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I just received the attached information on a new Records Management software. Thought you might be interested.

CHARLEY

> PROVENANCE ANNOUNCES NEXT GENERATION OF > FOREMOST RECORDS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE > > New Avalon Technology Sets Benchmark for Records Software > > In another major industry "first" for Provenance Systems Inc., the > company today announced that it will soon be introducing the next > generation of its industry-leading ForeMost records management > software. Code-named Avalon, the ForeMost software has been > completely re-engineered as a 32-bit, 3-tier application for the > Microsoft NT/Windows platform. > > Avalon is based on the new Iliad server technology, developed by > Provenance for the Microsoft NT server platform. All ForeMost > clients, including the Odyssey web browser client, communicate > with the new Iliad server. The Iliad server in turn communicates to > the database and document servers. With Iliad as a middle layer of > services, ForeMost client applications now become true "thin" > clients, based on state-of-the-art DCOM technology. This new > technology achieves dramatic simplification in the installation and > configuration of ForeMost client applications, and full server > scalability for extremely large deployments. > > The ForeMost client application installs in a matter of seconds with > no complex configuration whatsoever, eliminating the time and > trouble associated with traditional "fat" client applications. > > Provenance's popular Odyssey web browser client has gained > considerable search performance improvements under the new > Avalon architecture. ForeMost Gateways to Electronic Document > Management Software (EDMS) will also benefit from Avalon. > Provenance's integration Gateways to EDMS products such as > DOCS Open/PowerDOCS Panagon, and DMX are being > streamlined to use the new 3-tier architecture. > > "The new Avalon architecture eliminates all the barriers associated > with the traditional client/server "fat" client", says Bruce Miller, > chief technology officer at Provenance. "ForeMost client installation > is now a snap, as all the database and connectivity issues are off- > loaded to the Iliad server, which can easily be centrally managed > and controlled. Large-scale deployment becomes a simple matter > of adding more servers, without any concern for the client. The Iliad > server will scale up to any level, even tens of thousands of users. > Our EDMS integration partners have moved to this new 3-tier > architecture, and Avalon ensures ForeMost continues its tight > integration with leading EDMS products. A 3-tier EDMS host > application demands a 3-tier integrated plug-in." > > John McCarthy, director of sales and marketing at Provenance, > says "With Avalon, we've responded to our customer's needs in a > big way. Our clients wanted faster, easier installation, and a way to > scale up quickly for large enterprise-wide deployments. Our EDMS > partners have adopted this new technology, and it was vital that we > keep in step with them, as many ForeMost installations are > integrated with EDMS. Not only does Avalon meet their technology > requirements, but it gives them a whole new level of integration > capability -- our customers can now "roll their own" records > management applications, using sophisticated ForeMost services. > I expect this to spawn a whole new business opportunity for > systems integrators." > > Provenance will ship Avalon in a phased release, with initial > components delivered in the first quarter of 1999. Avalon will be > backward compatible with existing clients. A ForeMost customer > can easily upgrade a client application, and run any mix of > ForeMost client applications, including web browser clients and > existing ForeMost clients, within the new Avalon platform. > > Bruce Miller > Chief Technology Officer > Provenance Systems Inc. > 1730 Courtwood Cr., Suite 200 > Ottawa, ON, K2C 2B5 > Phone: 613-723-6519 > Fax: 613-723-8187 > Email: foremost@provsys.com

-- Anonymous, November 05, 1998


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