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RICOH CORPORATION SELECTED FOR INFORMATIONWEEK 500
West Caldwell, NJ, October 10, 2005 – InformationWeek Magazine has selected Ricoh Corporation to its InformationWeek 500, a prestigious listing of the most innovative users of information technology in the United States. Ricoh is ranked number 32 - a testament to the company’s IT executives who are improving processes, increasing efficiencies and aligning more closely with business goals. In this way, Ricoh is reaching out to customers and measuring IT effectiveness, building top-quality tech teams, and embracing innovation.
For 17 years, the InformationWeek 500 has tracked organizations' IT agendas, providing a unique opportunity to understand and examine their business practices across core areas of technology operations. Companies named to this list demonstrate a pattern of technological and organizational innovation. Unique among corporate rankings, the InformationWeek 500 spotlights innovation in business technology, rather than simply identifying the biggest spenders.
“Making this esteemed list is an illustration of Ricoh’s unwavering commitment to innovation and developing new technologies that help businesses manage and share information,” said Sean Magee, vice president of Information Technology for Ricoh Corporation. “Using new and innovative technology helps Ricoh work more efficiently in getting both hardware and software products to our customers and to provide timely service to them, so they do not experience lengthy downtime. Ricoh’s IT investments will help the company to grow and service our customers now and in the future.”
The InformationWeek 500 is the most detailed source of industry-specific IT budget data. The research project gathered in-depth information directly from companies about how they approach and prioritize their IT investments. Companies were identified and ranked following an extensive online and phone study.
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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