Captaris Announces General Availability of Industry's Only TIFF iFilter for Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007
September 15 2008 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
New Software Leverages Full-Text OCR Technology to Address Growing
Problem of Enterprise Search and Discovery BELLVUE, Wash., Sept. 15
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Captaris Inc. (NASDAQ:CAPA), a leading
provider of software products that automate document-centric
processes, today announced the industry's only TIFF iFilter for
Microsoft Office SharePoint(R) Server 2007. Captaris put to use its
powerful OCR engine to enable the new TIFF iFilter to conduct full
text search and retrieval of image documents alongside Microsoft
Office and other electronic documents. The new product was
developed in response to a direct request from Microsoft's
customers for TIFF support in Office SharePoint Server 2007. The
Captaris TIFF iFilter supports Office SharePoint Server 2007,
Search Server 2008 and Search Server 2008 Express. According to
industry analyst firm Gartner, "On average, professionals spend 50
percent of their time looking for information." This number will
continue to grow as more and more content is being fed into the
enterprise and for businesses that have a high volume of scanned or
faxed-in documents the search and discovery process is an
overwhelmingly burdensome task. The first of a series of products
coming from Captaris that help businesses achieve document driven
process automation, the TIFF iFilter fits into the initial phase of
the process, which is the starting point where documents are fed
into SharePoint. From the initial phase, the next steps to document
driven process automation include routing, capture and process.
Over the next few months, Captaris will introduce an entire suite
of products that address each phase of the process and each product
is designed from the ground up to support Office SharePoint Server
2007. According to Paul Yantus, executive vice president of
marketing and product development for Captaris, "SharePoint is
Microsoft's fastest selling server ever. We are the ideal partner
for the TIFF iFilter because we are a complete imaging and workflow
provider, not just an iFilter company. We have a long-standing
relationship with Microsoft that has strengthened over many years
of working together." The TIFF iFilter uses the Captaris OCR
engine, RecoStar, which is a full page reader, to automatically
crawl SharePoint indexed libraries, lists and folders to capture
and send the results to Microsoft's indexing engine. Once indexed,
the images can be searched through Office SharePoint Server 2007,
Search Server 2008 and Search Server 2008 Express. The engine also
provides automated image enhancement and pre-processing features to
produce high-quality, searchable images. "Captaris has made it easy
to extend and enhance the SharePoint environment by providing the
full text of TIFF images to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
2007, Search Server 2008 and Search Server 2008 Express," said
Jared Spataro, director of Enterprise Search, Microsoft
Corporation. "TIFF images from inbound faxes, multifunction
devices, traditional scanning solutions and even legacy images can
now be unlocked to make the data contained searchable. Our
customers have asked for this functionality and Captaris, a
Microsoft Gold Certified partner, has made it a reality." The TIFF
iFilter is targeted to Office SharePoint Server 2007 users in any
industry but Captaris expects that traditionally paper-centric
industries such as insurance, state and local government,
healthcare and the mortgage industry will be initial adopters. The
Captaris TIFF iFilter 1.1, Standard Edition contains the following
features: -- Support for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007,
Search Server 2008 Express and Search Server 2008 -- Support for
Windows(R) Server 2003 and Windows(R) Server 2008 -- Support for 32
bit and 64 bit versions of the OS environments and SharePoint
Server 2007 32 and 64 bit environment and corresponding SQL(R)
Server support in 32 bit and 64 bit "Put simply, the TIFF iFilter
makes it easier for people to find what they are looking for,
business critical information is more accessible and the result is
electronic discovery is simpler and faster," added Yantus. Pricing
and Availability The Captaris TIFF iFilter is available immediately
for purchase and download from the Captaris website at
http://www.captaris.com/tiff_ifilter/index.html. The TIFF iFilter
supports Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Search Server
2008 and Search Server 2008 Express. Captaris offers a Standard
edition, which is priced at $299 for two core and a Professional
edition, which is priced at $499 for four core. About Captaris
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 RightFax, Captaris Workflow, Alchemy, FaxPress,
DOKuStar, RecoStar, Single Click Entry and IDStar 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,
Washington, Captaris was founded in 1982 and is publicly traded on
the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol CAPA.
http://www.captaris.com/. (C)2008 All rights reserved. No part of
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The following are registered trademarks and trademarks of Captaris
Inc. and its subsidiaries: Captaris, the Captaris logo, Alchemy(R),
Captaris Workflow(TM), RightDocs(TM), RightFax(R), RightFlow(TM)
and RightStar(TM) in the US and/or other jurisdictions.
FaxPress(TM) is a registered trademark of Castelle. RecoStar,
DOKuStar, DOKuStar Capture Suite, Single Click Entry, and Invoice
CENTER are registered trademarks and trademarks of Captaris
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