Tuesday May 18, 1:01 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Xerox, Compaq Advance Drive to Build
'Digital Gateway' by Linking Scanning,
Work Management Software for Microsoft
Exchange
Solution joins Document Centre systems, Work Expeditor software
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1999-- Pairs leaders in digital document systems
and Microsoft Exchange integration
Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX - news) and Compaq Computer Corporation today announced an
agreement to connect paper-based information scanned using Xerox Document Centre Systems with
Compaq Work Expeditor, industry-leading work-management software that extends the capabilities of
Microsoft Exchange by adding automated and secure work-management processes.
The initiative joins the world's leading supplier of digital document systems and the No. 1 integrator of
Microsoft Exchange-based systems to create easier and more efficient ways to capture, distribute,
manage and produce documents. Xerox and Compaq Services will develop software that permits an
automated, single-step process for scanning images on Document Centre Systems and then moving
them into work-management processes defined by Compaq Work Expeditor. These electronic
documents and associated capabilities will be available to users through the Microsoft Outlook client
interface.
''This alliance will further establish Document Centre Systems as the preferred 'digital gateway' to the
network,'' said Gil Hatch, president of the Office Document Products Group at Xerox. ''By connecting
our scanning capabilities with the secure, well-defined and customizable document processes of Work
Expeditor, Xerox and Compaq will create one efficient way of working from two previously separate
islands.''
''The ability to bring paper documents into Work Expeditor easily and efficiently will add tremendous
value to the collaboration and workflow activities of our customers,'' said Kannankote Srikanth, vice
president and general manager, Network and Systems Integration Services for Compaq Services.
''Through this important capability, our partnership with Xerox will add value for millions of Exchange
users and extends Compaq's undisputed leadership in Microsoft Exchange-based collaboration
solutions through lifecycle services and a full range of Compaq industry-standard servers.''
The initial version of the Document Centre-Work Expeditor solution will be available in June, and the two
companies will collaborate in marketing and delivering this offering around the world, as well as in the
development of customized solutions.
This Xerox-Compaq initiative will benefit from another major effort announced today between Xerox and
Microsoft Corporation, in which these two companies will link Document Centre scanning capabilities
with Exchange, and use Microsoft's Windows NT Embedded in future versions of the Xerox Document
Centre product family. (Editors: See separate release.)
''Microsoft Exchange customers will realize tremendous productivity benefits from the Xerox-Compaq
solution through the new level of automation it brings to the work-management process using
Exchange,'' said John Connors, vice president of Microsoft's Enterprise Applications Group. ''These two
companies have created an exciting new way to deploy Microsoft collaboration technology.''
The Document Company, Xerox, is the global leader in its industry, offering the widest array of
document-related solutions, products and services that enhance business productivity.
Compaq Computer Corporation, the world's second largest computer company and largest supplier of
personal computers, develops and markets hardware, software, solutions, and services.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Xerox®, The Document Company®, and the digital X® are trademarks of Xerox
Corporation. For more information about The Document Company Xerox, please visit our website at
xerox.com.
Contact:
Xerox Corporation
Daniel Minchen
(716) 427-4080
daniel.minchen@usa.xerox.com
or
Compaq Computer Corporation
Tom Madden
(978) 496-8483
tom.madden@compaq.com
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