As we close out another year in the electronic document management (EDM) world, I have a suggestion: Start the year with an audit of your EDM system. Why? Over the years, there have been many articles... View More
If 2016 taught us anything, it was, "Expect the unexpected," and the document and information management industry was no exception. It was a year of tectonic shifts in the technology landscape that redefined... View More
For years, large information technology (IT) shops in Fortune 500 companies were distinctly averse to the idea of relinquishing custody of their data. With the abundance of cloud offerings and the profound... View More
Something to consider when discussing analytics for process automation and business insight is that information can be, and is being, captured from multiple sources, including social media, blogs, websites,... View More
During his 2016 presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump largely focused on issues other than technology and information governance policies. Where in contrast, Barack Obama’s policies... View More
In this age of hyperconnectivity, it’s not about if we have data but about how we use this data to drive business outcomes and intelligent decision-making. There’s a lot of discussion on the... View More
What major changes happening now will transform the document management landscape over the coming years? Over time, products improve through innovation, but it can be tough to understand which innovation... View More
I’m a great fan of tea. It’s funny, because I can pay one cent for a basic black tea bag, 20 cents for a bag in a fancy package, or four dollars for a cup of tea from the local coffee store.... View More
US companies spend millions of dollars each year developing the best strategies and tactics to reach their target audience and increase sales. In fact, a survey on chief marketing officers (CMOs) found... View More
We classify documents as we classify our memories. For documents, we use categories like "Type of Document" (e.g., invoice, bank statement, contract, video presentation, etc.), "Date of Document," "Number... View More
Business communications and commerce have been dependent, and still are, on the United States Postal Service (USPS), despite the rise of email, e-billing, and portals. In the face of declining mail volumes... View More
I am not sure if it was General Patton, Lee Iacocca, or Thomas Paine, but someone said, “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” In any case, it’s time for customer experience (CX) thinking.... View More
In the collaboration space, and specifically in the unified communications and collaboration (UCC) market, we get so caught up on our own jargon, technical terms, naming conventions, and identifying categories... View More
One of the big challenges for information governance professionals is getting buy-in from business stakeholders and sponsors for funding projects. Often, there is a perceived poor return on investment... View More
"Friction loses sales, hurts customer service, causes frustration, results in complaints on social media, wastes time and money, and creates problems that shouldn’t have happened in the first place."
For enterprises looking to move to the cloud, or identifying if there is a need to remediate existing deployments, the difference between a successful assessment and an anemic one is the capability of... View More
During a workshop at a large corporation discussing the benefits of electronic document management (EDM), it was interesting to find that there were almost as many concepts of EDM as were people in the... View More
The chances are that if you’re reading this, you’re an experienced professional in your industry, and if you’re not, I’d wager strongly that you are probably are but in denial as... View More
Determining whether to shut down your internal print and mail operation and outsource to a print service provider can be a tough conversation—as opposed to keeping it in-house and potentially making... View More
