Year 2012 will be one of the most special times for everyone here at Docsvault. It was a year of accomplishments and rewards. We added some big names in our list of customers and built some wonderful relations who we believe will make Docsvault truly global. Here are a few things that we did this [...]
This is the third and final part on strategic document management. In the first two parts we learned how to start with Docsvault so you can manage your documents and files effectively. In this part, we will learn how to manage your records, so you can achieve regulatory compliance too. Physical Records Management The first [...]
Hurricane Sandy left the companies at downtown Manhattan financial district without power even days after it subsided. All that was left of offices and shops was piles of shattered wood. 50 billion dollars’ worth of damage was caused and statistics suggest only 60% of the businesses will be able to recover. In face of this [...]
In the last article, we discussed how to devise a filing policy, define roles and responsibilities of users and preparing filing structure for strategic document management that’s as easy as eating a piece of cake. In this chapter, we will discuss how to lay down naming standards and conventions for documents, establish security policies and [...]
Adopting and implementing Docsvault document management system may seem as nauseating as the idea of eating an elephant to most people. However, if you remember the old adage about how to eat an elephant - one bite at a time - you may find the process easy. The mission to implement document management system in [...]
Your documents reflect the past, present and future of your organization’s goals and processes and the way you work with your documents reflect the sustainability of your goals and processes. The secret behind every organization’s success lies in the way they take care of their documents and make them work. Here are some secrets that [...]
EDMS - A Document Management System That’s Got Your Back When was the last time you used Facebook just to update your status? Whenever you log in to your FB account, you check your friends’ statuses, reply to messages, share interesting photos, chat, so on and so forth. While the [...]
Most big companies have system administrators who are supposed to take care of performing regular backup and checking its validity. However, despite having system administrators, taking regular backups and performing regular checks – some data goes missing mysteriously. In small companies the scenario is quite different. Here employees are responsible for taking care of [...]
With high volumes of emails arriving and being sent each day, it is important that an organization has a structured approach to stay on top of incoming and outgoing emails. Lost or overlooked emails can prove to be expensive. Imagine missing an important email from a prospective client amidst the clutter of other task-related [...]
Once upon a time there was a kingdom (read office) where lived a slavemaster. This slave master made all his slaves (read employees) toil from dawn to dusk and dusk to dawn. Slowly, all his slaves fell ill one by one and the kingdom was conquered by another king. Moral of the story: Make [...]