Office Automation News

Email Object offers the fastest, easiest way to verify email addresses!

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CALIF. (January 14, 2008) – Melissa Data, (www.melissadata.com), a developer of high-performance contact data verification and mail management solutions, has unveiled a new product for verifying email addresses, Email Object. This customizable API tool can be used to verify email addresses in databases, address books and spreadsheets, or from a website form. Email Object is ideal for companies who rely heavily on email communication to stay current and connected with their customers, or for those companies looking to benefit from the affordability of email marketing campaigns.

Captaris streamlines claims processing for Fringe Benefits Management Company Automation speeds turnaround and reduces storage costs

Automates capture, indexing and storage of claims documents
Integration with Microsoft BizTalk server and proprietary claims remittance application
Reduces claims processing time to meet contractual and HIPAA requirements

Bellevue, WA - February 20, 2008 - Captaris, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAPA), a leading provider of software products that automate document-centric processes, today announced that Fringe Benefits Management Company (FBMC), an independent benefits administrator, has deployed Captaris Workflow and Alchemy to speed claims processing and manage digital storage and retrieval processes for its clients throughout the U.S.

ORLANDO, FL - 24 Jan 2008: LOTUSPHERE -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today to more than 7,000 customers and Business Partners at its annual Lotusphere conference that five mobile software companies will be included in a new CD-based Mobile Bonus Pack that will ship with the next release of Lotus Domino software 8.0.1 due next month.

Lotus Notes Traveler, which was announced in September, will provide automatic real-time wireless replication of email including attachments, read and unread indicators, calendar, contacts, personal journal and the Personal Information Manager applications on mobile devices running the Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 or 6 platform available from many device manufacturers. This capability will also ship with Lotus Domino 8.0.1.

Redwood Shores, Calif.,16-JAN-2008 -- Oracle announced today that it has agreed to acquire Captovation, a leading provider of document capture solutions that streamline the process of capturing mission-critical content for access from within business applications and processes. The acquisition is expected to strengthen Oracle's leading Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software portfolio to provide an integrated and automated solution for overall transactional Content Management that will help reduce costs, streamline critical business processes and simplify regulatory compliance.

Captovation's software is expected to be a core component of Oracle Enterprise Content Management, which provides comprehensive capabilities for managing dynamic, transactional and historical content. Oracle Enterprise Content Management is a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, the industry's fastest growing, most standards-compliant, and best-of-breed Technology foundation for Service-Oriented Architecture.

Joint Presentation on “Promoting Value by Defending the Data”
to Open the Forum

Palo Alto, CA/18 September, 2007 – PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, today announced that Phil Dunkelberger, the company’s president and CEO, will jointly deliver the keynote address at the 4th Annual IDC Security Forum in New York on Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at the Millennium Broadway Hotel. The opening session will be co-presented with Julie Donahue, Vice President, Security and Privacy Services, at IBM Global Technology Services.

Dunkelberger and Donahue will present their shared vision of enterprise data protection and its impact on customers, business, and society. The Presentation will also focus on the intrinsic value of data and the magnitude of the costs of lost data, both in terms of reputation and in real dollar losses. To solve this problem, organizations need an integrated, comprehensive, data-centric security solution that can tie into multiple areas of the network to secure data at rest, in motion, and at all endpoints.

Acquisition provides immediate products, solutions and resources for seizing current growth opportunities; enhances TANDBERG Technology leadership

NEW YORK and OSLO, Norway, September 6, 2007 — TANDBERG® (OSLO: TAA.OL), a global leader in visual communication, today announced the acquisition of Codian, an award-winning developer of high-definition videoconferencing infrastructure products. The transaction, a combination of cash and stock, is valued at $270m (USD). The acquisition, subject to conventional closing conditions, is expected to close in Q3 2007.

Codian's experienced R&D and sales teams give TANDBERG access to additional resources for accelerating Technology innovation and capturing current opportunities within core markets — videoconferencing and telepresence — as well as targeting new opportunities in the broader IP communications marketplace.

