Vivek Naidu, Vice President Information Management, Kodak Alaris India
For businesses and governments in India and around the world, the need for effective Information Management has never been greater. Organizations are inundated with a tsunami of data as information flows in and out of their organizations from disparate sources. Most of this data requires immediate action and therefore is driving businesses to evaluate mechanisms which can help them converge their Information Management strategy with core Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
Here are a few trends in the Information Management domain, which will gain traction in the year ahead:
Going forward, we see businesses adopting an integrated portfolio of scanners, services and software solutions and doing away with legacy infrastructure, to extract maximum insight from information and route it seamlessly into business processes.
For these reasons and more, all kinds of businesses and public agencies are working towards paperless processes. Gradually, organizations are realizing that digitizing much of the content and information flowing through their business can have both financial and operational benefits.
With businesses adopting a decentralized mode of operation and engagement, it is crucial to have automated tools, which are web-based. This way businesses can integrate and leverage data regardless of where it is created and access it remotely.
Many organizations are now embracing the concept of ‘Chief Digital Officer’ as an important senior leadership role, which indicates that enterprises are adopting a digital native mindset and are constantly on a look out for innovative technologies and smart solutions. With “data chaos” now a common phenomenon at the threshold between physical and digital documents, the market is ripe for the next wave of information capture solutions to deliver real world benefits and significantly better business outcomes.