Preserve Your Valuable Data Document Management Systems Project Spotlight Computers Made Easy

Computers Made Easy, Inc. has now had several opportunities to work with Ethix Systems. Each time we do it becomes more apparent we can rely on Ethix as a dependable partner in helping our business grow. Recently they've impressed us with their ability to pickup and finish programming started by someone else, and by demonstrating with their delivered product that they not only followed our request but anticipated the way the end user would interact with the product. Those kind of results are rare.

Scot and Jane Noel
Computers Made Easy, Inc.

Vision: Computers Made Easy decided to purchase a hosting company to offer less expensive hosting options for their website customers.

Problem: Computers Made Easy was incredibly busy with their existing clientele and had limited resources to devote to this new hosting migration.

Solution: Ethix Systems was able to help Computers Made Easy migrate to their new servers in a timely fashion. Ethix Systems migrated the site repository, bug tracking software, a custom web publishing program, and a Linux virtual server among other things.
Many small businesses suffer from a lack of communication when it comes to important company data. How much of your important data is in a Word documents on Susie's computer or an Excel document on a thumb drive somewhere? Even businesses with servers have trouble getting employees to save vital documents where everyone can see and access them. It's too easy to leave them sitting on their desktop where they don't get backed up.
Thanks to open source, there are now document management tools you can utilize in your business for free that offer all of the robust features you would expect from multi-thousand dollar systems found in large corporate environments. Some of these features include:

	•	Automatic version control - keep every version of every document just in case
	•	Easy upload - just drag and drop your documents into a "drop box" to upload them
	•	Permissions management - Have complete control over who can see, change, and remove documents
	•	Powerful Search - Search the titles, authors, and the document content for what you need

One of the best open source document management systems we have found is called KnowledgeTree. It offers one of the most robust toolsets we have seen from an open-source DMS, and it offers better document security over Google Documents, Microsoft Office Live, and other internet-based solutions because your documents are stored on your own servers instead of on third-party servers. If you're interested in seeing KnowledgeTree in action, we can setup a demonstration for you free of charge. If you are feeling adventurous, you can download it out yourself at http://www.knowledgetree.com/live_demo