ECM Executive Commentary

71. Guest Column: Content Management Technologies And Alphabet Soup: 26 Tips To Spell Success
    9/27/2010
    From enterprise content management (ECM) to electronic document management (EDM), business process management (BPM), business intelligence (BI), EDRM (electronic document and records management), records and information management (RIM) and more, technology increasingly resembles a bowl of alphabet soup. So many acronyms are floating around that it’s hard to know what order to put the letters in and what they’re supposed to spell. By Laurel B. Sanders, Optical Image Technology
72. Raise The Bar On Performance In Your Legal Practice: Get More From Your Information Systems With EDM
    9/10/2010
    Life’s melodramas certainly make colorful scenic backdrops for legal practices. Whether you handle divorce, corporate negligence, routine contracts, or wills and testaments, stories often are hidden amid a slew of documents. Finding the truth and exposing charlatans can be fascinating, but you don’t need behind-the-scenes drama as you sort through unwieldy files, rushing to meet rigid deadlines.
73. Guest Column: Capture, Imaging, And Classification: Moving Beyond Paper-Based Data
    8/31/2010
    Large organizations continue to process enormous volumes of paper-based information to support their business processes despite the widespread availability of computer communications. By David Rock, President, NovoDynamics
74. Guest Column: Thinking Next Generation eDiscovery
    8/3/2010
    Content Management Systems. SharePoint. Email databases. File servers. Storage Appliances. Social Networks. The Cloud. We’ve heard of all these technologies but what do they all have in common? They are filled with data, with content and with business information critical to any eDiscovery assessment or case. However, most organizations do not have one common way to discover, analyze and act on this information. By Steve Akers, founder and CTO of Digital Reef
75. Guest Column: A Delicate Balance
    7/27/2010
    Don't buy an invoice processing solution ... without reading this article first! ibml shares the secrets of achieving a better payback on your invoice processing solution -- and the most common pitfall to avoid! Don't let your invoice processing initiative be sabotaged by unexpected costs. By Chris Horne, ibml
76. Guest Column: An ECM Solution Is A Wise Decision: Seven Ways To Justify The Investment
    7/21/2010
    Companies are still hesitant to make IT purchases during today’s unpredictable economy. Budgets are tighter than ever, forcing IT leaders to justify every penny they spend. It makes calculating expected return on investment (ROI) before making a purchase very important. When it comes to enterprise content management (ECM), this justification can seem like an elusive goal. By Brian Lincoln, senior product line manager, Xerox DocuShare
77. An ECM Solution Is A Wise Decision: Seven Ways To Justify The Investment
    7/21/2010
    Companies are still hesitant to make IT purchases during today’s unpredictable economy. Budgets are tighter than ever, forcing IT leaders to justify every penny they spend. It makes calculating expected return on investment (ROI) before making a purchase very important. When it comes to enterprise content management (ECM), this justification can seem like an elusive goal. By Brian Lincoln, senior product line manager, Xerox DocuShare
78. Guest Column: Records Management In The Age Of Information Overload: 5 Tips For Finding What You Need
    7/2/2010
    A strong records management strategy allows you to find what you need when you need it. In addition to helping you avoid litigation and prolonged audits, a solid records management strategy helps your daily transactions move more efficiently. By Sylvia Feldman, Optical Image Technology
79. Guest Column: Come Together
    7/1/2010
    A recent customer win by ibml is more than just another feather in the company’s cap. It is also indicative of two trends that have taken hold in the revenue departments of state governments and are expanding to county and municipal governments: the push towards shared services and consolidated payments and document processing. By Rich Miller, ibml
80. Guest Column: The Case For Outsourcing EHR Creation
    6/22/2010
    Driven by the combination of stimulus funds and the specter of federal financial penalties, healthcare providers are focused like never before on moving towards electronic health records or EHRs. This article explores how outsourcing patient records conversion can expedite patient records conversion while saving your organization money. By ibml