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Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) have become mission critical applications for com- panies that need to manage unstructured information.
NetRight Technologies, maker of iManage Network, is introducing its first Internet/intranet offering: iManage Internet, a software-based product that lets you access documents maintained in a central document management repository via the Web. With it, virtually any user with a browser, and the appropriate security, can obtain access to documents stored within the EDMS system. The EDMS documents and metadata are stored on one or more servers.
NetRight Technologies began toying around with a three-tier approach for its EDMS product about four years ago. iManage Internet is one of the the first products to take advantage of this architecture. I looked at a beta version, and found it to be architecturally sound. It embraces the functionality found in iManage Network, NetRight's present document management product.
I used Netscape Communications Corp.'s Navigator 3.0 and Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer 3.0 in our tests with iManage Internet. The virtual machines (VM) from both are utilized by iManage Internet. This product addresses traditional EDMS users' requirements, but for larger, enterprise use, issues such as a better forms/profile designer and replication will have to be considered.
Beneath the Surface The interface for iManage Internet is well-designed and intuitive, even for users who have little experience with document management or the...