excite for web servers found documents about: (Query-By-Example) - higher confidence, - lower confidence; click icons to find similar documents 99% Imaging software providers and resellers Summary: Imaging software providers and resellers. By Lynne Leahy M any imaging software providers for the last 10 years have scratched around within the confines of the imaging business arena to seek partners and VARs to resell their imaging software. Who is that line-of-business VAR and where do you find one? Where do you find prospective line-of-business partners to sell your software solution?... 96% The biggest mistake for VARs (and VAR salespe... Summary: The existing sales staff can sell imaging and just call in the specialist for doing the deal. It is true that your existing sales staff has many good clients that might be good imaging prospects. They do not have the ability to qualify good imaging prospects, so they end up calling out the new imaging specialist on every deal. Many of those deals are not imaging prospects at all. Build a strong,... 94% The ROI formula: a great closing tool Summary: Imaging systems are sold to departmental managers and executives who own the business process. What happens when I do all that work and the prospect buys from someone else? executive summary-an overview of the main points of your proposal emphasizing the strong features of the technology (what it can do for the prospect) and how it will benefit the prospect;. benefits of proposed system-a... 94% CostJust_VARSuccess Summary: Cost justification. With trust established, cost justification can be the complete story and the closing tool for the sale. Supplies can be examined for cost savings. I do the cost analysis for them and become the instigator for the entire process. You can do the entire process on every sale. 93% POINT: Make certain your VAR deserves your respect Summary: Make certain your VAR deserves your respect. We have all seen the explosive entry of VARs and resellers into the imaging industry. What concerns me about the new VAR/reseller movement is the lack of professionalism and training in some organizations. Last night I had dinner with a long-time IBMer. I didn't have that extensive an introduction. 93% Electronic imaging and the next millennium Summary: Corporate memory: Information is the main asset of every corporation. All corporate information must be controlled and managed. I have seen imaging solutions demonstrated and sold in less than 30 days. They purchased the system in less than 30 days. * A temporary personnel agency purchased a system in less than 30 days. 93% Why document management companies cannot sel... Summary: companies cannot sell electronic imaging. electronic imaging. Document management tools and electronic imaging are two very different products. "Now we are the standard imaging technology for the bank," the vendor says. But because the IT department is now doing the selling, the vendor waits. 93% The Buzz Summary: Switching (to) the channel. The price may be low for vendors, but it can be high for the users who eventually end up with the systems. They increase the knowledge of VARs, many of whom are new to imaging. However, that doesn't change the fact that many a VAR who is woefully unqualified to sell imaging products and systems has nevertheless taken on that task. Education also tends to suffer when... 92% Initiating the new imaging sales rep Summary: Initiating the new imaging sales rep. But imaging systems need not be complex. Document imaging sales success comes from "beating the bushes" and introducing the benefits of the imaging system to the uninformed. Teach document imaging sales professionals to identify and qualify the imaging solution prospect. Start with an introductory piece on the new document imaging system. 92% Is the imaging market FINALLY exploding For i... Summary: Is the imaging market FINALLY exploding? That imaging technology will finally become a mainstream application?) Working in that emerging industry, we were compelled to go out and create a market for copiers. The WP and PC industries presented a simpler, faster technology and created a new industry. It is not about delivering technology, but delivering productive business solutions. 90% Wang solid results outweigh criticism Summary: Imaging World, January 1st, 1997. Or will it be getting a marginal software player that has created an overblown image of itself? It can make the money now, or make the money later. Does Wang have a history of producing solid imaging and workflow products? According to him, "Wang has built a software business out of a couple of patents. 90% VARs learn that knowledge pays Summary: VARs learn that knowledge pays. "Imaging 501 was developed from educating our own sales force," explains Greg Sanner, technical services director. "Our curriculum will be an ongoing process of adding new courses as they have been used and tested on our own salespeople." Certification is based on passing the tests. A course catalog is available by calling Optical Laser at 714-379-4400. 90% Vendors--They're not just for breakfast anymor... Summary: I was a vendor and I took care of my clients and had pride in my work. Vendors are people too. And guess what, they are good people. Ever play word association? They are good people, and in most cases, very knowledgeable, respectable people. 90% InterTech plays with the big boys Eli Gruber, ... Summary: The goal: enterprisewide document management. It goes beyond document management and document imaging. EG: Document imaging and document management basically deal with files. EG: DocuPACT 3.0 is the first software that was developed from the ground up for NT and integrated document management and document imaging. We would like to have a VAR that has some knowledge of document imaging and... 89% IW Special Report From The Channel Summary: The users just don't know what they need." "I don't know of any vendor that does that well," he comments. Just as vendors are obliged to educate their resellers, so too are those resellers responsible for educating their users, the experts declare. * "Distributors are not set up to support software, and they end up in the middle between you and the vendor," says Johnson. Johnson believes good... 89% Scanner/Web/VAR Beats Summary: Intrafed continues on the scene. BancTec announced a distribution agreement with TextWare. The Web beat. "We believe that publishing on- and off-line go hand in hand on the Web and CD, and we believe that automating the process is critical to the success of the project." Now they are asking how to solve problems." 89% It's too hard. It's not hard enough. Stuck i... Summary: The Buzz. In the last issue, we posed the question, what's wrong with the CDIA (Certified Document Image Architect) program? According to Lynne Leahy, the exam is too vigorous. She believes there should be several levels of CDIA certification leading up to the full credential. Both Wasner and Leahy think the program will gain momentum in the near future. 89% News Shorts 12-16-96 Summary: .. Giga doles gold. PC Docs partners have ESP. Each of the software companies is delivering solutions that integrate with DOCS Open. ISIS not lacking Imagination. IMAGinE with Pixel engines is available from Imagination Software at prices starting at $1,000. 88% Imaging Expo'96 Turnout Summary: Imaging World, October 21st, 1996. IMAGING EXPO'96. "I expect to see strong sales for a TELEform/Watermark solution." Other responses to Cornerstone's dominance came from the display side. At this price, Matrox is ushering in a new era of non-premium prices for display solutions. 88% The four truths of document capture Summary: The four truths of document capture. The four truths will be: * Document capture is being redefined as data collection. * Capture/collection should be done as close as possible to document creation. Capture will become data collection. As a result, document capture must transform itself to data collection.
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