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Laserfiche has announced the winners of its annual Run Smarter Awards program, including India-based Essar Group. Each year, Laserfiche honors organizations that succeed in promoting organizational agility through innovative use of Laserfiche enterprise content management (ECM) Document Management Software.

Essar Group is a conglomerate of 63 companies in the Steel, Oil & Gas, Power, Communications, Shipping Ports & Logistics, Projects and Minerals sectors with operations in more than 20 countries across five continents and annual revenue of $15 billion.

“We saw Laserfiche as a way to bring visibility, time-bound execution and accountability to our accounting business processes,” said Mandeep Singh, Head of Finance Shared Services at Essar.

Singh estimates that Essar Group has realized a 40% return on its Laserfiche Document Management investment already, but foresees ongoing and expanding operational improvements.

“As our ongoing success has shown, Laserfiche is agile enough as an enterprise solution to manage document-based workflows and accelerate turnaround time. Laserfiche has been a tremendous tool for developing new, more comprehensive business processes that have given Essar Group fresh perspective and improved our overall investment perspective as a company,” said Singh.

Other 2010 Run Smarter winners include: Central District Health Department of Boise, ID; City of Maple Grove, MN; Dallas Associated Dermatologists; Durham County, NC; ECOM Atlantic; Hamilton-Wentworth School Board; London Borough of Tower Hamlets; Long Beach Police Department; Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians; NE Metro Intermediate Schools; Pulte Mortgage; South Essex Partnership NHS Trust; Spire Investment Partners, LLC; Texas A&M University Kingsville; Virginia Port Authority; and Wythe County Community Hospital.

About Laserfiche

Since 1987, Laserfiche® has used its Run Smarter® philosophy to create simple and elegant enterprise content management (ECM) solutions. More than 28,000 organizations worldwide use Laserfiche software to streamline document, records and business process management through Document Imaging Software.

The Laserfiche ECM system is designed to give IT managers central control over their information infrastructure, including standards, security and auditing, while still offering business units the flexibility to respond quickly to changing conditions through easily accessible Document Imaging.

Laserfiche distributes its software through a worldwide network of value-added resellers (VARs), who tailor solutions to clients’ individual needs. The Laserfiche VAR program has received the Five-Star Rating from Computer Reseller News/VARBusiness magazine.

Laserfiche in Hong Kong

HONG KONG (Laserfiche)—April 26, 2010—Laserfiche International today celebrates the grand opening of Laserfiche International Technology (Shanghai) Ltd. Laserfiche International Technology (LFIT) supports a staff of software engineers who will focus on tailoring the Laserfiche enterprise content management (ECM) Document Management Software suite to the Chinese market through product development, product localization and by providing online technical support to Chinese VARs.

“Laserfiche’s long-term commitment to China began in 2004, when it formed a representative office in Shanghai,” said Phyllis Chen, managing director of Laserfiche International. “Since then, the company’s presence in Shanghai has grown steadily. We’ve established LFIT as its own corporate entity in order to make Laserfiche ECM solutions more accessible to Chinese customers.”

LFIT recruits employees from the top 10 universities in China, including Shanghai Jiaotong University and Fudan University. To accommodate its recent and future growth, LFIT has moved into a 4,000+ square foot executive suite at 2000 Pudong Avenue. The office occupies the penthouse suite and has a panoramic view of the city.

In Hong Kong, Laserfiche International is also expanding rapidly. Opened in October 2009 to capitalize on the enormous potential for growth in the booming Asia Pacific region, Laserfiche International recently acquired an additional 2,000 square feet of office space to accommodate high demand for its Document Management Software products and services.

“We’re proud of the work Laserfiche International has done to bring our agile ECM systems to the Chinese market,” said Tom Wayman, vice president of product strategy at Laserfiche. “We look forward to continued success in Asia as the company expands its presence in both Shanghai and Hong Kong.”

Laserfiche® creates simple and elegant enterprise content management (ECM) Document Imaging solutions that help organizations run smarter. Since 1987, more than 28,000 organizations worldwide—including numerous Fortune 1000 companies and a variety of government agencies—have used Laserfiche software to streamline document, records and business process management.

The Laserfiche ECM system is designed to give IT managers central control over their information infrastructure, including standards, security and auditing, while still offering business units the flexibility to respond quickly to changing conditions with Document Imaging Software. The Laserfiche product suite is built upon Microsoft® technologies to simplify system administration, supports Microsoft SQL and Oracle® platforms and features a seamless integration with Microsoft Office® applications and a two-way integration with SharePoint®.
Laserfiche distributes its software through a worldwide network of value-added resellers (VARs), who tailor solutions to clients’ individual needs. The Laserfiche VAR program has received the Five-Star rating from Computer Reseller News/VARBusiness magazine.