Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Rimage Wins $2.8M in Orders from U.S. Federal Agencies for Video Surveillance Solution

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MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 31, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rimage Corporation /quotes/comstock/15*!rimg/quotes/nls/rimg (RIMG 15.60, +0.30, +1.96%) today announced that two federal law enforcement agencies have placed orders worth $2.8 million for Rimage's new video surveillance solutions and associated services. The equipment will be shipped in the third quarter and installed in various field locations soon after that.

The solutions will be used by these agencies to export, distribute and archive video surveillance content and other forms of digital evidence.

Sherman L. Black, president and chief executive officer, commented: "We previously reported that our pipeline of potential video surveillance business was robust, and this order confirms the outlook for our solutions based-revenues. This win is further proof that our shift from hardware to solutions is gaining traction and that our customers value a more complete response to their challenges in storing and distributing critical data."

"Managing surveillance video content is an ongoing challenge for many of our customers," said Christopher Wells, Rimage vice president of marketing and strategy. "The Rimage Surveillance Solution simplifies the day-to-day maintenance of surveillance video, while at the same time enabling a sustainable long-term archive strategy."

The federal agencies are purchasing these systems to streamline workflows for exporting and distributing specific surveillance data, and to create a stable, flexible and sustainable archiving plan. The Rimage Surveillance Solution is being used with Blu-ray Discs(TM) for long-term archiving and portability needs. This is the only media capable of supporting these agencies' advanced retention needs.

The Rimage Surveillance Solution solves critical content distribution and archiving issues in the surveillance industry. Rimage Surveillance Publisher completely automates the process of exporting and publishing surveillance content while preserving evidence chain of custody; Rimage Surveillance Archiver automates and manages long-term archiving to DVD and/or Blu-ray Disc media.


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