TechWatch: Products & Services Showcase

HIPAA UTILITY
CLAREDI, INC.
SALT LAKE CITY—Claredi, Inc., announced the free public release of its X12N De-Identification Utility (Ver. 1.0) as a service to companies in the healthcare industry that are working to bring their EDI systems into HIPAA compliance. The utility will facilitate the testing of HIPAA transactions without compromising protected information, according to the vendor. The software can be downloaded from the Claredi Web site.
WWW.CLAREDI.COM/DOWNLOADS.HTML

KNOWLEDGE MANAGMENT
SOLCOM INC.
Sioux Falls, SD—A cross-platform version of SolCom's knowledge management product suite is available to the insurance industry. SolCom will now use a Java Virtual Machine to allow compatibility with AIX, Unix, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, OS/400 and Windows 2000 server operating systems, the company says. SolCom also has added an object import and export utility to support interoperability and distributed business processing.
WWW.SOLCOMINC.COM

CONTENT MANAGEMENT
RTSE USA, INC.
REDMOND, WA—RTSe, a business content management solution provider, released its Synchronicity Content Management System 2.0. The redesigned system, which is based on Synchronicity 1.0, uses XML for platform independence, allowing re-purposing of content for Internet, intranet, extranet and wireless delivery. The system includes high-end workflow content preview, metadata generation and search tools.
WWW.RTSEUSA.COM

NEURAL NETWORKING
SER SOLUTIONS
HERNDON, VA—SER Solutions' SERdistiller has been released in the US. SERdistiller applies "smart" technology to document imaging for improved productivity, rapid ROI and enhanced customer service, according to the vendor. For the first time, automated classification and extraction of data from both structured and unstructured products is possible, SER Solutions says. Unstructured documents include reports, memos, letters, handwritten documents, and magazines for which there are no consistent sets of fields or field locations in the document, says SER Solutions.
WWW.SERSOLUTIONS.COM

DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
TOWER SOFTWARE
RESTON, VA—Tower Software has released Trim Context, a single, off-the-shelf solution for document, records and information management. The product combines workflow, image management, document management, Web publishing, e-mail management and records management, claims Tower Software.
WWW.USTRIM.COM

INVESTMENT MANAGMENT
E-BASE INTERACTIVE/ARCHWAY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
BINGHAMTON, NY—Fund Tracker Plus, a tool that is used by financial institutions to manage fund investments for customers, has been created in a joint-development effort by E-Base Interactive and Archway Technology Services. Fund Tracker Plus features include the management of commission rates for sales professionals and general agents, an extranet environment to allow distributors to service customers, the ability to create annuity and fund-type products and integrated searching, according to the vendors.
WWW.EBASEINTERACTIVE.COM

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
TAMARAC INC.
SEATTLE—Tamarac Inc. has released Portfolio Manager, a Web-based portfolio management tool that, according to the vendor, enables investment professionals to provide personalized, tax-efficient portfolios. Portfolio Manager is an ASP-based solution that incorporates quantitative analysis and a proprietary optimizer, Tamarac says.
WWW.TAMARACTECHNOLOGY.COM

BILL PROCESSING
HNC SOFTWARE INC.
IRVINE, CA—HNC Software Inc. has released three decision management products for medical bill processing. Capstone Decision Manager for Medical Bills is a decisioning system that can be the hub of a medical bill processing system for insurance payors. CompAdvisor 3.2 is the latest version of the medical bill review for workers' compensation. AutoAdvisor 3.1 is an updated version of an integrated medical bill repricing system for auto medical injury claims.
WWW.HNC.COM

MIDDLEWARE
TOWER TECHNOLOGY INC.
BOSTON—TOWER e-Process Objects, a Java-based, n-tier, thin-client architecture developed for process automation applications, provides organizations with a wide range of benefits, including reduced client infrastructure, centralized security and virus protection, rapid application development and deployment, server-based application integration and lower infrastructure costs.
WWW.TOWERTECH.COM