Scanner of the Month: Fujitsu M3097DE/DG fills a void by Penny Lunt Workgroups that have needed quality, mid-range (40-60 ppm) scanners for production-style document scanning have had few choices in the past. Fujitsu's M3097DE/DG is a good value for its $6,995 price.

Schools Give Imaging an "A" by Penny Lunt Imaging isn't just for scoring tests anymore. It's being used to provide classes over the Internet, to create digital libraries and to help students get jobs in the real world.

Six Ways to Use Barcodes by Lowell Rapaport Barcodes can streamline input and data capture in a number of applications. Here are six of the most popular ways to put barcodes to work.

BLENDED SOLUTIONS BRING IMAGING TO THE ENTERPRISE
Perhaps due to its complexity, document imaging has tended to stay in its own space without invading other application areas. This does not mean, however, that imaging has remained static -- quite the contrary, in fact. Here is the latest scoop on blended solutions.

• Enterprise Imaging: Blended Solutions Bring Imaging to the Enterprise
  Some products are not designed for high-volume production scanning, yet they support enterprise-wide distribution of imaging technologies -- such as image viewing and annotation, and workflow -- on the corporate desktop. Here are two recently introduced examples.

  
  

• Blended Solutions Bring Imaging to the Enterprise: Bring Your Intranet into the Imaging Mix
  Intranet applications let you instantly provide imaging over an enterprise, letting everyone in the organization view and use images.

  
  

WOULD YOU LIKE IMAGES WITH THAT SOFTWARE? by Penny Lunt Adding imaging to a business application is as easy as ordering wine with your meal. (Maybe easier, depending on the wine list.) Here's the latest crop of image enablers.

• Would You Like Images with that Software? Four Ways to Image Enable Your App
  There's more than one way to add images to a software application. These are four of the routes you can take.

  
  

• Would You Like Images with that Software? Hit the Spot with App-Specific Enablers
  Some products donýt try to image-enable everything but have a specific mission in life. These are some examples.

  
  

CD Jukeboxes: Low-Cost Storage With a Future by Liz Levy CD jukeboxes are making gains in network storage. They provide a permanent, low-cost alternative to rival formats. They also provide a migration path to DVD, which will put them on the fast track to wider market acceptance.

• CD Jukeboxes: Low-Cost Storage with a Future: If You Have Duplication in Mind.....
  Cygnet and JVC CD jukeboxes are bridging the gap between high-capacity CD storage and high-volume CD duplication. Users who need to store, retrieve and publish CDs from the network with simultaneous access will find these products to be right up their alley.

  
  

Caching Brings Cds Online by Liz Levy Network attached storage devices mirror your CDs in cache. You get faster, online access and better reliability. Here's the story of several manufacturers that are offering network attached storage (NAS) devices that improve the performance of CD jukeboxes.

COLD Part II Brawny Systems Add Brains:
COLD isn't just about speed and volumes any more. It's also about using the information intelligently once you've stored it. The time has come for sensitive, New Age COLD. Anything Less Wouldn't Be Civilized.

• COLD Part II Brawny Systems Add Brains: Data Mining and Workflow Empower COLD
  Some software developers choose to make others' products more useful.IA Corp. produces InfoXtract, a data mining tool, to maximize the value of most existing COLD systems.

  
  

• COLD Part II Brawny Systems Add Brains: Ten Ways COLD Saves Time and Money
  Ten reasons to use COLD technology in your enterprise.

  
  

• COLD Part II Brawny Systems Add Brains: Imaging and Document Solutions's What to Call COLD Contest
  

  
  

• COLD Part II Brawny Systems Add Brains: We Need to Change the Name
  COLD was invented as an acronym for storing computer reports on disk for later online retrieval. It stands for Computer Output to Laser Disk. This acronym made sense ten years ago. Not anymore.

  
  

• COLD Part II Brawny Systems Add Brains: By Any Other Name,
  Misunderstanding continues to plague COLD as a document systems solution. This lack of understanding is on the verge of holding back this technology from the mainstream solutions market.