How Can Data Capture Rescue the Healthcare Ecosystem?

The recent news about the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Healthcare Act got me thinking. No, not about my own healthcare insurance, but instead the impact of adding tens of milli... read more

A Mobile Capture Success at TAWPI Capture 2012

Earlier this month, I traveled to the Lone Star State to lead an educational session at Capture 2012: Imaging to Archive, one of the industry’s premier events on complex data capture and transactio... read more

Moving Towards A Paperless Work Space

I’d like to  welcome ABBYY VP of Marketing, Carmela Wong, to the AIIM Community Blog to discuss our thoughts on the parperless workspace.  In the recent AIIM industry research report, "The Pap... read more

Cheers to 2012 – A Year of Mobile Education and Contribution

I’d like to again welcome ABBYY USA CEO, Dean Tang, to the AIIM Community Blog to discuss trends and growth of mobile capture and information management.  In 2011, our industry began to grasp ... read more

Cheers to 2012 – A Year of Mobile Education and Contribution

I’d like to again introduce ABBYY CEO, Dean Tang, to the AIIM Community Blog to discuss the 2012 trends and growth in mobile capture. In 2011, our industry began to grasp the idea of document c... read more

Mobile Data Capture in 2012

Over the past year, we have discussed the possibilities and potential of mobile data capture in a variety of situations. From discussions on mobile capture applications and consumer education, to t... read more

(e)Discovering OCR

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I’d like to again introduce my colleague, Scott Thompson, senior product marketing manager at ABBYY USA, to the AIIM Community Blog to discuss OCR and capture use in the legal industry. Imagine... read more

A Scanner Here and A Scanner There - What this all means for Automation

I have seen quite the plethora of news about scanners with embedded OCR recently.  Seeing the term “OCR” come across in my Google news feed is quite exciting, and a great way to start my day. Let m... read more

The OCR Reality Behind SharePoint, SalesForce and More

Being able to easily search, access, store and share information is a vital part of any office workflow. As an organization grows, so does their content. This ultimately results in documents being ... read more

The Social Business World

My colleage, Carmela Wong, sits on the AIIM Social Business TaskForce, and I'd like to welcome her to the AIIM Community Blog to discuss ABBYY’s view on this everchanging world of social business. ... read more

Tacos + Margaritas + Smartphones = Mobile Capture in Mexico!

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A couple colleagues and I recently traveled down to Mexico City to discuss the state of the capture market in Latin America with some of our partners and customers. While we dined on authentic Mexi... read more

Taking a Dive into Mobile Computing

Our CEO, Dean Tang, recently spoke at the Mobile Computing Summit, so I'd like to welcome him to the AIIM Community Blog to discuss ABBYY’s perceptions of the event. Guest Post by Dean Tang, CE... read more

On the Road Again…to AIIM

How can you turn digital disorder into a well-oiled information machine? How can you make information work for you to increase productivity and enable better decision making? These questions and mo... read more

When Two Worlds Collide: The Paperless Office and Twitter

Achieving a paper free lifestyle often times seems unattainable. But, from a technology standpoint, we are certainly moving towards a point where it is possible to rid our offices of paper invoices... read more

Putting a Claim on OCR in the Insurance Industry

I’d like to invite my colleague, Scott Thompson, senior product marketing manager, to the AIIM Community Blog to discuss OCR and capture use in the insurance industry. When one thinks about ins... read more

Capture Technology Evolution: How Important is Consumer Education?

If you are like me and constantly read industry news so you can remain “in the know,” and on top of the industry issues and trends shaping the capture market, then you have likely noticed the recen... read more

info360: The Signal of an Evolving Industry

As many of us return from the info360 Conference, I’d like to invite Dean Tang, ABBYY USA’s CEO, to the AIIM Community Blog to discuss ABBYY’s perceptions of the event. Guest Post by Dean Tang,... read more

Kindle, Nooks and iPads, Oh My!

I have been inspired by a five-piece feature in PC World that appeared last week. This article, by Jon Jacobi, discusses easy and helpful ways to convert various forms of analog media into high-qua... read more

Is Mobile Capture Only Hype?

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Last week, Chris Riley discussed a topic very near and dear to my heart – mobile capture. I respect and agree with Chris’ opinion, however, I wanted to take a closer look at his post, “Mobile Captu... read more

The Capture Bowl

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Who watched the big game last weekend? What started as early domination by Green Bay, gave way to an evening of back-and-forth American football that kept fans rooting through the end, as the Packe... read more

OCR Trio Sampler

Out at dinner last week with my family, we enjoyed a trio sampler with buffalo wings, mozzarella sticks and potato skins. Delicious, right? It was, and it inspired me to prepare my own trio sampler... read more

Tax season is here, but have no fear – mobile capture can help.

