The document processing business of Graphic Data UK Ltd has been acquired by MailSource UK Ltd with effect from 1st April 2008.

MailSource UK is a subsidiary company of the Swiss Post and a well established and regarded supplier of innovative, technology driven solutions for outsourced digital mailroom management and document management services. ■ www.mailsource.co.uk

Gateshead Council has deployed Solcara’s Communications Centre software within its media operations. The software package allows organisations of any size to co-ordinate, manage and benefit from easy control of news and information.

Gateshead joins the growing number of local government offices using Communications Centre to help manage media relations. The key benefits of the package are that it greatly helps Communications teams to measure the success of campaigns for public perception and positive media coverage.

Solcara Communications Centre provides the team with one area in which all their vital information is easily accessible for sharing, distribution and evaluation, producing a faster, more efficient press office. The Gateshead team also use PR Newswire’s Media Atlas service and Communications Centre allows this service to link directly into the contact management module, allowing them to import and manage contacts automatically, seamlessly combining these vital press office tools. ■
www.solcara.com

[I bet he has waited for years to use that headline! Ed.]

Fortify® Software, the market leader in enterprise application security, announced today its newest product, Fortify 360. Fortify 360 is a suite of integrated solutions for identifying, prioritizing and fixing security vulnerabilities in software while managing the business of ensuring application security. The cornerstone of Fortify’s recently announced Business Software Assurance framework, Fortify 360 executes on the company’s holistic approach to protecting corporate assets and preventing catastrophic data loss by focusing on the most vulnerable area in the enterprise – the software applications that automate critical business processes.

The first solution set of its kind, Fortify 360 uses patented capabilities to precisely identify the location of deadly vulnerabilities at every phase of development through production. Once identified, Fortify 360 provides the means to manage the complex process of repairing the numerous problems that are usually uncovered, as well as a centralized dashboard for effective management and reporting. ■
www.fortify.com

Anacomp® Inc., a leading business process solutions company, today unveiled a new, “One Anacomp” branding platform and strategy to the marketplace. One that unites and rationalizes its solutions and services assets under a single branded entity, and adds higher-value, transaction-oriented document capture and business process management (BPM) solutions on top of its legacy hosted image repository.
The announcement is timed with the company’s 40th birthday, which it celebrates this year.
New branding assets include a new corporate logo which includes an attached tagline of, “Powered by technology. Perfected by people.” to reflect Anacomp’s world-class docHarbor® on-demand business process platform which is built on the company’s global data centers, proven processes and robust security and availability features, as well as Anacomp’s renowned legacy of dedicated personal service to its loyal customer base.
The company has also launched a completely redesigned website. The site is designed for the company’s more than 5,000 customers, as well as prospects, partners, analysts, media and employees to quickly locate information pertinent to them. www.anacomp.co.uk ■

Eastman Kodak Company today announced that Arrow Imaging Limited, a Tamworth (UK) based service bureau, has purchased three high performance i1860 production scanners to process an ever increasing amount of client documentation and add capacity for future growth. Capturing up to 200 pages per minute, the i1860s installed are the fastest production scanners ever made by Kodak.
 

Kodak i1860

Arrow Imaging specialises in offering a range of bespoke document management services from physical storage, document collection and disposal to higher value scanning, archiving, hosting and software solutions. An accredited Invu document management software partner providing sales, implementation and training services, it is British Standard ISO 14001/1996 and ISO 9001/2000 accredited.
Founded in 1981, the company employs over 70 staff and has over 400 clients in numerous vertical markets where paper management is crucial such as aerospace, manufacturing, construction, energy, financial services and healthcare. Key customers include among others Dunlop, Bostik, George Wimpey, Balfour Beatty, Daimler Chrysler, Derbyshire Building Society, E.ON, West Midlands Ambulance Service and Seven Trent Laboratories.
www.arrow-imaging.co.uk
www.kodak.com ■

UK companies have become increasingly aware of the need to have information security policies in place, with seven out of eight large businesses now claiming to have one. However, the high priority given to information security by companies does not necessarily translate into improved security awareness among employees. Increasingly, companies are realising that to tighten up further on information security, they have to change their people’s behaviour.
These are among the early findings of the 2008 Information Security Breaches Survey (ISBS) carried out by a consortium, led by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR). The full results of the survey will be launched at Infosecurity Europe in London, 22-24 April. www.infosec.co.uk ■

