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united arab emirates and united kingdom area served worldwide key people scott coons president and ceo 1 number of employees 900 worldwide 1 website www.perceptivesoftware.com perceptive software is a business unit of lexmark international that develops and markets enterprise content management ecm business process management bpm and document output management dom applications . 2 it has headquarters in lenexa kansas usa 3 contents 1 history 2 products 3 awards 4 community engagement 5 trivia 6 references 7 external links history edit the company was founded in 1988 as genesis software and initially produced accounts payable software applications . the name changed to perceptive vision in 1995 when the company s focus shifted to document management imaging and workflow and its flagship product imagenow . the company became perceptive software in 2004 and was acquired by lexmark international in 2010 for 280 million . 4 perceptive software is one of the top 10 providers of ecm software technology in the world . 5 in 2011 lexmark international purchased the netherlands based pallas athena in a cash transaction valued at approximately 50.2 million . 6 the dutch company became part of perceptive software . in march 2012 lexmark international acquired australia based isys search software for 32 million and u.s. based nolij corporation for 32 million . isys builds enterprise search solutions and nolij develops web based document imaging and workflow software . 7 in january 2013 lexmark acquired minnesota based acuo technologies for 45 million . acuo technologies develops medical imaging document management software . 8 in march 2013 lexmark announced acquisitions of accessvia and twistage for a combined purchase price of approximately 31.5 million . 9 in late august 2013 lexmark signed an agreement to acquire germany based saperion ag a leading developer and provider of enterprise content management ecm and business process management bpm software in europe for a cash purchase price of approximately 72 million . 10 in early october 2013 lexmark acquired pacsgear a leading provider of connectivity solutions for medical image management and electronic health records for a cash purchase price of approximately 54 million . pacsgear will report into perceptive software . 11 in november 2014 lexmark acquired the swedish company readsoft a leading provider in capture solution and especially in invoice processing fully integrated in sap . in march 2015 lexmark announced an agreement to acquire technically merge with kofax limited for approximately 1 billion us . kofax and perceptive will constitute a lexmark enterprise software unit but specific organizational details have not been announced . 12 13 perceptive software publishes the online magazine devoted to the coverage of news trends and solutions related to enterprise content management . products edit the product focus for perceptive software is enterprise content management ecm business process management bpm and document output management dom software technology and applications . core components of this software are document and records management document imaging enterprise information management eforms and records and information management rim . the company s business applications automate back office processes such as accounting and financials human resources contract management payroll legal and compliance . key industries currently using perceptive software s ecm applications include higher education 14 customer service 15 healthcare 16 government and financial services . 17 awards edit perceptive software has been named a computerworld honors laureate and president and ceo scott coons has received the ernst & young entrepreneur of the year award . the kansas city business journal honored perceptive software with its hall of champions award in 2010 . 18 employees voted it one of kansas city s best places to work in 2004 2005 2006 and 2007 . additionally the kansas city business journal named perceptive software a champion of business in 2010 . 19 community engagement edit perceptive software s community works program supports a mix of causes philanthropies and programs in which its employees are invested . the company s annual dodge ball tournament dodge for a cause benefits the kansas city chapter of the juvenile diabetes research foundation jdrf and has generated nearly 90 000 for diabetes research and programs . educating excellence a program developed in partnership with the university of kansas school of engineering recognizes outstanding kansas and kansas city area high school science technology engineering and math stem teachers . other organizations supported by perceptive software include the american red cross habitat for humanity cells for cells harvesters kansas city corporate challenge light the night old shawnee days rebuilding together shawnee run for mercy and treads and threads . trivia edit its global headquarters includes a slide between the second and first floors and a regulation dodgeball court . 20 references edit a b alyson raletz 3 february 2012 . apple co founder rolls into perceptive software on a segway . kansas city business journal . retrieved 3 february 2012 . histalk interviews scott coons president and ceo perceptive software . histalk . retrieved 17 june 2011 . ellen jensen 6 june 2010 . change and constancy perceptive software will have a new owner but the same old goal growth . kansas city business journal . retrieved 6 june 2010 . lexmark international buys perceptive software for 280m . kansas city business journal . 21 may 2010 . retrieved 21 may 2010 . alyson raletz 10 february 2012 . perceptive software s global growth brings local jobs . kansas city business journal . lexmark acquires pallas athena . pr newswire . retrieved 18 october 2011 . alyson raletz 19 march 2012 . perceptive software absorbs two more technology companies . kansas city business journal . retrieved 19 march 2012 . lexmark acquires acuo technologies jan 2 2013 . newsroom.lexmark.com . 2013 01 02 . retrieved 2013 04 22 . lexmark acquires twistage and accessvia . newsroom.lexmark.com . 2013 03 05 . retrieved 2013 09 21 . http newsroom.lexmark.com 2013 08 20 lexmark announces agreement to acquire saperion http newsroom.lexmark.com 2013 10 03 lexmark acquires pacsgear kaberline brian . perceptive software parent will buy kofax in 1b deal . american city business journals . retrieved 25 march 2015 . lexmark to acquire kofax . perceptive software . retrieved 25 march 2015 . sara stroud . end the paper less chase . campus technology . retrieved 1 january 2010 . ann mcclure . streamlining admissions opening the front door . university business . retrieved 1 august 2008 . suzanna stagemeyer 18 may 2008 . people power perceptive software finds key to happy clients hire right employees . kansas city business journal . retrieved 18 may 2008 . mark thompson . enterprise content management going paperless can save more than trees . retrieved 15 april 2010 . jonna lorenz 30 april 2010 . kansas city business journal s 2010 champions of business . kansas city business journal . retrieved 30 april 2010 . jonna lorenz 12 may 2011 . luncheon honors area s best businesses . kansas city business journal . retrieved 12 may 2011 . todd natenberg 10 february 2008 . perceptive s awareness delivers steady growth . kansas city business journal . retrieved 10 february 2008 . external links edit perceptive software official website browse perceptive software imagenow case studies perceptive software imagenow perceptive software learnmode technology perceptive software community works perceptive software educating excellence perceptive software incontext magazine perceptive software inspire 2012 perceptive software facebook perceptive software twitter perceptive software linkedin retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title perceptive software & oldid 701528344 categories companies 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