Hyland Software Releases OnBase 5.0
Hyland Software, Inc., today announced the public release of OnBase 5.0®, the latest version of the company's flagship Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software suite. OnBase 5.0 features new collaboration and e-mail archiving functionality, significant enhancements to its core electronic document management capabilities, as well as new vertical applications specifically tailored for healthcare providers and financial services institutions.
"OnBase 5.0 represents our ongoing commitment to build a complete-and completely integrated-suite of ECM applications," said A.J. Hyland, president and CEO of Hyland Software. "The new modules and enhancements to our core capabilities are designed to address priority issues facing businesses and government agencies today, including giving knowledge workers practical, easy-to-use tools to control costs and sustain regulatory compliance without undermining their ability to create ongoing value for their customers and constituents."
"Honda Finance Europe is reassured by the fact that, as the business climate changes on a seemingly daily basis, OnBase is adapting to these changes in a timely fashion," said Michael Brown, Business Analyst at Honda Finance Europe, an OnBase customer. "OnBase 5.0 confirms that Honda Finance Europe has purchased an enterprise document management solution that is continually evolving to meet business needs in an innovative and creative manner."
Collaboration and E-Mail Archiving Enhance Productivity, Add Muscle to Governance, Risk and Compliance Framework
OnBase 5.0 now provides collaborative workspaces that employees can create to collectively work on documents, including handling exceptions issues in a given workflow process. These collaborative interactions can be stored as part of an audit trail of decision making to support compliance strategies.
The addition of the OnBase E-mail Archive, which works in conjunction with Microsoft® Exchange Journaling functionality to capture and store all inbound and outbound e-mails, complements OnBase's existing records management capabilities and bolsters the ability of organizations to use OnBase as a framework for Governance, Risk and Compliance initiatives.
An Integrated Approach to ECM
"Business demands undoubtedly require a range of formerly separate content management capabilities, but the whole must be more than the sum of its parts," said AMR Research Director Jim Murphy in the July 2005 AMR Research report, The New Enterprise Content Management Imperative: Advancing Your Top Six Business Initiatives. "Companies need a unified way to create and maintain a single, reliable source of the truth for information, no matter what the destination, format, or delivery mechanism."
"Many competing ECM platforms largely consist of acquired and loosely coupled point solutions," said Miguel Zubizarreta, chief technology officer at Hyland Software. "In contrast, OnBase is a true suite of applications, combining document imaging, electronic document management, COLD/ERM, workflow, records management - and now collaboration and e-mail archiving - in a single application."
"This level of integration lowers total cost of ownership through rapid deployment and end-user adoption, reduced IT administrative overhead and minimal professional services as users adapt OnBase to meet changing business needs."
More than 5,300 organizations around the world use OnBase on a daily basis to create efficiencies and derive greater value from document-centric transaction processes, such as accounts payable, claims processing, mortgage lending, patient records management, permit processing, treasury management and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
Improved Electronic Document Management Functionality
The OnBase EDM Services module now features the EDMS Briefcase. The EDMS Briefcase gives end users the ability to make changes to Microsoft Office files outside of the OnBase environment and synchronize any changes with stored versions of the files. OnBase 5.0 also features CAD (Computer-Aided Design) Services for viewing and managing compound CAD files within OnBase.
Vertical Solutions for Healthcare Providers
In addition, OnBase 5.0 features the OnBase Medical Records Management Solution, which enables healthcare providers to electronically manage the signing, approving and processing of patient charts. Using the Medical Records Management Solution, Providers can automate the majority of the tasks associated with the process and make it possible to execute them in parallel.
By merging all the paper documents generated during a patient visit with electronic information captured by third-party patient registration systems, complete electronic patient charts can be created and pushed through an automated deficiency completion process. This process not only reduces the time between services rendered and services invoiced but also provides a platform for regulatory compliance and better resource allocation.
Vertical Solutions for Financial Institutions
The OnBase Check 21 solution enables financial institutions to import and export cash letters accompanied by images of checks stored in OnBase, as well as provide the ability to print Image Replacement Documents (IRDs) or substitute checks. Check 21 solutions allow a financial institution to virtually eliminate courier and check clearing fees related to transferring paper checks.
Additional OnBase 5.0 Features
Other new and enhanced features available with OnBase 5.0 include:
- The OnBase Application Enabler(tm) module, which integrates OnBase with third-party applications without the need to code through an API (application programming interface), now supports integration with Java-based applications.
- Native, certificate-based digital signatures.
- OnBase StatusView enables Web client users to configure their user interface to display, in a portal-like view, all the workflow queues, pre-defined queries and OnBase business objects they need to manage their primary job tasks.
Hyland Software, Inc., established in 1991, is a leading provider of rapidly deployable enterprise content management software. Hyland develops OnBase, enterprise-class software that combines integrated document management, business process management and records management in a single application. OnBase allows organizations to manage digital content, including scanned paper documents, faxes, print streams, application files, electronic forms, web content, multi-media files and emails. OnBase is used by businesses and government agencies to reduce the time and cost of performing important business functions and address the need for regulatory compliance through the management, control and sharing of digital content with employees, business partners, customers and other constituencies. For more information about OnBase 5.0 and its 80+ modules, please visit www.onbase.com or contact an Authorized OnBase Reseller.