PLEASANTON, Calif., July 31, 2008  -- Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today announced a new, easy-to-use document scanner that help users be more productive by scanning, e-mailing and copying their documents at the touch of a single button.

The Xerox DocuMate™ 162 color document scanner scans up to 50 images per minute (ipm) in duplex mode and includes a 50-page automatic document feeder that handles everything from business cards and checks to legal size documents. And it includes Visioneer OneTouch® scanning technology with advanced TWAIN and certified ISIS drivers that will enable communication with hundreds of enterprise content management (ECM) and document image management (DIM) software solutions.

From ScanGuru

What should a Law Firm look for in a scanning application?

Here are some suggestions:

Barcode Separator Functionality - Separator pages allow the user to insert a specially coded page between documents in a stack. Once scanned, the software uses these pages to determine when a document begins and ends. This allows the scanning of many documents at once, rather than scanning one at a time. There is also the notion of "intelligent separators" which allow you to encode data on the separator page, such as case, matter, attorney, etc.

Image Enhancement - These tools will automatically adjust contrast and brightness, remove problematic colors, remove speckles, and thicken fonts. If you want the highest quality image, with the least amount of scanning operator intervention, this is a key component to any scanning system.

NEW YORK, N.Y. (July 30, 2008) - The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ) has selected Océ Business Services to provide global document process outsourcing services to support Hertz’s efficiency improvement and reengineering initiatives.
"Our ongoing commitment is to be the lowest cost, highest quality and most customer-focused company," said Mark P. Frissora, Hertz’s chairman and chief executive officer. "We have selected Océ Business Services as the best means to help us improve efficiency, quality, and service worldwide."

Calgary, Alberta - July 30, 2008 - Over the last nine years, Print Audit has established a pattern of rapid growth, constant improvement, and seized opportunities - with the company's revenue growing 87 percent just in the last year. The print management company continues its pattern of growth and development this week, with the opening of a new and improved office in Sydney, Australia. The office will be the regional headquarters for both Print Audit ANZ and Print Audit South East Asia and the Director of Operations will be Barry Mortimer.

by Corey Smith

When it comes to making decisions on moving to an electronic content management system in your business, who is the person most responsible for making that decision?

In the Records Management Report from AIIM last year, I found a very interesting chart.

Let me ask this... Why would the records of a business be an IT decision? What does IT have to do with records management?

BELLVUE, Wash., July 29, 2008– There is movement afoot - a groundswell of office workers are now sharing, collaborating and streamlining everyday business interactions.  Their platform of choice is Microsoft SharePoint, which today has logged in over 17,000 user companies and exceeded $1 billion in sales.  Put another way, more than 100 million users are tapping the benefits of a collaborative work environment.

In an age of social networking where the keyboard and the mouse are the gateway to information, sharing and connecting, it is no wonder that SharePoint has been embraced with such fervor.  Work can be organized and processed efficiently and co-workers, managers and other stakeholders have access to what they need when they need it.

FAIRFIELD, N.J., July 29, 2008 ― Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world's leading document solutions companies, today announced the promotion of Akisa Matsuda to the position of Director, Software Solutions. In this role, Ms. Matsuda will be responsible for leading Kyocera Mita America’s Software Solutions Group, and expanding the availability of integrated, embedded and customized software offerings.

Under Ms. Matsuda’s leadership, the group will work closely with Kyocera Mita Corporation’s Software Marketing and Research & Development teams, as well as with third-party software vendors and business partners to develop customized software offerings that will help dealers evolve their sales models from stand-alone to digitally connected installations.

MAHWAH, NJ, July 28, 2008 -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA) today announced it has received the 2008 BERTL’s BEST Award for Best Digital Imaging Product Line. In choosing Sharp for this award, BERTL analysts acknowledged the consistency across the Sharp product line and the wide variety of applications supported by Sharp OSA technology™ as features that set Sharp apart from its competitors and provide true value-add to end users.

“We are honored that BERTL recognized Sharp with its highest accolade for our powerful and versatile line of MFPs,” said Ed McLaughlin, president, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America. “More importantly, BERTL recognized our full range of digital imaging solutions as a total end-to-end line that can meet any business need. We continue to develop and innovate within our digital imaging line to ensure that Sharp customers always have a solution that best meets their needs.”

MAHWAH, NJ, July 28, 2008 -- By opening the MFP to a virtually unlimited number of customization options, Sharp OSA™ technology has been recognized with the 2008 BERTL’s BEST award for Best Development Platform. Having led the way for multifunctional peripheral (MFP) solutions, Sharp OSA technology enables any dealer to create a truly customized interface that transforms the MFP into a gateway for document-based business communication.

“With the Sharp OSA platform, dealers can provide uniquely customized applications that meet a customer’s needs and, more importantly, give them an advantage in the marketplace,” said Vince Jannelli, Associate Director, Applications and Partners, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America. “Essentially it enables our dealers to move from a commodity business to a ‘value’ business by solving each customer’s specific document pain points.”