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Sobrekk Business Technology Solutions
Reaches Winners Circle Status
GOLDEN VALLEY, MN (Solbrekk) – October 14, 2009 — Solbrekk announced today that the business technology solutions provider has reached Laserfiche “Winners Circle” status for the second time. This means that Solbrekk will be recognized in January 2010 at a special event for accomplished value-added resellers.
“This year, customers have been careful to select a reliable, cost-effective solution that creates efficiency, and adds value to their organization, “says Larry Phelps, Solbrekk’s vice president of sales. “Laserfiche has been a great fit because their enterprise content management software suite is open, easy to integrate, loaded with functionality and easy to use, reducing the complexities for IT staff and end-users, and frankly, this is exactly what our customers want.”
As a case in point, Phelps points to Solbrekk’s work for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, one of the largest newspapers in the United States. “It was a very challenging project,” Phelps explained that the company needed to replace a legacy imaging system and migrate massive databases from shared servers.
“As part of that task, Chad Brinkman, our senior network and integration engineer, deciphered their existing integrations and workflows and then implemented them in the new systems. All told, he integrated Laserfiche successfully with PeopleSoft®, RightFax® and Oracle® applications,” said Phelps. “These integrations will help the Star Tribune streamline key processes in accounts payable, human resources, travel and contracts. This project is a great example of how Laserfiche serves as a versatile and flexible foundation for enterprise solutions.”
Solbrekk’s other recent successes include Laserfiche deployments for I.C. System and the City of Shoreview, Minnesota. Looking ahead, Solbrekk plans to focus on delivering solutions to clients in the medical, local government and manufacturing fields, as well as developing enterprise-wide solutions for corporations of all sizes.
Based in Golden Valley, Minnesota, Solbrekk, Inc., was formed in 2003 to bring together the combined knowledge and experience of four complementary businesses that had each been in business for a dozen years or more. The group included Software Tailors, Inc., Phelps’ former company, which had been a Laserfiche VAR since 1995. With 20 certified network engineers on staff, Solbrekk has quickly become one of the largest computer service companies in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. Larry Phelps and Chad Brinkman lead the company’s electronic document management solutions team.

About Laserfiche
Laserfiche® creates simple and elegant enterprise content management (ECM) solutions that help organizations run smarter. Since 1987, more than 27,000 organizations worldwide—including healthcare organizations, government agencies and Fortune 1000 companies—have used Laserfiche software to streamline document, records and business process management.

The Laserfiche ECM system is designed to give IT managers central control over their information infrastructure, including standards, security and auditing, while offering business units the flexibility to respond quickly to changing conditions. The Laserfiche product suite is built upon Microsoft® technologies to simplify system administration, supports Microsoft SQL and Oracle® platforms and features a seamless integration with Microsoft Office® applications and a two-way integration with SharePoint®.

Laserfiche distributes its software through a worldwide network of value-added resellers (VARs), who tailor solutions to clients’ individual needs. The Laserfiche VAR program has received the Five-Star rating from Computer Reseller News/VARBusiness magazine.
Laserfiche is a registered trademark of Compulink Management Center, Inc.

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BLI's 5 Star Rated

I just heard that Laserfiche 8 has just received the highest-possible Five-Star rating from Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) in its latest Solutions Report. Never before has a document management solution received a Five-Star rating from BLI. Buyers Laboratory does independent research about products produced by the imaging industry for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), dealers and business consumers.

To see the complete report go to: Learn more about Laserfiche’s 5 Star Award

Laserfiche has greatly improved Workflow with their release 8. We now have many more tools and much more flexability to automate your business processes with this version.

A few of the high lights of this version are:
– Improved Intuitive Graphic Interface
– New Workflow Designer allow complex task to be define easily
– Improved task management
– Base on Windows Workflow Foundation
– XML file format

Learn more about Laserfiche Workflow 8

Laserfiche is now shipping Avante, an affordable new licensing model for smaller organizations that would like workflow.

Named user licenses include document management, Workflow, Snapshot and e-mail functionality, all for $500 per license.

Laserfiche Avante

If you have been waiting to upgrade from Laserfiche version 7, now is probably the time to consider upgrading. Laserfiche 8.1 includes the following enhancements:

- Restore deleted pages from the Recycle Bin.
- Preview pane for viewing pages, annotations, and other
document properties from the Folder Browser.
- Search fields, text, annotations and file names in one simple search.
- Updates to annotations, including new polygon annotations.
- LDAP integration.
- Connection encryption using SSL/TSL.
- Improved volume management tools.
- Repository locking for cleaner administration maintenance

For more details on Laserfiche version 8.1CLICK HERE

New Horizon Academy has been serving families since 1971. Not only must they be excellent at teaching and caring for children, but they must maintain their paper work in the same manner. That is why they use Laserfiche.
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People often ask me isn’t document imaging really expensive compared to using paper. Good question!

