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Federation: One Tool for Digital Transformation
Companies frequently speak to us about modernizing their content management systems and automating their business processes. They often want to know how they can efficiently manage ever-expanding amounts of data. In other words, they could use a highly-integrated...
ECM Strategy for Lasting Change: Every Day It’s Something! Methodologies For Delivery Success
While a lot changes in business, one thing stays consistent: the imperative to serve customers and employees, and to grow your business. One of the ways to meet that imperative—in the face of never-ending digital disruption—is to strategize with people like those of...
Zia Consulting Awarded 2019 ASG Partner of the Year
ASG Technologies, the only provider of integrated and flexible end-to-end solutions for the information powered enterprise, named Zia Consulting as Partner of the Year in its annual Excellence Awards program. ASG recognized Zia Consulting for exceptional use of ASG...
Introducing Our Most Comprehensive Approach to Digital Transformation Yet
Our methodology sets our customers up for success We hear you: consolidating legacy systems and migrating to the cloud can be a challenge. How do we make it less risky and less expensive? Will our solutions be worth it? Zia’s developed a clear-cut, five-step...
Using Ansible to Automate Alfresco Encryption
Ansible is great for automating common tasks for Alfresco and Solr. In addition to basic functions like installing Alfresco and deploying third-party modules, there are some less common—yet more powerful—use cases. Encrypting Alfresco properties is one example of...
SimpleSQLClient Limited Dependency JDBC Database Client
You're up late troubleshooting an issue on a database connected Java application and desperately need to run a SQL query to help diagnose the problem. You don't have a SQL client available and for reasons of privilege or environment can't install one. The process for...
7 Things You Need to Know About Alfresco Auditing
Let’s say you noticed that a user with a strange name is logging into Alfresco. After reviewing the authentication logs, you see that the user has been logging into the system for some time. Panic attack: could it be a hacker attack? Disgruntled user? You block the...
What is Ansible and What Can You Do With It?
Ansible is an open-source IT automation system that’s great across multiple platforms and environments. At Zia, we use Ansible in installing, deploying customizations, and configuring Alfresco and Solr. Automating these tasks is a necessity because in a typical IT...
Save Your Spot for Box Virtual Summit on November 6, 2019
Don’t miss your chance to attend the annual Box Virtual Summit—from the comfort of your own desk—on November 6, 2019. Looking to manage your business data and information with Cloud Content Management? Learn the latest best practices and strategies from Zia Consulting...
In-Place Records Management Proves That ECM Isn’t Dead
Some content management analysts will tell you that “ECM is dead.” While that sounds dramatic, it only means that the promise of having one ECM system to rule them all doesn’t deliver. Recently, Zia Consulting proved the concept of “Manage In-Place” records...