Tarrytown, NY – June 8, 2005 - Datacap Inc. announced today that the “Enhance Your Cycle Time” Challenge at AIIM 2005 (May 17-19) in Philadelphia raised donations and awareness for the Lance Armstrong and Tyler Hamilton Foundations, two health-oriented foundations created by well known professional cyclists.
Datacap, a leading provider of data and document capture software, was joined in the effort by many of its key partners. They include Fujitsu, FileNet, Canon, Stellent, Böwe Bell + Howell, IBML, Hyland OnBase, Vignette, Kofax, and Océ.
Bicycle Therapy (www.bicycletherapy.com), one of Philadelphia’s leading bicycle retailers, provided a Litespeed titanium Siena racing cycle and a computerized trainer that simulated the conditions of a grueling one-mile race.
The winner of the competition was not determined until the final moments of AIIM. Team Fujitsu, narrowly edged out Team FileNet by a mere 4 seconds.
The contest has raised thousands of dollars, with individual donations still coming in. Datacap is still offering a custom cycling jersey for anyone who makes a donation to either charity of $75 or more (while supplies last). Organizations and individuals can still contribute by visiting www.datacap.com/cycletime.
A share of the funds raised will be donated to the Lance Armstrong Foundation on behalf of Fujitsu; the remainder will be donated to the Tyler Hamilton Fund on behalf of FileNet. All participants received a custom cycling jersey, featuring the logos of all participants.
"'Enhance Your Cycle Time' was a great success for us at AIIM," said Scott Blau, Datacap CEO. "We generated a lot of awareness for two important foundations, conveyed our message of accelerating document processing with a cycling theme, and had fun at the same time."
About Lance Armstrong Foundation
The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) believes that in your battle with cancer, unity is strength, knowledge is power and attitude is everything. From the moment of diagnosis we provide the practical information and tools you need to live strong. We serve our mission through public health, advocacy, research and education, including the LIVESTRONG Resource for Cancer Survivors. The LAF was founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong and is located in Austin, Texas. www.laf.org
About the Tyler Hamilton Foundation
The Tyler Hamilton Foundation's (THF) mission is to provide opportunity and access for individuals affected by multiple sclerosis and aspiring young athletes with a passion for cycling. THF is dedicated to individuals diagnosed with multiple sclerosis so that they may maintain a high quality of life while dealing with the daily complications of this disease and to MS Research that is critical to finding a cure. In addition, THF is dedicated to paving the road for young cyclists who do not have the opportunities that were provided to Tyler as he began his career.www.tylerhamiltonfoundation.org
About Datacap
Since 1988, Datacap Inc. has provided leading document capture and forms processing software solutions to organizations worldwide. Datacap Taskmaster software efficiently transforms paper into information, reducing data entry costs and improving information accuracy. A client/server, rules-based document capture workflow platform, Taskmaster provides highly flexible solutions for both image indexing and data entry automation. Taskmaster also enables scanning, indexing and administration from a browser and integrates with all leading document management solutions.