Ohio Hospital Champions E-Records
Union Hospital of Dover, Ohio, is among the 13% percent of medical institutions that already rely on electronic records.
September 2004
Peeking Into Customer Mailboxes
The U.S. Postal Service is buying 12,000 hand-held scanning devices from Motorola that will enable business customers to see, via the Web, exactly when their customers receive bills and direct mail.
September 2004
Rx for E-Signatures
Drug companies have published and are testing an electronic signature standard called SAFE.
August 2004
Scanner Shootout
Kodak's i660 Versus Bowe Bell & Howell's Spectrum 8125D
August 2004
Ryder Puts Real-Time Data on the Radar
To help sell its services and better manage shipping processes, Ryder System's logistics division in May completed a carrier portal that makes shipment-tracking information visible to customers as well as the 650 carriers (including FedEx, J.B. Hunt, Roadway, Schneider, UPS and Yellow) that move the company's freight.
July 2004
The Pen Is Mightier Than the Form
Could there be a best-of-both worlds alternative to all-paper or all-digital records?
July 2004
Talkin' the BPM Talk
Adobe and Documentum rolled out business process management products in early June, each taking a somewhat different tack.
July 2004
Transformation: Microsoft Licensing
How does Microsoft keep track of all those software licenses?
July 2004
Penny Wise
BPM vs. composite applications; scanning constituent letters
June 2004
Brave New World: Three Trends Redefining Content Management
Management capabilities are moving mainstream, opening up content mangement options at the network level. Process automation tools are becoming pervasive, embedded in ECM systems but also applied across the enterprise through app-independent business process management systems. And businesses are finally recognizing paper documents as part of the data stream, so they're exploiting emerging technologies that bring intelligence to document imaging. The shifting landscape may change your technology choices and your way of doing business in the years ahead.
April 2004
Kodak's Convertible Gets a Boost in Horsepower
Kodak's i280 sheetfed-to-flatbed convertible scanner
April 2004
AIIM 2004 New Product Preview
The biggest show in the world of content management, AIIM 2004 hits New York's Jacob Javits Center March 8-10. New products on view will include a document management system from IBM, a pen-based forms processing system from HP and scanner debuts from Kodak and Fujitsu.
March 2004
How Can You Minimize Scanned Image File Sizes?
One of the challenges of scanning and digitizing documents is meeting the huge storage requirements that ensue. This month's experts offer advice on how to lighten the load.
March 2004
Cut the Cost of Paying Invoices
Many form based processes have been moved online or automated with imaging tools, yet paying invoices remains a labor-intensive data-entry headache... for most companies. Pioneers including Rent-A-Center, USI Energy and accounts payable firm PRG are using intelligent document recognition technologies to automate data capture and processing of variable invoices.
March 2004
OCR For Business: Beyond One Desktop
Optical character recognition (OCR) is a mature technology with accuracy rates often exceeding 99 percent, yet for the readers of Transform, differences in performance are often compounded across scores or even hundreds of users and thousands if not millions of documents. With an eye on the many document and application variables, Transform puts Abbyy FineReader 7.0 Corporate Edition, ScanSoft OmniPage Pro 14 Office and I.R.I.S. Readiris Pro 9 through a head-to-head test.
February 2004
Products of the Year 2003
It was a year for cautious investment in content and collaboration technologies in 2003. Corporate expenditures largely focused on integrating and extending existing applications rather than implementing new systems and technologies. In this challenging sales climate, many vendors focused on upgrades and add-ons, but there were still inovations and advances worthy of our annual awards program. In our estimation, all 24 products that made our list of finalists are outstanding, but a select group of 10 products are named as Products of the Year 2003 Winners.
January 2004
Outstanding on Paper
Canon DR-9080C
January 2004
Transform Document Scanner Guide
The new models of 2003 keep up the 'better, faster, cheaper' laws of the hardware market.
