Captaris
Alchemy Named a KMWorid "Trendsetting Product" for
2005
Honored for its Usability, Flexibility, Adoption
Rate and TCa
Bellevue,
Wash.-August 24, 2005-Captaris, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAPA), a leading
provider of Business Information Delivery solutions, today announced
that Captaris Alchemy 8.0 has been named a "Trendsetting
Product" for 2005 by KMWorid magazine.
KMWorld's selection
jury included members of its editorial team, industry analysts
and document management product users, ranging from C-Ievel
executives to entry-level records management workers. Together
they developed a list of 2005's trend-setting products. According
to Hugh McKellar, editor-in-chief of KMWorld, the jury evaluated
more than 200 vendors, whose combined product offerings topped
the 1,200 mark.
"The criteria
for selection included exceptional usability, flexibility, adoption
rate and total cost of ownership," McKellar said. "We
also recognized vendors such as Captaris for their vision toward
the future. Captaris Alchemy is well- regarded in the industry
as a comprehensive solution for mid-sized enterprises that are
focused on successfully managing their records and archiving
processes to achieve business competitiveness and regulatory
compliance."
"We are honored
to have Alchemy Document Management recognized by the KMWorid
jury as a trend-setting product," said Eric Bean, Sr. Director
of Products for Captaris. "Overall market acceptance has
been extraordinary both from our VAR partners and customers
who have found that the solution has provided outstanding ROI
as well as being exceptionally easy to integrate, easy to use
and cost effective."
Captaris Alchemy
8.0 is the industry's first fixed content management suite that
provides a fully integrated solution at the intersection of
document management, records management and information lifecycle
management - and does so at a cost that is suitable for mid-market
organizations. The Alchemy product suite handles multiple types
of fixed content such as images, email, faxes, PDFs, CAD files,
Microsoft Office files and COLD/ERM. The entire information
lifecycle can be managed with records management processes that
control capture, management, archiving, retrieval, distribution,
and finally, destruction. Alchemy is a key component of the
Captaris Business Information Delivery solution, which also
includes Captaris Workflow and Captaris RightFax.
About KMWorid The
leading information provider serving the Knowledge Management
systems market, KMWorid (with a focus on Content, Document and
Knowledge Management) informs more than 51,000 subscribers about
the components and processes - and subsequent success stories
- that together offer solutions for improving business performance.
About Captaris, Inc.
Captaris Business Information Delivery solutions help organizations
of all sizes automate the information and document flow throughout
the information lifecycle (capture - process - manage - deliver).
With a comprehensive suite of software and services, Captaris
helps organizations to grow revenues and increase profits while
meeting compliance goals. Through a global distribution network
of leading enterprise technology partners, Captaris has installed
more than 90,000 systems in 95 countries in companies of all
sizes, including the entire Fortune 100.
Captaris
is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., and has main offices in
Tucson, Ariz., Portland, Ore., Englewood, Colo., Calgary, Canada,
and European headquarters in Nieuwegein, Netherlands. In addition,
Captaris has sales and support offices in the United Kingdom,
Germany, Hong Kong, Australia and Dubai. The company was founded
in 1982 and is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market
under the symbol CAPA. For more information please visit www.captaris.com.
