Group 1 releases OpenEDMS

Group 1 Software has announced the release of OpenEDMS, a Web-based software system providing document management, records management, document imaging, collaboration, workflow, and integrated document archive and retrieval, reports ECM Connection.

OpenEDMS can be deployed on any platform that supports Java technology and can be securely accessed from Web browsers, wireless devices, and desktop applications.

OpenEDMS helps organisations structure and manage documents and enables them to streamline their business content creation, storage, review, tracking, sharing, and distribution processes.

Alticast has announced the availability of AltiCaptor Blu-ray Disc Java software, reports blu-ray.com.

AltiCaptor Blu-ray Disc, when combined with the Broadcom's BCM7440 single chip Blu-ray hardware, provides one of the most advanced Blu-ray platforms on the market today.

Manufacturers can now develop a high performance Blu-ray player using the solution.

Sun Microsystems is looking to buy software makers to help boost its sales of computer programs, says Reuters.

The company, best known for its computer servers and storage equipment, is looking to enhance its profile as a software maker.

Chief executive Jonathan Schwartz said the company is unlikely to make a large-scale, high-profile purchase. Acquisitions will be more likely to have "strategic merit" than "financial merit" as company executives look to expand product lines, he said.