Document Sciences Corp. Launches New OEM Marketing Program.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 1997-- Software For Xerox Document Archiving And Viewing Document Sciences (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :DOCX), a global leader in document automation solutions, Friday announced the launch of a new OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Marketing Program under which it will make available key software products to leading software providers enabling the electronic archiving and viewing of documents currently printed on Xerox high-volume electronic printers using the Xerox LCDS, DJDE DJDE Dynamic Job Descriptor Entry (Xerox) , and METACODE print formats. These documents represent approximately 40 percent of the total global page production on high-volume electronic printing devices, as produced by more than 50 percent of the total number of high-volume printing sites worldwide. The OEM Marketing Program is targeted at software companies who currently market products for Report Distribution (RDS (1) (Remote Data Services) A set of programming interfaces from Microsoft that enables users to update data on the Internet or intranets from their ActiveX-enabled browser. ). Computer Output to Laser Disc Computer Output to Laser Disc - Enterprise Report Management (COLD), CD Archiving, Imaging, and Integrated Document Management (IDM (1) See identity management. (2) (Integrated Device Manufacturer) A company that performs every step of the chip-making process, including design, manufacture, test and packaging. Examples of IDMs are Intel, AMD, Motorola, IBM, TI and Lucent. ). By imbedding Document Sciences' software products into their own systems, these companies will be able to immediately provide support for archiving and viewing documents generated in the popular Xerox print formats. The functionality provided by the OEM products includes WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. page display, compression, resource management, sophisticated indexing, integration APIs, and is comparable to the functionality provided by 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) for Advanced Function Printing Advanced Function Printing - Advanced Function Presentation (AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. ) formatted documents, another major electronic page format. The demand for this type of viewing technology is growing as companies migrate internal document printing to electronics storage and distribution, and as they re-engineer customer service applications to include the electronic display of documents previously sent to their customers in hardcopy. The ability to electronically provide a customer service representative an identical view of a customer generated document results in faster document retrieval, easier problem resolution, and higher customer satisfaction Furthermore, the OEM technology provides significantly greater storage, distribution and viewing efficiency than that provided by traditional bitmap oriented imaging systems. The OEM technology being marketed is currently integrated with a number of existing Viewing Solution Partner (VSP) products. Including those distributed by Anacomp, Computer Associates, New Dimension, and RSD RSD Reflex sympathetic dystrophy, see there . "The experience we have gained through our existing VSP Alliances has enabled us to make this technology more widely available through this OEM program. We believe that the market is now ready for wide-scale adoption of this technology, and the benefits which it can provide," said Dan Fregeau, vice president of business development for Document Sciences Corp. Availability of the OEM product is effective immediately through the new OEM Marketing Program. Documents Sciences was recently named nineteenth on Business Week's 1997 list of "Top 100 Hot Growth Companies." The company's Autograph products and solutions enable an enterprise to employ its database assets to communicate with its customers through high-quality and cost-effective documents that can be distributed in high volume. At present, the company has licensed its products to more than 500 end-user corporations worldwide in industries including insurance, managed health care, financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, distribution, government agencies and commercial print service bureaus. The company is based in San Diego, with regional sales force locations across the United States and Canada and a European subsidiary in Nice, France supporting Western Europe. The company also markets its products in Australia, New Zealand and Brazil. For more information, visit the Document Sciences Web site at www.docscience.com or send e-mail to marketing@docscience.com . This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. While these statements reflect management's best current judgment, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary. These risk factors are identified in documents the company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. CONTACT: Document Sciences Corp. Gaylin Allbaugh, 619/625-2000 gallbaugh@docscience.com |
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