| What does the largest operational hydroelectric | | | | have improved business operations and efficiencies |
| powerplant in the world have in common with Agile | | | | for a host of reasons including: faster search and |
| ECM? Started in 1971, construction of the Itaipu Dam | | | | retrieval, reduced costs, improved storage, disaster |
| between Paraguay and Brazil took almost 12 years to | | | | recovery, etc. But could there be even more benefit to |
| complete. The dam's reservoir began its formation on | | | | realize for your group? What if those digital assets |
| October 13, 1982, when the dam construction was | | | | could be leveraged into a true power source for your |
| completed. The water rose a staggering 330 ft | | | | organization? Could that be transformational? Could |
| reaching the gates of the spillway in just two weeks. | | | | that give you a competitive edge? |
| The amount of potential energy, or energy assets, | | | | That is what we call Agile ECM...combining Business |
| sitting behind the dam wall was hard to comprehend. | | | | Process Management (BPM) with Enterprise Content |
| People could enjoy the many benefits of the reservoir | | | | Managment (ECM) to truly empower your team and |
| lake...fishing, boating, irrigation, and more. But was there | | | | generate substantial productivity gains. When |
| more tangible benefit to be had? | | | | engineers installed generators at the Itaipu Dam, they |
| Over the last several years, many organizations have | | | | leveraged the power of their liquid assets and created |
| successfully implemented some form of document | | | | more power than 10 nuclear power stations providing |
| management system or content management system. | | | | 19% of the electrical power for Brazil, and 90% for |
| Millions and millions of documents have been digitized, | | | | Paraguay. Wow! |
| indexed and added to these systems - what we | | | | What could turning on the generators of Agile ECM do |
| would call digital assets. These organizational assets, | | | | for your profit? |
| now being present in the repository (or reservoir...), | | | | |