excite for web servers found documents about: (Query-By-Example) - higher confidence, - lower confidence; click icons to find similar documents 100% It's a done deal Eastman Software is born Summary: Eastman Software is born. MA) software business. The new unit will serve as a separate subsidiary under Kodak's Business Imaging Systems organization, bearing the name Eastman Software. "Eastman Software is a dumb name, especially when you consider that one of the world's most highly recognized brand names was available," said IDC's (Framingham, MA) Gerry Murray. Kodak has acquired Wang... 92% 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... 88% Tucci says no to Novell Summary: Tucci says no to Novell. Wang (Billerica, MA) CEO Joseph Tucci was handed an $8 million thank you note from his board of directors following the $260 million sale of Wang's software unit to Eastman Kodak (Rochester, NY). Under the premise of a "retention bonus" because Tucci declined an offer to head Novell (Orem, UT), Wang acknowledges Tucci's role in the recent divestiture. Analysts speculate... 85% Two giants battle over infrastructure Summary: Two giants battle over infrastructure. By moving up the application curve, Lotus and Microsoft (Redmond, WA) will create a market that is more document management-, forms software-, imaging- and workflow-aware. In our opinion the battle between Microsoft and Lotus is over infrastructure, and they are picking application features simply as a way to differentiate themselves from one another.... 84% 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.... 84% First stop One of the first stops has to be Fi... Summary: First stop. One of the first stops has to be FileNet. Another interesting stop has to be IBM--how many of them will be meeting for the first time at AIIM this year? Linda Kempster, Storage media specialist, IIT Research Institute, Lanham, MD. Linda Kempster, Storage media specialist, IIT Research Institute, Lanham, MD 80% Wang is no lame duck Although the presence of ... Summary: Imaging World, March 17th, 1997. Wang is no lame duck. Although the presence of Kodak is expected to be felt at AIIM, Wang's software unit will still be owned by Wang and could have a hard time not coming off as a lame duck, given the impending acquisition by Kodak. At any rate, Wang will be demonstrating its newly released Imaging for Windows Professional Edition as well as its other imaging... 80% ISVs compete for desktop with Microsoft and L... Summary: ISVs compete for desktop with Microsoft and Lotus. Inevitably, as Lotus seeks to differentiate Notes from Exchange, Lotus has no alternative but to move up the application curve and offer capabilities such as forms, imaging, document management and, perhaps in the future, real workflow! After all, the alternative is for Lotus to compete on a price basis with Microsoft--that is clearly something... 76% 50 who make a difference Summary: Delphi Consulting Group. Imerge Consulting. Wang. Arthur Gingrande, IMERGE Consulting 13. William Stratigos, Wang 40. 75% JBIG: A New FAX Standard? Summary: Group IV, however, proved very popular for the storage of scanned document images. They have Group IV for binary and JPEG for multibit grayscale or color." "Thus the JBIG Alliance promotes three-bit scanning as the grayscale standard for document images. There are no image-processing libraries that you can buy today that work on grayscale images. There are no OCR engines that you can buy today... 75% Recent research reports: encouraging, surprisin Summary: With companies that are experiencing a CAGR of more than 50%, the numbers these two research firms are reporting are old news in a dynamic industry.) 2. They measure company revenue, not DM revenue. This is comparing apples to oranges. 4. They measure different companies. Again, apples to oranges. 75% Scanner/Web/VAR Beats Summary: Intrafed continues on the scene. BancTec announced a distribution agreement with TextWare. The Web beat. "We believe that publishing on- and off-line go hand in hand on the Web and CD, and we believe that automating the process is critical to the success of the project." Now they are asking how to solve problems." 74% The Internet's inevitable advance on informatio Summary: The Internet's inevitable advance on information.) and then client-server. Now the Internet could make client-server computing outdated.k.a. Web browsers., using just a Web browser. 73% ActiveX explained Summary: Microsoft development environment hopes. Actually, ActiveX isn't just one thing. It is a set of open technologies that include client, server, tools and applications. And, according to Microsoft, it embraces all popular Internet standards, languages and platforms. Using ActiveX technology, Microsoft is integrating the HTTP protocol into its Microsoft Internet Information Server for Windows NT... 72% FileNet suffers Q2 setback Summary: Imaging World, August 1st, 1996. FileNet suffers Q2 setback. $9 million loss expected for previous six months. For the first time since the acquisitions, Smith acknowledged that assimilating Watermark (Burlington, MA) and Saros (Bellevue, WA) has not been easy. That is not the sort of spin lingo one expects to hear from Smith or FileNet. 71% Thinning down Network computers may set the p... Summary: Network computers. the next computing model. There are objections to the NC paradigm. Oracle is preparing three applications. If they can change the corporate computing paradigm, Microsoft's hold on the software market is threatened. 71% Automated cleanup rids systems of worthless im... Summary: Future forms will be measured against that form and will be adjusted for skew and other attributes against the original form. "This is especially important when you are doing recognition on particular zones on a form," says Macciola. The forms recognition capability will also scale the image to match the form. For example, contrast may be more important than skew, but OCR readabiliy in a... 71% Initiating the new imaging sales rep Summary: Initiating the new imaging sales rep. But imaging systems need not be complex. Document imaging sales success comes from "beating the bushes" and introducing the benefits of the imaging system to the uninformed. Teach document imaging sales professionals to identify and qualify the imaging solution prospect. Start with an introductory piece on the new document imaging system. 71% A taxing situation gets better Summary: Imaging World, August 1st, 1996. The cost of processing a state income tax form has dropped 26%-from $1.28 with the old data entry method to $.95 per return with the new imaging system. With the old system, a data entry operator could process about 375 returns per day. But the change has improved their work environment, he said. In 1996 the figure is expected to reach 1.3 million income tax forms... 71% The Buzz 4-21-97 Summary: Imaging World, April 21st, 1997. Talking alliance turkey. "It would make sense for FileNet and NCR to talk," Ray observes with the tone of a man who knows more than he says. Two cases in point: FileNet and Documentum. "Are Wang and FileNet worth the same?"
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