April 1999
AIIM Preview
By Doug Henschen & Lisa DiGiacomo
Last month we shared the exhibit plans of 36 companies expected at this yearýs AIIM Show in Atlanta, April 12-15. Hereýs a look at 30 more debuts together with a complete show map and directory.
Capture Solutions
Automated Backfile Conversion
Amitech Booth 2235
TurboScan 2000 automates indexing when converting microfilm- and/or paper-based records. Developed by Amitech (Springfield, VA, 703-256-2020), TurboScan 2000 saves labor and enables you to decentralize tasks over an intranet or the Internet. Open architecture permits custom VB scripting. You can manage multiple projects and convert up to one million documents per day. Prices start at $3,500.
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Health Claims System
Datacap Booth 1327
The Claims Capture System (CCS) is the latest from capture/forms vendor Datacap (White Plains, NY 914-253-8800). CCS is a ready-to-run application that extracts data from the scanned pages of a health claim form. It integrates and manages HCFA-1500 and UB92 data capture applications. CCS runs on Datacapýs Task Master 2000 platform and is said to process as many as one million documents per day.
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Speedy, Flexible Capture
Image Access Booth 2934
Bscan 4 enables virtually any combination of scanning; image cleanup; text, barcode and mark recognition; organizing; filtering and processing. It supports manual, semi-automatic and automatic data entry during scan time or at a post-process station. The flow can be simple and automatic, it can be controlled by administrators at some or all stages, or a complex set of rules can be applied at each stage to determine if, when and where images and indexes are transferred. This customizability helps reduce capture, filing and data entry costs. Developed by Image Access (Boca Raton, FL 561-995-8334), Bscan is priced starting at $2,999.
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Point.Click.Scan Software
Input Software Booth 1735
Input Software will show off two capture solutions at AIIM. InputAccel 2.2 is the latest upgrade of the companyýs flagship client/server software. It converts paper, fax, microfiche and electronic documents into electronic format(s) that can be read, stored and retrieved by a variety of storage and retrieval systems. It lets you capture information from letters, invoices, checks, orders, forms and resumes received at remote sites and then transfer cleaned, compressed images or data over a LAN or WAN to a central processing center. It handles from 500 pages to a million or more pages per day with security.
For those with more basic needs, Input Software (San Jose, CA, 408-325-3800) has introduced InputAccel EZ 2.2 for on-demand and low-volume production scanning. Like its big sister, InputAccel, EZ captures pages through scanning or importing, indexes documents during scanning, enhances image quality and readability, detects and decodes barcodes, creates PDF and Word 6.0 files and exports files and index information to a local or network directory. It also shares InputAccelýs easy-to-use Point.Click.Scan interface. EZ handles up to 1,500 pages per day. Prices start at $8,998.
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Documents & Data Online
Kofax Booth 2942
Ascent Capture 3.0 from Kofax (Irvine, CA, 949-727-1733) integrates Document capture, Data capture and Internet-based distributed capture (DDI). Itýs an easy-to-setup, inexpensive 32-bit solution with an open architecture and improved functionality for automated forms separation and indexing. Internet support lets you capture documents at remote sites and send batches across the Internet or intranets. It can handle more than 100,000 images per day. Prices range from $895 for 5,000 images per month up to $9,000 for 200,000 images per month. An unlimited license is $14,000.
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Capture + Store & Retrieve
Optimis Systems Booth 1335 & 3244
CruiseLine is a complete solution for production scanning, indexing, processing, storage and retrieval. Like a capture tool, it can be used to release images and index information to third-party solutions; unlike capture, it includes a database and retrieval engine. Optimis Systems (Westlake Village, CA 818-879-4860) says CruiseLine supports high-speed (ISIS or TWAIN) scanning of up to 300 pages per minute. A scan station costs $7,995 while each view station costs $480.
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COLD-ERM
Objet dý Enterprise Report Management
Digitech Systems Booth 2225
DataFlow COLD/ERM extracts information from data streams and stores it to a database, providing instant access to critical documents. You can view, annotate, print, email and fax everything from the desktop. Digitech Systems (Lincoln, NE, 402-484-7777) provides an integrated solution that treats all COLD/ERM, image, app, and workflow documents as information objects. This uniformity allows you to cross-reference any document index and have all related information at your fingertips. Integration with PaperVision.net provides Internet/Intranet retrieval of COLD/ERM documents. Prices start at $5,500.
