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Document Manager Magazine November/December - Vol 19 No 06
Insurance renewed   
Achieving customer service excellence in high risk industry sectors such as insurance is becoming less of a challenge, argues Martyn Christian, CMO, Kofax, thanks to the wider use of automated data capture technologies
   
Capture in a distributed world   
Pete Dinham of BancTec examines the potential benefits of new approaches to distributed capture
Question and answer session   
Dr. Vijay Magon of CCube Solutions takes a closer look at the strategic implications of electronic forms
The changing face of scanning   
Klaus Schulz, Product Marketing Manager EMEA, PFU Imaging Solutions explains the benefits of implementing 'Scan-to-Process' (integrating paperbased information into digital workflows) in business
Census and sensibility   
Census specialists CACI are seeing the benefits of the latest capture technologies from ibml
Learned council   
An electronic document management system, seamlessly integrated with SAP, has already transformed bill payments and expenses management at Worcestershire County Council; the solution is now being expanded to manage a new purchasing card system
We are all 'social workers' now   
As social business applications enter the mainstream, the ad hoc benefits of knowledge sharing, team-building and collaboration are being formalised into business processes and workflows…
ABBYY FINEREADER 11   
ABBYY FineReader 11 brings improvements exactly where users might expect - in speed and accuracy of processing - and also adds some useful new functionality…
CANON DR-C125   
Very cleverly designed to minimise footprint and offer a highly intuitive interface for users at all levers, the DRC125 is ideal for customer-facing environments and other business areas where space is at a premium.
Kainos Unveils Evolve® 3; Introducing the Next-Generation EMR Solution   
Newly unveiled EMR solution builds on success of Kainos's award-winning EDM software suite, Evolve®, with enhanced workflow and reporting, patient status management and mobile data access
KODAK SCANMATE I920   
For a 'personal' scanner the i920 packs quite a business punch - the in-built image enhancement and Kodak build quality make for a machine that combines compact design with real-world useability.
"…Content without context is just storage!"   
DM editor Dave Tyler caught up with Perceptive Software's Executive Vice-President, Cary DeCamp at the company's EMEA User Forum in London last month
Net gains   
At the recent DM Awards Genus won "Website of the Year 2011" with www.paperscanners.co.uk, and one of its key hardware products…
 
Document Manager Magazine September/October - Vol 19 No 05
Closing The Invoice Efficiency Gap   
Richard Thompson, Vice President, Pitney Bowes Management Services International, discusses the commercial and compliance benefits of automated invoice processing
Top of the form   
With the rise in on-line business and e-commerce, organisations need a simple, cost effective way to capture and track transactions through the various processes, to successful conclusion. Electronic forms can offer the ideal solution…
Scan-to-Process: an evolution   
Scan-to-process is becoming the 'de rigeur' approach within the DM/ECM marketplace, says Pete Dinham, Global Solutions Director, BancTec; but for Transactional Content Management to really take off
One size fits all   
TechTrek, a global document management services company, has installed Kodak Capture Pro Network Edition software to standardise image capture throughout the business and put in place a common platform to underpin operations…
Taking document management to the next level   
Electronic capture of documents is a critical part of the document management process. But all too often, argues Thomas Senger, senior vice president at Kofax EMEA, it is seen just as a means of archiving at the end of a document's life…
Freeing up information   
Northampton Borough Council is using Fujitsu scanning technologies to process FOI requests faster and more efficiently
Putting Ordnance Survey on the map   
A recent office move created the impetus for Ordnance Survey to outsource the management of its document storage and retrieval functions
First past the post   
Document Manager finds out about an innovative offering from Optical Record Systems that aims to alleviate the burden of post room operations
The (digital) pen is mightier…   
Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is improving patient care after implementing a new digital pen and paper solution
From our correspondence…   
A recent AIIM White Paper set out to explore the key factors in selecting and implementing a capture solution for incoming mail. Doug Miles of AIIM Europe discusses the variability of input documents…
Moving up the food chain   
DM Editor Dave Tyler catches up with Hitec Laboratories' CEO Jeremy Crame to discuss the launch of the latest version of the company's flagship ECM product, DataStoreDSX
The right way forward   
Business process outsourcers (BPOs) and scanning bureaus are making decisions about the type of commercial scanning services they provide. Ashley Keil, Business Development Manager at ibml, discusses the options
 
Document Manager Magazine July/August - Vol 19 No 04
Synergy document hosting service   
Cambridge-based Enterprise Consulting (ECL) has long been the sole European vendor of the Synergy ECM suite developed by Jack Henry & Associates
Kofax MarkView 7   
MarkView 7 is probably the most significant release since the product was brought into the Kofax fold, and the improvements - especially the 'single view' approach - make for a much faster, more user-friendly invoice processing solution.
Compliance made easier   
Dr Vijay Magon, Managing Director of CCube Solutions, explains how regulatory compliance can be readily achieved using existing technologies and practices - with less emphasis on standardisation
Kodak i2800   
The i2000 range is Kodak's latest foray into the departmental and workgroup market, with devices ranging in rated speed (simplex A4) from 30ppm (i2400) through 50ppm (i2600) to the device we looked for our review, the 70ppm i2800.
OPEX DS2200   
It has been suggested that more than two-thirds of the cost of any scanning operation is in document preparation and post-scan processing - i.e. the menial repetitive tasks around sorting paper into batches
Driven to succeed   
National charity Motability has improved a number of business critical and paper-intensive processes since introducing a scanning and DM system based on SharePoint, KnowledgeLake and Fujitsu hardware
ABBYY FlexiCapture 10   
ABBYY is a firm best known in these pages and throughout the industry for its outstanding OCR technologies, whether sold as standalone products or in partnership with leading DM and archiving partners as diverse as Kofax and EASY Software
Staying in shape in the accounts department   
International Health Club operator, Virgin Active is keeping its invoice management trim and in good shape thanks to a simple, effective scanning and document management solution from EASY Software
Easing the pain of prescription scanning   
NHS Wales' Prescribing Services has enjoyed the benefits of high-volume scanning for several years and a recent system refresh has improved efficiency and cost-effectiveness to new levels
PleaseReview   
PleaseReview is a powerful and unique piece of technology that completely alters the way a business can manage co-authoring and collaborative review of documents, combining intuitive ease of use with absolute control and accountability.
Black-and-white and green all over   
Moving to a single provider for managed print services has seen enormous efficiency benefits for insurer RSA, while simultaneously addressing environmental sustainability concerns
DM Awards 2011 - the names in the frame   
This year the DM Awards celebrates its fifth birthday in style, with an unprecedented number of nominations and a raft of new categories
Breathing new life into 'dead weight' data   
Maintaining 10 or more different document archives is expensive and inefficient, yet traditional approaches to consolidation are far from straightforward.
Show and tell   
DM Editor Dave Tyler caught up with Doug Miles, Managing Director of AIIM Europe, at their recent London Roadshow to talk training, collaboration, and the Cloud
The social network   
Electronic records management is helping the social care function of Surrey County Council to transform the way it delivers services
 
