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The first step in determining whether AI could pay off

August 12, 2019 by Greg Meckbach

Thinking of investing in artificial intelligence so you can automate tasks that are wasting workers’ time? Many brokerages have processes that could be improved through machine learning, suggested Christopher Wynder, director of product marketing for capture and original equipment manufacturing

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One way to cut time and effort from handling paper forms

May 30, 2019 by Greg Meckbach

Do your workers spend hours typing information from paper forms into the computer? There are ways of automating this. “Nowadays, you probably have documents coming in and you put them on the scanner. When you are going to put them

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Canadian tech firm flags effect of EU’s new privacy law

August 10, 2018 by Greg Meckbach

New privacy rights for Europeans have changed the way a Canadian multinational business software provider looks at its liability risk. The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25 and makes it mandatory for companies to disclose data

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How Brexit affects this Canadian tech firm’s risk profile

August 7, 2018 by Greg Meckbach

A Canadian software company faces risk and uncertainty because Britain is leaving the European Union. “We face risks associated with the potential uncertainty and disruptions that may follow Brexit,” Open Text Corporation said Aug. 2 in a securities filing. Open