Brussels - I.R.I.S. Group, a publicly traded company (Euronext: IRI), market leader in Intelligent Document Recognition (IDR), Electronic Document Management (EDM) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with MATEL PC MARKET, the largest technology distributor group in Morocco, for the distribution of the entire I.R.I.S. OCR range for both Windows and Mac OS platforms.
Since the release of the Middle East version of the I.R.I.S. best-selling OCR software Readiris Pro 11, I.R.I.S. has hugely extended its Middle Eastern and African distribution network by signing numerous new partnerships with major distributors across MEA countries. Taking on the right distributor is a key point in the commercial strategy to efficiently develop and maintain an active reseller network. The distribution agreement with MATEL PC MARKET is part of this growth strategy. MATEL PC MARKET is, by far, the key distributor on the Moroccan market for ordering PC's, peripherals, components, software and/or accessories with open horizons on the neighboring regions (Northern & Western African Markets).
MATEL PC MARKET will distribute the following I.R.I.S. products for Mac OS and Windows platforms:
I.R.I.S. Office Products
- IRISPen mini, Express, Executive, Translator Express, Translator Executive - text recognition pen scanners rangeSlide the pens on your document and get instantly text, numbers, and barcode into your favorite application!
- IRISCard mini and Pro, Cardiris - Business card scanning solutions Scan instantly your Business Cards and send the data to your favorite contact management solution or export it to your Pocket PC or iPod!- Readiris Pro - Text recognition softwareConvert your paper documents and image or PDF files into editable text!I.R.I.S.
Professional Solutions
- Readiris Pro Corporate Edition International & Middle East - professional text recognition softwareYour professional solution to create editable documents, fully searchable PDF archives and contact databases
- IRISPdf International & Middle East - OCR production solutionYour professional solution to process OCR, conversion into fully searchable PDFs and management of flow of large volume OCR needs.
For further details about this range of products, visit our dedicated website: http://www.irislink.com/c2-856/I-R-I-S--OCR-Products.aspx
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About MATEL PC MARKET
MATEL PC MARKET is the result of the merging in 2006 of two leaders in the Moroccan IT distribution Market: Maghreb Telecommunications S.A. (founded in 1982) and PC MARKET S.A. (founded in 1986).
With presence in major cities in Morocco: Casablanca, Rabat and Agadir, the company offers more than 30 brands to a large network of Resellers.
Since the merging, the group is now traded on the Casablanca Stock Exchange. Visit www.matelpcmarket.ma
About I.R.I.S.
Image Recognition Integrated Systems (I.R.I.S.), a Belgian company founded in 1987 and listed on Euronext Brussels (IRI), is a leader in the "Document to Knowledge" market, and provides extremely high-quality solutions for converting paper documents into electronic formats for archiving, storing, managing and sharing digital information.
In 2006, the revenue of I.R.I.S. Group was 81,756,119. I.R.I.S. has more than 400 employees based in Louvain-la-Neuve and Brussels (Belgium), Orly (France), Luxembourg and Delray Beach (USA).
I.R.I.S. has been awarded "Enterprise of the Year 2002", and received the "Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 Award" in 2002 and 2004. In 2006, I.R.I.S. has been listed on the "Europe's 500 fastest growing companies" for the fourth year in a row.
For more information on our company, our solutions or our products, visit the I.R.I.S. website at http://www.irislink.com.
For more information please contact:
Sarah Dheedene
I.R.I.S. Europe Headquarters
Tel: +32 (0) 10 48 75 13
Fax: +32 (0) 10 45 34 43
E-mail: sarah.dheedene@irislink.com
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