Innovative document processing solutions

PSIGEN and Datafinity Ltd Sign Distribution Agreement

Partnership Expands Company's Growing Distribution Network to the UK

 

23rd November 2009

IRVINE, CA (November 23, 2009) - PSIGEN Software, Inc., the innovative leader in advanced capture and scanning solutions, today announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Datafinity, a leading distributor of Document Management, Capture and Scanning Software in the United Kingdom.

"The addition of a distributor with great capture expertise, and a strong reseller base, will provide a local presence for PSIGEN in a market demanding our products," said Stephen Boals, VP of Sales for PSIGEN. "Datafinity expands our European network, and is a key component in our strategic global distribution plans."

"We are excited about our new partnership with PSIGEN and looking forward to offering the UK reseller market a new document capture solution that is both powerful and affordable. With document capture prices on the increase, it is refreshing to find a company that offers such a good return on investment for companies of all sizes. In particular, PSIGEN's tight integration with Microsoft SharePoint provides this rapidly growing sector of the ECM market with the perfect document capture solution," said Andy Dawson, Managing Director of Datafinity.

About PSIGEN

PSIGEN Software is the innovative leader in advanced capture, scanning and document management solutions. For more than 14 years, PSIGEN has provided software to improve all the processes around the conversion of paper to digital documents. The solutions focus on cost reduction, flexibility, standardization, and improved efficiency. PSIGEN delivers these solutions through a network of resellers and distributors in the US and abroad. For more information, visit www.psigen.com

"PSIGEN" is a registered trademark in the US, the EU and other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks belong to their respective owners.

 

 

Global data capture specialist DRS signs Datafinity Ltd as DocXP® reseller

16th November 2009

Global data capture specialist DRS has signed Datafinity Ltd as a reseller for its intelligent document and data capture solution DocXP®. Datafinity delivers leading-edge document and data capture solutions for companies that need to improve the efficiency of business and document processes within their organisation, Having carried out a full review of the document and data capture market, Datafinity was keen to integrate DocXP® into its product portfolio.

DocXP® is a sophisticated, yet easy to use, intelligent data capture and document archive solution that streamlines the document data capture process. Built on industry leading intelligent character, barcode and mark recognition technologies and techniques, DocXP® captures and processes any data from any type of form – whether the data is in pre-defined areas or in different locations on the document.

Sophisticated classification technology sets DocXP® apart from all other competing products. Its ability to automatically identify the document type with no pre-configuration makes it one of the leading intelligent document and data capture solutions on the market today.

Debbie Rofe, head of marketing at DRS, comments: “Datafinity is the UK distributor for Foxray xbound, a future-proof document capture solution and integration platform for digital mailroom solutions. Datafinity’s partnership with DRS will allow them to resell DocXP® document classification and data extraction technology as part of an xbound capture solution.

Comments Andy Dawson, managing director at Datafinity: “DocXP® technology will add significant capability to the Foxray xbound solution enhancing its industry leading position for digital mailroom applications. The DocXP® technology is a perfect fit with Foxray xbound as both products are designed to be easy to configure and use yet still offer a high level of functionality. This unique product combination will add siginificant value for both existing and new customers.”

About DRS

DRS has the skills and expertise to manage data capture projects of any size or complexity around the world. Complete solutions are implemented using the Company’s extensive expertise in document design, printing, forms scanning, software, logistics, project management and consultancy. Visit www.drs.co.uk for more details.

 

 

Public health insurance company chooses foxray xbound for digital

Mailroom solution

 

23rd June 2009

 

The Techniker Krankenkasse (TK), one of the largest health insurance companies in Germany, has recently completed the first phase of their rollout of the xbound digital mailroom platform from foxray AG to handle around 25 million incoming mail items each year.

 

The TK receives over 200,000 pages of mail every day from its 7.2 million insured members, including changes of address, direct debit slips, registrations and de-registrations as well as important correspondence with healthcare providers such as hospitals and doctors. They expect the xbound solution to significantly increase the degree of automation in handling and processing of these very varied documents. According to the TK, the xbound solution's functionality will not only improve customer service but also significantly reduce costs. The deciding factor behind the choice was xbound’s multi-channel input capability - as well as conventional paper mail, xbound also processes faxes and e-mails from Lotus Notes, allowing them to be integrated into the mailroom process at an early stage.

 

“Foxray xbound provides the TK with a fully integrated digital mailroom solution allowing all incoming mail, paper and electronic, as well as backend systems to be integrated via a standard interface”, explains Ralf Goebel, CTO at Foxray. Products from external partners are already integrated and customer specific components can be programmed into the xbound platform as required. The three-level structure of foxray xbound, based on the principle of service-oriented architecture (SOA), provides an ideal environment for transparent process modelling. In addition, comprehensive analysis functions allow the entire production process to be monitored enabling efficient production management, reporting and performance analysis.

