Captovation Announces Integration Between eCapture and
IBM’s Content Manager Version 8  

Minneapolis, MN, June 6, 2003 -- Captovation, a leading provider of production-level and browser-based document capture software, announced today direct integration support between their flagship software product eCapture^™, and IBM^® DB2 Content Manager.

DB2 Content Manager is an enterprise-wide solution for storage, management, and distribution of all types of digital content, including text, XML and HTML files, document images, electronic office documents, audio, and video. It also is designed to manage and administer any file type, providing logically organized, central and/or distributed repositories of unstructured information commonly located in file cabinets, microfilm archives and multiple, unrelated file servers across an enterprise.

The integration between eCapture and DB2 Content Manager is made possible by an eCapture Data Provider (EDP), which Captovation developed and provides for free to DB2 Content Manager customers that have purchased eCapture.  This EDP can be used by all the eCapture components to perform a batch (group of document images) commit into Content Manger.  When a commit is performed, the EDP moves the document images and their associated index data from eCapture and archives them into DB2 Content Manager.

The eCapture/DB2 Content Manager integration also includes a Template Manager, which allows an administrator to define file cabinet and field mappings between eCapture and Content Manager.  An administrator uses the Template Manager to connect to a DB2 Content Manager server and retrieve information such as Item Types, Attributes, and Process Names.  eCapture fields are then mapped to DB2 Content Manager attributes on a per-field basis.  The administrator can also configure documents to be stored within a folder. For example, if DB2 Content Manager users want to group all insurance claim documents, their administrator could create a folder based on the Claim Number and store the claim document within the claim folder.  These folders can be dynamically created during the commit process by using the associated document index values.

DB2 Content Manager comes standard with a scanning interface.  However, DB2 Content Manager users who are looking for increased document capture functionality can purchase eCapture and take advantage of the program’s additional features, which include browser-based scanning and indexing, monetary check capture (includes check image and MICR - magnetic ink character recognition - data), automated bar code recognition, image import from fax directories and email, and the ability to schedule the document commit process from eCapture to Content Manager.  Additionally, eCapture supports native-ISIS^® scanning from Pixel Translations, VRS^® (VirtualReScan) technology from Kofax, and TWAIN-compliant input devices.

“DB2 Content Manager is one of the leading content management systems on the market, and now Content Manager customers can implement an industry-leading capture system for their mission critical capture needs,” said Ken Peterka, President and CEO at Captovation, Inc.  “The features and functionality that eCapture offers will help DB2 Content Manager customers streamline current document capture processes, which in turn will help those companies improve their overall business processes.”

Captovation has also integrated eCapture with IBM’s DB2 Content Manager Version 7.1, which is still being used by some companies.  In fact, The Ministry of Provincial Revenue in Victoria, British Columbia recently purchased eCapture for their DB2 Content Manager 7.1 system.  They are using eCapture for the purposes of scanning and indexing tax levies from residents of the province.  

The eCapture suite of document capture modules will be on display at IBM’s upcoming Content Management/Websphere Portal Expo that is being held at the Wyndham Palace Resort & Spa in Orlando, Florida from June 8^th through June 10th.  Their booth number is 305.

About Captovation

Captovation, Inc. is a privately held company established in 1994, which specializes in the design and development of document capture products for the electronic document management industry.  Their software products and custom integration services provide paper-intensive organizations with the ability to streamline and tailor the document capture process to meet their needs.  eCapture, the company’s flagship product, is a suite of document capture modules for the Enterprise.  The software modules include: ecScan (production-level scanning), ecIndex (production-level indexing), ecNet (distributed, web-based capture), ecAutoFile Server (bar code recognition server), ecCommit Server (schedule batch commits), ecImport Server (import images directly into eCapture), and ecCheckScan (production-level scanning interface for check scanners).  For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.captovation.com.

Trademarks

eCapture is a trademark of Captovation, Inc.  Other company or product names may be trademarks of others.

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