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Features list: Document Manager magazine, 2009
About this features list:
As with any title in a fast moving IT sector, all planned features are subject to change at short notice, whether due to last-minute withdrawal of an article or just someone pitching us an idea that we can’t resist! Document Manager welcomes submissions from vendors/PR’s, especially by-lined Opinion articles and case studies/Case Studies. This features list is also available at www.dmmagazine.com where you can view the full media pack and other information relating to the magazine.
Reviews: Relevant hardware & software products for the Product Focus review pages should be suggested in the first instance to the editor by email (david.tyler@btc.co.uk).
We aim to feature 2 or 3 product reviews in each issue. Each is generally a one-page ‘overview’ rather than an in-depth ‘labs’ style review. It will list new and interesting features of a product (hardware or software) along with its target market and similar information. Each review ends with a brief verdict, contact details for supplier (URL) and price indications. NB: The reviews section is VERY popular, and we always get more requests for reviews than we can fit in.
Other regulars: Each issue will normally carry at least one, often two user case studies (primarily UK-based or internationally-known users), as well as a detailed interview with a senior person from within the industry. We welcome suggestions for by-lined Opinion articles from within the industry (vendors, analysts etc.), the content of which should fall under one of the broad headings: Technology, Management or Strategy. By-lined pieces must not be overly pushy of the submitting companies’ product offerings – they will be sub-edited before use, and any overt ‘puff’ will generally be removed.
What is relevant?
Since its birth 17 years ago, DM Magazine has covered applications that overlap with its central tenet of Document Management, including Knowledge & Content Management, E-mail, Records and Archive Management, as well as ‘peripheral’ technologies such as security, storage systems and networking. Included in our broad definition of Document Management would be scanning & imaging, data capture, recognition, archiving and retrieval, workflow & business process automation and intra/internet solutions. In recent years there has been a shift in emphasis towards Enterprise Content Management, and therefore integration with line-of-business applications, ROI and similar strategic issues are also covered regularly.
Hardware coverage includes document scanners and multifunction devices, as well as other related products such as display technologies, storage devices, network printing solutions etc. DM also occasionally reviews more peripheral product offerings such as fax servers, email management/archival software etc.
DM includes regular ‘focus’ looks at specific vertical markets where these technologies are having a major impact: foremost among these continue to be government, health, and the finance sector, and we will also feature construction, manufacturing, utilities, distribution, professional services, logistics, education and more.
Document Manager editorial calendar 2008
Jan/Feb:
Product Focus: reviews of recent products in the DM market
Opinion: tbc
Feature: Management – Standards within DM/ECM; how will newly emerging standards initiatives affect the development of the industry – will certain vendors gain at others’ expense?
Feature: Technology – Digital Mailroom fact or fiction?
Plus: Interview, Case Studies, Product & Industry News & Contracts Roundup
Mar/Apr:
Product Focus: reviews of recent products in the DM market
Opinion: tbc
Feature: Strategy: The future of ECM in a Software-as-a-Service world
Feature: Management – ROI & cost-justification of DM/CM implementations: how to measure the effectiveness of technology solutions, and what could happen if you can’t
Plus: Interview, Case Studies, Product & Industry News & Contracts Roundup
May/Jun:
Product Focus: reviews of recent products in the DM market
Opinion: tbc
Feature: Market Focus – financial services: in the economic downturn, how do financial institutions justify expenditure on content management systems?
Feature: Technology – Secure document management – from storage hardware to user policies, how ECM via web browsers is changing security concerns
Plus: Interview, Case Studies, Industry News & Contracts Roundup
Jul/Aug:
Product Focus: reviews of recent products in the DM market
Opinion: tbc
Feature: Management: should SMEs be looking to copier firms for their ECM/DM needs?
Feature: Technology – capture and recognition strategies for best ROI. Should you look for speed or throughput? Is it possible to have both?
Plus: Interview, Case Studies, Product & Industry News & Contracts Roundup
Sep/Oct:
Product Focus: reviews of recent products in the DM market
Opinion: tbc
Feature: Market Focus – Government, local and central – recent war stories and successes
Feature: Management – scanning & capture from the staffing perspective: managing the people and the process as well as the IT
Plus: Interview, Case Studies, Product & Industry News & Contracts Roundup
Nov/Dec:
Product Focus: reviews of recent products in the DM market
Opinion: tbc
Feature: Technology – Assessing the importance of managed print services as part of an ECM strategy
Feature: Management – high volume/production scanning – to outsource or not to outsource?
Feature: ‘DM Awards 2009’ preview
Plus: Interview, Case Studies, Product & Industry News & Contracts Roundup
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