tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69430820529866849762012-02-01T13:13:39.400-05:00TAWPI - Jason M. Glasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08518396238706843374noreply@blogger.comBlogger7391100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-78986849879401498982011-06-27T14:29:00.005-05:002011-06-27T14:36:37.351-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauAs hospitals seek to survive and thrive in the new world of bundled payments, ACO and medical home programs, many are actively seeking to employ more physicians and acquire community practices. In fact, a recent survey by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) shows a nearly 75 percent increase in the number of active doctors employed by hospitals since 2000.

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-90664139688773593272011-06-27T13:48:00.003-05:002011-06-27T13:52:12.507-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauFaced with growing medical-surgical supply costs as reimbursements shrink and healthcare reform looms, healthcare providers can reduce their medical-surgical supply spending immediately—and GHX is recommending the top 10 ways to do it. The healthcare technology company released its list today at HFMA's ANI Conference in Orlando.The GHX Top 10:1.Save an average $12.00-

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-28270826824317217722011-06-27T13:39:00.004-05:002011-06-27T13:46:04.348-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauHealth reform-mandated revisions, productivity adjustments, and proposed documentation and coding offsets pose a huge challenge for hospitals, says Ken Perez, senior vice president of marketing for MedeAnalytics. MedeAnalytics is exhibiting at HFMA's ANI Conference this week in Orlando.“Our research and economic models indicate that a 300-bed hospital will be required to

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-39277784201985785972011-06-25T22:59:00.001-05:002011-06-25T23:00:51.461-05:00

By Carrie Krell, campaign manager, EskerGiven the lack of market research data about accounts receivable (AR) automation, the Institute of Financial Operations (IFO) and Esker teamed up this spring on an AR automation study -- a fact-finding mission of sorts. The results are in, and they highlight key findings of qualitative and quantitative research conducted to gain insights into AR automation

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-58093023335871906102011-06-22T13:06:00.003-05:002011-06-22T13:09:23.801-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauThe best technology. The best employees. The biggest budget. The strongest R&D department. Check, check, check, and check! If you think these are all the elements you need in order to build a consistently successful company, you’re wrong. Dan Adams says there is one other factor you’ll need to check off that list—an innovation strategy that works. “The best way to ensure

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-89298695006144781582011-06-14T12:40:00.003-05:002011-06-14T12:43:54.320-05:00

David Johnson, AP solutions manager, Perceptive SoftwareIn a day and age where the corporate mantra includes: “do more with less,” “work smarter not harder,” or “Kaisen,” we still see many organizations processing accounts payable invoices the old-fashioned way. That is, many organizations still receive a majority of their invoices via paper, route them through the organization through

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-47466267211062630722011-06-14T12:26:00.004-05:002011-06-14T12:30:52.852-05:00

By Glenn Wheeler, president, Viewpointe Clearing, Settlement & Association ServicesThe payments landscape has been transforming. Jockeying for position are some major non-banking players – social networking sites, peer-to-peer payment services, mobile phone providers and credit card companies. As the competition heats up, the time horizon for establishing supremacy in the market will get shorter

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-24739256807385118032011-06-13T09:00:00.004-05:002011-06-13T09:01:43.424-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauThe “underserved” market is considered one of the fastest growing segments in the United States and represents significant potential for banks willing to develop new products and services -- with the appropriate risk safeguards -- and channels to distribute them, according to a study from KPMG.The KPMG study characterizes the underserved market -- the unbanked (consumers

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-8451552606781367602011-06-09T16:50:00.002-05:002011-06-09T16:52:15.211-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauBank customers have started to demand that their banks’ online offerings keep up with the times, according to new research from Celent, LLC. And for good reason: the online banking space has stagnated for far too long, the research and advisory firm contends. The evolution of the Internet has provided consumers with rich and interactive experiences online. Unfortunately,

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-71988596088205800152011-06-07T22:37:00.004-05:002011-06-07T22:41:23.457-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauWhile CFOs are becoming bullish on the economy, they are concerned about health care reform, according to a biannual survey of banking and financial services Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and senior controllers conducted by Grant Thornton LLP.Nearly half (48 percent) of the banking/financial services CFOs said that they expect the U.S. economy to improve in the next six

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-9978463339405072922011-06-07T10:44:00.003-05:002011-06-07T10:47:48.745-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauThere’s a famous quote from Henry Ford that Steve Jobs has been known to cite: “If I’d have asked my customers what they wanted,” Ford reportedly said, “they would have told me ‘a faster horse.’” Yes, it reflects a bold product development philosophy. And this closed-door, tell-customers-what-they-want-even-if-they-don’t-yet-know-it approach works well for our modern day

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-11816239099868516472011-06-02T09:20:00.003-05:002011-06-02T09:23:54.298-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauPre-paid cards are primed for explosive growth in the coming year, according to a survey conducted by Firstsource Solutions. Fifty percent of payment industry professionals surveyed expect wider adoption of pre-paid cards as more consumers move away from credit cards and cash. Nearly 30 percent of respondents said that more consumers would become “loaders” (i.e. depositing

