September 2013

  • Students no longer putting pen to paper at innovative schools

    Students no longer putting pen to paper at innovative schools

    Monday, September 30, 2013

    Companies across the world are taking advantage of conversion services to digitize their records and streamline their processes, and educational institutions are leveraging similar types of electronic information management techniques to create paperless schools, colleges and universities.

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  • West Virginia county ramping up for a paperless reality

    West Virginia county ramping up for a paperless reality

    Friday, September 27, 2013

    Following in the footsteps of the Circuit Clerk's Office in Lincoln County, Miss., and the County Clerk of Court's Office in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa - to name but a couple - the Ohio County Circuit Clerk's Office in West Virginia is about to embark on a document imaging project that will result in it going completely paperless by this time next year, The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register reported.

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  • Business process automation to streamlines Indian policyholders’ experience

    Business process automation to streamlines Indian policyholders’ experience

    Friday, September 27, 2013

    A recent piece by ITBusinessEdge noted that while more and more operations are going paperless, there are a number that still show no signs of upgrading from paper-based processes anytime soon, despite the efficiency boosts promised by straying from traditional methods. 

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  • Many core processes still lack paperlessness

    Many core processes still lack paperlessness

    Friday, September 27, 2013

    The term "going paperless" has become a buzz word in many industries, but there are numerous undertakings that still rely on paper-based processes. ITBusinessEdge recently took a look at a few of these.

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  • Paperless library launches age of digital lending in San Antonio

    Paperless library launches age of digital lending in San Antonio

    Thursday, September 26, 2013

    The Bexar County Digital Library - also known as BiblioTech - boasts a selection of 48 computers, 600 e-readers and a host of tablets and laptops. However, those looking to pick up a paperback or leaf through a glossy hardcover will find themselves out of luck.

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  • Why policy-making and standardization are critical to document management success

    Why policy-making and standardization are critical to document management success

    Thursday, September 26, 2013

    In a recent piece for Accounting Web, Brock Philp, president and CEO of Doc.It, delved into the topics of policy-making and standardization with regard to information management.

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  • Make your organization a lean, mean paperless machine

    Make your organization a lean, mean paperless machine

    Friday, September 20, 2013

    Lean Six Sigma might sound like an intimidating name, but the concept it describes is actually very intuitive. Specifically, lean practices involve streamlining corporate processes to maximize efficiency, minimize waste and heighten quality, essentially tightening up the way your company does business.

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  • Hospital benefits from going paperless

    Hospital benefits from going paperless

    Thursday, September 19, 2013

    Last year, Community Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., leveraged conversion services to go paperless, with the goal of implementing electronic medical records (EMR) in line with federal initiatives. The business process automation effort "required hard work, long days and learning a new lingo," wrote Annette Saylor for Outpatient Surgery Magazine.

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  • As cloud adoption reaches new heights, tech-challenged companies fall behind

    As cloud adoption reaches new heights, tech-challenged companies fall behind

    Wednesday, September 18, 2013

    In a recent piece for InformationWeek, Kevin L. Jackson took a look at 10 ways government clouds have changed in 2013 and listed a variety of observations, from an uptick in innovation and entrepreneurship to rapid data center consolidation.

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  • Maryland school welcomes paperless learning

    Maryland school welcomes paperless learning

    Wednesday, September 18, 2013

    Hagerstown, Md.-based St. Mary's Catholic School recently became the latest educational institution to take steps toward going paperless, according to WHAG-TV. The school recently received a grant of more than $41,000 from the Marion I and Henry Knott Foundation to purchase iPads for its middle-school students and their teachers.

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  • Bringing paperlessness to the entertainment sector

    Bringing paperlessness to the entertainment sector

    Tuesday, September 17, 2013

    In the corporate world, going paperless typically means leveraging a document conversion service or other such tool to digitize paper records and files. This generally results in a more streamlined business process management approach that can generate a range of benefits for companies, including lower costs and heightened efficiency.

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  • New document management system boosts efficiency for Newport Beach

    New document management system boosts efficiency for Newport Beach

    Friday, September 13, 2013

    The city of Newport Beach, Calif., tends to conjure up images of sun, sea, sand and sumptuous real estate - at least among people who fondly remember "The OC," the smash-hit TV show that took the viewing public of yester-decade by storm.

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