Snowbound Software Imaging Technology Blog

October 19, 2010 in Top 5 by Scott Pasho

Snowbound’s new blog – fun and informative – yes that’s right – both!

Our new blog features the latest in business news pertaining to our industry – viewing and Enterprise Content Management (or, ECM for those who love acronyms). But will be delivered with a whole new approach – with tongue firmly in cheek at times. Oh, sure, we’ll have articles under sections including ‘Best Business Practices’, ‘Hot Technology’ (maybe we can feature swimsuits made with nanotechnology here, hmmm…) and ‘Tips and Tricks’, which isn’t authored by a magician by the way. Also, a new section titled ‘Top 5’ will be highlighted as well featuring a variety of lists such as best products, best technology and most interesting new announcements.   We’re going with ‘Top 5’ for a couple of reasons; it’s frequently too difficult to come up with ten items for a list, and people seem to gravitate towards articles featuring lists.

October 13, 2010 in ECM by Snowbound Software

Recent corporate disasters have resurrected businesses’ interests in the risks of poor information and records management, according to a recent survey by the Association for Information and Image Management.

The study, which was underwritten by EMC, ASG and Iron Mountain, found senior managers in 57 percent of organizations are more conscious of their records management practices in light of the recent disasters, such as the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Toyota recalls, the banking crisis and high-profile government email leaks.

According to the AIIM study, 80 percent of organizations have given increased priority to records management over the last two years, and over half of the organizations surveyed plan to increase spending on records management.

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 14, 2010 in ECM by Snowbound Software

EMC recently announced the availability of MediaWorkSpace on its popular ECM solution Documentum, which the company believes will help its customers boost their brand management capability. The solution offers a highly capable interface and helps organizations manage files of all kinds, including audio and video.

EMC developed the solution using Adobe Flex and has made it available as a cloud-based application so users can utilize it and pay only for the storage space and licenses they need. Furthermore, EMC implemented a number of social media features to help companies expand brand management. Several reports throughout 2010 have found social media applications and websites are among the most important tools in brand management.