This week’s article is from Nick Taylor of Electronic Data Capture (EDC) specialists Stroma Software. According to Nick, on the surface there’s not much reason why a company that develops Electronic Data Capture solutions is represented on a Document Management (DM) discussion platform like thedmcollaborators. However, look at the parallels. DM is about digitising and properly…
This week’s article is from EASY SOFTWARE UK’s Howard Frear discussing a customer success story around billing management for oil & gas sector client, Seven Energy. According to Howard, Seven Energy turned to EASY and its partner Touchstone Energy to solve a number of pressing business problems. For the first years of its busy expansion, Severn Energy used a…
This week’s article is from UNDRSTND Group’s Martyn Christian on why all CEOs of ECM vendors and ISVs need to consider the ultimate purpose of their endeavours. According to Martyn, it’s important that you build your exit strategy, because ultimately that’s what all your hard work has been for. What’s more, don’t delay because we live in a time…
This week’s article is from Nick Taylor of Electronic Data Capture (EDC) specialists Stroma Software. According to Nick, UK business is traditionally paper-driven – and no more so than in the case of contracts. However, just because something is traditional doesn’t mean it’s best practice. Human error, inaccuracy, document loss and storage costs are the…
This week’s article is from UNDRSTND Group’s Martyn Christian, on why the focus of business has changed dramatically – a change so radical that the point of Enterprise Content Management is being called into question. According to Martyn, from SaaS to mobile to Cloud, enterprise technology has changed everything. ECM as a narrative and product category will die…
The first post of 2017 on #thedmcollaborators blog is from AIIM’s Chief Analyst Bob Larrivee on important new AIIM research that shows that while business leaders see content analytics as essential, concerns about funding and having the requisite expertise are blocks to progress. According to AIIM, even though nearly 60% of business executives think content analytics will be…
For the final #thedmcollaborators blog of the year, Howard Frear, Sales and Marketing Director at EASY SOFTWARE UK, returns with an insightful post on what what he sees shaping the market in the next 12 months, with a focus on what he sees happening for EASY SOFTWARE in particular. Howard discusses the work EASY SOFTWARE will do helping…
This week’s article is from Howard Frear, Sales and Marketing Director at EASY SOFTWARE UK, on what he sees as shaping our market in the next 12 months. Despite current uncertainties, Howard remains optimistic about the sector’s prospects for 2017 and beyond. Howard argues that the drives of changes shaping the sector include consolidation of the DM market, …
Returning this week to #thedmcollaborators blog is Howard Frear, Sales and Marketing Director at EASY SOFTWARE UK. In this new post, Howard discusses the issue of procurement fraud. That’s where a company pays for materials never delivered, but it also means bribery or encouraging suppliers to charge an inflated price then raking off the difference. According to Howard,…
This week on #thedmcollaborators blog, Howard Frear, Sales and Marketing Director at EASY SOFTWARE UK, talks about the serious problem of CEO fraud. According to Howard, CEO fraud has risen by 270% since January of last year alone, costing the global economy at least $3bn over the past three years, while an invoicing company Tungsten Network says tricking…