Cupertino, CA 95014-5924
Tel 877.580.3030
www.rsv.ricoh.com
Description and History of Company
- Founded in 1998 as the Network Appliance Division of Ricoh Innovations, a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd. of Japan. Spun off as a U.S. company in January 2001.
- Develops and markets electronic document solutions for business enterprises and corporate workgroups
- New to market; parent company has annual sales of more than $14 billion
- Approximately 100 employees
- eCabinet 2100 document filing system, launched June 2001 and incorporating:
- Browser-based user interface
- Thin-server hardware/software architecture
- Document capture, search and retrieval system
- Captures most document types either automatically or manually, updating the database with document changes
- Embeds Apache Web server technology, allowing search, retrieval and management through a standard browser interface
- Provides WORM storage that can index up to 50 million document pages per appliance, with support for extended storage via CD-R and DVD-RAM systems
- Leverage appliance-based approach to document file management in order to focus on issues of scalability, manageability and reliability that are critical to IT buyers
- Provide the thousands of owners of Ricoh point solutions copiers and printers -- with the key to solving a larger problem: document management
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- Kofax
- NSM Storage
- OTG
- Quantum
- Troy XCD
- Value-Added Distributors
- Ambertek
- GTSI
- Law Cypress
- NewWave Technologies
- Z-Source
- Developer Partner
- Notable Solutions, Inc.
- Sold through two-tier Ricoh channel: direct sales, plus 350-member VAR network
- Currently 100% technology-based revenue
- Health Care
- Legal
- Manufacturing
- Publishing
- Network Appliance
- Coopetition from the likes of Documentum, FileNET
- Supports document-intensive organizations by integrating browser-based file management with heterogeneous networked environments, optimizing the use of copiers, printers and other peripheral devices
- Ricoh Silicon Valley has created an impressive offering that combines some of the best elements of technology today: a strong automation component, network connectivity, Web-based access, and powerful archiving and retrieval capabilities. However, brand recognition can be a double-edged sword. The name Ricoh resonates loudly with buyers of office technology, but will IT managers recognize the company as a credible innovator with respect to complex process and infrastructure issues? The answer depends largely on the companys ability to co-market successfully with solution partners such as Kofax, which in July announced a scan-and-capture solution combining eCabinet and Kofaxs Ascent Capture technology.
