ECM: Going Green – Recycling Dark Data
In a previous post, Dark Data: Shedding Light on a Growing Problem for Businesses, I pointed the spotlight on the problem organizations have with huge volumes of unused and forgotten digital...
View ArticleDark Data: Shedding Light on a Growing Problem for Businesses
While somewhat ominous, the term effectively describes an important class of information that exists within nearly every company. “Dark data” refers to all of the fragments and files that have been...
View ArticleISO 9001:2015 – Ready or Not, Here it is
The ISO 9001:2008 standard spanned a wealth of proven best practices and guidelines for businesses and organizations. The new revision, ISO 9001:2015, promises to further streamline mission-critical...
View ArticleEsteemed 2015 Forrester Wave Report Evaluates M-Files as Leader Among Top ECM...
Forrester Research just published their report The Forrester Wave : Enterprise Business Content Services Q3 2015. This report is fundamentally the chronicle of the ECM market and provides valuable...
View ArticleEnsuring Right Makes Might: Information Management as an Avenue to...
The massive increase in the quantity, variation and velocity of information has drastically changed how regulated companies manage their compliance requirements. The new operational imperative is for...
View ArticleRisky Business @ Work: Storing Company Information in Personal File-Sharing Apps
IT departments are expected to be proactive in spotting and circumventing risks related to employee technology use before they negatively impact operations. But sometimes a threat can emerge from...
View ArticleAutomating Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Management
Quality systems at many companies and organizations are based on well documented standard operating procedures (SOPs) that are efficiently communicated and trained to employees and other stakeholders....
View ArticleSmarter File Management with Folderless Storage and Organization
Traditional digital filing systems manage information by imitating the “old school” file folders and cabinets approach still used in many paper-centric offices today. This approach requires employees...
View ArticleThe Convergence between Compliance Management and Content
Companies in highly-regulated industries can easily fall prey to non-compliance issues without an effective information management system in place. Without a centralized and organization-wide approach...
View ArticleBring Order to Content Chaos by Eliminating Information Silos
Businesses rely on fast access to current information to make smarter and faster decisions for a competitive advantage. However, content chaos often reigns supreme since many organizations are drowning...
View ArticleEnterprise Content Management: Controlling Where Information Resides with...
Despite the elevated visibility metadata has received because of the NSA’s collection and tracking of phone data, the value and importance of metadata is still one of the most underrated aspects of IT...
View ArticleMaximizing Workflow Management and Business Process Management Efficiency
Document management software (DMS) and enterprise content management (ECM) systems can deliver many benefits to businesses of all sizes, including the ability to quickly find, protect, share and...
View ArticleRegulatory Compliance and Mobility: Clashing or Complementary Forces?
For companies that operate in regulated industries, mobile workforces and compliance officers can be perceived as clashing forces, but is this really the case? Since many regulatory compliance...
View ArticleDocument Management: Protecting Confidential Information
One of the most important considerations for any business is how to effectively secure and protect sensitive information. According to an AIIM survey, 60% of large organizations cite that the potential...
View ArticleLeveraging the M-Files Enterprise Content Management Platform for More...
In 2013, I analyzed M-Files deployments at our 100 largest customers to gain a better understanding of the most common use cases and business functions our enterprise content management solution is...
View ArticleAccess Your Content Anytime, Anywhere with the New M-Files Mobile Apps
As many of you know, we announced the availability of M-Files 10.0 in November, and we’re now excited to announce the availability of the M-Files mobile apps, which bring dynamic ECM with eSigning...
View ArticleBegin Your ECM Journey with Invoice Processing to Realize Benefits Quickly
One of the most common questions I get from organizations that are considering an enterprise content management (ECM) implementation is “Where should I start?” The volume of existing information and...
View ArticleBoost Collaboration by Authoring Documents Simultaneously in M-Files
All ECM systems support library services where document version conflicts are prevented with check-out and check-in features. These features ensure that everyone can find the latest version of the...
View ArticleHow to Leverage Metadata Within an Enterprise Content Management System to...
In my first post about best practices for using M-Files for project content management, I talked about putting metadata at the forefront of the project planning process, defining roles,...
View ArticleHow to Leverage Metadata Within an Enterprise Content Management System to...
Enterprise content management (ECM) platforms are versatile and can be leveraged for several different purposes beyond simply just document management. From customer relationship management (CRM) and...
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