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-80775230886200607452011-05-31T19:42:00.001-05:002011-05-31T19:44:01.535-05:00

By Mark BrousseauAn eye-popping 88 percent of attendees at a recent accounts payable (AP) forum sponsored by Ricoh identified manual data entry as their top AP challenge, providing further evidence of the need for automated invoice processing solutions. Manual data entry came in a whopping 25 percentage points higher than the second biggest challenge identified by attendees at the Houston

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-83868409182787858812011-05-26T08:59:00.002-05:002011-05-26T09:00:05.954-05:00

By Mark BrousseauDespite the lousy economy, document imaging solutions continue to enjoy strong adoption among organizations of all sizes. No wonder: the technology is proven to deliver tremendous operations and business benefits, including lower processing costs, streamlined storage and retrieval, and better information tracking and reporting.But even the strongest business case for document

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-72215424797771439232011-05-25T10:33:00.003-05:002011-05-25T10:38:13.657-05:00

By Laura Knox, inside sales team leader, DataSource MobilityIn today’s ever challenging economy it’s no surprise that we see technology customers focusing more and more on cost ... and while I am all about getting a bargain and finding the right solution at the right price for my clients, I often find myself explaining that cost does not always equal value.Much more goes into the concept of value

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-40506343347289593572011-05-24T12:38:00.004-05:002011-05-24T12:41:21.377-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauCustomers and prospects of Brainware -- sponsor of the Fusion 2011 Wednesday night reception -- had an opportunity to meet actor and comedian Kevin Nealon before his performance.Click below to see photos from the meet and greet.http://www.iappnet.org/photo/fusion2011_vip/index.html

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-64819362873532676052011-05-24T07:55:00.002-05:002011-05-24T07:58:47.232-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauBy 2014, 15 percent of enterprises will adopt layered fraud prevention techniques for their internal systems to compensate for weaknesses inherent in using only authentication methods, according to Gartner, Inc.Gartner analysts say no single layer of fraud prevention or authentication is enough to keep determined fraudsters out of enterprise systems. Multiple layers must

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-56659387301883350692011-05-23T07:20:00.003-05:002011-05-23T07:22:04.990-05:00

By Mark BrousseauDespite revenues in the billions of dollars and the document volumes inherent to that scale of operation, many—possibly even most—companies have not made the leap to automated data capture technology for invoice processing, a proven driver of efficiency and value in accounts payable (AP).That’s the key takeaway of a survey of attendees of Fusion 2011, held May 8-12 at the Gaylord

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-91353784512226352842011-05-17T15:14:00.004-05:002011-05-17T15:18:23.278-05:00

Posted by Mark Brousseauibml Business Solution Consultant Curtis Williams sees an alligator up-close at Celebration, Florida, during downtime at last week's Fusion conference.

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-18304927169533735872011-05-17T08:14:00.002-05:002011-05-17T08:17:51.046-05:00

By Glenn Wheeler, president, Viewpointe Clearing, Settlement & Association Services, ViewpointeIs the check dead? You might hear a near-unanimous “yes” to that question; or as others might say more accurately, check usage is simply on a long decline. While check usage has been dwindling in recent years, to paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of its death are greatly exaggerated. A recent study

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-73170366234712745112011-05-13T17:56:00.003-05:002011-05-13T17:59:23.098-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauForecasters at Colorado State University recently announced that the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be very active. Before the season starts, it's time for businesses to get ready, while remembering their most valuable asset: information."No matter the size of a company, without access to information, clients could be lost and the owner may be at risk for losing the

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-2627979610490113352011-05-13T16:45:00.001-05:002011-05-13T16:46:51.866-05:00

By Mark BrousseauAlthough the economic downturn caused CFOs to concentrate primarily on their steward role, the recovery has reemphasized the need to act as a catalyst and strategist, Jeff Bronaugh, senior manager at Deloitte Consulting LLP told attendees of the Masters Session at Fusion 2011 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center Florida. Bronaugh and his colleagues Bob Comeau,

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-80243087692471397362011-05-13T15:52:00.001-05:002011-05-13T15:54:11.938-05:00

By Mark BrousseauDuring a pre-conference networking lunch at Fusion 2011 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Florida, attendees were asked to share the best operations-improving strategy that their accounts payable (AP) department has implemented in the past 12 months. Here are the operations strategies that the luncheon attendees said were the most effective during the past

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-39135611260579511462011-05-13T11:53:00.004-05:002011-05-13T12:01:59.285-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauThe number of unbanked or underbanked mobile subscribers around the world is projected to reach ~2 billion by 2012, according to research from Oliver Wyman and PlaNet Finance Group. Today, only around 50 million subscribers use mobile money services. Most of these deployments have been focusing on first generation mobile money products such as remittances, airtime top-up,

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-30398600508984488802011-05-06T18:55:00.003-05:002011-05-06T18:58:29.843-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauFolks arriving this weekend for Fusion 2011 may be surprised to see alligators(!) in the atrium of the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Florida.

