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International Journal of Micrographics & Optical Technology, 2006

County-Wide Document Capture, Conversion and Indexing Contract

docHarbor has been selected as the county-wide provider of document scanning, indexing and micrographie services to the County of San Diego.

Anacomp's docHarbor division, which operates a nationwide network of document conversion centers, will provide document preparation, scanning, indexing and conversion services to a wide array of San Diego County departments and organizations. The five-year contract will standardize the way county departments purchase document conversion services and also how those services will be delivered.

"We are delighted to partner with Anacomp for the capture, management, delivery and preservation of important county records with the utmost focus on quality, security and privacy," said Winston McCoIl, Director for the Department of Purchasing and Contracting. "This contract fulfills our immediate and long-term document capture needs for digital, paper and film-based records and accommodates our high-volume, back-file conversions requirements as well."

"Anacomp is proud of our near 38-year tradition of service excellence to local, state and federal government customers," said Corey Meitchik, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. "We are equally pleased that the County of San Diego, which is the nation's fourth largest metropolitan area by population and the home of our corporate headquarters, has selected Anacomp to provide such a comprehensive suite of document services for the citizens and residents of San Diego."

"Today, as organizations and business struggle with the challenges of records management, document retention, cost-effective document conversion and delivery, the docHarbor team takes pride in its proven approach to helping thousands of customers worldwide reduce costs and improve their business processes," concludes Meitchik.

Contact docHarbor Document Services. Web: www.docHarbor.com

Atempo Acquires Storactive

Atempo has acquired privately-held provider of continuous data protection (CDP) software, Storactive Inc. of Marina del Rey, California. Atempo says that the acquisition accelerates its strategic growth into Trusted ILM (Information Lifecycle Management) by adding real-time data capture capabilities to its Time Navigator data protection suite.

Pressured by increasingly strict compliance needs, Atempo's customers can now "capture data as it is created and/or modified and perform fine-grain recovery management of critical corporate workstations and Microsoft Exchange data to any point in time". CDP adds an important element to Atempo's Trusted ILM solution to accurately classify, protect and manage their critical information over its lifecycle.

"Storactive is the rising star of CDP, giving Atempo a solid technology and growing footprint in this rapidly emerging market," said Rick Wojcik, chief executive officer of Atempo. "With this acquisition Atempo gains best-in-class CDP products that are a natural extension to Time Navigator and a world-class R&D team who will help keep Atempo at the forefront of technology innovation for years to come."

Storactive has over 120 licensed customers worldwide. Its market-leading products include award-winning LiveBackup and LiveServ for Exchange. LiveBackup delivers completely automatic and transparent backup for Windows desktops and laptops. LiveServ is the industry's only application-integrated CDP solution for Microsoft Exchange.

"We are pleased with the synergy of Atempo and Storactive's products for our business," said Daemonn Brody, technical director at Mistral, the UK-based internet service provider. "As a value-added service provider, Atempo's comprehensive solution allows us to tailor the proper recovery management objectives from the desktop to the enterprise." Mistral is ranked as one of the UK's 100 fastest-growing private companies and hosts more than 400 UK corporate websites, including sites belonging to Microsoft, Blockbuster and Bacardi.

Commenting on the deal, Heidi Biggar, analyst for Enterprise Strategy Group, said "This is an excellent example of one plus one equalling three. Storactive has great CDP functionality but faced a huge uphill battle penetrating the market, while Atempo is already a trusted supplier focused on recovery. This move accelerates Atempo's ability to bring CDP features to market and add some real meat to its Trusted ILM message."

Atempo will maintain the existing Storactive facilities in Marina del Rey, CA and Moscow, Russia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Contact Atempo. Web: www.atempo.com

Check Image Volume Grew Rapidly in January 2006

SVPCO-Electronic Clearing Services, the electronic check and check image exchange business of The Clearing House Payments Company LLC, has reported that check image volume in the Image Payments Network jumped significantly in January from the previous month, and continues to grow at double digit rates in both dollar volume and total items.

For January, SVPCO reported the following data for the Image Payments Network: