A bit more validation for the new line of business:
Hummingbird Communications Ltd.
September 21, 1999
Hummingbird Communications announces powerful records management solution
DOCS RM becomes industry's first fully integrated document management and records management solution to gain both DoD and NARA certification
TORONTO, Sept. 21 /CNW/ - Hummingbird Communications (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSE: HUM) today announced DOCS RM,
the industry's first fully integrated single vendor document management and records management solution to gain co-certification with both the U.S. Department of Defense
(DoD DISA 5015.2) and the U.S. National Archives and Records Agency (NARA).
DOCS RM, a more advanced version of a product purchased from the Australian-based company Educom, is based on PC
DOCS/Fulcrum's world-renowned document management products.
``We are very excited to launch the industry's first DoD-certified Web-based records and document management product,' said Martha Turner, vice president, Federal Business
Unit. ``With a successful 5,000-user install base already in place, DOCS RM more than meets the needs of the government as well as colleges, universities, hospitals, law firms,
insurance agencies, and financial institutions that demand all transactions be recorded and immediately accessible.'
Bill Manago, product manager for DOCS RM, was instrumental in ensuring DOCS RM and CyberDOCS RM met the extensive
policy, procedure, regulatory, and technology requirements involved in gaining DoD and NARA certifications. Manago, who
was previously employed with the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), the testing agency of the Defense Information System Agency (DISA), co-authored the DoD
DISA 5015.2 standard, established the certification test lab, wrote the certification test procedures, and conducted the certification tests.
``Hummingbird takes a leading role in the document management industry by integrating electronic document management and full-scale records management into a single
product. Though other DM vendors have been making acquisitions to compete in the records management market, DOCS RM is an existing product that is already tightly
integrated with PC DOCS/Fulcrum's DM product suite. This, combined with completion of the DoD certification process, gives Hummingbird considerable advantage in this
market,' Michael Maziarka, director, CAP Ventures, Inc.
Traditionally, records management has required that the majority of the registration, classification, storage and tracking of information be controlled by a records management
department, but DOCS RM de-centralizes routine records management tasks. This allows records managers to take a more strategic role in determining records management
policies, while delegating routine activities to business units and individual users. DOCS RM is also the first records management solution with seamless Microsoft Outlook and
Lotus Notes e-mail integration, so users are automatically alerted when an e-mail message has already
been saved as a record.
Key features of DOCS RM include a `roll-over' feature that creates monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual periodic files, then automatically closes these files upon
completion. DOCS RM also provides users with the ability to create an ISO 2788-compliant thesaurus where a controlled set of terms are used to index and retrieve all
documents, reducing the amount of time it takes to find the correct file for the document. In addition, DOCS RM enables sophisticated and flexible security mechanisms to
provide better control over sensitive files. For example, users can be permitted to search and retrieve information from particular files, but be restricted from adding documents to
those same files.
``Doculabs has benchmarked DOCS RM and we were very impressed by both its current functionality and Hummingbird's future plans for the product,' said Richard Medina,
senior analyst, Doculabs. ``This has been a very successful records management product in Australia. The prospect of integrating this solution with Hummingbird's Enterprise
Information Portal strategy gives the company a considerable advantage over its competitors.'
``We enthusiastically support this new offering,' said Jim Meyer, vice president of marketing, Universal Systems Inc. (USI). ``Records management has always been a key
component of our e.POWER electronic business solutions. As a Hummingbird partner, this provides our customers with another powerful alternative for their records
management requirements within a complete, end-to-end e-business solution.'
Having completed DoD and NARA certification in June 1999, DOCS RM will be available late in the fourth calendar quarter of 1999. |