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-17070125823079814662011-05-03T17:35:00.001-05:002011-05-03T17:36:58.579-05:00

By Mark Brousseau It’s one thing to have enterprise content management (ECM) technology, it’s another thing altogether to get value out of it, Gartner Analyst Mark Gilbert told attendees at Systemware’s user conference, SWUC 11, last week at the Westin Galleria in Dallas.Companies seem to be getting Gilbert’s message. Many are focusing like never before on ECM applications that provide more

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-8263091871638910352011-05-02T10:26:00.003-05:002011-05-02T10:37:28.441-05:00

By Mark BrousseauAccounts payable (AP) professionals see "minimal IT involvement" as the biggest benefit of using Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or cloud computing for AP processing, according the findings of the 2011 AP Automation Study by International Accounts Payable Professionals. Nineteen percent of survey respondents identified "no capital investment" as the biggest benefit of cloud

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-58783832136296363022011-04-29T07:42:00.004-05:002011-04-29T07:44:51.082-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauAccording to the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP), there are more than 4.3 million secretaries and administrative assistants working in the United States. In honor of Administrative Professionals Day, celebrated on April 27, Cintas Corporation offered best practices to help administrative professionals implement a successful office-wide

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-88400884137332692342011-04-20T22:40:00.002-05:002011-04-20T22:42:37.329-05:00

Shayne Magee, director, Client Solutions, Diversified Information TechnologiesWhen you talk to prospects, what do they tell you is their biggest document processing challenge, and why?Our prospects and clients typically have many customers. The relationship they have is one that requires efficient management of inbound and outbound documents and data. The biggest challenge has been finding a

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-65318394841967203372011-04-18T20:55:00.002-05:002011-04-18T20:57:26.761-05:00

Wendi Klein, Director of Marketing & Communication, North America, A2iASince reform and regulation have stirred the industry, it has become an even more complex environment, though the goal is to streamline processes. In the wake of healthcare reform, healthcare IT has been forced to comply with new regulations, and healthcare IT needs have shifted. The U.S. government has set forth dates and

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-36794646415958226932011-04-14T16:05:00.002-05:002011-04-14T16:08:35.566-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauThe best technology. The best employees. The biggest budget. The strongest R&D department. Check, check, check, and check! If you think these are all the elements you need in order to build a consistently successful company, you’re wrong. Dan Adams says there is one other factor you’ll need to check off that list—an innovation strategy that works.“The best way to ensure

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-46098354304853764762011-04-13T00:01:00.006-05:002011-04-13T00:04:41.388-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauA breathtaking view of the Las Vegas strip tonight from the Eiffel Tower Experience at the Paris Hotel after hours at the NAPCP Commercial Card and Payment Conference.

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-32400243191047840322011-04-12T23:41:00.004-05:002011-04-12T23:50:52.111-05:00

By Mark BrousseauWant more proof of the continued strength of purchasing cards (p-cards) as a key component of accounts payable (AP) programs? Look no further than this week’s NAPCP Commercial Card and Payment Conference at the Paris hotel in Las Vegas.Some 657 people – representing 265 end-user organizations and 85 provider organizations – are in attendance at this year’s NAPCP event, up from

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-38485718735142235692011-04-12T23:37:00.004-05:002011-04-12T23:39:35.557-05:00

By Mark BrousseauEvery organization, regardless of industry, needs to have a records management policy, and they must have a records manager. Nonetheless, it can be an uphill climb convincing top managers to embrace records management, Kevin Joerling, senior project manager, records management, Perceptive Software, said yesterday at the company’s Inspire 2011 user conference at the Wynn in Las

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-42392119342883217532011-04-12T23:36:00.001-05:002011-04-12T23:37:35.725-05:00

By Mark Brousseau As they move to electronic medical records (EMRs), one challenge for healthcare providers is how to consolidate electronic access to all of a patient’s documents.Citizens Memorial Healthcare, which is made up of a hospital, 25 clinics, five long-term care facilities and a cancer center, has licked this problem by using ImageNow from Perceptive Software to tie together documents

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-18669997506500377542011-04-12T12:18:00.003-05:002011-04-12T12:22:43.610-05:00

By Mark Brousseau More than 900 document automation professionals have descended upon Las Vegas this week for Perceptive Software’s Inspire 2011 user conference at the Wynn. This is the fifth year that Perceptive Software has held its Inspire event.The attendance at this year’s Inspire user conference is a record, Jeremy McNeive, Perceptive Software’s public relations manager told me yesterday,

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-71637319954366345012011-04-12T11:51:00.001-05:002011-04-12T11:52:26.104-05:00

By Mark BrousseauKansas State University (KSU) has increased productivity, raised efficiency and reallocated staff by deploying Perceptive Software’s ImageNow enterprise content platform in its admissions office. Rhiannon Englert of application manager and ImageNow client administrator, undergraduate admissions, shared the university’s story yesterday at Perceptive Software’s Inspire 2011 user

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-37541069318546490872011-04-12T11:05:00.004-05:002011-04-12T11:11:05.883-05:00

By Mark BrousseauNACHA's Pay It Green sport utility vehicle (SUV) at its Payments 2011 conference last week in Austin, Texas.