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Web-connected COLD/ERM
Eastman Software Booth 2816
Eastman Software COLD/ERM Version 3.1 extends user capabilities and integration possibilities with ýbookmarks.ý You can include bookmarked subsets in work items available through Eastman Software Workflow; you can mail bookmarks to other COLD users or save bookmark files in Exchange folders for common access. Typical bookmarked subsets may include customer-specific invoices, financial statements, or insurance policies.
COLD Connector for the Web is a new option from Eastman Software (Billerica, MA, 978-313-7000); it provides browser-based client access to COLD records. This component also takes advantage of bookmarks, giving customers direct access to their enterprise reports.
COLD 3.1 can record more than one million pages per hour, and it operates in both NT and Unix environments. The open solution can be customized to meet the needs of multiple departments.
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Report Distribution/Warehousing
OýPin Systems Booth 3442
Reveal Enterprise Report Management System (ERMS) is a client/server and Web-based report distribution and warehousing solution from OýPin Systems (Bloomington, MN 612-853-9555). It captures, indexes, secures and stores computer output from any app, report writer or active output, such as a spreadsheet, in a central filing system. Reveal provides report viewing, bursting and bundling features to display output from a Web browser or Windows PC. Advantages are said to include ease of use; advanced support of PCL/imaged reports, active objects and text reports; report/user scalability; security by file/page or even column within a page; and automatic capture from multiple-server environments.
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Document Management & Integrated Solutions
E-Knowledge/Records Manager
ByteQuest Booth 1941
ByteQuest (Ottawa, Ontario 613-728-5977) will debut ByteQuery for Microsoft (MS) Exchange. The system manages all forms of documents -- emails and attachments, images, text etc. -- within a ýknowledge mapý and subjects them to formal lifecycle rules. By storing emails and electronic documents in MS-Exchange-based libraries accessible via ByteQuery, the solution eliminates the tedious task of extracting emails and attachments from Exchange and filing them into a document manager. It also integrates the knowledge map (documents/folders) with MS Outlook, workflow and business applications. Prices start at $300 per named user.
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Low-cost, E-nabled IDM
Image-X Booth 1358
Image-X offers a 32-bit document solution with an emphasis on affordability. The base Vault Edition is an easy-to-install scan, store and retrieve solution. By taking advantage of existing networks, NT servers and desktop PCs, a ten-user Image Vault Edition can be implemented for less than $500 per month, including client applications, custom image index, and one 20-25 ppm scanner.
Other systems from Image-X (Santa Barbara, CA, 805-964-3535) include Co-Opstor/COLD, which allows you to integrate computer output, images and workflow. ImageFlow is a workflow system for ad-hoc or rules-based routing across multiple LANs, WANs and the Web.
Image-Xýs Secured-e-Billing software lets you securely submit and accept payment of paperless invoices using existing Web technology. Image Enabled e-Filing software lets you download filings along with their index pages, and you can send back electronically stamped PDF files, word processing, spreadsheet files, etc.
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Scan-to-the-Web System
LaserFiche Booth 3144
LaserFiche (Torrence, CA, 310-793-1888) updates its WebLink scan-to-the-Web publishing system. WebLink lets you post large volumes of documents directly to the Internet with archiving capabilities. Enhancements include multiple-database access, annotation viewing, new security options and simplified installation. Thereýs no HTML coding, file conversion, plug-in installation or proprietary client software required; you access documents through any browser. A complete LaserFiche system including WebLink starts at $16,995 for a 10-user system.
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Integrated Imaging/COLD
Metafile Booth Booth 2852
MetaViewer Enterprise combines image capture and retrieval; mainframe, AS/400 and Unix report management; document management; EDI output management; workflow and more. Developed by Metafile (Rochester, MN, 507-286-9232), this integrated imaging and COLD/ERM solution features a new, more intuitive interface with clients for LAN based PCs, WAN based PCs and any Java-capable device.
