New Partner Program Brings Industry Leaders Together to Provide Affordable
Document File Management Solutions to Corporate Workgroups and
Small-to-Medium Sized Businesses
NEW YORK, (PC Expo Booth # 4516 and Booth #2119), June 27 /PRNewswire/ --
Ricoh Silicon Valley, Inc. (RSV) today announced the launch of its Technology
Alliance Partners (TAP) Program, designed to combine RSV's appliance-based
document file management systems with best-of-breed products to provide
powerful solutions for today's information management needs. TAP Program
Partners will team with RSV to develop, market, and deliver joint solutions
for fax management, virtual printing, image and data capture, and more.
Hewlett-Packard, Castelle, Kofax, NSM, and OTG are among the industry leaders
that have already joined the program.
The new program includes several benefits for partners, including
eCabinet-compatible product certification, access to engineering resources,
participation in RSV's Software Developer's Program, joint training and
support for resellers, custom alliance opportunities, and more. Ricoh Silicon
Valley's flagship product, eCabinet(TM), is the first intelligent electronic
filing cabinet for storing, sharing, and finding both digital and paper-based
files, and is targeted toward small-to-medium sized businesses and corporate
workgroups.
"Creating a collaborative solution with Ricoh Silicon Valley's eCabinet
will bring true value to both our company and our customers," said
Boris Elpiner, vice president of Marketing for Castelle (Nasdaq: CSTL), the
leading manufacturer of Network Fax Servers. "The eCabinet/FaxPress solution
provides an affordable, easy-to-use and low maintenance fax management
solution to small businesses and corporate workgroups."
"Our partnership with Castelle helps us more effectively meet customers'
needs to integrate fax communications into affordable information management
systems," said James Harris, executive vice president of sales & marketing for
Ricoh Silicon Valley. "Together with all of our partners, we offer complete
solutions, increase market awareness, leverage opportunities, and prosper from
joint sales and marketing efforts."
For further information about RSV's Technology Alliance Partners Program,
a list of current partners, and an online application form, please visit RSV's
Web site at rsv.ricoh.com.
About Ricoh Silicon Valley
Ricoh Silicon Valley, Inc. takes advantage of the combined strengths of
office networks, Internet browsers and thin server technology. Designed
specifically for the needs of small-to-medium sized companies and corporate
workgroups, RSV's appliance-based network-attached systems offer efficient,
easy-to-use and affordable solutions for today's document file management
needs. RSV's flagship product eCabinet, recipient of Imaging & Document
Solutions Magazine's Product of the Year 2000 Award, allows easy capture and
storage of office documents, and retrieval directly from a Web browser. For
more information about Ricoh Silicon Valley or eCabinet, please visit our Web
site at rsv.ricoh.com.
About Castelle
Founded in 1987, Castelle develops and markets products that enable
organizations to easily implement Internet and Intra-office messaging, data
storage and printing over local area networks. Castelle is one of the pioneers
of application server appliances and has developed expertise to integrate most
complex functions into very easy-to-use and maintain, "plug-&-forget" shared
devices. Castelle believes that its products are more economical than
comparable software-only solutions, as they do not require a large technical
staff to install, operate and maintain. Castelle products are utilized by
industry leaders including Fortune 1000 companies and also by small and
medium-sized business worldwide and are available through a worldwide network
of distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, e-commerce
retailers, and the Castelle On-Line Store. Castelle is headquartered in Morgan
Hill, California and can be reached at 408-852-8000, fax 408-852-8100 or
http://www.castelle.com.
Castelle Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties, relating to the future events, including the ability of the
Company to (i) develop, introduce and achieve acceptance of new products, (ii)
be profitable, (iii) be cash flow positive, (iv) improve on working capital,
and (iv) deliver quality customer support. Actual events or the Company's
results may differ materially from the events or results discussed in the
forward-looking statements for a number of reasons including, without
limitation, the timely development, acceptance and pricing of new products and
the general economic conditions as they affect the Company's customers. The
Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information.
Investors are referred to the full discussion of risks and uncertainties
associated with forward-looking statements as contained in the Company's
reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's
Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000.
NOTE: All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced
herein belong to their respective companies.
SOURCE Ricoh Silicon Valley, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.rsv.ricoh.com
CONTACT:
Laura Deaton of Ricoh Silicon Valley, Inc.,
408-346-4611, or ldeaton@rsv.ricoh.com
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