KOM Networks and Hyland Software form new OEM Partnership

Relationship showcases seamless integration of ECM and archiving software

OTTAWA, ON Canada,  Sept. 23, 2009 – Hyland Software, one of the world’s largest and fastest growing independent providers of enterprise content management (ECM) software, announced today that it has signed an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with KOM Networks, creator and world-leading provider of secure archiving software and solutions.

“We’ve been saying for years that application and storage vendors need to work closely to deliver versatile archive and retention solutions that protect and preserve vital and sensitive data,” said Joseph Martins, managing director for the Data Mobility Group. “By combining these two technologies, companies will have a comprehensive ECM software suite that is fully integrated with a secure archive repository.”

The newly formed alliance allows Hyland to sell, deploy and service KOMworx and KOMpliance. Both KOM and Hyland will work closely to seamlessly integrate the OnBase suite with KOMpliance, providing a secure and high performance archive repository that meets varying compliance regulations and requirements. This in turn will make it easier for Hyland to support its customers who are already using KOM software.

“The thing that drives Hyland more than anything else is taking care of our customers,” said Bill Filion, vice president of software development for Hyland Software. “And a good number of them, including many of whom are also using MEDITECH, are already benefitting from KOM products. Our relationship with KOM has evolved over the past 10 years. This new agreement will allow us to take the already outstanding support we offer our mutual customers to another level.”

“This partnership will allow us work closer with Hyland than ever before,” said Kamel Shaath, chief technology officer for KOM Networks. “The tight integration of technologies will also allow us to quickly reach Hyland’s customer base, many of whom have already expressed interest in our products. KOMpliance will serve as a cost effective, highly efficient and broad data protection and retention solution that is a strong alternative to the more antiquated archive storage infrastructures.”

About KOM Networks
KOM Networks is the world leading provider of flexible, secure data archiving and storage management software. Over 10,000 of the world’s leading corporations have recognized KOM Networks as the most logical, unobtrusive and secure way to store access and protect their data. KOM is enabling enterprises, large and small, a cost effective way to improve productivity and meet compliance requirements without altering their network infrastructure or daily business routines. The industry pioneer holds vital industry patents for electronic file lifecycle management, virtual file management and eWorm fixed content hard disk archiving. For additional information about KOM Networks, please visit www.komnetworks.com.

About Hyland Software and OnBase
One of the largest independent software vendors in the world of enterprise content management (ECM), Hyland Software is the developer of OnBase. An award-winning suite of document management and content management solutions, OnBase has a proven record of solving problems resulting from time consuming, costly and error plagued manual tasks. And because business needs and circumstances change, Hyland offers customers a choice of deployment options – on-premises or as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) – and the ability to switch between them if necessary. Installing quickly and cost effectively, OnBase is designed to grow with organizations when they’re ready. Today, people at more than 8,200 organizations both large and small in 47 countries have the time to do the things that really add value thanks to OnBase. To learn more, visit www.OnBase.com.