London UK, 18 September, 2007 – Tumbleweed® Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:TMWD), an industry leader in managed file transfer and content security, today announced the appointment of Craig Whitney as managing director for EMEA, based at the company’s office in the United Kingdom. In this role Craig will be responsible for developing overall strategy, direction and vision for Tumbleweed’s operations in the EMEA region, with particular focus on facilitating Tumbleweed’s move to becoming a channel-centric vendor.

Mr. Whitney’s appointment comes at a time when Tumbleweed is actively expanding its channel-driven sales model and experiencing a significant increase in demand for its products. With major data breaches hitting the headlines on regular basis, there’s been a surge in regulatory demands worldwide (most recently with PCI DSS) and growing momentum in support of “full disclosure” in the UK and parts of the European Union. As a result, Tumbleweed has seen a significant increase in demand among the large- and mid-sized enterprises across an array of industries. Tumbleweed’s channel strategy is designed to help fill this increased demand. Tumbleweed has a proven track record with the world’s most security-conscious companies including some of the world’s largest central banks, over 50 percent of the Fortune 100, at least 9 of the top 10 U.S. banks, at least 8 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies, and a vast array of blue-chip companies in the retail, technology, manufacturing, telecommunications, healthcare, education, and energy industries.

Information Anywhere Suite Enables Mobile Workers to Leverage Latest Lotus
Domino on Windows Mobile, Symbian and Palm OS Handheld Devices

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lotus Collaboration Summit
-- Sybase iAnywhere today announced that its Information Anywhere(R) suite,
which provides leading-edge secure wireless email and collaboration
capabilities, now supports the just-launched IBM Lotus Domino 8 platform.
Sybase(R) iAnywhere(R) proven mobile software has been enhanced to enable
enterprises to take advantage of the latest Lotus Domino server features on
Windows Mobile, Symbian and Palm OS handheld devices.

David Ascher joins Mozilla to lead new organization

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Mozilla today announced
a new initiative to stimulate innovation in Internet mail and
communications. Mozilla plans to develop Internet communications software
based on the Thunderbird product, code and brand. The new initiative also
aims to nurture a robust developer ecosystem in order to drive improvements
through open source and community innovation, in the tradition of the
Firefox web browser.
Dr. David Ascher, currently CTO and VP Engineering of ActiveState, will
join Mozilla to establish a new company focused on mail. Ascher has been an

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 17, 2007 -- Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today began filling more than 20 miles of pipe and stainless steel tanks with billions of micron-sized toner particles with the opening of its first U.S.-based emulsion aggregation (EA) Toner plant. The new $60 million facility is the latest move by Xerox to support the growth of color pages in the digital printing market while being environmentally responsible. Last year alone more than 30 billion color pages were printed on Xerox devices.
Developed by Xerox and protected by more than 300 patents, EA toner produces sharper images using less toner per page, and is already used in more than a dozen Xerox products like the company's WorkCentre™ multifunction devices that print, copy, scan and fax, and the Xerox DocuColor™ series of color printers.

ZEBRA MAKES Z SERIES® THERMAL PRINTERS
BETTER CONNECTED FOR A CONNECTED WORLD

The New ZM400™ and ZM600™ Printers are Easy to Integrate, Enhance Productivity and Grow
Alongside Customers’ Changing Needs
Vernon Hills, Ill., Sept. 12, 2007—Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a global
leader in on-demand printing solutions, has improved upon its best-in-class Z Series thermal
printer line with introductions of the ZM400 and ZM600 models. The new printers have
connectivity options that allow for even easier integration and increased productivity in a wide
range of production and commercial environments, including automotive and electronics

CHICAGO, Sept. 11, 2007 -- Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) put customers at the center of attention at Graph Expo 2007. The company brought together a compelling cadre of experts to share secrets of their success and created forums for graphic communication providers to collaborate and learn from each other.
Xerox's news conference at the show featured a panel of two of the country's Premier print providers, each joined by one of their clients, for a discussion about The New Business of Printing™ and the role of digital print. The event was simultaneously broadcast around the world via the internet.

