Saturday, November 14, 2009

Test Drive Ricoh’s Documentmall Solution


Test Drive Ricoh’s Documentmall Solution

For those who are interested in looking at a SAAS model for document management, Ricoh offers a service called Documentmall. Hosted in a secure data center and based on the EMC Docuentum platform, Documentmall provides a secure off-site document management platform.

Some of the features of this particular application are cabinet and folder based document structure, multiple layer document security on cabinets, groups and user levels. Optional workflow with GUI based workflow creation tools provides the ability to set routes with various options for approval. Ricoh also provides functionality on their MFP devices to securely scan documents directly into a Documentmall account, which can be a good solution for distributed capture solutions.

Another interesting function which I personally like is the various replication features. Ricoh provides a couple of replicator applications which all do basically the same thing. While running the replicator application, you can set mappings from your local file structure into your Documentmall account, and your files are replicated to Documentmall.

Ricoh currently offers a 30 day trial account which anyone can request. If you’re interested in looking into a SAAS model for your document management needs, you might want to sign up for an evaluation account and start to look at Ricoh’s offering. You can sign up at the following link:

http://documentmall.com/products/freetrial/

One thing to be aware of is that not all features are available on the trial account. If you have specific questions or needs, I’m sure your local Ricoh representative would be more than happy to address them, or post your questions here.

Special thanx for this, it was posted on the P4P Hotel and I reposted here.

-=Art=-