Document Manager Magazine May/June - Vol 19 No 03
A value proposition   
Scanning in itself should not be seen as a universal panacea for business process issues, explains Colin Gray, MD of DDC Outsourcing Solutions, to DM Editor Dave Tyler
Clinical precision   
The Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust's 'Paper Lite' project in Manchester is changing the working day of clinicians and support staff as traditional ways of managing patients' pathways are superseded by IM&T led solutions
A lasting legacy   
Dr. Vijay Magon of OITUK Ltd examines the issues involved in integrating legacy files and data into modern information management systems
Building the case for document management   
The construction industry has taken a hammering recently, but thanks to document management and workflow, Urban Splash still has a roof over its head and tight control over its financial future
Mobile capture: pushing the boundaries   
Dave Evans, Regional Sales Director at ABBYY UK Ltd., analyses how the rapid growth in smartphone use - and in the sophistication of the devices - might impact how we capture data
Challenging the status quo   
Paul Negus of Genus IT speaks to DM Editor Dave Tyler about the company's new online marketplace for unique best-of-breed scanning solutions
Mining a rich seam of information   
A year on from the company's acquisition by Business Intelligence specialist Actuate, Jeff Mills of Xenos catches up with DM Editor Dave Tyler
Putting the sparkle into Beaverbrooks Jewellers   
Leading jewellers Beaverbrooks needed better and faster access to business critical information, and KnowledgeWorker ECM and workflows provided the solution
Show of strength   
The 2011 AIIM Roadshow is nearly upon us: find out all you need to know below and on the following pages
Improvement on the cards   
Greenwich's Queen Elizabeth Hospital has successfully automated the processing of patient test request cards
Getting the value out of documents   
As companies seek to reduce the use of paper, document capture is only part of the answer, suggests Stephen Wynne-Jones, Technical Director at Esker
Called to account   
Corporate accounting services provider Virtual Finance Office has dramatically enhanced internal and external communications and increased business efficiency through eliminating paper-based AP processes
Capitalising on Content   
AIIM's Doug Miles takes a closer look at the findings of their recent white paper on the ROI and business benefits of content management technologies
Not-so-new kids on the block   
DM Editor David Tyler speaks to CDS Global's Business Development Manager for Scanning/BPO, Dave Appleby and Intelligent Capture Specialist Phil Bull about the company's plans for growth by exploiting a pedigree of professional excellence
Is it safe? - the hidden risk of digitised records   
Gary Hodkinson, MD of LuraTech, explains the importance of selecting non-proprietary and open file formats when planning for archival that is truly long term
Into the clouds   
The recent PFU Fujitsu Imaging Channel Conference focused on a theme of 'capturing the Cloud'. DM Editor David Tyler caught up with Doug Rudolph, General Manager, Marketing to find out what this meant for the company and its partners
Paper view   
Document process outsourcing specialist Pitney Bowes Asterion has quadrupled throughput capacity and opened up new markets thanks to innovative scanning technologies from ibml
Managing the flow   
British Waterways is on course to save millions of pounds thanks to a combined Kofax and SharePoint capture and records management solution
 
Document Manager Magazine March/April - Vol 19 No 02
Turning over a new leaf   
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has successfully digitised 3 million records including printed and hand-written labels dating back to the 17th century
The letter of the law   
Introducing a pan-European paper setting out the main legal aspects of document management
Filtering an ocean of data   
Deirdre O'Neill of Kainos Evolve explains how using EDM and workflow can help the NHS turn its 'un-stemmed data flow' into information that can be used to improve health
Ahead in the cloud   
DocuWare's Jürgen Biffar spoke to DM Editor David Tyler after a very successful CeBit show, where the company had unveiled its latest integration module, Smart Connect
FileHold   
With the growth in web services and cloud computing, the DM/ECM sector is naturally seeing lots of investment
Fujitsu ScanSnap N1800 Network Scanner   
The ScanSnap N1800 represents PFU Fujitsu's first move into networked scanners for its ScanSnap range
On the road again   
June 2011 sees the return of the AIIM Roadshow, the only event dedicated to the DM/ECM industry. Find out what to expect below, and hear from some companies who will be exhibiting at the four venues, over the following pages
Clinical efficiency   
Thomas Senger, senior vice president, EMEA Software and Solutions, Kofax, explores how patient care, customer service and profitability benefit from advanced integration between paper and electronic records
Docustor Evo 2   
Hampshire-based Merlin Document Management Solutions originally developed its Docustor.biz
Healthcare's holy grail   
Dr. Vijay Magon, Managing Director, OITUK Ltd., explains how NHS Trusts, working closely with suppliers, can realise tangible benefits by careful use of existing technologies to successfully deliver the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
PSI:Capture 4.0   
This newest version of PSIGEN's capture offering boasts advanced forms processing and classification capabilities
Genus: an answer for everything   
As well as some market-challenging document scanners, Genus continues to introduce unusual specialist technologies for book scanning and other niche requirements
Panasonic: getting tough with the imaging market   
Panasonic System Networks Europe (PSNE) is a relatively recent entrant into the DM marketplace, but is making waves with some innovative products
Kodak Capture Pro 3   
It is only a relatively short time since we looked at Kodak Capture Pro v2.5, a product which took the Editor's Choice award at the 2010 DM Awards.
State of the ECM Industry 2011   
Every year, AIIM runs a survey within its worldwide community of 65,000 ECM users and suppliers to measure key drivers and strategic issues for information management.
 
Document Manager Magazine January/February - Vol 19 No 01
Head to head   
Kofax recently held its largest ever Transform EMEA event in Barcelona, Spain. DM Editor Dave Tyler pinned down both Chief Marketing Officer Martyn Christian and Chief Technical Officer Anthony Macciola…..
User friendly   
EASY Software's Howard Frear tells DM Editor Dave Tyler about the increasing importance of a 'people-oriented' approach to DM implementations
Rapid response   
Barnsley Hospital's Emergency Department has deployed Kodak scanning technology, alongside an EDMS solution from File Stream, to underpin a move to electronic emergency records
eCopy ShareScan v5   
The 'secure scan and email' functionality that made eCopy's name originally is still winning the company business today: not surprising, as it is still probably the best solution in its market.
Expenses? Got it covered   
B2B publishing giant Centaur Media has deployed eForms technologies in order to manage company-wide employee expense claims online
Gearing up for productivity   
A centralised document repository has paid for itself inside two years at bike manufacturer Prophete
Can Records Managers work in the Cloud?   
Simon Ellis of Box-it believes that the cloud offers unique opportunities for records managers who are willing to embrace change
Rules of engagement   
DM Editor Dave Tyler caught up with AIIM President John Mancini at the recent Kofax Transform event in Barcelona
People power   
Jonathan Burd of life sciences compliance specialists GxPi suggests that a change of emphasis away from technology, towards the process and the people, leads to improved user adoption of EDMS solutions
Don't pay the penalty   
Archiving and compliance is a massive challenge for businesses of all sizes. Failure to put in place the right policies and procedures can be extremely costly - both financially and to a company's reputation
Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100   
Fujitsu's ScanSnap devices have spent the last couple of years subtly insinuating themselves into all sorts of user environments, establishing the brand as an ideal low-cost, easy-to-use scanner for 'first-timers' and occasional users.
 
Document Manager Magazine November/December - Vol 18 No 06
Five Good Reasons to Automate Your AP Processes   
Optimising and automating the invoicing process is a key challenge for finance departments, argues Allen Carney, Vice President of Product Marketing at Kofax, which can improve overall speed, efficiency, control and visibility of operations
Top of the form   
Capture technology has helped UK not-forprofit organisation School Fundraising Company to significantly reduce staff workloads
Heavy loads ahead   
Why should an organisation's data archive roadmap stop at email? Get ready for Enterprise Information Archiving, recommends EASY Software's Howard Frear
Safe and sound?   
A new white paper from PFU Imaging Solutions suggests that digitisation technologies could ease many of the problems of the Freedom of Information Act
Procurement vs. partnership: mutually exclusive?   
Dr. Vijay Magon of OITUK explores whether the public sector procurement process threatens the ability of SMEs to foster crucial customer-supplier partnerships
Clinical efficiency   
Merseyside-based St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has completed a pioneering project to deliver health records electronically using its C Cube electronic document management software (EDMS), integrating with Kodak document scanners
The Right Combination   
Simon Ellis of Box-it Data Management makes the case for integration of scanning, cloud-based document repositories and a SaaS model to achieve rapid ROI from DM implementations
Turning document templates into information assets   
Mike Davies, UK Sales Director of Aia Software discusses how companies can develop greater business agility and flexibility by more effectively managing their business documents
Balance of power   
In the battle between management teams and employees, asks Andy Wang, Director of ECM Strategy at Laserfiche, how do you balance the seeming contradictions between freedom and control?
The need for speed   
In a project which won the 'Private Sector Project of the Year' trophy at the DM Awards 2010, Nissan has been able to significantly streamline its Accounts Payable processing by bringing invoice scanning and capture back in-house
Gaining traction with the NHS   
One well accepted means of improving patient care is by freeing up the flow of vital information between the different points of care. Some recent, high profile, EDM implementations in Trusts across the UK are now starting to deliver on that goal
And the winner is…   
The great and the good of the document and content management sector descended on London's Tower Bridge from all over the world in October for the announcement of the 2010 DM Awards winners.
 