BasWare CORP. STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

BasWare Corporation ('BasWare') has today agreed on an acquisition of the entire share capital of Digital Vision Technologies Ltd ('Digital Vision'). The acquisition price amounts to approximately EUR 9.2 million and will be paid in cash in two parts. A total of EUR 9 million was paid in conjunction with the completition of the acquisition. The remainder will be determined by Digital Vision's net assets on the Interim Financial Statements on August 31, 2007 and will be paid by the beginning of October 2007. The acquired company is owned by local investors and the current management of the company that will also continue to be employed by the company. The company's net assets totaled over EUR 1 million at the end of the fiscal year, ending on March 31, 2007 and it is estimated that there has been no substantial change to those by the time of the acquisition. The acquisition increases BasWare's net sales by approximately EUR 2 million in 2007.

Bellevue, Wash. — September 10, 2007 — Captaris, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAPA), a leading provider of software products that automate document-centric processes, today announces the general availability of RightFax® 9.3 Feature Pack 2, a robust Fax over IP solution that includes new support for Microsoft Vista 32-bit; Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. The release also includes expanded support for Cisco Call Manager and Cisco Routers, Avaya and Alcatel gateways as well as new PCle digital fax boards from Cantata.

Enhanced support for Microsoft applications gives organizations the ability to use RightFax 9.3 in the latest application environments. With enhanced Fax over IP solutions from Captaris, customers have more choices to increase their Return on Investment by adding Fax over IP to current Voice over IP deployments.

CDC Software partners with Message Systems to create powerful high performance email application server called CDC MarketFirst Deliverability Email Server
ATLANTA, HONG KONG, September 10, 2007— CDC Software, a wholly owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation and a provider of industry-specific enterprise software applications and business services, announced today the addition of the CDC MarketFirst Deliverability Email Server to its CDC MarketFirst marketing automation solution. This new solution, planned for availability in Q4 2007, will allow CDC MarketFirst customers to solve their deliverability issues by providing robust traffic shaping and delivery capabilities.

Printers can propel their digital businesses with new services, technologies and workflow solutions to produce profitable print programs

CHICAGO, Sept. 10, 2007 -- The founder and leader in the digital production publishing industry, Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) is once again advancing the quality and productivity of its offerings that help commercial printers expand their businesses and profit from the growth opportunities in digital printing.
At Graph Expo, the printing industry's largest annual exhibition in North America, Xerox is showcasing new and enhanced products and software - including nearly a dozen introduced this month - that deliver vibrant color, streamline production and improve print image quality.

Hopkinton, Mass.-Monday, September 10, 2007

EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that Westinghouse Electric Company chose EMC’s best-of-breed hardware, software and services to accelerate the business value of its Microsoft Exchange Global Messaging platform. EMC will enable Westinghouse, a pioneering nuclear power company and supplier to power companies worldwide, to consolidate its disparate, distributed email applications into an integrated, scalable and highly available Microsoft Exchange 2007 Messaging platform.

“We were using two end-of-life email applications and needed an information infrastructure to support our communications needs as we upgraded our Messaging platform,” said Tom Moser, Manager of IT Services at Westinghouse. “Our EMC infrastructure will enable a faster migration, provide an integrated view of our Exchange environment and support an application-specific archiving and recovery management strategy.”

Leading Global Temporary Housing Provider to Streamline and Automate Processing of More Than 70,000 Utility Bills a Month

IRVINE, Calif. -- September 6, 2007 -- Kofax today announced that Oakwood Worldwide, the leading global temporary housing and serviced apartment provider, has selected Kofax Intelligent Capture & Exchange as the foundation for its new solution to better automate the processing of the tens of thousands of utility bills it receives each month.

"Our previous system involved a heavy amount of manual processing for each utility bill," said Brad Niemiec, manager of the national accounting process for Oakwood Worldwide. "Through our partnership with Western Office Systems and Kofax Professional Services, we were able to implement an effective solution to better automate how our accounting team processes the large volume of utility bills we receive each month. As a result, we have been able to reduce disconnects with our vendors and are positioned to support our projected annual growth of more than 20 percent without increasing full-time or temporary staff."

One Student to Receive $500 USD Toward Tuition and Fees

AUSTIN, TEXAS (Sept. 4, 2007) — Journyx – the first company to provide web-based time tracking and project accounting solutions that guide customers to per-person, per-project profitability – today launches the 2008 Excellence in Project Accounting Philosophy essay scholarship. The scholarship is open to full-time graduate and undergraduate college students at a university in the United States. The winning essayist will receive $500 USD toward college tuition and fees.

