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Xerox Creates Calculator That Measures Environmental Efficiency; First in the Industry to Answer "How Green is Your Office?"

NORWALK, Conn., March 25, 2008  -- Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today unveiled the industry's first Sustainability Calculator designed to help customers pinpoint opportunities to reduce their environmental impact while reducing costs. The new proprietary software tool measures the overall impact a company's document technologies have on the environment.

The Sustainability Calculator is the newest assessment tool available through Xerox Office Services. It evaluates the current office environment of printers, copiers and multifunction devices and then measures environmental benefits that could be achieved in terms of energy and paper use, solid waste, water, air and greenhouse gas emissions. This tool provides customers the first fact-based measurement of their environmental footprint.


Ricoh Continues Fifth Season of Advertising with Major League Baseball

West Caldwell, NJ,   March 24, 2008 — Ricoh Americas Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced that for the fifth consecutive year it will maintain a strong advertising presence in the pre-, post- and in game broadcasts of Major League Baseball (MLB) throughout the entire 2008 season. Ricoh is the sponsor of the broadcasts of Major League Baseball games on FOX Sports Net, the YES Network SportsNet NY and other regional sports networks representing 25 teams in 22 markets.

To build on the momentum Ricoh gained last year, it is continuing with the “I am Your Idea” campaign, which ties into Ricoh’s dependability strategy as well as the overall theme of moving customer ideas forward. The campaign will include 30-second spots that highlight Ricoh’s overall line of high-quality and reliable products and solutions, including its award-winning color products and line of printers, copiers and multifunction products (MFPs). “We are pleased to continue the ‘I am Your Idea’ advertising strategy as we believe the messages introduced in this campaign of reliability and effective business solutions, truly resonate with our customers,” said Kirk Yoshida, chairman & CEO, Ricoh Americas Corporation. “We are excited to be sending our message to Major League Baseball fans for the fifth consecutive year and are confident that our message will continue to be seen by millions of baseball fans in 2008.”


AIIM Board of Directors Welcomes DocuWare Corporation President as New Member

Newburgh, NY – March 24, 2008 – DocuWare Corporation, a leader in the integrated document management industry, is pleased to announce that Greg Schloemer, President of DocuWare Corporation, was elected to the AIIM Board of Directors.

Six new members were elected to AIIM’s Board of Directors, a two year commitment, at the Annual Business Meeting held on Thursday, March 6, 2008 at the Boston Convention Center.


Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. Partners with Rochester Software Associates, Inc. to Officer Enterprise Class Production Printing

IRVINE, Calif., (March 20, 2008) – Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) today announced a strategic partnership with Rochester Software Associates Inc. (RSA) to provide RSA’s complete Production Workflow Solution with Toshiba’s e-STUDIO™ family of multifunction products (MFP).  For the first time, Toshiba’s dealers can provide new and existing customers with a unified workflow from Toshiba e-STUDIOTM workgroup MFPs to the production print center.  This complete turn-key solution is ideal for the education and enterprise market and offers production print solutions for developing, customizing and supporting job submission, including the award-winning web-to-print component, WebCRD™. 

"The addition of Rochester Software Associates’ Enterprise Workflow System to Toshiba’s solutions portfolio allows us to offer a new level of production-focused productivity, scalability and serviceability to our customers,” said Joseph Contreras, director, Product and Solutions Marketing, TABS.  “Toshiba’s value-added solutions strategy focuses on providing our dealer channel with industry leading tools to enable them to meet the changing dynamics of the industry and their customers.”


ABBYY Selected for ECM Connection 2008 ACE Award

FREMONT, Calif., March 19, 2008 – ABBYY USA, a leading provider of recognition, data capture and linguistic technologies, today announced it has received top honors in the Compliance category of the 2008 ECM Connection ACE Awards. The ACE awards are designed to honor companies for their noteworthy achievements in the promotion of and education about enterprise content management (ECM) technologies, in the categories of Banking/Finance, Compliance, Government, Healthcare, High-Volume Scanning and Low-Volume Scanning.

“With the criteria based on Appeal, Content and Education, the 2008 ECM Connection ACE Awards were judged by a panel of industry analysts and editors and voted on by the readers of ECM Connection,” said Wes Palmer, web editor at ECM Connection. “These awards are designed to honor companies that are making extra efforts to promote the education and adoption of enterprise content management technologies within specific markets beyond their overall horizontal offerings.”


Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. Partners with Computer Products of America Inc. to Offer Line of Stand-Alone Scanners

IRVINE, Calif., (March 19, 2008) – Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) today announced that it has entered a strategic alliance with Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc, a market leader in document imaging scanners and services, to offer Fujitsu’s award-winning line of small-footprint, high-speed scanning products through authorized Toshiba dealers.  Incorporating Fujitsu’s best-in-class document capturing hardware with TABS’ robust line of document imaging products and solutions further positions TABS as a complete one-stop document management resource for its business customers.  

“Pairing up with Fujitsu allows us to be even more flexible in meeting the business scanning needs of our customers, and offering another well-designed and trusted brand ensures we maintain our quality and standards,” said Joseph Contreras, director, Product and Solutions Marketing, TABS.  “There are times when businesses need additional image capturing options, yet do not have the space or need for an additional MFP.  By leveraging Fujitsu’s extensive scanner line, Toshiba dealers can now address those specific needs within their product catalogue, and have full confidence that they can meet any customer’s special scanning needs.”


Prosit Print Solutions Expands Digital Printing Capabilities with Canon’s New Color Digital Press

Burlington, N.J., March 19, 2008 – Canon Business Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. and leading provider of document imaging and office solutions, today announced that Prosit Print Solutions has selected the Canon imagePRESS C7000VP digital color production press to make its short-run digital printing more efficient and provide the ability to tap new revenue opportunities through expanded services. The imagePRESS C7000VP will also enable Prosit to extend variable data printing (VDP) solutions to the direct mail market and specialized printing for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors.

Installed at its new headquarters facility in Broomall, Pa., Prosit looked to Canon’s imagePRESS C7000VP to help improve its existing short-run printing system, especially as the digital color production press offers fast speeds and a robust engine at a competitive price. With customized print materials in high demand, a digital solution with an offset-like quality output was a high priority for Prosit.


Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. Honors a Record 87 National and International Dealers with the 2008 ProMasters Service Award

IRVINE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Mar. 19, 2008 Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) proudly announces the recipients of its annual ProMasters Service Award and Top Achievement Award, recognizing technical support and customer service excellence among its network of office equipment dealers during the 2008 Toshiba National Dealer Meeting. The ProMasters Program, along with its Service Award, were developed by TABS in 1992 to consistently ensure the highest standard of technical expertise and customer service in the industry for both independent and company-owned dealers.

"At Toshiba, we fundamentally expect our dealers to deliver superior levels of customer satisfaction, and the ProMasters Program provides us the opportunity to publicly recognize and celebrate these successes," said George Colborn, vice president, Service, TABS. "Toshiba maintains that outstanding customer service yields a superior customer experience - and the fact that the number of ProMasters Award recipients keeps increasing means the number of well-served Toshiba customers grows as well."


Print Audit Appoints New Sales Manager

Calgary, Alberta - March 19, 2008 - Print Audit, the leading print management software developer, is pleased to announce that Karl Morrey has joined Print Audit as the new Sales Manager.

Karl Morrey has over 19 years of experience in sales, management and customer service. Prior to joining Print Audit, Mr. Morrey worked as the Operations Manager for a large retail services company. There he was responsible for the Western Canada division of sales and operations, and helped the company achieve a sales growth of 25 percent over an 18 month period. Karl also assisted in the integration of two companies after the organization acquired a large competitor. 


U.S. Wealth Management Leads Small Industry Firms By Employing Laserfiche® Electronic Document Management Solution

Braintree, MA – March 18, 2008 – U.S. Wealth Management, LLC, a firm specializing in providing wealth management programs through professional firm affiliates, has taken a leading edge in the industry in choosing the Laserfiche® electronic document management solution as part of a straight-through processing (STP) system designed to streamline operations, reduce expenses and increase profitability for the firm and its professionals.

John P. Napolitano, CFP®, PFS, MST, CEO of U.S. Wealth Management, said this state-of-the-art technology positions the firm as a leader among the smaller to mid-sized wealth management broker-dealers. Immediate benefits to affiliates include a secure platform, conversion from paper to electronic documents, electronic signatures, and greater ease with which to transact business.


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