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ECM: Low-Cost scanners Encourage Distributed Document Capture

By Dick Weisinger

Prices for document scanner hardware are dropping quickly and making some people rethink their approach to document capture.  At lower price points, a distributed document capture model begins to make a lot of sense. Surprisingly sophisticated desktop scanners are now…

Master Data Managment: Consistency Can Be Costly

By Dick Weisinger

Master Data Management (MDM) is a system of reference for organizations which centralizes the location of data so that multiple systems that rely on the same piece of data are always current with the state of the data.  MDM seeks…

Cloud Computing: High Energy Costs Increase Interest

By Dick Weisinger

There are many benefits of cloud computing that include: – Controlled/Reduced Cost — scale up or scale down / pay as you go – Frequent automated software updates – Mobility — information can be accessed on the road or on…

ECM: Document Capture Market Growing

By Dick Weisinger

In 2008, document capture grew by 7.7% to a $1.9 billion market, and the market will exceed $2.7 billion by 2012. The document capture market is typically divided into three sectors: ad hoc, batch image capture, and batch transaction capture. …

Enterprise Content Management: ECM is a Green Technology

By Dick Weisinger

ECM is typically sold as a tool to automate and speed-up business processes, as a tool to centralize search and business intelligence, or as a way to consolidate and eliminate the sheer physical space taken up by paper documents.  ECM…