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for our more
Model of the future
infrastructure-
Juergen Biffar, co-president of DocuWare, focused ADPs
commented that “SaaS will increasingly to build up the
establish itself alongside existing models”. hardware and IT
He also believes that it will take about ten infrastructure
years before the majority of companies will and undertake
access their business applications online. any necessary
“Because of the modern technology at its configuration work.”
core, DocuWare SaaS is already geared up
for this coming trend,” he said. Other Nevertheless, Biffar
market watchers agree with DocuWare’s points out that
thinking: Gartner estimates that by 2012 a there will still be a
third of all enterprise software will be leased demand for many
rather than purchased per licence; while existing core
Experion and IDC anticipate worldwide services provided
growth of approximately 30 per cent. is that, as it’s a rented model, the sales by the ADPs. “For example, there will still
incentives are in the form of a continuous be the need for general solution consulting,
Biffar added that the SaaS offering will be revenue stream rather than being largely which remains the same as with the
supplied to end customer purely through focused on profit made at the beginning of traditional document management model,”
the channel. “Our ADPs will receive the securing the customer contract for the use he said. “Then there is the requirement
same discount or same margin that they of the software. Another key difference from for configuration, adaptation, workflow
receive when selling our regular product,” a channel perspective is that, through selling modelling and so on, which again remain
he explained, adding: “The big difference the SasS option, there wouldn’t be the need the same as with the traditional model.” circlesolid
Survey
Document Management
Enterprise Data Quality
Management challenges
apscan, supplier of organisation’s existing DQM strategies, as to capture name and address data, for
C
international address well as how they perceive the quality of their example, but just over half validated this
management solutions and data. It also asked about the wider issues, data using appropriate software, such as
data integrity services, has including to what extent senior management de-duplication, suppression and address
announced the findings of was recognising the importance of data quality management tools. In addition, almost 28
its international data quality management and what they believed the impacts of good per cent and 39 per cent of respondents
(DQM) report and survey of business or bad data quality is on the organisation. stated that establishing a link between
professionals. Whilst awareness levels of data and ROI and getting organisations
the importance of data quality are high with
Impact of poor data
to understand the impact of poor data
88 per cent of respondents viewing data Although 66 per cent identified operational respectively were two big challenges.
quality as important or fairly important to efficiency as the most affected by poor
their organisation, only 41 per cent claimed data quality and 69 per cent suggested that The majority of those surveyed believed the
to have a DQM policy in place. one of their main challenges was ensuring responsibility and consequently the tactical
data is up to date and accurate, very few management of data quality lies with IT,
The independent survey commissioned by organisations had the policies, tools and with 30 per cent of respondents pointing to
Capscan polled business professionals processes in place to manage data quality members of the IT department when asked
(predominantly CIOs and IT heads of UK in the most effective manner – or at all. where they believed responsibility for data
and international organisations) about their Almost 90 per cent of respondents claimed quality lies within the business. circlesolid
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