Systemware Achieves Department of Defense 5015.2 Certification for Record Management Solution

ADDISON, TX– October 28, 2008 -- Systemware, Inc. today announced that Systemware Records Management solution received the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) standard for Records Management (DoD 5015.2-STD V3 April 2007) certification. This certification confirms Systemware Records Manager’s ability to successfully meet a multitude of mandatory requirements such as implementing and managing file plans, handling multiple records disposition phases, declaring and filing records including email messages, managing metadata, supporting vital records, controlling security, and placing legal holds on records.

"Systemware Records Manager was specifically designed to meet the requirements of DoD 5015.2 which has become a de-facto standard for both government and commercial customers in the U.S", said Frankie Basso, Vice President Marketing for Systemware. "We are pleased our solution has passed the rigorous testing and certification process."

The 5015.2 standard defines the mandatory operational requirements that must be met by the records management application products acquired by the Department of Defense. The US DoD 5015.2 STD has become the accepted design criteria for electronic records management software applications for both public and private sector organizations. To receive the sought-after DoD certification, a product must comply with 147 rigorous mandatory requirements, provide the infrastructure for a corporate file plan that includes all forms of electronic and physical documents, and also provide a retention plan that incorporates both time- and event-driven disposition instructions.

Systemware Records Manager

Systemware Records Manager provides a comprehensive enterprise records management solution to streamline physical and electronic records-based activities by addressing the entire lifecycle of records from creation to disposition. This solution handles the retention, management, and retrieval of physical and electronic records in a consistent and integrated manner within one easy-to-use application. Systemware Records Manager works together with the entire Systemware ECM suite of products as well as manages records in multiple Systemware and other third party repositories.

Features of Systemware Records Manager include:

• Extensive activity logging and audit trails, essential to provide legal support of retention and destruction
• Easily integrates with Microsoft Office for MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as well as SharePoint for filing records
• Legal hold of designated records with protection from destruction until the hold is lifted
• Retention schedules can be time-based, event-based, or a combination of time and event-based

"Records management is a key element of complying with many regulatory requirements and legal mandates, such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and Fair Labor Standards Act," said Al Griffin, Product Manager for Systemware.