Overcoming Organizational Weak Points With Intelligent Process Automation

Nintex Art 0518By Matt Fleckenstein, Nintex
You’d be lying if you said there wasn’t a single process your organization couldn’t fix. 

In 2018, fix doesn’t necessarily mean overhaul. Many companies fear process improvements because they assume the experience is synonymous with a great deal of pain and lost resources. But this is simply no longer the case. 

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What if You Could Improve Your Decision Making?

Digitech Art 0518By Christina Robbins, Digitech Systems
Does better data really lead to a more intelligent business? Today’s business environment is characterized by an increasingly rapid pace, limited resources and a glut of information. Whether it’s stacked in boxes filled with paper files or consuming gigabytes on a corporate or cloud network, many organizations have more data than they can really manage. As data becomes more difficult to manage, it also becomes more difficult to filter for the information that we need to make important decisions — dumbing down our organizations.

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AI Can’t Advance Without Inviting ECM to the Party

SER Art 0518By Alexandra Lilienthal, SER

In the past few years, technology scientists have made breakthroughs in AI and machine learning. AI now has the power to change societies and our world for the better. Using AI and big data could one day highlight trends that will help us solve climate change, for example. It will help to automate transport and take over dangerous and mundane jobs. But, in order for AI to achieve these and more it needs to continually be fed data. This is why it is critical for organizations to start managing their data properly now.

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Blogs

How Business Process Management Propels International Business Toward GDPR Compliance
Mark Holenstein

by Mark Holenstein | 06-18-2018 The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a popular topic among businesses around the globe. The law was originally introduced and adopted into place on April 27, 2016, and allotted a two-year post-adoption grace period for businesses to...

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Q&A With Sean Morris, Director of Sales, Digitech
Patricia Ames

by Patricia Ames | 06-15-2018 Sean Morris is the director of sales for Digitech Systems, a provider of ECM software. Digitech announced recently that they have certified their PaperVision Capture (advanced capture) and PaperFlow (desktop scanning) applications with the Epson...

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DX-UX-CX: Connecting the Dots
BJ Johnson

by BJ Johnson | 06-12-2018 Ever feel like you are not one of the cool kids and need a decoder ring or Google translator to understand all the terms we hear and read about in this digital age?  Well, you’re not alone. However, the terms DX, UX, and CX will continue to reshape...

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News

  • Kofax Robotic Process Automation Software Creates Smarter Robots

    Irvine, CA, June 20, 2018 – Kofax, a leading supplier of software to automate and digitally transform information intensive processes, today announced the addition of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and other capabilities in its Kapow 10.3 Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software.

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  • Pax8 Announces Comprehensive AutoTask Integration

    DENVER, June 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pax8, the leader in cloud distribution, today announced an integration with AutoTask, provider of a cloud-based IT business management platform that enables efficiency, accountability, and access to the metrics that drive intelligent business decisions. The integration offers Managed Service Providers (MSPs) the ability to seamlessly import company data, export products and services, and update contracts with accurate billing information from AutoTask into the innovative Pax8 Command Console.

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  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise Commits $4 Billion to Accelerate the Intelligent Edge

    LAS VEGAS, June 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise today announced that it plans to invest $4 billion in Intelligent Edge technologies and services over the next four years. This strategic organic investment will be focused on helping customers turn all of their data - from every edge to any cloud - into intelligence that drives seamless interactions between people and things, delivers personalized user experiences, and employs AI and machine learning to continuously adapt to changes in real time.

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Features

Preparing for the Steep Pitch: Selling Workflow Automation in Vertical Markets

Elicker Art 0318By Lance Elicker, Ephesoft Inc.  

The reason vertical markets are a focus for sales organizations is that they allow for repeatability. It is much easier to build something and then repeat the process, as opposed to building something brand new each time. In the little corner of the world that is content management, often the issues or pain points we uncover will have to do with process, also referred to as workflow. 

The Wavelength: Business Intelligence

wavelength 150x150 slideshowBusinesses are collecting more data than ever from a wider variety of sources and analyzing it in order to make better business decisions and improve customer service. We asked some executives who are very familiar with BI a few questions about what trends they see in the field and how their own businesses apply it.

Creating the Right Atmosphere for Change: Q&A With Ulf Persson CEO, ABBYY

speakeasy ABBYYBy Patricia Ames, Workflow


We recently had the opportunity to attend the fifth annual Technology Summit hosted by global intelligent capture leader ABBYY. While there, we had a chance to meet the new CEO, Ulf Persson, and get some insight into the latest changes ABBYY has been making to its structure and strategic direction. We had no idea the conversation would take us through the last 20 years of geopolitical and global market maneuvers — although, given Ulf’s professional and personal history, we probably should have suspected it. Join me in the SpeakEasy.

About This Website

Workflow is a comprehensive editorial website dedicated to exploring, defining and articulating the ever-changing technologies and business processes of the office technology industry.

As hard-copy information continues its transformation to more dynamic and electronic forms, an increasing number of office and personal devices are becoming part of the larger managed information technology landscape, compelling vendors and consumers of related equipment, applications and services to seek out ways to streamline their processes and improve efficiencies.

Through examination of workflow applications and services and their providers, Workflow informs its audiences of these shifts in enterprise content management (ECM), business process management (BPM) and optimization applications, providing a one-stop repository of actionable news and information for the office technology and managed services industries.

Workflow’s goal is to not only recognize these shifts, but also bring together these disparate worlds of information technology to provide a centralized resource for understanding and mastering the information lifecycle of tomorrow’s office.