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-83251864184073241652011-04-06T15:07:00.001-05:002011-04-06T15:09:28.274-05:00

By Mark BrousseauWhile the Federal Reserve Bank’s latest figures show that electronic payments continue to achieve strong growth, the data also suggests we’re still a long way off from the eagerly-anticipated “checkless” society. With 28.8 billion checks written in 2010 -- the last year the Federal Reserve researched -- the number of checks written between 2007 and 2010 declined by about 6

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-80640434360977637672011-04-06T15:03:00.003-05:002011-04-06T15:06:48.025-05:00

By Mark BrousseauWith remote deposit capture continuing to enjoy strong growth, some attendees at this week’s NACHA Payments conference in Austin, Texas, were left wondering what has become of same-day Automated Clearing House (ACH) transactions – the hottest (and arguably most controversial) topic at NACHA Payments a few years back. The answer may be sobering for those who thought same-day ACH

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-50700470084722590312011-04-04T22:31:00.001-05:002011-04-04T22:33:36.374-05:00

At NACHA’s Payments 2011 in Austin, Texas, today, Fiserv released its Top 10 reasons why financial institutions have the advantage in the battle for consumer payments, including Web and social media payments. Those reasons are: 1. Consumers express a strong preference for a financial institution-centric new media payments system, according to Fiserv primary and sponsored research. 2. Customers

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-47434128598779985122011-04-04T15:57:00.002-05:002011-04-04T15:58:24.651-05:00

Mark BrousseauAs businesses continue to push for reductions in operations costs and look for ways to support green initiatives, it’s no surprise that more of them are turning to electronic invoice presentment and payment (EIPP) as a solution. EIPP is a hot topic this week at NACHA’s Payments 2011 in Austin, Texas – great timing with Earth Day just a few weeks away. “The volume of paper required

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-73528805412475346412011-04-04T15:34:00.005-05:002011-04-04T15:43:00.087-05:00

Mark BrousseauVisitors to 3i Infotech's booth this week at NACHA Payments in Austin, Texas, have a chance to win a limited edition Snuggie bearing the company's logo. Here, I model the Snuggie with Kathy Hamburger, president, North America, and global head of BPO for 3i Infotech. Ordinarily, I ask for your opinion at the end of these posts. Don't bother -- I already know.

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-78441928352050773232011-04-04T10:37:00.001-05:002011-04-04T10:39:42.520-05:00

By Mark BrousseauPurchasing card (p-card) volume growth remains strong, Aaron L. Bills, founder and chief operating officer of 3 Delta Systems said this morning during a wide-ranging interview at NACHA Payments in Austin, Texas. “We never saw a slow down as a result of the recession,” Bills said. 3 Delta Systems expects to build on this growth with the release today of a new scalable platform

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-28578240692839287652011-03-28T15:19:00.003-05:002011-03-28T15:22:07.988-05:00

By Wendi Klein, director, marketing & communications, North America, for A2iARegardless of your industry of focus, you are sure to have heard the word archive. But what does archive really mean? And does it mean the same thing to you as it does to the person in the next office? Is an archive just a repository where documents are stored, never to be found again? Or is an archive something that

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-43427150845300491802011-03-24T18:55:00.001-05:002011-03-24T18:56:44.318-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauSome odds and ends from AIIM’s info360 event this week in Washington, D.C.:… d.velop technologies announced the launch of its ecspand for SharePoint enterprise content management (ECM) solution in the United States. Over the past two years, d.velop also introduced ecspand in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. d.velop exhibited in the info360 Microsoft pavilion.… Colligo

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-42358656065034157252011-03-24T18:35:00.004-05:002011-03-24T18:57:13.894-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauThe chief information officer increasingly is joining the chief council in setting e-Discovery strategy within government organizations. That's according to a survey by USIS, an Altegrity company, conducted among government leaders from the federal e-Discovery community. Among the other findings of the survey:• Information management, data collection, and producing

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-27489681256430666222011-03-24T11:21:00.005-05:002011-03-24T11:27:16.247-05:00

By Steve Weissman of the Holly GroupAfter spending more than three days at the AIIM Conference/Info360 event in Washington, D.C., my brain is clogged with all kinds of interesting nuggets.Here are but a few of the more intriguing story lines that stuck following my ECM Practitioner class, my series of show-floor briefings, and my numerous in-the-corridor-and-press-room perspective checks with

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-41281138107603352342011-03-21T20:54:00.003-05:002011-03-21T20:58:55.490-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauManaged content can deliver 30 percent productivity gains and a 25 percent in efficiency improvements, according to new research co-sponsored by OpenText and AIIM.One of the more notable findings from the survey of more than 450 information technology professionals and business managers is that the productivity of professional staff would be improved by 30 percent if they

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-27357768903960748492011-03-14T16:11:00.003-05:002011-03-14T16:13:31.954-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauCombating fraud -- and more efficiently and precisely identifying suspect transactions -- was the hot topic at last week's BAI Payments Connect conference in Phoenix, said US Dataworks (www.usdataworks.com) Product Manager Leilani Doyle (ldoyle@usdataworks.com). "Here is the issue: financial institutions have fraud systems that send alerts each time a suspect transaction

