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Plan for Disasters with Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions

October 16th, 2023 by Function4

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In the fast-paced world of business, where data is the lifeblood of organizations, the ability to recover quickly from disasters is paramount. Whether it's a natural calamity, a cyberattack, or an unexpected hardware failure, disasters can strike...

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Why is Document Management Important

September 18th, 2023 by Function4

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Have you ever sent an urgent email and, seconds later, realized you attached the wrong document? Imagine the same scenario, but this time, it's a vital contract sent to your biggest client. We've all been there—fumbling through disorganized files...

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How Do Managed Print Services Reduce Printing Costs?

July 3rd, 2023 by Function4

Learn how managed print services help in reducing printing costs

In today's fast-paced business environment, managing printing costs has become a significant concern for organizations of all sizes. From small businesses to large corporations, optimizing printing resources while reducing expenses is...

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5 Issues They Don't Tell You About Filing Cyber Insurance Claims

May 8th, 2023 by Ed Hoffmann

5 Issues They Don't Tell You About Filing Cyber Insurance Claims

Mitigating your cyber risk by knowing these 5 tips could save you a whole lot of headaches. In today's digital age, cyber threats have become a major concern for businesses of all sizes. To protect themselves from potential losses due to cyber-attacks,...

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Posted in: Cybersecurity, Document Management, Cyber Insurance Claims

What is the Best Document Management Software Systems?

April 12th, 2023 by Kevin Box

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For businesses looking to optimize their document management process, the best document management software systems are those that provide automated workflows, enterprise search capabilities, and secure storage. Automated workflows allow documents to...

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How Do I Connect My Printer to My Computer?

March 17th, 2023 by Kevin Box

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Printing is an essential tool for any business or home office, and connecting your printer to your computer can be a simple process. Here are the steps you can take to ensure your printer is connected and ready for use. Check your printer’s...

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Posted in: Document Management, General, Managed Print Services, You Ask, Function4 Answers

How do I Install My Printer Driver?

March 17th, 2023 by Kevin Box

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Installing a printer driver can be a daunting task, but with the right steps it can be done quickly and easily. To help you get started, here is a step-by-step guide on how to install a printer driver: First, you’ll need to locate the printer...

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Posted in: Document Management, General, Managed Print Services, You Ask, Function4 Answers

Function4 Invited to Attend 22nd Annual Technology Assurance Group (TAG) Convention

March 15th, 2023 by Bill Patsouras

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Leading MTSP Invited to Conference with Thought Leaders on Exceeding Customer Expectations Sugar Land, TX – Function4, a leading managed technology services provider (MTSP) was invited to attend and share their expertise with top industry organizations...

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Posted in: Cybersecurity, Document Management, Business Technology, Phone Systems, General, Press Release, Managed Print Services, IT Services

Secure Your Documents and Business with Document Management System – DMS

August 18th, 2022 by Function4

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A company's growth entails considerable documentation to keep track of all your spending and earnings along with what projects are being worked on and more. Imagine a growing company with an inefficient file management system that could...

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Things to Look for When Buying a Copier or Printer

January 17th, 2022 by Function4

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Are you thinking of buying a new printer or copier for your business? Need to make an upgrade right away in the fastest time? Then make sure to read this post first as we share with you some of the most crucial things to consider when buying a copier...

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Posted in: Document Management, Business Technology

Key Factors to Consider in a DMS (Document Management System)

January 3rd, 2022 by Function4

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To manage a successful business, it is important to keep things well-organized. Though every business has unique organizational needs, how you store, track, and manage internal documents can significantly impact your business's operational efficiency....

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6 Minutes Will Save Your Organization Thousands on the Cost of Toner

August 30th, 2021 by Kevin Box

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When it comes to your printer fleet, having more visibility to performance is critical. Knowing how much volume each printer is producing is valuable. Getting automatic toner fulfillment is more productive and efficient than having an employee order...

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3 Tips for Moving from Paper-Based Processes to Automated Digital Workflows

August 10th, 2021 by Joan Honig

3 Tips for Moving from Paper-Based Processes to Automated Digital Workflows

If your existing processes are well documented, it’s relatively easy to transfer them into a digital environment using a document management system. Unfortunately, many organizations have poor or inaccurate documentation, which makes creating digital...

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Print Server versus Service Client: What’s the Difference?

July 1st, 2021 by Tom Darnall

Eliminate print servers

At Function4, we have one overarching mission: to eliminate print servers. They’re a huge pain point for print environments of every shape and size, a resource vortex that devours time, money and effort with very little to show for it. IT departments...

