BERTL
Selects eCopy as Best Enterprise Network Scanning Solution
Leading Digital Imaging Market Authority Bestows Influential
"Best Award" on eCopy ShareScan OP
for Second Consecutive Year
Nashua,
N.H., June 2, 2005 — BERTL Inc., the world's leading digital
imaging market research company, today awarded its prestigious
"Best Enterprise Network Scanning Solution" Award
for 2005 to eCopy Inc. for its ShareScan OP v3.0 software and
its Open Platform Architecture.
"ShareScan
OP is an easy to use, yet highly customizable application that
enables organizations to set a standard for document imaging
and distribution software across MFP and scanner platforms,"
said David Sweetnam, vice president of research at BERTL. "We
have awarded the 2005 BERTL's Best Award to eCopy because of
its demonstrated excellence in offering multiplatform solutions
that integrate paper-based information into existing business
processes and applications."
This year's
BERTL's Best Award recognizes ShareScan OP v3.0 software, which
eCopy introduced in April 2005, for making it easy for MFP users
to easily add paper-based information to their organization's
electronic document workflows. ShareScan OP transforms digital
copiers and scanners into information hubs by incorporating
hardcopy documents directly into the workflow of critical business
processes, such as reporting, administration, document management,
financials, human resources, and customer management. Frequently,
eCopy customers use ShareScan OP to help insure compliance with
government regulations by incorporating paper-based information
into their electronic workflows. eCopy solutions have been deployed
on more than 20,000 MFP devices prior to the introduction of
its Open Platform Architecture.
ShareScan
OP supports Canon, HP, Océ, Ricoh, Sharp, and Toshiba
digital copiers, and Canon and Fujitsu scanners. The software
is currently integrated with more than 37 enterprise applications,
including EMC Documentum Enterprise Content Management Platform,
Captaris RightFax, and Microsoft Outlook.
"BERTL
is recognized around the world for providing independent, expert
product evaluations of digital imaging devices and software,"
said Edward Schmid, eCopy president and CEO. "Winning BERTL's
Best for two years in row provides strong validation for eCopy's
strategy to enable a fundamental change in how document scanning
capabilities are delivered to business applications. We believe
our technology makes it easy for any office worker to add paper-based
information to enterprise software applications."
ShareScan
OP software operates on either a Canon Multifunctional Embedded
Application Platform (MEAP)-enabled digital copier or an eCopy
ScanStation OP attached to a digital copier or scanner. eCopy
plans to support additional embedded platforms as digital copier
manufacturers make these platforms available.
eCopy's
Open Platform Architecture makes it possible for independent
software vendors to access eCopy's robust document scanning
services on virtually any digital copier or scanner by developing
one software Connector for their application for all digital
copier and scanner platforms. It eliminates the need for independent
software vendors (ISVs) to build individual software Connectors
for each MFP platform.
The eCopy
ShareScan OP SDK enables software developers to easily provide
native integration to their software applications. Native integration
enables office workers to work with enterprise applications
at the copier in the same way they would at their desktop PC,
which increases user adoption and reduces the need for training.
