FileVision Helps SMBs Eliminate Custom Integration Costs with

New Application Integrator Module

Office Productivity Solution Improves ROI of Technology Purchases and

Maximizes Productivity of SMBs

ATLANTA, October 30, 2006 –  According to research firm Gartner, small and medium-sized business (SMBs) are expected to spend an estimated $400 billion this year on technology1.  When evaluating how technology providers could help SMBs optimize these investments to maximize their ROI, office productivity solution provider FileVision determined that eliminating the need for custom integration would enable SMBs to achieve significant savings when implementing new software applications.

“SMBs are increasing their reliance on technology to run their businesses with applications beyond the traditional office solutions such as Microsoft Office and accounting products,” said Laurie Shufeldt, small business technology expert and VP of strategic business development, FileVision.  “As they increase the number and types of applications within their IT infrastructure, they are more susceptible to unforeseen expenses like upgrades, customization and integration costs.”

While the initial expense of a software solution may impact only one department of an organization, if that product has to interface with, search information in, or access data stored in other applications across the organization, custom configuration and integration requirements will increase the cost of implementing the solution. However, businesses have little choice, as failure to integrate the solution will limit its functionality, making it impossible for that department to realize the full benefits of the technology.

“FileVision recognizes the challenges this market faces when attempting to tie together disparate technology solutions. We know our SMB customers need to be more efficient and better manage costs with a simple but effective solution that integrates seamlessly with other applications and processes,” said Shufeldt. “So, we created a new product module – the Application Integrator – that allows users to access information from and interact with other proprietary software with a point-and-click configuration, without incurring the expense of hiring an outside firm to do custom integration.  FileVision is one of the first vendors to deliver the self-integration feature at a price point SMBs can afford.”

The new FileVision 4.5 solution offers end-to-end information management by relationally linking data from electronic files with paper documents, processing action items through a workflow manager and enabling secure and easy search access to the information.  The FileVision Application Integrator gives users the ability to pull data from another application without the expense of custom integration. This data can be used to search for a document, index a document or populate and search the profiler, eliminating the time consuming task of data entry.

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1 “Midsize Business IT Challenges and Plans for 2006,” James A. Browning, Gartner, December 2005

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About FileVision
FileVision is a global software company that develops information relationship management software. Our solution, FileVision, empowers organizations to bridge the gap between digital content and paper documents by intelligently linking and matching documents and information to important data objects such as people, companies, processes and assets. Government, healthcare and financial services organizations worldwide rely on our technology to help them improve communications, enhance customer service and immediately access information and relationships within data. FileVision is headquartered in Atlanta, GA with offices in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.