Saperion
Encyclopedia
Founded in 1985 in Berlin
Germany
, SAPERION AG has been developing software solutions for Enterprise Content Management
(ECM) systems, that brings archiving, document management and workflow functionality together in one system. Along with the European headquarters in Berlin and additional competence centers in Germany, SAPERION has subsidiaries in Great Britain, North America, Switzerland and Singapore.
SAPERION’s software platform offers the following Enterprise Content Management
features: Capturing (Scanning & OCR
), Imaging
, COLD
, Electronic Signature
, Document Management, Archiving, Business Process Management
/Workflow
Management, email and Records Management
. Interfaces to Microsoft
Office, Outlook and MOSS, IBM Notes, SAP R/3, Navision, BaaN and others allow to store and retrieve documents to and from SAPERION within these user interfaces.
1989 First archiving project (European Patent Office)
2000 Foundation of SAPERION Inc., Boston and SAPERION PTE Ltd., Singapore.
2001 Conversion to a stock company.
2002 Foundation of SAPERION Ltd., Great Britain
2004 Foundation of SAPERION (Schweiz) AG
2008 Entering Gartner's Magic Quadrant for ECM
Phylum Arthropoda are the largest phylum of animals and include the insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and others.
The earlier logo was derived from the fossil from such a crustaceans.
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, SAPERION AG has been developing software solutions for Enterprise Content Management
Enterprise content management
Enterprise Content Management is a formalized means of organizing and storing an organization's documents, and other content, that relate to the organization's processes...
(ECM) systems, that brings archiving, document management and workflow functionality together in one system. Along with the European headquarters in Berlin and additional competence centers in Germany, SAPERION has subsidiaries in Great Britain, North America, Switzerland and Singapore.
SAPERION’s software platform offers the following Enterprise Content Management
Enterprise content management
Enterprise Content Management is a formalized means of organizing and storing an organization's documents, and other content, that relate to the organization's processes...
features: Capturing (Scanning & OCR
Optical character recognition
Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used to convert books and documents into electronic files, to computerize a record-keeping...
), Imaging
Document imaging
Document imaging is an information technology category for systems capable of replicating documents commonly used in business. Document imaging systems can take many forms including microfilm, on demand printers, facsimile machines, copiers, multifunction printers, document scanners, computer...
, COLD
Cold
Cold describes the condition of low temperature.Cold may also refer to:*Common cold, a contagious viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory system*Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
, Electronic Signature
Electronic signature
An electronic signature, or e-signature, is any electronic means that indicates either that a person adopts the contents of an electronic message, or more broadly that the person who claims to have written a message is the one who wrote it . By comparison, a signature is a stylized script...
, Document Management, Archiving, Business Process Management
Business process management
Business process management is a holistic management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. BPM attempts to...
/Workflow
Workflow
A workflow consists of a sequence of connected steps. It is a depiction of a sequence of operations, declared as work of a person, a group of persons, an organization of staff, or one or more simple or complex mechanisms. Workflow may be seen as any abstraction of real work...
Management, email and Records Management
Records Management
Records management, or RM, is the practice of maintaining the records of an organization from the time they are created up to their eventual disposal...
. Interfaces to Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Office, Outlook and MOSS, IBM Notes, SAP R/3, Navision, BaaN and others allow to store and retrieve documents to and from SAPERION within these user interfaces.
History
1985 Foundation of the company.1989 First archiving project (European Patent Office)
2000 Foundation of SAPERION Inc., Boston and SAPERION PTE Ltd., Singapore.
2001 Conversion to a stock company.
2002 Foundation of SAPERION Ltd., Great Britain
2004 Foundation of SAPERION (Schweiz) AG
2008 Entering Gartner's Magic Quadrant for ECM
ECM Product Summary
- SAPERION ECM Edition
- SAPERION Workflow Edition
- SAPERION Content Repository - offering the standard interface Content repository API for JavaContent repository API for JavaContent Repository API for Java is a specification for a Java platform application programming interface to access content repositories in a uniform manner. The content repositories are used in content management systems to keep the content data and also the metadata used in content management...
named JCR 1.0 or JSR 170 as well - SAPERIONvelocity - Application Server based solution for handling electronic records using JCR 1.0 conform repositories
- SAP Integration - certified for SAP NetWeaver Interface
Trivia
The name Saperion is also a species of Arthropods in the Kingdom Animalia.Phylum Arthropoda are the largest phylum of animals and include the insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and others.
The earlier logo was derived from the fossil from such a crustaceans.
External links
- Saperion Homepage
- Information at CMS Watch -- Information about Saperion from independent analyst firm.
- ECM vendors categorized list including Saperion (in PDF format) (ECM product classification covering Europe)
- Saperion in Russia
See also
- Content management systemContent management systemA content management system is a system providing a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based...
- Digital Asset ManagementDigital asset managementDigital asset management consists of management tasks and decisions surrounding the ingestion, annotation, cataloguing, storage, retrieval and distribution of digital assets...
- Enterprise Content IntegrationEnterprise Content IntegrationEnterprise content integration is a middleware software technology, often used within large organizations, that connects together various types of computer systems that manage documents and digital content. ECI systems often work in tandem with other technologies such as enterprise content...
- Information scienceInformation science-Introduction:Information science is an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval and dissemination of information...
- Digital preservationDigital preservationDigital preservation is the set of processes, activities and management of digital information over time to ensure its long term accessibility. The goal of digital preservation is to preserve materials resulting from digital reformatting, and particularly information that is born-digital with no...
- Repository OSID