De Beers, the world’s leading diamond company, has installed Solcara Communications Centre to manage stakeholder engagement and communications across the globe. De Beers joins a number of large plcs, government organisations and international enterprises that have benefited from deployment of Solcara’s Communications Centre.
Implemented at the De Beers office in London, Solcara Communications Centre will aid the communications teams when managing stakeholder relationships, providing a comprehensive contact database, an enquiry management service and an events calendar. The Communications Centre works by creating one area where all vital information is easily accessible for sharing, distribution and evaluation. Team members, activities and information can work together for a faster, more efficient media operation. www.solcara.com ■

Independent research from analyst house InfoSource, has confirmed that Canon, world leader in digital imaging technology, has once again maintained its position as the number one brand for multifunctional printers across both Europe and the UK & Ireland in 2007, with an overall market share of 16.3 per cent (18.8 per cent in the UK & Ireland).
According to the research, Canon leads the black-and-white segment in the UK & Ireland with an 18.8 per cent market share, by brand. While a 23 per cent growth in sales from 2006 has seen Canon also retain its lead in the colour plus colour capable segment with 18.2 per cent share. Canon’s strong sales performance in 2007 has placed it ahead of any other brand in both categories.
Its impressive market performance was led by sales of the iRC2880i, Canon’s flagship office colour MFP, which was not only the top selling device in the colour plus colour capable segment, but was also the overall market’s leading MFP with more than 4,500 units sold in 2007 in the UK and Ireland. www.canon.co.uk ■

ABBYY, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic technologies, today announced Recognition Server 2.0, the next generation of its OCR and PDF conversion solution. Version 2.0 extends the capabilities of Recognition Server with a variety of new functions, new input/output formats and the ability to communicate or integrate with new systems and technologies. Its compatibility with service-oriented architectures (SOA) through a Web Service interface, combined with seamless output to Microsoft SharePoint and document input from Microsoft Exchange Server, all enhance the product’s ability to provide automated OCR services accessible from more platforms, remote environments, hardware interfaces, and applications than ever before.
ABBYY Recognition Server 2.0 delivers high performance OCR that runs on a server, requires no desktop installation and is centrally managed. Designed for processing large volumes of documents, ABBYY Recognition Server easily scales by using additional computers and CPUs in a network. As a result, economies of scale in document processing have become a reality — organisations can increase total throughput and efficiency of document conversion with virtually no limit. Because processing takes place as an automated background process, customers can also schedule OCR tasks performed on office workstations for night hours or weekends.
www.abbyy.com ■

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is repeating history as it mimics the allure and pitfalls of Lotus Notes, according to research released today by CMS Watch, an independent analyst firm that evaluates content technologies.
SharePoint exploits traditionally underserved collaboration needs for information workers labouring within Office tools, and fulfils a common desire to easily create disposable workspaces, CMS Watch found.
Like Notes in a previous decade, IT often embraces SharePoint as a simple answer to myriad business information problems. But the platform can easily morph into a technical and operational morass, as repositories proliferate, and IT comes to recognize that various custom applications require highly specialized expertise to keep running properly.
www.cmswatch.com ■

Skywire Software, a leading global provider of software and services to the insurance, financial services, and legal and professional services industries, today announced the appointment of Ken Leibow as senior vice president of product development. Leibow, who previously served as Skywire Software’s vice president of development, will report directly to COO Randy Skinner.
In his new position, Leibow will guide the company’s global development teams, driving innovation across all key vertical markets including insurance, financial services, legal and professional services. Skywire Software offers a broad spectrum of component-based software and professional services, helping companies in key vertical markets solve a wide range of business challenges.
“The depth and breadth of Ken’s expertise and domain knowledge will help position Skywire Software for the future,” said Skinner. “Having begun his career in the insurance industry, he is intimately familiar with the business and technical needs of the market, as well as the requirements of our customers in other high-growth verticals. As a company, Skywire Software is committed to continuous innovation of our products. It is this combination of deep industry expertise, advanced technology and broad customer base that has given Skywire Software a leadership position among vertical software vendors."
www.skywiresoftware.com ■

Perceptive Software, creator of ImageNow® enterprise document management, imaging and workflow software, today announced the release of ImageNow Interact® for eCopy.
ImageNow Interact for eCopy empowers users to electronically capture and distribute documents directly from any eCopy ShareScan-enabled multifunction product (MFP). Users of any skill level can now capture and distribute their business documents directly to a fully-integrated SAP, Oracle, Lawson or any other enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
ImageNow Interact for eCopy provides organisations with the ability to simply and affordably integrate Perceptive Software’s enterprise document management solutions into existing eCopy investments. ImageNow optimises the use of eCopy multifunction products and provides unparalleled integration to core business applications in any business environment using patented ImageNow integration technology called LearnMode™. This integration method is embedded at the very centre of every implementation, allowing customers to build on their existing technology infrastructure when the time is right.
By maximizing the use of eCopy products with ImageNow Interact, organisations will reduce dependence on central processing departments by providing instant access to the documents they need at the time they are needed. Business processes can be image-enabled with the push of a button, eliminating the cost, risk and delay of traditional document capture and processing.
www.imagenow.com ■

