Top 3 Reasons why it’s so difficult to find what you’re looking for

The Cloudize team has a strong background in the enterprise, consulting, and applications world. As such, we’ve probably worked, interviewed, and launched applications for hundreads of companies and probably thousands of end-users. In that time, we’ve noticed a lot of things that work and more vividly, things that don’t work. While designing Cloudize, we wanted to zero-in on why such a painful problem as locating a file or discovering documents to a particular subject or topic; still exists today.

So here it is, the Top 3 Reasons why it’s so difficult to find what you’re looking for:

1) Silos of Repositories – An organization has many “opportunities” to store information in silos. Examples of this can be personal desktops, Microsoft Outlook, geographic or segragated business unit servers, FTPs, Network Drives, ECM Applications, or other storage-enabled applications. This information is decentralized and difficult to locate.

2) Files are stagnant – After a document is uploaded to a repository, it essentially dies. Unless the location path is shared or the user knows the exact search criteria, assuming search is available; the document is effectively lost or buried.

3) Capital and Operational Expenditure – Managing and allocating all of the software, hardware, implementation, IT resources, and maintenance costs often exceed the ROI of content management or file repository solutions. Additionally, frequent limitations are evident such as geographic availability, new features, and storage limitations.

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Thanks,
Edwin