iDocs™


Product Description: iDocsTM is the central processing engine (administrator) that runs seamlessly with iSeries - System i - Power Systems Accounting/ERP software applications. iDocs monitors Output Queues for spool files, database files or XML data to process and route based on user-defined business rules.

Solution Description: iDocsTM provides easy-to-use menus to set up business rules for manual or automatic processing and intelligent distribution of merged, formatted reports, forms and security MICR checks.

Benefits
  • Savings linked to less paper-handling, document loading, storage, distribution, postage/shipping, faxes, telephone, labor and waste
  • Faster cash flow through faster (automated) document distribution
  • Native Power System i processing means faster processing with more security and data control versus solutions that require a download to another (Intel or other) based processor
  • Integrates with iDoc's SmartRoutingTM functionality to facilitate, accelerate and automate invoicing and other applications via email, fax, print and archive
  • No impact on current Accounting/ERP business software...operation is transparent
  • Conditional routing based on pre-defined business rules on a page-by-page basis
  • Payback period is normally 6 to 12 months
  • Usable with all iSeries, System i and Power Server accounting/ERP solutions including JD Edwards, Mapics, Lawson, HTE, SAP, ORACLE, Computer Guidance, Optimum, Metalware, Pansophic, DCMS, PRMS, Infinium ...any software application that generates a spool or XML file output
  • Supports to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and HIPAA compliance and security requirements
  • Powerful conditional options for users to dynamically and automatically call different data mapping routines, overlays, routing instructions and form sets
  • On-line documentation and reference materials immediately available with Dokuwiki
  • Dedicated support line and staff exists for all products
  • Reduces/eliminates use of paper, reducing costs and pressure on forests
  • User friendly Utility Menu facilitates product administration and setup

Features
  • High speed performance: processes merges and distribution operations in seconds
  • Automatic engine monitors, captures, converts and routes to recipients based on predefined business rules
  • State-of-the-art graphical and coordinate (green screen) methods to align/map spool data to the correct locations on the predefined form or report
  • Auto-burst, sort, decollate, collate options for all report and document applications
  • SmartRoutingTM - a set of features in iDocs that permits the automatic routing of merged documents to Email, Fax, Print or Archive for web-based retrieval
  • Routing information (email, fax, print outque) can be retrieved from an existing data base or spool file
  • Sort sequences for group pages and/or for a single recipient
  • Create formsets with collated output from different spool file merges and different sources
  • Signature Pad Option is available for remote signature applications
  • Supports an unlimited number of form, report or check applications
  • Supports duplex (backside) printing, assuming laser printer supports duplex


Product Description: Snap-on Laser form printing module attaches to the iDocsTM Administrator to provide menus and business rules for defining dynamic, complex document printing operations

Solution Description: iFormsTM simply converts iSeries native spool files, XML files and database files into laser printer output

Benefits
  • Enables users to create their own professional and easy-to-manage business forms and reports
  • Savings linked to eliminating costs associated with paper-based environment, including document loading, storage, distribution, postage/shipping, faxes, telephone, labor, obsolescence and waste
  • Professional looking forms are each originals and easily edited and kept up-to-date through easy-to-use graphical tools
  • Streamlined installation and configuration saves IT staff time and effort
  • Self-contained in own library
  • No impact on current ERP/Business software; works with spool files or XML file input
  • Puts the output format in the hands of authorized users, not programmers
  • Payback period is normally 6 to 12 months
  • Integrates with iDocs's SmartRoutingTM functionality to facilitate, accelerate and automate invoicing and other applications via email, fax, print and archive
  • Usable with all iSeries, System i and Power Server accounting/ERP solutions including JD Edwards, Mapics, Lawson, HTE, SAP, ORACLE, Computer Guidance, Optimum, Metalware, Pansophic, DCMS, PRMS, Infinium and any software application that generates a spool file in the iSeries, Power i
  • Contributes to Sarbanes Oxley and HIPAA compliance and security requirements
  • Powerful conditional options allow users to dynamically and automatically call different data mapping routines, overlays or routing instructions
  • Auto-burst, sort and route options for a spool file in portions or in its entirety
  • Dedicated support line and staff for all products
  • Reduces/eliminates use of paper, reducing costs and pressure on forests