 

Further improvements have also been made to the document archiving process. The connection to a read-only archive reduces access times and eliminates costs associated with storing paper based documents. The authentication and integrity of the digitised documents is ensured by a digital signature solution which is integrated into xbound. The foxray xbound digital mailroom solution is currently used at four scanning centres around Germany and the roll-out to a total of seven locations will be completed during 2009. The 30-strong project team comprises IT and organisation experts from the TK, foxray AG and IBM Global Services.

About Foxray:

foxray AG, originating from the Lufthansa group, is an innovative software provider and system integrator of DMS solutions. They enable large companies to automate their mission critical business processes. Functions such as scanning, classification, data extraction and workflow as well as integration with ERP systems and document archive repositories are central to the solutions provided.

The company’s expertise is in the insurance, industrial and business process outsourcing services sectors. foxray’s customers include Aspecta Life Insurance, Continental Tyres, RatioData IT Solutions & Services, Techniker Krankenkasse (Health Insurance), Debeka, Rhenus, Iron Mountain, BundesDruckerei (Government Printing Office), Lufthansa and Deutsche Bahn.

 

About the Techniker Krankenkasse

 

The Techniker Krankenkasse is a nationwide German insurance company with more than 7 million members. As a compulsory health insurance fund, the TK is a self-administered public corporation with a full-time executive board. The 30-strong advisory board represents the members of the TK. Every six years, they elect their advisory board representatives

 

 

Datafinity announces professional services partnership with Scansation to deliver

foxray xbound digital mailroom solutions

 

26th May 2009

 

London, May 26, 2009 – Datafinity Limited, sole UK distributor of foxray document processing and digital mailroom solutions, has announced a partnership agreement with Alton-based professional services company Scansation Limited.

 

Under the terms of the agreement Scansation will provide implementation, customisation and training services to UK clients as they deploy foxray xbound document processing and digital mailroom solutions for transaction-based applications and white mail. Scansation, a well-established and highly experienced UK professional services provider, is also a Platinum partner for leading document capture software supplier Kofax plc.

 

According to Sid Sutherland, managing director at Scansation, “For some time our clients have been asking for a high-volume digital mailroom solution that is robust, scalable and offers best-in-class functionality. The combination of foxray’s xbound document processing environment and innovative data capture components from Kofax enables Scansation to meet this requirement, delivering a highly capable, unique solution with a proven track record.”

 

Andy Dawson, managing director at Datafinity, said “Foxray easily integrates with other vendors’ technology to provide end users with a better, more future-proof solution. Datafinity will continue to recruit partners whose best-in-class service offerings can be combined with foxray xbound to deliver world-class document processing solutions. This agreement with Scansation is a perfect example of how foxray xbound works hand-in-hand with Kofax to form a solid and reliable foundation for highly effective, centralised digital mailrooms.”

 

About Scansation

 

Scansation Ltd was founded in 2005 to provide document management solutions and professional services to the document, content and knowledge management workspace in the United Kingdom and Europe. Scansation Ltd has quickly established a reputation for customer satisfaction and technical expertise. Extensive previous experience within the document management field allows Scansation to consistently meet customers' requirements promptly and in a high-quality fashion. For more information visit www.scansation.com

 

 

foxray announces new xbound release at AIIM Roadshow 2009

 

1st May 2009

 

Software developer foxray AG, market leading specialist in “best of breed” mailroom processing solutions, is exhibiting at the UK AIIM Roadshow 2009 and will announce the release of the latest version of xbound.

 

The latest release of foxray xbound, the unique integration platform for document processing solutions, offers a truly open and flexible architecture allowing integration with over 40 “best of breed” technologies for document capture, imaging and processing.  These include modules from leading providers such as Kofax, Abbyy, Captaris, Insiders, Paradatec, Opentext, Luratech, SecCommerce, Openlimit, Secrypt, IBM and Ceyoniq.

 

“Customers and VAR partners no longer need to ‘back one horse’ when it comes to choosing a document processing solution. With foxray xbound they can use the best technologies available on the market and be confident that the solution will continue to be future proof.” says Andy Dawson, MD of Datafinity, foxray’s UK distributor.

 

Advanced use of technologies such as SO Architecture, .NET and Web services are part of what makes xbound such a unique and flexible solution. Features such as distributed and scalable architecture, sophisticated reporting and statistics, combined with an easy to use graphical user interface for designing document workflows are just some of the reasons why so many large companies have already adopted the foxray technology.

 

“In the last year foxray’s intensive R&D policy enabled two new major releases of the xbound platform allowing our customers to take advantage of some of the latest Microsoft technologies as well as integrations with many of the leading capture technologies in the market” says Ralf Goebel, foxray’s CTO.

