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Hummingbird DMS and Your Data Management Needs . The efficiency of Data management can mean more business. The Hummingbird DMS program has many features that can provide solutions for your needs.

 

Business system name	Short description	Information about integration
Hummingbird™	Organizations have been investing heavily on solutions that would make it easier for them to provide timely data to staff, customers, and business partners. The speed and efficiency with which organizations manage data, meaning getting them to people who have use for them on time, can mean significant reduction in operating cost, improvement in staff performance, and the expansion of more business opportunities. One of the most popular IT solutions, which have been enjoying patronage of organizations, is the Hummingbird DMS. Many users are particularly pleased with Hummingbird’s Source Code and Documentation Control (SCDC) system, a document management method that supports an innovative process of controlling and revising documents. Aside from this, the system also serves as an online library where target users are afforded easy access to read-only drafts and final document versions. Thus, the system provides services two types of customers simultaneously: those who are responsible for creating the documents from preliminary drafts to final copies, and those who view and read the document contents.	Command line interface integration

The online library can be accessed through two portals: Hummingbird’s DM WebTop, which is linked to a Web site by the use of a browser, and Hummingbird DM Extensions, a local workstation application linked to a Hummingbird server via Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM). Both these methods can be used to access the library providing document creation, revisions, and final approval.

Another innovative feature of the Hummingbird, which many find an improvement to existing data management processes, is Hummingbird’s option for Workshare Professional 4. The option by using either Docs Open or DM allows Hummingbird users and customers to compare different versions of documents filed in the library repository, review, and introduce changes in the documents. Users also find as useful that Workshare maintains a file containing the history documents and emails along with the documents filed in the Hummingbird. In addition, Workshare identifies the original version of the Hummingbird document when revisions are turned in through SharePoint or e-mail.

This document management system from Hummingbird has also found a niche among organizations, which need to integrate data and information amassed through e-mails into their data management systems. According to Ferris Research, 36% of organizations surveyed consider e-mail archiving a major priority. The research identified Hummingbird document management system as one of the most popular programs used by these organizations to manage, archive, and dispose of e-mail records.

With all the convenience provided by Hummingbird, such as strict document version control, storage, and speed of access provided by powerful search structure, not all really are happy with it. Some users are unhappy with the restrictions, which make it difficult for them to create their logical file families or groupings. Instead, they are made to go through the interface, pass through many dialogue boxes requiring many fields, fill out Meta data, and store the files the best possible way they can within a predetermined arrangement or structure.

The Hummingbird DMS, since it was established in 1984, has come a long way in providing efficient data management services to various organizations. Not all will go with it, but many have found its services to more than adequately provide their need for timely creation, dissemination, and accessing of data and information.

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