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The Problem: Information Overload in the Workplace

Today companies have an enomorous amount of information stored within their computer systems. Often that information is not easily found or accessed.

A Xerox study found

• People spend 30 percent of their workday looking for documents
• 60 to 80 percent feel they are missing the most important information
• Workers feel they are being productive only half the time

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