Guest 8 things post by Danny Johnson from NetDocuments… I’m obsessed with technology, especially document management (DM). I’m also obsessed with reality TV, and specifically The Jersey Shore. So last week, as I was watching the crew following their daily GTL (Gym, Tan, Laundry) morning routine, I had an epiphany: I realized how many parallels there were to the two seemingly distinct worlds I lived in and how one, Jersey Shore, embodied the future of the other (document management). I’ve broken this down into 8 things and shared it with you below. Numbers 1-3 are GTL (Gym, Tan, Laundry) [JM note -- I will admit in a clear sign of being post 50 that I know nothing about this Show other than the people on the commercials give me the creeps -- And I'm originally from New Jersey!] 8 Things the Jersey Shore Taught me About the Future of Document Management 1 — “If you don’t go to the gym, you don’t look good” – The Situation. In the past, when businesses contemplated moving their DM to the cloud, the prevailing idea was that some robustness and security had to be sacrificed for mobility, price and nimbleness. Well the SaaS…

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With the explosion of content in the enterprise, findability has become a major concern for most organizations. Tens of millions of documents can be scattered between multiple file systems, databases and content management applications. Each application has a different access method and no common interface exists for a user who needs a piece of knowledge to get their job done. Putting all of this content in a common location and providing an interface to find this data is the job of enterprise search. [Note: Are you a Service Company or VAR in the Document Management Space? If so, have you made your plans to attend the Document Management Service Providers Executive Forum November 4-6 in Nashville? Make your plans NOW; seats are limited.] 8 Keys to Findability 1 — Data in Many Types of Files. Much of the content in organizations has grown over time through multiple different systems. Every merger or acquisition introduces additional types of files and storage locations. Many of the applications to open this data are proprietary and may not be available to all users. Data, however, resides in all of these different file types and must be accessible. The ability to identify relevant files and…