Features
  • Easy-to-use graphical design of forms and reports
  • Open-designer and split-screen graphical mapping of spool or XML data to desired locations on the laser form (see iMap)
  • Output can alternatively be routed to other distribution modules to email, fax or archive/retrieve, maximizing the investment in a total Document Management solution
  • Runs native on the iSeries - System i - Power System, rendering performance lightening quick, secure and controllable
  • Continuously monitors output queues
  • Professionally print forms or reports automatically to any output queues defined from the iSeries
  • Standard SCS spool files and XML input files can be printed in a variety of supported formats
  • Automated rules engine provides capture, conversion and distribution to predefined and conditional recipient on a page-by-page basis
  • Output can be burst and sorted based on pre-defined conditions
  • Output queue or routing information can be retrieved from an existing data base or by scraping it from the processed spool file
  • Specify a sort sequence to group pages for a single recipient
  • User friendly Utility Menu assists in product administration and startup
  • Build output from different spool file merges and different sources and collate them together
  • Signature pad option available for remote signature applications
  • Barcode option addresses data collection requirements
  • "Formset" functionality is available to define multiple form applications to merge, burst, sort, de-collate/collate
  • Supports an unlimited number of form, report or check applications
  • Supports duplex (backside) printing
  • A multitude of conditional operations can be pre-defined on a page-by-page basis including, data mapping, form overlays, graphical elements, routing instructions.


Product Description:
From your AS/400, iSeries, i5, System i and Power Server, you can send messages, business documents and spool file reports in easily readable formats. iMail enables organizations to upgrade to a paperless environment, saving time and money due to more efficient document management and distribution. Cumbersome paper-based labor and associated costs are saved.

Solution Description:
The iMail native email module snaps on to our iDocs Administrator or works standalone to provide seamless and automated distribution of reports, forms and databases. Users attach and distribute forms, reports and database files in popular formats including Adobe PDF, TEXT, EXCEL, HTML, RTF, ZIP, TXT and PCL.

Benefits
  • Rapid distribution of enterprise documents via email, including invoices, statements, purchase orders, reports
  • Auto-burst
    and route a spool file in portions or in its entirety, to various
    recipients via multiple devices, overnight or in real-time with no
    manual intervention
  • Savings linked to paper-handling, document loading, storage, distribution, postage/shipping, faxes, telephone, labor and waste
  • Faster cash flow: emailing invoices and electronic distribution/receipt of checks
  • Payback period is normally 6 to 12 months
  • Integrates
    with iDocs's SmartRoutingTM functionality to facilitate, accelerate
    and automate invoicing and other applications via email, fax, print and
    archive
  • Usable with all iSeries, System i and Power Server
    accounting/ERP solutions including JD Edwards, Mapics, Lawson, HTE,
    SAP, ORACLE, Computer Guidance, Optimum, Metalware, Pansophic, DCMS,
    PRMS, Infinium : any software application that generates a spool file
  • Eliminates MS Windows mail server by leveraging existing SMTP server
  • Automated rules engine provides unassisted spool file conversion/distribution to predefined recipients
  • Easily understood menu interface similar to IBM iSeries and System i
  • Simple System i and iSeries native one-screen menu setup saves time
  • Streamlined installation and configuration saves IT staff time and effort
  • Easy to integrate iMail into in-house software solutions using available APIs
  • On-line documentation and reference materials immediately available with Dokuwiki technology
  • Dedicated support line and staff exists for all products
  • Reduces/eliminates use of paper, reducing costs and pressure on forests

Features
  • Dynamic definition of recipients, subject line, message and spool file conversion formats
  • Supports numerous spool and database file conversion formats including Adobe PDF, TEXT, EXCEL, HTML, RTF, ZIP, TXT, PCL
  • Attach multiple spool and distribute to recipients unzipped or zipped -- common to iMail, iFax
  • Dynamically convert spool files to XLS formats
  • SmartRoutingTM
    feature retrieves email or fax addresses from spool file data or from
    database files automatically -- common to iMail, iFax, iForms
  • Sort sequences permit grouping pages for a single recipient -- common to iMail, iFax, iForms
  • Produces audit log showing status of email distribution
  • Intelligent and easily-searchable email address book
  • When integrated with iDocs engine, users can define bursting, sorting and collating -- common to iMail, iFax, iForms
  • Uses PDF/A, an industry-wide version of PDF that conforms to archival standards -- common to iMail, iPDF, iView
  • Supports an unlimited number of email document applications
  • Automated rules engine provides capture, conversion and distribution to predefined recipients
  • Attach spool files with merged form overlays and graphics if used with iDocs electronic form software
  • Send AS/400(iSeries) objects as file attachments



Product Description:
iFax is a Power Systems, iSeries, System i native fax solution that works standalone or integrates with iDocs's iDocs or other third party document solutions to provide seamless facsimile capability direct from a user's desktop.

