CO-MAND -- Computer Output-Management, archiving and network distribution system.

MERRIMACK, N.H--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1996--Imaging Automation, Inc. (IAI) announces CO-MAND, a new systems solution to those applications requiring easy access to archived records. CO-MAND is a Computer Output - Management, Archiving and Network Distribution system. Users realize immediate monthly cost savings with CO-MAND, when compared with older types of report archiving, such as: microfiche, microfilm, or green-bar paper. CO-MAND generally has a pay-back of twelve months or less in installations such as insurance claims processing, banking, pharmaceuticals or government information processing.

Although CO-MAND contains all the elements of a conventional Computer Output to Laser Disk (COLD) system, it is much more. CO-MAND offers a complete turnkey solution with: analysis, customization, installation, and training. CO-MAND is highly scaleable having been developed and utilized in situations involving large reports (2 gigabytes and larger). Expansion to many applications in the document management arena is enhanced because CO-MAND has been designed in concert with other applications such as: automated data entry, production control, and quality assurance, utilizing the ARGUS development platform.

CO-MAND accepts as input simple and compound documents from the "host/server" computer to a file(s) on a network accessible hard disk. CO-MAND automatically collects the documents and parses the file according to document/report type, date, and user defined index information as appropriate. The index information is maintained in the CO-MAND database as a cross-reference to the location of the document in a local disk cache and on recordable CD-ROM or Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) optical disk storage.

CO-MAND is comprised of IAI software and PC Server hardware which can receive reports from any host environment. Once received by the CO-MAND server, a legally "sealed" document is created that can be recalled to produce an exact duplicate of the document in its original format. The indexing system can handle thousands of report types retrieved from local disk cache, CD-ROM, WORM optical disk storage or connected autochangers. Hundreds of client stations may have access to the server over standard LANs and WANs.

IAI, founded in 1991, is a leading supplier of imaging solutions for the photo identification and document imaging markets. The company provides customized automated data entry solutions, workflow systems and systems integration services for high volume imaging applications. CO-MAND is part of IAI's document management system offerings.

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