook. See all stories on this topic »

CRM and Zoho Docs for Android Pleasanton, CA (PRWEB) March 26, 2012 Zoho today announced it has expanded its portfolio of mobile applications to include its project management, customer relationship management and document management solutions. See all stories on this topic »

The EPA conducted the equivalent of a roadshow for its concept across the federal government last fall, soliciting requests for features, which its project managers are incorporating into the system. Presentation documents created by EPA staffers say ...See all stories on this topic »

The award ceremony, which was attended by 140 document specialists across all industries, took place on March 21 in Paris. The 1er Prix de l'Editique, the premier prize for document management and document production, has been awarded to Informatique ... See all stories on this topic »

We're used to seeing Microsoft, IBM and occasionally others pushing TV ads that increasingly mainstream the professional use of data management tools and software. Others, like Xerox or Intuit talk about discrete services for document management and ...
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The meeting approved the programme plan outlined for NRAA in building the private document management system for authorities, besides approving the programme plan in applying the work system in the joint documents, which have been approved by the ...
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Located in Boston, Massachusetts, ASE is the developer of Riptide Server, the preeminent output management software for ECM systems such as IBM FileNet P8, EMC Documentum and Microsoft SharePoint. Riptide allows ECM users to output documents of mixed ...
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Daily Document Management Industry Notes from Around the World! 3/22/2012

However, seeing the benefits of document management is often easier than understanding what should be saved, how long it should be saved for, and what can be tossed. To aid those looking to clean out their file cabinet, M&I, a part of BMO Financial ...See all stories on this topic »
Autonomy's solutions, built on the Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), provide IKEA Italy with a single platform for document management and business process automation across the company's multiple repositories. IKEA chose Autonomy's platform to ...See all stories on this topic »

Under the terms of the agreement, WorkflowOne will provide HealthTrust with traditional and digitally printed documents as well as value-added services to manage document lifecycles. “By providing a blend of technology solutions to reduce costs and ...
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The event will focus on building a filing structure in a document management solution. Specifically, MES Hybrid will discuss how to use fields for searching, indexing and modifying valuable index and meta data. Although it can be a daunting task, ...See all stories on this topic »

Since SAP and OpenText signed reseller agreements to sell OpenText document management and enterprise CMS under the SAP brand name, they've been steadily building the product portfolio and adding new functionality.See all stories on this topic »

Tim McBride, VP and general manager, Secure Destruction Services, Recall North America Recall, a global leader in document storage, secure document destruction, digital document management and data protection, today announced a free shredding event to ...
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CTLS, which manages, monitors, and maintains the documents and data that lenders, law firms and corporations use in lien and asset management is part of Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services. iLienRED offers mortgage lenders, servicers, and attorneys ...
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Daily Managed Print Service Industry Notes from Around the World! 3/21/2012

Xerox's efforts in managed print services are paying off, as its maintaining a strong leadership position in the emerging segment according to a new IDC report. The IDC Worldwide and US Managed Print Services and Basic Print Services (BPS) 2012-2015 ...See all stories on this topic »

The catch here -- and whether or not it is a big one remains to be seen -- is that the core message of IPG's broader integration into other aspects of HP's business is now managed print services. For instance, at GPC Scott Dunsire, Vice President, ...
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With newly added intellectual properties, Lexmark is optimistic about taking a larger share of the Managed Printing Services (MPS) arena of the printing industry. As a new development in the printing business, MPS is attracting major industry players.
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Additional features include managed print services, cloud monitoring and power management. “Managed Workplace 2012 further extends Level Platforms partners' lead in delivering innovative IT services to meet the rapidly evolving needs of their customers ...
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Daily Document Management Industry Notes from Around the World! 3/21/2012

based document-management service that assures compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, has moved to the Windows Azure cloud platform to deliver its services to customers worldwide...See all stories on this topic »