 

Customers like Continental Tyres, Itella, Techniker Krankenkasse are planning European roll outs of the foxray solution during 2009 and will soon be able to benefit from the latest development in the xbound platform giving them greater efficiency and better control over their document processing centres.

 

 

 

Iron Mountain Switches to xbound

 

February 5th, 2009

 

Iron Mountain Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of Iron Mountain Incorporated, the specialists for storing and archiving business-critical documents, will soon be using the xbound integration platform from foxray AG for processing its customers‟ documents. At its offices in Hamburg, Iron Mountain will migrate its existing “airline” and “mail-room” document processes to foxray xbound and adapt the integration platform to its increased requirements for functionality and performance.

 

The foxray xbound integration platform allows users to define, edit and monitor any document-based process. Input media and downstream systems are connected to the platform via a standard interface. Many products from external partners are already integrated, and additional interfaces can be programmed on the platform if necessary. This means the most suitable technology can be used for each stage of production.

 

In its “airline” activities, Iron Mountain expects to handle ten million tickets each year. The document process will use modules of the foxray platform, with solutions such as ImageTrac with image processing, auto rotate, binarisation and barcode extraction connected to it. At the customer‟s request, foxray has added the best-of-breed Captaris RecoStar Prof component to the platform for classification and extraction. Post-processing takes place using Kofax KTT Validation Only. The “mailroom” division will also be able to handle ten million documents each year; two million pages of mixed documents will be classified and extracted using Kofax KTT. Two new ImageTrac III scanners will provide sufficient capacity for the expected increase in volume. The processing power required for this target workload comes from the additional resources made available by using 64-bit operating systems.

 

“After extensive comparisons with other products, we chose xbound as our future production platform, particularly because its enormous range of functions combined with the “best-of-breed‟ approach allows us to map even the most complicated processes with the accuracy required for excellent results. Another strength of xbound is the ability to upgrade the processing performance to the future requirements of our customers”, says Susanne Richter-Wills, Head of Operations (IME) Scanning & Indexing at Iron Mountain GmbH Deutschland.

 

About Iron Mountain

 

Iron Mountain Europe is a subsidiary of Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM), the specialist for protecting and archiving business-critical information. Iron Mountain Europe is represented in 56 markets in 20 countries. Iron Mountain offers solutions for storing, backing up and managing physical company documents (records management) as well as digital business information and data media (data protection). Together with its customers, Iron Mountain masters complex challenges of the information age such as rising storage costs, stricter statutory requirements and new risks in the areas of disaster recovery and business continuity. Iron Mountain was founded in 1951 and now serves over 100,000 corporate clients in North America, Europe, Latin America and the Asia- Pacific region. Iron Mountain employs more than 20,000 staff worldwide

 

 

Software developer Foxray expands into the UK

 

January 28th, 2009

 

Software developer foxray AG, market leading specialist in mailroom processing solutions, has opened for business in the UK following the completion of another successful year for the company in home markets. foxray plans to develop its commercial presence not only in the UK but also in other regions of Europe, including Scandinavia.

 

Datafinity UK has been appointed as the representative and distributor for foxray products in the UK.  Andy Dawson, Managing Director of Datafinity, has many years of experience in the document management and capture market place, both in Europe and the US.  Prior to forming Datafinity, Andy was European Channel Director for Captiva and then EMC. “foxray offers a new kind of document capture solution in a market that has been dominated for many years by a few players. foxray’s use of advanced component based technology and “best of breed” approach to integrating other capture technologies provides partners and customers with an exciting alternative to the proprietary solutions offered in the market today”, says Andy Dawson, Datafinity MD.

 

Expansion into the UK is a key part of foxray’s strategy to develop its business outside of Germany. The company already has over 50 “household name” customers across Central Europe in Finance, Government, Industry and BPO sectors and will be focusing on these markets to develop business in the UK.

 

"foxray provides a unique solution for organisations that need a future proof integration platform for mailroom solutions. The foxray xbound platform offers advanced SOA technology that provides unparalleled flexibility enabling us to offer compelling solutions to both customers operating service centres and business process outsourcing companies" says Torsten Malchow, CSO of foxray. foxray has a significant technological advantage over its main competitors and a highly educated and professional team.

 

Last year foxray’s intensive R&D policy enabled the release of a significant new version of the xbound platform as well as integrations for capture technologies from many partner companies including Kofax, Paradatec, Captaris, Luratech and Insiders. These integrations allow customer to use the best capture technologies available on the market with one common integration platform that provides a wealth of features for efficiently managing all incoming documents.  

 

Ralf Goebel, foxray’s CTO, adds "Customers no longer need to be locked into one vendor’s technology for document processing. foxray’s xbound integration platform means that flexible, customised solutions for handling all document types with maximum efficiency, is now a reality”.

News 2009