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RICOH AMERICAS CORPORATION ANNOUNCES WINNERS
AT ANNUAL SOLUTIONS/DEVELOPER CONFERENCE
Awards Honor Ricoh Partners for Performance Excellence in 2007
West Caldwell, NJ, October 2, 2007 – Ricoh Americas Corporation has announced its 2007 Alliance Award Winners at the annual Solutions/Developer Conference. These awards honor Ricoh partners for excellent performance over the past year in eight different categories. The winners were announced at an awards ceremony during Ricoh’s third annual Solutions/Developer Conference held in Amelia Island, Florida on September 19, 2007.
The Ricoh Solutions/Developer Conference is an annual meeting of Ricoh’s technology and solutions partners that provides insight into future software and hardware product releases with sessions designed to help partners optimize their business with Ricoh. Ricoh acknowledges the partner companies for their hard work and success during an awards dinner.
eCopy won this year’s Technology Alliance Partner of the Year award, beating out several strong competitors including second place winner, NSI, and third place winner DocuLex. Selectec was another big winner of the evening, taking home the honor for Innovative Product of the Year. A new award introduced at this year’s conference was the Developer Rookie of the Year, which CIMA Software won for being the company that joined Ricoh in the past 12 months and has far exceeded business expectations. Moreover, FabSoft took top honors in the Developer of the Year category, recognized for best exemplifying the spirit of technology development in Ricoh’s Developer Program.
Other Ricoh Solutions/Developer Conference Award winners include:
· Strategic Alliance Partner of the Year
o First Place – Equitrac
o Second Place – EFI
· Horizon Award – Above and Beyond
o FabSoft
· Output Management Partner of the Year
o First Place - Rosetta Technologies
o Second Place – Objectif Lune
· Systems Integrator Partner of the Year
o SC Foster
“Ricoh is very proud of all its partners that participate in the Ricoh Alliance Program,” said Hede Nonaka, senior vice president of the Document Solutions and Services Division of Ricoh Americas Corporation. “Each and every member of our partner program provides exceptional technologies and solutions that benefit Ricoh customers and we are pleased to be working with all of them. I salute all our winners for their excellent achievements and for standing out above very tough competition.”
All Ricoh’s partners are members of Ricoh’s Alliance Program, which encourages leading hardware and software companies, content management systems integrators and consulting companies to work together with Ricoh to provide innovative and effective hardware, software, digital imaging and content/document management solutions for the business community. The Alliance Program was created for companies whose products and technologies can integrate with and support the competitive stance of Ricoh products and solutions in the marketplace. There are two divisions within the Alliance Program, the Technology Alliance Program and the Strategic Alliance Program.
For more information about the Ricoh Solutions/Developers Conference, Awards and the Alliance Program, please visit www.ricoh-usa.com.
About Ricoh’s Document Solutions & Services Division
The Document Solutions & Services Division (DSS) of Ricoh Americas Corporation is leading the industry with a portfolio of solutions that transform paper documents into information that easily integrates into existing business workflows to measurably improve document workflow efficiencies. DSS is committed to creating new “document-centric” customer value that will revolutionize how individuals and businesses use digital and paper-based information.
DSS offers a complete package of products, services and support programs to all of our channels, comprising of direct and indirect operations under the Ricoh, Savin and Lanier brands.
Ricoh Americas Corporation, founded in 1962, is headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., and is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 71-year old leading supplier of office automation equipment.
Information about Ricoh's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.ricoh-usa.com.
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