excite for web servers found documents about: July 1st, 1996 - higher confidence, - lower confidence; click icons to find similar documents 63% Channels Solution Providers Summary: Imaging World, July 1st, 1996 63% INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT: Unix fades as NT takes the lead Summary: Imaging World, July 1st, 1996 INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT. Unix fades as NT takes the lead. The Fortune 1,000 choices of operating systems. For the first time, Microsoft's (Redmond, WA) NT platform has become the operating system of choice in Fortune 1,000 organizations. Unix's role in these top corporations has dropped 26 percentage points in just a year. 63% INDUSTRY SNAPSHOT: Trends: Open systems vs. mainframes Summary: Applications development trends. Open systems vs. mainframes. According to the Meta Group (Stamford, CT), new applications developed on mainframes will fall to 22% by 1997. Conversely, those applications developed on open systems are expected to increase to 40%. 61% IW editor to moderate data input panel Summary: IW editor to moderate data input panel. One forum session, titled Key to Disk vs. Key from Image vs. Character Recognition, will be moderated by IW News Editor Dan Bolita. They will discuss the shifting balance between labor-intensive manual data entry and the accuracy of fully automated character recognition systems. 60% New name for 3M imaging division Summary: New name for 3M imaging division. Oased on its 1995 revenue, Imation (Oakdale, MN), the newly created imaging company that 3M (St. Paul, MN) will officially deliver in July, will come into the world as a $2 billion baby. It offerings will include 3M's data storage, medical imaging and photo products systems. Explaining the new company name, Bill Monahan, Imation CEO said, "We took our core... 58% Systems integrator Metters buys Blueridge Technologies Summary: buys Blueridge Technologies. In another significant step toward its goal of becoming a leader in document management, Metters (McLean, VA) has acquired Blueridge Technologies (Flint Hill, VA). The acquisition follows Metter's recent purchase of the microfilm scanner company Mekel Engineering (Walnut, CA). Samuel Metters, "Blueridge is already the leader in Internet-based document management... 54% FileNet & Companies partner integrators, vendors, and VARs Summary: ValueNet program selects premiere group of preferred authorized resellers. The ValueNet Business Partner Program classifies and recognizes those resellers that meet FileNet standards for customer service. FileNet defines its ValueNet partners as those resellers providing consulting, application and project management services to their customers. "We want to make it easier for the customer to do... 53% Optika IPO: good idea, bad timing Summary: Imaging World, September 1st, 1996. Optika IPO: good idea, bad timing. By Bruce Hoard, IW executive editor Call it a case of very bad timing. Fortunately, the 1996 numbers have bounced back. "No," says Ruport. 52% July DealMakers Summary: School system makes the (up)grade. The upgrade will provide users with more flexible indexing. Partnership makes ImageBASIC even more ABLE. Move over, I'll drive. "It makes sense for us to move quickly and provide developers and content creators with an integrated suite of products and technologies." 51% Bottom Line Summary: The figures represent a marked improvement over the Q1 '95 net loss of $6.7 million on net sales of $8 million. Autodesk (San Rafael, CA, Nasdaq: ACAD) reports net revenues of $136.3 million for Q1 '96, compared to Q1 '95 revenues of $138.7 million. The global printer and computer peripheral-products manufacturer reports second-quarter net earnings of $723 million. Indigo (The Netherlands,... 51% Desktop document imaging comes of age Summary: Wang and Visioneer. Wang (Billerica, MA) and Visioneer (Palo Alto, CA) have announced an agreement that will bring together Wang's imaging software and Visioneer's leading desktop paper-scanning PaperPort. The agreement will provide users of Windows 95 with tools for transforming and managing paper documents as digitized images. By the end of the year, support for PaperPort will be added to... 51% Anacomp out of Chapter 11 in just six months Summary: Anacomp out of Chapter 11. in just six months. Anacomp filed for Chapter 11 on January 5, 1996. Even before the Chapter 11 filing was complete, Anacomp had introduced Alva, a new CD services solution. For Anacomp, these other solutions are digital. 51% POINT: Make certain your VAR deserves your respect Summary: Make certain your VAR deserves your respect. We have all seen the explosive entry of VARs and resellers into the imaging industry. What concerns me about the new VAR/reseller movement is the lack of professionalism and training in some organizations. Last night I had dinner with a long-time IBMer. I didn't have that extensive an introduction. 50% People Summary: Imaging World, September 1st, 1996. SunRise hires Fujitsu exec as CEO. Kool will remain as chairman of the board. Stewart joins GDS from Synercom Technology. Caplan has served as a board member since 1993. 50% COUNTERPOINT: Distributors offer VARs more knowledge Summary: Distributors offer VARs more knowledge. VARs not only have the ability to source most products through distributors, they can also acquire the training they need from a qualified distribution partner. Imaging VARs today are able to focus on selling business solutions that include imaging technology rather than just trying to sell imaging technology by itself. Selling a complete imaging solution... 50% NCS buys Nestor ICR Summary: NCS buys Nestor ICR. IS giant acquires Nestor's character recognition unit. The agreement gives NCS exclusive use of Nestor's character recognition and intelligent character recognition (ICR) technology. While Wright doesn't foresee an ICR product with that kind of accuracy, ("a 4 will always look like a 9"), he acknowledges the advantage of NCS' superior resources. With resources like that,... 50% ImagingExpo'96 attendees to get abundant help in search for solutions Summary: ImagingExpo'96 attendees to get abundant help in their search for solutions. In a unique effort to add value to its conference and exposition, ImagingExpo'96--Sept. 2 in New York City--will conduct several workshops and conference sessions, free of charge, that are designed to guide attendees in their search for solutions to business document management challenges. ImagingExpo'96 will also... 50% Enterprise document management web repository Summary: Enterprise document management Web repository. Most recently, Uniplex (Folsom, CA) introduced its latest document repository and control system. Starting at $650 per user, the Unix server-based DMS stores and controls documents approved for viewing on a corporate Web site. Documents accessed on Web sites still remain under the control of the central document repository. Once a new Web document... 49% Optical makes mass-market play...at last Summary: Optical makes mass-market play. The SYS.230 Universal ($390) and SYS.230 SCSI ($360) are lightweight optical products designed to store hundreds of images. "We have driven down the price of optical storage," says Olympus Marketing VP Bill Boles. According to optical storage expert Hal Glatzer, it's about time. Kempster says the market for portable storage ultimately will be "a matter of price,... 49% Web and workflow appear as one with new ViewStar tools Summary: InfoServer@Work is the first of the three packages. Available in the third quarter of this year, InfoServer@Work costs $50,000 per server, with unlimited users. Process@Work exploits the reach and cost-effectiveness of the Web to workflow-enable Internet applications. Process@Work will be available during the third quarter of this year, and is priced at $30,000 per server, with unlimited users....
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