JetForm to Solve Euro Currency Printing Challenges
Converts Local-Currency Data and Prints Documents in Euro Format -- Without Any Changes to Underlying Applications
Announcement Summary -- JetForm announced a new solution that enables organizations to quickly and easily report financial information in the euro currency within their printed documents. -- The JetForm solution performs currency conversion as a data- transformation process during printing, so costly changes to underlying applications are not required. -- The product offering is based on JetForm's acclaimed enterprise-class "JetForm Central" document output solution currently installed at major corporations and organizations around the world.
OTTAWA, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- JetForm® Corporation (Nasdaq: FORMF - news; Toronto: JFM - news), the global leader in workflow and electronic forms solutions, today announced a simple, innovative solution for organizations that must report financial information in the new currency of the European Monetary Union.
The JetForm solution is based on its market-leading JetForm Central(TM) document output product that enables companies to print legally compliant, dual-currency (local and euro) documents such as invoices, order confirmations, or shipping documents -- right out of the box. There are no changes required to the underlying application. This means companies can get ''euro-compliant'' in their printed materials without undertaking massive IT- change projects that -- similar to Y2K challenges -- require enormous code changes and extensive testing.
''With this new solution, we are applying JetForm's expertise and market- leading output technologies to solve an immediate problem that many multi- national companies are facing,'' said Andrew Jackson, vice president product marketing for JetForm. ''By providing an easy-to-implement, low-impact solution to euro-compliant output, we can add value and, most importantly, reduce risk by circumventing tricky code changes to production systems.''
''We have used JetForm products to successfully format customer-related output from our ERP system for the last year,'' said Andrew Murphy, Manager IT Systems and Development, of Newbridge Networks Limited. ''JetForm has helped us resolve euro issues by allowing us to print the euro equivalent value on our documents, pending a proper system change. In addition, JetForm has enabled us to print different invoice formats for different subsidiaries in different languages and has dramatically improved document presentation for a high-quality corporate image.''
JetForm Converts Data Streams
Using JetForm Central, the new euro solution accepts data streams from existing applications, reads a conversion rate (stored in an external file), and converts the local currency figures into euros. Companies can customize and print documents locally at remote subsidiaries, using different languages, currencies, logos, legal terms, or other elements without modifying the
application code. The JetForm solution utilizes the following products and
services:
-- JetForm Design(TM) 5.2 -- The company's flagship easy-to-use WYSISYG e-forms design tool enables forms designers to create forms with multiple currency columns in 18 different languages. No programming is required to design intelligent e-forms that contain extensive graphics, bar codes, watermarks, and multi-page or multi-part forms.
-- JetForm Central 5.2 -- This server software connects electronic forms to line-of-business applications and generates presentation-quality forms for printing or faxing. JetForm Central can perform euro currency conversions with no changes to existing applications. The euro symbol can be printed on any postscript or PCL laser printer.
-- Consulting services -- JetForm offers a variety of services to assist customers with product installation and forms creation and customization.
Platforms, Pricing, and Availability
JetForm Central and Design are available immediately from JetForm and its authorized distributors and resellers. Platforms supported include Windows NT, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Digital Unix, IBM AS/400, DG-UX, SCO Unix, IBM OS/2, and Windows 95. Pricing is based upon number of servers and begins at US $5,995. For further information, contact JetForm at 613-230-3676.
About JetForm
JetForm Corporation, headquartered in Ottawa, Canada (Nasdaq: FORMF - news; Toronto: JFM - news), is the global leader in workflow and electronic forms automation, providing solutions that streamline business processes. JetForm products help organizations reduce costs and increase efficiency across local and wide area networks as well as the Internet. JetForm has offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Sweden, China, Singapore, and Australia. For more information on JetForm, visit the Company's Web site at www.jetform.com.
JetForm is a registered trademark and JetForm Central and JetForm Design are trademarks of JetForm Corporation. All other company and product names referenced are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies named above.
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