With the end of the year in sight, government is now mostly pushing tender submission deadlines out to the last two weeks of January and, in one case, even February.
This doesn’t mean there is little of interest on offer from government and its entities. In fact, two tenders featuring in this week’s Tender Watch are likely to catch the attention of both the public and ICT sectors.
First up is an advertisement from the Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) for a service provider to conduct an assessment, evaluate the readiness of selected municipalities in terms of their adoption and implementation of the Smart Cities Framework (SCF), and develop a support programme for the implementation of smart city initiatives over the period of a year.
The department notes the dream of building South African smart cities goes to the highest levels of government and has been specifically mentioned by president Cyril Ramaphosa in both the 2018 and 2020 State of the Nation addresses to Parliament. 
It adds the purpose of the SCF is to guide decision-making and provide all role-players with a structured approach to identifying, planning and implementing smart city initiatives that are appropriate to the local context.
“Because smart cities must be informed by, and respond to, local conditions, the SCF does not contain instructions or specifications. For the same reason, the framework does not prescribe minimum standards or requirements for smart cities, initiatives or technologies. The framework rather guides and informs decision-making to ensure smart city initiatives are appropriate to the particular context,” it says.
COGTA has identified 16 municipalities from the Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the Western Cape for analysis by the winning bidder. Following analysis, the bidder will be required to identify five to eight cities and towns for “redesign and refurbishment” and produce a support programme with detailed analysis reports, site plans and 3D models as outlined in the terms of reference.
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) closes the issue with a tender that requests assistance in conducting an inquiry into television subscription broadcasting services.
The tender follows a notice published in July 2016 of its intention to inquire into the state of competition in subscription television broadcasting services. At that time, the regulator noted that despite having issued five subscription broadcasting service licences in 2007 and a further two in 2015, only three licensees were operational. This notice was followed by a discussion document in 2017, draft findings in 2019 and public hearings that were held in January 2021.
Following the public hearings, however, ICASA noted the rapidly-changing market developments will have an impact on the final findings. Accordingly, the authority decided to extend its inquiry in the subscription broadcasting services market.
“The purpose of the extended inquiry is to assess the state of competition and determine whether or not there are markets or market segments within the subscription broadcasting services value chain that may warrant regulation in the context of a market review in terms of section 67(4) of the ECA,” it says.
The scope of work includes:
Other tenders that make this week’s top 10 include:
Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs
A service provider is sought to assess and evaluate the readiness in terms of adoption and implementation of the smart city’s framework at the selected municipalities and develop a support programme for implementation of smart city initiatives as per the smart cities framework for a period of 12 months.
Non-compulsory briefing: 17 Jan – Microsoft Teams, Link.
Tender no: CoGTA (T) 07/2022
Information: Nomvula Ntuli, Tel: (012) 336 0820, E-mail: t07.2022@cogta.gov.za.
Closing date: 27 Jan 2023
Tags: Services, Professional services, Consulting, Smart city, Smart cities
Department of Basic Education
The department wishes to appoint a service provider for the hosting, support and maintenance of the education facility management system.
Non-compulsory briefing: 7 Dec – Microsoft Teams.
Tender no: DBE183
Information: Sipho Banda, Tel: (012) 357 3268, E-mail: banda.s@dbe.gov.za.
Closing date: 30 Jan 2023
Tags: Software, Services, Hosting, Support and maintenance, Mobile application, Database support
Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities
The department is looking for a service provider to undertake the development of the integrated knowledge hub.
Tender no: RFP 03 – 2022/23
Information: Margaretha Jooste, Tel: 067 420 6882, E-mail: margaretha.jooste@dwypd.gov.za.
Closing date: 12 Dec 2022
Tags: Software, Software development, Knowledge management
Department of e-Government, Gauteng
Bids are invited for the supply and delivery of 205 laptops for period of 12 months.
Tender no: GT/GDCS/108/2022
Information: Thebe Mereotlhe or Kwazi Shezi, Tel: 083 776 5817, E-mail: Thebe.Mereotlhe@gauteng.gov.za.
Closing date: 27 Jan 2023
Tags: Hardware, Computing, Mobility
Department of Community Safety, Gauteng
The provincial department wishes to lease seven high-volume scanners for document and records management services, including the hardware installation, software licences, software upgrades, maintenance, system integration and training onto a document management enterprise solution.
Tender no: GT/GDeG/110/2022
Information: Sizwe Sibisi, Tel: (011) 689 8270, E-mail: Sizwe.sibisi2@gauteng.gov.za.
Closing date: 27 Jan 2023
Tags: Software, Hardware, Services, Imaging, Scanning, Document management, Records management, Software licensing, Support and maintenance, Training and eLearning
National School of Government
Proposals are invited for the provision of Microsoft Open Value subscriptions for Education Solution for three years.
Tender no: NSG/BID/08/2022/2023
Information: Anet de Beer, Tel: (012) 441 6000, E-mail: Annetha.debeer@thensg.gov.za.
Closing date: 20 Jan 2023
Tags: Software, Software licensing, Education
Transnet SOC Ltd
The company wishes to establish a framed list of approved entities for track and trace devices and related services on wagons for the purpose of providing track and trace insights to Transnet Freight Rail customers, for a period of two years.
Non-compulsory briefing: 12 Dec – Microsoft Teams.
Tender no: HOAC_HO_38772
Information: Madumetja Mabitsela, Tel: (011) 584 0609, E-mail: Madumetja.Mabitsela@transnet.net.
Closing date: 9 Feb 2023
Tags: Hardware, Software, Track and trace, Services
Development Bank of Southern Africa
The DBSA requests proposals for the support, monitoring, administration, maintenance and enhancement of its internet website.
Compulsory briefing: 8 Dec – Microsoft Teams.
Tender no: RFP359/2022
Information: David Nyaku, Tel: (011) 313 3767, E-mail: DavidN2@dbsa.org.
