Groupware: Avoid the Ad Hoc Shuffle by Joe Miller
Groupware Efforts are continually made to manage the unavoidable ad hoc business process, but ad hoc processes do not necessarily mean a pile of messy, shuffled documents, at least not anymore. Groupware is software which tracks and manages the ad hoc business collaboration. ... When searching for the document management and collaboration technology for your business, remember that document management will most often require tracking ad hoc processes of fast-paced business. ... Familiarity Another concern businesses may have in incorporating new technology is whether or not the new...

Collaboration Software: Index of Collaboration Software Technologies by Joe Miller
Collaboration Software Collaboration Software, also known as group collaboration software or groupware, is software which allows cooperation on a business document between multiple parties on multiple computers. Collaboration software also allows the integration and merging of document changes... Digital Thread Technology, Digital Signature, and Version History are technologies that have combined to find a way to work the way businesses do. ... Merging documents is often synonymous with sifting through document chaos, but collaboration software suites which can manage ad hoc business...

Groupware: What Works the Way Businesses Do? by Joe Miller
Groupware The internet is full of 1.5 million to 7 million indexed pages of groupware packages available on the market today. Every business needs groupware to control, manage, or track documents. Groupware is similar to other systems that enable document management, often using a centralized... Digital Thread Technology Groupware with Digital Thread Technology strings a digital thread through each draft of a document as it changes hands, even through email. ... Digital Thread works in conjunction with Digital Signature and Version History to display the who, what, when, where, and how...

Asset Inventory Management Software by Alison Cole
Asset inventory management software is a special package used for automating and steamlining the various inventory processes and managing the fixed assets of an organization in a quicker and easier manner. With businesses growing at a rapid pace, the need for asset inventory management software... Asset inventory management software offers a customizable and easy solution for any fixed or digital asset tracking process. ... Organizations will be able to reduce the cost of purchasing redundant equipment with the aid of inventory management software.

Groupware Finds Home in American Business: Collaboration Tool Analysis by Joe Miller
What is Groupware? Have you ever had to manage document collaboration in a hurry? No need to be ashamed if you said "yes." Virtually every American business has experienced moments of ad hoc team collaboration. In other words, the ideal business collaboration method involves meticulous record... Digital Thread is a technology that works for your business from the moment your groupware is installed. ... The important thing is that even scattered, ad hoc business collaboration can be organized in such a way that important records of business documents and their version history can be kept.

DRM Defending You by Mila Levkovsky
We’ve heard the diagnosis: viruses are rampant and hackers are on the loose. Get your firewall ready, activate your spam filter and turn on those email anti-theft controls. That’s right. Using Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology you can send personal information, original artwork and... With Digital Rights Management, the author of the email can identify exactly what the recipient can and cannot do with the message. ... Email anti-theft applications built on DRM technology are the counterpart to encryption, protecting your email once it reaches the recipient’s computer.

Groupware and Version History: Collaboration Series #1 by Joe Miller
This article is the first of a series of articles exploring specific aspects of groupware. The brief informational articles in this series discuss some of the technologies associated with groupware, as well as some of the characteristics of groupware. ... Version History utilizes Digital Thread technology to complete its tracking across email boxes, hard drives, and servers. ... But, in order to provide the document tracking and management necessary to run effective document collaboration, even in an ad hoc setting, groupware must have the ability to track documents and their versions...

What is a Document Manager without Version History? by Joe Miller
Document Manager and Version History In previous articles I have discussed the usefulness of a document manager, such as groupware, in organizing document sharing. I have also discussed the role that a Version History plays in a good document manager. ... Digital Thread Technology. ... Digital Thread Technology Every tool a document manager utilizes has its own tricks. ... As a document is created, whether a budget plan, a marketing presentation, or a legal contract, Digital Thread Technology inserts tracking information into the metadata of the electronic document.

Groupware as a Document Manager: Collaboration Series #3 by Joe Miller
This article is the third of a series of articles exploring specific aspects of groupware. The brief informational articles in this series discuss some of the technologies associated with groupware, as well as some of the characteristics of groupware. ... This third article explores groupware as a document manager, and provokes a critical approach to finding the right groupware to meet your business’s needs. ... Finding groupware that utilizes Digital Thread technology informs users where a document is saved and which version they are viewing.

Scanning & Data Entry of Documents by Rajeev Guglani
In Modern world managing records or documents is a key task in every business. It requires identifying, classifying, storing, circulating and disposing of documents. Each of these activities involves multifarious, minor tasks that are often time consuming and costly. ... Today, document Management is also being used to differentiate imaging from records management focused on capturing images and managing of records, respectively. ... Document imaging is the latest technology used now a days in order to capture, store and manage documents that are scanned.