Action and Quintec enter business partnership; together companies provide workflow products and services for workgroup applications.LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 1994--Action Technologies Inc., the leading developer of client/server workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. and business process automation software, and Quintec International Ltd., a leading value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. distributor based in the United Kingdom, Monday announced a business partnership to deliver and implement workgroup solutions. Quintec has selected the ActionWorkflow System, which includes the ActionWorkflow Analyst, ActionWorkflow Builder, and the ActionWorkflow Manager to provide customers with integrated, LAN-based workflow solutions. Quintec utilizes the ActionWorkflow Analyst to perform the initial analysis and mapping of their customers' business processes. The resulting map is then translated by the ActionWorkflow Builder to begin creating the workflow-enabled applications. Finally, the ActionWorkflow Manager -- the intelligent workflow engine Workflow engine is a software application meant to manage and execute modeled business processes. It is a key component in workflow technology. It will typically make use of a database server. -- automates the workflow process by intelligently routing, tracking, auditing and notifying the workgroup. Quintec is leveraging Action's integration capabilities with other line-of-business applications such as document management, imaging, and electronic mail to provide and support complete workgroup solutions. The Action/Quintec partnership has proven successful with programs in a variety of industries such as financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and energy. "Action's technology and methodology melds both the humanistic hu·man·ist n. 1. A believer in the principles of humanism. 2. One who is concerned with the interests and welfare of humans. 3. a. A classical scholar. b. A student of the liberal arts. and process approach," said Roy Russell, founder and technical director at Quintec. "Workflow is a top requirement, and Action's technological expertise lends credibility to our workgroup computing computing - computer focus." "Quintec as a leading distributor in the United Kingdom provides an established channel for Action," said Shirish Hardikar, vice president of marketing at Action. "Together we will accelerate the workgroup market by providing a broad range of solutions including: workflow out-of-the-box, workflow-enabled document management applications, and workflow integrated with existing applications." ActionWorkflow System The ActionWorkflow System is a powerful family of workflow and business process automation software, based on an open, object-oriented, client/server architecture An environment in which the application processing is divided between client workstations and servers. It implies the use of desktop computers interacting with servers in a network in contrast to processing everything in a large centralized mainframe. See client/server. . The ActionWorkflow System consists of the ActionWorkflow Builder and the ActionWorkflow Manager. The ActionWorkflow Builder is a graphical application design and development tool that lets users rapidly develop workflow-enabled applications. The applications are rapidly deployed using the ActionWorkflow Manager. The ActionWorkflow Manager is a server-based business process management and administration software component that provides a sophisticated workflow engine to store workflow definitions and applications data as well as track and monitor workflows. The Manager communicates with client applications through a comprehensive set of open-client APIs. The company also recently introduced the ActionWorkflow Analyst, a software tool for business professionals and managers to model, analyse an·a·lyse v. Chiefly British Variant of analyze. analyse or US -lyze Verb [-lysing, -lysed] or -lyzing, and optimize optimize - optimisation business processes. About Quintec International Limited Quintec International Limited is a new breed of Value Added Distributor. Focused on facilitating the delivery of workgroup technology, Quintec is committed to providing the education and other specialist skills that leading edge workgroup products require. Solid developer relationships and a thorough understanding of the products allows Quintec to provide, through a business partner channel, extensive technical expertise in both the pre and post sales support arenas. End-users' confidence is assured through Quintec's rigorous partner authorization program and extensive range of training courses. About Action Technologies Action Technologies Inc. pioneered the market for business process and workflow automation See workflow. software. Its suite of ActionWorkflow software products was the first to provide integrated business process design tools with application development tools and a workflow management system. Founded in 1983, Action is headquartered in Alameda Alameda (ăləmē`də, –mā`də), city (1990 pop. 76,459), Alameda co., W central Calif., on an island just off the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; settled 1850, inc. as a city 1884. , Calif. The company sells its products through authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: representatives in over 20 countries. -0- Note to Editors: ActionWorkflow, ActionWorkflow Analyst, ActionWorkflow Builder, and ActionWorkflow Manager are registered trademarks of Action Technologies Inc. All trademarks are property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Action Technologies
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