Pitney Bowes MapInfo and Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software, the leading providers of location intelligence and Customer Communication Management solutions, today announce the details of Interact 08, the first-ever definitive event for its user community, taking place on 29-30 April 2008 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole.
The two-day event will bring together Pitney Bowes MapInfo and Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software users for the first time to hear from President Mike Hickey on the exciting and pivotal developments of the newly integrated organisation.
With over 30 ‘opt in’ sessions, the conference has been designed to maximise the time and interests of public and private sector delegates across industry sectors from retail and finance to local government and utilities. Each session has been carefully planned featuring selected key customer speakers, important technical updates and a raft of showcases. Product updates will include the unveiling of a new e-messaging service and the latest interactive document application, among others.
www.interact08.co.uk ■

DPCI, a provider of integrated technology solutions for organizations that need to publish content to Web, print, and mobile channels, today announced that it successfully launched a new Website for the Child Study Center at New York University powered by the Drupal Web content management system. With the new system, the Child Study Center now has an enhanced publishing platform allowing it to promote the latest articles, research, educational materials, and clinical care information related to child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.
By customizing Drupal, DPCI provided a range of tools to automate the Child Study Center's publishing process. This included the capability to publish and archive all of its scholarly journal articles. Once the content management system was configured, DPCI migrated nearly 1,000 pages of original content from the department's previous static HTML site, including an A-to-Z disorder guide, Find a Doctor resources, and multimedia video clips. www.databasepublish.com ■

XVEL Software have just released a new version of their batch binarization software called Binarization Image Processor (BIP).
BIP dramatically saves time when preparing high-quality bitonal documents in TIFF, PDF and JBIG2 formats.
Created especially for professionals involved with paper and microfilm scanning and digitization, BIP's use of cutting-edge techniques including dynamic thresholding, local area adaptive binarization and OCR preparation thresholding to binarize images is what sets it apart from the rest of the competition.
New version (1.24) enables pre-processing of color and grey-scale images. Now you can deskew, rotate, mirror and negate the colors of image before binarizing it.
BIP automatically saves all changes eliminating the need to perform redundant actions like confirming image saves. Elimination of this redundancy alone generates a time savings of up to 90%. www.xvel.com ■

For years, Rochester Institute of Technology (New York, U.S.A.), produced a Process Color Ink Gamut Chart. Recently out of production, this world-renowned Color Standard Chart has been re-introduced by A&P, reproduction rights owner.
For 25 years A&P has manufactured Q.C.charts for Scanning and Microfilm in black & white. They now also offer single-page, paper printed 8.5x11" color charts containing all process color hues ((CMYK). [And at $10 this is a very reasonable price for a chart of this type. Ed.]
A&P's R.I.T. Charts are affordable and sold singly, in multiples (or in bulk quantities - imprinted with dealer or Scanner manufacturer logos).
President Paul Montgomery said, "No other color chart in the world is so uncomplicated and affordable to test color quality of scans."
www.a-p-international.com ■

Questex Media Group, Inc.’s AIIM international Exposition & Conference, the largest, most comprehensive content and information management event in North America, was held last week at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. The Exposition & Conference was co-located with the ON DEMAND Conference & Exposition, the pre-eminent event for commercial printers, publishers, and in-plant printing professionals.
Both events brought together representatives from 125 Fortune 500 companies registered for this year’s event, which attracted nearly 25,000 visitors from 50 states and more than 75 countries. www.aiimexpo.com ■

DocuLex, creators of electronic document management software, announces its Archive Studio 4 update. Goby Capture Profiler and Monitor components provide easy to use automated, networked paper and electronic document capture (in any file format, including email with attachments), with organization, workflow-enabling and ongoing management capabilities. The new Goby Query utility provides the convenience of content export to Profiler from Oracle and SQL databases. XML to PDF conversion is also enabled.
www.doculex.com ■

