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Stable release
DocuWare 5.1
Websitewww.docuware.com
DocuWare AG
Company typeAktiengesellschaft
IndustryComputer software
Founded1988
HeadquartersGermering, Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jürgen Biffar (President/Product & Finance) and Thomas Schneck (President/Marketing & Sales).
ProductsDocuWare
Revenue€14,3 million (2010)
Number of employees
125 (2011)
Websitewww.docuware.com

DocuWare is the developer of the DocuWare product suite of document management software. Document management software allows users to electronically manage, store and share documents, regardless of format. Industries using this technology include health care, education, financial services, local government, transportation and manufacturing. DocuWare is available in 17 languages.

Product & Services

While the target market is for small and medium sized enterprises, DocuWare products cover: Document Management (DM), Records Management, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Electronic Archiving, Workflow, Knowledge Management and Web Content Management.

In 2009 Software as a Service (SaaS) became available through their network of authorized DocuWare partners.

DocuWare is a robust integrated document management solution that sells its products only through a worldwide network of certified resellers, never direct. Founded in 1988, DocuWare has about 10,000 installations and over one hundred thousand users in 72 countries. The product suite is available in 17 languages, is DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 certified, FDA compliant, and supports all forms of electronic signatures. DocuWare is a Microsoft Gold Independent Software Partner, and have recently won a Business Solutions Best Channel Vendor award for 2011 in the category of ECM Software. (Source: http://www.imagesourcemag.com/magnew/article.asp?type=article&ID=2968)

Corporate history

Founded

  • DOCUNET AG, Germering Germany, founded by Jürgen Biffar and Matthias Fesl (left company in 1998) becomes DocuWare AG in August 2000. Current leadership is Jürgen Biffar (President/Product & Finance) and Thomas Schneck (since 1990) (President/Marketing & Sales). The product is sold through a worldwide network of authorized DocuWare partners.
  • DocuWare Corporation: New York (attends to North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean Islands) subsidiary established January 2001
  • DocuWare Ltd: United Kingdom (attends to Great Britain and Ireland) subsidiary established April 2005
  • DocuWare SARL: France subsidiary (attends to France and francophone Africa) established September 2008
  • DocuWare S.L.: Spain subsidiary (attends to the market in Spain) established July 2009

Product History

  • 1988 - Development of DACS-Board (Document Archiving and Communication System) for driving scanners and compressing data
  • 1990 - DACS Office - First software solution running on Windows 3.0 to store, search, display and print documents (Windows 3.0: Released May 22, 1990)
  • 1992 – DACS Office II Supports Windows 3.1 and OS/2
  • 1993 – DocuWare 3.0 - Customizable file cabinets, structure not pre-set; Sending of documents out of DocuWare
  • 1993 – DocuWare PRESSMAN
  • 1994 – DocuWare COLD/READ
  • 1995 – DocuWare 3.1
  • 1997 – DocuWare INTERNET SERVER
  • 1998 – DocuWare 4.0 - First 32-Bit Version
  • 1999 – DocuWare CONNECT to R/3 (First SAP Certification 2001)
  • 2000 – DocuWare 4.1 - New TIFFMAKER, contains SQL database as standard Document Management for ASP and DocuWare 4.1a Stamp feature, TIFFMAKER 2000 supports color
  • 2001 – DocuWare 4.1a - E-mail Archiving
  • 2002 – DocuWare 4.5 - Fulltext indexing as standard feature DocuWare CONTENT-FOLDER (workflow functionality)
  • 2003 – DocuWare 4.5b
  • 2004 – DocuWare 4.6/4.6a
  • 2006 – DocuWare 5.0 - New development based on .NET technology
  • 2007 – DocuWare 5.1 - ENTERPRISE SERVER and DocuWare 5.1 with Web Services
  • 2008 – DocuWare 5.1b - Web Client
  • 2009 – DocuWare SaaS
  • 2011 – DocuWare 5.1c - Web Client enhanced with functionality from Windows Client; DocuWare Mobile - App for iPhone and iPad; DocuWare Smart Connect - Browser based integration in other applications; DocuWare Task Manager - Includes Task Lists and E-mail Notification to enable proficient workflows

Recent Awards

Business Solutions Magazine - Best Channel Vendor in the ECM & Data Capture Software category (to ensure statistical accuracy, this survey was conducted with assistance from Penn University)[1]

Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) - Summer 2010 "Pick" Award for Enterprise Document Management[2]

Document Management (DM) Magazine – Best Private Sector Project of the Year[3]

References

  • Document Management Saves Time, Space [4]
  • Sell The ROI Of Document Imaging Solutions [5]
  • Hospital Implements New Quality Control Software Program[6]
  • Office Products News [7]

Certifications and Technology Partners

Sampling:
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner [8]
United States Federal Drug Administration (FDA) 21 CFR 11 [9]
ISO 9001 Certification [10]
Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) [11] certificated for "meaningful use" for In-Patient Discharge Instructions (Module - 170.306.e, v1.1).[12]

References

  1. ^ http://www.bsminfo.com/article.mvc/Business-Solutions-Best-Channel-Vendors-2011-0002
  2. ^ http://www.buyerslab.com/Solutions/News/June-2010/DocuWare-Wins-BLI-Summer-2010-Pick-Award
  3. ^ http://www.dmawards.com/
  4. ^ http://www.isminfo.com/index.php?option=com_jambozine&layout=article&view=page&aid=6079&Itemid=69
  5. ^ http://bsminfo.com/article.mvc/Sell-The-ROI-Of-Document-Imaging-Solutions-0001
  6. ^ http://othellooutlook.com/?p=3029
  7. ^ http://www.officeproductnews.net/case_studies/case_study_toshiba%E2%80%99s_e_studio281c_mfp_and_docuware_software
  8. ^ https://solutionfinder.microsoft.com/Partners/PartnerDetailsView.aspx?partnerid=35a535518f5b4f5db07ce5eb607597bb
  9. ^ http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCFR/CFRSearch.cfm
  10. ^ http://www.imagesourcemag.com/magnew/news_story.asp?ID=9721&TYPE=NL
  11. ^ http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt/community/healthit_hhs_gov__home/1204
  12. ^ To view certification click on Inpatient Practice Type. From there, search for DocuWare under product name. [1]

See also

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