ECM Guest Contributors

41. Rest Your Weary Fingers — Voice Activation Is Coming To A CRM Near You 8/18/2017

    We spend a lot of time talking to our gadgets these days. Whether we’re seeking directions from Siri or weather updates from Alexa, speech is quickly becoming a preferred means of communicating with technology. A future once at our fingertips now rests at the tips of our tongues.

42. New Ways OCR Can Improve Business Processes — And Results 8/7/2017

    Companies are using creative and innovative optical character recognition (OCR) technologies that integrate with enterprise content management (ECM) and other applications. Whether they’re looking to utilize OCR to better support existing workflows or improve business processes, these companies achieve significant results. By Jeff Segarra, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Nuance Document Imaging Division

43. Overcoming The Challenges Of Information Capture 7/11/2017

    In the era of data chaos, organizations are faced with a near-constant influx of paper and digital documents that threaten employee productivity. IDC predicts digital data will exceed 44 trillion gigabytes by 2020 with 90 percent of that growth in the form of unstructured data. An inability to harness this data — to turn it into information that can drive an organization’s processes and actions — leads to complexity and lost opportunity.

44. How To Make The Move To Automated Document Management 6/19/2017

    What differentiates great companies from also-rans is the ability to maximize productivity and superior customer service. Organizations can gain a significant competitive advantage by adopting automated document management.

45. OCR Drives Innovative Tech Tools for Assisted Learning 6/14/2017

    The use of technology has transformed classroom productivity, increased student engagement and motivation and, most importantly, accelerated learning. Technology has also played a critical role in enhancing the lifestyle of individuals requiring assistance, ranging from the visually impaired to auditory learners.

46. Don’t Forget Data Trapped In Documents And PDF Files 5/15/2017

    Most organizations are probably familiar with the concept of Big Data and how it can help them make better business decisions. Yet until now, many have overlooked an extremely valuable source of data that can be used in the same way: paper documents and PDF files.

47. Application Retirement — Is Documentum On Your Top 10 List? 5/1/2017

    The concept of application retirement is simple and well-understood by most IT professionals, but for those not familiar it is the idea aging applications are eventually retired or shut-down for reasons ranging from a better, more innovative solution becoming available, for consolidation, for cost and/or risk reduction, and because of new legal (i.e., eDiscovery) and/or regulatory requirements. By Bill Tolson, Vice President of Marketing, Archive360

48. Digital Transformation: Unlocking The Value Of Information To Drive Efficiency And Growth 3/20/2017

    In every organization, across all industry sectors, the conversation about achieving core business objectives almost always turns to the DX economy or digital transformation. The reality is digital transformation is no longer just a buzzword — it’s a key business imperative.

49. Midmarket Organizations Ready To Embrace Enterprise-Level AP/Invoice Automation Strategies 3/13/2017

    For at least a generation enterprises have deployed modern enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like SAP and Oracle to support their back-end business functions including accounts payable (AP). Those legacy solutions use OCR technology to capture and archive images of the hundred-thousands of invoices and purchase orders yearly.

50. The Promise Of Metadata: Bringing Order To Content Chaos 1/30/2017

    Managing business information is more complex than ever. The amount of content businesses generate and manage is growing fast and will continue to explode in the coming years as more systems, applications, and devices are introduced into the corporate ecosystem.