ABBYY has announced the new release of ABBYY Recognition Server, its server-based software for automated, unattended document conversion. The latest release offers new functions for more-efficient conversion of large archives, plus enhanced Microsoft SharePoint integration that allows turning images in SharePoint-based document libraries into searchable content. The new version also offers advanced PDF creation capabilities, new fault-tolerance mechanisms, and enhanced Arabic optical character recognition (OCR).
KWizCom, a provider of SharePoint Forms and Mobile Solution designed to expand Microsoft SharePoint, has released a field constraints feature specifically designed for small companies with limited budget (available for SharePoint 2010/2013).
Energistics, the upstream oil and gas open standards consortium, has published the Energy Industry Profile (EIP) Version 1.0 of ISO 19115-1. The EIP is an open, non-proprietary metadata exchange standard designed to document structured and unstructured information resources of importance to members of the energy community and to maximize metadata interoperability within the industry. Energistics' Geoportal is a Reference Implementation of a searchable catalog compliant with the EIP metadata standard. The implementation demonstrates discovery of distributed resources documented by EIP and any of three metadata standards transformable to EIP (ISO 19115, ISO 19115-2, FGDC).
Microsoft has ambitious plans for its next-generation tablet, the Surface Pro 3 due out in the region in August and promoted as "the tablet that can replace your laptop."
Objective Corporation has announced the launch of a new solution for creating, approving and publishing business critical documents, the Objective Content Creation (ECC) Platform.
Kofax has announced a new release of Kofax AP Agility, a smart process application (SPA) built on the Kofax TotalAgility platform. This release adds best practice accounting processes and advanced analytics capabilities.
Epson has introduced the WorkForce DS-40, its first wireless portable document scanner. Weighing just over 2kg, it offers Wi-Fi connectivity for point-to-point scanning directly to a PC, Mac or mobile devices, as well as one-touch scan-to-cloud capabilities.
The introduction of digital signatures into local government planning review processes is expected to accelerate with the news that version 9.5 of the Trapeze Desktop imaging and viewing solution will include native support for CoSign digital signatures.
Information Management and Governance (IMG) specialist, iCognition, will announce the release of Diem Portal 4, the next generation collaborative web portal for HP TRIM / HP Records Manager, at the HP Information Governance Forum (IGF) to be held May 5-7 at the Hilton Sydney.