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What is Workflow Automation? Why It Matters and Why You Need It

June 24th, 2021 by Chris Davidson

What is Workflow Automation? Why It Matters and Why You Need It

While it's absolutely true that a lot of your business processes are important, they also expose your organization to a wide range of potential issues that you may not even realize. Every manual process performed by one of your actual human...

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Posted in: Document Management, Automation

The Packaging and Labels Revival

May 27th, 2021 by Ed Bokuniewicz

Print Production | Meredith

So much has changed going into this year, but with that change comes the opportunity for businesses to reinvent themselves to better meet the needs of their customers. There is an ever-increasing shift from in-store to online shopping, which is...

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Print and Digital Communications Are Alive and Well

May 25th, 2021 by Ed Bokuniewicz

Print is not dead

Since 2008, the digital communications industry has been publicizing “Print is Dead.” This quote is an opinion and not fact based. It reminded me of the oft-quoted line by Mark Twain, the great American humorist, when he learned that a major American...

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Top Document Management Challenges

May 5th, 2021 by M-Files

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How Much Time Does Your Staff Waste on Document Management Inefficiencies? Searching, finding, and managing documents and information is a challenge for staff in most companies and lots of working hours are wasted on it every single day. 46% say they...

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The 6 Consequences of Not having a Managed Print Services Program

April 12th, 2021 by Kevin Box

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Let’s face it, managing printers isn’t glamorous, and all end-users genuinely care about is if they can print. If the answer is no, the end-user must find an alternative to fix the problem. This is a microcosm of why having a printer service organization...

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How Long Does It Actually Take to Find a Document?

April 8th, 2021 by Garrett Hollander

How Fast Does Your AdWords Data Update? Find Out

Let’s track the timeline of responses over the last twenty years… 2001 IDC reports that workers who manage, create, or edit documents for a company were spending up to 2.5 hours per day searching for what...

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HR Process Automation with Function4

April 5th, 2021 by Function4

HR Automation

Given the amount of information human resource departments are required to manage and secure, it is reasonable that these HR processes can become difficult to organize. Information management solutions provide tools that can assist in streamlining...

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Posted in: Document Management, Automation

How to Reduce Careless Employee Printing

April 1st, 2021 by Jason Callahan

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While I don’t want to get down on employees (after all, I’m an employee myself), it’s no secret that their printing habits can be kind of, well, careless. The average worker prints about 34 pages a day, yet 17% of those pages go unused. Close to...

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Printing for Businesses with Multiple Locations

March 30th, 2021 by Brian Wistisen

How to Optimize for Multiple Locations

Print servers are the go-to choice when it comes to a corporate printing infrastructure. Conventional direct IP printing is different than server printing. With direct IP, printers are managed on a workstation-by-workstation basis. Print...

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What Causes Slow Network Printing?

March 25th, 2021 by Chris Summerhays

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When your network printer is slow to respond, you might find yourself wondering what causes slow network printing. This is a common scenario. Here are a few established workarounds for slow network printing. How to fix slow network printing...

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What is a Document Management System? And Why is it Useful?

March 24th, 2021 by Garrett Hollander

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What is a Document Management System (DMS)? What is a document management system? Put simply, a document management system is an automated business software solution used to organize, secure, store, capture, digitize, and tag business files....

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Be Ahead of the Game: Give Your IT Department Tools to Encourage Innovation

March 17th, 2021 by Jacob Eskelsen

Innovate Or Die: The Cost Of Not Doing Anything

As much as some folks like to brag about their ability to multitask, we all know by now that multitasking just isn’t efficient. Our brains prefer to focus on a single task rather than be pulled in different directions. That applies to IT departments...

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3 Common Security Mistakes When It Comes to Printing in Federal Organizations

March 16th, 2021 by Steve Kelley

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In 2019, the online training platform Skillbox sent a rogue print job to unsecured network printers. To do that, they relied on a search tool called Shodan that discovers vulnerable Internet-connected devices. It was the very same tool that a prankster...

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Are Your Current Print Management Practices Future Proof?

March 11th, 2021 by Tom Darnall

Print Manager for Business and Education | Print Management Solution

When planning their enterprise print management strategies, most organizations try to take a long-term view. They look to purchase cost-sensitive workhorse printers for their fleet and printer management solutions that will support and integrate...

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Print Server versus Service Client: What’s the Difference?

February 23rd, 2021 by Tom Darnall

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At Function4, we have one overarching mission: to eliminate print servers. They’re a huge pain point for print environments of every shape and size, a resource vortex that devours time, money and effort with very little to show for it. IT departments...

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4 Avoidable Stresses of Working with Business Documents

February 11th, 2021 by Wendy Seykens

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The following article is a guest post by Wendy Seykens, Marketing and Communications Coordinator with M-Files partner BMconsultants. This year has become the year of virtual meetings — where we all convene together to discuss business. An hour here,...