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Scanners
Flatbed/Production Debuts
Scanner powerhouse Bell & Howell (Arlington Heights, IL, 847-357-0630) debuts two models at AIIM. The 2000D FB is a top-of-the-line flatbed scanner that delivers 86 images per minute (55 ppm) with full duplex scanning. You can scan up to 11ý-by-17ý with features including a 150-sheet feeder, impact-style post-scan endorser, ISIS and TWAIN drivers and a SCSI interface for easy connectivity. The scanner captures single-pass duplex at 400 dpi. Options include an 800-dpi upgrade as well as image processing and data compression units. List price is $7,695.
Bell & Howellýs Copiscan 8100 is a 100-ppm production scanner with high-end features including a front-page pre-scan imprinter; ultrasonic multi-feed detection system for standard and mixed batch applications; on-demand, multiple-color dropout; and manual feed capabilities. This rugged unit can scan round the clock with a mean time between failure rating of 5,000 hours. The Copiscan 8100S (simplex model) costs $27,995 while the 8100D (duplex model) is $31,995.
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Speedy Mixmaster With Color
IBML Booth 3506
SofTrac is a new software shell that eases integration of the ImageTrac line of bitonal/color scanners from Imaging Business Machines Llc. (Birmingham, AL 205-956-4071). ImageTrac scanners reliably handle even the most challenging applications with intermixed paper sizes and thicknesses at more than 100 pages per minute. They can output both b/w CCIT and/or 24-bit color in a single pass. Prices start at $150,000.
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Industrial Scanner Gets an Upgrade
Scan-Optics Booth 1127
The 9000T upgrades the top-of-the-line model from Scan-Optics (Manchester, CT, 860-645-7878). The 9000T retains the speed (30,000 pages per hour) and ruggedness of the 9000 series, but it has been redesigned to handle intermixed forms of varying weights and sizes. It can be configured to read machine print, handprint and mark sense data. ScanGen Application Generator software lets you program variables like data location, field sizes, editing and output for each doc. Base priced at $270,000.
ProductInfo 287 www.imagingmagazine.com
Storage Hardware
100-disc DVD Jukebox
Cygnet Booth 3410
The DVD 100 from Cygnet (Milpitas, CA 408-954-1800) brings the 2.6 GB-per-side capacity of DVD-RAM to the proven platform of Cygnetýs reliabile 100 CD jukebox. For less than four cents per MB, users can create, store, backup, manage, and access up to 260 GB. Equipped with Hitachiýs GF-1050 DVD-RAM drive, the DVD 100 can read any single-sided DVD-RAM or DVD-ROM/R as well as CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW and CD-DA. The jukebox features five 20-disc magazines to aid data management. Prices start at $6,400 with one drive.
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Web-attended RAID & Towers
JES Hardware Booth 4141
RAPROT is a direct-network-attached RAID system from JES Hardware (Miami, FL 305-597-3980). You can control RAPROT with a Web browser, and it supports both NFS and SMB of TCP/IP. Thereýs no server or server software license required. 10,000 RPM-drives and cooling systems install in minutes, and thereýs a 200 MHz optimized controller. Capacities reach up to 325 GB with prices starting at $6,000. JES also offers Web-controllable 25-, 50- and 100-disc CD ROM/DVD caching towers starting at $2,995. The three-foot tall, top-of-the-line 100-disc tower costs only $4,995.
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DVD-RAM Jukeboxes
Kodak Booths 2317 & 2616
The Kodak Digital Science CD/DVD Library 54 & 144 give you up to 374GB of storage. Kodak (Rochester, NY, 716-724-2174) has added DVD-RAM drives and 2.6 GB media to increase capacity and performance. The libraries will handle CD and DVD-RAM media in the same box, giving you greater flexibilty and scalability. Prices start at less than $8,000.
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DVD-RAM Drives
Panasonic Booth 1035
The LF-D101 DVD-RAM drive from Panasonic (Milpitas, CA, 408-942-2926) provides a removable, rewritable storage capacity of 2.6GB per single-sided disc and 5.2GB per double-sided disc. The drive reads industry-standard CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R and DVD-V media. It gives you twice the transfer rate and four times the capacity of CD-R and CD-RW for less than 1 cent per MB. The drive costs $799.
