Columbus

Overview

The Columbus suite orchestrates the creation, capture, security, storage and delivery of documents and data, connecting people and processes with the information they need, and providing business intelligence for more informed decision making.

Columbus enterprise information management solutions aim to keep users in control in the face of exponential data growth and increasing concerns about data privacy, security and governance. Columbus enables and simplifies regulatory compliance, personalized customer communications, legacy application decommissioning and digital process improvement.

Each component of the Columbus suite can be deployed as a standalone solution or as part of a comprehensive enterprise information management platform. To help organizations meet compliance requirements, Columbus conforms with global regulatory standards for document management, data protection and data retention.

The Columbus suite

Columbus Central: digital process orchestration

Columbus Central drives business-critical communication workflows and manages multi-channel delivery at scale. Much like the conductor in an orchestra, Columbus Central guides the flow of interactions between multiple systems and channels, directing every step in the communication process to get the right information to the right place at the right time.

Columbus DoXite: intelligent document composition

Columbus DoXite is an enterprise-scale document composition system that enables you to create high-volume personalized communications in digital and printed formats, using dynamic graphical content and messaging. The system transforms raw data from your business applications – or existing formatted documents – into stunning personalized communications that get your brand noticed.

Columbus DW: enterprise content management

Columbus DW is used to organize and share business information from across the enterprise while meeting data protection and retention requirements. Diverse content from across the enterprise - everything from documents, data records and images to voice recordings, chat logs and video - can be pooled and accessed through multiple channels for employee and customer self-service.

Columbus OM: enterprise output management

Columbus OM is an enterprise output management (OM) system, designed to deliver documents reliably and securely from any application, on any technology platform, to any networked printer. Disruptions to printing can bring businesses to a standstill. Columbus OM manages all printing throughout your organization from a single point of control, for early detection and prevention of output problems.

Columbus Z: output management on IBM zSystems

Columbus Z enables optimal use of enterprise printer hardware by allowing users to route mainframe output to any device. Non-mainframe applications can make use of high-speed mainframe-attached printers, and vice versa: documents can be transferred from the mainframe to low-cost PCL printers. This approach minimizes the need for investment in new printer hardware.