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www.omtool.com - Omtool, Ltd. Karen Cummings, 978-327-5707 kcummings@omtool.com or Elizabeth Yekhtikian, 617-451-7352 eyekhtikian@blancandotus.com Omtool, Ltd. (OTCBB:OMTL), a leading provider of document capture and handling solutions, today announced the 2008 Drive for Innovation Award for the legal market. This premiere award will be presented to Omtool's legal customers who leverage their AccuRoute(R) document
capture and handling solution to achieve substantial results in the areas of information accessibility, compliance, document retention and/or efficiency improvements. Deployed in more than 250 law firms, including about half of the AmLaw Top 100, Omtool is using this award to recognize the best use of AccuRoute's document capture and handling features in the legal profession.
"Innovation is at the heart of all business success and we are happy to announce Omtool's 2008 Drive for Innovation Award for the legal market, which is designed to identify and congratulate our legal customers' most compelling use of document capture solutions," said Karen Cummings, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Omtool. "We believe this award program will shine a light on best practices for implementing and utilizing the significant capabilities of AccuRoute in the legal community. We will announce the winners at the annual International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Conference next month."
Omtool is currently accepting entries from law firms, corporate legal departments, and business partners (on behalf of their legal customers) nationwide for the most innovative uses of AccuRoute in their organization. The call for entries is open until August 1, 2008 (8:00 p.m. ET).
The top winners will be chosen by a panel of industry experts that include Neil Araujo, vice president of professional services industry solutions marketing with Interwoven, Bernard Chester, principal with IMERGE Consulting, Dave Cunningham, managing director with Baker Robbins & Company Technology Consultants, Randy Dazo, director of document solutions with InfoTrends, Jason Doris, WW partner development manager with Hewlett-Packard, Don Holland, partner with HSV Consulting Group, and Robert Zacharski, president of Data Minds.
"In today's emerging technology environment, acknowledging and appreciating the importance of innovation is vital and I was thrilled to accept the offer to judge Omtool's 2008 Drive for Innovation Award for the legal market," said Randy Dazo, director of document solutions with InfoTrends.
The winners will be announced at the annual ILTA conference on August 26, 2008. The top winners will receive their own "2008 Drive for Innovation Award" trophy, associated public promotions and the first place award recipient will also receive $25,000 in cooperative marketing from Omtool.
About AccuRoute
Omtool's acclaimed AccuRoute streamlines the capture, conversion, communication, and archiving of paper and electronic documents for organizations of all sizes. This server-based document capture and handling platform provides fast, secure and simultaneous document distribution to multiple destinations in multiple formats enabling organizations to perform complex document management tasks more efficiently. Designed for distributed enterprise document routing and accessible from any desktop computer or network-enabled scanning device (including digital MFP devices), AccuRoute makes documents immediately accessible where and when they are needed. The result: organizations enjoy faster, more efficient document workflows, while reducing associated costs, complexity, and risk.
About Omtool, Ltd.
Omtool, Ltd. is a leading provider of document capture and handling solutions that simplify the integration of paper and electronic documents into enterprise information management systems. Our flagship product, AccuRoute, streamlines the capture, conversion and communication of paper and electronic documents, enabling fast, secure, simultaneous distribution to multiple destinations in multiple formats. Available at any network-enabled scan device or from a user's desktop computer, AccuRoute provides faster, more efficient workflows, while reducing cost, complexity and risk. Omtool solutions are used worldwide by businesses in document-intensive industries that demand secure handling, integration and tracking of documents in full compliance with a range of regulatory requirements. Based in Andover, Massachusetts with offices in the United Kingdom, Omtool can be contacted at 1-800-886-7845 or www.omtool.com.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Omtool's future financial and operating performance; customer interest in and acceptance of Omtool's products; long-term sales strategy; distribution channels; and the future plans of Omtool's management. These forward-looking statements are neither promises nor guarantees, and are subject to risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations set forth in these forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, risks associated with Omtool's business, including introduction of new product offerings, concentration of all products in the electronic document exchange market, focus on specific vertical markets; Omtool's strategic focus on new vertical markets; and those other risk factors described in Omtool's periodic reports and registration statements as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Omtool undertakes no responsibility to update any such forward-looking statements.
Winners to be announced at the 2008 ILTA conference
