Adobe added to its ubiquitous PDF document creation and management platform on Monday with the purchase of a Palo Alto-based electronic-signature company called EchoSign. The San Jose software company had been attempting to develop its own...

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Info-Tech conducted its own market evaluation of nine leading eForms solutions. Use this tool to narrow the vendors to a shortlist of solutions that best satisfy enterprise requirements.

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The eForms market is evolving away from the paper form entirely, replacing it with a rich UI and integration with both new digital media and more advanced mobile functionality.

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Learn how your IT department compares to your peers in the Insurance Services sector by using Info-Tech's IT Budget & Staffing report. The attached PDF contains a consolidated report covering both Financial and Insurance services research.

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Service firms tend to be smaller enterprises with big technology needs from server to desktop. In this highly competitive environment, IT decision makers need to make the most of every scarce IT dollar invested and wisely use the skills of their...

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Financial institutions have intensive IT requirements that necessitate specialized IT skill sets and significant technology investment to compete. Use these reports to help you make the right decisions, and see how your department compares to...

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The Education industry is constantly walking an IT budgeting tightrope. IT professionals must choose their technology and people investments wisely. These reports illustrate how your peers in the Education industry are handling these challenges.

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Complex IT environments and fluctuating budgets are the norm for Government institutions. They must focus on streamlining processes while providing users with critical IT services. From managing large IT staffs to supporting legacy applications,...

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The need for careful IT budgeting and staffing in health care institutions has never been greater. A complex IT environment and low tolerance for errors and downtime means that IT management must hire the right skill sets and make the correct...

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Resource constraint is the name of the game when it comes to IT departments working within the Manufacturing industry. Prioritizing every dollar spent is of primary importance. Learn where your peers are spending their money and how they...

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Industries such as Forestry, Fishing and Mining invest large sums in technology solutions every year. Make every dollar count. Find out where others in your industry sector are targeting their budgetary spend and allocating IT staffing resources.

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Complexity is a critical challenge faced by IT departments in the Transportation, Utilities, and Communications industries. Ongoing evaluation of priorities, operations and budgets is essential. Compare against your industry peers to make the...

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Wholesale & Retail IT departments operate in highly competitive environments. Supply chain management, demand forecasting, and inventory management place pressure on IT decision makers to be innovative. Supplement your arsenal of...

OpenOffice.org released Version 3 of its free, open-source office productivity suite. Functional parity with Microsoft Office is at its highest, especially for the handful of Microsoft (MS) Office features most frequently used. However, when...

Adobe Systems recently announced general availability of Version 9 of its flagship Acrobat product. Adobe's addition of advanced live document collaboration between Acrobat Professional and the free Adobe Reader requires that organizations once...

In case you missed it, Microsoft's OOXML (Office Open XML) document format has received approval from the required number of member countries to become an ISO standard. If you did miss it, you are not alone. And did I mention PDF was recently...

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Different enterprise problems may be solved by different levels of forms automation. Forms automation can enable simplistic department routing or mission-critical enterprise processes. Use this tool to determine the appropriate level of forms...

Business forms are the windows through which process participants provide and receive information concerning process execution. Understanding the basics of forms automation technology architecture and the constituent technology components will...

Small enterprises that cannot justify investment in high-end electronic forms automation systems often believe their only alternative is to employ word processing or spreadsheet forms. However, many affordable electronic forms solutions are...

Companies must protect confidential documents, when they are distributed beyond enterprise boundaries, to reduce risk and comply with regulatory requirements. Microsoft Office includes strong encryption for securing documents, but client-level...

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Info-Tech's "Sample MS Word Form" can be used as a template to easily create new Word forms for the enterprise instead of contending with expensive Adobe solutions.