Datacap Ships Task Master 2000, Breaking the Million-Document-A-Day Barrier.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 1998--

First `Total Capture' Workflow Platform

Datacap Inc. today announced it is shipping Task Master 2000, the first data and document capture workflow platform that provides a `total capture' solution for organizations dealing with high-volume data entry, document capture and complex forms. Task Master 2000, which made its debut at AIIM, handles a million documents per day and supports all of the leading enterprise databases.

The software gives organizations the first single, standard platform for consolidating all types of paper-based information onto a single platform, paving the way for a `digital mailroom' that handles all incoming documents. It integrates this data capture with core business applications, document management and enterprise databases, including Oracle, Sybase, Informix and SQL Server.

Task Master 2000's three-tiered client server architecture ensures high performance, even when traffic is high. The 32-bit client-server Microsoft Windows software supports extremely high-volume capture applications, by simultaneously managing queues in multiple databases, making it just as easy to set up complex applications as simple ones.

Flexible client-based workflow monitoring gives supervisors real-time control over all processes, ensuring smooth workflow as it happens, not just after it's completed.

"We expect that Task Master 2000 will greatly streamline how we handle information - and give us greater control over how we manage our paper-based knowledge, which can involve upwards of 7,000 documents at a time," said Bill Magaliff, a project manager at a global management consulting firm, which will deploy Task Master 2000 later this summer. "We're counting on it to instantaneously distribute high volumes of information to a variety of individual departments and staff members, and keep team leaders in control of the flow of work - who's doing it, and what needs to be done next."

Task Master 2000 is the first open Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 95 batch workflow solution that ships with a full set of ready-to-run tasks in an easy-to-use development environment. These client components support an extensive range of tasks related to the capture process, including scanning, image enhancement, indexing, page identification, document assembly, forms processing, exception handling, quality assurance, and formatting output for upload to all major data and document management applications.

Pricing and Availability

Task Master 2000 begins at $995 for a single-user version and drops to under $500 per-seat in volume. It is available from the company's worldwide network of Solution Providers.

In addition to Task Master, Datacap develops and publishes Datacap Paper Keyboard, part of a family of client/server applications for total capture solutions. The software is used by Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies worldwide to transform paper into information, create digital mailrooms, and efficiently feed knowledge management systems. The company is headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., and can be reached on the Internet at www.datacap.com.

Paper Keyboard is a registered trademark of Datacap Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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