Mimeo.com and Cisco to Bring Wireless On-Line Printing to Mobile Professionals
Press release from the issuing company
(NEW YORK) - Mimeo.com, Inc., the leader in Internet-based quality, secure business document printing, binding and delivery for the corporate customer, announced today that Cisco Systems has selected Mimeo.com to participate in the Cisco Internet Mobile Office initiative as a preferred solutions provider. Mimeo.com will become a key part of the Cisco Internet Mobile Office initiative, and will promote their printing solution via Cisco's secure, broadband Internet access in public access facilities for the benefit of mobile business professionals. The Cisco Internet Mobile Office and its' relationship with Mimeo.com was announced at a Cisco news conference today at COMDEX in Las Vegas. Demonstrations of the solution are available at Cisco's booth in COMDEX and on the Cisco website (www.cisco.com). The Cisco Internet Mobile Office is a new initiative to provide mobile business professionals with secure, high-speed network access from public access facilities. This initiative ties into Cisco's vision of providing easy, reliable and secure access to the Internet on the move, at home or at work. By providing mobile business professionals with convenient, easy access to their corporate networks from locations including airports and airline lounges, convention centers and hotels, enterprises will realize increased productivity from their employees and more affordable network access costs. Cisco selected Mimeo.com as an applications service provider because Mimeo.com has set a new standard for corporate printing, whether from a remote site or at the office, built on the strength of its secure and dependable technology for data transfer and document rendering, and the printing quality achieved at its state-of-the-art digital printing facility. Mimeo.com will enable traveling professionals utilizing the Cisco solution to have their documents printed, bound and delivered to their desired destinations directly from their personal laptop. "The ability to print important documents with the quality that mobile business professionals expect, and the security and dependability that they demand is a key application driving the need for easy access to the Internet from airports and other public venues," said Charles Giancarlo, Senior Vice President of Cisco's Commercial Line of Business. "The Mimeo.com technology solution, combined with a Cisco network infrastructure comprised of wireless and wired networking technology, delivers a critical business service for mobile professionals." The Mimeo.com service utilizes the patent-pending Exact PrintSM Software, which allows users to send electronic data in an encrypted, secure and high-speed manner directly from any PC application to Mimeo.com's centralized production center in Memphis, TN. The documents are viewed real-time by customers and then printed, bound and delivered exactly as specified by the customer. When paired with the Cisco technology and delivered by leading Cisco Powered Network service providers, enterprise business professionals will be able to access fast, convenient, secure wireless document production in environments like airports, hotels and other public access spaces. "We are proud to have been selected by Cisco Systems to provide the on-line printing solution for their important new wireless service for the enterprise mobile professional," said Jeff Stewart, CEO of Mimeo.com. "When we developed the Mimeo.com service, we designed it to allow people to access the highest quality printing and binding without regard for differences in time, place, type of PC or software application. The Cisco Internet Mobile Office initiative allows for a great expansion of available locations where business travelers can be productive by using our service and moves us closer to the technology necessary for full PDA usability with our service." About Mimeo.com The Mimeo.com Internet-based printing service is the most reliable and secure way to convert digital information into quality hardcopies. Mimeo.com provides the quality, efficiency, and security demanded by the world's leading corporations in the production and delivery of important business documents, and makes it accessible directly from any desktop operating from any business environment. The Mimeo.com Exact PrintSM Software, available free online at http://www.mimeo.com or preloaded on select HP and Toshiba laptops and PCs, allows users to use the Internet to manage the printing, binding and delivery of presentations, reports, and other vital documents -- saving time and improving quality. Mimeo.com has formed alliances with many businesses, associations and on-line service providers, including Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, Eureka Broadband, Hoover's Online, Versient, ImageX, AgentLife.com, and others to provide essential business document production services to their customers, members and employees. The Mimeo.com guaranteed service is built upon a combination of its own custom systems and technology, and combined strategic technology providers such as Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HWP) for server and printer technology, Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO) for network technology, Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) for server software, Xeikon (Nasdaq:XEIK) for color printing, and FedEx (NYSE:FDX) for delivery.