Laserfiche

Infobox_Company
company_name = Laserfiche
company_
company_type = Private
company_slogan = "Run Smarter"
foundation = 1974
location = Long Beach, California
key_people = Nien-Ling Wacker, CEO
num_employees = 170
industry = Software, Document management
products = Agenda Manager
Agenda Processor
Laserfiche
Laserfiche RME
Plus
Quick Fields
Snapshot
Web Access
WebLink
homepage = [http://www.laserfiche.com/ www.laserfiche.com]

Laserfiche is a manufacturer of document management, enterprise content management, workflow, records management, document imaging and forms capture software. cite news
url=http://www.dpsmagazine.com/content/ContentCT.asp?P=55
publisher=Digital Publishing Solutions
title=Harnessing Digital Documents
date=July, 2002
last=Monkerud
first=Don] It is headquartered in Long Beach, California. “Laserfiche” refers to both the company and its product platform.

History

Laserfiche began in 1974, founded by Nien-Ling Wacker.cite news
url=http://www.nawbola.org/events/06Luncheon/bios/NienLing.php
publisher=National Association of Women Business Owners
title=2006 Hall of Fame Inductees
date=February, 2006] Originally a custom software developer, the concept for a PC-based document management system began in 1981 when a client, a large Japanese auto manufacturer, required litigation support for a large volume of documents.cite news
url=http://www.aiim.org/article-docrep.asp?ID=25296
last=Duhon
first=Bryant
publisher=AIIM e-doc magazine
title=One-on-One With Nien-Ling Wacker
date=November 12, 2002] . At the time, paralegals had to wade through thousands of pages of depositions, entering keywords into a database. Attorneys were limited to searching on keywords to find relevant testimony. Nien-Ling Wacker realized that if a full-text index of every page were available, the search capabilities would be greatly enhanced, and the amount of physical labor required to index the documents would decrease substantially. With the release of WORM drives that cost "only" $200 for 200MB of diskspace, the conceived system could be made cost effective.

The first version of Laserfiche was released in 1987 becoming the first DOS-based document imaging system in the world.cite news
publisher=Wall Street Journal
title=Compulink Tries To Convert Skeptics To Paperless Office
date=March 15, 1990
last=Jefferson
first=David] . The system used commercial off the shelf components such as OCR boards from Kurzweil, graphics monitors from Cornerstone, scanner interface boards by Kofax.

In 1993 Laserfiche released the first PC-based client-server document imaging system, based on the NetWare Loadable Modules platform. cite news
publisher=LAN Magazine
title=1994 Product of the Year. Laserfiche NLM/Windows
date=February, 1994] cite news
publisher=LAN Times
title=Gone Fiche'ing For Data
last=Duncan
first=Thom
date=November 20, 1995] cite news
publisher=Network Computing, CMP
title=Feature Story: The Paperless Office
last=Hurwicz
first=Michael
date=August 1, 1995
url=http://www.networkcomputing.com/609/609feature2.html]

In 2002, Laserfiche 6 marked the company’s first foray into MSSQL-based document management. Also introduced that year were Quick Fields, an automated document processing module; and WebLink, which provides read-only, Web-based access to documents stored in Laserfiche.

In 2004, Laserfiche 7 marked the company’s first offering for Oracle users. That year also marked the adoption of a new corporate branding identity, which is still in use today.

In 2007, Laserfiche released Intuition, a document management solution for financial services professionals. Intuition is designed specifically for sole proprietors and small firms.

Laserfiche 8, the latest update to the Laserfiche platform, with a re-written workflow engine and integration with Microsoft SharePoint, was released in early 2008.

Laserfiche Rio, an enterprise content management offering, was launched on August 8, 2008.

Laserfiche is a division of Compulink Management Center, Inc.

The Laserfiche Institute

The Laserfiche Institute’s stated mission is to “teach staff, resellers and current and prospective clients how to use Laserfiche most effectively.” As a part of this mission, the Institute conducts conferences, cite news
url=http://www.crn.com/software/205800585
publisher=ChannelWeb
title=Document Management VARs Like New Laserfiche App
date=15 January, 2008] web seminars and publishes document management guides, white papers and other educational content. The Institute also distributes educational materials through the Laserfiche Support Site.

ee also

*Document management
*Enterprise content management
*Business process management
*Document imaging
*Records management

External links

* [http://www.laserfiche.com Laserfiche document management]
* [http://www.intuitionpro.com Intuition document management]

References

* [http://www.gcn.com/print/16_31/32136-1.html 1997 Government Computer News article]
* [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1641154,00.asp PC Magazine article]
* [http://www.krakau-inc.com/199407.htm A brief history of Laserfiche]