AMI – The Paperless Company, based in Los Angeles, has reached 75% of its total 2010 sales figures in the first two months of this year, and is set to qualify for the Winners Circle before the end of Q1. AMI’s significant increase in sales reflects such recent deals as:

• Kaplan International Centers. AMI leveraged PDP partner Cambridge Conections’s Docs-on-the-Cloud to develop a 200-user Rio pilot system for the Fortune 500 company, beating out a competing CompuThink solution.
• City of San Luis Obispo. The reseller recently added Web Access to a 100-user Avante system as part of an ongoing implementation that includes EnerGov and ESRI GIS integrations.
• Northrop Grumman. AMI is completing a MSSQL-to-Oracle server upgrade and utilizing the Laserfiche SDK to complete customizations for the aerospace company.

According to President George Bandarian II, the increase in sales is the direct result of “embracing” Laserfiche agile ECM messaging to successfully present function-rich solutions with the flexibility to grow with a customer’s business. “We don’t sell ‘document management,’” says Bandarian. “Everything we talk about is related to process optimization.”

Bandarian adds that AMI has supported this message by promoting staff to Technical Support Specialist positions. As a result, AMI has become more competitive as an ECM provider, as evidenced by the success of the Kaplan International Centers project.

“We utilized PDP partner Docs-On-the-Cloud to implement a cloud-based pilot implementation to satisfy the company’s UK IT Director,” he says. “With the encouragement of Kaplan’s U.S. IT Director, we were then able to show his counterparts in Australia, New Zealand and Canada that Rio’s scalability made it the most efficient and cost-effective way to implement a global ECM standard for managing international student records and automating student onboarding.

“Our success is being able to create partnerships with our customers so they ultimately choose the best Laserfiche ECM solution for their needs,” Bandarian adds.

For more information visit the AMI website at www.amipaperless.com, a newly upgraded and launched web-site providing all of the information you will ever need to know about document imaging and management!

The Secure IT Conference 2010, held at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in downtown Los Angeles is touted as a “must attend” event for those tasked with protecting personal or confidential information in a rapidly changing technological environment. This year’s conference sessions addressed new and continuing threats to information security as well as responses to the increasing risk of security breaches and data exfiltration, identity theft, cyber terrorism and more. The conference provided information security professionals and managers with the most up-to-date information, tools, trends, legislation, and strategies for addressing information security issues. Radio host, Scott Draughon of “MyTechnologyLawyer.com” broadcast live from the event again, interviewing conference speakers and attendees.

George Bandarian II, a recognized expert in the field of Document Preservation and Security, as well as President of AMI-The Paperless Company, was chosen to be one of the renowned speakers at this prestigious event. His presentation, “Your #1 Security Risk: PAPER”, was well attended and great insight information was obtained from his experience with paperless technology. A copy of his presentation may be obtained by visiting the AMI website atwww.amipaplerless.com.

Crane Aerospace chose AMI-The Paperless Company when they decided they needed a better, safer, more cost-effective means of locating and accessing their high-security documents. The Challenge: Boxes and boxes of paper documents which had to be recalled, gone through and hand-delivered every time there was a request for information from the company. The Solution: AMI Paperless to the rescue! Providing their high-quality scanning services to handle the initial digitalization of their documents which will then be loaded into their new Laserfiche Document Management System (also provided by AMI), Crane Aerospace joins the multitude of large corporations that are realizing the increased security, ease of access and cost-savings realized by storing their paper documents digitally. Crane Aerospace is thrilled to have secured a system which will allow them to provide the best possible customer service, both internally (interdepartmentally) and externally (to their multi-million dollar customers) while enjoying an immediate and impressive impact on their bottom line.

Their new Laserfiche system will also enable them to access important index information for each document from their existing Oracle database system.

When 800 Loan Mart decided to make the move to new offices they were faced with a dilemma… what to do with the multitude of file cabinets that contained their sensitive, secure loan documents. Not only was the cost to move the cumbersome cabinets and their contents expensive, but their existing paper filing system was inconvenient and costly as well. AMI – The Paperless Company came to the rescue! AMI was contracted to provide their high-speed, high-quality document scanning services which enabled 800 Loan Mart to move only the DVDs containing the digitized images of their copious documents. This provided an immediate cost savings and future convenience of access, not to mention the increased security of their loan documents.

With offices located throughout California and New Mexico, this direct financer title loan company certainly knows the meaning of paper-intensive industry! Many companies face the very same challenges that 800 Loan mart faced: massive amounts of paper stored in massive amounts of file cabinets, or storage boxes, for which they are paying monthly rent for the office space or storage unit. By scanning paper documents into digital format, whether or not a document management system is utilized or not; enables immediate ROI, increased security and ease of accessibility of all paper documents no matter the type or the industry.

“It is exactly these types of applications; those that offer an immediate return on investment, relief from storage space, and the added attributes of security and accessibility that make our Document Scanning solution a perfect and simple resolution to the high cost of office space and storage units.”, notes George Bandarian II, President and CEO of AMI.

Mr. Tom Denton has joined Los Angeles-based American MicroImaging, Inc. (aka AMI-The Paperless Company), one of the largest and most prestigious Document Management and Document Scanning organizations on the West Coast in the position of Senior Sales Executive.

