AIIM International and IMC Combine.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 1999-- Worlds Two Premier Industry Associations Combine to Form Single, Global Association Serving the Document Technologies Industry 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 the International Information Management Congress (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 at AIIM '99 that the world's two premier document technology associations have officially combined to form a single, worldwide organization dedicated to bringing industry vendors and users together. The combined organization will be known as AIIM International. The Boards of Directors from both AIIM and IMC met in Atlanta during AIIM '99 and 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 takes effect immediately. "As of today, we are excited to announce that there is one global organization called AIIM International that will serve as the voice of the document technologies industry," said John Mancini, president of AIIM International. "With the worldwide document technologies market expected to increase from $13.2 billion in 1998 to more than $41 billion in 2003, and the rapid rate of technological change, this combination creates a single international resource to develop more effective and timely industry events, reports, studies and standards." "With the market for enterprise and web-based document management 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. , now is definitely the right time to create a single, worldwide association focused on bringing users and vendors together," said David Silver, chairman of AIIM International. "AIIM and IMC have a long, rich history of close cooperation. Together, we can more effectively help users apply these technologies." AIIM International'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 AIIM International's European Region will be IMC '99, the premier European congress for the document, 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. 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). "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 industry." In North America the association will continue to host the annual AIIM Show & Conference, the leading worldwide trade show and conference for professionals in document-intensive businesses. AIIM 2000 will take place April 10-13 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . (www.aiim.org). John Mancini, the current president of the AIIM International, will become the new chief executive of the combined association. Paul Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. , current president of IMC will become the president of the AIIM/IMC European Region. AIIM International 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. 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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