Entre las razones de esta elección, los responsables de la revista destacan en el reportaje que sobre el producto de FileNet se publica en el número de Enero del 2004, su adherencia a los estándares de la industria como J2EE, XML y SOAP y la consecuente facilidad de integración con otros sistemas de información, así como su gestor de procesos de negocio y sus posibilidades de simulación y analítica.
El proceso de selección de producto del año de la revista Transform incluyó investigación de mercado, entrevistas a clientes y, en algunos caso, experiencia en el uso. Además de la participación directa de responsables de la revista, también se buscó la intervención de expertos independientes de consultoras y empresas investigadoras como AMR, Doculabs, Forrester Research, Gartner, Inc., IDC y Ovum.
Para más información leer la siguiente nota de prensa en inglés.
FileNet Wins Transform Magazine’s ‘Product of the Year’ for Enterprise Content Management
Company Also Ranks Prominently in Software Magazine’s Annual Ranking of Top Software Companies
COSTA MESA, Calif., Dec. 23 FileNet Corporation, the leading provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions, today announced it has been named the recipient of Transform Magazine’s ECM Product of the Year award for 2003 and also has been ranked prominently in Software Magazine’s Software 500 annual ranking of the world’s largest software and services providers, issued last week.
Software Magazine tabulated FileNet’s fiscal year 2002 software and services revenues at $339.3 million, which led all other companies in the Content/Document Management/ Document Conversion category, and placed FileNet 80th overall in the list. The ranking can be found at http://www.softwaremag.com/.
Transform, CMP Media’s premier IT publication covering next-generation content and collaboration products and strategies, has recognized FileNet’s P8 architecture, which combines FileNet’s content and process management technology with integration capabilities and innovative solution templates, as ECM Product of the Year for 2003. FileNet P8’s extensible, platform- independent architecture offers ease-of-use, maximum flexibility and lower total cost of ownership. FileNet P8 technology is designed to allow organizations to create and manage business content and processes to make better decisions faster.
FileNet P8 is comprised of six highly integrated product suites: FileNet Business Process Manager, FileNet Content Manager, FileNet Web Content Manager, FileNet Image Manager, FileNet Forms Manager and FileNet Records Manager. This modular suite approach offers customers the flexibility to buy only what they need and add additional FileNet P8 components as required to meet new and emerging requirements.
Coverage of FileNet P8 appears in the January 2004 issue of the publication and online at http://www.transformmag.com/. In the award write up, Transform states, «Of all the enterprise content management products, FileNet’s P8 architecture has the most fully developed business process management component. In addition to basic workflow capabilities, it provides process modeling, simulation and analytics.»
Additionally, Transform cites FileNet P8’s tight integration with a best- of-breed rules engine, strong Web content management capabilities and content integration with Venetica’s VeniceBridge content integration offering. Also commended is FileNet P8’s adherence to J2EE, XML and SOAP industry standards for ease of integration with other enterprise information systems. FileNet’s innovative solution templates, which help jump-start custom application development, also are highlighted.
«Transform’s selection of FileNet P8 as the Product of the Year for ECM is a great honor, and reflects our commitment to provide the industry’s broadest platform of integrated ECM capabilities. Our customers, partners and leading systems integrators have embraced FileNet P8 technology to develop ECM applications to improve business decision making, increase overall productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability,» said Ken Fitzpatrick, chief marketing officer, FileNet Corporation.
«Vendor viability is a tremendous factor for customers considering ECM purchases. Our prominent ranking in Software Magazine’s Software 500 listing is representative of FileNet’s operational stability as well as our market leadership in the ECM space,» added Fitzpatrick.
Transform Product of the Year finalists and winners were selected for innovation and advances in technology, outstanding value and proven market success. The selection process included intense market research, customer interviews and, in some cases, lab experience. Outside of Transform editors, input was sought from distinguished industry experts, including independent consultants and members of top analyst firms including AMR, Doculabs, Forrester Research, Gartner, Inc., IDC and Ovum.
About FileNet
FileNet Corporation helps organizations make better decisions faster by managing the content and processes that drive their business. FileNet’s Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions allow customers to build and sustain competitive advantage by managing content throughout their organizations, automating and streamlining their business processes, and providing the full spectrum of connectivity needed to simplify their critical and everyday decision-making.
FileNet ECM solutions deliver a comprehensive set of capabilities that integrate with existing information systems to provide cost-effective solutions that solve real-world business problems.
Since the Company’s founding in 1982, more than 4,000 organizations, including 81 of the Fortune 100, have taken advantage of FileNet solutions for help in managing their mission-critical content and processes.
Headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., the Company markets its innovative ECM solutions in more than 90 countries through its own global sales, professional services and support organizations, as well as via its ValueNet Partner network of resellers, system integrators and application developers.
About Transform and CMP Media
Transform Magazine is the definitive publication for business and IT managers implementing content and collaboration products and strategies. It is the only publication that addresses the full lifecycle of corporate content, from capture and management to delivery and storage.
CMP Media is a leading high-technology, business-to-business multimedia company that provides essential information and integrated marketing services to technology and healthcare professionals worldwide.
About Softwaremag.com
Softwaremag.com, The IT Software Journal, is the Web publishing effort of Software Magazine, a 20-year brand name in the industry. Softwaremag.com is the online catalog to enterprise software and the home of the Software 500 ranking of the world’s largest software and services companies, now in its 21st year. King Content Co., the Web content development and publishing firm run by John P. Desmond, which acquired the product in 2003, produces Softwaremag.com.