CrawfordTech’s Weekly Reading List: April 27, 2012

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There is a lot happening in the news this week, so much so that we are bringing you news from two different areas of concentration this week: Digital Mail and the Print Industry. Even if you haven’t had your pulse on the news wire over the last week, you are sure to have heard of the U.S. Postal Service’s woes. What you might not have heard about were the significant announcements from around the globe about Digital Mailbox Services.

Read on to find out how the Oman province is integrating digital mail for their citizens, the newest state and county clients signed to doxo, an award nomination for doxo, commentary on the future of the USPS, the war to deliver digital mail and a war on junk mail via a mobile app.

On the printing side of things, we have two articles that look at QR codes, why to take them seriously and how printers can leverage them. Then of course the print industry is buzzing about drupa, which is just around the corner. Find out what HP has in store for Print Service Providers (PSPs) and how drupacity 2012 will great attendees.

What topic intrigues you more digital or print?

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CrawfordTech’s Weekly Reading List: March 9, 2012

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March is shaping up to be a great month for the Enterprise Output Management and Enterprise Content Management markets. As we mentioned last week CrawfordTech will be attending the AIIM Conference 2012 in San Francisco and the 2012 Xplor International Conference and Vendor Forum in St. Pete Beach. The hot topics this year include multi-channel communications, Digital Mailbox Services, preference management and information management. Speaking of those topics, they are also in this weeks news.

This week your must reads include the death of POSTNET, WTF QR Codes, EMC’s decade long achievement and a search for the Eighth Wonder of the World.

In addition we have a new announcement from our Archive Management Solutions division that will give our customers more capability and flexibility when archiving native print files (print-streams) into EMC Documentum.

Would it surprise you that the Eighth Wonder of the World might have to do with Print?

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CrawfordTech’s Weekly Reading List: March 2, 2012

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Welcome to March! This is a month full of excitement for the High Volume Transactional Output (HVTO) print and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) industries. Why? We have two of the most targeted trade shows in the industry coming up this month, AIIM Conference 2012 March 20-22, San Francisco, Calif., and 2012 Xplor Global Conference and Vendor Forum March 27-29, St. Pete’s Beach, Fla.

CrawfordTech will be at both shows as a sponsor (Gold at AIIM and Platinum at Xplor); if you are going to be attending be sure to let us know by dropping us a note or setting up and appointment!

With this being a busy month and a year where many companies are preparing for drupa in Germany this May, the news is plentiful. This week your must reads include commentary on new technology and the collapse of print, a review successful and not so successful Quick Response (QR) code usage, questioning death of commercial printers and a look at tasty presentations at Xplor that you can actually eat.

In addition we have an invitation to the next Xplor Webinar: Missing Statements, Reprints and Workflow Management: The Automation Journey of an Operations Manager.

Have you stepped into the shoes of your Operations Manager lately?

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CrawfordTech’s Weekly Reading List: February 17, 2012

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We hope everyone had a heart filled Valentine’s Day. Now, as we wind down the week it is time for the news that has been buzzing around the industry. This week we have a look at a new QR Code Killer, the anticipated unveiling of a new 30% faster high-speed color inkjet printer at drupa, new technologies appearing at Dscoop7 ahead of drupe and news of a large insurance company adopting Digital Postal Mail powered by Zumbox.

As a follow on to the above, we have an article on the EU, mailing and what is next for the region.

Have you looked into Digital Mailbox Services?

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Tagged Digital Mail QR Codes Royal Mail digital mailbox printing trade shows

CrawfordTech’s Weekly Reading List: February 3, 2012

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Now as we are into the second month of the year it is interesting to see the news change from what to expect from 2012 back to the industry issues and needs at hand. This week’s news articles look at the breaking up of Manroland, the view that the USPS is in an unsustainable situation, a discount being added to the USPS business strategy via a QR Code and a look at how to boost your LinkedIn presence in seven easy steps.

In addition, we have a follow on to the USPS perspective with a look at where Digital Postal Mail solutions are going and information on an educational webinar that discuss coming changes in print regulations that you need to know about.

Does your company offer Digital Mailbox solutions to its customers? What about Braille or other accessible document formats?

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CrawfordTech’s Weekly Reading List: January 6, 2012

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Happy New Year! And welcome back to the Crawford Technologies Weekly Reading List. This is the first Friday of 2012 and there is some interesting pieces of news in the industry you won’t want to miss. This week we have commentary on QR codes and the lack of love shown by consumers, advancement in the largest print conference’s ticket delivery for 2012, the likening of Amtrak and the United States Postal Service and another example of how Print isn’t dead.

In addition, CrawfordTech announced a new product this week – PRO Viewer. We have included a link to the press release in this edition as well as information for our informative product launch webinar January 18, 2012!

Would you believe culture can save the fate of printing firms?

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CrawfordTech’s Weekly Reading List: December 23, 2011

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As we wind down the last weeks of 2011 Crawford Technologies would like to thank all of our readers for stopping by the blog this year and supporting the launch of our Weekly Reading List. For 2012 we are planning a host of new content, so we hope to entice you will educational, interesting and inspiring content in the New Year. In this edition, we have the top of the tops with PrintMediaCentr’s Top Ten for the past year and M-bossed’s Top Five. On a sadder note, the print industry says goodbye to the founder of Xerox PARC and on the lighter side we have a fun holiday video from a Canadian printer.

Workin’ In A Printer Wonderland? Check out the video from Quality in Print to see how close they come to your wonderland experience. Happy Holidays!

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CrawfordTech’s Weekly Reading List: November 25, 2011

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In our Reading List this week we have predictions of worldwide revenue for the document solutions marketplace, a stark reminder of how frail your security might be and the latest ComScore report on QR Code usage.

Have other links we should feature? Tell us about them in the comments section below.

On with the news...

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CrawfordTech’s Weekly Reading List: October 21, 2011

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Welcome to this week’s edition of CrawfordTech’s Weekly Reading List. As we looked through the news feeds this week we saw some things that caught our attention. For your Friday reading this week we have 7 ways you can integrate search and email marketing in your line of business, the USPS in the news again with a postal price increase, the wrong places to use QR codes and 10 tips for deploying SharePoint successfully in your organization.

Did using QR codes on Billboards next to a highway make the list? Read on to find out…

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