Great Tool for Managing Business Cards

CardScan Contact Management Solutions are the epitome of useful technology.

With these tools you can quickly turn a chaotic pile of business cards into truly useful information.

There is an interesting story behind these great products.

Dedication to turning contact information into actionable data.

In 1993, CardScan founder, Jonathan Stern made a commitment to resolve what he identified as a pressing business problem: how to turn the vital information typically found on business cards into actionable data that people could capture, maintain, organize and leverage in their every day business life.

The problems he saw were all too common - too many business cards from too many sources ended up stacked in piles, stashed in boxes, or shoved in drawers. Despite the best of intentions, sometimes cards got lost or mangled. Sometimes promises went unfulfilled. Sometimes information changed and went unrecorded.  And the busier people became, the less time they had to sort it all out.

Jonathan recruited Dexter Sealy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the two of them started what was to become CardScan, the industry leader in contact management solutions.

I am so glad they did.

I use the CardScan Personal. It works great. I could not live without it. Each week I take the stack of cards I have collected during meetings and events I have attended and scan them using my CardScan device.

The CardScan software's ability to recognize information and put it in the right place is nothing short of remarkable. Once translated from business card to computer your contacts can be imported into Outlook, Act, Goldmine, and many other databases including your Palm or Blackberry.

CardScan products are available at www.cardscan.com. They offer a 30 day risk free trial period.

Peter Conway

VP Small Business Services, SWK