Is Your Document Imaging Environment Ready for Windows 7?

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When Microsoft released Windows Vista three years ago we all heard about or personally experienced how Vista was crippling otherwise powerful computers with excessive system requirements and a wide range of other issues. For many organizations these issues were reason enough to simply ignore the new OS and carry on using and ordering new PCs with XP. As XP machines reach the end of their service life and companies like Dell have halted the sale of XP loaded PCs customer are now moving to Windows 7. Though not as revolutionary in appearance as its predecessor, Microsoft has made good on promises of long-awaited refinements, including better performance and better driver and hardware compatibility in Windows 7. Windows 7 accommodates legacy applications by allow them to run in “XP Mode” and for websites designed for older browsers “Compatibility View” is available in Explorer 8. While there are some work arounds for using older versions of applications in Windows 7 it is recommended that you upgrade to the latest Windows 7 supported versions of your document imaging software products. Previous versions of the following EMC and Kofax software products are not supported in Windows 7.

The following software versions will support Windows 7 desktop client installations:

– EMC ApplicationXtender version 6.5
– EMC Captiva Input Accel version 6.0 SP1
– Kofax Capture version 9
– DocuNECT Virtual Print Driver version 4.2
– DocuNECT Desktop Capture version 4.2

Portford customers can easily access the latest versions of their software entitlements through our support portal http://www.portfordsupport.com/. Contact your dedicated account representative today to discuss any plans your organization has to move to Windows 7 and ensure your document imaging environment is prepared.

Contact: info@portfordsolutions.com to learn more about EMC and Kofax compatibility with Windows 7 or click here to search any hardware or software on Microsoft’s Windows 7 Compatibility Center.

Enterprise Risk, Compliance, and Quality Management Solutions

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Oct. 21, 2010 (Business Wire) — Pilgrim Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management (ERCQM) software solutions, today announced a strategic partnership agreement with Portford Solutions Group, Inc., a California-based systems integration software provider. In conjunction with Portford Solutions’ value-added reseller services, Pilgrim will deliver its products to an expanded base of enterprises in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage and other regulated manufacturing industries sectors.

Pilgrim’s integrated risk, compliance and quality management software solution helps organizations remain compliant, minimize risk, reduce costs, and operate more effectively. Pilgrim was selected as a partner by Portford from among numerous ERCQM providers for its depth and breadth of integrated solutions and responsiveness throughout the selection process.
By combining its proven solution with Portford’s track record of success as a business-focused software systems integrator, Pilgrim will be able to serve additional markets with its globally recognized automation platform. Portford, in turn, will extend its capabilities as a full-service enterprise compliance and quality management (ECQM) services provider by leveraging Pilgrim’s solution suite.

“Following a detailed assessment of competitive solutions, we selected Pilgrim and are delighted with our decision,” said Bruce Bolton, Co-founder and Partner of Portford Solutions. “We firmly believe in partnering with other best-in-class technology providers to help solve the manufacturing industry’s information technology challenges. By teaming together as strategically aligned solutions providers, Pilgrim and Portford will be able to effectively reach those enterprises that can readily benefit from ERCQM solutions to attain their quality, compliance, and operational goals.”

Together, Pilgrim and Portford Solutions will provide automated, compliance-driven enterprise software solutions to Life Sciences industries, including pharmaceutical manufacturers, health care providers, food and beverage manufacturers and other industrial manufacturing enterprises.

“Pilgrim shares Portford’s vision when it comes to meeting critical industry needs, so partnering with Portford made absolute sense,” said Prashanth Rajendran, Pilgrim Software’s Chief Operating Officer. “We look forward to building a very productive relationship between our two firms which will give our mutual customers the ability to develop sound solutions to increase automation, support, compliance, and productivity.”

About Portford Solutions
Portford Solutions is a world-class consulting and technical services provider to Life Sciences enterprises. Portford Solutions provides a complete, end-to-end Compliance and Quality Management service set to its customers, including strategic consulting, enterprise and SaaS solutions, validation consulting, and document management. Portford Solutions has offices located in Ontario, CA and Irvine, CA. Website: http://www.portfordsolutions.com/.

About Pilgrim Software, Inc.
Pilgrim Software, Inc. is a world-leading provider of Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management solutions for global organizations. Through its integrated platform, Pilgrim helps organizations manage industry and regulatory compliance, address potential risks, reduce manufacturing costs and improve customer satisfaction. Pilgrim has been named North American Enterprise Compliance & Quality Management Company of the Year – Best Practices by Frost & Sullivan, and winner of its 2010 North American Best-In-Class Customer Value Enhancement Award in the Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management Market for the Life Sciences Industry. For more information, visit Pilgrim Software’s website at http://www.pilgrimsoftware.com/.

Confronting SharePoint Implementation Challenges

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Organizations are increasingly leveraging SharePoint to enable effective document collaboration while making documents available. While a great tool for any organization, SharePoint is not necessarily the right tool for storing all document types. For customers with large volumes of documents and with fixed document types, ApplicationXtender continues to provide capabilities not available in a traditional SharePoint environment.
SharePoint has a number of strong features to support portal and collaborative requirements. In large scale deployments however, organizations often find that SharePoint does not address all of the requirements for content management.

  • SharePoint relies upon Microsoft SQL Server databases for storing both content and metadata. This reliance upon SQL databases makes SharePoint difficult to manage and hack up, especially as it scales to store large numbers of documents. In addition, high-availability requirements, such as replication, mirroring, and clustering, are limited and difficult to configure.
  • For customers that scan moderate to high volumes of documents or need to store millions of documents, SharePoint may require more than one repository. This introduces challenges to organizations that need to provide a single point of access for all documents.
  • SharePoint does not provide imaging features. SharePoint user interfaces are not able to view all common image formats nor does it support image enhancement functions required to improve the quality of scanned images, such as line and border removal, de skewing, noise removal, and rotation.
  • SharePoint has limited facilities for developing and executing complex processes in highly scalable environments, requiring extensive customization or reliance upon third-patty tools to provide effective automation and routing.
  • Sharepoint provides no capability for archiving old, infrequently accessed content that must be retained for e-discovery, compliance, or long-term preservation. Disconnected silos of SharePoint content are rarely controlled in accordance with corporate policies and external regulations.
  • Without relying upon third-party applications, SharePoint does not address the lifecycle of content, especially at its “beginning (document capture) and “end” (publishing, retention management, and archiving).
  • Without relying upon third-party applications, SharePoint does not address the lifecycle of content, especially at its “beginning (document capture) and “end” (publishing, retention management, and archiving).

Join us on September 30th at 10am PST to learn how customers have overcome these challenges using Portford’s award winning DocuNECT electronic capture platform and ApplicationXtender. With Sharepoint integration for ApplicationXtender, organizations can not only provide ease of use and complete document access through SharePoint, they can continue to leverage the strong document management and capabilities in ApplicationXtender. DocuNECT provides rule based automated capture of any electronic files making it easy to set up COLD reporting and content migration into SharePoint.

Contact info@portfordsolutions.com to find out how Portford can help extend the value of your SharePoint Implementation.