Web based document management

More and more companies realize that the market of systems of electronic document workflow is constantly growing perspective direction of organizational development. According to the most conservative estimates, the volume of the market of web based document management programs occupy is measured in billions dollars.

Other tendency of development of web based document management is a special attention of not only large but also average and small companies to it. Widely systems of web based document management are useв by financial and insurance companies, state authorities.

Transition to electronic document workflow and the realization of other projects connected with digital accumulation of the information rise to the problems. In particular, the prompt growth of volumes of keeping information which forces to search for the decisions allowing to keep and effectively use the saved information. It often leads to fast increase in relative density of systems of the data storage in the enterprise information infrastructure.

The basic tendencies in the market of automation of document workflow include aspiration to realize complex long-term projects of web based document management as well as the attention growth to quality systems.

The introduction of systems of electronic document workflow rise to the necessity to answer some questions concerning the decision at branch level:

Firstly. What does it mean for the personnel the transition from real to virtual environment of work with documents?

Secondly. Can active penetration of inexpensive license program complexes to the market of the automated systems of document workflow increase the market?

Thirdly. What directions of problems can program developers face in the near future?

Fourthly. What promotes and interferes with development of systems of electronic document workflow: personnel qualification, the development of legal base etc.?

Fifthly. Are there some universal criteria of the choice of the program decision for document circulation workflow?