Xerox and Compaq Announce Partnership for Digital Document Management

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Xerox Corporation and Compaq Computer Corporation have joined forces to create an innovative solution for digital document management. The partnership combines Xerox's Document Centre systems with Compaq's Work Expeditor software, which extends Microsoft Exchange capabilities. This collaboration will enable users to capture, distribute, manage, and produce documents more efficiently. The resulting solution will be available in June, and the two companies will work together to deliver this offering worldwide.

Key Takeaways:

  • Xerox and Compaq have partnered to connect Xerox's Document Centre systems with Compaq's Work Expeditor software, creating an efficient digital document management system.
  • The solution combines automated and secure work-management processes with Microsoft Exchange integration.
  • The electronic documents and associated capabilities will be available to users through the Microsoft Outlook client interface.
  • The initial version of the Document Centre-Work Expeditor solution will be available in June 1999.
  • The partnership will benefit from another major effort announced between Xerox and Microsoft Corporation, linking Document Centre scanning capabilities with Exchange.
  • Microsoft Exchange customers will realize significant productivity benefits from the Xerox-Compaq solution through automation in the work-management process.
  • The partnership aims to create easier and more efficient ways to capture, distribute, manage, and produce documents, establishing Xerox's Document Centre Systems as the preferred "digital gateway" to the network.

Statistics:

  • Xerox's Document Centre Systems will be integrated with Compaq's Work Expeditor software to create a seamless digital document management system.
  • The solution will enable users to capture, distribute, manage, and produce documents more efficiently, adding significant value to collaboration and workflow activities.
  • Compaq Services will develop software for a single-step process for scanning images on Document Centre Systems and moving them into work-management processes defined by Compaq Work Expeditor.
  • The Document Centre Systems will become the preferred digital gateway to the network for millions of Exchange users.
  • The partnership will result in the creation of customized solutions and marketing efforts worldwide.

Sources:

  • Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX)
  • Compaq Computer Corporation
  • "Solution joins Document Centre systems, Work Expeditor software, Pairs leaders in digital document systems and Microsoft Exchange integration," Business Wire, May 18, 1999.
  • "Microsoft Exchange customers will realize tremendous productivity benefits from the Xerox-Compaq solution through the new level of automation it brings to the work-management process using Exchange," John Connors, Vice President of Microsoft's Enterprise Applications Group.