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In This Issue
- M-Files for Windows Phone 7.5
- The Strickland Group Joins M-Files Partner Program
- Reducing Operational Costs with Document Management
- Purchasing Software Licenses versus Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Document Management Saves Time (and time is money!)
- Increasing Efficiency and Productivity via Document Management
- M-Files Academy: Get Certified on M-Files!
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FUN FACTOID
Roughly half of companies pay off the cost of their document management system within six months. All IDC study participants found an average ROI of more than 400 percent after five years. Source: IDC
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COME AND MEET US!
Drop by and say hi if you're attending one of these events:
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M-Files Customers, Partners, and Friends:
In 2011, we experienced dramatic increases in new users, licenses sold, and reseller partners -- and our continued success has propelled M-Files to an astonishing five-year growth rate of 512 percent! We anticipate another strong year in 2012 as more organizations continue to embrace the M-Files easy document management system to solve the problem of managing, finding, and tracking important business information.
We've recently announced our 2011 sales and user growth figures highlighting the rapid adoption of M-Files products and solutions designed to improve the way companies organize and manage their documents, information and processes. Below is a snapshot of these details:
- The number of M-Files licenses sold in 2011 increased 53 percent over 2010.
- The M-Files user base grew by 40 percent to more than 160,000.
- Our reseller channel was a key driver of our worldwide growth in 2011, with total revenue generated through M-Files' reseller network growing by more than 100 percent.
- M-Files is also rapidly adding new channel partners and currently has more than 200 resellers operating in 55 countries, which represents an increase of 70 percent over 2010.
Read more about M-Files' highlights during the past year in our recent press release, including awards and accolades we received as well as new M-Files products, enhancements and integrations introduced during 2011.
Sincerely,
The M-Files Team |
| M-Files Now Available to Windows Phone 7.5 |
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Windows Phone 7.5 users can now utilize M-Files Mobile Access to retrieve important company documents and other vital information. With M-Files Mobile Access, Windows Phone 7.5 users can access documents stored in centralized repositories, whether cloud-based or via on-premise servers behind company firewalls. Read more. |
| The Strickland Group Joins the M-Files Partner Program |
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The Strickland Group, a Fort Worth, Texas-based IT firm with a strong client roster in the oil and gas sector, is the latest addition to the M-Files Partner Program. The Strickland Group integrated M-Files into its service portfolio because the company saw it as an effective and easy-to-use tool for addressing the need for many of its clients to better organize and manage their data silos. Read more. |
| Reducing Operational Costs with Document Management |
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| Many organizations seek out more effective document control because it addresses a critical business issue, while for others it’s the ability to find the right information at the right time. However, firms that still employ paper-based systems and processes often make the transition to a formal document management because they understand the significant savings they can realize by reducing operational costs associated with this approach. Read more. |
| Purchasing Software Licenses versus Software as a Service (SaaS) |
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Cloud solutions not only represent a significant shift in how businesses store and access their digital content, but also how they pay for it. In a cloud-based subscription model, most or all of the expenses associated with storage, management, maintenance and support are included in one monthly fee, and only a fraction of the ongoing operational resources are required for maintaining hardware and software necessary with on-premise alternatives. Read the post. |
| Document Management Saves Time (and time is money!) |
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| Digital content is often saved on different servers and workstations, in different folders, and under different names. Much like paper systems, employees go to look for the most current version of the file, but have to check multiple possible locations. Given that such a large portion of an employee’s day consists of file handling, there's ample opportunity to increase efficiency by utilizing a document management system. Read the post. |
| Increasing Efficiency and Productivity via Document Management |
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| By removing the wasted labor associated with old filing methods, employees can execute more projects (increasing productivity) and spend more time and attention to client needs. Document management systems often eliminate entire steps from business processes, thereby producing tremendous gains in efficiency, productivity, and ultimately, profitability. Read more. |
| M-Files Academy: Get Certified on M-Files! |
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| M-Files is excited to announce the M-Files Academy, a program that enables system administrators, standard users and M-Files partners to receive training and pass exams confirming their level of expertise using the M-Files platform. The benefits of becoming a certified M-Files user include an increase productivity and more efficient collaboration. For administrators and partners, a successful set-up and administration of the M-Files platform according to best practices has a positive ripple effect throughout the entire organization. Properly managed metadata structure, workflow processes and security settings are just a few ways to dramatically increase the ROI on an M-Files implementation. M-Files Academy starts in early 2012, so enroll today by contacting academy@m-files.com. |
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