We have been accumulating electronic documents in shared drives since the innovation of networked computers and file servers in the early 1980s. Folders and sub-folders defined in shared or network drives... View More
Every day, people look at their smartphones more than 150 times on average. We are using smartphones to work; to shop; to take pictures and videos; to interact with our colleagues, friends and family;... View More
Of course not, but... Every year, I interview high school students for my undergraduate university. The school gives me the contact information, email addresses and phone numbers so I can set up an interview... View More
There are many components to developing a modern, data-driven customer communications strategy, none of which are more challenging than securing full customer data and preferences. The difficulty lies... View More
In an attempt to establish transparency and uniformity throughout a system that some may describe as inefficient, unnecessarily restrictive and unclear, President Obama issued Executive Order 13556, the... View More
Organizations are scrutinizing virtually every area of business operations in an effort to reduce costs, increase operational efficiencies and drive worker productivity. In recent years, businesses have... View More
In customer communications, your business correspondence should ultimately improve the customer experience, providing content that engages the recipient in a consistent way. However, achieving this goal... View More
It’s been six years since I attended the annual Legaltech event in New York. The last time I was there in February 2010, I had the honor of presenting the Day 1 Keynote, “Don’t Build... View More
According to Gemalto, a leader in digital security, more than one billion data records were breached in 2014, and 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker went so far as to deem 2014 “the year of the... View More
Xerox announced on January 29th intentions to separate into two independent operations, focusing on business process outsourcing and document technology. Closely following the Hewlett-Packard split in... View More
According to research and analysis from McKinsey & Company, a survey of 38 life, 33 property-and-casualty (P&C) and nine health insurers revealed that the top-performing (top-quartile) insurers' operating... View More
We know there are risks of data loss and data breaches by external hackers and fraudsters. We see this reported daily. While this is of concern, it is the internal threat of theft by staff or ex-staff... View More
Shared drive remediation is a crucial activity for effective information governance (IG). IG helps to lower risks and costs by significantly reducing data volumes and providing accessibility and structure... View More
Many of us, at some point in our lives, have decided that something must change, and usually, the beginning of a new year is a traditional time to be focused on that change. Some will decide to go to the... View More
At the top of the list for critical business initiatives is, certainly, revenue growth. Financial services, along with other service-based industries, are realizing, however, that their greatest opportunity... View More
Technology continues to improve our day-to-day lives in sometimes subtle but very transformative ways. Take developments in automobile technology over the past several years. These days, car makers are... View More
On April 29, 2015, Chief Justice John Roberts sent Congress a package amending 11 rules to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP)—rules that dictate trial procedures in federal district courts... View More
Advances in technology are driving business change at an ever-increasing speed, and electronic signatures are a key example of one of those technologies. By enabling a true digital business process by... View More
Remember when you used to be able to go to your local grocery store? They were small and modest by today’s standards, but they knew you when you came in and suggested the best steaks or picked out... View More
As Thomas Jefferson once said, “With great risk comes great reward.” The race toward competitive differentiation calls for organizations to be bold, but at what cost? In business, we must understand... View More
If you’re staring at a Gantt chart that’s slipped three quarters, a budget that’s doubled, or a migration that looked simple in the demo and turned into a two-year saga, take a breath. You are far from alone
Making Every Customer Message MatterIn financial services, communication is often treated as a necessary obligation. A policy document must be delivered, an account statement must be sent, a claim let
Enterprise communications have long been framed as a debate between physical and digital delivery. Organizations pursuing cost savings often viewed digital transformation as a pathway to reducing or e
As an avid movie goer, I regularly visit my local cinema for the latest release, blockbusters, or smaller independent films. Recently it occurred to me that my ticket purchase behavior had narrowed to
Every year, somewhere in your organization, a contract comes up for renewal. Your team prepares. They benchmark pricing, sketch out alternatives on paper and walk into the negotiation expecting a reas
