KnowledgeLake Capture 2007 Named 'Best of Tech-Ed 2007' Winner by Windows It Pro, SQL Server Magazine, and Office & Sharepoint Pro.Com


KnowledgeLake Capture 2007 Named 'Best of Tech-Ed 2007' Winner By Windows It Pro, SQL Server Magazine and Office & Sharepoint Pro.Com

ST. LOUIS, June 26 / / - KnowledgeLake Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions for Microsoft(R) SharePoint(R) Products and Technologies, today announced its KnowledgeLake Capture 2007 suite was named as a winner of the "Best of Tech-Ed Awards 2007" in the "Office Systems" category by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro(R), SQL Server Magazine(R) and Office & Sharepoint Pro.com.

The "Best of Tech-Ed Awards" announced at the Microsoft Tech-Ed 2007 conference, held June 4-8 in Orlando, Fla., recognize companies who offer innovative products developed on a Microsoft platform and are chosen based on their strategic importance to the market, competitive advantages and value to customers. The judges reviewed over 260 IT products and services submitted for the contest and chose 45 finalists to be interviewed at the conference. Winners were announced on June 6 at an evening reception at the Peabody Hotel Orlando and will be featured in the August issues of Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine.

"KnowledgeLake is honored to be among those in the prestigious Best of Tech Ed winner's circle this year," said Ron Cameron, President of KnowledgeLake. "KnowledgeLake Capture provides unique flexibility and scalability for customers looking to easily scan paper documents into SharePoint at a Microsoft price point."

"We're pleased to congratulate KnowledgeLake on its well-deserved 'Best of TechEd' award," said Kirk Koenigsbauer, General Manager, Microsoft Business Division. "KnowledgeLake Capture 2007's powerful capabilities exemplify the tremendous value our partners can create for customers by developing solutions on the SharePoint platform."

KnowledgeLake Capture is a high-volume, production-level capture system that integrates with SharePoint(R) Server 2007 for quick and easy storage, indexing, and management of unstructured content. KnowledgeLake Capture allows users to:

o Easily scan documents in batches
o Use OCR technology to extract document meta-data from scanned images
o Use "key from image" technology to easily apply document meta-data
o Quickly and securely save documents to SharePoint from anywhere there
is a web (HTTP) connection.

Additional scanning and indexing features include:

o Optional Zonal OCR module for automated forms processing
o "Point and shoot" OCR functionality for easy indexing of unstructured
documents
o Many configurable image processing features, such as despeckle, deskew,
and blank-page detection
o Optional ability to read many types of barcodes for document separation
and document indexing automation
o Support for local folder watching to enable scanning from common AIO
("All-in-One") desktop scanning devices

"This is the sixth year of this awards program and every year we see a substantial increase in the number and level of entries," said Karen Forster, group editorial and strategic director. "While we had many worthy products, the winners clearly demonstrated their products' strategic importance to the market, its competitive advantages and the value they provide to customers."

About KnowledgeLake, Inc.

KnowledgeLake, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is the market leader in developing document imaging and capture products for Microsoft SharePoint based Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions. Built on the Microsoft .NET platform, KnowledgeLake enables organizations of any size to leverage SharePoint for solving today's complex document problems. KnowledgeLake document imaging and capture products extend the native capabilities of SharePoint with a powerful suite of applications that allow users to capture large quantities of mission critical documents and transform them into easily consumable business information. The founders of KnowledgeLake have decades of experience architecting, selling and implementing ECM products and solutions. To find out more, visit the KnowledgeLake website at http://www.knowledgelake.com/.

Source: KnowledgeLake Inc.

CONTACT: Colleen Powers of KnowledgeLake, Inc., +1-314-898-0500, colleen.powers@knowledgelake.com

Web site: http://www.knowledgelake.com/

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