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Effect of Digital Transformation on Retail Banking Trends...

by Ripcord Team

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How Digitization Can Revolutionize Record Keeping for Law Practices...

by Alan Luckow

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Choose Structured Cloud Storage Over a Digital Landfill...

by Ripcord Team

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Exploring the State of Digital Transformation in 2020...

In its State of the IIM Industry 2020, the Association for Intelligent Information Management (AIIM) and its partners take an in-depth look at the current status of intelligent information management, as well as the connection between IIM and digital transformation at organizations across the globe. The report asked questions of management-level professionals at nearly 500 businesses....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

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Futureproofing Your Office: Best Practices for Digitizing Data Management...

In 2020 and beyond, smart document and data management means primarily one thing: digitization. As the global workforce has come to see clearly since the outbreak of COVID-19, relying on documentation that requires physical shipping, handling, and human delivery is not only archaic but potentially dangerous as well....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

AI - 2 min read...

Ripcord Recognized in Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards...

Each year for the past four, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas have honored products, concepts, companies, policies, and designs that are pursuing innovation for the good of society and the planet. This year, we have the distinct honor of being recognized alongside disruptive brands like Facebook, Google Creative Labs, Samsara and Magic Leap. We’re pleased to share that Fast Company has awarded Ripcord an Honorable Mention for our innovative approach in the category of AI and Data for our Canopy platform....

Wasim Khan

Chief Digital Officer

Insights - 5 min read...

Three Ways Modern Data Management Supports Remote Workers during COVID-19...

As we near summer 2020, remote work is looking more and more like the new norm for millions of Americans who previously went into a workplace every day. As these employees have probably already noted, working from home or otherwise remotely comes with a host of benefits: no more time or money wasted commuting, no more cash spent on lunches out, no more missing the kids' bedtimes because of late nights at the office....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

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Will COVID-19 Usher in the Era of the Paperless Office?...

Now that millions of Americans are working from home, among the first-hand discoveries many people are likely to be making is the limitation imposed on their organizations by dependence on hard-copy documentation. That's because despite the availability of sound, secure technologies that enable digital access to written, typed, and recorded data, significant numbers of businesses and other entities continue to lean heavily on paper when it comes to getting information down and conveyed. The coronavirus pandemic has done much to show up this reliance for what it is: a mistake....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

AI - 5 min read...

Ripcord Operations During the Global Pandemic...

During this time, we wanted to share that Ripcord’s top priority is to protect the health and wellbeing of our employees, customers, partners and the entire Ripcord community....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

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Five Best Practices for RPA Implementation...

Robotic process automation, RPA, can be a godsend for many organizations. It can save them time, cash outlay and human resources. However, not all RPA is created equal. To benefit a business, RPA must be high-quality and properly implemented. If it is not, a company can end up wasting money and employee hours, not to mention causing undue headaches for management and others....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

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Business Process Automation vs. Robotic Process Automation: What's the Difference?...

In recent years it's become just about impossible to read about or discuss technology in business without coming across the terms robotic process automation (RPA) and business process automation (BPA). But what are robotic process automation and business process automation (sometimes called business process management), really? Are they just a passing fad, or are they worth looking into and implementing in your business? Below, we answer these questions and go into the key areas of difference between RPA and BPA so you can make an informed decision about where they may belong in your organization....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

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Five Business Process Management Examples for Gas & Oil...

Business process automation, or BPM, is the software-based system that an organization uses to manage all of its processes, entity-wide. Its benefits can include increased organizational transparency, greater efficiency, reduced waste, and a better bottom line....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Insights - 8 min read...

Four Use Cases for Intelligent Business and Robotic Process Automation...

The data is in. If current trends continue, most, if not all, global businesses will be using at least some form of automation within the next decade, and it's not difficult to see why....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

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Leadership Insights: Ron Sorisho...

Ron Sorisho has served as Ripcord's CFO for the last 2 years and has recently taken on the role of expanding Ripcord’s business in exciting new......

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Insights - 5 min read...

Records Management: Traditional vs. Digital...

Comparing the pros and cons of traditional and digital record management is essential in uncovering value in office documents....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

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Improve Your Business IQ with Digital, Process, & Content...

Find out how these important concepts drive value for organizations in every sector....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

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Effect of Digital Transformation on Retail Banking Trends...

Over the decades, new technological and cultural developments have changed peoples’ expectations around their finances. Convenience and automation are just the first steps — today’s banking customers demand comprehensive customer support and multi-channel delivery....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Insights - 11 min read...

