Deadline for Entries: July 16, 2010. Winners to be announced at International Legal Technology
Association (ILTA) Conference on Aug. 24, 2010
ANDOVER, Mass., May 26, 2010 - Omtool™ Ltd. (OMTL.PK), a leading provider of document capture
and handling solutions, today announced the opening of its latest "Drive for Innovation" awards
competition for the legal community. This prestigious award is presented to the Omtool customer
that has achieved new levels of innovation, process improvement, and/or ROI in the areas of
information accessibility, compliance, or document capture/processing by leveraging Omtool's
industry-leading AccuRoute® technology.
Omtool is now accepting entries from law firms, corporate legal departments, and business
partners on behalf of legal clients worldwide, for the most innovative uses of AccuRoute
within their respective organization(s). Submissions must focus on specific use cases and
best practices highlighting Omtool's AccuRoute technology. The call for entries is open until
July 16, 2010 (8 p.m. ET). For complete contest details and rules, please visit
www.omtool.com/Legal-Innovation-Award.
"Our customers consistently achieve breakthrough innovations with AccuRoute technology,"
said Karen Cummings, executive vice president of sales and marketing with Omtool. "Through
the use of AccuRoute, top law firms around the world have been able to achieve rapid ROI,
greater efficiency, and stronger "green" initiatives. We can think of no better way to
showcase those achievements than by shining a well-deserved spotlight on their innovative
deployments and recognizing both their hard work and innovation. The goal of this award
is twofold, to honor those who have been successful and to inspire other legal organizations
who might be facing similar challenges."
Previous winners of the Drive for Innovation Awards include: Baker & Daniels LLP;
Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP; Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.; and Nixon Peabody LLP.
"We were very happy to be the first recipient of Omtool's annual Drive for Innovation
Award," said Monroe Horn, chief technology officer with Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers
LLP - the grand prize winner of Omtool's 2008 Drive for Innovation Awards. "We worked
hard to build corporate governance policies around AccuRoute that helped us automate
document workflows including digitizing client-related paper entering and leaving our
firm, creating searchable PDFs, and supporting e-filing requirements. These are issues
that every law firm faces and by highlighting our ability to overcome these challenges,
we were able to educate our peers on the value of our relationship with Omtool."
Winners will be chosen through a blind review process by a panel of impartial industry
experts including:
Winners of the 2010 Drive for Innovation Awards will be announced during the annual
International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Conference on Aug. 24, 2010. The
top winners will receive 2010 Drive for Innovation Award trophies and associated public
promotions. The first place award recipient will also receive $10,000 in cooperative
marketing and licensing funds from Omtool.
Omtool's AccuRoute solution is a document capture and handling platform that collects
content from various sources - hardcopy, e-mail, fax, and hand-held devices - processes
the document, composes it, and passes the finished product to various delivery destinations
such as document and records management systems, litigation support systems, e-mail
recipients, archives, and output devices. Currently, Omtool works with more than 300
law firms worldwide, including half of the top 100 US law firms. For more information
on Omtool's capabilities within the legal sector, please visit www.omtool.com/LegalSolutions.
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.
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CONTACT:
Omtool, Ltd.
Karen Cummings
Tel: 978-327-5707
kcummings@omtool.com
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