Denton will establish the growing strategic sales vision for AMI and support all of its vertical markets, e.g., Healthcare, Government, Financial Services-Investment Advisors, Retail, Food Service, Education, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, with process improvement in Accounting; both Accounts Payable and Account Receivable Automation, Human Resources, and of course, outsourced high-quality high-speed scanning.

Tom comes to AMI from Trend Offset Printing, one of the largest commercial printers on the West Coast, where he was the Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In his career, Mr. Denton has worked with Kodak, Creo, Agfa and Heidelberg, all industry leaders in digital workflow and imaging technology. Denton has over 20 years in Sales & Management, primarily crafting business improvement initiatives through new technology and process adoption.

“AMI is accelerating a long growth period and Tom’s unique experience makes him perfectly suited for this position. His ability to look at opportunities from a strategic perspective will allow us to co-develop specific value propositions for our customer’s future,” states George Bandarian II, AMI President and CEO.

“I am thrilled to be part of this dynamic organization! AMI’s commitment to growth through true value based business solutions is a major factor in AMI’s 42 years of continued success,”notes Denton.

Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians have invited AMI – The Paperless Company back for a second “tour of duty” of on-site document scanning. After a greatly successful project completion last year when AMI imaged all of their Member Files, they were excited to implement the same document management techniques in other departments as well. Now that they are realizing the many benefits such as ease of access, increased security and preservation of irreplaceable documents, they’re headed down the paperless trail.

AMI was able to provide the imaged documents, fully indexed, in a format that was compatible with their existing Progeny document management system and within a matter of a week they were securely accessing documents that had taken expensive time and labor to research, obtain, and replace.

Patricia Eames, Enrollment Specialist and Phyllis Schiller, Enrollment Clerk of Picayune both agree, “Once we found AMI we realized [they] had the best bid for scanning services with the fastest time-frame for turn-around, and that made our decision. After our scanning project we realized what a great job your team did in such a timely manner with no interruption to the work flow. You were very professional and easy to deal with so of course we thought of AMI when there was another scanning job to do. Everything went smoothly and… we would highly recommend AMI to any professional organization. We think you are great and look forward to working with you again!”

AMI – The Paperless Company made the move to their new downtown Los Angeles offices offering additional production capabilities and a more sophisticated corporate environment. The 42 year-old document management and imaging company will continue to provide world-class document imaging at their new 5,000 square foot secure facility conveniently located to serve all of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

“The new environment has energized the entire staff and provided a better environment to ensure the safety of our customers’ documents”, states George Bandarian II, the company’s President and CEO. “As we continue to grow, we will continue to increase our scanning and production capabilities to keep up with the needs of our customers”.

AMI will also continue to provide document scanning services on customer sites, which is often required for extremely sensitive documents or for convenience. AMI is one of the few document scanning companies that welcome customers with this specialized service request.

Since 2002, Global Archives has enabled their clients to streamline paper intensive business processes with workflow, leveraging their experience in scanning, business process improvement, and online record storage software. Their highly-respected document storage software, “LockBox” is unique in the industry for its end-user simplicity, security, compliance and platform maturity, and currently is in use by over 400 companies for everything from drawings to medical records to invoices.

AMI – The Paperless Company has been providing paperless (or less paper) solutions for companies for 42 years. Conveniently located in Los Angeles, California, AMI is recognized as one of the most reliable and respected organizations for Document Management and Document Scanning solutions in Southern California.

“Global Archives is extremely pleased with the work the AMI Team delivers. They know this business and continue to demonstrate their ability to perform even the most complex jobs in a manner consistent with the needs of the project. We are able to work with AMI as a true team member and really appreciate our open dialogue.” States Global Archives President, Mr. Bill Clark.

AMI – The Paperless Company was proud to have been chosen as the vendor of choice by the Los Angeles Unified School District as their Document Imaging partner. The surge of new school construction over recent years has created a copious amount of paper documents such as project files, large format drawings and building plans. AMI’s expertise in scanning these types of sensitive manufacturing and construction documents was well received by the district and is now providing its high quality scanning services to numerous schools throughout the district in conjunction with the Facilities Services Division of LAUSD.

Mr. Christopher Endozo, Administrative Intern and Project Supervisor for LAUSD states, “AMI has proven to be a great company to work with when it comes to managing our legal documents. Their high standards of professionalism can be seen throughout their management, workers, and quality of work when delivering their products.”

AMI – The Paperless Company was proud to have been chosen as the vendor of choice by the California State University-San Bernardino when they were confronted by an audit of their Student Records files. The challenge: The Auditors required the campus to protect mission-critical student records in case of disaster, e.g. fire (there had been several fires close to the campus recently). The solution: AMI provided the University with on-site document scanning services, over a 5 month period, which enabled the University to upload digitized files into their existing Hershey document management system, thus providing not only security, but instant access to information for both students and staff.
Ms. Lorraine Frost, MA PMP Frye ’09, Associate Vice President-Information Resources and Technology for CSUSB states,

“AMI developed an excellent project plan to address the scanning task. They worked well with our programming staff to develop the upload files. Their lead sheet process helped identify missing files. The staging process ensured the documents were processed in a timely manner. The prep staff work was outstanding, they really knew how to process the paper and get it ready for scanning.”

“The campus was very pleased with how quickly AMI was able to process the thousands of documents. Celebrating milestones during the project kept the project team encouraged about being able to complete the task – even though it seemed daunting at first.”