This document discusses how enterprise capture can extend the capabilities of Microsoft SharePoint implementations. It notes that while SharePoint addresses collaboration, documentation management, workflow, and other aspects of ECM, it lacks support for imaging and scanning, an important part of document management. Enterprise capture solutions allow organizations to import content into SharePoint from various sources like paper, email, XML, and fax in order to improve information sharing and leverage productivity benefits. By providing a way to deliver any content format into SharePoint, enterprise capture increases the ROI of SharePoint investments.
This document discusses how enterprise capture can extend the capabilities of Microsoft SharePoint implementations. It notes that while SharePoint addresses collaboration, documentation management, workflow, and other aspects of ECM, it lacks support for imaging and scanning, an important part of document management. Enterprise capture solutions allow organizations to import content into SharePoint from various sources like paper, email, XML, and fax in order to improve information sharing and leverage productivity benefits. By providing a way to deliver any content format into SharePoint, enterprise capture increases the ROI of SharePoint investments.
This document discusses how enterprise capture can extend the capabilities of Microsoft SharePoint implementations. It notes that while SharePoint addresses collaboration, documentation management, workflow, and other aspects of ECM, it lacks support for imaging and scanning, an important part of document management. Enterprise capture solutions allow organizations to import content into SharePoint from various sources like paper, email, XML, and fax in order to improve information sharing and leverage productivity benefits. By providing a way to deliver any content format into SharePoint, enterprise capture increases the ROI of SharePoint investments.
This document discusses how enterprise capture can extend the capabilities of Microsoft SharePoint implementations. It notes that while SharePoint addresses collaboration, documentation management, workflow, and other aspects of ECM, it lacks support for imaging and scanning, an important part of document management. Enterprise capture solutions allow organizations to import content into SharePoint from various sources like paper, email, XML, and fax in order to improve information sharing and leverage productivity benefits. By providing a way to deliver any content format into SharePoint, enterprise capture increases the ROI of SharePoint investments.
tage while controlling spending at the same time? By becoming more productive and lever- aging whats already in place, namely, informa- tion and the ECM systems with which its man- aged. Today, Microsoft SharePoint is considered one of the fastest growing ECM systems, and for clear reasons: its secure, scalable, robust and easy to integrate into an existing infrastructure. According to a recent AIIM survey, 70 percent of major organizations use SharePoint. Of those organizations, 45 percent consider it to be one of their primary ECM systems, and for 37 percent, SharePoint represents their first significant imple- mentation of ECM. Whats driving this growth in SharePoint implementations? Companies are banking on its potential ability to enact a cultural change, one in which knowledge sharing among employees empowers more effective decision making and greater productivity and all for a low TCO, please. Thats a tall order. SharePoint may be perva- sive, but its not without its challenges. When it comes to managing content in SharePoint, orga- nizations voice concerns over the lack of control, low visibility and the quality of organization of their valuable information. Typical ECM solutions have five components: collaboration, document management, workflow, web content manage- ment and records management. SharePoint addresses the majority of these aspects, but leaves imaging and scanning, a crucial element of document management, out in the cold. The AIIM survey indicates that only nine percent of large organizations with SharePoint implemen- tations currently use scanned images of docu- ments in a workflow environment. Paper isnt the only problem. Content can arrive at an organizations SharePoint implemen- tation from a number of locations and in as many formats, such as paper, email with attachments, XML, or fax. All types of information need to get into SharePoint, where they are typically stored in a haphazard fashion thats an obstacle to locating and retrieving mission-critical informa- tion. To truly improve information sharing and leverage the productivity benefits that come with it, a SharePoint implementation has to be a comprehensive solution, connecting front-end content delivery to vital back-end processes. Users must be able to import information into SharePoint from a variety of sources, catego- rize it with minimal effort and use it to drive and accelerate downstream business processes. Enterprise capture the ability to capture, separate, classify and extract all types of infor- mation to enable document-driven business pro- cesses enables SharePoint to address a wider variety of customer- facing enterprise solutions. By providing a consistent platform for delivering any content in any format into SharePoint, enter- PART 1: EXTENDING YOUR SHAREPOINT INVESTMENT WITH ENTERPRISE CAPTURE BY ALLEN CARNEY, VP OF PRODUCT MARKETING AT KOFAX As seen in the 5/17/11 edition of the ECM Connection newsletter www.ecmconnection.com. ENTERPRISE CAPTURE AND SHAREPOINT: A COMPLETE ECM SOLUTION prise capture increases the return on investment of a SharePoint implementation. The enter- prise capture solution makes it fast and simple to access vital business information, reducing the time and costs associated with manual tasks, improving data quality for better decision making and increasing productivity to deliver a significant ROI in as a little as 12 months. By connecting front-to-back office processes, enterprise capture completes the solution and ensures that organizations get the most value from their SharePoint implementation. In this series, well examine the elements of a successful enterprise capture solution for SharePoint, including how to deliver all informa- tion into SharePoint; how to categorize, extract and validate the information that drives the automation of business processes; and how companies have implemented enterprise cap- ture with SharePoint to achieve a fast, measur- able ROI. As seen in the 5/17/11 edition of the ECM Connection newsletter www.ecmconnection.com page 2 Allen Carney, VP of product marketing at Kofax Allen Carney leads the development and implementation of Kofax product marketing strategy. Earlier, he was VP of Marketing for 170 Systems, a developer of invoice process- ing automation solutions that was acquired by Kofax in September, 2009. Previously, Allen served as VP of Marketing for NMS Communications, a developer of telecommunica- tions components and solutions, VP of Marketing at Lotus Development Corporation, where he was responsible for Applications and International Marketing, and as VP of European Operations for Atex, a developer of prepress auto- mation solutions. Allen holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from Yale University. ABOUT THE AUTHOR ENTERPRISE CAPTURE AND SHAREPOINT: A COMPLETE ECM SOLUTION
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