January 2025 ECS Imaging Newsletter
ECS News
Highlights and Accomplishments in 2024
As we plan for this new year, we are grateful to look back at a very successful 2024. In case you missed these news bites, we have provided convenient links to the full stories.
ECS Customer Success Stories
▪ Lawndale Elementary School District: Automated processes including the Field Trip Request, Employee On-boarding and many others.
▪ City of Aliso Viejo: Public Records Request process and Warrant Request Invoice Approval with Forms and Workflow.
▪ City of San Luis Obispo: Tyler EPL (formerly EnerGov) and SharePoint integrations, Correspondence workflow and Public Documents on demand.
▪ Palo Alto USD: Ranked the #1 school district in America (Laserfiche article)
▪ International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC): ECS upgrades IIMC to the Cloud after supporting and maintaining their Laserfiche system at no cost to the Institute for the last 10 years.
ECS Complimentary In-Person and Online Events for our customers. Annual Conferences, Webinars, and Special Events.
▪ Many In-person trainings hosted at Val Verde USD and dozens of other customer locations.
▪ Customer Appreciation Event during Empower at House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV.
▪ 22nd Annual ECS Transform Conferences hosted at City of Newport Beach and City of San Pablo
▪ Quarterly Webinars keeping you informed
▪ Webinar: San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission – Successful Accounts Payable Automation using Laserfiche Forms and Workflow
▪ Webinar: Empower Conference Highlights
▪ Webinar: Trailblazing hot tips to Swim into Laserfiche Automation & Integrations
ECS Awards
▪ Enterprise Partner of the Year Award for 2024
▪ Gold Level Winners Circle SP
New ECS Team Members
▪ Sarah Porter – Solutions Specialist
▪ Josh Juarez – Solutions Engineer
▪ Shanna Kuhlemier – Business Analyst
ECS Product Highlights
▪ New ECS Exclusive ArcGIS Integration
▪ Laserfiche 12 Released for Self-Hosted Systems
What’s New in 2025
Our forecast for 2025 looks a lot like the successful recap above with new bells and whistles planned for you, our valued customers!
▪ New ECS Team Member Jaren Salazar – Software Support Technician starts in January
▪ Calleguas Municipal Water District Customer Success Story
▪ Modesto City Schools Onboarding Success
▪ ECS is on the NASPO purchasing vehicle for Laserfiche Cloud
▪ February 5th Webinar – A look at Laserfiche Cloud. Is it the right fit for your organization?
February Webinar: Laserfiche Cloud – Readiness Webinar
Is It the Right Fit for Your Organization?
Please see Event Flyer | ECS Imaging Events Page
Customer Success Story: Calleguas Municipal Water District
Improving Processes with Laserfiche Forms and Workflow
Calleguas Municipal Water District provides water to nearly 75% of the residents in the Ventura County area. The District imports and distributes water to several water suppliers who in turn sell it to Ventura County consumers.
Modesto City Schools Improved Their On-boarding Process with Laserfiche Automation
Modesto Schools, an ECS customer since 2022, was featured in an article on the Government Technology website for their approach to improving the on-boarding process using Laserfiche automation.
Laserfiche Cloud Can Now Be Purchased Through NASPO ValuePoint
ECS offers the ability to procure Laserfiche through a variety of cooperative purchasing programs including CMAS (California Multiple Award System), NCPA (National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance – now Omnia Partners), Ed Tech JPA (Education Technology Joint Powers Authority), and now NASPO ValuePoint.
Laserfiche News
Laserfiche Named Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Document Management
Read the Report to see how Gartner recognized Laserfiche based in Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.
With Laserfiche, organizations can:
▪ Optimize workflows and business processes.
▪ Accelerate human productivity through solution templates, generative AI tools and other intelligent services.
▪ Enforce information governance and address growing regulatory requirements for storing and handling sensitive data.
So Many Reasons to Upgrade to Laserfiche 12 Self-Hosted
Laserfiche 12 Self-Hosted features more power and usability, faster rollout, forms testing, customizable data with metadata enhancements, detailed insights with the new Admin Hub, modernized interface, built to scale and so much more!
See why your organization should upgrade to Laserfiche 12 Self-Hosted
New Laserfiche 12 Self-Hosted Webinars
Overview of Laserfiche 12 Self-Hosted This session will showcase the new features available with Laserfiche 12, as well as highlight upcoming roadmap and development items.
Technical Implementation Steps: Laserfiche 12 Self-Hosted This session will showcase the steps and resources available to help guide your Laserfiche 12 implementation.
FREE Laserfiche 12 Self-Hosted Gold Certification
Upgrade to Laserfiche 12 within the first year after launch to receive a FREE Laserfiche 12 Gold Certification course pass for your entire organization to use. Please fill out the Redemption Form by November 6, 2025, to request a free code for your team.
Laserfiche 12 was released November 6, 2024. ECS is reviewing the release and will make recommendations when to upgrade. If you would like to be on the ECS list for upgrade to 12, please send us an email to Sales.
More details at laserfiche.com/lf12
Sign up for the Laserfiche 12 Email List as enhancements will continue to be released throughout the Spring and Fall of 2025.
Celebrate Excellence at Laserfiche Empower 2025!
Laserfiche Empower, the ultimate Laserfiche user training conference, returns to Las Vegas this April 14 – 17! Don’t miss out on your chance to connect with thousands of Laserfiche users. Here’s what else you can expect at Empower:
▪ Opportunities to expand your Laserfiche knowledge, that you can take home and share with your organization.
▪ New connections you can share your unique challenges, solutions and insights with.
▪ Face-to-face interactions with our developers where you can ask your most pressing questions about Laserfiche.
Empower classes are now open to sign up for, the Conference Agenda is packed with inspiring content including breakout sessions, labs, keynotes, and other learning sessions to set you and your organization up for success.
Get ready for Empower and Drop in at Empower Office Hours Talk with an Empower expert and learn what classes are best for you! Or view a list of recommendations here. Office Hours available through March, 2025.
Be a Co-presenter at Empower and attend for free! Laserfiche is looking for customers with unique insights on select topics. Accepted co-presenters get their event registration for free. Interested? Apply here. Deadline for proposal submissions is Monday, January 6, 2025.
For more information about the conference navigate to Laserfiche Empower 2025.
2025 Laserfiche Survey: Make Your Voice Heard!
Laserfiche wants to hear from YOU and your plans for 2025 – how you’re tackling digital transformation goals, which operational improvements you’re prioritizing, what use cases you’ll focus on, and more. Complete this brief 10-minute survey today!
Help Laserfiche gather insights your digital transformation goals and plans for the coming year. You’ll receive a copy of the results once they are ready.
Laserfiche will use the results to:
▪ Better understand customer product usage patterns.
▪ Enhance product development and go-to-market strategies.
▪ Continuously improve marketing messaging.
▪ Generate more awareness for both Laserfiche and their channel partners.
Whats New in Laserfiche Cloud
Search Laserfiche Cloud Help Files with Laserfiche AI – Take advantage of Laserfiche AI to quickly get the answers you seek within the contents of Laserfiche Cloud’s help files. Save time by asking the Laserfiche AI-powered assistant a question to receive a written answer with relevant help file links contained in the response.
Product Demo Webinar Series
Boost Efficiency and Empower Your Organization with Process Automation – Process automation technology improves operational efficiency by streamlining any business process.
January 7 | 11 – 11:45 a.m. PT
Technical Resources
Knowledge Base Articles:
▪ Enabling HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) in IIS 10.0.
Videos:
▪ New Features in Laserfiche Cloud December 2024
▪ Saving Forms to Your Repository in Laserfiche 12