Kardex, the Epping-based manufacturer of automated retrieval, material handling and storage systems, is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Price as its new business development manager.
Price is not new to the industry, or Kardex, having previously been in a marketing role before leaving to go into private consultancy. This new appointment will allow Kardex to take advantage of Price’s in depth knowledge of the dynamic storage market and allow him to bring his significant experience in to a business development role. www.kardex.co.uk ■

Office products companies tracking temperature or humidity conditions affecting inventory quality can now have the convenience of both real-time data and the ability to download data for further analysis with the redesigned Dickson Graph-at-a-Glance Flat Panel Temperature and Humidity Data Loggers. The Graph-at-a-Glance data loggers are paperless chart recorders that provide a digital graph enabling managers to immediately visualize environmental trends that have potentially affected inventory. www.dicksondata.com ■

[This would also be useful for recording archive and repository storage conditions. Ed.]

Version One, the UK's leading document management and imaging software author, has today announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Oracle Certified eBusiness Suite Partner, PDG Consulting, to satisfy the increasing demand for document management technology from Oracle eBusiness Suite users.
PDG, which helps clients streamline their business processes by making better use of Oracle software, is re-selling Version One's full range of document management and imaging solutions that are tightly integrated into the Oracle eBusiness Suite. www.versionone.co.uk ■

3M addresses safe mobile working with laptop privacy filter. (See news item below)

3M, the diversified technology company, will unveil exciting new research on the commuting behaviour of laptop-using IT journalists at Infosecurity Europe 2008, Europe’s most comprehensive convergence of information security professionals.
There are around two and a half million laptop users in the UK and 42 per cent of them are using their laptops on public transport for at least five hours a week. To delve deeper into the behaviour of laptop users during their commute to work and to unearth firm evidence of on-screen data exposure as a serious security problem, 3M is conducting a survey with the UK’s tech-savvy media community. www.3M.co.uk ■

In a bid to tackle the mounting number of laptop thefts, Autosafe International has launched CubeByte™, a new security lock that will fit all makes and models on the market. The launch comes in the wake of new research that links laptop theft to over 50 per cent of corporate crimes.
A recent survey from Autosafe International found that in 56 laptops there were as many as 37 different security slots proving there is no such thing as a standard size. Unlike conventional security locks that may fit only certain models, CubeByte™ features a patented mechanism that automatically adjusts to the depth of the security slot within the laptop. In tests, CubeByte™ is the only product on the market, which has been proven to fit 100 per cent of all laptops. www.cubebyte.com ■

AnyDoc Software Inc, a leading provider of automated document and data capture and classification solutions, announced today that it was recognized as the 2008 Healthcare ACE Award winner, presented by ECM Connection at the 2008 AIIM Exposition & Conference in Boson, Massachusetts, on March 5.
The ECM Connection ACE Awards honor vendors who demonstrate excellence across the board for Appeal, Content and Education in promoting the education and adoption of ECM technologies beyond their overall horizontal offerings. ACE award nominees are judged on their feature-rich product line, information-rich marketing collateral and outstanding outreach programs.
Of almost 70 entries, AnyDoc Software was selected as one of three finalists by an ECM Connection committee in both the Healthcare and Government categories.

Tuesday 18th March 16:25 GMT

AnyDoc ADDENDUM

Best practices award

AnyDoc have also announced that the implementation of its core product, OCR for AnyDoc®, at the Allegheny County Controllers Office in Pennsylvania, was the winner of the 2008 AIIM Carl E. Nelson Best Practices Award. Revealed at AIIM’s Annual Awards Celebration on March 4 in Boston, Massachusetts, Allegheny County’s implementation by PA-based reseller IMR Limited was selected as a best practice in the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) field for the Large Enterprise Category (1,001+ employees).
www.anydocsoftware.com ■

 Solcara, the market-leading provider of software for the control, management and searching of digital information, continued its strong growth with the appointment today of sales big-hitter Bill Saumarez as Global Sales Director.
As Solcara’s Sales Director, Bill will be responsible for the management of a six-person sales team in the UK and Ireland and is charged with delivering further sales and partnerships to drive Solcara’s aggressive growth strategy, including greater penetration in the EU and US markets.
Bill joins Solcara after ten years in the software industry and more recently at Autonomy subsidiary Meridio, where he was UK Sales Manager. He has worked for big names in the software industry including Visio (Microsoft), Siebel Systems and Hummingbird Ltd, where he was Alliances Director, charged with restructuring and developing a partner strategy for the business.

