Office Document Strategies Blog

Some People Really Get Document Imaging in Ontario

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Oct 27, 2010 @ 17:10 PM

For over 15 years I have sometimes felt like I was an evangelist as I quoted, configured and promoted document imaging in our area of Ontario, Canada.  In the past couple of weeks I have been gratified to meet and talk to people who have really understood the benefits and are adoptees of the tool.

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Topics: Scanning, document filing, video, document storage strategy, document management, Document, office document strategy

Is Your Paper Filing System Costing More Than Necessary?

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 10:10 AM

  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.  

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

Environmental Impact of Office Document Strategies

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 14:09 PM

Most organizations have become much more "Green" in their thinking in the past few years.  Everyone is looking at ways to reduce their footprint and to build cost savings into their operations.

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Topics: BioPrint, document filing, MFP, toner, office document strategy, Environment

IT Network - Caution - Canadian Domain Registration Court Case

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 09:09 AM

A recent IT Business Canada article outlines the kind of unscrupulous activities which some companies use to confuse unsophisticated website owners.  The details of a $10 million court case are outlined in the article but the practice which has been used for years by unscrupulous marketers is of interest to us all.

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Topics: office document strategy, 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.

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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.

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

Mailing System Productivity-Folder Inserters

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Mon, Jul 26, 2010 @ 10:07 AM

Getting more value out of your time at work is an important part of every person's day.  When it comes to doing the daily mail there are a number of ways which this can be accomplished.  

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Topics: Postage meter, office document strategy, meter rentals

.CO Domain - A New Choice for Internet Domains

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Fri, Jul 23, 2010 @ 16:07 PM

Being able to properly identify your company or product on the internet can be a challenge.  No matter what documents or strategies you use picking the keywords for your domain is important.

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Topics: technology tools, Computer, office document strategy

A Paperless Document Strategy Could Be Possible

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Tue, Jul 20, 2010 @ 09:07 AM

I really never thought this could happen but courtesy of the author of the Death of the Copier Blog I am now not so sure.  He recently featured a presentation made to TED in September 2009 that kind of blew my mind.  Maybe a paperless document strategy is really possible.

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Topics: technology tools, Computer, software tools, Document, office document strategy, Environment

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.  

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Topics: document storage strategy, Document, office document strategy