AIIM International and IMC Combine to Create Worldwide Association for the Document Technologies Industry.SILVER SPRING, Md./BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1998-- Document Technologies users and vendors to be served more effectively with combination of the world's two premier industry associations 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 and IMC (Internet Mail Consortium, Santa Cruz, CA, www.imc.org) An industry trade association founded in 1996 by Paul Hoffman and Dave Crocker that promotes Internet e-mail standards and features. today announced that the world's two premier document technology associations will combine to form a single, worldwide organization dedicated to bringing industry vendors and users together. The new organization will be known as AIIM/IMC International. The Board of Directors of both AIIM and IMC met concurrently in Rome during the IMC Executive Summit and both voted unanimously in favor of upon the side of; favorable to; for the advantage of. See also: favor combining the two associations. The official agreement will take effect on January 1, 1999 following final approval from the full memberships of both organizations. By combining the strengths of AIIM International and IMC, this new global association can focus on helping business and public-sector organizations to understand document technologies and solutions and apply them to improve critical business processes. With the expected growth of the document technologies market to reach $33 billion by the year 2002, and the rapid rate of technological change, this merger creates a single international resource to develop more effective and timely industry events, reports, studies and standards. "We believe the time is right to create a single, worldwide association focused on helping to bring users and vendors together," said David Silver, chairman of AIIM International. "AIIM and IMC have a long and rich history of close cooperation. The market for enterprise and web-based document management is ready to explode (1) To break down an assembly into its component pieces. Contrast with implode. (2) To decompress data back to its original form. . Together, we can more effectively help users apply these technologies." AIIM/IMC will continue and expand its predecessors' activities in the fields of conference, exhibition and trade show organization, publications and membership. The AIIM and IMC brand identities will be retained for existing events. "IMC has always striven for a closer working relationship with AIIM," said Patrick Van Loon loon, common name for migratory aquatic birds found in fresh- and saltwater in the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Its strange, laughing call carries for great distances. Like the grebes, loons float low in the water and their legs are placed far back. , chairman of IMC. "We believe that by combining our strengths in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, with AIIM's core strengths 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. , we can help this market grow rapidly." The combined association will create an integrated, international strategy for the entire document management, imaging and workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. industry. AIIM/IMC's European Region will be a pan-european organization with a semi-autonomous structure, controlled by a European Board of Directors. Focusing exclusively on the needs of the regional document technology industry, its goal will be to unify 1. (database, product) Unify - A relational database produced by Unify Corporation. 2. (algorithm) unify - To perform unification. the region's market and expand membership there. The first event to be produced by the AIIM/IMC European Region will be IMC '99, the premier European congress for the document, imaging and workflow industry. This will take place in Amsterdam at the RAI rai n. A form of popular Algerian music combining traditional Arabic vocal styles with various elements of popular Western music and featuring outspoken, often controversial lyrics. June 8-10 1999 (www.iimc.org). The North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. region will have a similar mission on the other side of the Atlantic. In addition, a worldwide AIIM/IMC Foundation is to be established to spread knowledge about the benefits and business-improvement opportunities of document management technologies to a broad global audience. In North America the association will host AIIM '99, the leading worldwide trade show and conference for professionals in document-intensive businesses, in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 12-15, 1999 (www.aiim.org). John Mancini, the current president of the AIIM International, will become the new chief executive of the combined association. Paul Carman Car´man n. 1. A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car. , current president of IMC will become the president of the AIIM/IMC European Region. About AIIM International AIIM International is the leading industry association and trade show for IT professionals in document-intensive businesses. Its mission is to help institutional users understand document technologies and how they can be applied to improve critical business and exploding enterprise and web-based processes. About IMC IMC, the International Information Management Congress, is the premier international trade association for the document management, imaging and workflow industry. Its mission is to grow the international marketplace for these products and technologies through conferences, exhibitions, publications and various membership interactions. |
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