eForms: Managing Documents and Data

eForms: Managing Documents and Data

When business process management is mentioned, there is often an “eForm” component, or the ability to submit forms electronically. Why is this a critical part of a content management system?  Often, it is about data being the driver of a business process as opposed to the documentation. Vacation requests are a great example of this.…

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Laserfiche In A Time Of COVID-19

Laserfiche In A Time Of COVID-19

Laserfiche For Working with Contractors and Subcontractors While businesses are encouraged to allow teleworking where possible, there is a long list of essential businesses that must stay open. Several of these essential businesses are my Laserfiche clients.  While they can protect their space and enforce CDC guidelines, they also have a need to work with…

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Social Distancing: Tech Tips For The Office

Social Distancing: Tech Tips

Lots of folks are venturing into the world of teleworking as we engage in social distancing practices. Business owners are trying to use any and all resources available to ensure the safety of their employees and the success of their companies. Using technology to telework is generally part of a large IT infrastructure and allows…

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Your iPhone Is Not A Scanner Replacement

Your iPhone Is Not A Scanner Replacement

In unprecedented times, people are coming together to help with hacks and tips about all things work and learn from home and technology. Including scanner and scanning tips. Recently, on a school Facebook group we were offered this helpful hint: Working from home? Here’s a great tip in case you need to scan a document.…

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Desktop Scanners: 5 Things To Consider

Epson DS530

A challenge in working digitally is that there are still paper based documents, that need somehow to become an electronic record. At the office, zooming to the copier and scanning to your email is easy enough, but depending on the volume you must scan, this may be time consuming. In these instances, small desktop scanners…

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Step Into The Cloud, It’s A Soft Landing!

Step Into the Cloud, It's A Soft Landing

  The benefits of content management systems, (also known as paperless office systems), aren’t new, they offer enhanced customer service, multiple ways to retrieve documents, and reduction of storage space. What is new? Fairly new, that is? Content management systems hosted on the cloud. When I started at Deau in 2003, I remember competing with…

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