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AIIM ON DEMAND Announces Results for 2005 Event; Following Resounding Success, North America's Largest Business Technology Event Will Return to Philadelphia Next Year.


NEWTON, Mass. -- Questex Media Group announced today that due to rave reviews from attendees, exhibitors and media, next year's 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.  ON DEMAND will take place once again at the Pennsylvania Convention Center The Pennsylvania Convention Center is a multi-use public facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which is designed to accommodate conventions, exhibitions, conferences and other events. , May 16-18, 2006. More than 35,000 technology and business professionals registered for this year's event, which included more than 21,000 visitors, 350 exhibiting companies and 250 members of the press and analyst community. The event, which ran from May 17-19, is North America's largest enterprise technology event.

AIIM is the largest enterprise content & document management conference and exposition showcasing the technologies to capture, manage, share, and store documents and digital content that support business processes and comply with government regulations. ON DEMAND, the digital printing & automated production event, is the leading conference and exposition dedicated to the technologies that create, personalize, manage, print, and deliver content. Together, AIIM ON DEMAND represents the synergy of content and data throughout the information life cycle -- from creation to delivery.

"AIIM ON DEMAND proved once again to be the definitive enterprise technology event," said Kerry Gumas, president & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Questex Media Group. "The conferences and exposition were packed with overflow crowds of industry professionals looking to make sound business decisions. The technology suppliers who took part in the event were so pleased with the quality of the audience and the volume of business they generated, a record setting 90% of our 2005 exhibitors signed up to exhibit at next year's event."

"AIIM ON DEMAND's impressive lineup of keynote speakers, Declaration of Education program, innovative technology solutions showcased by exhibiting companies, and the tremendous support of the Philadelphia Convention Historical context
Before the Constitution was drafted, those who came to be known as Federalists and Anti-Federalists both agreed about the government's failure to deal with commerce.
 & Visitors' Bureau as well as the local business community contributed significantly to the success of this year's event," continued Gumas.

AIIM ON DEMAND kicked off its three-day conference and exposition with an opening day keynote presented by Brian L. Roberts Brian L. Roberts is Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation, an American company providing cable, entertainment and communications products and services. He is the son of Comcast co-founder Ralph J. Roberts. , chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation. Roberts presented his view of The Future of the On Demand Business to standing-room-only crowds. Other featured keynote sessions and speakers at the show included:
--  The State of the ECM Industry

       John Mancini, president, AIIM - the ECM Association

   --  The Future of the Document

       Gary Kusin, president & CEO, FedEx Kinko's

   --  The Transformation of the Print Industry

       Charles A. Pesko, Jr., managing director, InfoTrends/CAP
       Ventures

   --  Tradition & Transformation: The Changing World of Graphic
       Communications

       Daniel Carp, chairman & CEO, Eastman Kodak Company

   --  Capturing the Upside While Avoiding the Downside

       Clayton Christensen, author, Seeing What's Next, professor,
       Harvard Business School

   --  Transforming Creative Communications

       Kamar Aulakh, president & CEO, Quark


"The ON DEMAND show brings together two related areas: the graphic arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving.  and the enterprise," said Charles A. Pesko, Managing Director of InfoTrends/CAP Ventures. "Co-locating with the AIIM Conference & Expo has proven to be of great value to all attendees because the combined show unites those with similar interests in document production and provides valuable insight on where the industry is headed in the future."

"The success of this year's AIIM Conference & Expo is an outstanding representation of how important content and document management is to business professionals around the world," said John Mancini, president, AIIM - the 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." This is their once-a-year opportunity to experience the latest technologies first-hand and gain knowledge directly from the industry leaders. We look forward to working with Questex to produce the 2006 event."

This year's event included more than 350 exhibitors and sponsors. IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Eastman Kodak Company, and StorageTek served as platinum sponsors for both the AIIM and ON DEMAND conferences and expositions. AIIM was also supported by corporate sponsors Vignette, OnBase, Oracle and EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. , while FedEx Kinko's FedEx Kinko's is a chain of stores that provide printing, copying, and binding services. Many FedEx Kinko stores also provide video conferencing facilities. The primary clientele consists of small business and home office clients. , Konica Minolta, Xerox, Toshiba, Quark and Canon U.S.A., Inc. represented ON DEMAND.

Many exhibitors announced new products at this year's show. Hot Product and Case Study submissions are being featured in the print and online versions of the Show Daily. Please visit www.outputlinks.com/today for more details.

"AIIM ON DEMAND is the pulse of what is going on in the industry", said David Gills, vice president, Freedom Imaging Systems. "Just by walking the expo hall Expo Hall is an indoor arena located at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Florida.

The arena was used by the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning during the team's first season in the league in 1992-1993.
 floor I could see how many new companies and technologies are emerging in the content and document management industry. I come to AIIM ON DEMAND to gather the information I need in order to make sound business decisions in this competitive industry."

Exhibitors also partnered with AIIM ON DEMAND to offer informative pavilions designed to focus on a specific technological facet within the show's broader scope, providing visitors with an interactive and specialized look at some of the most interesting applications in technology today. Some of the pavilions included: Business Process Management, Data Center On Demand, The Solution Center, and Workflow Automation See workflow. .

A special feature of the event was the Declaration of Education Program, featuring Books for Kids. The program supplied approximately 10,000 digitally printed books for students of the School District of Philadelphia The School District of Philadelphia is a school district based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that includes all public schools in the city of Philadelphia. Established in 1818, it is the eighth largest school district in the nation.  through a collaborative effort between AIIM ON DEMAND and its exhibiting partners: Weyerhauser, Oce, Lasermax Roll Systems, MBO MBO

See: Management buyout
 America and Muller Martini.

Students and representatives of the School District of Philadelphia, as well as Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street, accepted the landmark donation. Players from the Arena Football League's Philadelphia Soul
For the American arena football team, see Philadelphia Soul.
Philadelphia (or Philly) soul, sometimes called the Philadelphia Sound or Sweet Philly
 supported the initiative and signed autographs for students and attendees.

For more information, please visit the event website: www.aiimondemand.com. For event photos, please go to http://www.oscareinzig.com/aiimondemandpressroom2005/

About Questex Media Group, Inc.

AIIM ON DEMAND is produced by Questex Media Group, Inc. (www.questex.com), a global, diversified business-to-business integrated media provider, headquartered in Newton, MA. Questex serves multiple industries including technology, beauty, travel, hospitality, leisure, home entertainment, industrial and specialty services through a range of well-established, market-leading publications, events, interactive media and integrated marketing services. The company's properties include 23 trade publications, 50 websites, 25 conferences and tradeshows. Questex has more than 400 employees in offices throughout 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. , South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Asia and Europe.

About AIIM - the ECM Association

AIIM is the international industry association connecting users and suppliers of enterprise content management (ECM) technologies - tools and methods used to capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content in support of business processes. For more than 60 years, AIIM has been a neutral and unbiased source for education and industry information, standards, advocacy, and community.

About InfoTrends/CAP Ventures

InfoTrends/CAP Ventures is the leading worldwide market research and strategic consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee
consulting company

business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a
 for the digital imaging and document solutions industries. It provides research, analysis, forecasts, and advice to help clients understand market trends, identify opportunities, and develop strategies to grow their businesses.
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