Partners

Burlington, N.J., November 25, 2008 – Canon Business Solutions., Inc., a subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. and leading provider of document imaging and office solutions, today announced that The Processors of Irwindale, Calif., has installed the Canon imagePRESS C7000VP digital press to support their need to provide quality short-run output to a growing list of clients.

“We were seeing an increasing number of short-run jobs that provided little to no profit after considering the time and expense required in setting up a press. The Canon C7000VP provided us with a more efficient and affordable option for us to handle those jobs without sacrificing quality,” said Mark Perone, Vice President, The Processors. 

LAWRENCE, MI (Laserfiche) Nov. 20, 2008—Laserfiche® today welcomed User Friendly Consulting, Inc. (UFC) as the latest authorized Value-Added Reseller (VAR) that will provide electronic document management solutions to customers in the Midwest and Texas.

“We want our clients to have all the options available for an enterprise solution that seamlessly integrates full-text retrieval, Web distribution, and workflow with all other software applications of existing IT environments,” said UFC CEO Andy Eberhard. “Laserfiche has a proven suite of products with a great track record, and offers ongoing training and support, which are needed to create a winning VAR.”

Burlington, N.J., November 20, 2008 – Canon Business Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. and leading provider of document imaging and office solutions, today announced that Printing & Publications of Langhorne, Pa., has installed the Canon imagePRESS C7000VP digital press to support their need to provide quality short-run output to a growing list of clients.

“The new Canon C7000VP provides us with added flexibility.  From a workflow standpoint, we will increase productivity by reducing operator time spent monitoring print consistency.  In addition, we can now produce in-line booklets and extend our output offerings to a variety of thicker substrates we could not handle with our existing equipment,” said Jerome Elion, President, Printing & Publications.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2008  -- Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today announced a strategic global alliance with HCL Technologies, a leading global IT services company. HCL will serve as a systems integrator for Xerox's managed print services offering - which helps companies control their office print environment to achieve continual cost savings and productivity gains.

"The partnership with HCL will open new opportunities for Xerox in this high-growth market while bringing sustainable business benefits to more customers worldwide," said Stephen Cronin, president, Xerox Global Services.

West Caldwell, NJ, November 6, 2008 – Lanier, a product brand of Ricoh Americas Corporation, today announced that Brooklyn-based dealer, TGI Office Automation, has been honored with the Chairman’s Award and Top B2C (business-to-consumer) Award at the 2008 ALLIANCE national sales conference. This is the second year in a row that TGI has received both prestigious awards. In addition, the dealership was named to the 2008 Elite Dealer list by Office Dealer Magazine, a leading publication for the office supply dealer industry.

MAHWAH, N.J., Nov 14, 2008  -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA) today announced it has once again expanded its direct regional sales operation with the opening of the newest Sharp Business Systems (SBS) branch in Greenville, SC. SIICA's SBS unit has purchased Greenville-based Kearns Business Solutions from The Pater Group, to serve the Upstate South Carolina market.

FAIRFIELD, N.J. – November 3, 2008 – Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world's leading document solutions companies, today announced that Advanced Imaging Solutions (AIS), one of its Premier Diamond Dealers, has been recognized in Inc. magazine's list of America's 5,000 fastest-growing companies for 2008.

Inc.’s annual award acknowledges the fastest-growing private companies in America with innovative and successful products that are in demand and highly influential in today’s marketplace. The Inc. 5000 companies are ranked according to the percentage of revenue growth from 2004 through 2007.

IRVINE, Calif. (Nov. 3, 2008) – Further growing its nationwide network of wholly owned subsidiary operations, Toshiba Business Solutions (TBS) today announced that it secured its 55^th organization through the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Indianapolis-based HPS Office Systems (HPS), a key market player in the upper Midwest. HPS will transition to join TBS-KY/IL, under the leadership of subsidiary president, John Applegate.

West Caldwell, NJ,   October 22, 2008 — Ricoh Americas Corporation, recognized globally for its environmental commitment, today announced the internal deployment of their software as a service (SaaS) document storage and management solution, DocumentMall with salesforce.com, the market leader in SaaS and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). Studies have shown that SaaS solutions such as DocumentMall for salesforce.com provide significant reductions in energy consumption by utilizing computing resources much more efficiently than traditional on-premise solutions.

IRVINE, Calif., (Oct. 21, 2008) – Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) today announced that Collins Distributing Company (CDC) of Memphis, Tenn. is now an authorized national distributor of Toshiba copiers, facsimiles and multifunction printing products (MFPs). For nearly 40 years, CDC has served dealers nationwide and has been an authorized Toshiba distributor in the Southeast since 1999, selling more than 1,500 Toshiba units annually. To help provide greater service coverage, CDC recently opened a new office supporting West Coast operations.