A few weeks back, my AIIM Community peer Lawrence Wischerth discussed using e-forms and self-service systems as a means to simplify business processes. He gave a prime example of his local governme... read more

To Infinity and Beyond…Or, at Least “To the Cloud” for Now

At CES last week, Pathway Innovations and Technologies demonstrated their new HoverCam Office Cameras, a cloud-based mobile scanning solution that combines the functions of an office desktop scanne... read more

Twenty-Eleven: Mobile and Cloud Heaven

2010 was a good year for the capture community. 2011 will be better. This year will be marked with significant growth and innovation in three key areas: mobile, cloud and Software-as-a-Service ... read more

Dreaming of a Revolutionary Tomorrow

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I found myself in a sea of 30,000 other people last week at Dreamforce. The conference was truly unlike any other tech event as it isn’t often that you see President Bill Clinton and Stevie Wonder ... read more

A Look at Document Imaging Adoption: A Usability or Education Issue?

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About a month ago, Chris Riley wrote a post for the capture community proclaiming that ECM is bad for document imaging. I agree with much of what Chris said, and I found his take on this topic very... read more

Thoughts from the Home of Country Music

What started with a round of golf ended with a fare adieu. No, I’m not talking about my in-laws’ trip into town this past holiday weekend. I am actually referring to the AIIM Document Management Se... read more

Asia: The New Land of Opportunity?

For nearly every business, Asian countries represent tremendous potential market opportunities due to their large populations, disposable income and love for technology.  Part of my travel brings m... read more

Document Capture Coast to Coast

I was driving the long haul home down the 101 freeway in the San Francisco Bay Area last week and couldn’t help but notice how many big rigs there were on the highway that evening. It got me to thi... read more

OCR to Better Business Processes

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How can OCR be used to improve business processes? Let me count the ways…actually, that count could fill volumes and is far too much for any single blog post.  Let me tell you about seven ways that... read more

Printer Wonderland

Just a few days into November, and my local Target Store has shifted into a Winter Wonderland…it’s that time of year again. The holiday shopping season is here and Black Friday is quickly approachi... read more

Tablet PCs: The next big thing for OCR

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Tablet talk is everywhere.  The Apple iPad is set to be on the best seller list this holiday season, the HP Slate 500 is available now, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab is expected to be on sale next mon... read more

OCR for the Social Networker

Last year alone, Twitter grew 577 percent, Facebook increased by 188.6 percent and LinkedIn expanded 89 percent. Today, approximately 160 million are “tweeting,” there are more than 500 million act... read more

CTIA Enterprise and Applications 2010 Conference – A Mobile Capture Opportunity

The mobile industry swarmed my backyard last week. OK, it wasn’t literally my backyard (although I would be open to hosting such an event), but instead my relative backyard of San Francisco.  The w... read more

The Plague of Paperwork is Over: The New Reality of Healthcare

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Healthcare has clearly lagged behind other industries in the adoption of automated digitizing solutions.  That trend is quickly changing, as electronic health record (EHR) adoption is increasingly ... read more

OCR Stands for Automation – Not Literally

Two weeks ago, Michael Wells wrote a post for the Capture Community about removing the human.  I found it interesting for a number of reasons.  Not just because I am fond of robots, but because I a... read more

What We Saw at Document Capture 2010

I have been traveling quite a bit lately.  My most recent stop was in New York, where my colleagues and I attended Harvey Spencer’s Document Capture 2010. It was great to hear opinions and discuss ... read more

No More Wait at the Bank

Appling for a loan, requesting credit, and buying a home may be the most stressful transactions that consumers make.  In the best case scenario, there are a plethora of forms to fill out, secondary... read more

OCR helping the Visually Impaired

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So what does Braille and OCR have in common? Braille: A system of writing or printing, devised by L. Braille for use by the blind, in which combinations of tangible dots or points are used to r... read more

Tackling the Home Office Operation

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Last week I wrote about how our government agencies can streamline their mammoth processes with OCR and, in turn, help the people they were set up to help more quickly and effectively.  Turning the... read more

Streamlining the Information Process in Government Agencies -- one OCR at a time

For many of us, the first thing that comes to mind when we think about the government is the overwhelming bureaucracy that seems evident in nearly every government agency.  And with that bureaucrac... read more

How can OCR Connect with Cloud Computing to Provide You With a Better Solution?

Several of today’s hottest trends are coming together to give enterprise managers the tools they need to get closer to their customers, gain data faster, and to save on costs.  In the last couple o... read more

Looking back 10 years

Ten summers ago, Tiger Woods became the first golfer since 1953 to win three major championships in a calendar year.  It was a good time for him, and it was a good time for us—the summer that ABBYY... read more

Is Mobile Capture the Next Killer App?

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The tech world is always looking for the next killer app that becomes so necessary that it can justify the purchase of a new consumer electronic device, be it a tablet or the latest mobile handset ... read more

What my Bio Doesn’t Tell You

Some call me a gadget geek, but I’d like to consider myself a consumer with an obsession for new and shiny things. What started as a few purchases here and there, has evolved into the possession of... read more