Data General to Market In.vision Web-Centric Enterprise Document Management Solution.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 1997-- Strategic alliance targets Data General customer base and Pick database users Data General Corporation and In.vision Research Corporation announced a strategic alliance to deliver integrated solutions based on In.vision Research's web-centric document management system and Data General's broad spectrum of client/server products. The alliance calls for Data General to assist in promoting the In.vision enterprise document management system through a variety of cooperative marketing activities that are already under way. "In our desire to provide complete solutions to business problems, Data General takes a proactive role in teaming to bring emerging technologies to market. In.vision's unique web-centric architecture provides industrial strength document management that is well suited to the developing Intranet infrastructures that are sweeping corporations today." States Dan Sapir, Data General's Vice President of Strategic Alliances, "The use of Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the service layers marries ease of deployment with strong enterprise tools. In.vision is the first company to make this creative move, however, I think the value of their approach will be immediately apparent to end users and industry analysts alike." "Data General offers a well-developed infrastructure to support enterprise-wide applications over the Internet and Intranets. This frees us as an application developer to focus on features that support business processes, rather than attempting to provide the service layer ourselves. For example, combining In.vision Rapid Repository (1) A database of information about applications software that includes author, data elements, inputs, processes, outputs and interrelationships. A repository is used in a CASE or application development system in order to identify objects and business rules for reuse. (tm) and Browse (1) To view the contents of a file or a group of files. Browser programs generally let you view data by scrolling through the documents or databases. In a database program, the browse mode often lets you edit the data. See Web browser. (tm) software with Data General's CYBERSHIELD(tm) software allows distributed document management, imaging and 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. functions to be accessed from any Java compatible web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. with the highest level of security available today", said John Friske, President of In.vision Research Corporation. The strategic alliance will focus on introducing In.vision to Data General's broad user base and reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. network. In addition, special attention will be given to the Pick marketplace, due to In.vision's support for UniVerse and other Pick databases. About the In.vision(tm) Enterprise Document Management System. In.vision(tm) is the first enterprise document management system built on a native Web architecture. The use if a web centric service layer as an infrastructure for document management services enables In.vision to focus on process rather than service. In.vision is more concerned with how people use documents, than how they get them. In.vision EDMS (Electronic Document Management System or Enterprise Document Management System ) See document management. EDMS - Electronic Document Management System provides users with ready-to-run applications out-of-the-box. Since screens are built in an HTML editor A low-level Web site authoring tool that is essentially a text editor, specialized for writing HTML code. It assists the HTML author by cataloging all HTML tags and common structures in menus and by being able to catch certain syntax errors. with Wizard-based help, modifying an application is no more difficult than laying out a newsletter. In.vision consolidates business processes with the application, letting the user create the workflow diagram diagram /di·a·gram/ (di´ah-gram) a graphic representation, in simplest form, of an object or concept, made up of lines and lacking pictorial elements. as the application is built. In.vision differs from other document management products both in design and implementation. The process centric web architecture allows organizations to deploy In.vision in a fraction of the time associated with traditional LAN-based document management systems, whether on a departmental or enterprise level. About In.vision Research Corporation In.vision Research Corporation is a software development firm that helps clients achieve rapid return-on-investment from emerging technologies. Our clients have found that corporate Intranets provide the ideal rapid deployment platform for document management, imaging and workflow applications A workflow application is where various applications, components and people must be involved in the processing of data to complete an instance of a process. For example, consider a purchase order that moves through various departments for authorization and eventual purchase. . Additional information on the company, its products and services is available on the Internet at http://www.invisionresearch.com About Data General Corporation Data General specializes in providing servers, storage systems and related software and service to information technology users worldwide. The company which is headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts Massachusetts (măsəch  `sĭts), most populous of the New England states of the NE United States. , reported revenues of $1.3 billion during fiscal 1996. Additional information on the company, its products and services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com -0- CYBERSHIELD is a registered trademark of Data General Corporation. All brands and product names appearing in the press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Gina Rezendes John Friske Brodeur Porter Novelli Porter Novelli International is a leading, global PR and lobbying firm. It is part of the Omnicom Group of advertising and marketing companies, the world's largest advertising conglomerate. The following article on Porter Novelli was obtained from "Sourcewatch. In.Vision Research Corp. 617/587-2839 714/477-2200 grezendes@brodeur.com jfriske@insync.com |
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