Document Manager Magazine August/September - Vol 18 No 05
Signed, sealed, delivered?   
A recent AIIM survey shows that digital signature solutions can provide a very rapid ROI - generally within 12 months.
Patently simple   
Patent translation services company RWS is handling its high volume document conversion requirements using technology from ABBYY
CapsureDC   
CapsureDC is a unique large scale data capture offering from Capgen, which promises more complete end-to-end management of document scanning than any competitive product.
Graham Packaging   
Global packaging company Graham Packaging makes the switch to EASY and enjoys flexible, future-proof system while fully recouping its investment
Elitefile   
Anyone who works in a Windows-based office environment will know how easy it is to feel that staff are getting lost in the clutter on their desktop.
The global image   
Doug Rudolph was appointed General Manager, Marketing for PFU EMEA in July this year, following the recent re-branding of Fujitsu's scanner business under the PFU name. DM Editor Dave Tyler finds out more
Kodak Capture Pro 2.5   
Equally suitable for Kodak and non-Kodak scanning environments, Capture Pro has come from nowhere since its launch to become a very popular software choice among VARs and Sis
Four golden rules for governance   
For financial services organisations, the right approach to information governance can help to turn information from a liability into an asset, argues Jeffrey Green, Director of Compliance, Laserfiche
Rational Health Service   
OITUK's Dr. Vijay Magon describes how forms recognition technologies can assist healthcare bodies in managing legacy medical records
An attractive financial package   
Barclays enjoys a low risk and high value means of improving and speeding up the processes around the capture, storing, retrieval and management of documents
Blue sky thinking   
Virgin Atlantic has been able to achieve significant customer service benefits by automating and outsourcing its invoice processing
Performance enhancing DM   
Although computers help increase productivity, most professional offices are still surrounded by paper. Document imaging increases productivity, argues Shooping Lin of Plustek, and in many instances reduces costs
Panasonic KV-S5055C   
Distributor ImagingXtra is describing the KV-S5055C as offering 'production scanning at a departmental price', and the contention is hard to fault. This is a robust high-speed device featuring a host of compelling feed/handling innovations
 
Document Manager Magazine July/August 2010 - Vol 18 No 04
Authority figures   
Dr Vijay Magon, Managing Director of OITUK Ltd., explains how local authorities, working closer with IT suppliers
Share dealings   
The latest AIIM survey shows that Microsoft SharePoint implementations are surging ahead, but they generally proceed without a formal business plan, and with confusion about which features are to be used and where
The axeman cometh?   
Alan Pelz-Sharpe, Principal Analyst & Director at the Real Story Group, summarises the significant challenges ahead for public sector information managers in the current economic and political climate
Counting on accuracy   
Fujitsu scanning technologies helped to automate the ballot process for the London mayoral election
Streamlined performance   
The world's leading swimwear brand, Speedo, is getting a makeover of its global website using FirstSpirit CMS from e-Spirit
Improving revenues   
Distributed scanning has optimised efficiency while delivering quantifiable savings for Daventry District Council's Revenue Services Department
Raising the bar for medical records scanning   
One of the UK's leading service providers for healthcare records scanning, Datatron relies on ultra-high-volume scanning technologies to enhance efficiency and profitability
Fleet of foot, and now smarter too   
Specialist, brick-shaped handsets and 'rugged' laptops have never won much favour with mobile workers required to capture electronic data in the field, while end-of-day admin is the bane of busy executives' lives.
Plustek MobileOffice S420   
One of the biggest drivers toward wider acceptance of document and content management technologies across businesses
Kodak I4600   
Kodak's i4000 series scanners are designed to be an entry level production device aimed at SMEs
 
Document Manager Magazine June 2010 - Vol 18 No 03
A matter of Trust   
DM looks at why the Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust has opted for an in-house scanning service as opposed to an off-site alternative
Knowledge, working   
Simon Hill, Sales Director at Nuance's Document Imaging Group speaks to DM Editor David Tyler about developments since the acquisition of eCopy
Mail ordered   
The Isle of Man Post Office has implemented Kodak's flagship i1860 production scanners to add to its document imaging capacity
Speaking volumes   
Scanning services provider documentscanning.net needed to become more competitive: scanning higher volumes in shorter timescales, while driving down their costs per scan. Technology from ibml has helped them achieve their goal
State of the ECM Industry 2010: meeting the demands of a new decade   
The annual AIIM survey into ECM drivers and strategies shows that although cost savings and productivity improvements are the overriding business drivers, content chaos is the main buying trigger for ECM systems.
The enterprise approach to capture   
Margot Weigl of Kofax offers a compelling business case for automating document-driven business processes
Top of the form   
UK not-for-profit organisation Connexions Berkshire has leveraged ABBYY's FlexiCapture offering in order to automate the collection of survey results
Best of both worlds   
Apart from the smallest companies, the question of centralised versus distributed scanning has exercised the minds of most IT departments for a long time.
Cloud cover   
At the start of 2009, DocuWare announced it was to channel an additional 1,000,000 euros into the development of web-based solutions. DM Editor David Tyler spoke to co-president of the company, Jürgen Biffar, about the reasoning behind this strategy
docxp quickinvoices   
DocXP QuickInvoices is a new development from Milton Keynes-based data capture specialists DRS, intended to fill a large and potential lucrative gap in the market:
Experts in high volume digitisation   
Genus IT is attending all four days of the AIIM Roadshow with "High Volume Digitisation" being the theme of their show.
Fujitsu fi-6800   
The fi-6800 claims to be simultaneously the best performing A3 scanner in its price range, and the smallest in its class - no mean achievement!
Health, wealth and happiness?   
While the general public perception is that things are still far from perfect, IT implementations within the NHS are actually in far better health these days than for a long time, as OITUK's Archie Menzies explains to DM Editor David Tyler
Document Management for Small Businesses   
Peter Silcock, Market Development Manager for Epson UK comments on document management for small businesses.
A healthy scan   
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has achieved remarkable scanning results despite having to handle a variety of different documents in collating patient records, thanks to unique technology offerings from Opex
A moving experience   
Europe's most successful independent estate agency group make the difficult move to a paperless business
 
