excite for web servers found documents about: (Query-By-Example) - higher confidence, - lower confidence; click icons to find similar documents 98% No company is an island Summary: Wang also has a seat on Microsoft's ISV advisory council that no other imaging vendors have. jukeboxes. ViewStar was the first of the enterprise image and workflow vendors to forge a relationship with Microsoft and port its software to NT. Capture and component imaging. The hot area in storage is CD jukeboxes. 95% Wang takes a Vantage Summary: Wang takes a Vantage. Wang's Service Business Unit will continue to partner with PC Docs, providing services to DOCS Open software customers. But everyone thought it would be PC Docs." "Wang got the technology they were after," said Frappaolo, "and they got a vendor strong in the standards arena." Standards-based Wang is committed to open architecture. 94% Ready or NT, here come the big boys Summary: Ready or NT, here come the big boys. Now Microsoft (Redmond, WA) has used its selection to draft FileNet (Costa Mesa) to its "enterprise relationship" team. This latest broad-ranging relationship includes a series of product development, marketing, support and service initiatives between the two companies. 4. Training--Microsoft is providing training and certification on the NT operating system... 94% 1996: the year in business Summary: Component imaging. Document management explodes. Also, several different approaches are maturing, such as a component imaging "build" approach, vs. An NT option has. Storage options:. 93% Microsoft wins so what else is new? Summary: Imaging World, September 25th, 1996. Microsoft wins: so what else is new? Last year, as part of a settlement agreement, Wang succeeded in getting Microsoft to declare it Redmond's "preferred" partner in imaging and workflow. To Microsoft, where enterprise document management--including imaging and workflow--is one of about a dozen vertical markets for NT and BackOffice, it really makes no... 92% Swept Away Summary: What features are installed versus released? This is very different from document management and control of existing documents. That's the market landscape; how do the players fit in? The Web version of the product is named Accellera, which allows for access to the document repository over the Web. Interleaf fits where the documents are complex and business critical. 92% Wang's NT software sees first major update Summary: Wang's NT software sees first major update.com) has enhanced the NT versions of its document imaging and work management software. Wang estimates that sales of its NT-based Open/image and Open/workflow software account for nearly 60% of it's total production software revenues. "Sales of our Windows NT-based image and workflow products have exceeded our expectations" said Bob Weiler, president of... 92% Component Imaging Summary: Standalone applications and toolkits emerge. Those that sell a more standalone application approach are represented by Kofax and Cornerstone (San Jose). Cornerstone's Pixel Translations products fit more into the toolkit category. COMPONENT IMAGING MARKET. The market moves toward components. 92% Bottom Line Summary: Revenue for the fourth quarter was $268.1 million, compared to $285 million in the prior fiscal year. Fourth quarter revenues from the company's OPEN/software grew to $15 million, up from $8.5 million in the prior year's quarter. Wang reports that fiscal 1996 earnings were $138 million vs. Revenues for the year were $1.09 billion, up 15% from $947.2 million in fiscal year 1995. Revenues for the... 92% 1996 the year in review Summary: This turned out to be a nightmare­on the good days. Wang ascends ... to somewhere. Long-term impact: Not to worry. Long-term impact: CDIA is just too good an idea to flop, and it won't. Long-term impact: The virtual potential here is so great that it's hard to figure out where to start. 91% Viewstar confidently goes public Summary: Imaging World, October 21st, 1996. Viewstar confidently goes public. The workflow and imaging company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5 to conduct an initial public offering. Optika recently found out just how cold those public waters can be when it went into its IPO hoping to fetch between $9 and $11 per share of common stock, and ended up having to settle for $6.... 91% For $260 million, Kodak enters imaging softwar... Summary: For $260 million, Kodak enters imaging software with a bang. By Bruce Hoard, IW executive editor Industry watchers largely agree that Kodak's $260 million purchase of Wang's software business is money well spent. In addition, Yockelson believes Kodak is better positioned to make the software business a success than was Wang. "Kodak is emotionally committed to the technology, where Wang was... 91% OPINION The year nothing happened Summary: The year nothing happened. None of this happened, of course. Reason number two was the Web. More infrastructure investment. Next year we'll surely revel in The Year A Whole Lot Happened. 91% The role of Microsoft, by Microsoft Summary: The role of Microsoft, by Microsoft. * Rich Noffsinger is the industry marketing manager for document management, imaging and workflow at Microsoft. E-mail richnoff@microsoft.com.microsoft. 90% With service in mind, a new vendor emerges Summary: With service in mind, a new vendor emerges. The total value of the transaction is approximately $80 million. ViewStar is calling off its impending IPO and will become DSI's Enterprise Applications Group. It expects to generate $110 million in 1996. Lest you assume call centers are all about voice calls, think again. 90% 50 who make a difference Summary: Delphi Consulting Group. Imerge Consulting. Wang. Arthur Gingrande, IMERGE Consulting 13. William Stratigos, Wang 40. 90% News Shorts 12-16-96 Summary: .. Giga doles gold. PC Docs partners have ESP. Each of the software companies is delivering solutions that integrate with DOCS Open. ISIS not lacking Imagination. IMAGinE with Pixel engines is available from Imagination Software at prices starting at $1,000. 90% Kodak set to buy Wang's software Summary: Imaging World, October 21st, 1996 Kodak set to buy Wang's software. For Kodak, it's a missing piece, for Wang it's $$$ and focus. On the other hand, he continued, "Kodak may be offering a reasonable sum, which Wang can then turnaround and subsequently complete an acquisition of its own." David Yockelson, director of the Meta Group is skeptical, and hopes Kodak holds its offer below $200 million.... 89% Kodak and Wang in final negotiations Summary: Kodak and Wang in final negotiations. The Boston Globe, which first announced the pending deal, reports Wang is holding out for several hundred million dollars. The combined revenue of those businesses was $624 million in the fiscal year that ended in June and they accounted for nearly 60% of Wang's total sales. According to IDC, Kodak would benefit from the acquisition if it could migrate its... 89% Wang solid results outweigh criticism Summary: Imaging World, January 1st, 1997. Or will it be getting a marginal software player that has created an overblown image of itself? It can make the money now, or make the money later. Does Wang have a history of producing solid imaging and workflow products? According to him, "Wang has built a software business out of a couple of patents.
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