VICTOR, NY, March 05, 2011 /HiTech PR News/ -- i2S announces that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire a majority interest in Kirtas Technologies Inc, based in Rochester, New York, USA. The world leader in robotic bound-document digitization systems, Kirtas will complement the i2s Scanning unit's product line, its distribution network, its customer profile and its strong presence in the US market. The alignment with Kirtas reinforces the i2S Scanning unit.
By aligning products and services with Kirtas, both companies will benefit from immediate synergies
- The combined resources of the two companies makes them a leading player in the worldwide scanning market.
- Increased market coverage through the combined distribution networks, geographical zones, market knowledge and customer profiles.
- Increased depth and breadth of current and future scanning systems and software.
Future synergies in the high-potential market for content digitization
- With this strategic investment in Kirtas, i2S acquires a position in the U.S. which will enable it to reinforce its approach to American libraries and forge new partnerships with digital content and Internet players.
- The United States was the source of the major paradigm shifts in digital and Internet history and i2S will take advantage of advances by Kirtas and POLINUM, such as KirtasBooks.com, as part of its strategy to become a key player in the emerging market of digital asset development. i2S' third-generation digital library Divvalib, launched in October 2010 by Amanager, could be integrated into KirtasBooks.com, the site created in 2009 to scan and circulate books in e-Pub format and provide on-demand printing. KirtasBooks.com has distribution agreements with a number of university libraries, making more than one million titles available via their Digitize-on-Demand model.
- Republishing relationships with institutions such as Boston Public Library and with Barnes & Noble.
Kirtas: the world leader in robotic bound-document scanning systems
With an installed base of over 200 units in 35 countries, Kirtas represents nearly 70% of the world market for robotic scanners. In 2010, Kirtas sold over 40 units of its robotic digitization systems.
Kirtas has been at the forefront of the digital revolution and has gained experience managing several major scanning projects: beginning in 2006 the company was selected by Microsoft for the "Live Book Search" project, whose goal is to scan works from U.S. public and university libraries, including Yale and Cornell Universities, in strict compliance with copyright laws. Kirtas carried out the digitization of 150,000 books between 2006 and 2008.
i2S: world leader in scanners for bound documents
i2S is the world's leading producer of scanners for bound documents and large formats. The group relies on an indirect network of 40 distributors throughout the world, with 1,600 scanners installed in 80 countries. The Group addresses three market segments: Cultural Heritage, Self Service and international service provision (Global Services). Cultural Heritage covers cultural and administrative assets and heritage collections (libraries, archives, museums, foundations, publishers).
Self Service corresponds to work environments, library reading rooms, school and university documentation centres, print centres, government and business.
Global Services - international players who project-manage large-scale scanning programs related to their original business, including large equipment manufacturers, IT service providers and telecom operators. With the establishment in late 2009 of the public-private R&D consortium POLINUM* (*Operational Platform for Digital Books) dedicated to the promotion and interoperability of digital content, i2S, as the project coordinator, positioned itself as a leader in accessing information in the growing digital-knowledge economy.
The group's parallel strategy is to acquire the technological building blocks that will complete its range of scanners and image processing software. This was the goal of the 2009 acquisition of the Amanager company, which specializes in online multimedia content production applications.
Contacts
Kirtas Technologies, Inc : Roger O'Brien, CEO roger@kirtas.com; Mike Maxwell mmaxwell@kirtas.com
i2S Group: Jean-Pierre GERAULT - Chairman of the Board: jp.gerault@i2s.fr
Agnes B. MAULEON - Marketing & Communications Manager: a.mauleon@i2s.fr
i2S Inc: Etienne LAMAIRESSE - CEO: e.lamairesse@i2s.fr
Kirtas: the world leader in robotic bound-document scanning systems
With an installed base of over 200 units in 35 countries, Kirtas represents nearly 70% of the world market for robotic scanners. In 2010, Kirtas sold over 40 units of its robotic digitization systems.
Kirtas has been at the forefront of the digital revolution and has gained experience managing several major scanning projects: beginning in 2006 the company was selected by Microsoft for the "Live Book Search" project, whose goal is to scan works from U.S. public and university libraries, including Yale and Cornell Universities, in strict compliance with copyright laws. Kirtas carried out the digitization of 150,000 books between 2006 and 2008.
Website: http://www.kirtas.com
Selasa, 08 Maret 2011
STC Micro Release Cost-Effective High Performance 1T 8051 Microcontroller
BEIJING, CHINA, February 23, 2011 /HiTech PR News/ -- STC12C5A60S2 is a single-chip microcontroller based on a high-performance 1T architecture 80C51 CPU which is designed by STC Micro Ltd. With the enhanced kernel, STC12C5A60S2 executes instructions in 1 to 6 clock cycles (about 6-8 times of the rate of a conventional 8051 device), and has a fully compatible instruction set with industrial standard 80C51 series microcontrollers. In-System-Programming (ISP) and In-Application-Programming (IAP) enables the users to upgrade the program by a programmer or by the firmware itself. The STC12C5A60S2 regains all features of standard 80C51. In addition, the STC12C5A60S2 has 2 extra I/O ports (P4 and P5), a 10-sources, 4 priority-level interrupt structure, 10-bit AD, 2-3 UARTs, SPI(Slave/Master), on-chip oscillator, 2-channel PCA/PWM/DAC, a one-time enabled WDT.
The STC12C5A60S2 operate at 3.5-5.5V, while the low voltage version operate at 2.1-3.6V. The max working frequency is 35MHz. It has 60KB flash memory, 1280 Bytes data RAM, 1024 Bytes EEPROM. The number of I/O pins is up to 44 (LQFP-48). There are DIP-40, PLCC-44, LQFP-44, LQFP-48 and QFN-40 packages for STC12C5A60S2.
With advanced technology the STC12C5A60S2 is highly noise immunity, has very low power consumption, highly EDS protecting and ultra code safety.
STC series enhanced 8051 microcontroller was designed by STC Micro of China and manufactured by the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry-TSMC. Now STC becomes the largest 8051 based microcontroller family in the world. Thanks to the China's huge market, the annually selling quantity of STC microcontroller is incredibly huge thus makes them the most cost effective products in industry.
The STC12C5A60S2 could be order online now at unit price of $1.5 (@1K+). Now STC is offering free USB ISP tool for new customers.
STC Micro Ltd.
http://www.stc-51.com
STC Micro is a Chinese IC design company dedicate in 8051 cpu microcontrollers. STC series mcu is the largest 8051 microcontroller family in the world.
The STC12C5A60S2 operate at 3.5-5.5V, while the low voltage version operate at 2.1-3.6V. The max working frequency is 35MHz. It has 60KB flash memory, 1280 Bytes data RAM, 1024 Bytes EEPROM. The number of I/O pins is up to 44 (LQFP-48). There are DIP-40, PLCC-44, LQFP-44, LQFP-48 and QFN-40 packages for STC12C5A60S2.
With advanced technology the STC12C5A60S2 is highly noise immunity, has very low power consumption, highly EDS protecting and ultra code safety.
STC series enhanced 8051 microcontroller was designed by STC Micro of China and manufactured by the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry-TSMC. Now STC becomes the largest 8051 based microcontroller family in the world. Thanks to the China's huge market, the annually selling quantity of STC microcontroller is incredibly huge thus makes them the most cost effective products in industry.
The STC12C5A60S2 could be order online now at unit price of $1.5 (@1K+). Now STC is offering free USB ISP tool for new customers.
STC Micro Ltd.
http://www.stc-51.com
STC Micro is a Chinese IC design company dedicate in 8051 cpu microcontrollers. STC series mcu is the largest 8051 microcontroller family in the world.
Rabu, 02 Maret 2011
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