SANTA CLARA, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 16, 2007 -- SaaSCon -- NetDocuments, the leading
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) document services provider today announced
NDConnect, a new application development platform that enables third-party
applications, in-house developers, and solution-oriented hosted
applications to be seamlessly integrated with the NetDocuments document
services platform.
The foundation of NetDocuments is a fully featured set of document, email
and records management features globally accessible from a single
repository hosted in highly secure, redundant world-class data centers. The
premise of building a document services development platform whereby
end-users can plug-n-play a menu of features, tools and applications
blended together in a seamless environment facilitates 1) vertical market
end-to-end solutions for everyday document transactional work; 2) freedom
to access a set of hosted applications anytime, anywhere and no longer be
confined to the office where traditional, LAN-based, on-premise software
and desktop applications are located; and 3) reducing risk, lowering costs
and removing the complexity of technology, ongoing maintenance headaches,
and obsolescence.
"With documents being such an integral part of all business activity," said
Ken Duncan CEO NetDocuments, "the more streamlined we can make
document-oriented business processes through a combined effort of
integrated solutions, the greater the impact and efficiency people will
have in their work and in society. Delivering end-to-end solutions will
dramatically improve business results, enhance our quality of life, and
perhaps do some good to the environment as we print less, mail less and
thus save more trees."
NDConnect leverages important and emerging industry standards, such as
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Web Services Description Language
(WSDL) and XML. SOAP extends NetDocuments to other systems, third-party
vertical applications and legacy applications, or, in some cases users
simply build new add-on capabilities. Most of the NetDocuments features and
objects are accessible. There are today many tools that have already been
completed and many that are becoming available nearly every day as open
source for sharing across customers. In addition, NetDocuments is
continually developing access points to its service such as "NDWrap"
(Mashups) which are currently available and the NetDocuments "NDLaunch"
feature which allows users to mark documents for launching into third-party
applications, becoming accessible for third-party developers in 3rd quarter
2007. Current examples include:
-- Salesforce.com® and LexisNexis® CounselLink™ as software
developers extending their own web-hosted, multi-tenant service offering
with NetDocuments document services for their respective customers.
-- Legal MacPac, Esquire Innovations, SoftWise® and Workshare® are
examples of Windows software vendors who have produced document-related
applications and utilities that are integrated with the NetDocuments
Services Platform to provide unique solutions for customer and industry-
specific requirements.
-- LexisNexis® Time Matters®, LexisNexis® Total Practice
Advantage™, Metastorm®, and Copitrak are examples of existing vendors
currently offering their software in a traditional perpetual license or
"out-of-box" model and have extended their solution to customers who have
joined the SaaS revolution with NetDocuments.
National Retail Properties®, a large REIT and a NetDocuments customer
have developed in-house integrations with Microsoft SharePoint for creating
a portal view for their real estate properties and simultaneously
integrating with their back office Oracle® Financials System. Many other
in-house developers have taken advantage of the openness of NetDocuments to
integrate legacy systems with their organization.
Pricing and Availability:
The NDConnect Document Services Platform is available free of charge with
technical support available by the NetDocuments development team and via
the NetDocuments Customer Forum. Additional customization capabilities are
continually being released to facilitate the deployment of further
opportunities for connecting NetDocuments with other services. To learn
more, please contact Leonard Johnson, VP Marketing, NetDocuments at
info@netdocuments.com or call 1-866-NetDocs.
About NetDocuments
NetDocuments is leading the industry trend for On Demand document
management and collaboration services. Organizations of all sizes can save
tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars by eliminating the hardware,
system and client software, and ongoing administration of a legacy
client-server technology model. With the NetDocuments patented service
simply "turned on," business professionals can immediately begin storing,
managing and sharing documents throughout the world and on any
Internet-connected device. Founded in 1998 and based in Orem, Utah,
NetDocuments has 58,000 users in over 81 countries. For more information
about the company and management, go to
www.netdocuments.com.
Contact Information: NetDocuments Contact:
Leonard Johnson
VP Marketing
NetDocuments
Phone: 801.226.6882
Fax: 801.226.6933
Email: Email Contact