Cabinet NG (CNG), provider of electronic document management and workflow management software, today announced the release of CNG-WebSync, a desktop application that integrates its CNG-SAFE ...See all stories on this topic »
Treeno Software, a leading provider of Electronic Document Management systems, today announced the addition of Superior Business Equipment Inc. (SBE) to its team of resellers. Headquartered in Great Falls ...See all stories on this topic »
Colligo Networks, the leader in email and document management solutions for Microsoft SharePoint, today announced the appointment of Kerem Karatal to the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Kerem is a 20-year software industry ...See all stories on this topic

Formtek, Inc., a leading provider of document and content management solutions, announced today the availability of five new Software Extensions for the Alfresco Open Content Platform.
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SurDoc(TM) Corporation ( www.surdoc.com ) - a leader in cloud document and storage technology, today announced the general availability of its SurDoc online document management portal...See all stories on this topic »

Integrated Custom Software is now shipping FormSprint Version 201201, a new release of its electronic document management software for the IBM i server. With this release, the company has added several new features that should be useful ...See all stories on this topic »

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Daily Document Management Industry Notes from Around the World! 3/20/2012

MMRGlobal, Inc., a leading provider of Personal Health Records (PHRs), MyEsafeDepositBox storage solutions and electronic document management and imaging systems for healthcare ...See all stories on this topic »
Metafile Information Systems ( www.metaviewer.com ), a leading independent paperless accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR) and human resources (HR) document management and workflow solution provider, is addressing this need by implementing ...See all stories on this topic »

Navigate provides both Security and Emergency Preparedness departments with a highly secure platform integrating Incident Management, Emergency Management, and Document Management, as well as Learning and Training. Authorized personnel can access the ...See all stories on this topic »
Quadrant Software, LLC the leader in Document Output Management (DOM), today announced the appointment of Barbara Snyder Martinez to the position of Director, Channels and Strategic Partners... See all stories on this topic »

“I suppose counsel could not go wrong by always operating on the basis that this court's document management system will fail and always bring duplicate copies of everything. “The real solution. Consign our paper-based document management system to the ...See all stories on this topic »

Whether you are farming out CRM, document management, contact management or procurement, you probably have some locally hosted applications that you want it to work with. It might need to manipulate local datasets, or use functions embodied in locally ...See all stories on this topic »

S4i Systems, Inc., a leading electronic document automation and disk space management software provider for IBM Power™ customers, announces today that Jon Fortner has joined the team as Technical Support Representative...See all stories on this topic

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Document Management can be a strange word for Copier Reps

Document Management can be a strange word.  For some, it means "scan to network" and for others it is a whole workflow solution.  Finding a solid document management provider can be a real nightmare for a small business because of the steep costs of entry.  Regardless of what solution you choose, if there is any real "document management" and not just a scan to folder scenario, paying less than $10,000 to implement it is almost impossible.

Here is where the nightmare occurs.  What happens when your company spends a ton of good money on a document management solution, but then finds it to be such a nightmare that no one really uses the technology.  Copier sales reps fight against using this technology consistently that we sell, how much more will sales reps in a non-technical field?

I was chatting with a friend of mine in Colorado who has a copier company, and they are starting to get excited about a document management system called M-Files.  M-Files is an intuitive system of storing, indexing, retrieving and archiving files in a Explorer kind of view.

Let's take an example of some of the features that might help actual users.  In a legal setting, here are some ways M-Files can help... (We'll use a Criminal Defense Attorney as an example)
A new client comes in with a charge of disorderly conduct.  The first thing that may happen is the client fills out their intake forms as well as the contract that is going to be in place.  This contract is important as it will have signatures needed and thwart off billing debates later.  So, the client may be entered into Freshbooks or whatever CRM the attorney decides to use.  These databases automatically synch with M-Files.  So, when Bill Smith is added into Freshbooks as a new account, they are replicated into M-Files as a tagging option.  When the contract comes in, there can be a process in place that it must be tied together with a current client.  So, there is a little dropdown menu that has all of the clients listed and one of those is Bill Smith.  Now, M-Files can send this over to Mary the accountant so she knows the billing rates.

