300 LaserFiche Resellers Converge in Long Beach for Annual Conference.

Business Editors

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004

LaserFiche Document Imaging will host more than 300 of its value-added resellers (VARs) in Long Beach this week. The event will include a lavish awards banquet aboard the Queen Mary, social events, and a coastline cruise.

LaserFiche's 6th Annual "Certified for Success" Reseller Conference takes place Wed., Jan. 14-16 at the Long Beach Hilton. After the Conference concludes Friday, LaserFiche's top 42 resellers will sail off on a four-day Winner's Circle cruise to Mexico.

The gathering is the largest in the 19-year history of LaserFiche, which has created a $250 million industry with its global network of VARs. The company just posted a record 20 percent revenue increase for 2003, as more offices seek LaserFiche paperless records management in the wake of new compliance regulations.

"After a very productive year, our business partners deserve this celebration," said LaserFiche President and Chief Operating Officer Gerald Bengtson. "We are excited to start 2004 with this successful group of resellers and begin rolling towards bigger goals."

The 300 resellers coming to Long Beach hail from all corners of the globe, and serve a wide variety of vertical markets and disciplines. The number one 2003 LaserFiche reseller, IKON Office Solutions of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, counts large Canadian commercial firms like Tech Data Canada among its clients. The number two firm, Eugene, Ore.-based VP Consulting, focuses on enterprise state and local government imaging and archiving.

Also coming to Long Beach this week are a health care specialist from Louisiana, a financial services guru from England, and a Lebanese expert who implemented a social security archiving system for the Saudi Arabian government.

"This year's Conference is our largest gathering of resellers yet; a fantastic opportunity for our global family to unite and discuss all the exciting ways the world is using our technology," said LaserFiche founder and Chief Executive Officer Nien-Ling Wacker.

The Conference will also feature several LaserFiche business partners, including Bowe Bell & Howell, Canon, ESRI and Fujitsu. All sessions are open to media and analysts. Please contact John Weir or Rob Allin at 562-988-1688 to set up an appointment.

LaserFiche (www.laserfiche.com) is a division of Compulink(R) Management Center, Inc. in Long Beach, Calif. (800-985-8533). Since 1987, LaserFiche has pioneered high-volume document storage and retrieval systems serving over 20,000 government and business customers.