Software

Service could get pretty stormy for San Mateo, California-based PageDNA customers if it wasn't for cloud computing.

New Bedford, Massachusetts-based C.P. Bourg is partnering with Fairport, New York-based Productive Solutions to develop, sell and support the company’s manufacturing integrity software for book binding and finishing applications.

Headquartered in Solana Beach, Calif., Printable Technologies, a leading provider of software as a service (SaaS) web-to-print and media personalization solutions, announced that its fiscal performance in the second quarter 2009 was the greatest in the company's 14-year history.

Headquartered in New Bedford, Mass., C.P. Bourg, a leading developer and supplier of innovative in-line and near-line document feeding, binding and finishing equipment, developed the ROI Analysis tool for its Bourg BB3002 PUR perfect binder, and is offering the tool free of charge on request via e-mail.

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania-based e-LYNXX Corporation is encouraging organizations to visit the company’s newly launched website at www.e-LYNXX.com. The site features sections for e-LYNXX’s three divisions: Patented Procurement Method (www.patentedprocurementmethod.com), American Print Management (www.americanprintmanagement.com) and Government Print Management (www.governmentprintmanagement.com).

Norcross, Georgia-based DemandBridge—formerly TopForm Software—announced it has been selected as the enterprise-wide software provider for Data Supplies, Inc. (DSI), an information solutions provider with 21 sales offices, nine distribution centers and four manufacturing facilities across the United States. The implementation of the 128-user license of DemandBridge software make DSI the largest installation to date. Ranked eighth among the top 100 print distributors in the United States, and having developed sophisticated applications for itself, DSI required a totally customizable platform that could reside on its servers within the company’s control. With the robust operations, inventory and accounting software DB Distributor, DemandBridge is able to deliver

Pittsburgh-based Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) has partnered with the International Cooperation for the Integration of Process in Prepress, Press and Postpress (CIP4) to form a JDF (Job Definition Format) User Group, focusing on the implementation of JDF-enabled systems and cross-vendor implementations. JDF is the industry specification designed to facilitate process automation and the integration of different applications and systems in and around the graphic arts industry. The first JDF User Group meeting will be held March 24–25 at PIA/GATF’s Pittsburgh headquarters. Highlights include a hands-on look at JDF implementations within the facility, discussions of the challenges to creating successful

Headquartered in Willowbrook, Ill., Thondan Medical Transcription helps to relieve documentation headaches for the healthcare community with a cost-effective service offering quality transcription with “next-morning” turnaround. Hospitals, clinics, ambulatory centers and physician practices nation-wide can reduce in-house transcription staffing needs by utilizing the professionally-managed pool of transcriptionists plus two tiers of proofreading and quality monitoring available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Users follow a simple five-step process: 1. Pick up the phone and dial a toll free number Thondan provides. 2. Enter a unique four-digit PIN number and press the # key. 3. Begin dictating. 4. Hang up the phone when dictation has been completed. 5.

By Maggie DeWitt This month’s mystery product garnered a lot of attention during the On Demand show, April 16-19, at the Boston Convention & Exposition Center, with its “live paperhead” mascot. Initially drawn in by the promotional character, attendees found the product equally compelling. It’s an effective solution for navigating paper-based environments. Check out the following clues and try to guess what the product is: • It can be used as a tool for handling regulatory compliance issues. • It can help in establishing a disaster recovery plan for documents. • It serves as a secure, digital filing cabinet.

Lately, Tempting customers with the powerful phrase “buy one, get one free” isn’t only a strategy used to get shoppers to fill their carts. As creative and marketing solutions lengthen the list of print providers’ expected offerings, adding value is invaluable—no matter where one stands in the supply chain. In turn, the increasing demand for services means more automation, a flood of sophisticated workflow and management programs and plenty of features to handle the inevitable ensuing changes. For service providers such as the document management solutions market, the definition of “added value” has expanded to include seamless integration, security, flexibility and—much like the