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June 2009 |
Volume 1, Issue 1 | |
AROUND THE INDUSTRY
Barr EOM Release 2.0!
Gainesville, FL – Barr Systems, LLC proudly announces the release of Version 2.0 of their I/Omation based output management application, Barr EOM. The new version contains many features previously unavailable and is 100% upgradable from all previous versions. [More...]
A Technological Eye on Criminal Behavior
The surveillance cameras at Big Y, a Massachusetts grocery chain, are not just passively recording customers and staff. They're studying checkout lines for signs of "sweethearting." That's when cashiers use subtle tricks to pass free goods to friends: obscuring the bar code, slipping an item behind the scanner, passing two items at a time but charging for one. [More...]
SEEING GREEN
Black and White and Green All Over:
Soy-Based Printer Toner
Could soybeans provide printer toner that's more environmentally friendly than traditional petroleum-based toner? Companies like PRC Technologies say it can be done, and the resulting product is cheaper than regular toner and performs just as well. Kingpins of the computer printer industry like HP and Lexmark, which make a great deal of their profits from toner and ink sales, have reservations about quality.
Every time you print out a page on a laser printer you're using toner made from petroleum-based products. Now there's a greener choice that shows promise: a toner product derived from soybean oil. [More...]
This Month in Science & Technology
June 3, 1965 - Astronaut Edward White became the first American to walk in space, 1965.
June 4, 1896 - Henry Ford made a successful test run with his horseless carriage in Detroit.
June 6, 1933 - First drive-in movie theater opened in New Jersey.
June 8, 1959 - The first U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine launched.
June 11, 1895 - The first U.S. patent for gas-driven auto issued.
June 15, 1752 - Benjamin Franklin proved that lightning is electricity.
June 17, 1928 - Amelia Earhart
was the first
woman to fly
across the Atlantic Ocean, from Newfoundland to Wales.
June 18, 1983 - Astronaut Sally K. Ride, became America's first woman in space.
June 23, 1868 - A patent was received for the typewriter.
Sources:
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/php/
calendar/calendar.php
http://www.historyplace.com/specials/
calendar/may.htm
“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them – a desire, a vision.” – Muhammad Ali
From the Desk of Gabriel Schwartzman, CEO Barr Systems, LLC
The recent and rapid changes in information management over the past several years have caused many companies to search for ways to remain current. Our economy has created a tremendous amount of pressure to reduce costs while still keeping up with these changing requirements. At Barr Systems, we have spent almost four years rethinking our future and what we can do to better serve the needs of our customers. We have been working closely with our customers and partners to formulate the foundational architecture for our new suite of products.
I am happy to announce that Barr Systems has adopted a new business model for developing and supporting our products and services. We have named our new business philosophy I/Omation ™. As you learn more about Barr Systems, our products, and our services, you will gain an understanding of what I/Omation means to us, and, ultimately, how it will benefit you.
Barr EOM is our first product designed and developed within the I/Omation guidelines for integration, modularity, scalability, and cost effectiveness. It is a single-level expandable platform for office print, distributed and centralized production print, and electronic document delivery. We built Barr EOM to help reduce printing and distribution costs by as much as 40%; to simplify complex output-management workflows; and to speed up the delivery of mission-critical information. Barr EOM is a scalable product that will grow along with your business. It is as useful to an organization with a few dozen printers as it is to a multinational corporation with tens of thousands of output devices.
One of the guiding principles of I/Omation is communication. That principal is supported by this newsletter. Every month, this newsletter will provide you with more specific information about Barr Systems, the output management industry, and other topics of interest.
We look forward to your feedback and suggestions for both this newsletter and future Barr product and service offerings. Your input is very valuable to us and we encourage you to contact us at any time to discuss your ideas and suggestions.
This month, we compare the Override Tables provided in our BEPS product to the robust Business Rules Engine designed into Barr EOM.
Override Table in BEPS
vs.
Business Rules in Barr EOM
We have received many questions from customers interested in migrating from the Barr Enterprise Print Server (BEPS) to Barr EOM, our new, fully integrated, output management suite based on I/Omation. Customers who have made extensive use of the Override Table in BEPS wonder how they will accomplish those same tasks when they implement Barr EOM.
