IRVINE, Calif., Jun 29, 2010
Kofax the leading provider of document driven business process automation solutions, today announced an expanded relationship with strategic alliance partner IKON Office Solutions, Inc., a Ricoh company, in which IKON will offer Kofax Front Office Server to empower its multi-function peripheral (MFP) devices with robust, industry-leading office automation capabilities.
The recently released 3.0 version of Kofax Front Office Server allows users to capture forms and documents at their points of origin through MFPs, desktop scanners and other devices for accelerated processing through Kofax Capture and Kofax Transformation Modules software, and to access scan-to-email and scan-to-fax capabilities. Kofax Front Office Server is a distributed solution that supports Ricoh's full line of MFP offerings. This latest agreement with IKON will bring Kofax Front Office Server to a broader market of potential users.
"Having IKON offer Kofax Front Office Server to its customers is a huge step in our goal of becoming the leading provider of these office automation solutions worldwide," said Alan Kerr, Executive Vice President of Field Operations at Kofax. "We've enjoyed a successful relationship with IKON as a strategic alliance partner in the past, and this latest agreement will only strengthen our alliance and grow our successes."
"As Kofax's Partner of the Year in 2009, we are pleased to expand our relationship through this latest alliance agreement," said Mike Dane, Vice President of Marketing, Ricoh U.S., for Ricoh Americas Corporation. "Adding Kofax Front Office Server strengthens our robust portfolio of solutions for our users, and reinforces our leadership position in offering copiers, printers and MFP technologies to our growing customer base."
Kofax Front Office Server enables customer-facing employees to trigger back-office business processes directly from familiar, front-office equipment, such as MFPs, desktop scanners and other devices. Employees initiate processes at the MFP display or with a few clicks in a thin-client scan application. This office automation solution eliminates the time required to ship paper to centralized locations and enables more productive scan-to-email and scan-to-fax capabilities. The time spent sorting, packing, tracking, and filing paper can be replaced with higher value, customer-facing activities. More information about Kofax Front Office Server is available at: http://www.kofax.com/office-automation/.
About IKON Office Solutions
IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (http://www.ikon.com), a Ricoh company, is a leading provider of innovative document management systems and services, enabling customers to improve document workflow and increase efficiency. IKON integrates copiers, printers and MFP technologies, and document management software and systems, to deliver tailored, high-value solutions, implemented and supported by its team of services professionals. IKON leverages the manufacturing and engineering expertise of Ricoh, a more than $21 billion global technology innovator, with the experience and reach of its locally based sales and services teams, to provide end-to-end solutions and one of the industry's broadest portfolios of document management services, including on-site and off-site managed services, technical service and support, and customized workflow design and implementation.
About Kofax
Kofax plc /quotes/comstock/23s!e:kfx (UK:KFX 244.00, -1.50, -0.61%) is the leading provider of document driven business process automation solutions. For more than 20 years, Kofax has provided award winning solutions that streamline the flow of information throughout an organization by managing the capture, transformation and exchange of business critical information arising in paper, fax and electronic formats in a more accurate, timely and cost effective manner. These solutions provide a rapid return on investment to thousands of customers in financial services, government, business process outsourcing, healthcare, supply chain and other markets. Kofax delivers these solutions through its own sales and service organizations, and a global network of more than 1000 authorized partners in more than 60 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. For more information, visit http://www.kofax.com.
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SOURCE: Kofax plc
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