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National Consulting and Development Corporation (NCD) announced the rollout of "e-WIX", a web document repository service. This Application Service Provider (ASP) project enables subscribers to convert, publish, store and access document information via the NCD hosted "e-WIX" service. NCD provides free document scanning to its subscribers, further reducing the initial cost to deploy. Users gain access to document images at any web enabled workstation using Netscape or Explorer in conjunction with authorized access codes provided by NCD.

Now any organization wishing to archive paper based information electronically can do so without any investment in scanners, storage devices, network expansion and associated hardware nor do they need to purchase document management software, plug in viewers or high volume storage management software. "e-WIX" incorporates the latest technology to deliver instant access, unlimited capacity and simple user friendly operation. The subscriber pays a small fee for access and storage.

NCD is based in Eastlake, Ohio just east of Cleveland. NCD has been a reseller of document management systems and scanning services since 1991. The president and CEO, Charles Patti, stated, "We developed this service to accommodate a large number of organizations which were interested in automating paper systems with an electronic solution, but were reluctant to invest heavily in document management systems. "e-WIX" gives them the end solution without the heavy capital investment."

The first company NCD demonstrated "e-WIX" to became the first subscriber. A Solon, Ohio based manufacturer is publishing 200,000 pages of backfiles and 1500 daily pages of current customer service information. This real time application is easily accommodated, however NCD believes more customers will be interested in archiving older information using "e-WIX" as a record storage alternative.

Although there are a limited number of web document repository services today, none appear to combine repository services and free conversion services. This combination provides a turnkey solution with almost no front end costs, making it extremely easy to begin. Also, NCD designed the system by combining a high performance SQL database with a high speed image enabling viewer and operating in a Linux redundant processing environment. This design provides consistent high performance. Storage is a combination of Raid and Magneto optical backed-up with DLT tape. Security includes multiple layers of sophisticated encryption and protection features.

"There's no question that others will enter this market" says Mr. Patti, "it's just too good of a solution, but they will have to chase us, we have a top quality service that will be difficult to beat."

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