Nuance Communications, Inc. announced that it has acquired eCopy, a provider of solutions for integrating paper documents into business software applications. This combines Nuance’s multifunction printer (MFP) desktop solutions with eCopy’s server offerings to provide improved network scanning solutions which connect the widest range of MFPs to a broad set of business applications and content management systems.

          Nuance Communications, Inc., one of the leading providers of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers worldwide, announced that it has acquired eCopy, a provider of solutions for integrating paper documents into business software applications. This combines Nuance’s multifunction printer (MFP) desktop solutions with eCopy’s server offerings to provide improved network scanning solutions which connect the widest range of MFPs to a broad set of business applications and content management systems.
           eCopy’s network scanning solutions are offered by leading MFP vendors including Canon, HP, Konica Minolta, Océ, Ricoh, Toshiba and Xerox. eCopy’s solutions support document connectivity to more than 100 enterprise applications, such as Microsoft SharePoint, EMC Documentum, Oracle and SAP.
            Nowadays many organizations combine scanning software with intelligent MFP devices in order to reduce costs and increase productivity. In this way, invoices are easily moved into accounting systems, contracts into practice management systems, patient records into electronic medical records (EMR) systems, and office documents into content management systems.
            “Nuance and eCopy share a vision of connecting MFP devices to a wide range of applications in an easy and productive way,” said Robert Weideman, general manager and senior vice president of the Nuance Document Imaging Division. “eCopy has earned a strong reputation for quality and innovation, and its team is respected for providing high levels of customer and partner service. We look forward to welcoming eCopy to the Nuance organization.”