2001-07-25: Improved CD/DVD archiving with PoINT AppCon
Application Connector developed by PoINT Software & Systems GmbH improves jukebox integration in standard applications - Individual add-ons for the Jukebox Manager – First solutions with DocuWare und Kohlhammer Compunication
PoINT Software & Systems at the DMS-Expo in Essen, 9/26 – 9/28/2001, hall 3, booth 3512
SIEGEN, Germany, July 25, 2001. One option to integrate additional jukebox functions the easy way is being offered to suppliers of standard solutions such as document management system (DMS) by PoINT Software & Systems GmbH. In short, with the Application Connector AppCon, PoINT offers add-ons for the PoINT Jukebox Manager that are specifically developed for the respective application. And their implementation does not require any changes of the standard application or the workflow. The PoINT AppCon is installed like an update for the PoINT Jukebox Manager without having to purchase additional licenses. All further administration is easy and intuitive. Besides CDs the system can also be used with other exchangeable media such as DVDs or MOs.
Two PoINT AppCon are currently available, which support the DMS specialists DocuWare and Kohlhammer Compunication. At DocuWare the PoINT Jukebox Manager links several CD/DVD jukeboxes in DocuWare systems. With only one jukebox for 600 DVD media up to 2.8 terabyte or roughly 50 million scanned A4 pages can be archived and searched fully automatically with DocuWare 4. If the DocuWare software already enabled read access on CD and DVD, the Application Connector for DocuWare now makes a fully automatic migration of documents in the jukebox as easy as 1, 2, 3. The electronic document management with DocuWare can record, manage and archive documents such as correspondence, receipts, drawings or e-mails. “CDs and DVDs are optimally suited for long-term archiving and revision protected storage of vast amounts of data that accumulate in the course of time. The Jukebox Manager for DocuWare now represents a server software that allows several users to access jukeboxes in networks simultaneously,” explains Thomas Schneck, sales manager at DocuWare AG, the benefits of the new solution.
For the DMS solution WK-Archiv, developed by Kohlhammer Compunication, the PoINT AppCon enhances the caching and administrative functionality of the Jukebox Manager for faster access. For the user this add-on means no more time-consuming media exchange and read times: When a CD is inserted and loaded into the jukebox the add-on recognizes the Kohlhammer administration and index files and keeps them in the harddrive cache until the CD is ejected. The user performs a well-aimed search of the index files on the CDs in the jukebox. The medium is only loaded when the requested document is found and read. “With the PoINT AppCon Kohlhammer implemented a new concept of jukebox storage systems. WK-Archiv and the PoINT Jukebox-Manager saves the user precious time,” says Rudolf U. Schliebusch, district manager of W. Kohlhammer Compunication.
DocuWare AG (formerly DOCUNET AG), headquartered in Germering near Munich, is a pioneer in electronic archiving. With more than 5000 installations of the product suite DocuWare the company founded in 1998 is one of the leading suppliers of document management solutions worldwide. DocuWare is a software that records, indexes, stores, searches and transfers documents of any kind, and can be customized to specific needs with additional modules, e.g. for COLD technologies, auto indexing or Internet applications. DocuWare is available in 12 languages and is currently in operation in 30 countries. DocuWare is distributed by authorized partners, and the international distribution, especially the US activities managed by the subsidiary DocuWare Corp., Montgomery, New York, is of increasing significance.
The software and system developer W. Kohlhammer Compunication of Cologne has been providing products and services for the document management sector since 1991. The company is a subsidiary of the W. Kohlhammer group of Stuttgart and currently employs about 40 employees in its Cologne offices. WK-Archiv was designed for companies that are interested in archiving large amounts of documents using interconnected processes. The system is mainly implemented in banks, industrial and transport companies, cooperative computing centers, large press and publishing houses and public authorities. In North America the distribution partner Anacomp Inc., San Diego/USA distributes the system under the name InfoLife.
PoINT Software & Systems GmbH of Siegen, Germany, specializes in the development of software products and software solutions for optical storage systems and especially CD/DVD technology. Products developed by PoINT are sold by about 50 distribution partners worldwide in over 25 countries and have so far proven successful in more than 110,000 installations. The company’s product portfolio ranges from writing and copying CDs to professional audio recording to business critical network solutions such as for the DMS environment or in complex storage environments based on CD, DVD and MO/WORM jukeboxes. The PoINT team has been successfully operating in the international market with optical storage systems since 1985, initially as globally acting competence center for Philips and then as European project and product center for the company Digital Equipment. At Philips and Digital Equipment the PoINT team decisively initiated and continuously influenced the development and standardization of all crucial CD technologies. In 1994 this Digital Equipment sector with all its products and rights became a spin-off and was taken over by the managing employees.