HT-NewsFILE SHRINK FIRM LANDS DIGITAL MEDIA AWARD
Award for firm who created revolutionary file shrinking technology.
/Software News Articles/ - GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, January 31, 2008 - A small software firm with just 15 employees has landed a leading British digital media award following unparalleled success in its start-up year.
Crisp Documents has single handedly developed an underground buzz for innovative file shrinking software through a global internet awareness campaign.
This unique piece of technology - called vVPDF, - can shrink file sizes by 10 times - and has helped clinch deals in the engineering, oil, gas and blue chip sectors.
The company is tipped for further success next year after being voted by venture capitalists, investment bankers and industry analysts as Scotland"s leading digital media firm.
The Award sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and Barclays Wealth are handed out to companies at all stages of development.
Crisp"s technology innovation, market potential, customer adoption and investor value creation has catapulted them to a world-wide audience of more than 20 million unique visitors a month.
They will begin 2008 by announcing a new commercial campaign that could make their latest software some of the most valuable in the international business market-place.
At the same time their successful document management business is continuing to break new ground in the US and South East Asia.
Managing Partner Greg Stobie said their plans to set up a US office could happen in a matter of months.
He said: "We are delighted with the award.
"It will undoubtedly help us as we get ready for a new set of challenges.
"An accolade like this can only be beneficial as we get to the next stage of our business model.
"We have had a lot of success this past year but we are working hard to raise our profile as we continue to develop some exciting technology in 2008."
The firm is experiencing major growth in their document management arm aided by their unique software that enables the first ever colour scanning at the size of black and white file.
This unique piece of technology - called vVPDF, - can shrink file sizes by 10 times - and has helped clinch deals in the engineering, oil, gas and blue chip sectors.
Partner Lorne Campbell solved a three year communication problem for Scottish engineering company Clyde Pumps (incorporating Weir Pumps) who had searched across the world for a solution.
In just nine months, Crisp resolved Weir"s Clyde"s data, transmission and retrieval issues by creating a fully indexed digital colour library containing files, drawings and images backdating more than 100 years.
Campbell said: "This was a first for Scotland and a first for the world.
"Clyde really needed something that could help them speed up their communication while at the same time handle complex documents that up until now could only be sent by post.
"We created a full colour digital library that can be accessed in less than a second and transmitted across their global outposts in the same time as black and white files.
"It has saved them countless amounts of hours, manpower and frustration - we were proud to complete the job and bring historical data into the digital world."
The firm is now in talks with the US military as well as clients such as Amec, First ScotRail and Mitsubishi.