Document Manager Magazine April 2010 - Vol 18 No 02
Capture: local, central, outsourced - what's working best?   
A recent AIIM survey highlights a renewed interest in centralised scanning, driven by increased investment in capture and recognition software.
Vizit SP   
Microsoft SharePoint is very good at a number of things, but many readers would agree that it is sometimes lacking in 'document functionality'.
Services rendered   
DM Editor Dave Tyler speaks to Martin Tierney, Director of Document & Print Services at Kyocera, about the company's increasing focus on managed document services
Changing channels   
An increased emphasis on partnership deals has led to continued success in a difficult climate for OPEX. DM Editor Dave Tyler caught up with the company's Director of Operations for EMEA, Shaun Lee
Point of capture   
For enterprises and bureaux/BPO service providers alike, large scale capture is becoming less about document management and more about business process management, as ibml’s Ashley Keil explains to DM Editor Dave Tyler
Energy saving   
Leading Nigerian integrated energy company, Oando, has deployed Kodak's Scan Station network scanners to improve information access, enhance efficiency and reduce costs
Standing out from the herd   
Crowe Livestock Underwriting has transformed productivity and efficiency whilst dramatically reducing its paper burden, thanks to a flexible, portable electronic document management solution from EASY Software
Can eForms help us break the paper habit?   
Dr. Vijay Magon of OITUK attempts to dispel some of the myths surrounding electronic forms: is this a technology whose time has finally come?
Going with the flow   
Leading UK charity Asthma UK has been able to reduce its paper records and improve Gift-Aid audit trails, thanks to document management technologies
Long life and happiness   
Last year Genus bought out its largest microfilm business competitor, Germany's MikrofilmHaus, creating one of Europe's largest independent micrographics specialist suppliers.
Write turn   
The Destiny digital pen solution helped DocuWare to win a Project of the Year Award at the 2009 DM Awards. DM Editor Dave Tyler catches up with destiny's Tom Thiselton to find out what the future holds for these technology innovators
 
Document Manager Magazine January/February 2010 - Vol 18 No 01
Law, in order   
Law firm Browne Jacobson LLP has been able to free up its partners to focus on strategic -and billable - tasks since implementing a mailroom automation solution from eCopy
Avoiding a Painful legacy   
A major issue for organisations migrating to a new ERP or financial system is the potential cost of ongoing parallel running of both systems.
PSI:Capture   
Datafinity is fast making a name for itself as an 'ahead of the game' distributor for DM and ECM technologies.
Version One Announces Integration into Sage ERP X3   
Version One has been integrated into Sage’s most recently launched enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for organisations worldwide
Doing the right thing   
In challenging economic times, local councils are faced with the prospect of delivering better for less. Information can help and hinder this process.
ABBYY FineReader 10 Professional   
Very few readers of DM will need to be convinced of the benefits of software such as FineReader or its competitors:
Playing the percentage game to win   
One of the longest established EDM vendors in the UK market has managed to remain a relatively small-scale success story. DM Editor Dave Tyler speaks to Dr. Vijay Magon, managing director at OITUK LTD
Digital mailrooms: first past the post?   
More and more businesses hope to increase operational efficiency and reduce costs by switching to a digital mailroom model, argues Roger Williams, Solutions Architect, RR Donnelley Global Document Solutions
Paper patches?   
For organisations that can't kick the paper habit altogether, there is a middle path which may be more palatable. Deirdre O'Neill, Head of ECM at Kainos, sets out some best practices for covering the middle ground, which can have transformative results
Genned up   
DM Editor Dave Tyler speaks to Gary Sawyer of Genisys Technology about the company's continuing success in the health sector, and particularly in the purchase-to-pay arena
 
Document Manager Magazine November/December 2009 - Vol 17 No 06
Rocela And Version One Bring Document Management To Oracle Financials Users   
Leading independent Oracle consultancy, Rocela (www.rocela.com), and Version One (www.versionone.co.uk), have entered a partnership to deliver integrated document management and imaging software to Rocela’s Oracle Financials customers.
Compliance on trial   
Even among organisations which are using DM systems, take-up of Records Management remains surprisingly low. Dr. Vijay Magon of OITUK argues that a more practical approach - with less emphasis on standardisation - may be what is needed
All Wrapped Up   
Pregis Protective Packaging Europe has seen such rapid and measurable success from automating its invoice processing that the company is looking to introduce DM technologies across many other business areas
Oldest scanner in use wins top prize!   
PFU Imaging Solutions Europe Limited is launching a competition in Germany,
Nuance Sets The Tone   
One of the most interesting of this year's continuing raft of announcements of mergers and acquisitions was that of eCopy by Nuance. DM Editor Dave Tyler finds out more from Robert Weideman, Senior VP of Nuance's imaging division
Winds Of Change   
Havant Borough Council has transformed productivity, operational efficiency and customer service, while halving its paper burden, thanks to a highly flexible electronic document & records management solution
Protect And Survive   
DM Editor Dave Tyler talks streaming video, smartphones, and house fires with Open Text President and CEO, John Shackleton
 
Document Manager Magazine September/October 2009 - Vol 17 No 05
The central line   
For many years, the scanning function within most end user organisations has lain at local, departmental or workgroup level.
Bridging the Gap   
Whether you poke on Facebook or you follow on Twitter, there is no escaping the global communication boom.
Paper cuts can ease business pain   
Which processes can be restructured quickly to reduce costs and boost efficiency? ITESOFT's Bill Webb looks at how cutting out paper delivers benefits
Building for the future   
Leading property developer Crest Nicholson is using ITESOFT's processing solution, ITESOFT.FreeMind for Invoices, to help streamline data capture from invoices
Finding the right tool for the job   
Bruce Sharpe of JustSystems argues that the best way to drive structured content into the enterprise is by giving content owners and creators the tools appropriate to their business function
Understanding public sector EDRMS   
DM Editor David Tyler speaks to Paul Symes, Programme Manager, Arun District Council, about the importance to public sector users of a partnership approach when dealing with an EDRMS provider
Will the paper office go up in smoke?   
Mark Hatton of RR Donnelley Global Document Solutions (GDS) looks at three document management related issues facing businesses both large and small
Volume control   
Leading scanning business EDM Group has been able to achieve higher speed and versatility as a result of investment in ibml’s ImageTrac scanning platform
Raising the bar   
Whitney Tidmarsh is Chief Marketing Officer for the Content Management and Archiving (CMA) Division at EMC, responsible for the marketing of the EMC Documentum product family. 
Wise council   
Daventry District Council found a cost-effective solution when faced with a potentially expensive upgrade of their existing centralised scanning system
On the right tracks   
Railway industry specialist Volker Rail has seen significant improvements in its invoice processing since implementing a SharePoint based automation solution
Recipe for success   
Several real time advantages have proven themselves over and over again since we implemented this solution.
Crest Nicholson Builds Efficient Accounts Payable Department   
Leading property developer uses ITESOFT’s processing solution, ITESOFT.FreeMind for Invoices, to help streamline data capture from invoices
 
Document Manager Magazine July/August 2009 - Vol 17 No 04
Staying ahead of the game   
“It requires a lot of research and investment to make the switch from a traditional Windows based client to a browser based client, while still delivering the ideal user experience.
Picking the Right Flatform   
Daventry District Council found a cost-effective solution when faced with a potentially expensive upgrade of their existing centralised scanning system
The Central Line   
For many years, the scanning function within most end user organisations has lain at local, departmental or workgroup level.
On track to reduce business pain   
Which processes can be restructured quickly to reduce costs and boost efficiency?
Understanding public sector edms   
DM Editor David Tyler speaks to Paul Symes, Programme Manager, Arun District Council,
Bridging the gap   
Whether you poke on Facebook or you follow on Twitter, there is no escaping the global communication boom.
Will the paper office go up in smoke?   
Mark Hatton of RR Donnelley Global Document Solutions (GDS) looks at three document management related issues facing businesses both large and small -
Aia ITP Document Platform   
Forrester Research calls it 'Document Output for Customer Communications Management', or DOCCM.
Wise Council   
Daventry District Council found a cost-effective solution when faced with a potentially expensive upgrade of their existing centralised scanning system.
 
