Tag Archives: Document Management

Introducing Benubird

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Karl De Abrew

We’re happy to announce that we now have a Technical Preview of Benubird available for download. Our goal is for Benubird to redefine a way of storing, managing and retrieving documents (and other types of files too) — regardless of … Continue reading →

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What is PDF/A?

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Rowan Hanna

PDF/A is a subset of PDF designed for long-term archiving. In order to make it suitable for long-term archiving certain PDF features, such as JavaScript support, embedding of audio/video content and encryption, were removed. In addition, use of standards-based metadata … Continue reading →

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Where’s that file?

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Karl De Abrew

“Document management” was previously the domain of librarians and nerds in the filing room (no offense!). However, with the deluge of email, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, invoices, reports, and even more, it’s now a problem that everyone has to deal with. … Continue reading →

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Document metadata in PDFs

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Rowan Hanna

More than a few people have been caught out by sharing documents which had sensitive information hidden in document metadata. These slip-ups are primarily caused by a lack of understanding about document metadata — what it is, how it is … Continue reading →

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Get smart

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Rowan Hanna

In a nutshell, what we’re looking to do is to overcome the problems inherent in a folder-based system. Remember the days of trying to locate a physical file you dropped in the wrong folder in a physical filing cabinet. In … Continue reading →

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Tips for digitizing your paper documents

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Rowan Hanna

Some percentage of my bills, invoices, receipts and other notes are in paper form, and the rest are electronic. At the moment as I see it you’ve got two choices: 1. You print everything and file it. 2. You scan … Continue reading →

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