Maximal Systems Announces MaxRetriever.com - Industry's First DMA Compliant COLD Product.CLEARWATER, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 1999--Maximal Systems, Inc. today announced the release of MaxRetriever.com - the document management industry's first turnkey COLD/ERM solution that is compliant with the Document Management Alliance (DMA) standard. DMA is an Association of Information and Image Management (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. ) standard that provides for interoperability of imaging and document management software products from different vendors. This turnkey solution is based on Maximal's DMA COLD/ERM toolkit, which was released in February. MaxRetriever.com includes a server that provides access from HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , Java, and Windows clients. The repository can be accessed from customer Intranets and Extranets using HTML or Java interfaces. This release also incorporates support for the storage of All Points Addressable See APA. formats including 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. , Metacode, DJDE DJDE Dynamic Job Descriptor Entry (Xerox) , PCL (Printer Command Language) The page description language for HP LaserJet printers. It has become a de facto standard used in many printers and typesetters. PCL Level 5, introduced with the LaserJet III in 1990, also supports Compugraphic's Intellifont scalable fonts. , Postscript and PDF. The new product is the latest generation in Maximal's line of Microsoft Windows based solutions that store and retrieve computer-generated documents such as invoices, purchase orders and accounting reports. The industry has historically termed the technology COLD or Computer Output to Laser Disk Computer Output to Laser Disk - Enterprise Report Management , with a newer moniker of ERM (Enterprise Relationship Management) An umbrella term with many shades of meaning over the years. It may refer to the management of information from any or all of an organization's customers, suppliers, business partners and employees. or Enterprise Report Management. MaxRetriever.com provides web browser and thin client access to documents printed from line-of-business applications like accounting, payroll, and order processing systems. The system includes administrative utilities, a report processing server, and a Windows NT based server supporting SQL databases from Oracle, Microsoft, Informix and Sybase. Documents retrieved from the repository are rendered using industry standard PDF format to allow viewing from Adobe Acrobat Reader or other compatible viewers. A toolkit version is also available for Systems Integrators and OEMs that wish to COLD-enable imaging and document management products. Other industry leaders backing the DMA standard include Documentum (Nasdaq:DCTM), EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EDS), FileNET (Nasdaq:FILE), Lotus/IBM (NYSE:IBM), Novell (Nasdaq:NOVL NOVL Novell, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL), and Xerox (NYSE:XRX). Doug Shiver, manager of turnkey software development explained "Many buyers are cognizant of future needs that are either not understood or not being addressed immediately. Providing a system that adheres to industry standards and provides an open architecture ensures compatibility with our customer's future document management technology purchases. They are also interested in reducing the number of desktop applications their users must be trained on. DMA compliance addresses both of these issues and is especially important as organizations look at corporate-wide rollouts." Brad Florin, president of Maximal Systems said, "As an early leader in providing easy-to-implement COLD solutions to companies of all sizes, Maximal is pleased to be the first COLD/ERM vendor to release a DMA-compliant product." The product is currently being beta tested at customer sites with general release scheduled for early May. MaxRetriever.com will be demonstrated at AIIM '99 in Atlanta on April 13 to 15 in booth No. 1111. For more information contact Maximal sales at 727/539-7500. About Maximal Systems Maximal Systems, Inc. (http://www.maximal.com) develops and markets COLD/ERM products that meet the storage and retrieval needs of companies of all sizes. Based on an open systems design, they are platform, network and media independent, making them a fit for most IT organizations. Since 1992, Maximal Systems has been dedicated to delivering fully scalable COLD/ERM products that are easy to install, use and support. Its products are used in numerous industries including manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, insurance, financial services, and utilities, as well as by educational institutions and state and local governments. Maximal's products are sold worldwide through a network of Authorized Resellers, Systems Integrators, Distributors, and OEMs. Trademarks MaxRetriever and MaxRetriever.com are trademarks of Maximal Systems, Inc. Acrobat is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE). Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq:MSFT). |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion