Through this contract, any Texas state agency, unit of local government, or institution of higher education can acquire, through the IQ Business Group (IQBG), Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Enterprise Information Management (EIM) related Software as a Service (SaaS) and client-hosted products such as AncoraDocs and M-Files at a significant discount for Texas DIR customers. Professional Services such as installation, configuration, design, implementation, support, and maintenance are available with individual statements of work. This contracting vehicle can also procure high-level assessments, requirements analysis, and solution design regardless of the ECM or EIM platform. Information regarding the IQBG DIR Contract is located on the DIR-CPO-4822 Website.
This contract is part of the Cooperative Contracts Program created by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR). The Cooperative Contracts Program creates contract vehicles that satisfy statewide procurement requirements for software products, including Software as a Service (SaaS) and the associated services associated with implementing solutions built using the products. The Program combines the buying power of authorized customers to obtain volume-discounted pricing, shorten the time required, and make it easier for them to acquire the technology products and services needed to improve productivity, increase efficiencies, raise service levels to constituents, and improve regulatory compliance.
Under the Cooperative Contracts Program, customers place orders with and issue payments directly to the vendors participating in the Co-op Contracts Program.
Customers contact CHRIS LEGNON for products and/or services and pricing information, negotiate their service level agreements and additional terms and conditions, if any, and send their purchase orders (with the DIR contract number) to Chris Legnon and payments directly to IQBG.
CHRIS LEGNON is the IQBG Regional Director for Texas and is responsible for guiding all business relative to this contract. Chris is available to assist DIR Customers in determining which ECM or EIM products and services best match their specific requirements; and to help create Purchase Orders and Statements of Work relevant to their needs.
Contact Chris Today
Chris Legnon, PMP, ITIL
VP of Client Engagement
clegnon @ iqbginc.com
+1 (512) 423-4481
Assessments: IQBG realizes that software alone cannot make an information management program successful. You are only as good as your people, process, and technology. Our Program Maturity Assessment (PMA) helps organizations benchmark current program maturity while providing a roadmap to meet future state requirements. By rapidly assessing current operations through proactive engagement, our team is able to develop business requirements, project return on investment (ROI), develop a technology roadmap, and recommend a multi-year implementation sequence. Our Program Maturity Assessment (PMA) is available for Records Management (RM), Information Governance (IG), and Content Services (CS).
IQBG knows that information management policy and effective records schedules are the heart of any program. Our approach to policy and schedule development is different than most consulting firms in two significant ways. First, we leverage our senior staff, whose primary focus is Records Management. With numerous ECRM engagements under their belts, rest assured that experience and confidence are baked into each policy and records schedule we help you develop. Secondly, IQBG promotes knowledge transfer by collaborating with our clients as much as possible throughout the process.
Our methodology includes focused use case discussions, technology demonstrations, and training sessions. Our clients are well equipped to support their records management program, driven by effective policy and records schedules.
Information is one of your most valuable assets. Content creation has become simplified, and it is too easy to neglect the volumes of content and records supporting your business. Without effective governance, things can go south really quickly. IQBG leverages several Information Governance maturity models to benchmark your Information Governance program, providing recommendations that bridge the gaps between people, policy, process, and technology to implement lasting information governance.
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) strategies capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content and documents related to organizational processes.
ECM is working properly when it is effectively “invisible” to users. ECM is a collection of infrastructure components that fit into a multi-layered model and include all document-related technologies (DRT) for handling, delivering, and managing structured data and unstructured information. The five ECM components and technologies were first defined by AIIM as capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver.
IQBG provides professional services for:
Document Management (DM)
Collaboration
Web content management
Records management
Workflow and business process management (BPM)
Email Management
Data Migrations
FOIA & eDiscovery
Conversion and Digitization
Support & Maintenance
M-Files is an intelligent information management platform that helps companies make smart connections across the business and automate critical business processes while at the same time keeping information secured and controlled.
AncoraDocs – The premise behind Ancora Software is to finally bring to market an advanced data capture solution that does not come with the typical complexity and over-engineered features and functionality that have resulted in difficult-to-use, difficult-to-implement, difficult to support and overpriced Capture software. Through AncoraDocs, we are enabling companies worldwide to dramatically reduce the costs and inefficiencies of manual data entry and other manual processes.
M-Files warrants that during the applicable Subscription Period, the Software Service will conform, in all material respects, with the applicable Documentation. Upon written notice from Customer M-Files will, at no additional cost to Customer, and as Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for breach of the foregoing warranty, provide remedial services within a reasonable time period. Customer will provide M-Files with reasonable assistance and information available to Customer for rectification of Error. This warranty shall only apply if the Software Service has been utilized by Customer in accordance with the applicable Order Form and the Agreement. M-Files is not responsible for correcting Errors caused by changes in, or modifications to, the operating characteristics of any computer hardware or operating system for which the Software or any part thereof is procured, nor is M[1]Files responsible for Errors that result from the use of the Software or any part thereof in conjunction with Third-Party Services or with hardware which is incompatible with the operating system for which the Software or any part thereof is being procured.
M-FILES DOES NOT REPRESENT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE SERVICE WILL MEET ALL CUSTOMER´S REQUIREMENTS OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ALL ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE WARRANTY SET FORTH HERE IS M-FILES’ EXCLUSIVE WARRANTY AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES AND UNDERTAKINGS. M-FILES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS AND EXCLUDES ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR GUARANTEES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE SERVICE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. M-FILES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS AND EXCLUDES ANY WARRANTY PERTAINING TO THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE AND SERVICES
Cloud Services Warranty. ANCORA warrants that it has the legal to provide the CLOUD SERVICES to you and that the CLOUD SERVICES will be performed and provided in a professional manner by personnel and staff familiar with the CLOUD SERVICES.
Disclaimers. ANCORA makes no representations or warranties concerning the CLOUD SERVICES, expressed or implied, except as expressly provided in these TERMS OF USE, and ANCORA expressly disclaims to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law any other warranties, including, but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a purpose, non-infringement or skill and care.