Scan Conversion Services is predicting a period of rapid
growth following the launch in March of its powerful document
scanning and viewer software in Europe.
The Adelaide software developer is unveiling its DataViewer
system at the CeBIT 2001 IT exhibition in Germany, and CEO
Richard Bates expects a five-fold jump in sales will follow
over the next 12 months.
Scan Conversion software corporate, government and military
organisations the ability to scan and store large format
technical images electronically.
The company also offers a highly-secure internet hosting
service so that its customers can store documents online
and retrieve them worldwide.
"DataViewer's compression technology enables clients
to easily access fiels of 500 megabytes or more through the
Internet," Mr Bates said.
"Distribution agreements have already been secured
in several European countries prior to the CeBIT launch,
so we are very confident of rapid growth, particularly
in countries such as the UK, Germany and France.
"We are on target for $1 million exports the financial
year and overseas sales are likely to represent 90 percent
of turnover within 12 months."
Since establishment in 1996, Scan Conversion Services
has built a strong client base throughout Australia and
New Zealand, including ETSA, SA Water, Australian Research
Defense unit, Radio Rentals, Kimberly Clark, Electranet,
Uniter Water, Brown & Root, Epic Energy and Western
Mining.
Once of the contracts involved turning half a tonne of engineering
drawings into a briefcase of CDs, to make it easier for the
Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) to conduct off-site maintenance
of its aircraft.
"DataViewer has extended the RNZAF's ability to support
and maintain aircraft through dramatically improved retrieval,
storage and usability of sensitive and complex information,” Mr
Bates said.
"This same technology can be applied to any other
military or civil aviation operation, so the market is
potentially huge.
"It's been estimated that the desktop imaging market
will grow 23 percent to more than US$700 million by 2003,
with a recent European survey listing document archiving
and retrieval as the third most important IT issue."
Mr Bates said the Business Centre, a division of the Department
of Industry and Trade, had provided critical support to Scan
Conversion during its start-up years, including assistance
with marketing and financial management.
"The Business Centre has been of immense help and is
one of the reasons we're celebrating our fifth years in business," he
said.
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