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Microsoft SharePoint's open source clone, MindTouch, is integrating its platform with Fujitsu's ScanSnap family of scanners to help clients upload, store and share business documents on the web. The companies say that through this partnership, they have removed one of the biggest adoption barriers to scanning. The scanned images can be accessed by different team members in an enterprise who will be able to edit the piece within a MindTouch page irrespective of physical location. Complete IT governance and security is maintained during the process which eliminates cumbersome procedures like sending faxes or making physical copies.

MindTouch has been carving a niche for itself in enterprise collaboration market that is a necessity in today's business environment comprising of geographically dispersed teams and complex outsourced structures requiring cross platform interoperability. The company launched its product into collaboration cloud last year and has been trying to differentiate itself from similar Google and Microsoft services by presenting itself as more of a business platform provider than a technology one. It says its collaboration platform is much more than just traditional document and spreadsheet sharing and helps connect deeper business-critical data that even non-technical business users can deploy to quickly automate reports or build applications.