Cloud infrastructures can have many variations (software as a service, infrastructure as a service, platform as a service and managed hosting), and within each of these models, a cloud deployment can be... View More
Hello vendor, my name is Bud, and I work at the company you just gave a demo to. Can we take a minute to review your first (and probably last) demo/presentation to my group? First, I want to thank you... View More
At the turn of the last century, organizations typically elected to track the following three job statuses: 1. Job received 2. Job printed 3. Job shipped Eventually, this “job tracking” evolved... View More
The US Postal Service (USPS) recently requested a rate increase, to be effective April 26, 2015. Overall, the price increase will be 1.966%, but for most of you reading this blog, your company can expect... View More
OK, so you’ve gotta do a request for proposal (RFP). Here’s how to reduce the pain and increase the value of the information you gain from the RFP process. Two years ago, I wrote a post for... View More
If left unmanaged, your data can become overwhelming, making it difficult to procure information you need when you need it. While software is designed to address archiving, e-discovery, compliance, etc.,... View More
It has been said over and over again: The cost of a company’s printing operations, on average, comprises somewhere between one and three percent of your total operational costs, but how can you be... View More
Collaboration happens between people. People collaborate around content that is created and/or shared during collaborative interactions. It is a continuum that includes multiple technologies and modalities... View More
I keep being asked to go to all sorts of companies in order to lift my wand and say a couple of magic words, and at this moment, everything should change in the company: People would have instant access... View More
It is no secret that today’s workforce is more mobile than ever before. Workers expect that their personal experiences and expectations for mobility should travel into their work environments. This... View More
Culture can be defined as the ideals, beliefs, behaviors and morals of an organization. Some describe culture as the \"soul” of an organization. However, if the culture is not clear or aligned with... View More
Protiviti partnered with North Carolina State University’s Enterprise Risk Management Initiative to conduct our third annual \"Executive Perspectives on Top Risks\" survey and obtained the views... View More
Paper is still a dominant part of many organizations, clogging and slowing processes. There are many reasons for it being present, including human reluctance to eliminate it. This is intriguing since many... View More
Around the world, corporate brands are being activated like never before, replacing product claims with family values and cultural relevance in 2014 global platforms, like the Sochi Winter Olympics and... View More
Customer communications management (CCM) is poised for a major transition. Today, the task of producing customer mailings is still largely an unsung, batch-processing job, dominated by print, but changing... View More
Last month, I wrote about hacking and the impact on the businesses that were targeted and breached. The penalty for being hacked can be enormous: financial loss from lost revenue, cost to make customers... View More
Project management is often referred to in tactical terms. People have the tendency to see the day-to-day activities of tracking and reporting project status and recording project issues and risks. To... View More
Of course, all portal vendors would answer \"yes\" to that question. Many will point you to the fact that you can write a responsive portal template that can show portal content on mobile devices, but... View More
Another new year has begun, and I’m faced with the trade-off between making predictions for 2015 and taking stock of things in my life as they sit today. While, certainly, I’d much rather look... View More
Cybercrime targeting of commercial enterprises and organizations is rampant. Increasingly sophisticated, organized crime groups are gaining improper access to point-of-sale systems and corporate networks... View More