Document Manager Magazine May/June 2009 - Vol 17 No 03
Kodak scan station 500   
Built around Kodak's highly successful i1220 scanner, the new addition to the Scan Station range, the 500 series, takes the Scan Station concept - user-friendly network scanning - to the next level.
Invoice outsourcing: cleared for take-off   
Virgin Atlantic has been able to "regain ownership" of its entire Accounts Payable process, with significant customer service benefits, by automating and outsourcing its invoice processing
Speed isn't everything   
There is a great deal more to choosing the right scanning solution for your organisation than simply comparing throughput speeds or even paper handling, argues Scott Maurer, Vice-President of Marketing, OPEX Corporation
Unlocking the legacy   
Leon Phillich, CEO of Aia Software, describes the first steps towards truly integrated customer communications
eForms: helping us to break the paper habit   
Is there something in our genes that inextricably binds us to paper? While we wait for an enterprising pharmacist to develop anti-paper tablets we can take every morning, what do we do in the meantime?
Anydoc Invoice   
The The AnyDoc vision is to offer complete 'all-in-one' solutions to specific business requirements using the right combination of their standard products.
Howard's way   
DM Editor Dave Tyler finds out what makes Howard Frear, recently appointed sales & marketing director at EASY Software, confident about his company's future prospects in an increasingly difficult business environment
Omnipage 17 professional   
Studies by IDC have suggested that knowledge workers typically spend between 3 and 4 hours each week on task that could be defined as recreating and/or reformatting content in documents -
AIIM Roadshow 2009 - bigger and better than ever   
New venues, new dates, but the same approach to informing and assisting potential users: the AIIM Roadshow continues to go from strength to strength, as DM Editor Dave Tyler reports
Lowering TCO while managing more content: how to strike the balance   
In a fragile economy and an expanding digital universe, asks Chris Blaik, Marketing Director, EMC EMEA, is it still possible to reduce total cost of ownership of content management, whilst having to manage more content than ever before?
 
Document Manager Magazine March/April 2009 - Vol 17 No 02
Xenos xpression   
The Enterprise Server (ES) product suite from Xenos is relatively new as a product, but many of the functions pulled together under the 'ES umbrella' have actually been available for some time, albeit in different guises.
Electronic patient records: achievable at last?   
Dr. Vijay Magon, Managing Director, OITUK Ltd., explains how NHS Trusts can realise tangible benefits by careful use of existing technologies to deliver the electronic patient record
Driving Business Efficiency with Purchase to Pay Automation   
With organisations under increasing pressure to reduce costs while improving efficiency, forward-thinking managers are investigating automation of the Purchase to Pay process, as Jason Howard of ITESOFT explains
Focusing on the 'I' in IT   
Hyland Software continues to buck the global trend towards consolidation and cutbacks, with average annual growth figures of 30% over the last 9 years.
Magicolor 4695mf   
Konica Minolta's Magicolor 4695MF is a reasonably priced and easy to use multi-function device targeting workgroup users with relatively high volume requirements (its rated duty cycle is 120,000 pages a month),
Let's get this show on the road!   
Dave Tyler, Editor of DM Magazine speaks to Doug Miles, UK MD, AIIM Europe, about the upcoming AIIM Roadshows
Kodak capture pro   
Kodak has confidently thrown down the gauntlet to competitors with the new release of its Capture Pro software offering, optimised for what the company describes as 'mixed scanner environments'.
The only way is up   
Fujitsu's annual channel conference took place recently in Marrakech, Morocco, where DM Editor Dave Tyler caught up with the company's General Manager of Sales for EMEA, Mike Nelson
Controlling the volume   
Glasgow-based document capture specialists ADS have secured significant competitive advantage and enhanced service delivery, thanks to high-volume scanning solutions from IBML
 
Document Manager Magazine January/February 2009 - Vol 17 No 01
Playing the percentage game to win   
One of the longest established EDM vendors in the UK market has managed to remain a relatively small-scale success story. DM Editor Dave Tyler speaks to Dr. Vijay Magon, managing director at OIT UK
Iriscan executive 2   
Much like their 'big brothers' in production and workgroup capture applications, portable scanners like the IRIScan just keep getting better:
The right combination   
When a restructuring of Northern Ireland's health and social services organisations led to the merger of four health boards into one, document management and control became a critical issue
Rising to the challenge   
ECM consolidation offers a viable path to profitability and productivity, suggests Jeff Mills, Managing Director, Xenos Europe
"Is it safe?"   
Document Management technologies can contribute toward safeguarding not just information, but also the reputation and productivity of an organisation, argues Adrian Butcher, Strategic ECM Consultant at Open Text
Omnidox   
As highlighted by its unexpected win at the 2008 DM Awards, Omnidox from Stortext is finding favour among all kinds of clients,
Re-writing history   
Working with unique and irreplaceable documents presented some very unusual challenges to genealogical research services website Findmypast.com
Xbound   
Hamburg-based foxray has recently made its 'xbound' platform available in the UK via Surrey consultants Datafinity UK,
 
Document Manager Magazine January/February 2007 - Vol 16 No 01
12 steps toward practical ECM   
With the proliferation of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions available in the marketplace, organisations must resist accepting a solution at face value and instead adopt a thoughtful, practical approach to meeting ECM needs,
FineReader 9.0 Professional   
As OCR software has become more and more efficient at its core task,
Streets Ahead   
Street furniture supplier Broxap has improved the way it manages paper thanks to an Invu EDM and Kodak scanner solution, which has improved efficiency and customer service
ImageNow Interact   
Interact is a suite of products developed from the award-winning ImageNow technology, which aims to bring DM and workflow functionality closer to business users' actual working environments.
An eye on the future   
Eyecare specialist Alcon UK has rolled out EDMS technologies to numerous departments in a successful implementation that started back in 1999
Mind the gap   
Tony Bridgeman, UK Managing Director of ReadSoft discusses how banks can bridge the 'chasm' between document input and core system processing to improve efficiency and customer service
E-Disclosure? Don't Panic!   
We all need to be aware of e-disclosure (or 'e-discovery' as our US cousins refer to it), says David Oates, EMEA Vice-President of Tower Software - but what exactly is it, and how should businesses prepare for it?
Is BPM heading down the wrong track?   
A new report suggests that the way forward for BPM involves better alignment between what the technology vendors think is required, and what the end users are actually looking to do with their solutions
Rank and file   
A return on investment in excess of three years is simply not feasible for an SME implementing ECM technologies - corporate management company Noble Management found a more effective solution
FileStore EDM   
Data Capture Solutions of Slough has been in the bureau & services business for a very long time, but it may be less well known that the company has been developing and marketing its own document management software for around 4 years.
Classified adds   
Dr Matt Lees, VP Data Capture Division at Basware UK, looks at what separates truly efficient automated mailrooms from the post rooms of yesterday
 
Document Manager Magazine November/December 2007 - Vol 15 No 06
Scope for improvement   
An Avanquest solution at Travelscope delivers sustainability and improves operational efficiency
ECM: What's in it for SMEs?   
There are currently around 4.5 million SMEs operating in the UK. Does this represent an opportunity for vendors of Enterprise Content Management systems?
A clean bill of health   
South Wales health workers and police are able to work together to ensure best use of resources, thanks to an innovative use of document management technologies
The Glittering Prizes   
At the end of October the first ever DM Awards ceremony took place in central London. We take a close look at what looks likely to become the unmissable industry event of the year
Ecopy   
With European sales now representing some 30% of worldwide business, eCopy is becoming as major a player here as it is has long been in its home market, the USA.
EDRM delivers more than Compliance   
Meridio's Bob Ward discusses the wider business benefits of Records Management
 
