Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Viewers, Converters & Toolkits, Oh, My…

Thursday, August 26th, 2010 by Snowbound Software

Or how marketers try to capture your attention Okay, please excuse the “Wizard of Oz” reference in the title of this column – I couldn’t help myself due to the recent 71st anniversary of the film, which came to my attention via a Google Doodle – those headers at the top ...


It’s Snowbound, Not Snowboards…

Thursday, August 19th, 2010 by Snowbound Software

It’s amazing the things people assume your company creates when the name of your firm is ‘Snowbound Software’. The moniker was chosen during heavy snowfall in the winter of 1996, and it was also thought that the unique name and alliteration of the words would stand out in peoples’ minds. ...


Leveraging New Technology for Enhanced Business Processes

Thursday, July 8th, 2010 by Simon Wieczner

Adding more workers to increase productivity is no longer an acceptable business model Successful companies face the challenge of growing demand for their products and services, and happily ours is no different.  However I’d like to focus on one aspect of our business - forms processing.  No matter the forms processed, ...


Snowbound Announces Record Q1 Results

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 by Simon Wieczner

Rebounding Economy and Customer-Inspired Products Drive Revenues Higher I’m very pleased to announce that the resurgent economy, as well as the development of new document viewing and conversion products designed to meet customer needs, has resulted in the best first quarter ever for Snowbound Software, and the best March in our ...


Solving Compliance Concerns with Enterprise Content Management Systems

Monday, March 1st, 2010 by Simon Wieczner

Our customers tell us that many of the internal document imaging projects they’re developing are driven by their corporate need for compliance to the various audit requests they receive from industry and governmental agencies. But the cost can be high. As much as compliance verification is a necessary part ...


New Year Questions – Help us help you.

Friday, January 29th, 2010 by Simon Wieczner

I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions.  I prefer to create a list and knock off the projects one by one.  Working this way gives me a great sense of accomplishment. Steering the company in the same way, I’d like to ask your help in creating the 2010 Snowbound list. I ...


Can Local and State Government Agencies Capitalize on Obama’s “Shovel Ready” Initiative with Advanced ECM Viewing Technology?

Monday, June 29th, 2009 by Snowbound Software

On June 8th, the White House announced the Administration’s economic recovery plans for the next 100 days. Dubbed the “Roadmap to Recovery,” it builds on the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” by continuing financial support for a number of programs which include “shovel-ready” projects intended to bolster the nation’s economy ...


When Your Vendor is Acquired– What do you need to know?

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 by Snowbound Software

Even before the current economic gyrations, several large software heavy-weights have been purchasing companies in their target markets to gain market-share and dominance in the growing document management space.  Due to economic uncertainty, prices are depressed for many companies, thereby allowing acquisitions to continue to happen. Though the acquisition of a ...


Utilizing “Flexible Content” ™ is an essential and often overlooked part of Transactional Content Management (TCM)

Thursday, February 12th, 2009 by Wmartin

In the never-ending paper chase called electronic Transactional Content Management (TCM), we often overlook an essential ingredient – the ability to view images faster and use that content in dynamic ways. In an automated workflow process, we receive documents from many sources. In the case where content is received via ...


Share what you find…Utilizing Text Extraction for micro-blogging

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 by Wmartin

ECM users have a unique claim on the Web 2.0 age. By utilizing the text extraction feature available within many document imaging SDK toolkits and image capture systems, they can control and share “up-to-minute” information and add a dynamic extension to traditional content management aggregation. Micro-blogging (contrary to blogging) is a ...