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IMAGE-X is now the vendor for document imaging and workflow for the Chancellor's office of the University of California, Berkeley. The determination was made after evaluating products from leading document imaging vendors and with advice from nationally recognized document management consultants. This project may function as a pilot for other departments of the University.

The University of California, Berkeley, is one of the great universities of the world and for this reason the high volume of correspondence passing through the Chancellor's office frequently contains items of historical significance. Consequently, correspondence to the Chancellor's office must be archived in perpetuity. Furthermore, this correspondence is not simply of historical significance but consists of working documents. Complicated arrangements of protocol involving visiting dignitaries and researchers often require several officials to handle and comment upon a single document. The Chancellor's Office made the decision to implement an integrated document imaging and workflow system to handle these responsibilities.

With document imaging, literally millions of pages of paper files can be replaced by exact, legal images of documents stored in digital format on optical disk. Storage space is minimized and the search and retrieval process can be automated. IMAGE-X IMAGEflow workflow software provides an efficient means of circulating among workgroups a faithful electronic copy of any document, which can be annotated, time-activated, linked to other information and so on, far superior to the old method of paper copies and sticky notes.

IMAGE-X was chosen as a result of a year-long competitive evaluation process. In part this was because IMAGE-X was able to integrate their Document Management Imaging Solution with the paper document tracking system and other business processes that the Chancellor's office already had in place with significant investment. IMAGE-X is pleased to make this addition to a client list that already includes over 100 major installations world-wide.

About IMAGE-X

IMAGE-X is a Document Management Solutions Company headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA. Founded in 1987, IMAGE-X has installed systems at locations around the world, providing enterprise-wide document management solutions to major corporations, institutions and court systems which need to capture, manage and share multiple data types.