Last year, we started to see the term omni-channel bandied around quite a bit, and the increasing “buzziness” of this word is only gaining steam. I’ll admit this catchy moniker made me... View More
There is a lot of buzz and plenty of buzzwords around the idea of improving your company\'s customer experience. Today, this communication is occurring across a wider variety of devices, platforms and... View More
Newspapers and magazines are important publishing markets where, until quite recently, digital printing has mostly played a marginal supporting role. Yet the advent of high-speed inkjet printing, as well... View More
What is the path forward for print to mail industry players? If the question is asked of 10 people with a working knowledge of the industry, you would get 10 differing answers. I suspect, however, a general... View More
This is the last in my series on the Four Rights–the right medium. Delivering the relevant message to the correct person in a timely basis with the content medium they prefer is an awesome marketing... View More
Re-engineering process improvement methodology and workflow technology, as applied to content routed in email and paper, can result in a dramatic reduction of product/service cost and non-value added steps.... View More
Annually, IDC publishes a study that provides top 10 predictions for the imaging, printing and document solutions (IPDS) market. We’ve included here the three predictions that focus on business document... View More
Organizations have been dealing with digital technologies for decades, but the last five years have seen some remarkable leaps in capabilities that led directly to cost reductions and vast increases in... View More
Other than not really understanding what information management is, the single biggest obstacle to information management at most organizations is the lack of a viable business case: If you can’t... View More
Many forms require signatures. At the same time, many forms are signed when they don\'t really need to be. Signatures are a workflow conundrum, slowing down business processes and preventing many forms... View More
Recently, the Washington Post published an article about the continued use of \"autopen\" technology in government offices in Washington. The technology, originally deployed back in the 1930s, allows paper... View More
As technology has become smarter and more efficient, its value has begun to change how consumers behave–raising the bar for businesses that wish to stay relevant and connected to their customers.... View More
Are you living in a legacy environment consisting of thousands of monolithic and often redundant documents? Is each document written and constructed independently? Is your publishing life cycle long, laborious... View More
As part of the implementation planning process for a cloud-based content management system, the migration of existing documents and content should be considered. Many cloud content management systems (CCMS)... View More
I am sure everyone has heard the expression, “Timing is everything.” Yes, timing is everything but very difficult to achieve in many circumstances. However, there is some low-hanging fruit... View More
The rapid and voracious adoption of smartphones and tablets has universally changed employee expectations and has driven the \"bring your own device\" (BYOD) workplace phenomena. As Forrester Research... View More
Electronic billing makes so much sense. Yet, two market traits surprise me: 1. 80% of all electronic payments start out as a paper invoice. 2. Businesses continue to apply the same strategies hoping to... View More
Applying Six Sigma process improvement methodology and electronic content management (ECM) technology to documents currently stored in email, shared network drives and paper can result in a significant... View More
Technology has been both a boon and a bane to large corporations. On the one hand, it has helped them move massive amounts of information to evermore people. On the other, it has created a monster they... View More
Since the earliest articles on “moving to the cloud,” there has been a tint of color to these articles that suggest inevitablility and ease of getting there. While time will reveal the truth... View More
