Event
Summary
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2000--Hewlett-Packard Company and
Notable Solutions Inc. (NSi) today announced new software for the HP Digital
Sender. NSi's Address Book Manager Synchronizer (ABMsync) will facilitate integration
between the HP 9100C Digital Sender and the Microsoft Exchange and Outlook
platforms. NSi's AutoStore is an application that will allow customers to easily
send fully indexed hardcopy documents in one simple step to virtually any database,
such as Microsoft Exchange public folders and the Microsoft SQL database. Both
products will enable businesses to reduce costs by facilitating effective collaboration.
Market
Impact
The HP 9100C is a digital scanner, which will utilize Notable Solutions Inc.'s
ABMsync to provide thorough integration with Microsoft Outlook/Exchange messaging
environments. ABMsync allows all address books on the network; both private
(assuming shared) and public to be accessed from all HP Digital Senders on the
network.
The
business advantage is that all physical paper documents can be scanned and sent
to any electronic mail recipient, thereby drastically reducing costs of fax
and/or courier services. System integration is relatively painless due to the
9100c's ability to connect to the network with a HP Jet Direct card and a simplified
installation user interface. ABMSync is expected to be available in Europe and
the US as of February 1st 2000.
In
addition to ABMSync, Nsi and HP have announced AutoStore. The AutoStore product
automatically indexes paper documents that are sent from the HP Digital Sender,
administrators can configure AutoStore to route documents to the Exchange Database
of choice.
User
Recommendations
Companies
dealing with large quantities of outbound physical documents, may very well
benefit from this product release. HP has been synonymous with scanning quality,
and this joint venture with Nsi will further the flexibility of a digital scanner
within a paper-based enterprise.
The
combination product targets the Medical, Insurance, Financial and Government
fields where paper has yet to be surpassed by electronic communication. The
tight integration with Microsoft Exchange allows users to form storage repositories
for specific clients and/or subjects, allowing quick access to documents in
the future.
If
you are looking to implement a document imaging/workflow solution, be sure to
take a look at the HP Digital Sender and the ABMSync and AutoStore features
.