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-46781033860134071322011-03-10T20:39:00.004-05:002011-03-10T20:43:51.291-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauDespite its critical role in revenue collection and corporate cash flow, billing has apparently become such a systematic function that it is no longer viewed as strategic – even by billing executives themselves. In fact, according to a survey from Billtrust, fully two-thirds (67 percent) of billing related executives view billing as a utility, while only a third of those

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-84723597062881571022011-03-02T12:27:00.002-05:002011-03-02T12:30:44.427-05:00

By George F. Brown, Jr.Decisions on pricing are almost among the toughest ones facing business executives. Customers and competitors alike put tremendous pressure on firms that raise prices. At the same time, ongoing increases in the costs of health care benefits, energy, raw materials, wages, and other factors of production cannot be easily overcome without price increases. The question most

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-70236517745753444832011-03-01T13:57:00.003-05:002011-03-01T14:02:08.790-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauThere are people in every organization you know whose titles indicate they are leaders. Often, and unfortunately, their employees beg to differ. Oh, they don’t say it directly, not to the boss’s face, anyway. They say it with their ho-hum performance, their games of avoidance, their dearth of enthusiasm. Leaders—real leaders who have mastered their craft—don’t preside over

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-39199164927222066732011-03-01T10:32:00.003-05:002011-03-01T10:37:40.379-05:00

Posted by Mark Brousseau Communicating meaningfully is becoming more difficult than ever before. While technology has created an ever increasing number of ways to communicate rapidly over great distances, many people are now so well insulated and protected by these devices we use that we are losing the skills and abilities to communicating in the most influential way – face to face.Stacey Hanke,

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-86657155753292823372011-02-17T14:10:00.003-05:002011-02-17T14:13:47.934-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauAs the world closes in on the three-year mark of the beginning of the global financial crisis, one expert believes that it’s not enough to rely on new regulations to prevent future disasters — a fundamental change in mindset is required. Rex Ghosh, a Harvard PhD economist who has worked in the financial markets for more than 20 years, currently with the International

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-55298989946391989102011-02-17T06:43:00.004-05:002011-02-17T06:46:40.843-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauThe U.S. economy is finally on an uptick. According to Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke, the economy is set to grow by 3-4 percent in 2011. That’s great news for businesses that have been seeing decreasing or stagnant numbers on their revenue reports for the last couple of years. But now that more growth is possible, Dan Adams warns that it’s time to make sure your

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-32805193200670218692011-02-17T06:39:00.004-05:002011-02-17T06:42:18.662-05:00

By Michael Lane of Data ImpactIn 2010, only 57 percent of business-to-business (B2B) payments were made by check, which is down from 63 percent in 2009 and 74 percent in 2008 (according to the Association for Finance Professionals 2010 Electronic Payment Survey). This steady decline indicates that businesses are not only looking for, but are finding a more streamlined approach for managing the

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-77227411474824240432011-02-17T06:31:00.004-05:002011-02-17T06:37:46.505-05:00

By Flint Lane of BilltrustFacebook and the United States Postal Service (USPS) are two organizations that have virtually nothing in common. One is a profitable enterprise that Hollywood is making movies about. The other is a government-run organization losing billions of dollars per year. What, if anything, could they have in common? I've been thinking a lot lately about what's going to happen

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-43679027310733193512011-02-14T09:14:00.003-05:002011-02-14T09:17:20.041-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauIf strong leadership was important during the recession, it will be especially important as organizations try to distinguish themselves from their competitors during better economic times. The good news is that anyone can make a difference and anyone can lead. But not everyone chooses to do so. That’s according to Steve Boehlke, author of a new book titled, “50 Lessons

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-92033445114279754292011-02-12T07:51:00.003-05:002011-02-12T07:55:15.989-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauSmartphones are changing the way people shop, bank, communicate and travel. Now, these types of mobile devices are set to have a profound impact on how knowledge workers organize, access, and use business content, Anne Valaitis, associate director of image scanning trends for Infotrends, said during a keynote presentation this week at Capture 2011 in Dallas. In fact, the

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-29682668910937470822011-02-05T20:37:00.003-05:002011-02-05T20:40:11.407-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauWhen will eBills be more widely used than traditional paper bills? A recent study suggests it might only be five years down the road.The study conducted by NACHA’s Council for Electronic Billing and Payment (CEBP) and PayItGreen suggests that eBilling – or the electronic delivery of a bill to a customer – is gaining momentum across business industries with more billers

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-69844555388591055342011-02-04T10:13:00.002-05:002011-02-04T10:15:59.833-05:00

By Mark BrousseauHoping to make automated clearing house (ACH) processing more appealing to businesses – especially smaller ones – NACHA is doing away with its outdated opt-out provisions for Accounts Receivable Check (ARC) Conversion and Back Office Conversion (BOC) transactions. The new rules, which will be effective March 18, reverse a longstanding policy that requires billers and merchants