December 2003
Document and Content Services: From Plain Vanilla to Super Deluxe
Service bureaus used to offer no-frills scanning and data entry. Now extras, such as database design, sophisticated indexing, data transformations and complete process outsourcing have been added to the menu. Such services helped Dow Chemical turn five million pages of research into a Web-accessible resource. Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, CA, has outsourced the task of scanning documents and matching them to a database of patient and medical records.
November 2003
Scan & Capture From the Copier
More and more multifunction machines (MFPs) support scanning, but companies are just beginning to take advantage of basic features such as scan to e-mail. Obstacles remain on the usability and channel fronts, but MFP vendors are refining and improving their capture options. Predictions are that growing ranks of users will recognize the value and importance of scanning documents into workflow applications and content management systems.
November 2003
Readers Weigh In
"Why let the editors have all the fun?" asked our publisher. "Let the readers tell us what they like." Great idea, we thought, but we had to come up with a fair, one-reader-one-vote way to avoid ballot box stuffing. After selecting a technology to create an online ballot and subscriber ID-based security scheme, we invited readers to pick their favorite products. The results are in, with 39 winners in 19 categories.
October 2003
Capture Incognito
The best-kept secret in document imaging is the unsung capture software available from leading management system vendors.
September 2003
Document & Data Capture Software Guide
Our annual guide to document and data capture systems lists 45 products covering a range of applications. Whether you need to capture documents, process forms or both, you'll find a product for every purprose
August 2003
Cutting the Cost of Capture
Harnessing new and proven technologies, users are dramatically reducing the major drawback of paper-intensive business processes — the labor-intensive task of data entry.
August 2003
Best of AIIM 2003
Despite challenging weather, challenging economic conditions and the war in Iraq, the AIIM 2003 Conference & Exposition, April 7-9 in New York, held its own in drawing exhibitors, new products and a sizeable crowd.
May 2003
Put Smarts in the Content
The phrase 'intelligent document' may seem like merely another vendor-invented buzzword. On the other hand, it may make sense to make your document metadata more meaningful.
May 2003
AIIM Product Preview
What's in store at the AIIM Exhibition and Conference, April 7-9 in New York? Here's a sampling of more than 40 content, document and imaging products that will be featured at the show.
April 2003
AIIM Embraces a Broader Venue
What to expect at this year's AIIM Exhibition and Conference, April 7-9 in New York City.
March 2003
Will Digital Copiers Make Imaging Easier?
If digital copiers are to become a mainstream way to scan and archive documents, they need to provide three things: ease of use, automatic batch filing and document security. Three current offerings, eCopy, DocuShare and Document Mall, meet some, but not quite all of these requirements.
March 2003
JPEG 2000: Maybe Next Year
Two years ago, many thought the compact, high-quality JPEG 2000 image compression format would make headway in document imaging. The standard is now closer to approval, with added features for security and streaming, but market acceptance may still be years away.
March 2003
Products of the Year 2002
The theme of return, or payback, was a strong one for new technology implementation in 2002, and priorities aren't likely to change any time soon. In light of economic conditions in 2002, we took into account the need for return on investment as we made our Product of the Year selections. After reviewing the many new and revised products addressing content and collaboration, we chose a mix of leaders demonstrating either bold innovation or industry-leading value. The result is a list of 32 Product of the Year Finalists offering innovation, great value or both to the user community. Intensive research helped us differentiate clear Winners and Value Leaders from among these finalists.
January 2003
When Outsourcing Makes Sense
Like many organizations, McGraw-Hill Construction and Bristol-Myers Squibb have learned that it sometimes makes more sense to let service firms tackle specialized technology challenges.
December 2002
Transform Document Scanner Guide
With at least 12 new scanners introduced in the last year alone, the document scanner market is hard to track. Transform offers complete pricing and performance stats on more than 60 models.
December 2002
Context - To Know It Is to Love It
Words from the Editor
December 2002
Document & Data Capture Software Guide
Transform your paper documents into sharable electronic records, automated data or both. There's a capture product for every budget, volume level and specialized need.
