Monday, February 22, 2010

Important Product Updates

The anticipated end of life for ApplicationXtender version 5.4x is December 31st, 2010. As mentioned in previous announcements, the end of life for ApplicationXtender version 5.3x was on June 30th 2009. The next update to ApplicationXtender will be version 6.5 instead of the previously announced version 6.0 Service Pack 1. Please make sure to contact Portford to make arrangements to upgrade and ensure uninterrupted support services. The availability of the following software versions have been announced or forecasted:

- ApplicationXtender v6.5 (expected by March 31st 2010)
- ApplicationXtender Workflow Manager Concurrent Licensing (expected by March 31st 2010)
- Information Rights Management for ApplicationXtender (expected by March 31st 2010)
- Quickscan Pro v4.7 (Including Sharepoint Export - now available on EMC.com)
- Documentum 6.5 SP2 (now available)
- Documentum CenterStage (limited release)
- Captiva CaptureFlow Designer for IA 6.0 SP1 (now available)
- DocuNECT 4.2 (now available)
- Kofax Capture 9.0
- Kofax Express 2.0

If you are unsure of what software version you are running or would like information about new products or upgrades please contact your dedicated account representative or email: dan.segura@portfordsolutions.com or visit www.portfordsupport.com

Kofax 9 Released

In January, Kofax announced the release of the latest version of it's popular Capture software, formerly know as Ascent Capture. Capture is commonly used to scan, index, and distribute documents in to ApplicationXtender and Documentum. The following are among the features available in Capture 9.0:
  • Remote Site High Availability. Provides automatic fail over for remote site licensing resulting in increased reliability and business continuity
  • Additional Recognition Language Support. Now supporting Simplified Chinese (Simplified and Traditional, Thai, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, and Yiddish to accommodate globalization
  • Automatic Customization Deployment. Makes it easier to deploy and install Kofax Capture customizations to stations and remote sites to reduce deployment and support costs
  • MSI Based Installer. Ability to choose to use either setup.exe installer or new .MSI based installer to easily deploy and manage Kofax Capture software and patches
  • Multiple Administration Module Users. Allows multiple users to simultaneously access the Administration module to minimize configuration and deployment costs
  • PDF Versioning. Allows you to select the PDF output format version to ensure that the PDF output format that is compliant with corporate standards
  • Report Viewer on Servers. Allows the use of Report Viewer on servers for simplified administration
  • Batch Class Update. Update the batch class for current batches providing flexibility to correct issues found in production requiring batch class changes without rescanning the batch
  • .NET Versions of Database and Text Export Connectors. Database and text export connectors are .NET based to leverage the latest development tools from Microsoft. Easily customized using standard tools
  • Document Routing. Custom module API’s to split a batch into sub batches. Enables routing of individual documents to specific operators.You may also route documents to specific operators to accommodate parallel processing of large batches
  • Microsoft Windows 7 Certification. Support for the latest Microsoft operating systems
Contact Dan Segura for more information on Kofax 9
The new EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender Workflow Manager for AX 6.0 offers advanced capabilities for creating departmental and horizontal solutions to common business challenges. With ApplicationXtender Workflow Manager, you can improve business performance and reduce costs within and across functional business units. You can also maximize investments in your organization’s current and future IT infrastructure.

Portford and EMC will present and demonstrate the new AX Workflow Manager on February 23rd at 10am PST. Contact Portford to learn more about the features and benefits available in ApplicationXtender's new Workflow Manager:

- Discover, analyze, and design: Use the Visual Process Designer to build workflow automations
- Workflow console - Centrally integrate, categorize, and manage your processes
- Built-in .NET - Enjoy maximum customization and advance integration using .NET
- Out-of-the-box workflow samples - Implement a workflow solution in minutes
- User-friendly Process Builder tool - Design, test, and implement with coding or IT support
- Built-in reporting and forms support - Monitor and analyze user and process performance with built-in reports. Use the provided forms templates or create your own.
- Support for Microsoft SQL and Oracle DB - Ensure ease of implementation and compatibility with support for the latest databases.
Contact: info@portfordsolutions.com for more information on AX 6.0 Workflow Manager

Contact Dan Segura for more information on AX Workflow Manager

Portford Sponsors AIIM in March

Come to AIIM’s FREE, one-day seminar in Anaheim CA, to learn about solutions to solve your information management challenges. Join how to drive paper out of your core document-intensive processes; legal and e-discovery issues; information governance guidelines, and change management implications.

Portford and EMC will be presenting in the morning general session and providing live product demonstrations of EMC Documentum 6.5 and ApplicationXtender 6.0 through out the day. AIIM's ECM Seminar is a free event held held on March 16th from 8am to 2pm at the Sheraton Anaheim Hotel.

