Ecopy News & Articles

Nuance Communications (news, site) has been adding to its eCopy ShareScan Suite in slow increments over the years. In April it added some new functionality in v4.35 and eCopy SDK. This week it released v5.0 that builds on that providing just about everything needed to automate paper-to-digital scanning.

Nuance Communications (news, site) has added to the document automation capabilities of eCopy ShareScan, the company’s multifunction peripheral scanning system.

Mix eCopy's (news, site) server offerings with Nuance's multifunction printer (MFP) capabilities and you get a US$ 54 million acquisition. You also get network scanning solutions that connect a range of MFPs to business applications and content management systems. 

Said Nuance after purchasing eCopy with common stock: "Nuance and eCopy share a vision of connecting MFP devices to a wide range of applications in an easy and productive way."

Part of said vision is expected to yield: 

• Premier Desktop and Server Products: Scanning solutions that maximize gains in productivity and cost savings and provide MFP partners with an ability to deliver valuable solutions to more customers.
• Strong OEM Channels: Combining Nuance and eCopy's respective partners ( including Brother; Canon; HP; Konica Minolta; Océ; Ricoh; Sharp; Toshiba; Xerox and others) will serve to enhance these vendor partnerships worldwide and deliver greater value to all OEM and channel partners overall.
• Expanded Reach for Desktop Solutions: eCopy already has an extensive list of channel partners. By giving such an opportunity  for Nuance, there is much room for Nuance PDF Converter Professional, OmniPage and PaperPort to grow.
  

“The MFP industry is poised to benefit greatly from our mutual focus on delivering integrated solutions that solve real business problems for customers,” said Edward Schmid, eCopy president and CEO. “The combination of eCopy and Nuance creates an organization that can drive the expansion of this opportunity, and is an important advancement for our MFP partners and customers. We are pleased to join the Nuance team and help fulfill our objective of putting paper to work.”

Another European company that is taking on the US market is the Finnish company Motive Systems Oy, which opened its American office in Texas earlier this year, and which has just released v6.0 of its document management system after its initial beta run.

When it opened its US subsidiary in March, the company said it was doing so to capitalize on the accelerating growth and popularity of the document management system M-Files in US and Canadian markets.

eCopy (news, site) has released a new solution today that should help improve your productivity when working with a mix of electronic and paper-based information. The solution, called eCopy PaperWorks, lets you scan your paper documents and then merge electronic documents into a single PDF. And that's only the beginning.

Last August, iDatix (news site) made it onto the KMWorld's list of 100 trend-setting products for 2008. At the time there was speculation that it might have made the list because of iLink, its application integration solution.

Allowing for tighter integration with third party applications, iLink provides the ability for a user to create buttons and keyboard shortcuts that link to a particular function within iDatix iSynergy ECM.

This week saw another third party application -- eCopy’s (news site) ShareScan -- getting the full integration treatment.

eCopy is no stranger around here. We’ve watched the paperless office promoters use their tools to connect with SharePoint, target educational institutions, and even host an entire day dedicated to eCopy discovery and tree saving.

Now they’re back with two new software products that are said to jazz up document scanning—another highly supported effort—on all new levels. The new offerings extend eCopy ShareScan by adding business automation services, and both run transparently in the background.

As one of the most widely used document collaboration tools, it is no wonder organizations want to understand how to build better business processes in SharePoint. Of course, not all documents are electronic. Organizations still deal with a vast amount of paper-based information. So you look for document imaging software to help you get those documents into SharePoint easily. But once they are there, how can you leverage the SharePoint environment to improve your business processes?

If you still deal with a lot of paper documents, you are probably not alone. Fortunately, there are a number of solutions in the market to help you manage those documents by scanning them into document management systems, like SharePoint. Callisto Managed Scan is one solution that crossed our path. It is designed to use the latest embedding technology on MFDs (Multi Functional Devices) to help you organize your scanned documents easily.

Document management software provider eCopy has announced eCopy PaperWorks Plus. This product allows users to convert paper documents into electronic Portable Document Format (PDF) files that can be edited, searched, managed and organized. There are also some additions that make this application better suited for users looking to improve their workflows.

At a time when events are happening almost every week on the subject of enterprise content management, it’s not surprising to see eCopy welcoming you to spend the day on October 9, 2008 learning about turning your paper into digital assets and how to extend SharePoint to include paper-based information.

We still talk about SharePoint like it was just released yesterday. Its popularity and growth is phenomenal. Which leads many to question how well the platform is governed from both a business and IT perspective.

Governance is the key for a successful SharePoint implementation today and we have an interview with a consulting firm specializing in SharePoint to tell us why.

A is for Apple, B is for Beta-testing, E is for…eCopy?

At least that’s what software developer eCopy would like today’s educational institutions to believe. They are delving into the world of education with their new line of document imaging and management solutions targeted toward — yes — educational institutions.

Yes, that’s right folks, there’s another new SharePoint Connector on the market. This one is from eCopy - a provider of solutions that integrate paper-based information into existing business processes and applications.

It’s called the eCopy Connector for SharePoint and it will make you happy if you deal with a lot of paper documentation you want to get in to SharePoint.

Canon, a familiar word in the digital imaging space, has joined forces with New Hampshire-based eCopy to bring enterprise document management to Canon India. The eCopy ShareScan Open Platform enables users to extend the capabilities of Canon’s black and white or color digital multi-functional devices. With eCopy the devices can act as a bridge, converting volumes of paper to high-resolution electronic copies — bridging document workflows and creating integration points with back office systems.