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Six Things PTFS’s Technology Can Do That the Competition Can’t

There's no shortage of vendors selling "AI-powered enterprise search" right now — it's become one of those phrases that shows up on every homepage. So

Why Federated Search Actually Matters — And How It’s Changed the Information Industry

Anyone who's worked inside a large organization knows the feeling: you need one answer, and it's hiding somewhere across four different systems that

M-23-07 in 2026: Where the Records Mandate Stands Now

The June 30, 2024 deadline for M-23-07, the OMB/NARA memo that pushed federal agencies to ditch paper records for good, has passed. But if you assumed

A Single UAS Flight Can Generate Thousands of Files. Here’s Where They All Go.

A routine drone inspection of a bridge or a stretch of rail line can produce thousands of individual images and video clips in under an hour. Multiply

What Is Federated Search? A 2026 Guide

Data, trapped in Silos Federated search lets a single query reach across multiple, separately managed systems — databases, document repositories,

The Redaction Problem: How Intelligence Agencies Share Documents Without Leaking Confidential Info

Every intelligence analyst eventually runs into the same bottleneck: a document is genuinely useful to a colleague on another team, but part of it is

Why the Government Hires PTFS to Digitize Its Records — And Why You Should Care

Somewhere in a federal warehouse right now, there's a box of aerial reconnaissance film from a Cold War-era mission slowly degrading, sitting next to

The History of M-23-07: How the Federal Government Moved Away from Paper Records

What M-23-07 Is M-23-07, formally titled "Update to Transition to Electronic Records," is a joint memorandum issued by the Office of Management and

5 Ways Digitization Is Helping Mental Health Practitioners

Mental health care has always depended on connection — but the tools clinicians use to build and sustain that connection are changing fast. From

What Compliance Looks Like for CMS Companies

If you build a content management system, you're not just shipping software — you're shipping a tool that handles everything a customer publishes.

How to Prompt for Accurate, Well-Thought-Out AI Results: A Practical Framework for Professionals

Organizations across government and industry are discovering the same reality: AI is only as effective as the instructions it receives. After

Knowvation GS: A Brief History of an Incredible Technology

Most people who've never worked in federal records management or geospatial intelligence have never heard of Knowvation GS — and that's by design.