Ascent Upgrade from Kofax Offers Enhanced Features for Departmental and Distributed Capture Environments.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management International, Silver Spring, MD, www.aiim.org) A membership organization founded in 1943 devoted to creating industry standards and disseminating information about the document management industry. 2003 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2003 Ascent 6.0 Adds Standard PDF File See PDF. Creation, Conditional Routing and Centralized Management of Remote Users and Operations Kofax has announced the next-generation of Ascent Capture, the company's flagship document and data capture application. Ascent Capture 6.0 offers several new and enhanced features including built-in Adobe Acrobat PDF file creation and fully functional document thumbnails, which enables complete manipulation of documents and images. Ascent Capture 6.0 also eliminates the need for hardware licensing dongles on Ascent clients. Kofax also announced upgrades to Ascent Capture Internet Server (ACIS), the company's production distributed capture component and Ascent Ricochet A wireless Internet service from Ricochet Networks, Inc., Denver, CO (www.ricochet.net). Originally developed by Los Gatos, CA-based Metricom, Inc., Ricochet was the first high-speed, wireless Internet service for commuters. , its browser-based, ad hoc For this purpose. Meaning "to this" in Latin, it refers to dealing with special situations as they occur rather than functions that are repeated on a regular basis. See ad hoc query and ad hoc mode. capture component. "Ascent Capture 6.0 includes new capabilities that will appeal to Ascent users of all types including those considering an upgrade to Ascent from another capture application or customers who want to implement a data capture solution for the first time," said David Oldfield
With Ascent Capture 6.0, users can easily implement an initial workgroup or departmental data capture operation that can be expanded with tools such as ACIS and Ascent Ricochet to create a complete enterprise solution. ACIS 6.0 enhances enterprise management capabilities with software-based client licensing, remote upgrades and enhanced security. The new version of ACIS provides a variety of new features designed to enhance the ability to scan documents inexpensively at remote sites, automatically download them to the central site and then automatically or manually synchronize with the content management or business system. The application also adds IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Websphere Web server support to its current support for Microsoft IIS. Ascent Capture 6.0 also will support the newest version of Ascent Ricochet. In addition, Ascent Ricochet 2.0 offers several enhancements including full support for VirtualReScan 3.0, Kofax's award-winning and patented image-perfecting technology. Ascent Ricochet 2.0 can now be used with all scanners supported by VRS (Video Relay Service) A communications service for the hearing or speech impaired. A VRS is the video counterpart of a TTY relay service, in which the user types on a terminal, and the relay operator speaks the messages to the recipient (see TDD/TTY). as well as multi-function devices. Version 2.0 also provides server-level authentication, which allows multiple users to share a workstation. New scheduled synchronization of completed data packages minimizes network traffic and saves time for end users who create several packages each day. Pricing & Availability Ascent Capture 6.0 will be available in the summer of 2003 from 900 Ascent resellers worldwide. Ascent Capture 6.0 pricing is based on the volume of pages scanned or documents imported per month. About Kofax Kofax Image Products Inc. (www.kofax.com), a division of the DICOM (medical, standard) DICOM - (From Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine) A standard developed by ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) for communications between medical imaging devices. Group plc, is a leading developer of application software and image processing products for the Electronic Data and Document Capture (EDC EDC See: Export Development Corp. ) market. EDC is essential to helping paper-intensive organizations economically, reliably and securely incorporate paper-based information into their electronic business processes. Note to Editors: Ascent Capture and VirtualReScan are registered trademarks of Kofax Image Products Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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