If you knew what your paper systems are costing you, you would probably set your sights on this new target …

… saving money by using paper-less technology.

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Minneapolis, Minnesota – May 12, 2009 – Laserfiche today named Solbrekk Business Tecnhnology Solutions as VAR of the Month for May 2009. The reseller has demonstrated significant success with Community Action Agencies and ancillary government agencies like Watersheds (Rice Creek Watershed). The resellers work with the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s legacy systems helped the newspaper win a Run Smarter Award at last year’s Laserfiche International Conference.

“Yes, people are more cautious, but there are pockets of organizations in nearly every field that are looking to spend money on document imaging technology this year and my job is to find them,” says Larry Phelps, Vice President of Sales for Solbrekk.

Phelps credits much of Solbrekk’s success to extensive marketing efforts. “When money’s tight, organizations are not necessarily looking for the best price, but the best value. That’s where your customer stories, case studies, and references all lend credibility to your sales process,” he explains. “People want to pick the supplier who everyone knows was a wise choice, a product that works, and a product they know how to use.” He provides the following four secrets to success:

1. Have your clients market for you – If they see positive benefits, they are often happy to share about it as references, in case studies, success stories, and user groups.
2. Get in front of local community organizations as an expert in office management and efficiency.
3. Incorporate social media tools to reach your audiences – Communicate and educate via blogging, You Tube, e-newsletters, and mini Web sites.
4. For branding success, link all media tools back to Laserfiche’s Web site, which provides credibililty and a wealth of additional information.

Phelps has been blogging about document management for three years (Larry’s Blog), while using YouTube to post his own instructional videos (<a ref “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wmy2c89klA” Youtube Video). “I had a person contact me about my online demo. It turns out it was a Laserfiche VAR in South Africa and I was able to help him make the demo available to his prospects,” recalls Phelps. “That shows the power and magic of this technology where two VARs from totally different continents can help one another.”
He also uses e-newsletters, seminars, user groups, mini-websites and auto-responders. But, Phelps says the most important marketing tools are his case studies, where users like Laserfiche Luminary Dick Crumb, CIO of Shoreview, MN, detail their success working with Solbrekk (<a ref “http://www.solbrekk.com/case-studies.asp?docID=85″ City of Shoreview Story).
“Posting these stories on the web and linking them to Laserfiche’s website helps build brand awareness to the search engines and helps prospects find Laserfiche and its VARs,” he adds.

Phelps himself first became aware of Laserfiche from enthusiastic users over a decade ago. While researching cost-effective replacements for a client’s outdated microfiche system, he discovered another organization using Laserfiche five hours away. “They were so excited they wanted me to drop everything. ‘It would be worth it,’ they said. ‘You’ve just got to see this software.’”
He saved himself the trip and instead called Laserfiche. After several conversations, he not only purchased Laserfiche for his client, he became his area’s reseller as well.
“In those early days it was really important to educate our prospects on the basic concepts of document imaging. They’d never seen anything like Google; they were totally amazed at the ability to search their documents for any word or phrase,” he says. “It was educate, educate, educate.” Especially in the current economy, he says, it still is.
“More than ever we need to help prospects understand the power of a real document management system. You’d think users know the difference between Laserfiche and a product that attaches PDF’s to their proprietary system,” Phelps says. “In fact, I think now, more than at any time, it is important to help clients clear away the noise and find a solution that will help them run their businesses more effectively.”

About Laserfiche
Laserfiche® creates simple and elegant document management solutions that help organizations run smarter. Since 1987, more than 25,000 organizations have used Laserfiche software to help staff find what they need in seconds, collaborate more effectively and complete daily tasks more efficiently. Engineered for rapid deployment, Laserfiche easily integrates with the primary business applications staff use every day.

Laserfiche distributes software through a worldwide network of value-added resellers (VARs), who tailor solutions to clients’ individual needs. In recognition of the outstanding training and support we provide to our resellers, the Laserfiche VAR program has received the Five-Star Rating from Computer Reseller News/VARBusiness magazine.
Francine Marlenee, APR, Public Relations Specialist
Laserfiche

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