YPHISE Ranked IBM Software Solution for Document Services (DS)

Southbury, CT, August 04, 2007 --(PR.com)-- The independent analyst in software assessment, YPHISE, has awarded IBM Filenet P8 from IBM as best Document Services solution following assessment by ISO 9001:2000- certified methodology in May, 2007.

YPHISE assessment is valid until July 31, 2008. The official YPHISE certificate is available at: http://www.yphise.com/approvedsoftware

YPHISE research selects each year the most valuable market segments according to the investment priorities of large companies.

YPHISE Research States That DS Solutions Represent a Cornerstone Investment for Large Companies from All Activity Sectors.

"DS solutions are essential as they help improve the efficiency of business processes based on document files. DS solutions guarantee the availability and accessibility of documents for business processes. They optimize the archiving of these documents over time, as needed by business processes or according to document criticality. They provide for control of document volume through adequate management of document typology and lifecycle. DS solutions also ensure optimal management of critical documents. They guarantee the security and confidentiality of such documents. They allow proper document retention and easy retrieval according to legal needs. The detailed assessment of the products shortlisted by YPHISE states that this market segment represents a priority investment" says YPHISE Analyst Laetitia Bardoul from Yphise Paris labs.

YPHISE research states that the short list of software vendors that should benefit of this opportunity includes EMC, Open Text and Vignette.

Document Services (DS - for demanding business processes) solutions manage documents (i.e. unstructured data) used in operations in all corporate business processes. These solutions store the documents efficiently over time and in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. They facilitate access to and use of these documents into business processes. They manage the security issues related to these documents.

- DS solutions contribute strongly to the IT risk control process.
- DS solutions manage and optimize document storage according to volume. They help meet regulatory and business requirements in the area of document management.
- DS solutions improve the reusability of document services development (which can be released as Web services) in compliance with SOA (service-oriented architecture) standards (SOAP, WSDL and WSI).
- DS solutions contribute to compliance with ISO 15489 legal requirements, TNA (UK Archives), DoD 5015-2 - 5015-4, VERS, ISO, Moreq, Basel II, SOX or SEC.

YPHISE Research

YPHISE identifies and certifies the best software products on the market, according to the requirements of large companies. Thousands of investment decisions made by large companies have used YPHISE independent research since 1985.

The YPHISE ongoing research program has three goals.

- It selects each year the market segments where good software products offer strengths that represent a valuable investment for large companies. YPHISE focuses on those market segments dealing with issues and priorities of interest to IT executives.
- For each market segment, YPHISE identifies the shortlist of products of interest, according to expected benefits for IT executives.
- YPHISE assesses each shortlisted product and certifies the best ones. The opinion outlined by YPHISE relies on detailed assessment of the products in order to accurately evaluate their capacity to attain the expected return on investment. The YPHISE ISO 9001:2000-certified methodology allows for a rigorous scoring of each product.

Please visit: www.yphise.com/approvedsoftware

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