Contact: Betsy Delfosse
Open Archive Systems, Inc.
Phone: 603.890.9980 Fax: 603.890.9986
Email: bdelfosse@openarchive.com
For Immediate Release:

Kofax Ascent Capture Now Supported by echive^®

Windham, NH; March 14, 2002 - Open Archive Systems, Inc., a document and drawing management software developer and integrator, has integrated its echive^® family of document management software with Kofax Ascent Capture. A release script is available that allows the Kofax software to directly communicate with echive for advanced document management functionality.

Kofax develops and markets products designed to manage the conversion of electronic and paper documents into electronic information. Kofax's specialty -- document and data capture -- is the most popular and efficient method of converting paper documents into electronic files.

Open Archive’s echive Series is a family of products designed to provide a variety of document management functions. The index information produced by Kofax Ascent Capture software can automatically populate customizable property fields (such as author, date, subject, type, etc.) in the echive document management software. This establishes a searchable and expandable database based on requirements defined by the users. Files can be quickly and accurately located and then viewed, printed, redlined, or launched into its native application. echive supports desktop, intranet and Web environments.

About Open Archive Systems, Inc.
Open Archive Systems, Inc is a leading document management software developer, integrator and provider of solutions for scanning, document management and distribution, enterprise viewing, raster and hybrid editing, raster to vector conversion, and full conversion to CAD. Products include echive, GTX, Spicer, Myriad, Cyco, Contex and Vidar. For detailed product information, please visit our web site at www.openarchive.com or request information at info@openarchive.com.

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