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-53728759781628777942011-02-02T14:33:00.003-05:002011-02-02T14:39:14.915-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauAs 2010 came to an end, it was no surprise that payments security was a top priority for financial institutions, credit card companies, merchants and consumers. Progress in stopping attacks was achieved last year, resulting in many high-profile arrests. More than 50 individuals involved in the highly publicized Zeus gang were apprehended, and developers of the Mariposa

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-32717391215633921652011-01-27T11:02:00.003-05:002011-01-27T11:06:19.957-05:00

By Vijay Balakrishnan of StratEx LLCThat we live in a wired (or perhaps more appropriately, a wireless) world is an oft repeated truism. As I work on this post, I am using the Internet. My mobile phone just beeped with a text message. An intrepid bunch of schoolmates are using Facebook to organize a high school reunion half a planet away. Reunion after how many years, you say? Well, let's just

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-29894758129392404722011-01-22T11:16:00.001-05:002011-01-22T11:17:25.056-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauIt’s not often that an organization can reduce its workforce while significantly growing its volume, but that’s exactly what University Hospitals, one of the nation’s leading healthcare systems, did by rethinking and automating processes in its accounts payable (AP) shared services department.The healthcare system’s shared services center has supported a 63 percent

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-66834292438810555482011-01-19T01:06:00.002-05:002011-01-19T01:09:38.583-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauGiven the slow economic recovery, outsourcing hit a plateau for most industries in 2010, though there were a few important bright spots, including financial services, which witnessed a number of large IT deals, and also the travel industry, as more hotel chains sourced their key technology functions, according to research from law firm Morrison & Foerster. Following are a

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-49369947237620463962011-01-17T19:10:00.003-05:002011-01-17T19:13:21.595-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauMulti-function printers (MFPs) – devices that can print, fax, copy and scan documents – continue to experience tremendous growth, Daniel Schmidt, product marketing manager, Kofax, told attendees at Kofax Transform 2011 Americas this morning in San Diego. Schmidt cited statistics from IDC that the MFP market grew by 18 and 22 percent last year, representing a total market

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-33617650611772517802011-01-17T13:56:00.004-05:002011-01-17T13:58:36.821-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauThere continues to be an enormous explosion of information, Alan Kerr, executive vice president of field operations, Kofax, said this morning during Kofax Transform 2011 Americas in San Diego. There also are “more and more ways” that information is coming into an organization, Kerr added.It’s for these reasons that capture solutions are becoming more strategic, Kerr said.

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-13597332693134480592011-01-17T13:28:00.003-05:002011-01-17T13:30:33.909-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauKofax Transform 2011 Americas opened with breaking news this morning as Kofax CEO Reynolds Bish announced the sale of the company’s European hardware business to Hannover Finanze, a private equity firm in Germany. The hardware business represented about one-third of Kofax’s total revenues. Bish told attendees that he signed the paperwork for the transaction over the

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-47170205855718438192011-01-17T03:58:00.001-05:002011-01-17T04:00:29.087-05:00

By R. Edwin PearceHistorically, if you asked a CFO to tell you the first thing that popped into their mind when you mention accounts payable (AP) processing, they likely would have responded with some variation of “cost center.” The fact is, as a percentage of revenue, the costs associated with AP processing typically represent a small blip on the radar of most companies. But as companies have

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-17174059064376049632011-01-12T15:40:00.003-05:002011-01-12T15:45:21.700-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauIf you’re like most people, 2010 was a long, exhausting year at your workplace. You’re tired, depleted, and quite frankly just done with “business as usual.” You’re laying the blame for your fatigue squarely at the feet of the increased responsibilities and long hours you faced. But according to Jon Gordon, you might be wrong. He insists that working hard—when done with a

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-37645847398824502292011-01-11T19:55:00.003-05:002011-01-11T20:00:18.226-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauToday’s job market is not for the faint of heart. Unemployment seems stuck at just over 9 percent, so whether you’re laid off and looking or simply desperate to get out of a dead end job, you’ve got a lot of competition. And if you’ve just emailed your résumé in response to yet another Craigslist or Monster.com job posting, take a deep breath and back away from the

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-41485294219065044212011-01-06T13:13:00.002-05:002011-01-06T13:17:02.621-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauYou already know that organic growth makes for a stronger company. It just makes sense to grow from within by developing outstanding products and services that win over new customers and keep current ones coming back. (The alternatives are to grow via debt financing or an army of flush-with-cash buyers on a spending spree—and recovery or no recovery, neither is easy to

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-33491881844265895612011-01-04T16:42:00.002-05:002011-01-04T16:47:21.222-05:00

By Wes Friesen, Portland General Electric“Sow a thought and you reap an act; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.” Right in the middle of the quotation above is the importance of our habits. A habit is “an acquired mode of behavior that has become our common practice.” Our habits mold our character and ultimately

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-61358173112761315462011-01-04T16:36:00.003-05:002011-01-04T16:41:10.028-05:00

