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Four New "Government Specialty for e-business" Companies
to Help
Governments Provide Revenue Management, Judicial, and Social
Services Online
Bethesda, MD, June 26, 2001 -- IBM announced today the
addition of four companies -- Image-X/E-Filing.com,
Infocorp, Sysinct, and TekInsight to IBM's "Government
Specialty for e-business" program. These companies
join seven others that have earned this designation, which
recognizes that they each provide unique software solutions
that, working with IBM's e-infrastructure and services,
are helping governments on all levels make the transformation
to e-government.
"The addition of these four companies to this program
enhances IBM's ability to offer a wide range of e-government
solutions to governments on all levels," said David White,
director of IBM solution and business partner sales. "In
particular, these new member companies will help us bring
online government court proceedings, legal filings, revenue
management, social services provision, and a broad range of
other comprehensive government-to-business and government-to-citizen
transactions." Revenue management, White added, refers
to Web-based systems that can assist governments in handling
incoming revenues such as parking tickets, professional licensing
fees, and tax payments.
Image-X / E-Filing.com
Image-X/E-Filing.com,
based in Santa Barbara, California, offers electronic filing
and QuickPortal technology to serve the needs of all types
of courts, collection agencies and child support departments.
E-Filing allows attorneys to file documents
to the courthouse directly over the Internet in a convenient,
cost-effective and timely manner, based on Legal XML standards.
Many county courts in the United States are already using
E-Filing.com's technology to streamline
the filing of court cases. For additional information on
Image-X and E-Filing.com solutions, go to www.imagexusa.com
and www.e-filing.com or call 805-964-3535.
Infocorp
Infocorp, a member of the SLMsoft.com Group of Companies (TSE:
INP), is a leader in the design and delivery of revenue management
solutions for governments and specialty retailers. Infocorp's
solutions enable product and service delivery, workflow automation,
and payment transaction processing in a variety of ways, including
over-the-counter, Internet and kiosks. Its core e-government
product, Access2Gov (formerly POS+), has been installed in
several state, provincial and municipal departments, and is
a key component of electronic service delivery solutions.
Infocorp's offices are located in Canada and USA. For more
information, go to infocorpnow.com, call 1-888-438-3282 or
e-mail government@infocorpnow.com.
Sysinct
Sysinct, a division of IKON Office Solutions Technology Services
and a wholly-owned subsidiary of IKON Office Solutions, Inc.,
is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and currently
maintains 13 offices throughout the United States and Canada
with nearly 250 e-business consultants, systems integrators,
and service personnel. The company provides expert technical
services to facilitate timely, cost-effective implementation
of e-business strategies and solutions. Sysinct's Social Science
Solutions Team has been an innovator in the justice and community
treatment arenas by establishing collaborative applications
for community treatment networks, drug courts, mental health
courts, treatment agency programs, justice departments and
recovery communities. "For more information on Sysinct's
Social Science Team products and services, go HERE , e-mail
socialsciences@sysinct.com, or call 1-703-749-3490.
TekInsight
TekInsight (NASDAQ: TEKS, TEKSP, TEKSW), a leader in government
e-transformation, is based in Irvine, California. TekInsight
helps governments transform by using innovative technology
and management techniques to increase efficiency in government
operations and improve access to government functions. The
company provides consulting, infrastructure planning and deployment,
application development, legacy integration and support services.
TekInsight's ePluribus" Software Suite enables governments
to process tax and violation payments, licenses, parks &
recreation management, deeds and more online and in real-time.
For additional information on TekInsight, go to www.tekinsight.com.
IBM's "Government Specialty for e-business"
program was launched in July, 2000, when ESRI, EzGov, HTE,
and JPH International received this designation. In February,
three other companies -- Anteon, ASTi, and Sideware -- also
joined the program. For more information about "Government
Specialty for e-business" and for information on how
to apply for the program, please go HERE.
IBM, the world's largest information technology
company, has helped governments transform services and systems
since 1917. Over the years -- from the first automated US
Census to on-line applications serving citizens and businesses
in many agencies and jurisdictions around the globe -- IBM
has supplied governments with innovative and cost-effective
technology-based solutions. IBM's team of e-business professionals
offers a broad range of products, services, solutions and
experiences ? all focused on helping government organizations
deliver innovative, secure, available and reliable solutions.
Our custom-tailored services and products deliver the highest
levels of security, flexibility and integration -- enabling
governments to maximize current and future technology investments
while delivering value to their customers. PatrtnerWorld is
a program that helps IBM Business Partners with marketing
support, education, certification, technical support and rewards.
For additional information on IBM, visit www.ibm.com/government.
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