Closing date: 19 Jan 2023
Tags: Software, Internet, Website, Software development, Services, Support and maintenance
Public Protector South Africa
The public protector wishes to appoint a service provider for the supply and installation of an intrusion prevention system with three years maintenance.
Compulsory briefing: 8 Dec – Microsoft Teams.
Tender no: RFP359/2022
Information: David Nyaku, Tel: (011) 313 3767, E-mail: DavidN2@dbsa.org.
Closing date: 19 Jan 2023
Tags: Software, Security, Intrusion protection, Cybersecurity, Internet, Services, Support and maintenance
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
A service provider is sought to assist ICASA in conducting an inquiry into television subscription broadcasting services for 12 months.
Non-compulsory briefing: 20 Jan – Microsoft Teams.
Tender no: ICASA 53/2022
Information: Bid Administration, Tel: (012) 568 3629, E-mail: BidAdministration@icasa.org.za.
Closing date: 30 Jan 2023
Tags: Services, Professional services, Consulting, Broadcasting

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SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Filevine is pleased to announce that Filevine’s Legal Work platform(s) in the United States and Canada, including Filevine, Vinesign, Lead Docket, and Outlaw, meet Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type II standards based on an independent third-party audit. The audit was conducted by Marcum, LLP, an American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) auditing firm.
SOC 2 reports are industry-recognized security audits which assure the design and effectiveness of controls in place at a service organization, demonstrating the company’s ability to adhere to critical security practices. The rigorous audit, which spanned twelve months from August 31, 2021 to August 31, 2022, included all five Trust Services Criteria (TSC): Information Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy.
Additionally, Marcum reported that Filevine’s products also met the safeguard requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), security standards relevant to personal health information.
Furthermore, the SOC 2 Type II audit report included the testing and efficacy of Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) security controls in addition to the testing and efficacy of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27002 security controls. Combined, this comprehensive SOC 2 Type II +HIPAA, +CJIS, +ISO sets Filevine’s platforms apart in the legal industry.     
In November 2019, Dean Sapp became Filevine’s Vice President of Information Security, bringing 20+ years of experience in security and legal technology to the company.
“Filevine has made a commitment to invest in best-of-breed security tools and to prioritize information security, data privacy, and compliance initiatives across our product portfolio,” Sapp said. “Protecting our customers and their data is a top priority. In this respect, Filevine is well positioned to respond to evolving cybersecurity threats to the legal industry.”
As a leader in legal technology, Filevine provides solutions that make the intersection of legal work and business more seamless, transparent, and effortless for all legal professionals and everyone they interact with. Safeguarding legal, business, and client data is critical to Filevine’s vision and status as a trusted partner for organizations of all sizes and industries. Vinesign furthers this focus by providing secure digital eSignature capabilities for the modern legal practice. Lead Docket enables firms to find and convert more leads while Outlaw has revolutionized the contract lifecycle management (CLM) space.
Filevine is changing the way legal work gets done for law practitioners and their clients. As the leading legal work platform, Filevine is dedicated to empowering all organizations with tools to simplify and elevate complex, high-stakes legal work. Powering everything from document management and client communication to contract lifecycle management and business analytics, over 30,000 legal professionals use Filevine daily to deliver excellence in every contract, deadline, and result. Filevine is the top legal software company on the Inc. 5000 list, ranks No. 167 on the Deloitte 2022 Fast 500, and has been named one of the Utah Business Fast 50.
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Acquisition Allows Company to Expand Digital-Transformation Services Deeper into the Automotive Industry
ATLANTA, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Docufree, a leading provider of enterprise information management (EIM) and digital business process services, announced today the acquisition of DealerDOCX, a leading provider of secure end-to-end, cloud-based document-management solutions for the automotive industry.
Founded in 2014, DealerDOCX is a proven and established intelligent document management company poised to continue its growth in the auto-dealer market as well as adjacent verticals such as auto services. As part of the acquisition, Docufree will also be adding several key patents to our IP portfolio including unique business-intelligence software that is integrated into dealer Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to create fast, secure, high-quality, and cloud-based document management.
“With its strong recurring revenue model, blue-chip clients and very low customer churn, the acquisition of DealerDOCX presents Docufree with a multitude of opportunities,” said Brad Jenkins, CEO of Docufree. “This acquisition also expands Docufree’s deep expertise in software engineering and cloud services, along with domain insight into automobile sales and operations. Additionally, there are several innovative technology components that seamlessly complement and integrate with our existing technology suite of offerings—giving us a tremendous growth trajectory involving smart, agile enterprise solutions that result in successful digital transformations.
DealerDOCX’s document-intelligence proprietary cloud solution, delivered via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, is powered by the company’s patented automated audit-compliance analytics engine – which streamlines compliance engagements by analyzing client-specific documents and leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to generate audit scorecards and document bundles. The platform enables auto dealerships to effectively navigate compliance requirements with sales reps and auditing staff to ensure time-saving and cost-efficient practices without the need for external auditors. This solution helps dealerships avoid costly government or Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) incentive-based compliance violation fines and find room for revenue improvement.
The DealerDOCX platform maintains strong strategic partnerships with dominant industry Dealer Management System (DMS) providers, such as Dealertrack Technologies, CDK Global, and Reynolds & Reynolds, to provide full integration utilizing its predictive-analytics capabilities into their respective dealer systems. DealerDOCX has built a strong base of more than 350 customers across multiple states and markets.
“We look forward to maximizing their technology in our content-enabled vertical applications while empowering channel partners with many new opportunities to grow their digital transformation suite and recurring cloud revenue models,” said David Winkler executive vice president and chief product officer of Docufree. “DealerDOCX is helping dealerships across the country accelerate their digital transformation objectives, by capturing unprotected physical documents, reducing on-site labor and storage expenses, providing easy and secure digital access to deal jackets, repair orders, invoices, and other sensitive files, while assuring compliance. With this acquisition we’re bringing together the power of our content services platform with their specialized automotive expertise to further drive innovation for both existing and future customers.”
