In today’s world of multi-channel communication, raw input may come from paper documents, paper forms, web forms, faxes, emails, SMS, mobile and social. Rather than build a data capture connection to each process for each of these potential media channels, it would seem more sensible to invest in a broad-capability capture platform that can capture, recognize and validate data from any source, and use it to drive multiple processes across multiple enterprise business systems.

And the Top Ten list is…(Where’s Letterman?) 5 Myths about Taxonomy and SharePoint 5 myths about SharePoint 5 myths about Document Management 5 myths about the CMIS standard 8 Reasons SharePoint 2010 Looks Like a True ECM System 5 myths About ECM ROI Back of the napkin noodle-ings on the lifecycle of #ECM Google+: A great new potential tool, or just another darn thing to check? 8 Features in SharePoint 2010 That Rock SharePoint Saturday “The Conference” – a quick recap —– Registered yet for our Social Business Virtual Conference on September 8? Will we see you at our Content Management Boot Camp?

Here’s a complete list of all our 8 things guest posts… Enjoy. And don’t forget our e-books, located HERE. Many thanks to all the contributors on this project. I appreciate your involvement and insights. For those of you unfamiliar with AIIM, we are a non-profit organization focused on helping organizations find, control, and manage their information. Whether you are a user, a hardware or software vendor, or part of the content channel, AIIM is the leading voice for the document, content, and records space. We do market research,provide training and education, and help those on the sell side of the industry connect with prospective customers. 8 Things About an Information-Driven Business 8 Reasons Large Format Scanning Should Play an Important Role in Your ECM Plan 8 Risks Organizations Can Avoid by Using a Document Management Solution 8 reasons why 2011 will be the year of CMIS 8 Things I have Learned About Effective Presentations 8 Things You Need to Know About Open Source ECM 8 Things to Consider When Evaluating a Managed Print Services Program 8 Reasons “Social Email” is The Ideal Enterprise 2.0 Enabler 8 Reasons why Santa Claus Needs Cloud-Based Document Management 8 Things the Jersey Shore Taught…

Guest author: Janne Lautanala 1 — Open source has still a lot more potential. The open source movement has gained significant momentum in the operating system and database market as evidenced by the wide acceptance of Linux, Apache, PHP and MySQL. This momentum has yet to have a significant impact on the open source Web content management (WCM) and portal market. Although the number of Web content management open source solutions available is large, the adoption rate remains low when compared to the market size. 2 — Not all Open Source solutions are same. The open source ECM vendor landscape is divided between ECM frameworks and systems. Frameworks provide the building blocks for developing very complex ECM implementations whereas systems are more comparable to commercial packages. The offerings come from a broad number of countries and with a wide variety of software license agreements. The systems can further be divided to fully fledged ECM/DM and web content management (WCM) solutions. 3 — Focus on product selection. There is a great variety of open source products in the market. It is essential that you select the right product, preferably a proven one with adequate user base in order to ensure that…