Future-Proof Your Document Technologies

Software vendors face a growing dilemma: delivering the advanced document features clients demand, without diverting resources from core development. These features can make or break a company’s market position.

Even if your team excels at developing your core application functionality, too many extra tasks can push them over the edge. Building robust document handling capabilities in-house drains resources. It also extends development timelines and pulls teams away from what they do best.

This is one of the challenges Accusoft’s PrizmDoc can help solve. PrizmDoc gives ISVs a powerful suite of document technologies that seamlessly integrate into their existing applications. You can speed up your development cycle while offering sophisticated, in-demand document features, including enterprise-grade document viewing, manipulation, and processing capabilities.

Let’s explore how ISVs use PrizmDoc to meet client expectations and stand out in their markets.

Why ISVs Lag Behind on Document Technologies

The race toward digital transformation has changed what clients expect from their software solutions. Modern users want seamless experiences that mirror the applications they use every day, but with the ability to handle complex enterprise needs.

For ISVs, this shift is problematic. Clients across industries, from legal to financial services, are drowning in documents. Fifty-two percent of organizations have three or more document management systems, which often lead to information silos. They’re scanning decades of paper records, managing compliance-sensitive files, and trying to extract meaningful data from unstructured content. And they expect your software to handle it all.

These are just a few of the features on client wish lists:

Secure document viewing that works across devices without downloading files
Annotation capabilities that maintain version integrity
Automated redaction that protects sensitive information
OCR that transforms scanned documents into searchable text
Document comparison that highlights critical differences
Electronic signature workflows that stand up to regulatory scrutiny

Building any one of these capabilities might take months. But building all of them? That could derail your product roadmap for years.

The true cost extends beyond development hours. You also have to factor in ongoing maintenance, security updates, format compatibility changes, and the opportunity cost of features you couldn’t build while focusing on document handling.

Meanwhile, your competitors won’t stand still. Those who can quickly deliver these document capabilities gain a significant edge in sales conversions and client retention. Seventy-seven percent of businesses are scaling and accelerating their adoption of document management software and digital technologies. They deem this evolution critical for improving process efficiency and increasing profits.

It’s not a question of whether enterprise content management (ECM) applications need these technologies. It’s about how ISVs can bring them to life without compromising product quality or stretching resources too thin.

Why PrizmDoc is Essential to Your Document Management Strategy

PrizmDoc is a comprehensive document processing toolkit designed to work hand-in-hand with ISV applications. It offers a flexible suite of technologies you can implement individually or as a complete solution depending on your needs.

Translation: You don’t have to sacrifice the quality of your core product functionality or make your teams bend over backward to build the latest document technologies into your application.

At its core, PrizmDoc provides enterprise-grade document viewing capabilities that work across browsers and devices. The HTML5-based viewer handles more than 100 file formats—PDF, Microsoft Office documents, CAD files, images, and more. End-users don’t have to download files or install plugins. This zero-footprint approach improves security while giving users a consistent experience across platforms.

What truly sets PrizmDoc apart is its AI-powered document intelligence. The platform uses artificial intelligence to transform how clients interact with documents in your application:

Auto summarization: Extract large volumes of documents into concise, accurate summaries to quickly identify key information
Auto tagging and classification: Categorize documents accurately and consistently for efficient search and retrieval
Document Q&A: Enable users to quickly and easily find relevant documents by asking questions in natural language
PII detection and redaction: Safeguard sensitive data and ensure compliance by automatically identifying and redacting Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

Beyond basic viewing, PrizmDoc delivers advanced document manipulation features:

Annotation and collaboration tools for marking up documents with text, shapes, highlights, and comments
Redaction capabilities for permanently removing sensitive information from documents and staying compliant with regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA
Document comparison that quickly identifies differences between versions of Word documents
OCR technology that converts scanned documents into searchable, editable text
Content conversion between formats while preserving document fidelity

PrizmDoc’s technical integration is straightforward, with REST APIs that work with any development language. Whether you’re building with .NET, Java, PHP, Ruby, or JavaScript frameworks, PrizmDoc offers robust APIs and documentation to accelerate implementation.

Deployment flexibility is another key advantage. You can deploy PrizmDoc in the cloud (with Accusoft hosting the backend processing), on-premises (for organizations with strict data sovereignty requirements), or in private cloud configurations. This adaptability ensures you can meet varying client security and compliance needs without maintaining multiple codebases.

Most importantly, you can embed PrizmDoc within your application. This gives you the ability to provide powerful document capabilities that appear native to your solution, while maintaining your branding and user experience.

How PrizmDoc Gives ISVs an Edge

Integrating PrizmDoc gives ISVs an immediate leg up on their competitors. By embedding these document technologies, you’ll slash the time it takes to bring new features to market. This means you can respond to demands faster than your competitors while freeing up resources for core product innovations.

PrizmDoc also eliminates the upfront investment in viewing and processing functionality, as well as the ongoing maintenance costs associated with it. You gain enterprise-grade document capabilities without exhausting your development team or expertise.

Security and compliance concerns are addressed through PrizmDoc’s continuous updates. This built-in compliance readiness can be a huge selling point for security-conscious clients.

Real-World PrizmDoc Applications

Providing Critical Viewing and Collaboration Functionality for IBM

IBM’s FileNet and ECM products provided built-in viewing capabilities. But the viewer was only one component of a much larger file management solution.

Accusoft’s PrizmDoc for Java was the first HTML5 document viewer compatible with IBM’s content and product family. One of the main issues with many viewing integrations is that they force users to open separate windows or other applications to view and manipulate documents. Since PrizmDoc is embedded directly in the IBM interface, users never have to leave the environment to view a document.

IBM users can now access, view, collaborate, or share content between any department across any enterprise.

Enhancing Legal Document Processing During eDiscovery

Cornerstone Discovery wanted a comprehensive document viewer that offered the features they needed without extensive development time. One key requirement was having a solution that easily integrated and worked on most major browsers. They needed an eDiscovery solution that would be easy for large law firms to use without major IT issues.

Cornerstone Discovery uses PrizmDoc as a near-native viewer in Junto. By integrating PrizmDoc into their initial eDiscovery application instead of developing their own viewer, the company saved at least 6 to 8 months of development time. The redaction feature alone saved 2 to 3 more months for development. As eDiscovery evolves, PrizmDoc continues to provide vital new features.

Document Power without Development Overhead

Strategic technology partnerships deliver more value than building everything in house. With PrizmDoc, you get the perfect balance—sophisticated document capabilities that integrate seamlessly into your application without monopolizing your team’s time.

By embedding PrizmDoc’s document technologies, you expand your offerings while maintaining your unique value proposition. Your clients get advanced document features, and you gain a competitive edge without the resource drain.

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Future-Proof Your Document Technologies with PrizmDoc