Manuel J. Montesino's Articles in General Business

  • Ten Things You Should Know about Workflows
    In the assembly line days, work flowed along the line with each worker repeating the same limited operation throughout the day. Though this kind of work flow increased productivity dramatically, it had a huge price in the form of worker boredom and weariness.
  • Ten Things You Should Know about IT Disaster Recovery
    Today’s businesses depend heavily on Information Technology (IT) because of the overwhelming business advantages it can provide. This dependence has a flip side in that an IT disaster can cripple the business.
  • Ten Things You Should Know about Electronic Signatures
    In most developed countries, electronic signatures are becoming as valid as conventional signatures. An electronic signature is more than a digital signature and can take surprisingly varied forms, as discussed in this article.
  • Ten Things You Should Know About Document Retention
    Business documents are retained for several purposes such as complying with statutory requirements, providing decision support information, recording history, demonstrating compliance with regulations and meeting document-discovery needs in litigation. Retaining electronic documents for long periods faces some special problems.
  • Ten Things You Should Know About Document Discovery
    In the U.S., document discovery in litigation has its own practices. Efficient document discovery can save large sums of litigation costs. Even in other countries, efficient document "discovery" can substantially enhance the chances of success in lawsuits.
  • Have You Considered Professional Document Storage?
    You might have begun the journey towards a paperless office. However, it's still likely that you have a large volume of paper documents that need to be stored safely. These can include old books and documents that cannot yet be destroyed and current documents such as contracts and legal documents that need to be preserved in paper.
  • The Importance Of Document Scanning Software
    Your document scanner cannot do much by itself. It's the document scanning software that interprets the light information and produces meaningful results. This article first describes the significance of scanning to document management. Then the criteria that determine the features you want in the scanning software is investigated.