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11.11.08 -- The Role Of ECM In Disaster Preparedness

November 11, 2008

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Staying Ahead Of The Storm: The Role Of ECM In Disaster Preparedness
By David Smith, VP and General Manager, Xerox DocuShare

An enterprise content management (ECM) system has become an essential solution, offering businesses of all sizes a secure, easy-to-manage, and sharable repository that makes quick recovery of precious content possible should the unexpected occur. Implementing an ECM solution as part of any business continuity and disaster readiness effort deserves the same level of risk assessment as any other operational process, so that the true impact of a disruption — the risk in not being able to get to business content such as regulatory policies, emergency guidelines, customer data or business records — is quantified.
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Enabling Enterprise Transparency
By Open Text
In striving to achieve cost efficiencies; increase information worker productivity; preserve and protect intellectual capital; mitigate risk and corporate liability, executive management is scrutinizing technology investments like never before. This paper outlines an approach to achieving Enterprise Transparency by leveraging existing technology solutions and content repositories and coupling them with a next-generation Enterprise Content Management (ECM) framework.
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ConnectedWeddings: A First-Of-Its-Kind Alfresco-Based Application For Facebook
By Rivet Logic Corporation
As Facebook seeks to expand beyond purely social networking, New Gravity Ventures enters the market with ConnectedWeddings.com, a Facebook application that offers an innovative and easier way to plan weddings. They deployed Alfresco's content management platform and other open source software to enable consumer end-users to manage wedding arrangements and shop for products.
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Remote Data Verification Provides Flexibility And Enhanced Productivity
By AnyDoc
Scan One captures images and data from its customers' documents for their access via the Web — using OCR for AnyDoc® and related AnyDoc Software solutions. Documents are scanned, and then OCR for AnyDoc extracts data from the captured document images based upon customer-defined templates for each document type.
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The Changing Landscape Of The ECM Market
By Clearview Software
This white paper has been created specifically for the benefit of companies that are current or future VARs or systems integrators within the ECM industry, and related document imaging or document management segments of the ECM industry. It will highlight the specific elements that are changing in the ECM market, explore the ramifications of those changes, and provide proactive approaches that resellers can take to maintain successful operations throughout these changing and challenging times.
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A High-Volume Attack On The Paper Monster
By Russell Hunt, BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Scanners
Since the value of every document lies in the information on it — and since digital information can be shared more widely, quickly, and easily than paper — an efficient solution for companies is to scan their documents.
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A2iA DocumentReader
Thanks to its recognition, data extraction, and classification features, A2iA DocumentReader provides the opportunity for companies to automatically process all incoming mail.
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ImagEntry: Key From Image
ImagEntry allows rapid and accurate keying from images of structured documents. ImagEntry is frequently used for indexing document images as an on ramp for document processing and lifting data from images such as medical claims, credit applications, and other forms related to data processing applications. ImagEntry also improves processes using OCR/ICR/OMR recognition engines. A results file can be imported into ImagEntry, where field edits and double key verify are used to detect and repair errors. ImagEntry can enhance the quality assurance component of document management systems.
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Versitec Products From Cranel Imaging
Versitec, Cranel Imaging's partner division, provides VARs with service management for ECM and storage technologies. As the largest and most experienced service provider in the industry, Versitec places clients in the most capable hands for equipment support, repair, and maintenance.
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ArchivOS Document Manager
ArchivOS Document Manager is a remote control for all your business documents, designed for the business professional who would like to process and access their documents faster and more efficiently.
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