Tim Ferrill
Tim Ferrill is an IT professional and writer living in Southern California. Follow him on Twitter @tferrill.
Recent Articles By Tim Ferrill
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The Best Identity Management Solutions
Cloud services and hybrid workers are blurring your network perimeter more than ever, which can make secure authentication a nightmare for IT. We tested eight end-to-end identity management solutions that can help.
2 years, 8 months
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Auth0
Auth0 stands apart from the other IDM solutions as long as you've got coding resources to support it.
2 years, 8 months
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Idaptive
A relative newcomer with lots of pricing options and a good array of core features
3 years, 9 months
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LastPass Enterprise
Popular on the consumer side, this entry is really only for very basic business instances
3 years, 9 months
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The Best Document Management Software for 2020
Document management solutions have evolved from simple file storage engines to sophisticated workflow and data classification systems. We review and rank the top 10 players in this field.
4 years, 6 months
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Hightail Business
Hightail Business is a well-designed application focused on creative projects and can boost teamwork among colleagues and customers. It lets you manage files, select team members for tasks, and seek approval from your customers.
5 years, 2 months
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Microsoft SharePoint Online Review
An effective combination of workflow, team collaboration, and document management, Microsoft SharePoint Online is an easy pick for our Editors' Choice designation. But make sure you need all this power because its price can be significant.
5 years, 2 months
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Adobe Document Cloud Standard Review
Adobe Document Cloud Standard trails its competition in some functionality, but it shines when it comes to working with forms and legal documents. However, to use Adobe Document Cloud Standard, your primary focus will need to be PDF files.
5 years, 9 months
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DocuWare Cloud
DocuWare Cloud offers a very impressive document management suite with a stacked feature set, and particularly strong capabilities in document importing and forms management. Limitations in integration with common cloud storage vendors and sharing capabilities are the biggest shortcomings of this solid document management suite.
5 years, 10 months
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Computhink Contentverse
Computhink Contentverse provides some serious features in the enterprise document management space such as retention policies, workflow, and redaction. The downside is that document sharing doesn't get much attention, and the user interface is anything but intuitive.
6 years, 2 months
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Dokmee
Dokmee offers most of the features you would expect from a document management system, but struggles to compare positively against solutions such as Microsoft SharePoint Online, which offers additional innovative features, or Ascensio System OnlyOffice with its aggressive pricing structure.
6 years, 5 months
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Bitium
Bitium is an interesting product. However, innovative features like cost monitoring and bookmarks don't make up for lackluster core functionality, like Active Directory integration and limited multi-factor authentication (MFA) support.
7 years
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Optimal IdM
Optimal IdM checks all the major boxes needed in an identity management (IDM) solution, but at a serious premium. With monthly costs easily running in the $25,000-$30,000 range, most businesses are going to compare the cost of Optimal IdM to competitors such as Microsoft Azure Active Directory and Okta Identity Management plus one or two full-time employees.
7 years, 2 months
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Mojo Helpdesk
Mojo Helpdesk offers entry-level pricing, but doesn't have the feature set to match competitors like HappyFox.
7 years, 6 months
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Windows 10: Worth it for Business?
There's loads of potential for SMBs in Windows 10, especially in key areas like productivity and security.
8 years, 11 months