SOLCARA ADDENDUM
SolSearch 2.0 announced

Tuesday 18th March 09:54 GMT

Solcara today announced the arrival of the next generation of its integrated search solution, Solcara SolSearch. SolSearch is proving increasingly popular for businesses and organisations who want to search large internal and external digital information quickly with maximum relevance. SolSearch has been so successful, that version 2.5 has now been developed and will be available on 12th May.

 www.solcara.com ■

 Global Secure Systems (GSS) a leading IT security consultancy, has uncovered the alarming reality that UK school children are studying social networking websites during their lessons instead of what they should be concentrating on. In its survey, conducted through Facebook, to discover just how widespread the issue of children visiting sites of this nature at inappropriate times is, a staggering 52 per cent of the 1000 children aged between 13 and 17 who participated, confessed that they did so during lessons. Over a quarter admitted they were doing so for in excess of 30 minutes a day!
The initial discovery was made by David Hobson, managing director of GSS, when he spent a day at a local public school speaking to its pupils about Internet ethics and behaviour. During his presentation to a class of 13 year olds, who were all diligently tapping away on their laptops, he asked how many had visited social networking sites during their lessons. David was astounded when they all raised their hands! This ignited his determination to uncover if this was an isolated case or rife amongst school children. www.gss.co.uk ■

 Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products, today announced that a jury in the U.S. District Court of Delaware found in its favour in a lawsuit Finjan filed in 2006.
The jury found that Secure Computing, CyberGuard and Webwasher infringe three patents that Finjan created over the past decade. The jury further found their infringement to be willful.
The jury awarded Finjan damages on past sales of the alleged products at a royalty rate of 16% of the Webwashers software, 8% of the Webwasher appliance and 8% of the CyberGuard TSP appliance.
“We are pleased with the jury’s decision. We will continue to focus our resources on leading the security industry against the latest wave of cybercrime,” said John Vigouroux, President & CEO of Finjan.
“It’s a great win for Finjan’s proactive web security technology. We are pleased with the validation of our patents by the jury,” said Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CTO of Finjan.
Finjan’s technology is at the heart of Vital Security™ Web Appliances, a leading Secure Web Gateway utilizing the most comprehensive and advanced proactive web security solution, protecting corporate networks from web-borne threats. www.finjan.com ■
[Not only has justice to be done - it has to be SEEN to be done. Ed.]

Skywire Software, a leading global provider of software and services for the legal industry, today announced the relaunch of its leading workflow and integration software under the name Whitehill One.
Previously marketed as BPI for Legal, the new name reflects the software’s focus on a single source for efficiency.
Whitehill One provides easy-to-use workflow and integration capabilities, empowering law firms to automate complex manual processes. More than two dozen firms are using Whitehill One to automate new matter intake, new hire intake, check requests, accounting processes and more.
Whitehill One’s graphical interface is easy to learn and use, letting firms develop sophisticated workflow and integration projects without any programming knowledge. This allows firms to quickly automate processes that have traditionally been manual, paper-based, and prone to human error. www.skywiresoftware.com ■

Getting PDFs created from Microsoft® Office applications to print properly is a difficult undertaking in the typical office environment. The Ghent Workgroup (GWG) today releases best practices and downloadable specifications that can help hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of Windows® Microsoft Office users worldwide to automatically create final PDFs that are ready to print.
The Ghent Workgroup is an international cross-section of PDF and print experts known for creating, testing, and releasing specifications and best practices that have been proven to make it easy to insure PDF document quality across workflows around the world. The GWG says this is the first in a series of free Office Document solutions it is planning (see below). www.gpg.com ■

COA Solutions Ltd. has acquired UK eProcurement solutions and services specialist, Belmin Group Ltd.
Belmin’s eProcurement software will enhance COA Solutions’ Smart Business Suite, which comprises a portfolio of finance, human resource, payroll, procurement, business intelligence and document management solutions.
Belmin’s software is used by 100,000 users across a range of public sector organisations. This includes over seventy-five NHS hospitals, enabling COA Solutions to develop an even closer relationship with the UK health sector.
Mark Thompson, COA Solutions’ managing director says, “We’re very pleased about this acquisition. We’re always looking to add value to our sector-focused software and services and with Belmin’s best of breed procurement solutions together with its extensive knowledge and experience of the healthcare sector, the company is a perfect fit.”
The acquisition, COA Solutions’ eighth in five years, will provide the company’s customers and prospects with market-leading eProcurement products that deliver efficiency savings across the entire procurement cycle. As a result of more efficient paperless procurement and price reductions through improved contracting, users of Belmin’s products can benefit from millions of pounds of cost savings. www.coasolutions.com ■

