E-Forms Comparison



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Oct 25, 2001

Electronic Forms Creation Software Comparison

This is submitted to you answering your requirement of me to examine and recommend

use of electronic forms to extend the IDHW Enterprise.

I found no distinctive or significant evidence of product superiority or inferiority while comparing the Scansoft Omni Forms products. Comparison chart appears below.

I've delivered 2 large and 1 small to medium Business initiatives using the Version 4 product representing significant client enhancement satisfaction.

Scansoft Corporation acquired Omni Form creator Caere Corporation late in 1999.

It appears that Scansoft's Omni Form 5.0 Premium marketing strategy is that of the offering of the ANNUAL pricing of the

□ data storage server space

□ Form Filler license

It is my observation that neither of these offerings represent any value to you.

I would recommend we pursue the purchase availability of Version 4.0 @ $49. - $149. license while pursuing a 5.0 Premium demo or working copy.

Version 4.0 would satisfy your immediate need to convert paper to electronic media as well as qualifying for $150 upgrade saving IF Ver 5.0 enhancements were discovered appropriate to your Enterprise requirements.

The recommended "Review E Forms Tools" November-December schedule would be appropriate to purchase a 4.0 copy, recruit for staff, and begin to create a duplicable and extensible electronic forms model.

These electronic forms would serve as foundational to other Enterprise E-Business initiatives with the popular and extremely economical "build once…use many" methodology.

I would recommend that you popularize and publicize this media within your ELearning

Environment.

Sincerely,

Bill Moore

Technical Architect

Datatek Consulting Group

|Omni Forms 4.0 |Omni Forms 5.0 Premium |

|Form Creation |Form Creation |

|Scan |Scan |

|OCR |OCR |

|Proof Reader |Proof Reader |

|Spell Check |Spell Check |

|Scratch |Scratch |

|Convert |Convert |

|Form Filling |Form Filling |

|Conditional Field Information |Conditional Field Information |

|Data Validation |Data Validation |

|Previous Data Recall |Previous Data Recall |

|Form Distribution |Form Distribution |

|PDF |PDF |

|FAX |FAX |

|Email |Email |

|Attachments |Attachments |

|Form Publishing |Form Publishing |

|Web |Web |

|Data Connectivity |Data Connectivity |

|ODBC |ODBC |

|Text Delimited |Text Delimited |

|Security |Security |

|SSL |SSL |

|Digital Signatures |Digital Signatures |

|Omni unique user password |Omni unique user password |

|PKI |PKI |

|Entrust authentication |Entrust authentication |

|Data collection |Data collection |

|Save data using ODBC connectivity |Save data using ODBC connectivity |

|MSDE |MSDE |

|Access |Access |

|SQL Server |SQL Server |

|Oracle |Oracle |

|XML compliant |XML compliant |

|$149.00 ($49.00 if available) per seat |$699.00 per seat Upgrade:$549.00 |

|Free unlimited license |100 Mailable Filler License: $999. Year |

|User downloadable OIF32.exe from our server |Unlim Mailable Filler License: $1,999. Year |

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