Solution Description:
iFax saves time and money with the ability to transmit or receive faxes for business forms, reports and checks, eliminating paper and the need for office workers to walk to standalone fax devices.

Benefits
  • A fully functioning, automated fax system that's simple to install, easy to use, powerful and inexpensive
  • Save time and money by eliminating the need to walk to standalone fax devices to retrieve faxes
  • Integration of iFax with iDocs's SmartRoutingTM capability saves additional time and money by increasing document distribution efficiency, improving payment cycles, and intelligently controlling document routing
  • Native iSeries processing saves time, increases security, and provides more stable uptime versus PC based (secondary server) solutions for handling faxes
  • Decreased costs associated with less paper-handling, document loading, storage, distribution, postage/shipping, labor and waste disposal
  • Payback period is normally 6 to 12 months
  • Integrates with all iSeries, System i and Power Server accounting/ERP solutions including JD Edwards, Mapics, Lawson, HTE, SAP, ORACLE, Computer Guidance, Optimum, Metalware, Pansophic, DCMS, PRMS, Infinium ...any software application that generates a spool or XML file output
  • Integrates with third party document management solutions
  • Supports Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and HIPAA compliance and security requirements.
  • Dedicated support line and staff exists for all products
  • Reduces/eliminates use of paper, reducing costs and pressure on forests
  • User friendly menus and interface simplify product administration and setup

Features
  • Fax documents from your PC through the integrated HTTP Server, which allows any type of PC with a web browser, to create, send, and control faxes.
  • Send, receive, display, print, and track Fax documents or images, using any standard Power System, System i, i5, iSeries, AS/400) without additional expensive hardware or software.
  • Uses the standard integrated class 1 fax modems included with iSeries, System i machines, or simply purchase an inexpensive modem
  • Documents can be prepared and faxed from any desktop or application on your iSeries.
  • iFax integrates with iDocs for intelligent SmartRoutingTM - iDocs's ability to control on a page-by-page basis whether a merged spool page gets faxed, emailed, archived, or printed
  • With iFax, users can fax spool files, source files, merged forms/reports/checks, images, or quick messages from any desktop using a Message Editor
  • Send faxes immediately, or schedule them for off-hours, consolidated with other faxes, or send to multiple destinations using easily maintained phone number lists or distribution lists
  • Track faxes using a Fax Queue.
  • Change fax parameters, such as the phone number, priority, or scheduled time; place a fax on hold or restart a fax  
  • Inbound faxes are quickly copied, routed, re-faxed, viewed, downloaded, or printed on any HP-compatible laser printer attached to the System i or to a PC
  • iFax, (running native on System i), is more powerful than PC-based fax systems, since faxes can be received in the background with no degradation of foreground performance (a common complaint about PC fax solutions).
  • With iFax there is very little concern about uptime on a System i compared to a PC-based solution.
  • Winner of numerous awards for System i product excellence, along with the rest of the iDocs suite.
  • iFax contains numerous API's that easily integrate programs with your existing software.
  • Takes only minutes to load onto your system. The external fax modem plugs directly into a System i communications port, and creates necessary communication objects in the library while the computer continues its regular duties.
  • You can transmit faxes within several hours after initiating installation.



Product Description:  An iSeries, System i and Power Systems NATIVE PCL to PDF converter.  iPDF converts standard HP Laserjet output into the popular Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format)

Solution Description:  IBM native conversion eliminates the need to download to a PC (or secondary server) to process PDF files, thus improving security and speed of PDF document conversion.

Benefits
  • Native iSeries conversion eliminates need to download to PC or secondary server – delivering more security and faster speed
  • Easy to install using streamlined iSeries – System i native one-screen setup
  • Easily understood menu interface is intuitive for IBM iSeries and System i users
  • Runs native for fast execution
  • PDF documents are text conversions so all text is searchable
  • Interactive user interface to easily browse System i spool files
  • Automated engine monitors for newly arriving spool files and converts them to PDF to load on the IFS
  • PDF files can attach to iMail (email), iView (archive retrieval) or other proprietary email or document archival solutions on the market
  • Improves cash flow: speeds invoices and other transactional documents via the Internet
  • Reduces costs associated with paper-based document distribution, including storage, loading, postage/shipping, waste.
  • Payback period can be 6 to 12 months with the investment fully paid back in the first year
  • Usable with all iSeries, System i and Power Server accounting/ERP solutions including JD Edwards, Mapics, Lawson, HTE, SAP, ORACLE, Computer Guidance, Optimum, Metalware, Pansophic, DCMS, PRMS, Infinium … all software applications that generate spool files
  • Integrates with most competitive Document Management solutions on the marketplace
  • Users and developers can integrate iPDF into in-house software solutions using available APIs
  • On-line documentation and reference materials immediately available with Dokuwiki technology
  • Dedicated support line and staff exists for all products
  • Lessens pressure on forests