Laserfiche®, a pioneer in the document management industry, previewed its next-generation software, Laserfiche 8™, at the AIIM conference in Boston last week.
Laserfiche 8 provides an open, scalable, service-oriented architecture that allows organizations to unify information coming from disparate sources in multiple formats and transparently provides knowledge workers with critical information on-demand.
By providing actionable information in the proper context, Laserfiche 8 promotes higher worker productivity, lower overhead costs, better informed decision-making, better client service and more agile business processes at an attractive price point. www.laserfiche.com ■

Skywire Software, a leading global provider of software and services to the insurance industry, is proud to congratulate three of their customers who have been named “2008 Model Carriers” by independent analyst firm Celent.
FBL Financial Group, Inc., Insurance House and Assumption Life have been recognized for best practices in the use of technology to support the product and policyholder life cycle. All three companies use Skywire Software products in their award-winning implementations.
“Celent’s Model Carrier research is designed to answer the question, ‘What would it look like for an insurance carrier to do everything right with today's technology?’” said Chad Hersh, Celent senior analyst and co-author of the report. “The carriers recognized in our research are using technology to make their businesses more flexible, more responsive to customer needs, and better positioned for growth.”
www.skywiresoftware.com ■

The UK's leading document management solution provider, EDM Group, has acquired business process technology consultancy Business Designs Ltd., in order to establish a Business Process Management (BPM) practice and further develop the Group's vision to become the most comprehensive document management solution provider in the industry. The acquisition includes all existing Business Designs consultancy staff and a prestigious customer list that includes British Telecom, Channel 4 Television and Hallmark.
Sam Ferguson, EDM Group chief executive, commented, "This is a step-change for EDM. The acquisition of Business Designs pushes us a year forward in our plan to become the only document management company in the UK market that can both scan large volumes and integrate documents into our customers key workflows and business processes. We see this as a major competitive advantage."
www.theedmgroup.co.uk ■

Datum International has announced today its KnowledgeWorker ECM integration module for MS Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007). This is the first ECM system that plugs the functionality gap of SharePoint and allows its users to benefit from new capabilities including; Workflow & Business Process Management, Archiving and an enhanced search function.
KnowledgeWorker will enable SharePoint users to get more ‘out-of-the-box’ functionality, at a lower cost, than traditional bespoke customisation.
KnowledgeWorker enables MOSS users to integrate their SharePoint sites into the KnowledgeWorker repository, with just a few keystrokes. SharePoint users are then able to utilise the various KnowledgeWorker modules that includes Workflow, Document Management, Scanning, XML Publishing, Project Stage Gates, Enterprise Search (using Bayesian Inference & Shannons information Theory) and CRM. The whole system can be used via a web browser or through MS Outlook. www.datumplc.com ■

If content is king, then new KODAK Capture Pro Software serves as a crowning application for capturing it.
Featuring a simplified user interface to set up even the most complex capture jobs, as well as enhanced image processing capabilities, KODAK Capture Pro Software enables businesses to achieve automation and control content management workflow at the point of image capture. KODAK Capture Pro Software combines performance and functionality in an easy to use application, to optimise Kodak scanners and increase overall scanning productivity.
Compatible with nearly all Kodak document scanners, Capture Pro Software minimises user training through its intuitive, easy-to-use interface that saves time and money. The new software provides improved methods for capturing and extracting information, including intelligent selective image display and post scan image-processing features.
www.kodak.com/go/pro ■

The findings of a survey by document management software company, Version One (www.versionone.co.uk), highlight that over three-quarters of senior IT professionals believe that a case of fraudulent activity on the scale of Enron could happen in the UK. Version One carried out the research with 70 senior IT professionals (IT directors and managers) across a range of public and private sector organisations.
The survey reveals that 77% of senior IT professionals believe an Enron-scale scandal could occur in the UK due to “greed, panic, lax systems and apathy”. 89% stated that someone in their organisation would be able to tamper with or ‘lose’ a document to suit their ends whilst 30% admitted that they had come across activity that could be considered fraudulent involving business documents. Two thirds of these stating that they’d witnessed document fraud “a number of times”. Only a minority of respondents (6%) feel that current UK financial regulations would prevent a similar Enron-scale case of misreporting. www.versionone.co.uk ■

[Enron and Arthur Andersen scandal
The Enron scandal was a financial scandal that was revealed in late 2001. In 2002, accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP was found guilty in the US of obstructing justice, the prosecution alleging it had destroyed documents that showed its employees knew the energy giant was engaged in fraudulent activity. Ed.]

