Pitney Bowes Sponsors Gartner Office Document Management Program at Xplor 2004

Business Wire, June 17, 2004

TORRANCE, Calif. -- Xplor International today announced that Pitney Bowes Inc., the leading global provider of integrated mail and document solutions, will be an official sponsor of the Gartner Office Document Management Program at Xplor 2004: The Document Solutions Information Exchange. The Gartner full-day program, entitled Strategies for Smart Office Document Management, will provide attendees with the knowledge and best practices know-how to realize their business goals. Xplor 2004 will be held in Dallas, Texas, USA from October 24-28. E[acute accent]The Strategies for Smart Office Document Management will focus on the responsibilities around planning and procurement, integration with IT, management and support of office copiers, printers and multifunction products and office document management systems. E[acute accent]The full-day program will feature numerous sessions lead by Gartner analysts as well as end-user panel discussions. The vendor panel will include Pitney Bowes representatives and will provide insight and expertise on the challenges, solutions and best practices in this arena. E[acute accent]"In a typical company of 1,000 employees, 15 million pages are copied, faxed and printed each year, at an average cost of $1 million," said Michael Heacock, Vice President, Pitney Bowes Enterprise Relationship Development. "Simply stated, most companies have too many printers, copiers and fax machines, in too many places, with too much duplication of effort at a cost that begs for better management. E[acute accent]"Organizations can optimize the number, location and business rules for usage of all equipment to not only lower costs, but also to distribute the end product more effectively. We anticipate that our participation with Gartner at Xplor will help attendees make better decisions about the flow of their communication," said Heacock. "Often, IT has domain over the network printers but not faxers and copiers, which are generally under the control of business units or departments, which lead to inefficient silos. Multi-Function devices are a good way to alleviate this problem." E[acute accent]The Gartner program, scheduled for Tuesday, October 26, 2004, will feature numerous sessions, including:

E[acute accent]--Managing the Transition to Better Office Document Workflow. Gartner's Office Document Cost Savings model explains the best practices and success stories of how some managers have won the tough battle to make the tough changes to implement their office document management strategy.

E[acute accent]--How to Choose the Best Document Output Management Vendor. Gartner's multifunction products (MFP) Magic Quadrant reveals which vendors are leaders or niche players.

E[acute accent]--Identifying Smarter Devices for Smarter Document Processes. Understand if your organization would realize a positive ROI with the smart multifunction products today or how to prepare to make the most of these new, smarter devices.

E[acute accent]--Smarter Buying for Better Document Output Fleet Management. Recognize the evaluation and selection process in choosing an external service provider and review services contracts to negotiate a better and safer outsourcing contract.

E[acute accent]For additional details on the Gartner program Strategies for Smart Office Management, go to www.xplor2004.org.

E[acute accent]About Xplor 2004

E[acute accent]Xplor 2004: The Document Solutions Information Exchange is a vendor-neutral forum for the exchange of information relevant to the document solutions enterprise. In addition to gaining valuable education and networking opportunities, attendees with organizational responsibility for document solutions can give and receive information related to market trends, business drivers, challenging problems, best practices, innovative solutions, and product advancements. Xplor 2004 will take place October 24-28 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

E[acute accent]About Xplor International

E[acute accent]Xplor International is a worldwide, not-for-profit professional association that consists of thousands of users and suppliers of the products and services that create, modify, and deliver customized information using a wide variety of document technologies. Xplor International has its worldwide headquarters in Torrance, California, with affiliated offices around the world. Further information is available at www.xplor.org.

E[acute accent]About Pitney Bowes

E[acute accent]Pitney Bowes is a $4.6 billion global provider of integrated mail and document management solutions headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The company serves over 2 million businesses of all sizes in more than 130 countries through dealer and direct operations. For more information, please visit www.pb.com.