CSI Announces New Addition to Team.Co-Founder of Kofax Joins CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator CSI CompuServe, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) CSI Crime Scene Investigation (CBS TV show) CSI Christian Schools International as Director of Research ORLANDO, Fla. -- Computing System Innovations (CSI), a leading provider of enterprise records management, workflow, imaging software, and unstructured data recognition announced that Dean Hough, co-founder of Kofax (www.kofax.com) has joined the company as director of research. In this position, Mr. Hough will concentrate on image processing and improved automation of classifying and processing documents for redaction See redact. and indexing to expand CSI's market coverage. Dean Hough graduated from San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. in 1980 with a BSEE BSEE abbr. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering . After designing a video controller for Fast Fourier Transform See FFT. (algorithm) Fast Fourier Transform - (FFT) An algorithm for computing the Fourier transform of a set of discrete data values. Given a finite set of data points, for example a periodic sampling taken from a real-world signal, the FFT expresses the data in terms of products at Scientific Atlanta in San Diego, Mr. Hough was recruited to work at FileNet where he designed a high-speed image bus, graphics display controller and scanner interfaces for one of the industry's first document imaging systems. In 1985 Mr. Hough co-founded Kofax Image Products, a manufacturer of document image processing See document imaging. Document Image Processing - (DIP) Storage, management and retrieval of images. products for IBM compatible PCs. Mr. Hough served as Vice President of Engineering, board member, executive committee member and corporate secretary. Mr. Hough's tenure spanned initial start-up through IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. and was instrumental in the development of industry-leading products that include the KF series of controller boards, Adrenaline controllers, ImageControls, Ascent Capture and Virtual ReScan (VRS (Video Relay Service) A communications service for the hearing or speech impaired. A VRS is the video counterpart of a TTY relay service, in which the user types on a terminal, and the relay operator speaks the messages to the recipient (see TDD/TTY). ). After leaving Kofax in 2000, Mr. Hough has served as a consultant to a variety of imaging companies. "CSI is excited to welcome Dean to our team," said Henry Sal, President of CSI. "Dean's experience in our industry and knowledge of our objectives makes him a tremendous asset to both CSI and our customers. As we continue to add talented team members such as Dean to CSI's staff, we increase our ability to provide forward looking technologies to our current and prospective customers." "CSI has been one of Kofax's largest and most successful resellers," said Dean Hough. "CSI's innovation in unstructured data recognition has made them a leader in the automated indexing and redaction markets. I am looking forward to extending CSI's leadership by developing advanced indexing and redaction products." About Computing System Innovations Computing System Innovations (CSI) is a privately owned and operated corporation with headquarters in Orlando, Florida, and a research and development office in Austin, Texas. In business for over 20 years, CSI is a mature and well-balanced open systems "solutions"-based company, serving the needs of both corporate and government institutions. Customers range from Fortune 500 companies to state and local government operations. Computing System Innovations commercial applications division provides software solutions for automated redaction, unstructured data recognition with extraction, file tracking, document management, imaging, and workflow along with enterprise integration of the technologies. For more information about CSI, please visit www.csisoft.com. About Kofax Kofax, a division of DICOM (medical, standard) DICOM - (From Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine) A standard developed by ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) for communications between medical imaging devices. Group plc (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor : DCM.L), is a leading provider of information capture software. Kofax products enable the automation of business processes by collecting paper documents, forms and e-documents from throughout organizations, transforming them into retrievable information, and delivering it all into line-of-business applications, databases and archives. The company's Ascent platform is the most popular information capture application worldwide, and its VRS (VirtualReScan) is the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for scanning productivity. Kofax products are widely used in finance, government, insurance, healthcare, and a broad range of companies and agencies that must capture critical business information from paper and electronic documents and forms. Trademarks Kofax, Ascent, Ascent Capture, VRS, Indicius, and Xtrata-Pro are registered trademarks of Kofax Image Products, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks belong to their respective owners. |
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