Keen to Go Green!

In Okotoks, AB, Laserfiche document management protects a historic past and provides for a sustainable future

Okotoks Nestled along the Sheep River Valley in the heart of the Alberta Foothills, the town of Okotoks, AB, is the second-fastest growing community in Canada, with a 46 percent growth rate since 2001.

According to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Okotoks “can fairly call itself the greenest community in Canada, maybe the world,” as it is one of the first municipalities to establish growth targets balancing infrastructure development and environmental conservation. And true to its motto of “Historic Past, Sustainable Future,” Okotoks has received national and international recognition for its environmental initiatives, so it’s no surprise they turned to Laserfiche ECM to reduce paper consumption.

When the Town consolidated three administration buildings into one, the Safety Codes department, which encompasses building inspection services, began investigating scanning solutions. When the Town’s records manager was taking a course at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary, the instructor commented that Laserfiche provided “top-notch products and services with Information management for public and private corporations,” says Rachelle Meredith, corporate records administrator.

After researching Laserfiche, the records manager then invited a representative from Laserfiche reseller IKON Office Solutions to conduct a demonstration. After issuing an RFP, the Town selected Laserfiche, primarily for its document management software functionality, OCR capabilities and the Agenda Manager and WebLink modules.

“We love Records Management Edition’s versatility. Its ease of use was very important to us, both to gain staff buy-in and work effortlessly in our busy environment,” Meredith says.

Initially the Safety Codes assistant and manager began scanning all new building and development permit applications into Laserfiche. These applications often contain more than 300 pages, ranging from architectural drawings for housing and commercial buildings and all their associated electrical and plumbing permits to individual applications for decks and other home additions.

As Okotoks entered into its prime building season and the number of permits submitted began to climb, the effectiveness of implementing Laserfiche became quickly apparent. “The immediate benefits were obvious,” remarks Meredith. “When we saw how we saved time locating current information, we began to realize how Laserfiche would benefit our external customers as the project continued. It was a great motivation to keep going.”

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Organize, Protect and Retrieve

The latest offering from Laseriche, a reputed document management and enterprise content management solutions provider is Rio.

Laserfiche Rio brings together the most popular modules of the Laserfiche content management suite in a new format specifically designed for enterprise deployment. Designed for organizations with more than 100 users, Laserfiche Rio offers named user licenses which provide a full range of ECM functionality, including workflow automation, Web-based document management, audit trail tracking and optional DoD 5015.2-certified records management. Rio also includes an unlimited number of Laserfiche Servers™ and repositories, which organizations can use to support back ups, failover clusters, testing environments and multiple locations.

Disclaimer: This blog or article is for information purpose only, and should not be treated a professional advise or price protection guarantee. This blog is mainly used for search engine optimization and other commercial purposes and it is advised that readers seek professional consultation in the field of interest for more information.

Rio, the New Laserfiche ECM Solution, Makes its Debut

When Laserfiche introduced their first version in the late1980s, digital document management was a new concept for most organizations. Now, as technology has matured and the world has increasingly gone digital, few organizations can survive without it.

Organizations’ needs have also grown more complex over the years. In the past, they needed a system that would help their most paper-intensive departments archive and retrieve their documents. But now they need a solution that also helps them streamline business processes enterprise-wide.

The marketplace is clearly ready for an enterprise solution that’s easy on the budget and easy to purchase and install, and that’s why we’ve spent the last few years developing Rio.

One of Rio’s strongest features in this regard is its licensing structure—you simply purchase a named license for each user in your organization. This license provides users with a full range of Enterprise Content Management functionality, including Workflow, Web Access, Advanced Audit Trail, Snapshot and the E-mail Plug-in. License pricing follows a sliding scale, so the more users in your organization, the lower per-user price you’ll pay. In addition, you can upgrade your system to add Laserfiche WebLink to provide unlimited public access to documents in your Laserfiche repository.

Rio includes an unlimited number of Laserfiche servers, which you can use for back ups, failover clusters, testing and other purposes. Rio also helps you adapt to changing business conditions—you can add users simply by purchasing additional user licenses, and you can take advantage of workflow automation or Web-based document management software without extra expense. This licensing structure makes budgeting for an enterprise deployment much easier, and it eliminates the long requisition process customers often face when they want to expand their system.

Rio also offers industry-leading integration with SharePoint, complementing SharePoint’s collaboration tools by adding imaging functionality and enhanced workflow capabilities. So if your organization has a SharePoint installation, but you’re not sure how it will work with your Laserfiche system, now there’s a solution to help you unite SharePoint with Laserfiche, without compromising the security or records management functionality of your Laserfiche solution.

Laserfiche ECM created a Website to provide you with more information about Rio. If you have questions about if Rio is right for your organization, please contact your solutions provider.

Disclaimer: This blog or article is for information purpose only, and should not be treated a professional advise or price protection guarantee. This blog is mainly used for search engine optimization and other commercial purposes and it is advised that readers seek professional consultation in the field of interest for more information.

Rio, the New Laserfiche ECM Solution, Makes its Debut

When the first version of Laserfiche was introduced in the late 1980s, digital document management

Organizations’ needs have also grown more complex over the years. In the past, they needed a system that would help their most paper-intensive departments archive and retrieve their documents. But now they need a solution that also helps them streamline business processes enterprise-wide.

The marketplace is clearly ready for an enterprise solution that’s easy on the budget and easy to purchase and install, and that’s why we’ve spent the last few years developing Rio.

One of Rio’s strongest selling points in this regard is its licensing structure—you simply purchase a named license for each user in your organization. This license provides users with a full range of Enterprise Content Management functionality, including Workflow, Web Access, Advanced Audit Trail, Snapshot and the E-mail Plug-in. License pricing follows a sliding scale, so the more users in your organization, the lower per-user price you’ll pay. In addition, you can upgrade your system to add Laserfiche Weblink to provide unlimited public access to documents in your Laserfiche repository.

Rio includes an unlimited number of Laserfiche servers, which you can use for back ups, failover clusters, testing and other purposes. Rio also helps you adapt to changing business conditions—you can add users simply by purchasing additional user licenses, and you can take advantage of workflow automation or Web-based document management without extra expense. This licensing structure makes budgeting for an enterprise deployment much easier, and it eliminates the long requisition process customers often face when they want to expand their system.

Rio also offers industry-leading Sharepoint Integration, complementing SharePoint’s collaboration tools by adding imaging functionality and enhanced workflow capabilities. So if your organization has a SharePoint installation, but you’re not sure how it will work with your Laserfiche system, now there’s a solution to help you unite SharePoint with Laserfiche, without compromising the security or records management functionality of your Laserfiche solution.

For more information, please visit http://www.laserfiche.com/rio

Disclaimer: This blog or article is for information purpose only, and should not be treated a professional advise or price protection guarantee. This blog is mainly used for search engine optimization and other commercial purposes and it is advised that readers seek professional consultation in the field of interest for more information. was a new concept for most organizations. Now, as technology has matured and the world has increasingly gone digital, few organizations can survive without it.

Rio, the New Laserfiche ECM Solution, Makes its Debut