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Ricoh Developer Program Offers Enhanced Membership Benefits
Monday 29. December 2008 - New Resources Provide Unprecedented Level of Developmental Tools and Support
Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced the launch of three new membership levels to its existing Ricoh Developer Program(TM) (RiDP(TM)): DocumentMall(TM); Ricoh Major Account-Strategic Accounts (MASA); and Education (EDU). In addition to the Basic, Premier and Premier Plus memberships, RiDP now has six options available for qualifying commercial and in-house developers.
The RiDP program — open to independent software vendors, Ricoh Major-Strategic Accounts, and colleges and universities — grants access to the support, tools and services needed to integrate new or existing solutions with Ricoh hardware and software products. In today’s fast-paced business environment, preparing products for market in a cost-effective manner is of the utmost importance. RiDP added the three new membership levels to help meet this need.
— DocumentMall membership, priced at $1,000 annually, gives software
developers the tools to add on-demand document management capabilities
to their solutions. DocumentMall is Ricoh’s Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) document management solution and provides companies with the
ability to store, retrieve, manage and share electronic as well as
scanned paper documents using the Internet. This membership requires
verification of the commercial developers’ skills prior to program
acceptance.
— Major Account-Strategic Account (MASA) membership, priced at $2,500
annually, is limited to Ricoh-named Major and Strategic Accounts and
is designed to supplement in-house developed solutions with existing
Ricoh hardware and software. Members can access Application
Programming Interfaces (APIs) along with the technical support,
resources and tools that come with the Premier Plus membership.
Members can also use Software Development Kits (SDKs) which allow
developers to create embedded applications that run on multifunctional
products (MFPs) or integrate with GlobalScan document management
systems.
— Education (EDU) membership is free to accredited higher education
institutions. With the RiDP program, these organizations have access
to the tools necessary to integrate their in-house solutions with
Ricoh product offerings, including Ricoh’s Embedded Software
Architecture (ESA) technology.
“As technology continues to evolve, we strive to provide helpful resources and solutions to our customers,” said Hede Nonaka, executive vice president, Ricoh Americas Corporation. “The new RiDP membership levels put information and tools at our customers’ fingertips, offering real enhanced value and empowering them to tackle their production and developing needs with the speed and efficiency needed to compete in today’s business environment.”