Agfa-Gevaert NV announced their intention to nominate Julien De Wilde as Chairman of the Board of Directors following the Shareholders AGM of April 29, 2008. This follows the earlier announcement of the present Chairman Ludo Verhoeven that he would not be up for re-election.
Julien De Wilde has been an independent Director of the Board since April 2006 and has a large international experience, both in managing technical and operational activities of large companies and in managing worldwide sales and service organizations. www.agfa.com ■

Canon is building on its No.1 position in colour by brand (InfoSource) with the launch of its new MFP, the iRC2380i. Designed for SME's and corporate workgroups that need to regularly print in colour, the iRC2380i produces reliable, high-quality prints at up to 23ppm in both colour and black and white. Using just 3W in sleep mode, and boasting a 38 second warm-up time, the iRC2380i achieves this with minimal energy consumption. www.canon.co.uk ■

Steve Miller, Division Administrator for the Idaho State Tax Commission (ISTC), co-presented with J&B’s own Laurie Hunter-Manning at the AIIM International Conference & Expo in Boston.
The presentation focused on the successful implementation of three projects within ISTC. The combined effort of J&B and ISTC resulted in remote processing from five field offices, virtual batching with full page imaging & remittance processing and lastly, imaging and ICR of wage and tax statements. www.jbsoftware.com ■

An independent analyst firm that evaluates content technologies, released a "Content Technologies Vendor Map" at the AIIM Expo. Patterned after a subway map, the free, downloadable PDF shows how 60 major vendor "stations" sit astride eight different technology "lines."

The map is available at
http://www.cmswatch.com/vendormap/
"Our customers frequently ask us to distill a complex technology landscape into simple terms," explained CMS Watch founder, Tony Byrne. "This map shows the diversity of players across various content technologies, but also how some lines converge and diverge unexpectedly among different vendors." www.cmswatch.com ■
[Good to see the original Art Deco style London Underground map design still in use today. Ed.]

Canon have completed the deployment of a new print strategy at the Dublin headquarters of Hibernian Group, Ireland’s largest insurer. The contract, which is worth €700,000, creates a new blueprint for Hibernian’s print needs.
Canon and Hibernian worked together to develop a strategic and environmentally friendly Managed Print Service (MPS) that would reduce printing costs and paper consumption. As part of the contract Canon has installed 48 multifunctional devices (MFDs) with colour and black & white MFDs combined with desktop printers, to ensure an appropriate device is utilised for every print job. www.canon.ie or www.canon.co.uk ■

Pioneer developer of innovative information and data management solutions File Tek, today announced that it will exhibit the Trusted Edge Desktop Document Management Suite in the Microsoft Partner Pavilion at the AIIM International 2008 Expo, March 4-6, in Boston, MA. Trusted Edge will be located in booth MP6, where it will demonstrate how this robust solution integrates with Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2007 to enhance the records management functionality of SharePoint to help companies deploy effective eCompliance and data management strategies that address the latest regulatory developments such as updated FRCP, SOX, HIPAA and SEC rules. www.filetek.com ■

OPEX Corporation has released the DS1225p™, a mid-volume production scanner that specializes in one touch payment processing for checks and corresponding documents. Drop scanning technology, which was first introduced with the successful OPEX AS3600 combination mail extractor and scanner, is now available in this lower priced scanning model. www.opex.com ■

Fujitsu today introduced the next generation of its workgroup document imaging solutions, the Fujitsu fi-6130 and fi-6230. The new color, duplex scanners provide unmatched performance and market-leading document imaging capabilities with enhanced scanning speeds, advanced paper handling and improved feeding technology. www.fcpa.fujitsu.com ■

Kendata Peripherals has introduced a new version of its SEMS software utility to work in conjunction with its recently launched ScanAnPro forms processing package. Designed to significantly reduce the amount of time spent by teachers and lecturers on the marking of multiple-choice exams, SEMS for ScanAnPro
provides a simple report showing the title of the exam and a listing of candidate numbers, student names, corresponding percentage marks and the number of questions answered by each student. www.kendata.com ■

In an effort to improve rewards and support for loyal document imaging resellers in Europe, BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Scanners has launched the Big Picture Partner Program, EU.
The program, which started 1 January 2008, rewards resellers, integrators and solutions providers for selling and promoting BBH scanners. Participating Big Picture partners gain performance-based rewards, including discounts on high-volume Spectrum XF, midrange Trûper and entry-level Sidekick scanners from authorized BBH distributors. www.bbhscanners.com  ■

Business Continuity Expo 2008 brings together a diverse range of products, services and toolkits from industry leaders and below is a link to a sneak preview of new and exciting products and services showcased at the event. Sneak Preview ■

