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The article reports on how content-addressed storage (CAS) systems can help information technology managers bring their organizations into compliance with regulatory mandates. CAS is an intelligent repository used to store and preserve compliance-sensitive documents such as medical records, blueprints, invoices and e-mail messages. Each piece of data that is fed into CAS are being stored using identifiers, which ensures that sensitive business content is not altered and that the paper trail is preserved within the context of a paperless environment. It also has the ability to perform high-speed searches through the repository.

The article reports that Bea Systems Inc. has launched the AquaLogic Interaction Process computer software in the U.S. The updated tool allows multiple people to use and manage documents and project information through portals. Red Bank vice president of software development Andrew Reid plans to use the updated Bea tool to automate the paper-based-processes for granting user access to restricted applications and data. The new tool will create the company electronic records. It also allows business analysts to model and design a business process and to designate the roles for participants.