RICOH BEGINS DISTRIBUTION OF ECOPY DOCUMENT IMAGING AND DISTRIBUTION PRODUCTS
West Caldwell, NJ , October 25, 2005 — Ricoh Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced that it will begin distributing products made by eCopy, Inc., a leading provider of solutions that integrate paper documents into enterprise software applications, to its direct sales branches and to Savin and Gestetner dealers in the United States, Canada, and Latin America.
In order to prepare for distribution, Ricoh will provide technical training and marketing support for eCopy products across its network. Ricoh will be distributing the entire suite of eCopy products, including eCopy ScanStation OP™, eCopy Desktop™, and eCopy Connectors. Additionally, Ricoh independent dealers can sell eCopy products by sourcing them directly from eCopy.
“eCopy makes scanning and incorporating documents from Ricoh digital copiers into enterprise applications a simple, streamlined process,” said Wayne Mize, Vice President, Solutions Marketing at Ricoh Corporation. “Ricoh is pleased to offer customers the option to include eCopy software with our products. The joint solution provides an exceptional method for ad hoc scanning of documents into electronic work processes that are critical to businesses around the world.”
eCopy ScanStation OP provides an ergonomically designed touch screen, keyboard and PC that attach easily to Ricoh digital copiers so organizations can add hardcopy documents into business processes, such as document management, e-mail, financials, human resources, reporting, administration, and customer management. ScanStation OP includes ShareScan™ OP, eCopy’s easy to use and highly customizable document imaging and distribution software.
Providing a complete set of software tools, including annotation, stamps, and optical character recognition (OCR), eCopy Desktop enables end-users to work with and distribute scanned documents from their PCs as part of electronic workflows. eCopy Connectors enable users to incorporate documents directly from ScanStation OP into more than 45 enterprise applications, including EMC Documentum Content Server, Interwoven WorkSite, Captaris RightFax, and Microsoft Outlook/Exchange.
“Businesses and government organizations recognize there is a fundamental change taking place in how they incorporate paper documents into electronic workflows. No longer does document scanning require specialized staff and equipment that can cause bottlenecks and delays in the flow of business,” said Edward Schmid, president and CEO of eCopy. “As a result, the copier has become a critical entry point in IT infrastructures designed for managing the complete document lifecycle.”
About eCopy, Inc. eCopy, Inc. is an innovative provider of open and flexible solutions that rapidly integrate paper-based information into existing business processes and applications. Numerous industries, including legal, healthcare, and financial services, use eCopy to easily access, modify, distribute, and share information to add value to their business. eCopy customers include General Motors, Clifford Chance, Siemens, Cisco Systems, SAAB, and Sony Corporation. eCopy, Inc. is a global company headquartered in the United States, with a subsidiary in Japan, offices in England, Germany, France, Scandinavia, and Australia as well as sales operations in Mexico, Canada, Latin America, Singapore, and New Zealand. For more information, visit http://www.ecopy.com.
About Ricoh Corporation Ricoh Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 69-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2004 sales in excess of $17 billion, a 1.9 percent increase over the previous year.
Ricoh Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions. Ricoh’s fully integrated hardware and software products help businesses share information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the input, management and output of documents. Ricoh’s line of document management devices include, color and black & white digital imaging systems, facsimile products, printers, scanners, digital duplicators and wide format engineering systems. Additionally, Ricoh offers a wide variety of document and printing solutions directly and through strategic alliances enhancing office productivity and document workflow. Ricoh’s document management software enhances workgroup collaboration and offers secure storage, retrieval and sharing of critical information.
Ricoh Corporation directly or through its subsidiaries markets and distributes products in North, Central and South America. For fiscal year 2004, Ricoh Corporation sales exceeded $2.9 billion, an increase of 6.9 percent over the previous year.
Information about Ricoh's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.ricoh-usa.com.
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