Daily Document Management Industry Notes from Around the World! 3/15/2012

A CMIS-based connector enables a Nuxeo content repository to interface seamlessly with the Liferay Document Repository, so that content, such as documents and images, from a Nuxeo Document Management or Digital Asset Management application, ...
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This website is connected to the document management system. When each drawing is scanned, a clear statement is sent back to the phone in either green or red. Green text confirms that it is the most up-to-date version of a drawing, while one with red ...
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The company will  join the Perceptive Software division as part of Lexmark's content and document management products. Brainware's main product is the Brainware Distiller, which extracts information from digital and paper documents, validates the ...
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PaperVision Capture SP makes scanning paper records into SharePoint easy and puts the benefits of effective document management within reach for smaller firms. “PaperVision Capture SP for SharePoint allows SharePoint users to begin integrating paper ...
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Congressional testimony and court documents regarding those processes, FHA claims documents, and foreclosure affidavits. They also interviewed servicer management and staff and those of vendors involved in foreclosures and claim processes.
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Daily Document Management Industry Notes from Around the World! 3/14/2012

Document and imaging vendor Accusoft, has announced the release of Prizm Content Connect v5. Prizm is a secure solution for document viewing, collaboration and business management system integration. This new version of Prizm Content Connect extends ...
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KMWorld is a leading content, knowledge and document management publication. The annual list of "100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management" was first established in 2000 to recognize an elite group of companies dedicated to meeting specific ...
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TORONTO--Medworxx Inc. (“Medworxx”) (TSXV: MWX), a leader in clinical patient flow, compliance and education solutions, today announces their expansion of the enterprise wide Policy and Document Management System (PDMS) license at ...
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Knowledgeone Corporation's RecFind 6 has been implemented by Waratah-Wynyard Council in Tasmania, Australia as its Electronic Document Management and Information Management system. Waratah-Wynyard Council is situated in the heart of Tasmania's ...
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PITTSBURGH, March 13, 2012  -- Solvaire, a provider of document management services, announced today that they are entering into an agreement with LegalEye Inc., a premier provider of legal management solutions.
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“Canon constantly strives to improve document security for organizations of all sizes. Information is only as valuable as a company's ability to protect it” Since imageWARE Secure Audit Manager Express exports audit data directly to a Windows folder as ...
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Fabasoft received the prestigious award in the category "DMS/Data Management" for its business Cloud service Folio Cloud. The expert jury thereby crowned Folio Cloud as the best document management system (DMS) for small and medium sized companies in ...
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Daily Document Management Industry Notes from Around the World! 2/28/2012

ColumbiaSoft engineered compatibility into its document management system for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 prior to the release of the new database platform. Document Locator, a leading Windows document management software system, is ready for SQL Server ...
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... Alfresco and Jive release a connector for socialized content, Treeno released v4.0 of its enterprise content management system, Varonis joins McAfee partner program, while Cintas and ScanMd get together for medical documents.
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"Designed with the reliability demanded by business users, and a price point attractive to home users, the USB powered MobileOffice S410 scanner and document management solution converts paper documents, rigid embossed cards, expense reports, ...
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Digiscribe New England, a leading provider of document scanning services and document management services in the Boston area, joins Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce. This is an exciting endeavor for us to share our experiences and expertise with ...
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"Document imaging is one of today's most in-demand solutions, and many organizations identify the managing of information as being critical to their long-term growth and ability to scale," said Wendy Maurer-Linsky, vice president of Peripherals Product ...
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The Board of Maxima Holdings plc (AIM: MXM), the IT business systems and managed services company, today announces that in line with its previous statement to dispose of non-core assets, the disposal of the Document Management Services ("DMS"), ...
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Nuance PaperPort Anywhere can serve as a standalone cloud-based document manager, an extension to PaperPort Professional 14 on the desktop, or both. If you're familiar with desktop document management programs, you're probably acquainted with Nuance ...
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