Enterprise Archiving and Retrieval.
In an increasingly complex environment of risk management, enterprise organizations face the daily challenge of complying with regulatory and governance requirements while seeking to deliver higher business performance with fewer resources. Compliance has to be achieved and maintained in the context of decreased costs and increased flexibility. Virtual teams spanning the globe must efficiently collaborate to produce, store and access massive volumes of content using a complex array of software applications running on multiple platforms.
Addressing these problems is nearly impossible without an enterprise solution that provides a holistic view of all information assets and an efficient method of managing the entire content lifecycle. RSD Folders is the trusted content and document management solution that allows content-intensive organizations to meet this challenge.
RSD Folders enables the efficient capture, storage, retrieval and accurate classification of content generated by any legacy, ERP or PC-based application. As a single, secure resource for complete records management, content archiving, auditing and e-discovery, RSD Folders dramatically decreases the cost of complying with ever-changing regulatory requirements that often vary by geography. It allows businesses to effectively leverage all information assets, accelerate decision-making, and better respond to customer, partner or regulatory inquiries.
Developed on the proven concepts of RSD EOS (Enterprise Output Solution), and meeting the most stringent requirements for enterprise scalability and reliability, RSD Folders:
Facilitates the identification, classification and management of virtually all types of content, in native format, as it is created, modified, stored, archived and retrieved in accordance with retention policies and regulations.
Significantly increases productivity and reduces errors by facilitating content-based collaboration and workflow, intuitively organizing and storing work-in-progress and final content according to workgroup and organizational needs.
Easily integrates with industry-standard content repositories, leveraging existing IT investments and providing a unified, persistent view of all content, regardless of its native format.
Combines multi-platform support with extensive indexing capabilities to capture and manage virtually unlimited volumes of content generated on any platform.
Optionally incorporates print management capabilities using Doc2Print.
RSD Folders builds on RSD’s base of more than 1200 global customers in insurance, banking and financial services, education, government, manufacturing, and healthcare services. It provides mission-critical content access and retrieval ideal for internal audiences, as well as customer- or partner-facing, applications.
In addition, an extensive web-services API decreases costs and increases customer service by enabling the latest web and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) applications, including self-service solutions for customers, suppliers and partners.
KEY FEATURES
POWERFUL DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS AND ENTERPRISES
Automatic file capture, classification and storage occurs on-the-fly, incorporating line mode, AFP, PostScript, PCL, PDF, images, video and other content created from virtually any software application.
Easy folder creation and access based on individual, workgroup or enterprise needs, allows users to store, retrieve and share documents through an intuitive graphical interface.
Extensive indexing and metadata tagging enables documents to be physically stored once while appearing in multiple folders, optimizing disk usage and best supporting organizational work processes.
E-mail archiving allows users to select business correspondence they want included and managed in the content repository.
SAP content integration is easily achieved using SAP Global Archive.
TRUSTED INFORMATION GOVERNANCE AND WORKFLOW
Content access control safeguards sensitive folders and documents, using Filter Descriptors to specify criteria that restrict the scope of data available to users.
Individual user and group security profiles can be flexibly managed either directly within RSD Folders, through operating system definitions, using LDAP-compliant systems, or via a full C++ API for custom implementations.
Single sign-on support allows RSD Folders to be easily incorporated into a comprehensive enterprise security and compliance infrastructure.
Extensive collaboration and workflow capabilities include configurable document status, document annotation, and document check-in/check-out with version management that can be optionally integrated with Microsoft Office applications.
Flexible user and group privilege specification offers control over users’ ability to view, add, modify and remove documents, ensuring compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
Compliance and legal discovery support is facilitated through audit trails, document actions history, digital signatures, and structured search functions.
Information lifecycle management (ILM) features include configurable document retention periods and litigation hold. Documents can also be automatically transferred to the storage device most appropriate for their lifecycle stage, minimizing storage costs while maintaining information availability according to company or regulatory requirements.
A SCALABLE, RELIABLE SOLUTION TO MEET THE IT NEEDS OF TODAY'S ENTERPRISE
Integration with enterprise data repositories extends document management across the enterprise by incorporating an ever-growing list of hierarchical storage management systems such as IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), EMC Centera, Veritas NetBackup, HP OmniBack and IBM DR550.
Enterprise-grade data capture enables RSD Folders to gather massive volumes of data from across the enterprise, with unrivaled speed and accuracy.
Multiple language support ensures easy use by teams spread across the globe.
Complete print management services can be optionally added using Doc2Print.
Multi-platform support offers a choice of Windows and thin-client access options, as well as web services support for integration with custom web applications. To support diverse IT infrastructures, the RSD Folders server component is available for IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, Linux, z/OS, and Windows Server platforms.