Leading CPA Firm Deploys Documentum ApplicationXtender to Maximize Value of
Its Business-Critical Content
HOPKINTON, Mass., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation, the world
leader in information storage and management, today announced that Hutchinson
and Bloodgood LLP (H&B) has selected EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender(R) to
centrally manage critical client tax, audit, and accounting information more
efficiently and cost-effectively. H&B, a leading Certified Public Accounting
and Consulting firm serving Los Angeles, San Diego, El Centro, Watsonville and
Santa Cruz, California, for more than eighty-two years, worked with Ricoh
Business Systems, an EMC valued-added partner, to purchase and implement this
best-in-class content management suite for fixed content.
Documentum ApplicationXtender, an "electronic file cabinet" for fixed
content images, electronic files, reports and other business-related content.
Optimized for Windows/.NET environments, Documentum ApplicationXtender is an
integrated suite of document imaging, content management, computer output to
laser disk (COLD) report management and workflow services, ideally suited for
mid-market organizations, such as H&B. With operations in five offices, H&B
was looking to centralize the management of its tax, audit, and accounting
content. After a thorough evaluation of solutions, H&B chose Documentum
ApplicationXtender.
William Hanson, IT Manager for H&B, said, "The comprehensive EMC solution
we are deploying enables Hutchinson and Bloodgood to pursue a paperless
environment with better control and management of our information. We feel
EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender will create a more efficient and profitable
environment for our professions; resulting in improved client service. In
addition to features and functionality, we wanted a solution from a strong,
viable company. EMC's enterprise suite of software applications and hardware
products made our decision an easy one. Moreover, working with Ricoh Business
Systems, we designed and implemented an ideal solution for the accounting
industry."
H&B's information management infrastructure combines the Documentum
ApplicationXtender document and image management suite with EMC
DiskXtender(R), a policy-based, filesystem-centric solution for Windows.
Using DiskXtender, H&B can enforce permission-based access to content,
ensuring sensitive financial information is safely protected. DiskXtender's
policy engine moves infrequently-accessed content to secondary storage devices
to optimize costs and maximize efficiencies. With the EMC CLARiiON(R) storage
platform, H&B has a best-in-class networked storage system for all of its
images, tax, audit, and accounting files and related content.
About Hutchinson and Bloodgood LLP
Hutchinson and Bloodgood LLP has a reputation of providing quality service
for over eighty-two years. Its success is due to a pro-active client service
philosophy that provides continuous personal service to each client in the
areas of management advisory, technology consulting services, business
valuations, auditing, accounting and taxation. Hutchinson and Bloodgood LLP
originated in Glendale, California and has grown to five offices with eighteen
partners and a professional staff of over one hundred individuals. For more
information about Hutchinson and Bloodgood LLP visit their website at
http://www.hbllp.com.
About Ricoh Business Systems
Ricoh Business Systems, Southern California is wholly owned by Ricoh
Corporation, part of the $16 billion global giant Ricoh Company Limited.
Ricoh Corporation, a 41 year-old U.S. company with headquarters in West
Caldwell, New Jersey, is a diversified office automation equipment and
electronics provider with sales in excess of 2.8 billion annually. Ricoh is a
leading provider of digital office equipment, including color and black &
white multifunctional products consisting of copiers, printers, facsimile
systems, scanners, digital duplicators, wide format copiers, and digital
cameras. In addition to its document management and output capabilities Ricoh
is widely recognized as a world leader in image communication. For more
information about Ricoh Business Systems, visit their website at
http://www.ricoh-socal.com or call 714 891-9397 x2075
About EMC
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world leader in products, services and
solutions for information storage and management that help organizations
extract the maximum value from their information, at the lowest total cost,
across every point in the information lifecycle. Information about EMC's
products and services can be found at http://www.emc.com.
EMC is a registered trademark of EMC Corporation. All other trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.
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