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INDUSTRY EVENTS
14 - 16 APRIL - Leading Companies Share Benefits from RFID at RFID Journal LIVE! 2010
Held on Apr. 14-16 in Orlando, Florida USA:
• Over 150 speakers across 8 industry-specific and how-to conference tracks
• 9 in-depth preconference seminars
• The largest RFID technology exhibition, featuring the most technology demonstrations
• 4 co-located events
• CompTIA RFID+ training and certification
http://www.rfidjournalevents.com/live/
1 -3 FEBRUARY - Kroll Ontrack at LegalTech New York 2010
LegalTech® New York 2010 is the largest and most important legal technology event of the year, providing an in-depth look at products and services available to meet the needs of legal and senior management teams. Kroll Ontrack will be participating in several capacities as a sponsor, educational track presenter and exhibitor.
LegalTech New York - February 1 – 3, 2010 - The Hilton New York Hotel - New York, NY
https://secure.lawcatalog.com/almevents/almevents_registration.cfm?seminarid=1205&pregister=1
19th Annual Ink Jet Printing Conference - February 3-5, 2010
Sony Corporation will present their new LD Printhead Technology; Rob Beeson will discuss HP’s “Writing System Approach” to product design and several speakers will address the move to single-pass ink jet printing plus many exciting new industrial and document production applications will be presented. http://imi.maine.com/InkJet10.html#binorder
21st Annual Thermal Printing Conference - February 1-3, 2010
Added presentations on the Thermal Printhead Aftermarket by Om Srivastava of Gulton and The UID Label: A Unique Niche Market by Consultant Charles E. Mara plus an insightful presentation on Trends in Retail IT Automation & Merchandising and the Impact on Point-of-Issue Transaction Documents by Walter Deacon of Boston Retail Partners. http://imi.maine.com/Thermal2010.html#binorder
13th Annual Toner Printing Conference - February 1-3, 2010
A very exciting session on the future of toner printing will feature the debut of Madison Advisors’ Print Suppression Market Study presented by Principal Analyst Terry Frazier plus insightful market data and future trend predictions by John Shane of InfoTrends, Tom Ashley of Pivotal Resources USA and Mark Hanley of I.T. Strategies. Another new topic, China’s Circular Economy Law, will be presented by Consultant Velliyur Sankaran. http://imi.maine.com/TonerChemicals2010.html#binorder
Ink Jet Academy- February 1-2, 2010
As always, The Ink Jet Academy offers a 1 1/2 day course covering the basic theory of all the diverse types of ink jet technology in use today plus inks and media - how they are formulated and the required supply and support systems. The course provides an excellent background to anyone entering the ink jet industry or seeking an efficient update of ink jet technology. http://imi.maine.com/AcademyFeb10.html#binorder
Transpromo, Social Networking and more at Xplor Global Event in March
When: March 17-19, 2010
Where: TradeWinds Island Grand Hotel and Conference Center, St. Pete Beach, Florida
Early registration for members: $745
Early registration for non-members: $945
Special hotel rates: $189
For additional information, visit http://www.xplor.org/xdu2010/ or click here to check out our digital brochure.
9 - 13 MAY - TAWPI Annual Forum and Expo - Fusion 2010 - Document Management
Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, Grapevine TX
http://www.tawpi.org.fusion
IN the NEWS
21 January - Océ has received two 2009 BERTL's Best® designations. The Océ Arizona® 350 XT UV flatbed printer was named "Best Innovative Technology for Wide Format" and the Océ PlotWave 300 system was named "Best Eco-Friendly Wide Format Printer" by BERTL. These awards acknowledge the worldwide success of Océ's innovative power in product and technology development.
BERTL analysts review current product lines and new product introductions to identify the select group of devices and software that are superior to others. BERTL analysts look not only at how well a product performs in various real-world settings, but also what specific aspects of the device and under what circumstances make analysts stand up and take notice. BERTL's Best award covers the entire digital imaging and document management arena.
18 January – Océ and Prism Software Corporation announced the availability of Prism Software’s deskSystem™ and deskForm™ applications. Both products build upon Océ’s commitment to provide smart document workflow solutions to customers and are sourced through Océ’s Partner Program. They join Prism deskRecord™ software as PC-based applications that provide document personalization, workflow customization and document archival and retrieval solutions.
18 January – IBM announces “Project Vulcan” - IBM Research and Lotus are joining forces to deliver new innovation on the Web through the creation of LotusLive Labs -- a proving ground for advances in business-driven collaboration in the cloud. LotusLive delivers integrated email, Web conferencing, social networking and collaboration services.
20 January - Xerox announced the acquisition of Irish Business Systems (IBS), for approximately $31 million, expanding its reach into the small and mid-sized business (SMB) market in Ireland. IBS, with eight offices located throughout Ireland, is a managed print services provider and the largest independent supplier of digital imaging and printing solutions in Ireland. By acquiring Irish Business Systems, Xerox will increase its sales force and gain access to more than 11,000 new customers in Ireland. Over the last two years, Xerox has expanded its distribution to the SMB market and managed print services delivery capability through acquisitions and broadened relationships with resellers and concessionaires in Europe.
NAMES in the NEWS
21 January - GMC Software Technology announced the promotion of Patrick Riesch to General Manager of the Effretikon office in Switzerland. Riesch joined GMC Software in February of 2009 as Manager of the office’s professional services organization and as of January 2010 will assume the role as General Manager overseeing sales, support and professional services functions. Riesch spent almost 15 years in the electronic document industry. Following university, he spent a number of years with Xeikon and in 1999 joined Xerox, first as a Presales Consultant for color products and in 2002, as a Manager of Sales and Marketing. Patrick Riesch has a degree in Polygraphic Engineering as well executive Master’s Degree in International Marketing.
19 January – Inspectron announced that David Day is bringing his 30 plus years experience in the document business back to Inspectron. David’s experience in zero defect mail, document composition, print and mail, combined with his knowledge of regulatory issues – specifically compliance, plays well with the expansion of Inspectron in the USA marketplace. His previous experience includes such companies as Production Intelligence Consultant, Pitney Bowes; Manager Software Sales, Sefas; Product Manager, Group 1 Software and Major Accounts Manager, Inspectron; Software Sales Support, Xerox and others. David’s expertise in designing the ADF has helped companies large and small, both private sector and government build Automated Document Factories and insure document integrity and regulatory compliance.
15 January - Xeikon, a division of Punch Graphix, announced that Todd Blumsack has been promoted to the position of Vice President of Sales for Xeikon North America. Previously, Blumsack has been Xeikon's Director of Sales, North America since September 2008. A 19-year veteran of sales and marketing, Blumsack has extensive experience in sales management processes, lead generation campaigns, hiring and training sales organizations and building sales promotions. In his new role, Blumsack will be responsible for managing the sales team, and leading the sales support team, which is comprised of workflow and color management specialists. He will report directly to Michael V. Ring, President of Punch Graphix Americas, Inc. Prior to joining Xeikon, Blumsack spearheaded the marketing efforts for the retail and bulk business units as Director of Marketing for Weyerhaeuser Company and built sales and marketing programs as Director of Marketing-Commercial Printing for Eastman Kodak Company.
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