Digital Management Solutions

At the Digital Management Solutions trade show Atalasoft, Inc., the leading provider of document imaging tools for Microsoft .NET developers, announced the launch of Vizit SP, a solution for document viewing and imaging in Microsoft SharePoint 2007(R). "Microsoft SharePoint offers an affordable and customizable content management platform that is already in use by over 100 million users," said William Bither, President & CEO of Atalasoft, Inc. "The problem is that SharePoint does not offer necessary capabilities compared to traditional ECM systems. However, when combined with Vizit SP, these capabilities become available allowing small to mid-sized organizations and enterprise departments to benefit from a simple and low cost Enterprise Content Management solution."

A digital solution called for the Will County Records Management Office to be a Service Bureau and Imaging Service Provider combined. The department was able to store store all their records with Computhink's ViewWise. Submitted by Computhink

Designed for data-intensive networking environments, including digital broadcasting and SAN environments, ADIC's StorNext Management Suite (SNMS) software reduces the time and cost of managing SAN data. SNMS integrates two powerful components, StorNext File System and StorNext Storage Manager, to provide Total Data Life Management. With SNMS, data, throughout its lifetime, is always accessible and protected based on levels of service you define. The result is a scalable, high-performance data management solution that optimizes the use of SAN storage while ensuring the long-term safety and recoverability of your data. SNMS supports Solaris, IRIX, Linux, and Windows platforms.

OK, I'll say it: There's a lot going on at KMExpo. There's no way we at KMWorld can tell all (we'll try again after we've been there). But here's a quick list of some cool things exhibitors have planned: Centillion Digital Systems, #1933-Centillion will demonstrate V 4.0 of Destiny, its Web solution for digital asset management. Dakota Imaging, #2403-Focusing on offering solutions based on customer needs rather than pitching a single product, Dakota Imaging will show the public what its partnership with Israel-based TIS' means. Attendees can see how Dakota's traditional Unix-based forms processing strength and TIS NT-based script and credit card applications come together.

With a focus on digitizing document processing surrounding ERP systems, DCS managing director, Eoin Maguire highlights how development of forms recognition technology enables businesses to gain the full benefit of e-commerce. Submitted by ABBYY Software/i>

Stellent Universal Content Management offers a flexible, robust and scalable content management solution that allows employees, customers and partners to collaborate, contribute and access business content anywhere worldwide. Stellent helps companies fully maximize the value of their information and intellectual assets by bringing content, such as spreadsheets, contracts, marketing materials, CAD drawings, digital assets, records and catalogs, to the Web where it can be efficiently managed.

Despite enormous strides toward replacing traditionally paper-based processes with electronic processes, the banking and finance industry continues to operate in an extremely paper-intensive business environment. However, with theadvent of numerous document management and document scanning technology solutions, these institutions now are taking advantage of a wealth of options available to help in reducing the paper burden. Submitted by Continental DataGraphics

User stories from the knowledge frontWho needs to manage knowledge? Certainly the Institute for Knowledge Management should practice what it preaches. Associated with The George Washington University , the Institute decided to implement software that would enable local and remote faculty and students to centralize knowledge, as well as provide a hands-on approach to knowledge management.The Institute chose Entopia's Quantum to meet the content management needs of staff and students. Its three-tier architecture enables users to manage information from any digital source and allows workgroups to collaborate in project- and team-based shared spaces. With the software, the Institute can capitalize on its acquired knowledge by being able to locate documents, experts and information sources. According to Entopia, the Institute particularly liked the usability of the solution ... from one-click collection of research to presentation of search results by the Knowledge Locator.

Within the City Attorney's office, eCopy ShareScan and eCopy Desktop were part of an overall strategy to make information more accessible. These solutions were combined with the City's Interwoven document management solution and case management system RainMaker/Summit to make it simple for anyone in the office to locate any needed information, even if they had not previously been involved with a given matter. Submitted by eCopy

ChallengeNLC wanted to automate lease agreement processes in order to keep up with the growing demand for novated leases and improve customer service. A critical objective was to find asolution that existing staff could easily and quickly implement.Traditionally, vehicle leasing forms and related documents were faxed in, manually processed and routed throughout the office for approvals."An 'all digital' solution wasn't practical," explained Mark Queitzsch, Senior Business Systems Consultant at ORIX. "We needed to be able to archive original receipts and index and capture data from paper as well as digital sources, and we wanted to provide workflow capabilities withlinks to our document management system, LibertyNET."