Interested students should contribute an essay of 1,000 words or less on one of the following two topics:

Clearwater, FL — Aug 28, 2007 — Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software, today announced that it has been named to Inc. magazine's list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in America. The Inc. 5000, an extension of Inc. magazine's annual Inc. 500 list, catches many businesses that are too big to grow at the pace required to make the Inc. 500, as well as a host of smaller firms. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy.

"Sunbelt is honored to be recognized by Inc. Magazine for our growth," said Alex Eckelberry, president of Sunbelt Software. "But this achievement is really a testament to our loyal customers and dedicated employees."

London, UK, 28 August 2007 – GFI MailEssentials, an anti-spam and anti-phishing solution, has won the MSExchange.org Readers’ Choice Award in the Anti-Spam category for the third year running, GFI Software, an international developer of network security, content security and messaging software has announced. GFI MailEssentials can be installed on a Microsoft Exchange server or SMTP gateway and stops over 98% of spam.

“Our Reader’s Choice Awards give visitors to our site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category,” said Sean Buttigieg, MSExchange.org manager. “MSExchange.org users are specialists in their field who encounter various solutions for Exchange Server at the workplace. Their vote serves as a solid peer-to-peer recommendation of the winning product.”

TANDBERG’s Visual Communication Solutions Help the Nation’s Healthcare Providers Reach More Patients, Improve Patient Care and Optimize Operations

Reston, Virginia, August 21, 2007 – AHA Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association (AHA), announced today the endorsement of TANDBERG Videoconferencing products as the preferred visual communication solutions for AHA’s membership of nearly 5,000 hospitals and healthcare organizations and 37,000 healthcare professionals.

“TANDBERG is a recognized leader in the healthcare marketplace with high quality videoconferencing solutions that are easy to use, secure and reliable,” said Tim Steffl, vice president, corporate development, of AHA Solutions, Inc. “We look forward to working with TANDBERG in promoting the adoption of videoconferencing to enhance the quality of patient care and enable hospitals to operate more efficiently.”

GFI WebMonitor for ISA Server available in three versions to meet administrators’ particular web management requirements

London, UK, 22 August, 2007 – GFI Software, a leading developer of network security, content security and messaging software, today announced the release of the latest version of GFI WebMonitor for ISA Server, a solution that gives administrators comprehensive control over corporate web usage and what employees are downloading from the Internet. GFI WebMonitor 4 boosts employee productivity and increases security whilst maintaining optimum use of the Internet as a business tool.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - 22 Aug 2007: Today at the VoiceCon 2007 conference, IBM (NYSE: IBM) unveiled the next phase of its unified communication and collaboration (UC2) strategy by expanding its IBM Lotus Sametime software into a product family that will include new telephony integration software.

Today at the VoiceCon 2007 conference, IBM (NYSE: IBM) unveiled the next phase of its unified communication and collaboration (UC2) strategy by expanding its IBM Lotus Sametime software into a product family that will include new telephony integration software.

With telephone systems, mobile devices, instant messaging (IM), email, Web and video conferencing capabilities, businesses are faced with a maze of communication options and corresponding back-end systems. Figuring out which tool to use and when -- and getting these tools to work together -- is a challenge for businesses of all sizes. The Lotus Sametime product family will make it easier for a company to offer its employees a unified communications environment that delivers leading capabilities to users and simplifies back-end integration -- without forcing software migration or rip-and-replace decisions.

Automated malware behavior analyzer delivers new cloaking techniques, reporting and usability enhancements, and improved data feeds

Clearwater, FL — Aug 20, 2007 — Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security software, today announced the availability of Sunbelt CWSandbox(tm) version 2.0, a powerful tool for professional automated analysis of malware. The new version delivers significant improvements, including sophisticated cloaking techniques, enhanced malware analysis reports, and an enhanced web interface for reporting and submission of malware samples. Additionally, more comprehensive malware data collection feeds are now available that can be bundled with CWSandbox to provide additional benefits to security researchers.