Office Document Strategies Blog

Document Storage Clean Up is a Necessity - 7 Reasons Why.

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Sat, Jan 28, 2012 @ 10:01 AM

Most businesses spend little time doing clean up on their document storage systems.  This is especially true of electronic data but also true of paper records as well.

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Topics: document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Document

Social Media Affects SMB Office Document Strategies

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Tue, Jan 24, 2012 @ 14:01 PM

If you ever wondered whether social media and the dissemination of information through blogs and electronic newsletters has value and impact the recent actions which have led to the 'parking' of the SOPA and privacy legislation in the US proves that it does.

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Topics: document filing, document storage strategy, document management, office document strategy

SMB Operating Choice Affects MFP Ability For Scanning

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 @ 07:01 AM

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Topics: Software, Multifunction Printer, Scanning, document filing, document management, MFP

4 Reasons For Small Business (SMB) To Consider Cloud IT Services

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Fri, Jan 6, 2012 @ 04:01 AM

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Topics: Computer, document management, IT network, IT support

Electronic Filing is Necessary Says The Whitehouse

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Fri, Dec 2, 2011 @ 10:12 AM

In a Presidential memorandum published by The Whitehouse this week US government departments are told that electronic filing of their records is a necessity that must happen.

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Topics: document filing, document storage strategy, document management

6 Reasons Your Cost of Office Document Filing is Too High

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Tue, Nov 22, 2011 @ 04:11 AM

There are at least six components that make up the cost of office document filing.  No matter how much you do and where you do it these elements are affected by your workflow and needs for office records.

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Topics: document filing, document management, office document strategy

5 Reasons to Use Centralized Scanning

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Sun, Nov 20, 2011 @ 07:11 AM

There are several ways to go about setting up scanning in your office.  Here are 5 reasons why you will want to consider a centralized system.

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Topics: Scanning, document filing, document management, Document, Kodak, Fujitsu

3 Types of Scanners for Document Scanning Workflow

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Tue, Nov 1, 2011 @ 09:11 AM

With the growth in tools available to offices for scanning, document scanning workflow is an important part of building a document management strategy.  Whether you are using a formal document management system or are simply storing documents in folders on a shared hard drive the process of getting paper documents to the storage area is a key part of your scanning workflow.

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Topics: Scanning, document filing, document storage strategy, document management

World Paper Free Day - Aiim Declares Oct 27th.

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Oct 19, 2011 @ 08:10 AM

aiim has declared Oct 27th World Paper Free Day.  This is a chance to better understand why we are still so dependent on paper in our increasingly electronic world.  How do we release ourselves from this addiction?  Why does it not happen?

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Topics: technology tools, document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Document, Paper shredding, cost of printing, office document strategy

Hosting Location Matters For Data Storage Using Cloud Applications

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Thu, Sep 29, 2011 @ 09:09 AM

There was a recent article published in ITBusiness.ca entitled Worries over Patriot Act drives NDP to cloud encryption.

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Topics: document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Document, privacy, office document strategy, Canadian Legislation