Paper filing systems are a key tool in every office. Whether yours is a drawer in your desk, many banks of file cabinets or an electronic document system there is a tangible cost to setting up, equipping and using filing systems.
Office Document Strategies Blog
Is Your Paper Filing System Costing More Than Necessary?
Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 10:10 AM
Topics: document filing, document storage strategy, document management, office document strategy
When looking at their IT network backup most companies focus on the critical data that they need to recover in the event of a failure. This data includes databases, e-mail records and perhaps office documents such as correspondence. Traditional backup software focuses on this type of protection. This is fine as far as it goes. in our practice in Hamilton we find clients are looking for more.
Topics: Computer, document storage strategy, software tools, network backup, IT network
Document Imaging for Hamilton - Burlington Professionals
Posted by Lee Kirkby on Mon, Sep 20, 2010 @ 15:09 PM
When looking at the users of document management (document imaging) technology one of the largest groups of adoptees are professionals. Business professionals like lawyers or accountants and personal professionals like doctors or dentists are learning that storing their records in paper format has become a tedious, risky and expensive process.
Topics: technology tools, Scanning, document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Document, office document strategy
Legacy Document Management Systems-Is It Time to Consider a Change?
Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Aug 18, 2010 @ 13:08 PM
I just came back from holiday. Getting away from the normal daily activities gives you a chance to look at things in a different light once you return to the regular routine. My first project back has been to finish up a document management system expansion redesign for a client project.
Topics: Software, document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Document, office document strategy
File Storage....Do You Know Where Your Data Goes?
Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Jul 28, 2010 @ 10:07 AM
File storage in the cloud is becoming a popular tool for many people and businesses. There are many services which offer you free or low cost storage for video, pictures, and other digital data. In addition there are many online backup systems available which permit you to store your critical data on remote servers as part of your backup strategy. These can be very valuable and worthwhile tools and are not to be ignored.
Topics: document filing, document storage strategy, Document
Paper Filing System Impacts Workflow in Hamilton Medical Office
Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Jul 14, 2010 @ 16:07 PM
Converting a paper filing system into an electronic record system requires several steps and impacts the workflow of the office. Here is a case in point.
Topics: Software, Scanning, document filing, document storage strategy, Document
Internet is a Key Information Source For Majority of Canadians
Posted by Lee Kirkby on Fri, Jul 9, 2010 @ 16:07 PM
Consumer and business buying patterns are changing as a direct result of access to the internet.
A recent article in the Action Line column of the Hamilton Spectator outlined the problems experienced by a Hamilton area business who's phone number was mistakenly associated with another business from Brantford in the Google Maps listings. The story talks about the frustration of trying to get this simple error corrected and the challenges it created.
The second part of the article outlines some interesting facts which show why the worldwide access to business information is so pervasive today. Stats Canada reported 80 percent of Canadians 16 or older spent time online in 2009.
Topics: document storage strategy, Document, office document strategy