Dateline: August 14, 1997

Eastman Software (Billerica, MA, http://www.eastmansoftware.com) releases OPEN/cold Version 2.6, and new versions of OPEN/image, OPEN/workflow and Imaging for Windows Professional Edition, all for the Windows NT platform

BancTec (Dallas, TX, http://www.banctec.com) receives $4 million contract from British Telecommunications to provide image-based remittance processing, correspondence and forms management systems

Wang (Billerica, MA, http://www.wang.com) announces Q4 and YE '97 financial results: Q4 '97 revenues up 36% from Q4 '96, net income up 50% to $12.4 million; YE '97 revenues up 25% from YE '96, net income of $69.9 up from YE '96 loss of $.6 million

Image Conversion Systems (Arlington Heights, IL, http://www.imageconversion.com) acquired by Lason (Troy, MI, http://www.lason.com); ICS president John Messinger to manage Lason's national imaging services operations

ICG (Hackettstown, NJ, http://www.idc.ltd.uk) to debut its 360 drum scanner and Titan582 platesetter at PRINT 97

a4 Health Systems' (Cary, NC, http://www.a4healthsys.com) enVista Care Manager enterprise data repository-based information system purchased by Marion General Hospital (Marion, IN)

Westbrook Technologies (Branford, CT, http://www.filemagic.com) unveils the Microsoft SQL Server-based version of its Fortis document management software suite

Cardiff Software (San Marcos, CA, http://www.cardiffsw.com) licenses Siemens Electrocom's (Arlington, TX, http://www.electrocomimaging.com) AEG Recognition OCR engine for inclusion in its Tri-CR recognition technology

Comspec (Salt Lake City, UT, http://www.comspec.com) to deliver the IC/DMS Extension Server for connecting InConcert's (Cambridge, MA, http://www.inconcert.com) workflow solution with Documentum's (Pleasanton, CA, http://www.documentum.com) Docbase document repository

Cimage (Irvine, CA, http://www.cimage.co.uk) receives $250,000 contract from Lucas Rists for its Document Manager EDMS solution