Kofax, a provider of document driven business process automation offerings, has released Front Office Server 3.0, a new version of its enterprise application that allows users to capture forms and documents at their points of origin through multi-function peripherals (MFPs), desktop scanners and other devices for processing through Capture and Transformation Modules software.
The company said that the new Front Office Server 3.0 enables front office and remote users to directly initiate document driven processes and workflows. Platform integration extends users’ abilities by enabling workflow administration through Capture, thereby consolidating these capabilities on a single platform, and improving office automation through a unified system.
According to Kofax, the new version allows the processing of emailed or faxed documents to be initiated from an MFP panel and receive the same administrative control options as documents sent to a business process.
The company claims that the new platform enables centralised administration, export, validation scripting, user management and workflows to be driven from a single platform. It offers a thin client scan application that supports scanning, image editing and document indexing and also provides admins with controls that enable interfaces and workflows to be personalised to specific users.
The new version is supported by Kofax’s existing enterprise level infrastructure that enables systems to be deployed on an enterprise wide basis to remote locations with limited or restricted bandwidth. The software can also be supported by regional departmental installations, providing a disaster recovery backup system in the event that services from a primary central site are no longer available, the company said.
Jim Nicol, executive vice president of products at Kofax, said: “Kofax Front Office Server 3.0 extends the power of our document automation solutions directly to distributed branch personnel and other remote users. The software leverages Kofax’s enterprise level infrastructure, so our customers are able to maximize their document capture investment to further increase productivity and generate even faster paybacks.”
