Avoid Making a Rash Purchase: Portal server technology isn't right for every project. Internal IT and external web teams should work together to evaluate the investment benefits. Align with Existing... View More
According to news reports, in March 2010, Facebook was the most visited website in the US, having more visits than Google for the first time. This announcement heralds the arrival of social networks. Celent... View More
Whether you are a fan or foe, believer or naysayer, the mantra of the paperless office is still here and, to a degree, getting louder. This fact brings a couple of questions to mind: First, what is driving... View More
At the recent 13th Annual Toner Printing Conference, sponsored by the Information Management Institute, a number of speakers presented analysis of the markets served by toner-based printing. The trend... View More
I read that the chief economist of Moody's Economy.com has proclaimed that the recession is over. And in January, Forrester Research said that the tech recession was "unofficially over," predicting that... View More
"If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near." - Jack Welch Change and innovation in our industry used to come from within. For instance, engine manufacturers... View More
InfoTrends' 2008-2013 forecast for the US document outsourcing market continues to bring perspective to the ever-evolving market space. The full report included actual and forecasted revenues across the... View More
Create a Formal Needs Assessment: Understand how reliant on paper you are — internally as well as for customer communications. Establish Specific Goals to be Addressed: Understand what your organization... View More
Warmth is finally returning to the country and to the enterprise content and records management (ECRM) market. For vendors and end users, this means turning their attention to industry trends, new technologies... View More
I've always loved the last scene in Revenge of the Nerds when the Nerd fraternity wins the Greek Olympics by playing an outrageous techno number — complete with a laser lightshow, amazing choreography... View More
Holistically, business process management (BPM) is a means to study, identify, change and monitor business processes. It includes techniques, methods and technology to improve and align business processes... View More
I'm sure you're like me and have been receiving a ton of credit notifications through the mail in the recent month, so I decided to review the new regulations governing the credit card industry. I stepped... View More
Producing bills, statements and other transactional documents was one of the earliest applications of high-volume digital printing and today remains an important market for digital providers. INTERQUEST... View More
Recently, we've been receiving an increased number of inquiries regarding ways to improve the customer experience, whether through hard copy, electronic or personal touch points. While most questions have... View More
Ralph Brown, a famous trademark lawyer, emphasized that trademark law should stress the use of trademark as an "informative" and "signaling" function that efficiently communicates useful information to... View More
The term "capture" covers the combined processes of document scanning, image correction, recognition of text, barcodes and form fields and, finally, output to an appropriate format for subsequent processing... View More
Here we are in 2010, looking back on the first full decade of the new millennium and facing business and technology challenges that were science fiction when I started working for the family business in... View More
Case management may be defined differently across industries, but those who rely upon it to service, retain and acquire customers know well that it is a complex and critical component of customer care... View More
Include All Relevant Stakeholders: Don't make collaboration an IT-driven decision; make sure you have broad organizational input and support. Use A Benchmark Assessment: Define the right strategy by implementing... View More
Over our last 30 years in the industry, we have seen that transaction document production has dramatically changed. The original environment was much like the Wild West; lots of activity but not much structure.... View More