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Docufree is a leading provider of enterprise information management and digital business process services. Services include large-volume document capture, data extraction and integration, intelligent process automation, cloud-based document management, and digital mailroom services. Since 1999, Docufree has securely managed and modernized how people and the systems they use daily interact with data and each other. Today, over 1,000 enterprises and government agencies rely on Docufree to empower their workforce by ensuring processes are executed with speed, accuracy, and compliance from wherever work needs to happen. For more information, visit www.docufree.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @Docufree then like us on Facebook.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FMW Media’s New to The Street TV, a nationally syndicated TV show, announces episode #412th airing on the Fox Business Network tonight, Monday, December 5, 2022, at 10:30 PM PT.
New to The Street’s 413th TV episode features the following five (5) corporate interviews:
1). American Made Products – American Rebel, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AREB) ($AREB) interview with Andy Ross, Chairman, and CEO.
2). Quantum Computing- Quantum Computing, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: QUBT) ($QUBT) interviews with Robert Liscouski, President, CEO, and Chairman, and Hunter Gaylor, Industry Expert/Advisor
3). Hemp Cigarettes – Hempacco Co., Inc.’s (NASDAQ: HPCO) ($HPCO) interviews with Sandro Piancone, Co-Founder/CEO, and Jorge Olson, Co-Founder/ Chief Marketing Officer.
4). Email/Messenger Privacy Solutions – Sekur Private Data, Ltd.’s (OTCQX: SWISF) (CSE: SKUR) (FRA: GDT0) interview with Alain Ghiai, CEO.
5). Super Food- GMSacha Inchi’s (OTC: QEDN) ($QEDN) interview with Kate Bahnsen, CEO.
Episode #413
New to The Street’s TV Host Jane King from the Nasdaq MarketSite studio welcomes Andy Ross, Chairman/CEO of America Rebel, Inc. (NASDAQ: AREB) ($AREB). Inspired by the song “American Rebel,” the Company started in 2015, making American-made safes and concealed carry weapons (CCW) apparel and backpacks. Andy passionately explains the Company’s mission, branded as “America’s Patriotic Brand.” The Company owns eight retail locations selling its products. Additionally, consumers can find products at approximately 400 other retailers and sporting goods stores. The full stand-alone safes are the Company’s flagship product, and along with its CCW apparel/backpacks and weapon lockers, the Company continues to grow. The Company will soon release its e-Bike into the market. The Company will feature its products at the upcoming SHOT trade show in Las Vegas in January 2023. As a patriotic Company – “Made in America,” Andy explains that demand is growing for American-made products, and he is excited about the Company’s future. With a strong social media presence, and websites, www.americanrebel.com and www.andyross.com, viewers can learn more about the Company’s mission and products. The on-screen QR code is available during the show; download or visit America Rebel, Inc. – http://www.americanrebel.com/.
From the Nasdaq MarketSite studio, New to the Street’s Co- Host Jane King and Hunter Gaylor have a conversation about the significance of Quantum Computing, Inc. (NASDAQ: QUBT) ($QUBT) (“QCI”). Hunter, who is an industry expert/advisor to QCI, and podcast host of “Hunting Opportunities to Consider,” believes that Quantum Computing, Inc.’s software and hardware solutions can democratize the computer industry, which can solve everyday problems faster and more efficiently. Robert ‘Bob’ Liscouski, President, CEO, and Chairman of Quantum Computing, Inc., appears on set with Jane King, explaining further about the Company. As a leader in quantum computer software products, QCI’s ecosystem offers end-users easy access to quantum solutions for mainstream uses. Robert explains that current and classical technologies are in every aspect of our lives. QCI has a full stack of quantum software/hardware solutions to bring quantum computations to a new evolution beyond classical technology. Bob explains the significance of the Company’s June 2022 acquisition of QPhoton, Inc., a quantum photonics innovation company that has developed a quantum photonic system (QPS). AI, new drugs, energy, and many other industries can quickly deploy a QCI software solution ready-to-run. Quantum’s flagship product Qatalyst™ is a first of its kind for the marketplace, which does not involve substantial operational and human resource expenses to deploy. The on-screen QR code is available during the show; download or visit Quantum Computing, Inc. – https://www.quantumcomputinginc.com/.
New to The Street’s TV Host Jane King interviews Hempacco Co., Inc.’s (NASDAQ: HPCO) ($HPCO) Sandro Piancone, Co-Founder/CEO, and Jorge Olson, Co-Founder/Chief Marketing Officer. From the Nasdaq MarketSite studio, viewers learn about the Company’s hemp Disrupting Tobacco™ products. Jorge explains the Company’s goal in Disrupting Tobacco™ products with hemp cigarettes. The tobacco industry is a $1T global industry, while the hemp and cannabis industry is only at $25B. The growing market share for hemp-based smokable products provides opportunities. Jorge explains the different types of cannabinoid infusions that the Company uses to create other effects, from sleep to energy. Hempacco owns its production facility, has vending machine locations, and has private-label products. The growth in their herb and hemp-based alternatives to nicotine cigarettes by manufacturing and marketing herb, spice, and cannabinoid smokables and rolling papers continues. It took the Company two years to create its unique smokable hemp product line. Now, with patents and proprietary intellectual property (IP), the Company is positioned to gain more market share out of the $1T tobacco marketplace. The management team and the Company’s Board of Directors are individuals with unique industry experiences who bring impressive credentials to the Company. The 2018 US Farm Bill allows hemp products to be sold legally in all 50 states and without special taxes. Displayed on countertops, merchants sell CBD-infused cigarettes. The on-screen QR code is available during the show; download or visit Hempacco Co., Inc. – https://hempaccoinc.com/ & https://realstuffsmokables.com/.
