AIIM International Acquires UK Based iTx Marketing.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers SILVER SPRING, Md. & DATCHET Coordinates: Datchet is an English Thameside village situated in the unitary authority of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire. Prior to the 1974 boundary changes, Datchet was situated in Buckinghamshire. , UK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2002 The Association for Information and Image Management The Association for Information and Image Management or AIIM (pronounced aim) is an international industry association focused on enterprise content management (ECM). (AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management International, Silver Spring, MD, www.aiim.org) A membership organization founded in 1943 devoted to creating industry standards and disseminating information about the document management industry. International Inc.), the Enterprise Content Management (ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management. (2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. ) association, today announced it has acquired UK-based iTx Marketing Services, Ltd. as part of its global strategy to connect users and suppliers of information management products and services. Over the last two years the two organizations have operated a joint-venture agreement to stage the Info@ Document and Content Management event in London, England. The acquisition of iTx's Information Management Expo and Info Ireland events further increased AIIM's global event portfolio. "The combination of the iTx event portfolio, marketing expertise, and industry credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. within Europe makes them a natural partner for AIIM," said John F. Mancini, President of AIIM International. "Our European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. capability can now complement our position in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . This move provides our organization with a strong platform to support our global aspirations aspirations npl → aspiraciones fpl (= ambition); ambición f aspirations npl (= hopes, ambition) → aspirations fpl ." All of iTx's Worcester UK-based staff are transferring to AIIM Europe, including iTx's founders and principal shareholders, Managing Director Roger Crumpton and Finance Director Rod Wardle. Crumpton will continue to manage the iTx event portfolio and the iTx team will provide support for all of AIIM's efforts in Europe. "This is a significant move for the document and content management community in the UK," said Crumpton. "It will provide an opportunity to leverage our understanding of the user adoption issues on a wider stage and will significantly strengthen AIIM's position in the UK and Europe." AIIM International, the global authority on ECM, is leading the way to the understanding, adoption, and use of ECM technologies. These technologies, tools and methods are used to capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content across an enterprise in support of business processes. As a non-profit association for more than 50 years, AIIM International provides news, information, and resources through its industry Web site and offers ongoing education through programs that include market analysis, industry standards development, publications, chapters, and regional events. "This is a logical step for us," said John Symon, AIIM Europe's Senior Vice President based in the Datchet, UK office. "Combining the proven strengths of iTx as a leading marketing, events and database management company for the information management industry in the UK with AIIM Europe will give us the necessary expertise and resources to extend our services to other parts of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. This will enable AIIM to truly fulfil ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. its mission to better connect both users and suppliers of document, business process and content management technologies and services through a range of educational events, market education, research and industry initiatives in order to establish a wider community of interest and competence in this sector." Further organizational information is available at: http://www.aiim.org http://www.itx.co.uk |
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