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Port of Seattle Deploying Hummingbird Enterprise
Hummingbird Ltd., provider of integrated enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, announced that Port of Seattle, a municipal corporation and provider of transportation facilities and services for the community of King County, Washington, are successfully deploying Hummingbird Enterprise(TM) for its document and records management solutions. Hummingbird's tightly integrated standards-compliant technologies enable The Port to more efficiently capture, manage and distribute electronic and paper- based documents and records to increase its responsiveness for public document requests, meet regulatory requirements, and improve business processes.
To date, 250 users at the Port are successfully implementing the Hummingbird Enterprise DM and RM system. A total rollout of about 1,000 - 1,100 final system users is planned for completion by February 2005.
The Port identified Hummingbird Enterprise as the best possible solution for its information management requirements following an extensive review of the top document and records management vendors in the industry. Employees are able to share, search for, and administer both in-process documents and final records from within familiar interfaces, including Windows Desktop, Windows Explorer, Microsoft Outlook, and mainstream authoring tools. Users can convert physical records to an electronic format and develop a formalized record disposal, reducing the space requirements needed to store records.
"The Port of Seattle is required to meet state legislated retention and disclosure rules for all public records such as memos and correspondence, content developed for our Web site and many e-mail communications. To comply with the government guidelines, we needed a secure platform to manage the complete lifecycle of all our physical and electronic records from creation to ultimate disposition," said Linda Strout, Port of Seattle Deputy CEO. "When fully implemented, the Hummingbird Enterprise solution will allow our users to easily categorize and find physical and electronic records in the integrated enterprise DM/RM repositories."
"We are delighted the Port of Seattle has selected Hummingbird as its technology partner," said Andrew Pery, chief marketing officer and senior vice president, Hummingbird Ltd. "The Port of Seattle joins several other Port facilities including the Tampa Port Authority, the Port of Oakland and the Port of San Diego who are deploying Hummingbird Enterprise to establish comprehensive lifecycle management of paper and electronic records. Hummingbird's flexible, standards-compliant solution protects the Port facilities against risks such as litigation or disaster while addressing the complex regulatory requirements."
About Port of Seattle
Established in 1911, the Port of Seattle is a special purpose government that fosters regional economic vitality, provides transportation facilities for cargo and passengers by air, water and land, and provides a home for the Northwest fishing industry. Five commissioners, elected at large by the voters of King County, serve four-year terms and establish Port of Seattle policy. The chief executive officer, in carrying out these policies, leads the employees and oversees Port programs. 29.09.2004, Hummingbird Ltd.
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