Mr. Alain Ghiai, CEO of Sekur Private Data, Ltd. (OTCQX: SWISF) (CSE: SKUR) (FRA: GDT0), joins New to The Street’s TV Host Jane King from the Nasdaq MarketSite studio. Sekur Private Data, Ltd. offers Sekur, a Swiss secure email and messenger communication application available on any mobile device, tablet, and desktop. Subscribers get cybersecurity protections not available with open-source programs for reasonable pricing, a complete and affordable cybersecurity solution for individuals and businesses. Many banks in the US violated banking privacy laws while using Big Tech open platforms to communicate banking information. Some banks used WhatsApp to message clients and for internal uses, which is a privacy violation, resulting in over $2B in fines. The solution is Sekur Private Data’s Sekur products which offer encrypted secure communications and data management. The service platform offers archiving, a requirement for many regulated industries, including banks and other financial institutions. Alain told viewers that growth continues in Central America and other South American countries and expects more small-medium business (SMB) enterprises and governments to sign up for Sekur. In the US market, B2B partnerships are growing, too. Sekur Private Data, Ltd. operates its internet platforms and security businesses under the country of Switzerland’s very tough privacy laws. The Company never asks for a phone number to subscribe. Sekur is on track for an exciting 2023. The on-screen QR code is available during the show to download more info or visit Sekur Private Data, Ltd. – https://www.sekurprivatedata.com/ and http://www.Sekur.com.
From the New to The Street’s Nasdaq MarketSite studio, Kate Bahnsen, Chief Executive Officer of GMSacha Inchi (OTC: QEDN) ($QEDN), joins TV Host Jane King to talk about the Company. Established in 2013 in Columbia, the Company creates nutritional products. It looks for sustainable farming initiatives which could help farmers make a better wage and plant crops that are not considered illegal. Known as a super food, the Sacha Inchi plant is grown for its seeds. The plant is high in nine essential amino acids, proteins, and Omega 3,6 and 9. The harvesting is about every 15 days giving farmers a sustainable crop with profits and growing consumer markets. The Company is working on a beverage with only 30 grams of calories and full of nutritional benefits, the only Sachai Inchi seed beverage worldwide. Because it is a seed and not a nut, there are no known allergies from consumption. The Company makes flour out of the seed, which adds nutrition to other food preparations. Also, the Company has products for athletes, pets, and snack food industries. Kate talks about a pending US SEC Reg A offering as either a Tier 1 or Tier 2; upon effectiveness, this will allow the Company to obtain investment funding. Kate believes 2023 will be an excellent year for the Company as it rolls out its beverage and other products into the marketplace. The on-screen QR code is available during the show to download more info or visit GMSacha Inchi – https://gmsacha.com/.
About American Rebel Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AREB) ($AREB):
American Rebel, Inc. (NASDAQ: AREB), through its wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, operates primarily as a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of branded safes and personal security and self-defense products. The Company also designs and produces branded apparel and accessories and now intends to enter the E-Bike market – www.americanrebel.com.
About Quantum Computing, Inc. (NASDAQ: QUBT) ($QUBT)

Quantum Computing ,Inc. (QCI) (NASDAQ: QUBT) is a full-stack quantum software and hardware company on a mission to accelerate the value of quantum computing for real-world industry applications, delivering the future of quantum computing today. The combination of QCI’s flagship ready-to-run software product, Qatalyst, with its industry-leading Entropy Quantum Computing (EQC) system, Dirac 1, provides a broadly accessible and affordable enterprise quantum solution capable of solving real business problems now. QCI’s expert team in finance, computing, security, mathematics, and physics has over a century of combined experience with complex technologies, from leading-edge supercomputing to precision sensors and imaging technology, to the security that protects nations – https://www.quantumcomputinginc.com/.
About Hempacco Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: HPCO) ($HPCO):
Hempacco Co., Inc.’s (NASDAQ: HPCO) ($HPCO) goal is Disrupting Tobacco’s™ nearly $1 trillion industry with herb and hemp-based alternatives to nicotine cigarettes by manufacturing and marketing herb, spice, and cannabinoid smokables and rolling paper. Hempacco owns The Real Stuff™ functional hemp cigarette and rolling paper brands. Hempacco’s operational segments include manufacturing of smokables and hemp rolling paper, smokable technology development, The Real Stuff™ brand of functional smokables and rolling paper, and Cheech & Chong Hemp Cigarettes and Hemp Hop Smokables with Rick Ross. Learn more at www.hempaccoinc.com and order products at www.realstuffsmokables.com.
About Sekur Private Data Ltd. (OTCQX: SWISF) (CSE: SKUR) (FRA: GDT0):
Sekur Private Data, Ltd. (OTCQX: SWISF) (CSE: SKUR) (FRA: GDT0) is a cybersecurity and internet privacy provider of Swiss-hosted solutions for secure communications and secure data management. The Company distributes encrypted emails, secure messengers, secure communication tools, secure cloud-based storage, disaster recovery, and document management products. The Company sells and serves consumers, businesses, and governments worldwide through approved wholesalers, distributors, and telecommunications companies. Contact Sekur Private Data, Ltd. at corporate@globexdatagroup.com or visit  https://www.sekurprivatedata.com and  https://www.sekur.com.
About GMSacha Inchi (OTCMKTS: QEDN) ($QEDN):
GMSacha Inchi (OTC: QEDN) ($QEDN) is a Company dedicated to the transformation and commercialization of the Sacha Inchi seed which is rich in omegas 3, 6 and 9, contains 100% vegan protein with the 9 essential amino acids. The Company is working to expand at a national and international level, achieving high-quality standards and competitive prices that will allow them to export their nutritional products. Since 2013 management works to help many communities in Colombia to change crops, many of farmers are illegal farmers, heads of families or victims of the conflict who are looking for short-term crops that have good profitability – https://gmsacha.com/.
About New to The Street:
New to the Street is an FMW Media production that operates one of the longest-running US and International sponsored and syndicated Nielsen Rated programming television brands, “New to The Street,” and its blockchain show, “Exploring The Block.” Since 2009, these brands have run biographical interview segment shows across major U.S. television networks. The paid-for-television programming platforms can potentially reach over 540 million homes in the US and international markets. FMW’s New to The Street / Newsmax televised broadcasting platform airs its syndication on Sundays at 10 -11 AM ET. FMW is also one of the nation’s largest buyers of linear television, long and short-form paid programming – https://www.newsmaxtv.com/Shows/New-to-the-Street & https://www.newtothestreet.com/.
