Information is the lifeblood of your business. Information is carried in documents. Documents are the beginning and the end of your business process. Without documents your business process would fail. Your business would fail. Your livelihood could suffer.

Technology both enables and aides the document process. Your local area network, your globally connected systems and the back end databases powering them. Your input devices (namely scanners), your output devices (namely printers). Together these are the means by which your information is created, produced, reproduced and processed in the shape of documents

You invest heavily in the your IT infrastructure, your network security, accounting systems, CRM systems, project/operations management tools, product training, meeting compliancy regulations. The list goes on. But how much money do with actually invest in documents? Those electronic files or pieces of paper that actually make your business tick. Enhancing your document systems and deploying a simple solution such as Docuware integrated document management is both easy and improves the way your information is used in all areas of your day to day business processand is one of the last pieces in the office equipment jigsaw puzzle.

So many businesses across the globe rely on simple shared folders on a server or a Microsoft Windows workstation to act as their means of collaboration and indeed their data sharing platform.

Whilst this method can be sufficient for small amounts of data you will find that as your business grows then so does your needto access information in the shape of documents quickly and easily.

Utilising the simple network share approach can result in files being easily overwritten and files being reproduced and saved on local drives as opposed to a central repository for no one else other than the author to appreciate the changes. Windows Explorer does not provide your business with a quick and easy mechanism to capture, alter and view both current and previous versions of the your documents. No system other than a dedicated document management system such as Docuware integrated document management gives quick and easy access to your mission critical data.