Navigate Data Privacy Regulations with Digitization...

On July 31 Jason Likins, Ripcord’s VP of Products, joined Heather Stratford, founder and CEO of Stronger Tech, to discuss how to Navigate Data Privacy Regulations with Digitization. Here is the recap....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

AI - 4 min read...

Ripcord Launches Partner Program...

The founding of a partnership amongst companies is always an excellent way to build trust and develop beneficial relationships. At Ripcord we hold our partners in the highest regard, and fully appreciate the positive outcomes of these connections with industry leaders. That’s why we’re establishing the Ripcord Partner Program, to further strengthen these relationships, and continue to learn from and complement one another....

Wasim Khan

Chief Digital Officer

Stories - 4 min read...

Secure Success: Software & Document Access...

This is the third and final in our series of blogs that examines the extra layers of security Ripcord provides each document handled at the facility....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Stories - 5 min read...

GDPR & CCPA: The Future of Data Privacy in the U.S....

As of January 2020, businesses that process data on California residents will have to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The state is following in the footsteps of the European Union (EU), which established the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

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Why It’s Time to Digitize Your Supply Chain...

Supply chain management is one of the most important – and complex – elements in the modern enterprise. An organization with a fully optimized supply chain can guarantee competitiveness in the market because its production cycle costs less and takes less time to complete....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Insights - 4 min read...

Impact of Digitization on the Financial Industry...

The financial industry has undergone radical changes over the past half-century. Technological advances have ushered in a new set of cultural expectations for customers to place on their financial institutions....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Insights - 4 min read...

Leadership Insights: Kevin Hall...

Ripcord CTO and co-founder Kevin Hall got his start in robotics while studying mechanical engineering at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He says he chose that particular program because it had a mechatronics concentration that offered education in electrical, mechanical, and software fields, which are each critical in robotics....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Insights - 4 min read...

Determine the Level of Data Heat in Business Documents...

Chances are you’ve walked by that stack of boxes in the back room of your business so many times that you’ve stopped noticing it even exists. Other times those boxes of documents fall into your line of sight and your mind immediately starts concocting a plan to get rid of them all, perhaps by dousing them with gasoline and lighting a match. Hopefully something stopped your train of thought right there, because while the idea of clearing up space in your office can be tantalizing...

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Insights - 6 min read...

Secure Success: Maintaining Security Compliance Standards...

Welcome to the second in our series of blogs that examines the extra layers of security Ripcord provides each document handled at the facility....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Insights - 4 min read...

Leadership Insights: Ahson Ahmad...

Ahson Ahmad, Ripcord’s CPO & EVP, began the path towards his career in product management as a self-professed “tech geek” who learned coding at a young age. Ahmad grew up in Toronto, Canada, and studied Computer Sciences at the University of Toronto – from there he says he went down the technical route as a programmer and architect, and it landed him in the content management space he’s now been in for 20 years....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Insights - 8 min read...

Secrets to Unlocking Data in the Energy Industry...

On March 3, Ripcord hosted a webinar about the role of data in the energy sector. Trevor Hicks, Managing Director at Stonebridge Consulting and member of the PPDM Association Board of Directors, stepped in as the speaker for Secrets to Unlocking Data in the Energy Industry....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Stories - 6 min read...

Choose Structured Cloud Storage Over a Digital Landfill...

The emergence of connected, more aware technologies has created quite the conundrum for data-oriented businesses and operations. On the one hand, these technologies are capable of generating much more data and information that can be rolled back into the business to make improvements and optimizations. On the other hand, it also means business data stores grow exponentially over time to a point where they’re no longer manageable....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Insights - 5 min read...

Secure Success: Physical Security for Documents & Data...

Welcome to the first in our series of blogs that examines the extra layers of security Ripcord provides each document handled at the facility....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

events - 10 min read...

Evolution of Robotic Technology (Webinar Recap)...

On February 14 Ripcord co-founder and CTO Kevin Hall dove deep into the Evolution of Robotic Technology in a webinar with Baidu Ventures director Saman Farid. Here is the recap....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Stories - 6 min read...

How Digitization Provides Document Security...

Data privacy and cybersecurity are major concerns for large organizations. Keeping track of records in an organized, effective way is hard enough when large numbers of employees have access. Manually verifying the authorization, access privileges, and responsibilities of every employee is not feasible without an automated solution for digital transformation....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

events - 7 min read...

Digital Transformation: The Role of Robotics & AI (Webinar Recap)...