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Two years ago, Microsoft debuted SharePoint Syntex, which leverages AI to automate the capture and classification of data from documents — building on SharePoint’s existing services. Today marks the expansion of the platform into Microsoft Syntex, a set of new products and capabilities including file annotation and data extraction. Syntex reads, tags and indexes document content — whether digital or physical — making it searchable and available within Microsoft 365 apps and helping manage the content lifecycle with security and retention settings.
According to Chris McNulty, the director of Microsoft Syntex, driving the launch was customers’ increasing desire to “do more with less,” particularly as a recession looms. A 2021 survey from Dimensional Research found that more than two-thirds of companies leave valuable data untapped, largely because of problems building pipelines to access that data.
“Just as business intelligence transformed the way companies use data to drive business decisions, Microsoft Syntex unlocks the value of the massive amount of content that resides within an organization,” McNulty told TechCrunch in an email interview. “Virtually any industry with large scale content and processes will see benefits from adopting Microsoft Syntex. In particular, we see the greatest alignment with industries that work with a higher volume of technically dense and regulated content – financial services, manufacturing, health care, life sciences, and retail among them.”
Syntex offers backup, arc1hiving, analytics and management tools for documents as well as a viewer to add annotations and redactions to files. Containers enable developers to store content in a managed sandbox, while “scenario accelerators” provide workflows for use cases like contract management, accounts payable and so on.
“The Syntex content processor lets you build simple rules to trigger the next action, whether it’s a transaction, an alert, a workflow or just filing your content in the right libraries and folders,” McNulty explained. “[Meanwhile,] the advanced viewer adds an annotation and inking layer on top of any content viewable in Microsoft 365. Annotations can be made securely, with different permissions than the underlying content, and also without modifying the underlying content.”
McNulty says that customers like TaylorMade are exploring ways to use Syntex for contract management and assembly, standardizing contracts with common clauses around financial terms. The company is also piloting the service to process orders, receipts and other transactional documents for accounts payable and finance teams, in addition to organizing and securing emails, attachments and other documents for intellectual property and patent filings.
“One of the fastest-growing content transactions is e-signature,” McNulty said. “[With Syntex, you] can send electronic signature requests using Syntex, Adobe Acrobat Sign, DocuSign or any of our other e-signature partner solutions and your content stays in Microsoft 365 while it’s being reviewed and signed.”
Intelligent document processing of the type Syntex does is often touted as a solution to the problem of file management and orchestration at scale. According to one source, 15% of a company’s revenue is spent creating, managing and distributing documents. Documents aren’t just costly — they’re time-wasting and error-prone. More than nine in 10 employees responding to a 2021 ABBY survey said that they waste up to eight hours each week looking through documents to find data, and using traditional methods to create a new document takes on average three hours and incurs six errors in punctuation, spellings, omissions or printing.
A number of startups offer products to tackle this, including Hypatos, which applies deep learning to power a wide range of back-office automation with a focus on industries with heavy financial document processing needs. Flatfile automatically learns how imported data from files should be structured and cleaned, while another vendor, Klarity, aims to replace humans for tasks that require large-scale document review, including accounting order forms, purchase orders and agreements.
As with many of its services announced today, Microsoft, evidently, is betting scale will work in its favor.
“Syntex uses AI and automation technologies from across Microsoft, including summarization, translation and optical character recognition,” McNulty said. “Many of these services are being made available to Microsoft 365 commercial accounts with no additional upfront licensing under a new pay-as-you-go business model.”
Syntex is beginning to roll out today and will continue to roll out in early 2023. Microsoft says it’ll have additional details on service pricing and packaging published on the Microsoft 365 message center and through licensing disclosure documentation in the coming months.

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Excellence has become table stakes for desktop document scanners
I focus on printer and scanner technology and reviews. I have been writing about computer technology since well before the advent of the internet. I have authored or co-authored 20 books—including titles in the popular Bible, Secrets, and For Dummies series—on digital design and desktop publishing software applications. My published expertise in those areas includes Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, and QuarkXPress, as well as prepress imaging technology. (Over my long career, though, I have covered many aspects of IT.)
The Brother ADS-3300W is a capable entry-level-to-midrange sheetfed document scanner for home, hybrid, or small offices and workgroups.
Think we’ve reviewed a lot of Brother desktop document scanners lately? You’re not imaging it: The company recently released five sheetfed models, including the ADS-4300N, the ADS-4700W, and the ADS-4900W, which copped an Editors’ Choice award among high-volume networkable scanners. Today’s entry, the ADS-3300W Wireless High-Speed Desktop Scanner ($369.99), costs $20 more than the ADS-4300N and has slightly lower capacity but features a touch-screen instead of bare-buttons control panel. It’s an excellent document scanner, but the ADS-3300W falls short of replacing the Epson RapidReceipt RR-600W and Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1600, our favorite entry-level-to-midrange sheetfed desktop scanners for home-office or small-office and workgroup document management.
As I said, the ADS-3300W is fourth in the pecking order of Brother’s new scanners, positioned below the three ADS-4000 series models already reviewed and above the ADS-3100 waiting in the wings. At 7.5 by 11.7 by 8.5 inches (HWD) with its trays closed and weighing 6.3 pounds, it’s roughly the same size as other document scanners in this class, and like them extends to as much as three times its desk-space footprint with its input and output trays open for business.
In addition to the abovementioned Fujitsu and Epson, other competitors of similar stature include the HP ScanJet Pro N4000 snw1 and the Raven Original Document Scanner. The last is a few pounds heavier due to its 8-inch, tablet-like control panel.
The Brother’s control panel combines three buttons—Back, Home, and Cancel—with a 2.8-inch color touch screen. From here, you can select from a list of preconfigured workflow profiles. (You manage profiles with the ScanEssentials software included in the downloadable bundle; more about it in a minute.) Only the Brother ADS-3100 and ADS-4300W lack touch screens; the RapidReceipt and ScanSnap have 4.3-inch panels versus the Raven’s 8-inch whopper.