BancTec, a leading global provider of advanced, high-volume document and payment processing services and solutions, today announced at the AIIM show, the launch of IntelliScan® SDS, the latest addition to its IntelliScan® line of high capacity production scanners. The mixed document scanner, with its fully open track, provides customers with a robust document processing system that dramatically improves throughput and reduces recovery time from paper jams, resulting in significantly lower operating costs and outstanding price performance. www.banctec.com ■

Based on Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF), ISO 19005-1 is an international standard (ISO 19005-1). The standard 'ensures' [? Ed.] that documents archived today will be completely future-proof. All files created according to the PDF/A standard are reproducible on screen, paper and ready for future technologies while omitting features unsuited to long-term archiving. http://www.iso.org  ■
GSM FACTOID: ISO have 9 withdrawn ISO's in relation to microfilm, and 17 live ones, including one finalised in 2005. Pretty good for a dead industry. [The old lady is still alive then. Ed.]

Expanding its imageCLASS MF6500 Series, Canon U.S.A. today announced the introduction of four new B&W multifunction laser printers for the small office / home office environments – the imageCLASS MF6540, MF6590, MF6595 and MF6595cx. www.canon.com ■

The AIIM conference kicks of today, with the show opening its doors on Tuesday, and CeBIT opens tomorrow. It will be a busy week with both shows competing for attention from exhibitors, visitors and media alike.

Perhaps next year they will have the intelligence to choose mutually exclusive dates and give the industry a fair choice. ■

Hello everybody and a Happy Easter to one and all. Even if you do not celebrate, enjoy the holiday.
 

The Easter break allows me a breathing space to change things around on the site. The top part of this page has been simplified and is much clearer. This will be rolled out to the entire site over the next month.
 

There is much to do over the coming months with layout changes to the magazine, shows to visit, test reports to do and of course the site to be updated. So this column will probably only be updated about once a week from now on. ■

Delivered with gusto and purpose, Chancellor Alistair Darling's budget speech received an equally eloquent and robust reposte from Opposition Leader David Cameron. GSM saw little in the budget to give UK businesses much to cheer about. There were changes to the usual suspects of fuel duty, road tax, alcohol and tobacco duty, with other changes such as corporation tax. See www.ft.com for much more detail than than GSM can spend time on. [Suffice to say I am selling my Range Rover AND giving up the fags and booze. Ed.] ■

Oil prices hit record high of $106.42 a barrel, fuelling further recession fears. ■

Oil surges 95 cents to settle at a record $105.47 a barrel as the dollar falls to new lows against the euro. ■

Oil prices soar to record $104 a barrel after surprise inventory decline. ■

GSM read with great interest today (on the Earls Court / Olympia web site at www.eco.co.uk ) that the Positive Business Show scheduled to be held at Olympia, London, on the 16th and 17th of April - has been cancelled! Obviously businesses in the UK are not quite positive enough, although in fairness, the organisers seem to think the show is still going on. www.positivebusinessshow.com. ■

A new member of staff has been added to the payroll at GSM. A former oil company executive from London, BB, (aka Crusty) joins us to write PENultimate, formerly known as the Tale Piece. ■

Tuesday 4th March 14:08 GMT
New Magazine Printed
The new magazine is printed and will be sent out to you all ASAP. It should hit your desks during the course of next week. ■

Monday 3rd March 11:08 GMT

AIIMing To Please
As the AIIM and CeBIT shows get underway in the next 24 hours, the editors desk is littered with press releases. Mostly in relation to AIIM it has to be said, which is where the main thrust of IM info is centred.

Given a choice I would go to AIIM to cover the industry THIS year, and got to CeBIT to find out what I will be talking about NEXT year. ■
 

29th February 2008
A busy week for GSM finished with several new advertisers sign up, the March/April magazine put to bed, and an earthquake in England!

A Save The Children ad on TV said that 10 million children die every year because of a lack of BASIC needs. See ad above to donate.

On the same day the ad appeared, the EU Commission fined Microsoft €899m, or $1.4bn.

PERHAPS THEY SHOULD HAVE ORDERED A DONATION TO SAVE THE CHILDREN!!
CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW THAT WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD? ■

25th February 2008
Well, Tim has now left to pursue more leisurely interests (see column left) and it is up to me to guide, invent, cajole and otherwise press forward with the Green sheet.

I have inherited something which is of great value to the information management industry, and I intend to make sure we do our best for all of you out there at the sharp end.

Thank you Tim. We'll miss you. ■