Captaris Announces New TIFF iFilter to Support Enterprise Search Capabilities for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Micro
March 03 2008 - 12:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Capture and recognition solution for Microsoft transforms scanned
documents into intelligent information that can be shared across
the enterprise BELLEVUE, Wash., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Captaris, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAPA), a leading provider of software
products that automate document-centric business processes, today
announced the new Captaris TIFF iFilter capture solution for
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Microsoft Search Server
2008 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express. Based on Captaris
OCR server technology, the TIFF iFilter transforms scanned images
created from paper documents into intelligent documents for search
and retrieval by customers of Microsoft's enterprise search product
line. Captaris also announced that it is a Microsoft Search Server
2008 and Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express launch partner. "Our
enterprise customers are using SharePoint and Search Server for
compliance, e-discovery, records management, and business process
management applications, all of which require them to manage large
collections of scanned business documents," said Jared Spataro,
Group Product Manager of Microsoft Search Server. "Information is
only as valuable as its ability to be retrieved by the right person
at the right time. The Captaris TIFF iFilter is a capture solution
that enables our search engines to index the information contained
within these documents and make it easier for people to find what
they are looking for." The Captaris TIFF iFilter automatically
processes scanned images that are stored in SharePoint document
libraries, using the powerful Captaris OCR engine to extract the
full text of each page and send the text to Microsoft's indexing
engine. Within moments, the images are ready to be searched and
retrieved across the enterprise using keywords that exist on the
scanned page. The TIFF iFilter also provides automated image
enhancement and clean-up features such as auto-rotation of
upside-down pages, de-skew of pages that were scanned off-center,
de-speckle to remove black dots caused by fax noise or poor scan
quality, punch hole removal, de-shading and inverse text
correction. "The Captaris TIFF iFilter fills a need in the
SharePoint Server 2007 environment for an automated server-based
solution that creates high-quality searchable images. The Captaris
TIFF iFilter exposes vital information contained in those documents
so they can be easily shared with other people, applications and
processes throughout the enterprise," said Paul Yantus, executive
vice president of Marketing and New Product Development for
Captaris. "As a Microsoft partner, our focus is to add value for
customers operating within a Microsoft environment. The TIFF
iFilter is a key part of our commitment to help Microsoft customers
succeed in a document-centric environment by providing them with
creative capture and process management solutions." The Captaris
TIFF iFilter will feature multi-lingual OCR capability that
includes most European, Central European and Scandinavian
languages. In addition to the Microsoft product support mentioned
above, the TIFF iFilter will also support both 32 and 64 bit
versions of Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2008. The Captaris
TIFF iFilter will be available for sale online during Microsoft's
fiscal fourth quarter (which ends June 30, 2008). Captaris plans to
offer an affordable entry-level edition and a 30 day free trial
version. Interested customers can sign up in advance to receive
email notification of general availability and other information
about the product, by visiting the Captaris website at
http://www.captaris.com/. About Captaris, Inc. Captaris, Inc. is a
leading provider of software products that automate
document-centric business processes. Captaris specializes in
document capture, recognition, routing, workflow and delivery.
Captaris integrated solutions provide interoperability with leading
line of business applications and technology platforms. Captaris
products include RightDocs, RightStar, RightFlow, RightFax,
Captaris Workflow, Alchemy, FaxPress, DOKuStar, RecoStar, Single
Click Entry and ID-Star, which are distributed through a global
network of leading technology partners. Captaris customers include
the entire Fortune 100 and the majority of Global 2000 companies.
Headquartered in Bellevue, WA, Captaris was founded in 1982 and is
publicly traded on NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol CAPA. The
following are registered trademarks and trademarks of Captaris:
Captaris, Alchemy, RightFax, FaxPress and Captaris Workflow.
RecoStar, DOKuStar, ID-Star and Single Click Entry are trademarks
of Captaris Document Technologies GmbH. All other brand names and
trademarks are the property of their respective owners. DATASOURCE:
Captaris, Inc. CONTACT: Mark Littrell of Captaris, Inc.,
+1-425-455-6000, ; or Barrie Locke of Ripple Effect Communications,
+1-617-536-8887, , for Captaris, Inc. Web site:
http://www.captaris.com/
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