Snowbound Software Imaging Technology Blog

November 15, 2010 in ECM by Scott Pasho

Ah, fall is in the air! Here in New England, the leaves are dropping (as are the temperatures – and like a stone I might add), and for many businesses it is trade show time. We at Snowbound Software have just finished a busy trade show schedule covering events both here in the US and abroad, showing our wares to clients, prospects and partners…more on that later…

We have lots on the calendar for the remainder of this year and 2011. Later this month (November) we’re relocating as we’ve outgrown our current office space. Our new address as of November 20, 2010 will be:

August 12, 2010 in CEO's Corner by Simon Wieczner

CEO/President’s Corner – August 2010

As a Customer, do I need to look Under the Hood?

If you’re buying a toaster, I submit that most of us don’t care what’s inside as long as it toasts bread and doesn’t catch on fire. When buying flat panel TV’s, there’s so much complexity that it’s easy to be overwhelmed with the feature list, when perhaps all you care about is that you get the channels you want. However, some of us do buy based on resolution, on number of HDMI ports, on the contrast level and the speed of the refresh rate.

July 22, 2010 in ECM by Snowbound Software

ECM solutions have proven to be a business-critical aspect of current IT operations at companies in several different industries, especially those subject to regulations mandating retention schedules, according to ECM Connection. Even as some companies are still hesitant to boost IT spending, employees have urged their IT decison makers to consider implementing ECM.

Employees have found the amount of time saved as a result of ECM implementation is reason enough to make the purchase. In the past, locating documents or setting solutions to manage documents in accordance with various retention schedules required extensive investment of time and resouces. With ECM solutions, the time required to properly handle these tasks is greatly reduced.

July 21, 2010 in ECM by Snowbound Software

Open Text recently awarded iTernity GmbH”s new archiving solution iCas with a certification for its archiving and storage services solutions. Open Text customers can now leverage iCas” proven long-term archiving capability to bolster their document management practice and improve their overall compliance with lengthy retention schedules.

Even Open Text customers using other storage systems can use iCas as a result of the solution”s highly capable integration capability. This, according to iTernity, will allow users to save as much as 30 percent compared to other solutions since there are relatively low operating costs. Companies interested in changing archiving or other solutions frequently worry about migration, but iCas offers it with guaranteed success and accuracy to avoid any data loss during the process. Companies using cloud computing can also use iCas.