Document analysis

A2iA and ReadSoft sign global partner agreement, making ReadSoft the first worldwide supplier of A2iA DocumentReader™. A2iA, a leading provider of tools for document analysis and handwritten data extraction, announced today that they have signed a global partner agreement with ReadSoft, a leading global provider of software solutions for Document Automation. This agreement makes ReadSoft the first worldwide supplier of A2iA DocumentReader's "Full Cursive Transcription" technology for handwritten documents as part of ReadSoft's document classification and mailroom automation solution. "This alliance with A2iA means that we can offer our customers highly efficient handling of all incoming correspondence," says Dan Lundmark Director of Partner Sales EMEA at ReadSoft.

A2iA DocumentReader recognized for delivering robust customer value and measurable benefits to its users worldwide. A2iA, a leading provider of tools for document analysis and handwritten data extraction, announced today its software, A2iA DocumentReader™, a document classification and data extraction API, was named a Trend-Setting Product of the Year by KMWorld magazine. This prestigious award is published annually in the September issue, and recognizes those products that deliver recognizable value and measurable benefits to their users.

Last week, after giving a keynote on the current and future of Enterprise Search at the Online Information conference in London, the first question asked of me was, "Why shouldn't I just get Google? It's what my boss thinks is best." My fellow search analyst Adriaan Bloem and I probably get this question more than any other. Well, while speaking with Google Search Appliance (GSA) customers as part of the research for the 2008 Enterprise Search Report, we found that once customers reached the limits of the appliance, they were pretty much stuck. The GSA lacks the advanced tuning controls found in many other Enterprise Search products, so customers hit walls when: indexing heterogeneous document storesattempting to adhere to complex, document-level security requirementscollecting non-web-based, and in particular, SharePoint-based information As you would expect, Google disagrees with our analysis. We think their marketing is ahead of their technology

By Kim Ann ZimmermannAlthough only a handful of new drugs make it to market each year, pharmaceutical companies must carefully track all of their research and supporting documentation to replicate success and to learn from past projects, even failures. It's not just a matter of gathering the data but analyzing it to spot patterns and trends.Also, because the drug development process can take 12 to 15 years, few researchers are involved from start to finish so staff turnover can complicate the management of knowledge. And a clinical trial can involve thousands of patients nationwide. Knowledge management systems can automatically recognize unexpected results and route them to appropriate people for analysis. They can help save time and ensure that crucial information is not overlooked.

Inundated by analysis, number crunching, and client demands, the financial services industry is riddled with complexity and paper trails. Questys Solutions helps financial companies of all sizes meet these growing operational demands. Its comprehensive suite of document management software solutions helps companies increase office profitability, and reduce the hidden costs of doing business in today's paper-driven world.

The simplicity of PROQUIS is that you have one-single software interface that can integrate with virtually anyother application like allCLEAR Flowcharter, MS Office,Lotus Smartsuite and more! PROQUIS provides onlineaccess to any type of document, spreadsheet, drawingwhilst collecting the core data and turning it intoinformation rich analysis with the click of a button!PROQUIS can also import existing data from a varietyof Financial Accounting, MRP and ERP type systems, sothere's no need to re-type or re-format existing recordsor documents!

As argued here, document management and compliance is one of the major challenges facing HCOs (HCO) in the new HIPAA environment. An important part of the HIPAA gap analysis process should involve examining the entire range of their printed reports, whether generated by legacy systems or newer applications, and evaluating how these reports are distributed and accessed against the new HIPAA "minimum necessary" standards.

Intelliseek reports that Enterprise Search Server (ESS) 4.5 builds on the software's already proven ability to simultaneously search, through real-time federated search architecture, a variety of disparate sources and includes the added ability to rank findings by date. ESS 4.5 searches even more data than before and now supports the real-time analysis of HTML files, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Adobe PDF documents.New features to help businesses stay on top of relevant knowledge include:Enhanced results analysis: The ESS Results Analyzer is said to improve the quality of results returned to the user by downloading and analyzing every document for accuracy. The new release transparently tackles analysis of multiple document formats (including popular office document formats, PDF files, etc.) in multiple languages in the real-time filtering process to guarantee freshness and usefulness of search results delivered to users.

Yesterday, security analysis firm CYBSEC S.A. released an advisory describing a vulnerability in Documentum 5.3 that, if uncorrected, would "allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the server filesystem." The vulnerability reportedly affects Documentum Administrator Version 5.3.0.313 and Documentum Webtop version 5.3.0.317. CYBSEC said other applications and versions may also be affected.EMC Corporation's Documentum division was notified of the situation on December 17, 2007 and responded to CYBSEC the same day. CYBSEC says it supplied EMC with a "fully functional exploit" for analysis.Documentum confirmed on January 4 that the fix was in SP4. If you are like most EMC customers and still running Documentum 5.3 (the latest is D6, released in August 2007), you should check to make sure your system is up-to-date with respect to service packs.

Implementing a personalized customer communications system can be challenging. It requires buy-in from staff across the enterprise and coordination between departments. Plus, it requires analysis, support, and testing. By carefully preparing for the three stages of software implementation, you can ensure success and full utilization of your new system. Submitted by Cincom Document Solutions