Document Management, Document Management Software

A national survey shows Americans are confused about the idea of cloud computing with 95 percent of those who said they don't use the cloud acutally being shown to do so.

In a clear sign that Microsoft is throwing everything behind the Office 2013 release, it has just announced that subscribers to the online version will be able to access single instances of Office applications on any computer.

Is the iPad becoming a laptop replacement? That’s the question three panelists at ILTA sought to answer on the first day of sessions. As iPads become more popular and used within the workplace, it’s not uncommon for lawyers and other professionals to use their iPad to complete work-related tasks. While everyone loves the flexibility that the tablet device provides, not everyone agrees that it’s the right tool for every job.

One of the major complaints about SharePoint is that, while it contains the potential for expanded business productivity and automation, within many organizations it has become yet another file share. 

There were a few notable moves in the document management space recently. Among them is a new archiving solution for SharePoint form ArcMail, Alfresco released a new version of its records management solution, DocuLex upgraded ArchiveStudio for MFPs, ABBYY upgraded FlexiCapture, while OpenText announced that it had a good year.

Custom links — a must have feature? When you are all about sharing content, as Box surely is, making links customizable seems like something the company should have done a long time ago.

Alfresco announced its next generation Records Management 2.0 platform, and the updated system now fully integrates with Alfresco Enterprise 4 including more granular controls, mobile access and email features.

With unstructured data still causing serious headaches for enterprises, Quest has upgraded its Quest One solution suite to include Quest One Identity Manager Data Governance Edition, which specifically targets unstructured data by tightly controlling who has access to enterprise data.

Continuing my high level SharePoint business governance strategy series, today we are looking at methods of managing governance documents to ensure that information is easily accessible to all, aiding in communication of and adherence to governance rules.

Even before it opened its office in San Francisco in March, EntropySoft had been expanding at a tremendous rate. Since then it has released a number of new connectors and added functionality to Content Hub. This week, it has announced a partnership with IBM that will see Big Blue offering Content Hub Enterprise Edition with its enterprise content management offerings.

Microsoft has revamped SkyDrive with a new UI and updated the website's design in preparation for the Windows 8 launch, with a SkyDrive Android App launch imminent. 

Oracle is providing a lot of updated and new Java functionality in one fell swoop with today’s multi pronged release. Let’s dig into a few highlights of each individual solution.

Are you ready for SharePoint 2013?

This is the second in a four part series that provides a 35,000-foot overview of some of the major changes expected in SharePoint 2013. With this piece we will dive into what will be new for developers.

It’s still quiet in the document management space. That said, DocuWare has released a new SaaS offering, Snowbound has upgraded its document viewer, enterprises have mixed views on SharePoint deployments, and M-Files v9 supports Office 2013.

Working with many of the techniques of Digital Forensics, Digital Preservationists are moving to the forefront in many institutions, bridging the gap between archivists, technologists and records managers.

Another small announcement from Google that will make Google Drive yet a little bit easier to use and more attractive to users. This time the upgrade is to spreadsheets, enabling groups or teams working on the same spreadsheet to secure the information contained in each cell.

While archiving web pages may not spring to mind as one of the duties of an archivist, organizations are increasingly recognizing the value of keeping records of websites and social media sites to provide snapshots of their public face and context for other assets.

Are you ready for SharePoint 2013? Microsoft recently released the public beta of SharePoint 2013, and with so many changes it can be difficult to keep up. This is the first of a four-part series that provides a 35,000-foot overview of some expected updates and how they will affect various roles within your organization.

If electronic signature has never been one of the sexier components of cloud computing and not attracted much media coverage, we’ve watched interest in it grow steadily over the past three years. The announcement by Google that it is investing in DocuSign suggests that e-signatures are about to become a lot more interesting.

KnowledgeTree is back in the news after raising US$ 4.75 million in capital funding at the beginning of July. This time, the cloud-based document management vendor is announcing the release of Web Documents, which the company says will make collaboration a core business function.