Document Manager Magazine September/October 2007 - Vol 15 No 05
OmniPage Professional 16   
Nuance, despite its continued emphasis on voice/speech technologies, is still very busy in the imaging sector: its OCR, PDF and document management tools now account for around 20% of the company's revenue, and are among its most profitable lines.
Film stars   
Steven Godfrey, Commercial Director at SunRise Imaging (EMEA) Ltd., examines the benefits - and possible pitfalls - of modern film scanning technologies
Film stars   
Steven Godfrey, Commercial Director at SunRise Imaging (EMEA) Ltd., examines the benefits - and possible pitfalls - of modern film scanning technologies
Fault intolerant   
Technical documentation innovations can assist with fault diagnostics
Opex AS3690i   
In the real world, the issues relating to the digital mailroom extend far beyond just image capture and classification:
Cincom Eloquence   
The Cincom Eloquence product targets the growing market for increasingly personalised customer communications, using an approach that Cincom calls "Dynamic Document Composition".
Retail therapy   
Major high street retailer New Look is using an online trading and document imaging solution that enables it to fully automate its invoice processing - delivering immediate cost savings and improved efficiency
Curing your information ills   
This year's Documation UK show promises more than ever in terms of business and technical education sessions. DM takes an advance look at the programme to help you decide what you need to put in your Documation diary
Standard bearer   
A lack of standardisation is fundamentally compromising the value of ECM investments,
A shipshape solution   
Cory Brothers Shipping Agency chooses Alchemy to stem a tide of paper
Seek and ye shall find…   
Rob Gray of Microsoft argues that the emphasis, in the modern enterprise, needs to be as much on what you find as how you search
 
Document Manager Magazine July/August 2007 - Vol 15 No 04
DocXP   
While DRS has been a market leader in OMR data capture for over 35 years,
Yorkshire more   
The introduction of intelligent document and data capture at the UK's largest formally constituted Local Authority purchasing consortium has halved the resource responsible for customer orders, whilst dramatically increasing processing levels
The manual is automatic   
BMW Motorcycles engaged the STAR Group to assist in implementing a new technical editing system, as Karl Darr explains
Meridio 5.0   
Meridio has seen considerable business success in the last year or so, including one of the world's largest records management projects at the Ministry of Defence.
Changing Shape   
Unprecedented market growth, combined with a period of consolidation and acquisitions, are leading to a shift in the dynamics of the ECM marketplace, suggests Bill Priemer, COO, Hyland Software
Information on tap   
Implementing ECM has enabled water industry contractor KMI Plus to remove all in-bound paper, streamline processes and deliver the information transparency required to support strong partnerships clients and the supply chain.
Pole Position   
The ING Renault F1 team can boast world-beating document and content management since implementing a secure ECM system from Oracle
Lost in Space?   
Darren Howe, business development manager at Anite, warns that ignoring the perils of mass uncontrolled storage will be a step backwards
Mail Order   
The digital mail room is at last becoming a business reality, argues Ashley Keil of IBML, thanks to a combination of advances in technology, wider acceptance of electronic systems, and legislative & regulatory pressures
SharePoint Services made easy   
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) are being adopted across many organisations.
Vertical ascent   
Perceptive Software shot into the UK limelight a couple of years ago when the company's ImageNow walked away with 'DM Product of the Year' at the IM Awards. David Tyler found out what's happened since from International Sales Director Paul Hunt
 
Document Manager Magazine May/June 2007 - Vol 15 No 03
CANON DR-4010C   
PRODUCT FOCUS CANON DR-4010C VERDICT: The DR4010-C is a compact and robust device which manages to introduce some very sensible and attractive new functions and improvements without sacrificing image quality or scan speed.
Beware the Pitfalls!   
What are the potential traps to avoid in email archiving? And how is technology playing its part as new solutions come on stream? Brian Wall reports
Rock steady   
In a period of major upheaval for much of the industry, with almost frenetic acquisitions activity becoming the norm, one company has remained outside the feeding frenzy, maintaining a steady growth as it did so.
The chemistry set   
British Biotech Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has implemented document management systems to manage quality assurance and regulatory documents across its Intranet
PROQUIS ALLCLEAR 7.10   
Aconstant bottleneck for process documentation is the flowcharting function: so many organisations still rely on basic charting/drawing tools for this crucial step.
Clean bill of health   
At Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, high speed access to healthcare documents is leading to major improvements in efficiency and patient care
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007   
When a product attempts to form one allencompassing platform by combining the functionality of many applications the reaction is generally predictable.
Are you Open-minded?   
A new way of looking at Open Source software offers a more confident future for users, argues Arnaud Lefevre, VP of Sales and Marketing, Nuxeo
Winning Promotion   
The marketing group at Merrill Lynch is better able to realise its vision thanks to improved customer relationship statement systems
In it to win it   
While many ECM vendors are understandably nervous of Microsoft's increasing encroachment into 'their' territory, Mobius remains quietly confident, as DM editor David Tyler found out when he met with Senior Vice President Karry Kleeman
 
Document Manager Magazine March/April 2007 - Vol 15 No 02
Almost blue   
The recent release of FileNet P8 v4.0 gave Document Manager the opportunity to catch up with FileNet's Director for Product Marketing, EMEA, Doug Coombs, to discuss the company's acquisition in 2006 by IBM, as well as the new product launch
FUJITSU FI-5900C   
Fujitsu has introduced a series of enhancements to its already successful fi-5900c production scanner aimed at making it even more attractive to mid-volume users (typically processing up to 100,000 documents a day).
Easy as 1,2,3   
Glenn Perachio, European Director, ZANTAZ introduces a three-step process to help decide whether a hosted or licensed content archiving solution might be appropriate for your business
PLUSTEK SMARTOFFICE PS256   
Taiwan manufacturer Plustek may well be a new name to most of our readers, but the company as been around since 1986, originally making OEM scanners for other manufacturers.
 
Document Manager Magazine January/February 2007 - Vol 15 No 01
Breaking the mould   
Plastics moulding firm Georg Fischer DEKA GmbH has freed up significant
Blue-sky thinking   
BAE Systems has created a place that any worker can go to in order to find knowledge held within the organisation, share best practices on a global scale, and bring people together
Counting the true cost of scanning   
Ashley Keil of Imaging Business Machines Ltd (IBML) explains how intelligent scanning technologies can reduce costs and improve efficiency
A platform announcement   
DICOM's recently launched Intelligent Capture & Exchange Suite is the market leader's most significant strategy announcement in recent times. DM Editor Dave Tyler caught up with DICOM's vice-president of marketing, Andrew Pery
More BAM for your buck   
Doug Coombs, Product Marketing Manager at FileNet, asks whether businesses are getting the right sort of intelligence about their businesses from the tools they are investing in
ILM: compliant by design?   
Next generation ECM should make ILM ubiquitous - even if we no longer notice it's there, argues Darren Strange, senior product manager, Microsoft UK
MailSafe   
According to IDC, over 25 billion emails are being sent every day around the world. Many of us may be feeling like most of them are arriving in our own in-boxes!
Kofax Document Scan Server   
There is little question that one of the barriers to wider acceptance of distributed capture - despite its potential cost and efficiency benefits - has been the difficulty of managing not just the distributed hardware, but the capture process itself.
KeyScan KS810   
Say 'multi-function device' to anyone working in the document or content management industry and they will almost certainly picture a piece of kit that offers printing, scanning, copying and perhaps faxing capabilities
 
