It’s safe to say that pretty much everyone in the professional world carries some sort of mobile device these days. And with the proliferation of tablets, laptops, smartphones comes a new trend in the workplace: BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device. With many companies already implementing BYOD policies across multiple fields, the trend is catching Continue reading
It’s not good enough for today’s successful organizations to just implement an an Enterprise ContentManagement (ECM) solution and hope for the best; it takes time – time to plan, time to adjust, and especially time to choose the right vendor. In fact, when companies fail to take the necessary time needed to accurately choose the Continue reading
As the pace of technology barrels full speed ahead, businesses need to do everything they can to make sure that their processes are efficient, results-driven and affordable. Departments are expected to perform tasks faster and with fewer errors. This is driving many organizations to focus on automating workflows. Workflow is the process, or series of Continue reading
Information Governance (IG) is a critical component for today’s businesses because all companies are mandated to preserve vast amounts of information in a manner that complies with government regulations. But IG goes beyond specifying how information should be preserved; it also pertains to controlling how information is created, secured, accessed, distributed, and ultimately destroyed for Continue reading
A truly collaborative business effort involves far more than just sharing thoughts, ideas, and concepts between team members. Now, colleagues share and work jointly on documents, leverage social media, use video services such as Skype, and harness other technologies to join forces. SharePoint is Microsoft’s application platform developed with the specific aim of promoting collaboration Continue reading
Capturing information is the first step in any Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution. An organization’s capture strategy can determine the success or failure of their overall ECM initiative. The right capture technology can improve entire business workflows such as order-to-cash, service request-to-resolution, or onboarding processes. A successful capture strategy using ECM software can also improve Continue reading
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) offers incentives and tax credits to small businesses; while many employers and employees won’t pay any additional taxes under the ACA, there is a requirement for employers with 50 or more full-time employees to offer health insurance or pay a penalty starting in 2016. 50 percent of Americans today depend Continue reading
Education administration and management has always been a paper-heavy field. From admissions and student registration, to financial aid, human resources and accounting, the industry has traditionally relied on paper documents to get things done. The advent of e-textbooks and tablet readers is already revolutionizing the classroom, yet the administrative side of the industry still mostly Continue reading