As you seek out ways to improve your document management capabilities, you will inevitably come across version control systems. Such a system may be exactly what your business needs. Here are the reasons that you might want to consider a version control system for documents:

The more productive your company is, the more opportunities you will have to grow. One of the best ways to improve your company’s productivity is to invest in more powerful tools to enhance your ability to produce. To this end, a knowledge management system is one of the best tools for you to invest in right now. Let’s take a look at how this resource will improve your company’s productivity.

Are you considering improving your business' efficiency and cost-effectiveness by doing your document scanning in-house? If this is the case, then you need to make sure that the scanner you choose works well for your office's needs. To this end, you will need a high capacity scanner. This, however, doesn't narrow your options enough. There are countless high capacity scanners out there, so finding the right one can be difficult. To help you make the right decision for your company, we have listed the best high capacity scanners to put on your shortlist right now.

Microfilm is a wonderfully reliable medium. Unlike many other types of physical documents, it doesn’t rapidly deteriorate, and it takes up less space. Despite its benefits, however, microfilm is still a physical document. It takes up expensive space, is susceptible to sudden destruction and isn’t easy to manage. Digital documents on the other hand, are highly secure, adaptable, mobile and take up no additional space per document. That’s why you are starting a microfilm conversion process.

The more effective your document workflow processes are, the better your business will run. When you have a better document workflow, your company can react and adapt faster, operate more efficiently, and save more money. Because of this, you should be constantly seeking out new ways to improve your workflows. Here is how you can drastically improve your company's document workflows in a short time.

As your company's collection of data grows, you will need to find more effective ways to retain data that you don't regularly access, but need to retain. This is where data archiving comes in. However, data archiving isn't as simple as tossing your documents into a folder – digital or physical – that you won't access very often. Improper data archiving will make your documents harder to manage, cost you money and even cause accidental destruction. The only way to avoid this is to know what data archiving pitfalls there are, and how to avoid them. To this end, make sure to avoid the following errors associated with data archiving.

When your company has sensitive data on hand, it's important that you protect this information with secure document management software. If you don't then you are leaving this information vulnerable to theft, destruction and loss. If you don't know that you are running the type of business that needs secure document management software, however, then you probably won't invest in it. To give you a better idea of whether or not you need secure document management software, let's take a look at five types of companies that usually don't know that they need it.

In order to effectively manage your paperless office, you're going to need a good scanner to make converting physical documents to digital files easy. However, just any scanner won't do, especially when you're converting 11 x 17 documents.

As the way we use technology evolves, so do the ways in which we protect ourselves. In this regard, data security has grown a great deal. Let's take a look at how the evolution of digital security has shaped the latest trends in this area.

Reaping maximum value from the capabilities of modern technology means using the best digital tools and strategies. The foundation of building a digital business is switching to a paperless office and using a document management system that can handle your voluminous document cache. While these two steps alone will enhance every element of your business' operations exponentially, this is only the first step. Next, you need to invest in metadata.