February 27, 2003 -
Ricoh Corp Announces the Integration of the eCABINET Product Series Into Ricoh's Document Solution Portfolio
West Caldwell, NJ, February 27, 2003 - Ricoh Corporation, the Dependable
Digital* output company, today announced that its eCabinet* product series will now be more fully integrated into Ricoh's document management suite of products.
Ricoh Corporation will assume all marketing of eCabinet, allowing Ricoh Silicon Valley to continue its focus on its primary objective, which has always been research and development. The transition will be seamless to customers, as Ricoh Silicon Valley's sales, marketing and channel operations will be merged with Ricoh's. Furthermore, Ricoh Silicon Valley's channel partners will continue to source eCabinet hardware and services through it's two-step distribution partners.
Ricoh plans to continue development of eCabinet's capabilities in the future to further affirm the company's ongoing commitment to its customers and partners.
About Ricoh's eCabinet Series
A combination of thin-server hardware and software technology, eCabinet is a dedicated document management appliance that connects to any standard TCP/IP network. eCabinet automatically captures, files and retrieves all electronic and paper business documents that flow through an office such as e-mail, Web pages, PC documents, faxes, photocopies, scans and printouts. Documents are captured with state-of-the-art OCR and indexing technology so they can be easily and instantly retrieved from a convenient eCabinet Web user interface. Users will never again have trouble locating a misplaced fax or presentation that was prepared by a vacationing colleague. Some of the benefits of eCabinet include scalable business continuity, effortless capturing and management of information, high availability, and simple retrieval using standard office tools. Because eCabinet is based on open interfaces and protocols, it can be easily configured to work with the leading office peripheral products.
About Ricoh Silicon Valley
Ricoh Silicon Valley, Inc. (RSV) is pioneering a new class of products called Network Office Appliances. NOAs take maximum advantage of the combined strengths of office networks, Internet browsers and thin-server hardware and software technology. Designed specifically for the information management needs of small companies and corporate department workgroups, RSV's network office appliances offer efficient, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for document management. NOAs are ushering in a new era of information management solutions for today's small offices and corporate workgroups. Industry analysts estimate that the total available market for network office appliances will grow to over $8 billion by 2005.
About Ricoh Corporation
Ricoh Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 66-year-old leading supplier of office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2001 sales in excess of $14
billion.
The Company oversees Ricoh operations in North, Central and South America, including the Ricoh, Savin, Gestetner and Lanier brands. For fiscal year 2001, Ricoh Corporation sales exceeded $2.7 billion.
Ricoh Corporation is a leading provider of multifunctional document systems including color and black & white digital imaging systems, facsimile products, printers, scanners, digital duplicators and wide format engineering systems.
In 2003, Ricoh Company Ltd. received the Gold Medal Award from the World Environmental Center for International Achievement in Sustainable Development. The Gold Medal was given to Ricoh for demonstrating preeminent
leadership and contributing to the worldwide environmental quality.
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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