The definition of the term DMS differ from a project to another. In most cases we met, archiving systems are independant from the main system and include in addition to document organization and archiving tools, different features that change from a system to another. From the selection we will list below, probably Maarch is the more advanced DMS and archiving Business solution.

Maarch, the Open Source archiving DMS

Maarch is an Open Source framework for archiving and retrieving large volumes of static documents. In a certain way, it is designed as an IDARS product (Integrated Document Archiving and Retrieval System), but without the heaviness of the big ECM products. Maarch is ideal for those who are only interested by storing and exploiting image documents, in compliance with Record Management regulations (Sarbanes-Oaxley, ISO-15489). We think that the Open Source philosophy is very well assorted with long term conservation needs.Maarch is compatible with all relational SQL databases, and is mostly written in PHP 5. Utility modules are written in Visual Basic.

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Posted by Hatem at 10:24 PM to Implementations | Permalink | Comments (0)

NOAH is a Web-based document management system that is feature-rich, easy to use, and simple to install. Through a browser interface, users can easily create, update, lock, search, and manage document revisions for access by multiple users across many geographical sites. NOAH includes many powerful features such as client scripting, hierarchical document access control, and email notification. Administrators can manage users and archives and monitor database activity through an extensive suite of tools.

Companies can benefits from NOAH with :

• Improved team efficiency by ensuring all members have access to the latest document versions.
• File and Directory Access Control lets you manage who has access to what documents.
• Meta-Data with file-locking tell users what that document is about and who is working on it.
• Efficient sharing or publishing of documents with 'elinks' (email link-generator) and zip downloads.
• Automation of tedious documentation tasks with NOAH's unique 'Client Scripting' feature.
• An intuitive user interface, with plenty of tooltips and on-line help. Your users will be 'NOAH experts' in minutes!

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Last year I've been working a lot on Document Management Systems (DMS) and in touch with many companies developing DMS software, but wasn't ready to launch a new blog on our network related to DMS until today. The topic not only interested me, but I find it also very relevant to PHP development, since today all developments are related to the web industries, why DMS still based on desktops !

My surprise that FileNet DMS, which is supposed to be the most powerful until today at my small knowledge, have a very limited ASP.NET interface of their DMS. Very basic and not flexible at all, more than everything it require long and hard configuration, and still related to desktop software at different levels. So in this new portal we'll try to focus on different available solutions commercial mainly, and Open Source probably, the different aspect of implementations and any interesting DMS experience.

Posted by Hatem at 10:59 AM to General | Permalink | Comments (0)