Document Manager Magazine January/Febuary 2006 - Vol 14 No 1
Presenting a smarter image   
DM outsourcer Preview Services has reduced its scanning overhead, increased efficiency and scalability, with the implementation of an IBML intelligent document scanning platform
Post perfect - Towards the digital mailroom   
June Dean, managing director of ITESOFT UK looks at how the digital mailroom is moving from theory into practice
The glittering prizes: IM Awards winners announced   
The 2005 Awards were presented at the Awards dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Thursday 1 December in front of an audience of nearly 1300 finalists, press and guests.
XEROX DOCUMATE 262   
As advanced paper handling and image enhancement technologies continue to cascade down from high-end production scanners to smaller devices, the market for small & medium use scanners shows no sign of saturation.
Remote control   
Kofax distributed capture solutions bring efficiency gains to UK dairy giant
Compliance and the CFO   
ECM should be attracting more attention from senior finance executives, argues Damian Hyland, VP Northern Europe, Open Text UK Limited, in a business environment in which compliance is increasingly no longer just about cost,
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 Mobile   
Nuance (formerly ScanSoft) has a good reputation among users, supported by our own experience when reviewing their products, as a company that has a clear understanding of the requirements of PC-based document management tools.
The flexible Friendly   
Private healthcare specialist Exeter Friendly Society has selected Open Connections to provide a document management system based on a FileNet content management solution
Fujitsu fi-5120C   
As mentioned elsewhere in this issue's review pages, the workgroup scanner market is becoming ever more competitive, with various vendors keen to make their mark and steal away customers from the long-standing 'alpha-male' of the sector, Fujitsu.
Criminal intelligence   
Essex Police is bucking the trend with impressive reductions in crime figures, due in no small part to a 'zero tolerance' policy, a new Chief Constable, and the use of business intelligence technologies.
 
Document Manager Magazine November/December 2006 - Vol 14 No 06
Legal Ease   
E-discovery is being joined by e-disclosure in the next generation of enterprise search tools, explains Dr Johannes Scholtes, CEO, ZyLAB Technologies
Debunking the BPO myths   
Attention-grabbing headlines have caused some organisations to question the entire BPO concept when all they need do is ask their provider for evidence of watertight processing, explains Graeme Scott, CEO, Stortext FM
Kodak Scan Station 100   
As organisations try to encourage employees to make wider use of networked devices in order to maximise their ROI, it becomes clear that a major barrier to acceptance of distributed scanning is the perceived complexity of the process.
Core values   
Master Data Management (MDM) represents a paradigm shift in how businesses should view, value and manage their core business data, explains Chris Livesey, Information Management Executive UK, IBM Software Group
Home pages   
Conveyancing services firm Hammondsdirect is able to process up to 30,000 documents a day since implementing Content Management technologies
More BAM for your buck   
Doug Coombs, Product Marketing Manager at FileNet, asks whether businesses are getting the right sort of intelligence about their businesses from the tools they are investing in
New Information Management event for London   
Only half of organisations have an information strategy designed to cope with a disaster scenario,
IM Awards finalists announced   
The BCS Information Management Awards are the premier European recognition of excellence and innovation in the management of business information.
The Finnish line   
Finnish capital Helsinki has improved citizens' access to information while also reducing storage costs, thanks to a combination of ECM and BPM technologies
 
Document Manager Magazine September/October 2006 - Vol 14 No 05
London calling   
Visit Documation UK to solve your information management challenges
PaperPort Professional 11   
Desktop document management - in the UK at least
Beyond Recognition   
It isn't the OCR element that determines the efficiency of your automated capture solution. Jason Howard of ITESOFT dispels the OCR myth and highlights the true path to efficient capture
In plain sight   
Sophisticated document technologies allow Merrill Lynch to realise its marketing vision
Housing benefits   
Housing association Mosscare has seen measurable benefits in both financial and customer service terms since implementing a DM system
EXPO Witness   
What to look out for as the DMS EXPO takes place in Cologne for the first time
Plus points   
A paperless environment is key to the success of property lawyers breezeplus+
Single file   
How SJ Berwin's digital approach to matter management has closed filing cabinets across the firm - and is potentially saving millions in the process
SoftCo Rondo   
Back in the 1990s SoftCo was best known as a reseller, and later the acquirer, of PC-DOC (not to be confused with PC-DOCS), but the Dublin company is now enjoying notable success with its Accounts Payable solution, Rondo.
 
Document Manager Magazine June 2006 - Vol 14 No 03
BÖwe Bell + Howell Truper 3600   
Designed to complement the flatbed 3200 Truper….
 
Document Manager Magazine April/May 2006 - Vol 14 No 02
Hyland gains   
Geoff Wingar, International Director, Hyland Software spoke to DM Editor David Tyler at the company's recent ROGUE (Regional OnBase Group User Experts) conference in Birmingham
Something for everyone   
DICOM's Kofax business continues to grow apace, as Sales & Marketing Director John Stinchcombe tells DM Editor David Tyler
The boys in (big) blue   
Cheshire Constabulary's email archiving solution has been implemented with an eye on the bigger picture: a strategic DM/CM vision for the future
Kodak Capture Software 6.9   
Kodak has included its own capture software with its scanners for some time, and clearly sees merits in not being tied to an external supplier for such a central component of their imaging offering.
A healthy outlook   
Cambridge-based Addenbrooke's NHS Trust has achieved what for most UK Trusts is considered the 'holy grail' of information management: critical information is available to clinicians at the point of care in real time, as it is created.
Character building   
The construction industry offers a unique set of challenges in information management. DM Magazine takes a close look at recent developments and success stories from the sector.
You've got mail - now what are you going to do with it?   
Adrian Palmer, Managing Director, Ontrack UK, takes a look at the tricky task of email excavation
ECM on Show   
Is ECM a genuine enterprise-wide solution or just a collection of technologies related to document management? As the AIIM Roadshow sets off on its annual tour, Doug Miles, UK Managing Director of AIIM Europe, claims it can be both.
Character building   
The construction industry offers a unique set of challenges in information management. DM Magazine takes a close look at recent developments and success stories from the sector.
Kodak Capture Software 6.9   
Verdict: In an increasingly commoditised scanner marketplace, Kodak continues to make advances in the way it differentiates it products from the crowd.
eXPert PDF Pro 4   
Avanquest's eXPert PDF Pro 4 is yet another productivity tool aimed at PDF users, who may not need the full functionality of Adobe's Acrobat product: and let's face it, that means most of us!
The Compliance Conflict   
There are good business arguments for combining emerging EDM technologies with analogue archiving, suggests Chris Haden, UK Managing Director, Anacomp
 
Document Manager Magazine September/October 2005 - Vol 13 No 05
Brought to account?   
'Treating Customers Fairly' (TCF) regulation is receiving more attention than ever from the retail financial services industry.
Playing his cards right   
Hummingbird's Tony Heywood, Senior VP, EMEA, spoke to DM editor David Tyler at the company's recent Summit Conference
FaxPress Premier   
Increasingly, network fax servers are reducing the burden on the network and IT teams of managing in- and outbound faxes.
Context sensitive   
Vignette Chief Technology Officer Conleth O'Connell offers his perspective on the impact of enterprise content management
Educating, neater   
Bilborough Sixth Form College is using Tokairo's document management and student attendance monitoring systems to dramatically improve its academic and business management processes
Indicius 5.0   
Since Neurascript's acquisition by Kofax/DICOM, the new parent company has been careful to ensure that the unique technology advantage of the Cambridge software developers has been maintained.
EMC to buy Captiva   
Acquisitions activity signals further consolidation on DM/CM sector
Balance of power   
FileNet's integration of ECM and BPM makes for a uniquely powerful combination, as Regional Vice President, Brenda Morris, tells DM editor David Tyler
ABBYY FineReader 8.0   
Each generation of ABBYY's excellent OCR offering has added functionality to improve its appeal to individual, workgroup and enterprise users, and version 8.0 is no exception.
 