Date: 3/16/2010
Place: Sheraton Anaheim Hotel
Address: 900 South Disneyland Drive Anaheim, CA 92802

Visit www.AIIM.org for more information about AIIM. Click here for details on the ECM Seminar on schedule and activities.

Contact Dan Segura for more information on AX or DocuNECT

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Have you got the data you need?

Business Intelligence platforms are an integral part of business today, analyzing structured data to make better business decisions. With data still being locked in paper and electronic documents the question remains…do you have all the data you need to make the right business decisions?

DocuNECT is a powerful data extraction platform that can compliment an existing business intelligence platform by organizing and extracting unstructured data in different types of documents and converting it to structured data.

At the heart of DocuNECT is a powerful business rules engine that can apply intelligent algorithms to identify data. DocuNECT works natively with Microsoft Office documents, emails, text, HTML, XML, and Adobe PDF documents to allow a wide variety of information can be processed. DocuNECT also has a built in OCR engine that can utilize the same business rules engine to extract data from PDF and TIFF image based documents.

Find out how DocuNECT can become part of your business intelligence platform by contacting Dan Segura.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Webinar: ApplicationXtender Workflow Manager Overview and Demonstration

Portford cordially invites you to join us for exciting overview and demonstration of EMC Documentum’s ApplicationXtender Workflow Manager. Join us to learn how EMC and Portford are meeting the demands of new and existing ApplicationXtender customers by delivering product enhancements and integrations such as the new Workflow Manager. EMC Senior Systems Engineer , David Frank will be providing a live demonstration of the new Workflow Manager and taking customer questions.

Register today by saving this calendar appointment to learn more about the new features and exciting developments around the ApplicationXtender suite of products including:
  • Workflow Manager
  • Microsoft Office 2007 Integration
  • Microsoft SharePoint Integration
  • Information Rights Management (coming soon in AX 6.5)
  • DocuNECT for AX - Electronic Document Capture
  • ApplicationXtender Product Roadmap
Who Should Attend this Webex?
  • ApplicationXtender Customers considering upgrading or rolling out document management to new areas of their business
  • AX Administrators that want to learn about new features and capabilities
  • Companies evaluating workflow and document management solutions
When is it?
DATE: Februay 23th, 2010
TIME: 10:00 am - 11:00 pm PST
PLACE: Webex

Agenda
10:00 am -10:05 am
Introductions: Dan Segura - Portford Service Manager and David Frank - EMC Senior Systems Engineer

10:05 am -10:15 am
Review of what's new in AX version 6.0 and the new features to be available in version 6.5

10:15 am -10:50 am
Live demonstration of ApplicationXtender Workflow Manager

10:50 am -11:00 am
Questions and Answer

To Register
This is a free event, however registration is limited. If you have any questions, please contact:
dan.segura@portfordsolutions.com or call (909) 532-8571.

Webinar: Take Control and Reduce Your Financial Statement Audit Costs

Learn How to Quickly and Easily Generate an Audit Readiness Balanced Scorecard Designed to Reduce Your Audit Costs and Complexity.

Other benefits of the VeriComply Audit Readiness Balanced Scorecard include:
  • Improved transparency and compliance
  • Single point of truth, no surprises
  • Early detection of gaps in controls or potential audit adjustments
  • Cost effective
  • Enhance employee effectiveness and oversight
  • Ensure timely audits
  • Minimize personal and corporate risk
  • Improved relationships with your independent auditors
About the Presenters

Marc Blythe
Marc brings more than 20 years’ experience advising companies of all sizes on their accounting and financial reporting requirements. Marc is currently President of Blythe Global Investors. He was previously an audit partner at Ernst & Young where he designed and implemented their global audit approach and various quality control processes as well as created industry-specific tools, templates and knowledge bases that continue to be used worldwide by E&Y executives.

Roger Cohen
Roger is CEO & Founder of VeriComply. He has over 20 years experience as an innovative legal problem solver and trusted advisor with Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison and Dorsey and Whitney. He completed over $10 billion in transactions and advisory work for such companies as Wells Fargo Bank, New Century Financial Corporation, Finova, Friedman Billings Ramsey and Co., CrossPoint Venture Partners, Westar Capital, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Triad Financial Corporation and numerous emerging growth companies.

When is it?
DATE: Februay 18th, 2010
TIME: 10:00 am - 11:00 pm PST
PLACE: Goto Meeting
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/873357416

To Register
This is a free event, however registration is limited. If you have any questions, please contact:
dan.segura@portfordsolutions.com or call (909) 532-8571.