Using the ADS-3300W’s control panel, you can configure and execute scan jobs on the fly or choose among workflow shortcuts that combine settings such as one- or two-sided (simplex or duplex) scanning, destination, output layout, resolution, and more. The scanner’s maximum optical resolution is 600dpi (1,200dpi interpolated); like its Brother siblings, it supports document sizes ranging from 2 inches square to 8.5 inches wide by 16.4 feet long. Color depth is 24-bit and grayscale is 8-bit.
You can scan to single or multiple destinations including cloud sites, email, FTP, local drives, and social media sites. Access to Box, Dropbox, Evernote, Expensify, Google Drive, OneDrive, OneNote, and SharePoint Online is built in, and adding other sites is simple. Supported output formats include image, searchable, secure, and signed PDF; single- and multipage TIFF; BMP; plain text; and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Inside the box are a setup guide and various flyers, a USB 3.0 cable, and an AC adapter with cord. You download ScanEssentials and other software from Brother’s support site.
As for handling your originals, the ADS-3300W’s automatic document feeder (ADF) holds 60 sheets, and its maximum daily duty cycle is 6,000 scans. The ADS-4300N and ADS-4700W have the same duty cycles but 80-page ADFs, while the flagship ADS-4900W holds 100 pages and is rated for 9,000 scans. For comparison’s sake, the Fujitsu, Raven, and HP scanners all have 50-sheet feeders and the Epson a 100-sheet ADF. The HP, Epson, and Raven can do 4,000 scans a day, while the Fujitsu can handle 6,000.
The Brother’s built-in interfaces include USB 3.0 (USB 2.0 compatible), Ethernet, and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi. This model can also scan to flash drives and other USB storage devices via a port on the rear of the scanner.
In addition to Wi-Fi, mobile connectivity consists of Apple AirPrint and Brother Mobile Connect, as well as several cloud and social media sites. The downloadable software bundle consists of Brother iPrint&Scan Desktop for Windows and Mac, Brother ScanEssentials Lite, and Kofax PaperPort SE with OCR for Windows.
The first, used with both Brother’s stand-alone scanners and its all-in-one printers, does exactly what its name says: It acts as a scanner interface for digitizing hard-copy data and converting it to one of several formats. These include image or searchable PDF, or Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
ScanEssentials Lite is, as you can guess, a pared-down version of ScanEssentials, Brother’s full-featured scanner interface and document archiving program. Kofax PaperPort, bundled with scanners from multiple vendors, provides a combination scanner interface and document-archiving front end with a features such as optical character recognition (OCR), databases of keywords and phrases, and systematic file naming and directory structuring.
Brother also provides a handful of third-party drivers including ISIS, Sane, TWAIN, and WIA, that let you connect to any of the many programs (such as Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop, and the Microsoft Office applications) that support scanning into them directly. 
Brother rates the ADS-3300W’s scanning speed at 40 one-sided (simplex) pages per minute (ppm) and 80 two-sided (duplex) images per minute (ipm, with each page side counted as an image). All of the other scanners mentioned here share those ratings, except for the Epson RR-600W at 35ppm and 70ipm.
I ran my tests with iPrint&Scan over a USB connection to our Intel Core i5 testbed PC running Windows 10 Pro. First, I timed the ADS-3300W and its software as it scanned both our one- and two-sided 25-page text documents before saving them as image PDF files. At 43.9ppm and 84.3ipm, the ADS-3300W not only exceeded its ratings but landed on the high side of average, with the lower-rated Epson trailing the others.
Next, I clocked the scanner as it converted our two-sided 25-page document to the more versatile searchable PDF format. It finished the job in 37 seconds, which was one of the slowest times in the group, but by only two or three seconds in most cases. The Brother ADS-4900W was the only notably quicker entrant, at 24 seconds.
Today’s computers do many things well and with great precision, but that wasn’t always the case—time was, optical character recognition had more than its share of rough edges. But as I’ve noted in other reviews, OCR in recent years has matured to virtually 100% accuracy as long as the documents you scan are reasonably legible and in decent shape. Like most of the document scanners we’ve sampled lately, the Brother ADS-3300W read our Arial (sans-serif) and Times New Roman (serif) pages error-free in sizes down to 6 points. A few of its peers, such as the Raven Original, managed error-free results down to 5 points with one or the other font, but a difference of 1 point is negligible. So are your chances of encountering stacks of documents with text smaller than 9 or 10 points in the real world.
I also scanned a few stacks of business cards into Presto BizCard and a bunch of receipts and invoices into BR-Receipts, with predictably fine results. As usual, BizCard does a great job of populating the correct database fields with contact data, as long as you give it cards without a lot of fills, shadows, and exotic fonts. BR-Receipts also worked well when given relatively clean originals with legible text and figures; you may have to do a little configuring to meet your needs, but the program’s learning curve is fairly shallow.
If you need a high-volume workhorse scanner, you might want to consider the Editors’ Choice award-winning Brother ADS-4900W or the slightly less robust ADS-4700W. But if your needs don’t exceed medium volume, you have many choices, most of them great. The ADS-3300W is a first-rate document management platform; it doesn’t quite match the 4.5-star ratings of the Epson RR-600W and Fujitsu iX1600, but it certainly deserves consideration as a worthy alternative.
The Brother ADS-3300W is a capable entry-level-to-midrange sheetfed document scanner for home, hybrid, or small offices and workgroups.
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I focus on printer and scanner technology and reviews. I have been writing about computer technology since well before the advent of the internet. I have authored or co-authored 20 books—including titles in the popular Bible, Secrets, and For Dummies series—on digital design and desktop publishing software applications. My published expertise in those areas includes Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, and QuarkXPress, as well as prepress imaging technology. (Over my long career, though, I have covered many aspects of IT.)
