[As is the case with our 8 things series, the opinions expressed in the 5 myths guest columns are those of the guest contributor and not necessarily mine or AIIM's. This guest post is by Bill Galusha from EMC. As usual, contra perspectives welcome.] Myth #1: Desktop scanning works well enough for digitizing my paper documents Reality: Digitizing your paper is really just a small piece to the solution and does provide some value, but the scope of your business problem will determine whether or not a simple desktop capture solution is going to do the job. For small organizations or businesses that are looking to do a simple back-file document conversion project, a basic capture system might satisfy their requirements. But for mid- and large-sized organizations, the requirements are often more complex and require advanced document automation, distributed capture, and connectivity with a host of business systems. In this case, organizations need to consider an intelligent enterprise capture solution that delivers a full range of capabilities including the ability to capture documents from anywhere within the organization, automatically connect information to your business systems, and deliver both scalability and high availability for those mission critical processes. It is time…

It’s time for the glamour competition among the AIIM expert bloggers and Digital Landill bloggers. The top 10 posts in the third quarter! A comment before I trigger a slew of Twitter comments both pro and con about SharePoint. We (AIIM) don’t select the topics. We (AIIM staff) don’t click like maniacs on SharePoint topics while at home at night to try and drive up the traffic. Yes, I know that the time boundaries do create a bit of a bias for those posts at the beginning of the quarter vs. the end of the quarter. With those caveats, here are the results… Here are the top 10 posts for the AIIM Expert bloggers: 5 myths about SharePoint records management Is SharePoint 2010 really ready for ECM? Creating an ECM organizational structure – building your team The truth about folders It’s the users – an old story repeated many times Developing a hybrid SharePoint 2010/ERM/ECM platform (SPaaS) User profile list in SharePoint 2010 A tweet is a record SharePoint – Where to begin – Play Legos eDiscovery and records management – a perfect storm? And on the Digital Landfill site… What the hell is Google+? – Here’s an answer 8…

A bit of a personal post today, but I can’t help myself. If anyone wants to see why it is taking this economy so long to recover from the financial meltdown, here’s my suggestion — refinance your home, and then think a bit about what this one process says about the efficiency of information management and the legal and regulatory obstacles we have created around things that should be simple. And think about how utterly disconnected the people in the big white house and the pretty white dome about 25 miles from here (of both parties) are from the reality of what actually creates economic value. Here are the details. We have been in our home — our only home — for 16 years. The value of the home is roughly 2X what we paid for it, even after the past few years. We’ve been fortunate, and I know that. We have about 10 months left on the mortgage — yahoo! (the exclamation, not the company). The original note on the home was with Countrywide; the note was bought by another company that shall remain nameless about 10 years ago. We have near perfect credit and no debt. Knock wood….

[As is the case with our 8 things series, the opinions expressed in the 5 myths guest columns are those of the guest contributor and not necessarily mine or AIIM's. This guest post is by Shiraz Ahmed, CEO of ITAZ Technologies. As usual, contra perspectives welcome.] Isn’t it ironic that with advancing technology, we are quick to spend on ‘cool’ gadgets for personal use though they do not yield any financial return in most cases; but we are reluctant to invest in technology that is proven to yield a return in the short-to-medium term? This also holds true when it comes to moving a business to the paperless model. Let us look at five myths about paperless offices that prevent organizations from adopting electronic document management, and consequently miss out on the benefits that such technology brings. Myth #1: Dedicated IT staff are required to maintain a DMS application. Reality — This is fast becoming a thing of the past. Modern software applications can be simple to install and easy to maintain. Today’s document management software is designed on a task-based model. That means software developers place themselves in your shoes and learn what organizations want from the solution. What…