Document Manager Magazine July/August 2005 - Vol 13 No 04
Volume Control   
Several factors, from the digital mailroom through compliance to Business Process Outsourcing, are contributing to continued growth in the high volume production scanning market. DM Magazine takes a closer look at what’s happening ‘at the high end’
Böwe Bell + Howell Truper   
Illinois-based Bell + Howell (or more properly since 2002’s acquisition by Böwe Systec AG, Böwe Bell + Howell) is one of the longest established hardware vendors in the DM industry,
Blue notes   
“We see regulatory compliance and legislation as one of several key market drivers.
Meridio 4.3   
Having won the IM Award several years running for DM Product of the Year, where could Belfast based Meridio go next? The short answer seems to be ‘from strength to strength’.
 
Document Manager Magazine March/April 2005 - Vol 13 No 02
Storage plus content management: the safe combination   
Karry Kleeman, SVP EMEA of Mobius Management Systems Inc., discusses the implications of changing storage needs for content management in light of recent regulatory changes
Ricoh Aficio is300e   
Ricoh’s Aficio product range is intended to offer optimum flexibility to the office and workgroup user of scanning/imaging systems.
Compliance: a good thing!   
Tom Jenkins, CEO of Open Text Corporation, examines ways in which responding to regulatory changes can provide a foundation for growth as well as a protection from risk
Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional   
With every version release, Adobe has been slowly and quietly establishing Acrobat as the de facto standard tool for PDF users within the enterprise
 
Document Manager Magazine Jan/Feb 2005 - Vol 13 No 01
Regaining control   
Construction & engineering industry specialist Lorien has seen huge efficiency gains and cost savings from implementing a DM system for timesheet and project management
GFI MailArchiver for Exchange   
In an age of almost daily legislative changes, GFI MailArchiver has a clear role to play and looks to be a very effective tool
Finders keepers?   
Liz Maloney, UK managing director at Hummingbird, discusses the dilemma facing every organisation…to keep or not to keep?
Risk Management - The Burning Issues   
Risk management is not just about ensuring business continuity in the event of a major catastrophe, but the creation of strategies that underpin and
 
Document Manager Magazine November/December 2004 - Vol 12 No 06
Going public   
Since the e-Government agenda was set out four years ago, local authorities throughout the country have been rising to the challenge of bringing services on-line, heralding in an era of increased efficiency and improved service levels.
Dressed for success   
How the world's leading provider of bar code and other technologies to support the apparel retail supply chain chose and implemented document management
The golden age of film?   
From microdots in spy movies to rolls of film gathering dust in libraries, microfilm is actually a much misunderstood medium. DM shines some light into this shadowy world
The big noise in low volume   
David Whitton recently joined Kodak as Business Development Manager, EMEA with responsibility for the company's 'low volume' scanner products, from their main competitor in the market, Fujitsu. DM editor David Tyler discusses the changes
Fujitsu fi-4120C2   
Fujitsu has released the 4120C2 model as a development of their 4120C, to offer low cost workgroup scanning.
SOX, lies and magnetic tape   
Tom Fox of ITESOFT UK takes a look at achieving sound Corporate Governance through IT
Unparalleled parking   
Private parking firm Airparks has increased operational efficiency and customer service thanks to innovative use of integrated accounting and document management systems
Many happy returns   
The Belgian Ministry of Finance plans to scan 4 million VAT forms a year using I.R.I.S. and Kodak solutions
ScanTo Office 1.0   
In an industry sector where, for the most part, software applications have long been getting more and more complex, ABBYY's new offering stands out as a model of simplicity.
 
Document Manager Magazine Jul/Aug 2004 - Vol 12 No 04
Fujitsu fi-5750C   
The medium volume scanner market has become a difficult place to trade over the last few years.
Fair shares   
DM Editor David Tyler speaks to Darren Holland of Imagistics
 
Document Manager Magazine June 2004 - Vol 12 No 03
Storing up trouble   
Mark Maby, director of Information Lifecycle Management at StorageTek discusses how organisations might – and indeed must – take better strategic control of archiving and compliance
ScanSoft PDF Converter Professional 2   
PDF Converter Professional 2 enables users to easily convert PDF documents into Microsoft Word PC documents, and also…
 
Document Manager Magazine April 2004 - Vol 12 No 02
The Quiet Revolution   
To win the DM Product category at the IM Awards three years running demonstrates considerable commitment to quality and innovation, but Meridio….
Kodak i640   
Kodak’s new i600 range of mid-volume scanners has been launched to replace the company’s 3500, 5500 and 7500 devices
Incomplete Control   
Richard Jeffrey-Cook of In-form Consult argues that for successful email management in the modern business, an email policy is only the first step
 
Document Manager Magazine Jan/Feb 2004 - Vol 12 No 01
Cardiff LiquidOffice v3.0   
LiquidOffice is a Web-based forms automation solution for creating, deploying and automatically managing the routing, tracking and approval processes for electronic forms
 
Document Manager Magazine Nov/Dec 2003 - Vol 11 No 06
Tesco finds right ingredients for success   
How automationg the capture of data from its annual employee survey is helping the UK's leading foord retailer grow its business
ScanSoft PDF Converter   
ScanSoft's PDF Converter is aimed at doing one simple thing, and does it very well indeed: dedicated PDF conversion.
Measuring web value   
Most organisations are unable to identify and quantify the benefits from their web initiatives because they did not define the metrics against which they could measure their performance, argues Conleth O'Connell, CTO at Vignette.
 
Document Manager Magazine Sep/Oct 2003 - Vol 11 No 05
IRIS Business Card Reader II   
As more and more serious business tools like the BCR II come onto the market, workers at all levels are being exposed to the benefits of document technologies - and that can only be a good thing.
A historic challenge   
Documents filed within the Land Registry's Land Charges Department can be up to 150 years old, on coloured and/or wax paper, with labels, pencil marks and stamps. DM finds out how they rose to this historic challenge
Reporting for duty   
Output management systems can help organisations manage a move away from paper, argues Iain Gallacher, MD of
 
Document Manager Magazine Jul/Aug 2003 - Vol 11 No 04
Culture change is not an optional extra   
Mike Mitchard, Vice President of Global Operations & European Systems, ACE International, argues that culture change is the first prerequisite of implementing any IT project
Fujitsu ScanSnap!   
When you look past the marketing, it is clear that Fujitsu have decided that firstly, there is an untapped market for such a scanner, and secondly, that this is the machine to do it.
The co-operative approach   
Unimer drives down invoice processing costs with INDICIUS for Invoices from Neurascript
 
Document Manager Magazine May/June 03 - Vol 11 No 03
Microsoft eyes the DM prize   
Angela Ashenden, senior analyst in Ovum's Knowledge Management group, looks at Microsoft's recent moves into the DM/CM marketplaces, and predicts major changes ahead for the industry's established players
Web-based Document Management   
Document Manager meets Paul Bedford, Managing Director of Straight Banana Software, a company with an innovative approach to charging for web-based document management services.
Lexmark X5190pro   
The X5190pro is at the lower end of that business target, but is nonetheless a highly functional MFD with a wealth of intelligent features that will make it appeal especially to less IT-literate users.
 
Document Manager Magazine Jan/Feb 2003 - Vol 11 No 01
Fujitsu Scanpartner fi-4010   
A capable and well-bundled low volume offering, the Fujitsu Scanpartner fi-4010 Office costs £399 and is available from Fujitsu's scanner channel.
KnowledgeBase   
KnowledgeBase is certainly a versatile and easy to use method of managing diverse data sources, and appears well suited to the corporate marketing functions at whom it is aimed.
e-MARC for Exchange   
e-MARC for Exchange offers integrated server and client document archiving with low administration costs. Simple Full Content Search and the ability to view documents without launching the native application make this product an appealing tool

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