Forest facilitates team-based collaboration on document-intensive processes for educational institutions, law firms, accounting firms, manufacturing, corporate, consultants, government organisations, banking and insurance institutions to improve organisational decision-making. In addition to information that is locked away in filing cabinets, the Internet and e-mail have resulted in an explosion of business content. This content is difficult to access, and it is almost impossible to ensure that the most current versions of documents are shared across the organisation. Business success depends on the ability to secure, centrally manage and quickly disseminate critical information assets.

The Proliferation of Unstructured Data

According to the Gartner Group, eighty percent of all information generated by businesses today consists of documents, spreadsheets, e-mails, presentations, drawings and other instructured data. Industry analyst IDC estimates that Fortune 500 companies lose $12 billion each year because they are unable to adequately manage and exploit this unstructured content.

Capture, Store and Collaborate on Critical Business Content

Document Management creates a central workspace for employees to securely discuss, share and collaborate on critical business content via the Intranet, Extranet or the Internet. Tight integration with popular e-mail and productivity tools enable users to store and retrieve information without having to leave their familiar work environment. The collaboration capability can be extended to external parties such as partners, customers, vendors and service providers.

Protect intellectual capital - Store all files including e-mail messages and attachments and scanned images, in a secure, centralized repository.

Improve productivity - Comprehensive profiling and metadata capture enables faster and more accurate searches.

Anywhere, any time access - Browser-based access to repository combined with offline mode eliminates delays related to time zone differences.

Mitigate risk - User level security, audit trails, versioning and business process automation ensures tight control over all documents within the repository.

Multi-tier architecture delivers security, scalability and performance at a low cost of ownership. Standards-based technology allows you to build a flexible, modular solution tailored to the organisation’s needs.