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Cache & CD/DVD Capacity
Plasmon Booth 3308
The DVD AutoTower from Plasmon (Minneapolis, MN, 615-346-4100) is a network-attached DVD/CD library that combines hard-drive caching with up to 2.3 TB of storage. The cache gives you fast access to frequently used data together with 120, 240, or 480 slots for CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R or DVD-RAM discs. The towers are OS independent, and thereýs no software to install. Prices range from $10,000 to $30,000.
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Storage Software
Limitless Storage Management
ADIC Booth 1617
Amass for Windows NT gives you transparent control of automated optical and tape libraries with unlimited file sizes and unlimited numbers of files. You can use automated libraries as shared, virtual storage devices for any kind of file, no matter what application created it. Files are moved in and out of the library simply by dragging and dropping files from the standard OS--the library looks to users like a single, massive disk drive. No client software is required, so you wonýt need user training. ADIC (Redmond, WA, 425-881-8004) offers NT and UNIX versions starting at $3,000.
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Automation for Any Storage Media
OTG Software Booth 2952
DiskXtender 4.1 (DX) is a complete online data storage management solution that is engineered for Windows NT 4.0. The architecture supports remote storage management under Windows 2000, and OTG says itýs the only automated storage management product that combines support for all leading storage media and devices in one product code. The 4.1 upgrade offers advanced media copy and alpha processor support. Prices were not available at press time.
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Jukebox Management Upgrade
Tracer Booth 3916
MagnaVault 222 is the latest storage management system upgrade from Tracer Technologies (Gaithersburg, MD 301-721-2800). MagnaVaultýs HyperMan GUI interface gives you point-and-click configuration. Upgrades include UDF bridge capability for DVD-RAM customers, CD-authoring, and Solaris 7 and Unixware 7 support. MagnaVault 222 supports most major Unix operating Systems. Prices range from $500 to $40,000.
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Toolkits
Imaging on the Internet
CRT Systems Booth 659
The Spectrum Imaging System provides the necessary tools to acquire, store, index, find and view a large array of image types. CRT Systems (Rock Hill, SC, 803-327-9030) has tied this kit closely to the Internet; objects may be annotated (including voice) and sent via e-mail and FTP. You can integrate with existing applications or use one of the companyýs ýfront endý products. The High-performance Batch Processing option with OCR separation/sorting is said to offer an excellent price/performance ratio. Kit prices start at $2,500 with a five-user license.
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Do-it-all Barcode Kit
Pegasus Software Booth 3543
The Smartscan Xpress barcode toolkit gives you accurate, high-speed reading of more than 20 formats, including Code39, Codabar, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code128, UCC128, EAN128, Code93 and UPC-A. Developed by Pegasus Software (Tampa, FL, 813-875-7575), Smartscan Xpress is a 32-bit ActiveX control that uses the latest ATL technology. The development kit is less than 630k, and it can be used in any environment that hosts ActiveX controls. You can tell it to automatically detect all barcodes in an image or you can specify an area within the image. Smartscan reports the barcode type, position and skew angle for all detected barcodes. The development kit costs $499 (runtime licenses purchased separately).
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A Fix for TWAIN Scans
TMSSequoia Booth 1411
ScanFix TWAIN is a new ýTWAIN filterý version of ScanFix from TMSSequoia (Stillwater, OK, 405-377-0880). It allows anyone with TWAIN-compatible software to capture scanned image data and take advantage of ScanFixýs powerful image enhancement and clean-up capabilities. No programming is required. Simply install and select ScanFix TWAIN as your TWAIN data source. ScanFix increases OCR accuracy through automatic image de-skew, de-speckle, registration, line removal, dot shading removal, correction of inverse text zones, automatic image rotation detection and correction, etc. Pricing was not available.
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Recognition Tools
VisionShape Booth 2846
VisionShape (Orange, CA, 714-282-2668) debuts MARS, a package of Multiple ActiveX Recognition Software tools including OCR, ICR, OMR, barcode and form recognition. You get professional batchscanning for all Kofax, Xionics, twain and ISIS-supported scanners. MARS is priced at $4,995.
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