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can you elaborate on that document management?

yeh, sure. Basically as part of some of the ISO standards you have to keep track of document versions and their edit history. It's all part of having an audit trail.

When I say every document they really do mean everything - from the simple notice printed out and stuck on the office door to the company disaster recovery plan.

There is not currently, as far as I can find, a solution for small-medium sized businesses to handle this.

I know it is uncool to suggest Microsoft products... but have you looked at SharePoint? I've seen it used for ISO compliance and the newest release (2010) is a big step to making that easier out of the box.

Something like Aconex? http://www.aconex.com/

It's got a pretty heavy focus on the building industry though.. perhaps something more generic?

Have you seen things like Alfresco? Or even MS Sharepoint (I know companies using sharepoint in very heavily controlled environments like pharmaceutical companies).

We are a reseller of the Laserfiche suite of document management products and we do a lot of work in the SMB space. Our clients use Laserfiche for document management, tracking, and versioning. It's a really great tool for dealing with audits or regulatory inquiries. If you want to learn more check out our website http://www.aisww.com

It's affordable and very powerful!

My guess is that the existing software is too cumbersome for a smaller business to use? I've been looking at this problem, too.

Law firms tend to use this software, but it really should be adaptable to anything that has these requirements. We use Autonomy WorkSite: http://www.interwoven.com/components/pagenext.jsp?topic=PROD...

But there's bound to be a better way. Web apps with solid frontends or separate desktop apps.

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