ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- For the second straight year, Rochester Software Associates Inc. and C.P. Bourg have won the top annual Business Partner of the Year awards in production printing from Xerox Corporation.  They are among 15 business partners who were honored for their continued contributions to Xerox, its customers and the printing industry during 2008.
 
Xerox works with industry-leading software and hardware providers through the Xerox Business Partner Program to create integrated solutions that extend the capabilities of Xerox products and services. The awards recognize leading partners in two categories - workflow software and document feeding and finishing solutions - for enabling applications that help Xerox and its customers capture new opportunities and achieve business success.
 
Software Partners of the Year
Rochester Software Associates actually won two awards: Overall Software Partner of the Year and Data Transformation Partner of the Year.  RSA solutions boost productivity and lower the costs of many print and content management operations in print production centers, data centers and on networks.
 
Additional Software Partner of the Year Awards were presented as
follows:
 
- Partner of the Year Automation - Avanti Systems Avanti Computer Systems
- Partner of the Year eBusiness/Web-to-Print - ePrint Direct Ltd.
- Partner of the Year Variable Information - Objectif Lune
- Partner of the Year Wide Format - Tameran Inc.
- Partner of the Year Pre-Press -- Ultimate Technographics Inc.
- Outstanding Customer First Software Partner of the Year (co-winners) - CGS Publishing Technologies and Elixir Technologies Corporation
 
Finishing Partners of the Year
C.P. Bourg also won two awards in the finishing category: Overall Finishing Partner of the Year - for the third year in a row -and Finishing Partner of the Year Monochrome.  Print providers use C.P.
Bourg's finishing products with Xerox monochrome and color cut-sheet printing systems to create professionally finished books, manuals and pamphlets.
 
Duplo also won two awards, for Finishing Partner of the Year Production Color and for Outstanding Customer First Finishing Partner of the Year.
 
Additional Finishing Partner of the Year Awards are:
 
- Finishing Partner of the Year Entry Production Color (co-winners):  Gradco and Horizon/Standard Horizon
- Finishing Partner of the Year Continuous Feed (co-winners) - Lasermax Roll Systems and Hunkeler AG
- Partner of the Year Wide Format - Tameran Inc.
- Outstanding Finishing Partner of the Year Delivery Performance - Watkiss Automation Ltd.
 
About the Business Partner of the Year Awards The Xerox Business Partner of the Year awards are presented annually by the Xerox Global Business & Strategic Marketing Group, which brings to market the full portfolio of Xerox document solutions, software and systems for production and office environments.