Deltalink Consulting, a southern African distributor for Captaris, today announced the latter`s Alchemy Web Parts for Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, a new module for the Captaris Alchemy Document Management product line, is now available for ordering.
The module provides fast and easy integration of imaging, archiving and records management functionality within a SharePoint Portal Server-based environment to help companies quickly and easily achieve their goals for enterprise content management, document security and compliance.
Alchemy Web Parts are an effective `on-ramp` to SharePoint users for scanned images captured from multifunction products (MFPs), document scanners and fax servers, and also provides easy access to many other diverse document types such as PDFs, e-mails, computer reports and CAD files. Alchemy Web Parts also add the ability to archive documents from a SharePoint document library into a secure repository under records management control, as well as search, view and retrieve those documents all from within SharePoint user interfaces.
Lazurde, one of the world`s largest gold and jewellery manufacturers, recently implemented the product with help from Captaris partner Netways. "The new functionality greatly speeds our processes," commented Nassir Atik, systems and development manager of Lazurde, located in Saudi Arabia. "With Alchemy Web Parts for SharePoint we have been able to leverage existing infrastructure which will help us quickly reach a return on investment."
"Alchemy extends the powerful collaboration capabilities of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 by adding long-term archive and records management functionality that can be expanded based on growing business needs," added Seth Patton, Group Product Manager, SharePoint Products and Technologies, Microsoft Corp. "The integration between Alchemy and the Microsoft Office system allows end users with access rights to view and work with information in its native format directly without navigating away from the single user interface provided by SharePoint Portal Server 2003."
Key features and benefits:
* Archiving for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 - Portal users can drop documents directly into Alchemy archives along with document metadata. Alchemy stores information on hard disks or alternative archive media such as DVD or optical jukeboxes, and can manage millions of documents over long periods of time.
* Records management extension for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 - Documents archived into Alchemy can be controlled by the Alchemy Records Manager option which applies records file plans, retention schedules and legal holds to the archive.
* Access to diverse document types - SharePoint Portal Server 2003 users can now access and utilise specialised documents managed in Alchemy archives, such as scanned images, faxes, multi-page PDFs, and computer reports. They have the choice of simple searches or sophisticated, combined full-text and metadata searches.
* Advanced image document viewing - The advanced Alchemy document viewer displays multi-page TIFs, scanned PDFs, colour images and greenbar reports all within SharePoint technologies. This viewer is fine-tuned for the special needs of these document types.
In addition, Alchemy Web Parts protect valuable business and customer information and ensures that access is granted to only the right people by extending the role and user-based security from Microsoft and providing security at the individual document or record level. Alchemy also makes supporting regulatory and record-keeping requirements, such as HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley, easier with options that enable full-audit trail and retention management capability.
Alchemy leverages Microsoft`s Active Directory, role-based security to protect data from tampering or loss. Alchemy is integrated with Microsoft Office, Exchange, SQL Server and SharePoint technology as well as other third-party technologies, allowing customers to leverage existing investments. Additionally, the Alchemy Web Parts allow SharePoint users to access more than 300 file types and information in its native format, directly from a unified interface.
Captaris and Microsoft
As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Captaris is one of an elite group of partners with competencies in their ISV-Software Solutions Partner category. Captaris works closely with Microsoft product groups including the Information Worker team, E-business Servers, Developer and Platform Evangelism Group, and the Microsoft Business Solutions group to ensure the tightest integration possible with Microsoft products for its customers.
For further information, please contact Gerrie Terblanche telephone (011) 888 7622; fax (011) 888 7372; e-mail gerriet@deltalink.co.za.
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