In addition to writing hundreds of articles for PCMag, over the years I have also written for many other computer and business publications, among them Computer Shopper, Digital Trends, MacUser, PC World, The Wirecutter, and Windows Magazine. I also served as the Printers and Scanners Expert at About.com (now Lifewire).
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Knowledge, as the old saying goes, is power. But when that knowledge is splayed across sprawling, fragmented repositories, it can be difficult for even the most organized individual to join the dots and make sense of it all.
This is something that fledgling startup Logseq is setting out to solve, with a privacy-focused open-source knowledge base that helps people and companies combine all their disparate notes, research, PDF markups and more into an interconnected system for storing and retrieving information.
With support for markup languages such as Markdown and Emacs’ Org-mode, Logseq enables users to create tasks, manage and store notes or to-do lists, embed pages, annotate PDFs and create links between all the information contained within, to create a free flow of information.
Logseq is entering a space that includes incumbents such as Roam, Obsidian, Foam and Athens, though in reality it’s looking to supplant legacy knowledge management systems that are designed in a “skeuomorphic” way to mimic linear systems built around pages, files and folders. Indeed, Logseq is conceptually more akin to something like a global wiki that stores data “like a human brain” — a graph of nodes consisting of myriad interconnected concepts. It also supports visualizations based on a graph database, allowing users to express particular tasks and sub-tasks on a graph that shows their interconnectedness.
To take things to the next level, Logseq today revealed that it has raised $4.1 million in seed funding from a slew of notable backers, including the CEOs and founders of companies such as Stripe, Shopify and Quora.
Logseq, which users can already access via a desktop app or native iPad / iOS app, can be used to write and connect just about any type of text-based note. For example, it can enhance note-taking for project meetings, through bidirectional links and graph databases on top of simple Markdown files — this can help any participant revisit previous conversations and notes and use filters to select topics relevant to the meeting.
Logseq also touts itself as “local-first,” meaning that it supports storing information in Markdown text files on users’ local machines, which gives them full, unfettered access to all their information. And because it supports Markdown and Org-mode out-the-box, it means that it’s interoperable with other platforms and systems.
Another potential use-case lies in PDF annotation, with Logseq enabling users to highlight a chunk of text on the document and write notes associated with those highlights.
So, who, exactly, is the intended end-user with Logseq? Anyone and everyone, according to Logseq cofounder and CEO Tienson Qin.
“Individual researchers and consumers at home already rely on Logseq to store complex knowledge bases and personal CRMs,” Qin told VentureBeat. “SMEs and enterprise teams use Logseq to store notes for teams in ways that establish deeply interconnected relationships to give faster context to new hires, more practical data management and keep more detailed logs of their collective mental thought processes.”
Qin and Co. created Logseq as an open-source “passion project” in early 2020, though it has only existed as a formal company for the past year. But in the intervening months, the company has garnered a growing user base that includes developers, researchers and academics from a host of high-profile organizations such as Google, Meta, MIT and Stanford.
“It’s a great platform for researchers and academics who are cataloging a lot of information, both in groups and on their own,” Qin told VentureBeat. “Logseq is used by teams at companies who need to better store information in interconnected structures. Logseq’s product is designed to be so incredibly easy to use, that even young children can pick it up and begin exploring.”
In terms of how Logseq plans to make money beyond its existing donation-based approach, the company intends to put at least some of its seed investment toward hiring and product development — this translates into premium features for individuals and companies.
“We’re exploring a Logseq ‘pro’ plan for individuals that would include end-to-end encrypted sync, publishing, an AI assistant and collaboration, as well as potential for enterprise plans,” Qin explained. “But, first, we’re focused on growing fast by allowing open-source, widespread collaboration.”
Indeed, it’s this open-source foundation that could set the company up well as it builds out a commercial product, particularly in sectors where data ownership and control are a top priority.
“Because it’s open source and prioritizes privacy, we have an extensive user-base that we do not actively track the identities of, which also speeds up compliance reviews,” Qin said.
Moreover, the fact that Logseq is a community-driven project means that contributors the world over can add (or request) their features. Qin said that in the past three months alone, the Logseq community has created more than 80 plugins to support integrations with calendars, natural language processing (NLP) applications and even Readwise.
In the coming weeks, Logseq is gearing up to launch features to better support real-time collaboration, enabling teams to edit notes on their Logseq knowledge graphs concurrently, a little like Google Docs.
“Logseq is great at helping teams work on datasets together — it’s even better at allowing multiple teams to work on the same dataset,” Qin noted. “This is because the ideas and information contained in that dataset becomes naturally connected in a bidirectional graph, meaning organization are not limited just to files and folders, but rather logically, like a brain works, to keep research moving forward.”
Logseq’s seed funding round included investments from Stripe CEO Patrick Collison; Shopify founder Tobias Lütke; ex-GitHub CEO Nat Friedman; Quora founder Charlie Cheever; renowned software developer Dave Winer; Andreessen Horowitz partner Sriram Krishnan; Craft Ventures; Matrix Partners; and Day One Ventures.
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Just like any business, establishing clear and ethically compliant billing practices is crucial for law firms. Your billing practices directly affect not only your bottom line but also your firm’s commitment to transparency and the client experience. Clearly communicating your legal billing guidelines goes a long way in building client trust.
But creating your firm’s billing guidelines — and enforcing them — is a challenge of its own. Still, you don’t have to wear all these hats. Legal e-billing software can give you the tools to collect legal fees and manage your firm’s finances so you can skip the guesswork. 
Whether you’re setting up your guidelines for the first time or revising existing templates and systems, keep in mind why clear billing guidelines matter. They can:
Set expectations for your client from the outset
Improve — or lower — client satisfaction
Determine whether your clients pay the bill
Impact your revenue
Reduce the risk of malpractice claims
When you have a clear legal billing policy, your law firm will run more efficiently — and you’ll see happier clients, too. 
When your client gets their bill, they’re not just looking at a document. They see this as part of your firm’s communication. So, if they get a bill with charges they don’t understand or fees that seem to counter your original attorney-client agreement, they might view your firm as disorganized or untrustworthy. They could even look at those fees and think, I’m not paying for that. 