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How to Approach The Future of Document Management

January 8th, 2021 by Max Queen

If you're adding a document management strategy to your business, it's important to realize that it won't be a one-step process. You'll need to decide which department could see the most immediate benefits and also understand that company-wide deployment...

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As COVID Fuels P2P & O2C Digital Transformation, Esker is Perceived as a Unicorn

November 17th, 2020 by Daniel Reeve

COVID Fuels P2P and O2C SaaS Platforms Digital Transformation

There’s a big focus on digital transformation across the entire enterprise. In fact, Information Age calls out that 47% of CIO’s are seeing an increase in the pace of transformation. CFO’s are sharing that they need to protect their organizations and...

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Document Management Improves Critical Business Processes

March 4th, 2019 by Function4

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No matter what type of business you're in, managing information requires a good portion of your team's time. A robust document management solution can replace ad hoc strategies that take too much time and don't work well in today's information-saturated...

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Why Your Business Needs a Mobile Device Management Solution

February 27th, 2019 by Function4

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If your employees have been using mobile devices for work with no apparent consequences for your organization, should you still consider a mobile device management solution? The answer is yes, especially given the security vulnerabilities widespread...

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3 Ways to Become More Efficient with Document Management

February 11th, 2019 by Function4

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Is your organization 20% less efficient than it could be? It is if you're tied to paper-based business processes. From losing track of critical documents to essential processes that take far longer than they should, a paper-dependent office is a productivity...

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Do You Need a Mobile Device Management Solution?

January 21st, 2019 by Function4

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The 21st century has already seen some astonishing advances in the technology sector, with new opportunities coming so fast that many businesses struggle to stay on top of changes. Mobile device management is one technology solution your organization...

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3 High-Value Document Management Benefits

January 7th, 2019 by Function4

Document Management

We've all experienced the frustration of trying to locate a lost document. Sometimes lost paperwork is just a hassle, but when a critical business document can't be found, the stakes may be much higher. Here's how a document management system can make...

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Get These Four Benefits with Document Management

December 10th, 2018 by Function4

Document Management

A great document management solution can speed up your existing business processes, with time savings as high as 40% to 75% depending on your current processes. Since time is still money, you can count on some significant improvements to your bottom...

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Tips for How to Approach Your Document Management Transition

November 5th, 2018 by Function4

If you're adding a document management strategy to your business, it's important to realize that it won't be a one-step process. You'll need to decide which department could see the most immediate benefits and also understand that company-wide deployment...

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Banish Paper Clutter With Document Management

October 15th, 2018 by Function4

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Look around your office and make a mental list of the things that bother you the most. For many people, it's paper clutter, lack of space, and constant reminders of how behind they are that causes the most frustration. Moving to a roomier office may...

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Do You Need a Mobile Device Management Partner?

October 1st, 2018 by Function4

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Personal mobile device usage is now so prevalent in company work environments that few question the practice. As more and more BYOD employees enter the workplace, Mobile Device Management professionals provide a wide variety of services to protect confidential...

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Choosing Managed IT Services for Healthcare

September 24th, 2018 by Function4

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Is your healthcare facility in the process of choosing a Managed IT Services provider? Well, there's a lot to take into consideration. From the level of support to specific services, it's critical to do some advanced research and take your time before...

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3 Essential Protections Provided Through Document Management

September 17th, 2018 by Function4

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While most efforts to protect information have to do with stopping outside intruders and malicious attacks, information is vulnerable from the inside as well. Is yours protected? Protection Through Your Document Management System Document management...

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Slash Your Paper Storage Costs with Document Management

August 13th, 2018 by Function4

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Are rising operating costs putting a dent in your ability to grow your business? You're not alone, but a growing number of companies have found a way to reduce how much they spend on day-to-day operations. The High Cost of Storing Paper Those filing...

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Accomplish More with a Document Management System

July 16th, 2018 by Function4

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Fitting more hours into a day is impossible. However, by working smarter, we can almost always fit more tasks into the day's available hours. One of the most effective ways to get more from your day is through technology. Work Smarter By leveraging the...

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Data Security with Document Management

June 18th, 2018 by Function4

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If you're worried about data security (and who isn't these days?), a document management system can give you the peace of mind you're seeking. Document management also increases efficiency, saves time, and reduces operating costs. When added to the built-in...

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3 Processes Streamlined by Document Management

May 7th, 2018 by Function4

Document Management

Document management can help your company in countless ways. It saves time, money, and stress, all by streamlining and strengthening the ways you deal with paper—but that's a pretty general statement, isn't it? Today we'll look at three specific...

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