November 2002
Document & Content Services Directory 2002
Whether it's data entry, content tagging or HTML coding, many the document or content task is labor intensive. And where there is labor, there is cost. Offshore service bureaus promise labor savings of up to 60 percent, so it's no surprise that they're thriving. To this year's Document and Content Services Directory, we add perspectives on the advantages and potential pitfalls of going offshore.
August 2002
Move Beyond Manual Data Entry
Free-form recognition systems 'learn' variable forms such as invoices to capture data wherever it appears on the page.
July 2002
Document Imaging FAQ
Should you centralize or distribute scanning operations? Should you destroy documents after they're scanned? Should backfiles be imaged, and how far back should you go? Julie Gable answers the top four questions in document imaging.
July 2002
Document Capture: New Devices, New Strategies
Even the most e-business-savvy companies struggle to capture paper documents and bring them into management.
May 2002
Best of AIIM 2002
We met with more than 100 vendors, talked to analysts, reviewed all the announcements and made follow-up calls to customers. Now here are our picks of the Best of AIIM 2002.
April 2002
AIIM Product Preview
More than 200 exhibitors are expected at AIIM 2002, March 6-8 in San Francisco. Here's a sampling of what's in store.
March 2002
A Thin Take on Data Capture
Datacap TaskMaster 5.0
March 2002
AIIM 2002: Insight by the Bay
Web services, digital rights management, content management and e-process automation are among the topics to be explored at AIIM 2002, coming to San Francisco, March 5-8.
February 2002
Where the Compression Is
With the coming wave of color-capable production scanners, users will have more options when it comes to compressing images. As always, users can rely on accelerated scanner interface boards or the computer based capture and image processing software, but they will also see more options for scanner-based compression. Each choice has its merits and pitfalls.
December 2001
CompTIA Upgrades Imaging Certification
While doctors earn their MDs, document imaging professionals earn CDIA certification. Now the Computer Technology Industry Association is upgrading its test and bringing it to the end-user community.
November 2001
Sharing Designs to Speed Time to Market
CAD and technical documents are often mired in paper-or CD-based distribution. Four companies close the digital gap with collaboration technologies.
October 2001
Put More Automation Into Data Capture
Advanced features are cutting labor and processing time out of 'mature' data capture applications.
September 2001
Data Capture Finds New Flexibility
Captiva FormWare 4.0
September 2001
Document & Content Services Directory 2001
Outsourcing, ASP offerings and, above all, Web publishing needs are broadening the boundaries of service.
August 2001
Distribute Imaging To Transform Paper Processes
Remote scanning and remote data entry/validation ease the process of turning paper into speedy electronic transactions.
July 2001
Best of AIIM 2001
Enterprise content management was the theme and broad platform for AIIM 2001, held in New York, April 30-May 3. Investigating everything from new wrinkles in document imaging and report management to the latest Web content management and corporate portal technologies, our editors scoured the show to spot breakthroughs that will boost productivity and performance. Our analysis includes statistics from a just-released AIIM/Gartner trend report.
June 2001
Capture a Color World
Online selling and procurement are lowering business costs. The most successful companies focus on real-world service needs.
May 2001
Process and Automate Color Images
Prizm from TMS Sequoia
April 2001
To Speed Business... Capture Data At its Source
Stop shuffling and shipping paper records. Capture transactions where they originate to put processing on the fast track.
April 2001
AIIM 2001: Data, Document and Content Capture
Bringing content and collaboration technologies together, AIIM 2001 comes to New York, April 30 - May 3. Here's a sampling of what's in store.
April 2001
AIIM 2001: Scanners
Bringing content and collaboration technologies together, AIIM 2001 comes to New York, April 30 - May 3. Here's a sampling of what's in store.
April 2001
Go From Word to Web and Wireless
Content Management that takes you from word to web and wireless.
January 2001
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