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The chasm between high-end production workflow systems and smaller PC-based ones may be bridged by next year thanks to an agreement between FileNet Corp. and Novell, Inc. announced last week at PC Expo in New York.
The companies are developing a line of products to provide workflow capabilities in Novell's desktop and groupware applications while connecting to FileNet's traditional large-scale production workflow systems (see chart). (Chart omitted.)
"That sounds exactly what we are looking into," said Brett Wallis, lead systems analyst at Integon Corp. The Winston-Salem, N.C., insurance firm uses a FileNet system to automate claims processing but hopes to spread workflow systems to...