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Future gazing US-based research and consultancy firm InfoTrends has published its annual report on the document imaging market, which summarises major activity in the sector during 2011, as well as giving some fascinating insights into likely trends for 2012 and forward as far as 2016.
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The appliance of science In the wake of recent announcements regarding a possible takeover by Canon, DM Editor David Tyler speaks to I.R.I.S President and CEO Pierre de Muelenaere at the company's annual conference.
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Sharing values Consulting giant Capgemini has realised massive cost savings at the same time as simplifying its approach to document and print management.
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Brains not brawn Intelligent scanning solutions from ibml have lightened the load for one central government agency client of outsourcing giant Capita.
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Hidden treasures Using technology to discover and extract usable information from unstructured data is helping to realise tangible benefits for businesses across all sectors, explains Dr. Vijay Magon of CCube Solutions.
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Easy payments Enfield Council has realised efficiency gains from capturing and processing 70,000 invoices a year electronically, as part of its mission to safeguard frontline services by streamlining internal operations.
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Inside information Mark Kirpalani, managing director at Capital Capture, explains how electronic data capture and management can help insurers tackle soaring levels of insurance fraud and establish more efficient claims management processes.
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No cause for alarm Maidenhead-based NSI has been able to streamline its processes in a project that cost less overall than the annual maintenance fees for the system it replaced.
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French connection They may be a new name to the UK market, but Spigraph has an enviable pedigree across Europe and North Africa. DM Editor David Tyler spoke to the Country Manager of the company's newly launched UK operation, Neil Pearson.
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New workflows in the New Forest The New Forest National Park Authority has been able to unlock the full potential of SharePoint thanks to a PDF/OCR solution that has created searchable archives of vital documents.
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Counting on capture The Scottish Local Government Elections in 2012 highlighted a number of important considerations around automation of election counting.
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Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500 Fujitsu's new ScanSnap offering, the iX500, isn't the first scanner to be useable via wireless, but it's undoubtedly one of the smartest.
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Your data in their hands Responding to customers' expectations of multi-channel information access isn't nearly as straightforward as it sounds. Personalised, channel-agnostic content provision requires control of big data, an intelligent and efficient approach to storage, and a means of quickly and dynamically repurposing documents according to the current need. Jeff Mills, VP International for Actuate - Xenos Group, guides companies through the associated challenges.
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Welcome to the April edition of the Document Manager Newsletter
The document and content management industry is an ever-changing sector, and this is illustrated by two items in this, our first e-newsletter. Firstly, the breaking news that Kodak’s Document Imaging division may be a target for Brother Industries (assuming no ‘better offer’ comes through before June) – see our News section on the left. Elsewhere, we feature an interview with the CEO of IRIS, Pierre de Muelenaere – the Belgian recognition specialists are themselves likely to come under the Canon umbrella before too much longer.
Does this mean that the specialist knowledge of the industry will be subsumed by giant office equipment manufacturers? We think not – on the contrary, it seems to show that those giants have realised the importance of a more solution-oriented approach to their own markets; an approach that is reflected very nicely in the history of firms such as Kodak and IRIS, who have both been innovators in their fields from the start. Assuming both acquisitions go through, we’d expect both firms to continue to trade as separate entities, exploiting the good names they have in the market and continuing to grow their customer bases both organically and as a result of exposure to the much larger user bases of their new parent companies.
We live in interesting times, for sure. To keep on top of all the latest developments in this fast-moving sector, make sure you receive your own copy of the DM e-newsletter regularly.
David Tyler
Editor
Document Manager
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