March 13, 2008
First Day at ABA Techshow
Met Kevin O'Keefe today and he had Rob La Gatta interview me - it is posted here.
Also went to a session hosted by Debbie Foster and Steve Best. The session was about Document Management. I'll admit, document management has always been a component to me. It was really just the process of profiling documents electronically. Today, though, Foster and Best explained what differentiates document profiling systems from document management systems: forced compliance. A true document management system will force you to use their profiling system when you save a document.
Why is this important? If you are shopping for technology that will help move you more towards a paperless office, knowing the difference between a profiling system (which is predominant in the "all-in-one" case management systems), and document management (which is reserved for the "best of breed" packages), will help you avoid making a long-term investment error. You don't want to dedicate your office to a profiling system that requires them to store documents in a standardized way and then find that the system you deploy doesn't require compliance.
At the same time, if forced compliance is not what you need, then you may be wasting dollars on a product you could have had elsewhere for less.
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Filed under 2008 Tech Shows, ABA Techshow by Brian J. Ritchey