Let your clients know what to expect from the start. They should know all the relevant details about your legal fees, the billing process, and who bears responsibility for each legal expense involved. When you’re transparent about fees, your clients are less likely to get frustrated by their bills — and more likely to appreciate your firm for delivering a smooth, efficient legal process.
Attorneys know that billing practices can have legal implications for their firms. Establishing a clear billing policy also ensures that you’re ethically compliant with American Bar Association (ABA) codes, like reducing the likelihood of double billing. In some states, double billing is illegal.
And you can also reduce your risk of legal malpractice claims when you have billing guidelines in place. When your clients understand what services you’ll render and at what cost, there’s less confusion regarding whether you delivered on your agreement. 
Your legal billing guidelines help ensure that the client and everyone in your firm is on the same page about all things related to payment. Include these items in your guidelines:
Educate the client about what billing guidelines are for, delineating which financial responsibilities fall on the firm and the client. The client should also understand how your billing policy fulfills your attorney-client agreement. 
Be sure to determine who is responsible for payment. Clarify when and if the law firm will cover certain expenses and when the client bears that responsibility. 
If you charge at an hourly rate, explain what that means (e.g., by what increments, when hourly fees apply). If you work on contingency, tell them about your percentage rate and if other fees apply. The same goes for retainers and any other fees you charge. 
Make sure clients understand how they’ll receive their invoices. For instance, explain how to access an e-billing platform if you use one. 
Within your practice, be sure that your own firm has a process for billing and invoicing, such as when certain attorneys should review the invoice.
Be sure to detail when your clients will be billed and how often. Ensure that clients have a consistent billing experience. 
Get a signature from your client to confirm their understanding of your fees and billing structure. Again, this can help protect your firm against claims of malpractice or other legal concerns. It will also help you enforce payment collection as detailed in the document. 
Lawyers may see billing as cumbersome and tedious, but it’s foundational to your business and your relationship with your clients. To make billing simpler, try implementing these few best practices to communicate and enforce your guidelines. 
Your communication with your clients impacts the relationship — and their satisfaction with your legal services. When communicating about payments:
Set expectations early. It bears repeating: Be clear about your legal billing guidelines as soon as you establish a working relationship with the client. 
Send invoices on a consistent schedule. Stick to your terms in the billing timeline. 
Clarify invoice questions — and don’t bill for it. You may need to take a few minutes to help clients understand their bills. Answer their questions without fees attached.
Send courteous reminders. Remind clients when they have an invoice and a payment deadline on the horizon.
Keep legal and finance aligned. Ensure that your attorneys and your accounting team are on the same page. This way, you can help reduce errors during the billing and invoicing process and ensure you get paid faster.
With everything that goes into establishing billing practices and enforcing payments, law firms have a lot to manage on the business side. One of the best ways to streamline your billing process is to automate it electronically with software tools. 
Legal billing software simplifies how you invoice, bill, and organize documents for your payments. It can even help you increase your revenue by more efficiently tracking your time, making sure clients receive invoices promptly, and eliminating billing bottlenecks that prevent your firm from turning invoices into revenue.
This can be executed through cloud-based programs or software on your firm’s computers. You can even integrate outside accounting tools, such as Quickbooks so that you adopt the solution that fits best with your firm’s current systems.  
When you start to think about introducing legal e-billing software to your practice, think about what your firm needs from the tool. Identify your billing bottlenecks, and look for software that helps you address them. Then, make sure that the software offers the features and benefits you need. 
Every legal billing platform is different, but make sure that you search for solutions that offer a few essential features, like:
Document management and invoicing. You can create all the documents you need with good legal billing software. Depending on the product’s features, you can make branded invoice templates and check the bill’s status. You can also track your receipts and expenses to better manage your firm’s spend.  
Online payment processing (and custom links). When clients have an easier way to pay and the option to use a credit card, they may be more likely to pay promptly. The best legal billing software includes features like client portals, which give your clients a digital place to review invoices and ePay. 
Reporting. With all your invoices and expenses organized in one platform, you can get readily-accessible insights into your firm’s financials. You can review your payment history, productivity, and expenses, among other reports.   
Legal CRM. Some legal billing software also offers a customer management system to help you keep track of your client profiles, communications, and more. 
With legal billing software, rest assured that your time gets tracked, your clients get their bills, and your firm is getting paid promptly. But the benefits go beyond pure financials. Consider other ways legal billing tools can help your firm:
Improved productivity 
Better in-house collaboration
Optimized onboarding for new staff
More satisfied clients
After all, the more streamlined your systems, the better for everyone who touches billing and invoicing in your firm. New staff will be better positioned to hit the ground running, and your customers will be happier to have the clarity and ease of digital payments. 
Bringing in new software tools for your practice is a big investment. Think about a couple of key factors to decide if your firm should invest. 
Internally: How much of your staff’s time and resources are dedicated to billing? And do you have an ongoing issue with unpaid invoices? Run reports if you’re not sure. If you’re seeing rates of 15 or 20% unpaid invoices, you might want help with optimizing your process. 
Externally: Do your clients express confusion about their bills? Do they often ask for credit card payment or digital payment capability?
If the answer to most of these questions is yes, you may want to consider bringing in the billing software. Whether you’re a small or large law firm, you may not even realize just how much revenue you stand to capture by automating your payment systems. 
Ultimately, using legal e-billing tools can help you pair your billing guidelines with the enforcement side. With an easy-to-use system to send and track invoices, you can ensure that your clients uphold their end of your fee agreement. 
Because you can automate your billing and easily set payment deadlines, you can also help eliminate human error from the process. 
Legal billing guidelines exist to help protect law firms and clients. They’re an essential tool that allows you to fulfill both sides of the attorney-client agreement. Plus, with billing policies in place, you can help your firm capture a significant number of payments that may have come too late or slipped through the cracks. And these guidelines also help your clients know what to expect—both from your firm and on their own end financially. More transparency for your clients means happier clients.
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