By Wes Friesen, Portland General Electric“There is only one boss – the customer. If we don’t take care of our customers, someone else will.” Fred Shea was a postal carrier who really took to heart and embodied the following quote from Martin Luther King: “If a man is called to be a street sweeper (or work in A/P or A/R!), he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-5901516476589746172011-01-04T16:31:00.005-05:002011-01-04T16:42:00.740-05:00

By Wes Friesen, Portland General Electric“Improving performance does not happen by accident. It is the result of a commitment to excellence, intentionality and focused effort.” Peter Drucker was the considered the Father of professional management. He said “Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to higher sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-32974108945984419572011-01-04T09:40:00.003-05:002011-01-04T09:43:51.252-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauWhen a job opens up in today’s economy, it receives a lot of attention. And no wonder: Over 15 million Americans need work. And if you’re a hiring manager, you may have found that the best way to shrink that pile of résumés on your desk is to weed out the seemingly “overqualified” workers first. After all, you reason, those candidates will want too much money and will jump

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-70499736438658994472010-12-30T23:24:00.003-05:002010-12-30T23:28:09.871-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauIt's that time of year again: time for business owners and senior executives to take stock of the past twelve months. What did 2010 look like for you and your company? Did you struggle to regain your post-recession footing? Were employees engaged and focused? Are financials on track? The questions you could ask during your year-end assessment are endless. But according to

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-6034335666101389812010-12-30T23:08:00.000-05:002010-12-30T23:11:58.986-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauIt’s that time of year again! Time for all those get-togethers that come with the season. If you’re one of the millions of Americans looking for work, however, you’re probably not in much of a celebrating mood. And spreading good cheer at party after party is likely the last thing you’ve felt like doing. For you (and so many others), it’s job search crunch time. Maribeth

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-48200218075876172602010-12-30T07:19:00.001-05:002010-12-30T07:22:50.717-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauYou've been on the job hunt for months—maybe even all year—and you're looking forward to the coming respite from search-related stress and disappointment. The holidays are here, after all. And it's "common knowledge" that nothing happens on the hiring front from Thanksgiving to New Year's. You might as well give the pavement pounding a rest and focus on decking the halls

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-17213124355890676612010-12-23T20:48:00.001-05:002010-12-23T20:50:43.393-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauMunicipal governments are showing strong interest in purchasing automated remittance solutions, and it appears that the sluggish economy -- and its impact on municipal budgets -- is the primary reason, according to Tony Rapaglia, regional manager for Creditron (trapaglia@creditron.com). Municipalities are looking to automate functions such as tax and utility payment

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-67020706235905720582010-12-21T21:09:00.004-05:002010-12-21T21:12:38.799-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauIt’s estimated that the percentage of U.S. households without bank accounts may be as high as 26 percent. So what happens to the $1.1 trillion that those households take in each year? According to Turner Investments, much of that money is likely to end up on prepaid cash cards over the next five years. Turner Investments anticipates that the market for prepaid cash cards

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-61467970990306701682010-12-21T16:22:00.003-05:002010-12-21T16:25:30.256-05:00

By Peter Sheldon, Coverall Health-Based Cleaning SystemAccording to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American adults spend more of their waking hours between Monday and Friday at the workplace than anywhere else—including home. About one-third of all workers also devote five hours, on average, at the workplace on weekends as well. So it stands to reason that offices, factories, clinics and

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-88148814441061271102010-12-20T10:38:00.004-05:002010-12-20T10:43:14.316-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauTis the season to be jolly – and to leave sensitive corporate information behind at the airport! According to telephone interviews with the lost property offices of 15 UK airports, including Heathrow and Luton, over 5,100 mobile phones and 3,844 laptops have been left behind so far this year; with the majority still unclaimed and many more expected to be left over the

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-88106867236245989632010-12-13T08:51:00.003-05:002010-12-13T08:56:03.505-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauFearing your holiday vacation will be tainted with tiny tantrums from a needy boss? "Fear is a big driver, and when bosses - and kids- don't have control, such as with matters of a vacation from work, a 'terrible office tyrant' or 'TOT' can emerge," says Lynn Taylor. "The inner child should, but doesn't 'stay there'," says the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant."

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-517079561351056972010-12-08T23:24:00.003-05:002010-12-08T23:26:11.682-05:00

By R. Edwin PearceThe market for cloud computing has expanded quickly over the past few years, largely driven by its ability to deliver impressive economic benefits to cash-strapped organizations. But a new study finds that not only can cloud computing keep operations in the black, it also can help them be "green."Pike Research reports that the growth of cloud computing will have important

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-24101694636440171412010-12-08T15:31:00.003-05:002010-12-08T15:38:57.969-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauLet's face it: The business world is changing. Rapidly. While the object of the game is still to drive revenue, the methods have changed. Instead of a monolithic one-way interaction, business is now being conducted through constant and meaningful two-way conversations between organizations and constituents—at every stage of organizational development. And it's a good thing

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-54088360383433437222010-12-08T13:47:00.002-05:002010-12-08T13:50:37.302-05:00