Features
  • Converts *SCS or *USERASCII (pcl 5e) documents into Adobe PDF format
  • Uses green screen spool file and Output Queue browser to easily select documents for conversion
  • Executes natively on the OS/400, i5/OS and IBM i operating systems
  • Supports all widely-used PCL and GL/2 op-codes for PCL 5e
  • Spool files and merged documents converted into text searchable documents
  • No java -- conversions are quick and clean.
  • When integrated with iDocsTM , PDF documents can be burst, sorted collated and routed to email recipients or posted to a storage location for web access.
  • Uses PDF/A, an industry-wide version of PDF that conforms to archival standards
  • Multiple PDF files can be attached to outbound emails with iMail
  • Integrates with iDocs’s SmartRoutingTM functionality to facilitate, accelerate and automate invoicing and other business document applications via self-service web portals or email distribution



iView Document Center
Web-based Content Management Solution for the iSeries, System i and Power Systems

Product Description:  iView is an iSeries - System i native document archive - retrieval solution performing content management functions to enable the capture, storage, indexing and retrieval of spool files, merged documents and scanned forms via a web browser by anyone, anywhere, anytime.

Solution Description:  iView eliminates the time and cost of storing and retrieving documents for users in an iSeries, System i and Power System environment.

Benefits
  • iView is a native iSeries - System i archive-retrieval solution, thus increasing security and speed of process over downloading to a PC or Secondary server
  • Improves security with password control for access to documents and virtual folders
  • Virtual Folders can be defined to control user access to documents based on document content - thus increasing security and flexibility
  • Web browser interface so users can search on spool file content or up to 20 indices for stored documents
  • No client software to install - works with Internet Explorer
  • Improves cash flow by speeding invoices and other transactional documents via email
  • Reduces costs associated with paper-based document distribution, including storage, loading, postage/shipping, waste.
  • Payback period is normally 6 to 12 months with the investment fully paid back in the first year
  • Easily understood menu interface is intuitive for IBM iSeries and System i users
  • Streamlined System i and iSeries native one-screen setup saves time]
  • Integrates with iDocs's SmartRoutingTM functionality to facilitate, accelerate and automate invoicing and other applications via email, fax, print and archive
  • Usable with all iSeries, System i and Power Server accounting/ERP solutions including JD Edwards, Mapics, Lawson, HTE, SAP, ORACLE, Computer Guidance, Optimum, Metalware, Pansophic, DCMS, PRMS, Infinium - all software applications that generate spool files
  • Automated rules engine provides unassisted spool file processing
  • Users and developers can integrate iView into in-house software solutions using available APIs
  • On-line documentation and reference materials immediately available with Dokuwiki technology
  • Dedicated support line and staff exists for all products
  • Reduces/eliminates use of paper, lessening pressure on forests

Features
  • User friendly web browser interface utilized to retrieve documents
  • Rapid deployment of enterprise documents to a self-service web portal
  • Documents are captured, and automatically converted into popular and standard PDF format
  • User-defined intelligent engine with rules to immediately monitor/process inbound spooled files rendering Archive always current
  • Option available to store archived documents on any networked server via FTP
  • Captures and processed *SCS or *USERASCII (PCL) spool files for archival purposes
  • Scanning import function supports and indexes scanned-in documents
  • PDF documents served by Apache from the System i.
  • Archived files can reside on the iSeries - System i in the IFD folders or on any networked server
  • An iSeries - System i native Content Management solution
  • Intelligent DataQueue engines consume no processor time until a spool file becomes available to process
  • Archives under system profile or the user id of the spool file owner
  • Searchable index can be multi-line. Users can add a column of data to the search database. This is helpful for spool files that contain multiple rows of important data.
Example: a column of invoices paid on a check advice.
iView allows users to search one field for one invoice paid, rather
then have to define a separate search index for each line of the check
advice.
  • Runs under System i Apache Web server on the System i.
  • Google-like interface for search and retrieval
  • Pre-defined administrative rules allow documents to be purged by age or date
  • Integrates with iDocs's SmartRoutingTM feature adding the storage feature to the automated email, fax and laser printer distribution
  • Integrates with iDocsTM  for sorting and bursting; can be pre-defined prior to archive
  • Uses PDF/A, an industry-wide version of PDF that conforms to archival standards -- common to iPDF, iView
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