• What Does AI Mean for Education

    Andrea Link

    Andrea Link, SVP of Engineering & Cloud Ops

    Auto-complete sentences in your Word documents and emails. Apps that anticipate your shopping behaviors. Voice-activated virtual assistants. Artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way since the days of Clippy, the cheery little Microsoft help bot. And with the modern explosion of AI technology and its use...

  • It’s time to turn the page on paper forms and wet signatures.

    Softdocs

    Softdocs

    In our personal lives, we all know the agony of filling out paper forms—from the doctor’s office to the DMV, job applications to work contracts. When you are a business professional on the other side of that paper form, you face a process that can be painfully slow and riddled with data errors. And we can’t forget...

  • Security and Compliance Remain Top Priority when Modernizing Tech Stack

    Terri McKinney

    Terri McKinney

    Is it time to modernize your document management system to ensure security, compliance, and sustainability? 

    Outdated technology that’s clunky to use. Frustrating data holes. Untimely outages. Overwhelmingly disorganized datasets. If any of these problems sound familiar, your organization may have outgrown its...

  • The Perils and Promise for Higher Education Enrollment

    Softdocs

    Softdocs

    Rising tuition costs. Falling birth rates. Shifting attitudes. Changing career goals. The challenges to recruit and retain higher education students are real. Numerous studies and reports provide insights about changing behaviors, attitudes, and socioeconomic influences that have higher education institutions...

  • Ensuring Accessibility: The Crucial Role of WCAG Compliance in Enterprise Content Management Solutions for Higher Education

    Terri McKinney

    Terri McKinney

    One in four Americans lives with a disability. That’s 61 million people who may rely on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to equitably access digital technologies, including Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions. This is particularly relevant in higher education, where almost one in five...

  • Four Priorities for K-12 Districts: What role does technology play?

    Lanie Hudson

    Lanie Hudson

    June 8, 2023 -

    K-12 districts nationwide are experiencing unprecedented challenges—from tightening budgets to students’ mental health. As administrators and school boards work to find sustainable solutions, what role might education technology play in empowering districts with the tools and information they need...

  • Evaluating Your Tech Stack

    Vince Silvestri

    Vince Silvestri

    May 16, 2023 –

    Are you asking all the right questions?

    One of the most common—and important—questions I am asked by colleges, universities and districts exploring a new software investment is how best to evaluate their current tech stack. Whether a school is considering document management and process...

  • Higher education has a data security and sustainability problem

    Softdocs

    Softdocs

    March 21, 2023

    Higher education has had to adapt to unforeseen challenges, the pandemic being the most recent and obvious example. Institutions have also had to pivot as the office and the classroom continues to move towards a more remote-accepting landscape, with all the technological and security related...

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