Ripcord co-founder and CTO Kevin Hall hosted a particularly intriguing conversation for his webinar on Digital Transformation: The Role of Robotics & AI on January 17. Here is the video recap....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Stories - 7 min read...

Unlock New Pay from Old Content in the Energy Industry...

Energy companies have some of the most data rich content of any industry, so it’s ironic in the age of the digital economy, where “data is the new oil”, that these companies are mining their digital archives and paper warehouses for new business opportunities. Yes, there is a limit to the amount of oil to mine and extract, whereas the resource of data is growing and nearly limitless, but where better to use the analogy?...

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Insights - 4 min read...

Leadership Insights: Jason Likins...

Ripcord’s new Vice President of Product Management, Jason Likins, brings over 20 years of content experience to the role, and his excitement is evident in the way he speaks of his new employer....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

Insights - 3 min read...

Save Time & Space With Robotic Digitization...

One of the benefits of modern technology is the ability to automate mundane tasks and convert and store analog paper documents in a much smaller space, within a more manageable and accessible media. Where once you would have hundreds upon thousands of boxes, bookshelves, and physical storage areas for paper documents, you now have the option to employ a more compact and accessible solution. These benefits are amplified even more when you leverage SaaS solutions in the cloud....

Ripcord Team

Marketing Team of Ripcord

AI - 4 min read...

Ripcord Canopy 2.0–What’s New...

Canopy 2.0 introduces new features including a batch migration tool, enterprise integrations, and new dashboard....

Alan Luckow

Executive Creative Director

Tip of the Week - 7 min read...

Reduce Paper and Accelerate Your Firm’s Green Initiative...

We estimate there are more than 5 billion boxes of records being kept in storage facilities and millions more kept in-house. The costs of using paper as the primary medium for storing information go far beyond environmental impacts such as cutting down trees....

Alan Luckow

Executive Creative Director

Tip of the Week - 4 min read...

Why You Need a Disaster Recovery Plan for Paper Records...

As society depends more and more on technology, it has become standard practice for companies and law firms to invest in safeguarding their digital data and IT infrastructure. Primary storage systems, backup systems and secondary sites with backups for disaster recovery are the norm. With these defenses in place, if anything unexpected happens, such as a natural disaster, data can be recovered quickly and business can continue as usual....

Alan Luckow

Executive Creative Director

Tip of the Week - 5 min read...

How Digitization Can Revolutionize Record Keeping for Law Practices...

While in many ways lawyers and law firms have adapted to our increasingly technology-driven society, many firms have remained loyal to the near obsolete system of paper record keeping. Law firms generate, store, and access vast amounts of information, and traditional paper-based record keeping is hindering their ability to quickly, safely, and efficiently manage that information....

Alan Luckow

Executive Creative Director

Tip of the Week - 5 min read...

5 Ways Going Paperless Reduces Risk for Your Firm...

To mitigate risk, many firms are moving to reduce or eliminate their reliance on paper-based records. We present five ways digitization eliminates paper-related risk....

Alan Luckow

Executive Creative Director

Insights - 4 min read...

Managing Document Signatures in a Digital Age...

If John Hancock were signing the Declaration of Independence today, there’s a good chance he wouldn’t use pen and ink. While the Hancock method — physically marking a document to show assent — has been around for hundreds of years, technology has changed the way we sign documents, improving both data security and efficiency....

Alan Luckow

Executive Creative Director

Insights - 6 min read...

Not Just Semantics: Record Management vs. Document Management...

The creation and management of records and documents is part of doing business in every industry, and retention requirements aren’t just a good business practice—they’re often legal necessity...

Alan Luckow

Executive Creative Director

AI - 5 min read...

Investing in More Than Just Robots...

Today we announced our Series B funding round of $40M led by Icon Ventures with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Lux Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank. Since Ripcord launched in March, some of the world’s largest companies have been requesting our services for digitizing their records. Now we have the funds to meet their demand by expanding our fleet of robots, further developing our ‘Ripcord Canopy’ software, and growing our team by over 100 new employees in 2017...

Alex Fielding

Founder and CEO

Insights - 5 min read...

The Environmental Benefit of Shredding Documents...

This heavy reliance on paper has its downsides in lost productivity, but the negative impact to the environment is even greater. Here’s why....

Alan Luckow

Executive Creative Director

Stories - 5 min read...

Our Founding Story...

CEO and co-founder of Ripcord Alex Fielding's story about founding the company...

Alex Fielding

Founder and CEO