December 20178 CIO InsightsCloud Computing for Better Document ManagementBY DALE RAYNER,CIO, AJ PARKHow do you look out for new trends and what is your way of implementing them?As we all know, the IT sector is rapidly changing and it is not often cost effective to keep up and be on the leading edge of technology. There is no point making a change for the sake of change; it should be because of an efficiency gain or monetary saving. We need to fully understand the problem we are trying to solve or the process we are trying to improve and what the end goal is. The best way of implementing is to get people on board from the beginning, ensuring a successful outcome. We spend a lot of time thinking about how to engage our stakeholders before we roll out new technologies.How do you identify the right solution providers for your projects?We like to work alongside solution providers who already have had experience in a similar project. We have found that it is best to use the people who have had experience in the past rather than someone who's learning as they go as they haven't had any past experience. When we moved Exchange in the cloud, our in-house IT team had no past project experience in that area at all, so we found a provider that had implemented this for other organizations. Using a solution provider with previous experience saved a lot of time and worked on our part because they already knew the steps that were required and the things to look out for.How do innovative cloud technologies impact the document management sector?I think there is a lot of opportunity for cloud storage technology to improve efficiency and definitely Dale Rayner
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