By Greg Brown, Marketing Director, Melissa DataA recent Aperture Research Institute study reported upwards of 70 percent of organizations have adopted a green initiative of some kind. While those companies should be lauded for their efforts at environmental stewardship, bad days on Wall Street and for the economy have seen some companies abandon or scale back their green initiatives as they

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-42456201957922017982010-12-06T23:04:00.001-05:002010-12-06T23:05:53.126-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauHigh performing information technology (IT) departments at large companies have hit the ground running following the recent economic downturn, recalibrating their efforts to drive more business value from IT, and leaving their less adroit counterparts playing catch-up, according to new research from Accenture. While many companies slipped into stagnation mode during the

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-64765243012915547932010-12-06T10:24:00.003-05:002010-12-06T10:27:12.523-05:00

By R. Edwin PearceThe next year will be big for cloud computing, with the technology transitioning from “early adopter status” into a mainstream platform for IT. That’s according to IDC, a leading research and advisory firm, which ranked the maturation of cloud computing among its top IT predictions for 2011. IDC predicts that spending on public IT cloud services will grow at more than five

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-34144859505457501372010-12-06T09:14:00.005-05:002010-12-06T09:28:17.511-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauTrust is all talk – along with the pitch, volume and emphasis of your message, according to new research co-authored by an assistant professor or organizational behavior at Cornell University’s ILR School. The research finds that the volume, pitch and tone of your speech directly correlate with how much another person trusts and understands you.“If you trust more, you use

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-46766481894900549872010-12-01T11:42:00.002-05:002010-12-01T11:48:49.990-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauNo matter what industry or profession you’re in, there are tons of ways to win over your customers and create brand loyalists who keep coming back. Below are a few easy-to-implement ideas that will help you turn any customer into a fan for life. And though these tips address specific professions and businesses, keep in mind that great customer service translates across

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-54373886446630564872010-12-01T11:39:00.002-05:002010-12-01T11:42:31.002-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauYou wear their team colors and refuse to wear those of their greatest rival. You cheer for them win or lose but are always full of advice on how they could improve (just in case the coach ever gives you a call!). You’ll do what it takes to watch them play whether that means braving icy weather or missing yet another Sunday lunch with the family. These are the makings of a

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-61796797269174328892010-12-01T06:33:00.001-05:002010-12-01T06:34:51.103-05:00

Posted by Mark BrousseauAs organizations become increasingly decentralized, 2011 will see enterprises identifying technology suppliers that can integrate effectively with other — often competing — solutions, according to new research released by analyst firm Real Story Group (formerly CMS Watch)."Going into 2011, our research customers are indicating an unprecedented aversion to vendor lock-in,"

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-26155813804016093362010-11-29T18:28:00.003-05:002010-11-29T18:33:03.011-05:00

By Tom Walker of Open TextWhat is electronic invoicing? Just a simple search of the Internet provides several answers. What is the correct way to write the term … spell it out or abbreviate with a big E or little e? Does this relate to outbound invoices or inbound invoices? Is this just electronic data interchange (EDI)? I ask for your comments based on my observation below; when you hear

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-79718980858489103982010-11-29T09:52:00.005-05:002010-11-29T10:00:25.380-05:00

By Anthony Haywood of IdappcomIn the last year there have been a number of organizations offering rewards, or ‘bounty’ programs, for discovering and reporting bugs in applications. Mozilla currently offers up to $3,000 for crucial or high bug identification, Google pays out $1,337 for flaws in its software and Deutsche Post is currently sifting through applications from ‘ethical’ hackers to

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-11418172780538290822010-11-23T06:38:00.003-05:002010-11-23T06:42:48.118-05:00

By Dan Joe Barry, NapatechNetwork security systems are under pressure. You might not be experiencing it yet, but you will soon. The dual challenge of dealing with more attacks at higher speeds threatens to undermine the stability of the most important commercial platforms of the 21st century; namely the Internet. What can be done to address these challenges and avert the economic impact of an

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-11768562949471700052010-11-22T22:26:00.002-05:002010-11-22T22:28:27.973-05:00

Last week, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to approve the "Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act" (COICA). The bill would allow the U.S. Attorney General to obtain a court order disabling web domains deemed to be “dedicated to infringing activities.”Intellectual property scholars at the Competitive Enterprise Institute praised the bill in principle but warned

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-33240339595506842682010-11-22T22:09:00.002-05:002010-11-22T22:12:11.796-05:00

By Rich WalshIn taking a look at the Kroll Ontrack “Global Data Loss Causes” survey, I found it interesting that 90 percent of responders have lost data, and 18 percent did not know how the data went missing. Mind you, these losses could be attributed to such occurrences as data that has been corrupted by a virus or just human error – files being misfiled or accidentally deleted. But, I

Mark Brousseaunoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943082052986684976.post-54220774929816500862010-11-17T15:20:00.002-05:002010-11-17T15:22:50.915-05:00

By Lee Barrett of EHNACThere are major industry shifts already underway that will change how the payment and document industry transacts business. With the complexity of changes taking place in relation to how ARRA, HITECH and HIPAA affect our industries, every payment processor and document manager would be wise to keep a finger on the pulse of the hot topics of the day and trends that provide

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