The award in the category ‘Secure Printing Services’ has been attributed to Genius Bytes’ “Office P2P” application and Ricoh’s “Embedded Software Architecture™”.
Embedded Software Architecture is a development platform included in Ricoh Aficio™ devices that can host Java technology-based applications developed by third parties.
Office P2P is an application, which enables customers to send documents to each other from any internet-enabled source, as well as from printer to printer. Office P2P represents a customisable application with enormous potential. Based on Java and JXTA (Sun Microsystem's peer-to-peer initiative) technology it empowers Ricoh Aficio™ devices to be some of the most intelligent in the industry.
This innovative solution has already been chosen by several main players in the automotive, banking and consultancy industry as a way of dramatically improving the efficiency of their workflows.
“Each year, the Duke's Choice Awards are given to Java™-based applications that are on the cutting edge of their field. The Ricoh and Genius Bytes submission truly captures the Power of Java™ technology – enabling more and more devices to communicate across the network to provide better customization and meet customer requirements,” said Mark Herring, senior director of Java™ Brand Marketing at Sun Microsystems.
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Ricoh Europe B.V. is the European headquarters of Ricoh Company Ltd., the leading global manufacturer of office equipment, located in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. It is responsible for marketing, sales and service of Ricoh products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In Europe, Ricoh has three manufacturing sites: two at Ricoh UK Products Ltd. Telford, UK; GR Advanced Materials Ltd., Stirling, UK; and Ricoh Industrie France S.A., Colmar, France. In addition, Ricoh Europe’s European network comprises 14 sales subsidiaries and affiliates. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, revenues from Ricoh’s European operations totalled over € 3.15 billion, accounting for 22.7% of the company’s global revenues. Ricoh’s worldwide sales increased by 5.6% totalling ¥ 1,915 billion (€ 13.9 billion).
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About genius bytes
Genius Bytes Software Solutions GmbH is a private held company founded as a spin-off of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum in 2000. It's founding members were active in the smart card and digital signature development in the University of Bochum for many years. Genius Bytes has its head quarter in Bochum and an additional office in Rome. As a pure knowledge based company it has the focus exclusively on the research and development part, whereas the marketing and sales activities are done via partners.
Since 2004 Genius Bytes concentrates exclusively on the development for the Ricoh java enabled devices in the MFP / LP world and thus trying to get most out of the Embedded Software Architecture platform.
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Genius Bytes Software Solutions GmbH
Konrad-Zuse-Str. 16 Via Antonio Gramsci 19
D - 44801 Bochum It - 00197 Roma
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