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ABBYY Process Mining – Drilling Down Into Meaningful Data
What is Process Mining? Inefficiencies in business processes drain profits and stagnate growth. Some of these bottlenecks are clearly visible to decision-makers, but others require a deeper dive into the data. That’s where process mining comes in—drilling down into...
2022 Resolution – Get Serious About Ransomware & Secure Data Storage with Western Integrated Systems
Achilles Heel – A Lesson in Cybersecurity In Greek mythology, Achilles’ mother was told her son would die young. As any good mother would do, she sought out a solution to protect him from this fate and dipped his body in the Styx River, which would make him impervious...
Kronos Payroll Software Becomes Latest Victim of Ransomware
Ransomware doesn’t discriminate when it comes to its victims--nor do the perpetrators care whether the damage will affect the livelihood of the everyday employees. The latest example was an orchestrated attack that targeted the workforce management company Kronos, who...
Are You Ready for 2022? Top of Mind Concerns for CEO’s and Decision Makers
There used to be a saying in business, “You can have it cheaper, faster or better. Pick two.” “Pick two” is no longer competitive. Customers, shareholders and stakeholders expect all three—all the time. In the early 2000’s, companies invested heavily in information...
Pandemic Producing Piles of Paper – How COVID-19 is Driving a Transformation to Digital Content
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, nearly all companies and organizations were abruptly forced to transition portions of, and in many cases, their entire workforce, to remote work. It seems that many companies have adjusted to this “new normal” and settled in,...
Why COVID-19 Has Accelerated the Need for Digital Mailrooms
The shift to a remote model of work has transformed a variety of traditionally manual processes. While COVID-19 was the driving force behind this new concept, it’s one that apparently isn’t going away. It has become clear that many employees prefer a remote or hybrid...
Western Integrated Systems Launches New Imaging Center
With more than 40 years as a trusted digital transformation partner, Western Integrated Systems is launching a new imaging center with its headquarters in Fairfield, CA. The division will be led by Stan Ford, who was the President of Controlled Information Systems...
Fundamentals of Records Retention
WHAT IS A RETENTION SCHEDULE? A records retention schedule is the cornerstone of an effective information governance program. It is a policy document that defines an organization's legal, operational, historical and compliance recordkeeping requirements, regardless of...
FileBound Customer Success Story – County of Shasta (CA)
The Problem The goal of this initial project was to implement a fully compliant Trusted System process for accounting records containing Protected Health Information (PHI) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) content. With the Trusted System mandate on the...
Solutions for the Education Industry – How to Automate Student Records Management
Schools process a myriad of documents on a daily basis that must be kept on record. Whether it’s student transcripts, test scores, medical information or regulatory forms, the sheer volume of documents can often be extremely frustrating for administrators and staff if...
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