Media Monitors selects ClipWorX software from X-CAGO to automate press clipping production

Australian Company Uses ClipWorX to Improve Customer Service and Speed Delivery of Customized Information Services

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, RAMSEY, NJ/ROERMOND, THE NETHERLANDS
Media Monitors, headquartered in Sydney, Australia, prides itself on the quality of media-based information and customized media analysis services it provides to its customers throughout Asia Pacific. In a move to enhance the timeliness of delivery, and the accuracy and reliability of the information provided, the company has deployed ClipWorX press clipping software from X-CAGO.

'Our services are an increasingly important source of information and opportunity to our clients,' said John Croll, CEO, Media Monitors. 'We will continue to respond to their challenging demands with initiative and passion. That requires developing creative solutions to extend our range of customized services and enhance our operations. Using advanced software technology such as that provided by ClipWorX will help us accomplish these business goals.'

'We are focused on speed, quality, reliability and efficiency. This commitment to constantly improving operations in our facilities located throughout the country led us to seek an automated solution for clipping articles from print media,' said Croll. 'After a comprehensive evaluation of the programs on the market today, it was clear to us that X-CAGO and the ClipWorX product was way ahead of their competition. X-CAGO created a very professional impression and their cooperation with Océ was important as well.'

'X-CAGO delivered on its promises and during the implementation of ClipWorX, their staff and ours worked well together. I expect this relationship to last for quite some time,' concluded Croll.

'Media Monitors recognizes that newspapers set the daily media agenda and are important sources of valuable information,' said Koos Hussem, President and CEO of X-CAGO. 'Getting this time-sensitive information into the hands of their customers quickly and in a flexible and user-friendly format is important. We are honored that Media Monitors selected ClipWorX press clipping software to help facilitate this process.'

'Having a major deployment of our software in Australia leads us to believe that we will be successful in achieving our objective of being a global media information software services company. The fact that Media Monitors, a clear leader in the information services industry in the Pacific Rim, selected our company shows great confidence in our ability to implement and support a solution halfway around the world,' said Hussem.

About ClipWorX
X-CAGO's ClipWorX is a press clipping software suite for professional use that was developed in close association with multinational imaging giant, Océ. It allows media monitoring companies, corporate libraries, publishers and government organizations to create, manage, and extract information from scanned digital collections of newspapers and magazines. It is an efficient, economical, digital alternative to manually clipping and copying articles, while maintaining the quality of the original article.
With ClipWorX, newspaper articles or complete newspaper pages are scanned quickly. After scanning, the 'Click-and-Clip' feature allows users to efficiently extract articles from your scan. Clips can be modified as needed: users can change the number of columns, scale down large titles and pictures, or enhance quality of tables, graphics and pictures. Once scanned, users can print paper clippings, publish them on Internet/Intranet, and distribute them electronically, as well as archive them in a storage and retrieval system.

Media Monitors
The Media Monitors group is Australia's largest provider of value-added, customized information services. The company's current client list numbers over 3,000 and it has approximately 300 staff. From Press Clippings to Broadcast monitoring, News Monitors, Media Analysis and Media People, Media Monitors strives to produce products that meets the company's client needs and are of the world's best standard.
Media Monitors has full-service offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Hobart and Perth and 43 regional sites. The company reads more than 5,000 publications and monitors more than 300 radio and TV stations across Australia.
Media Monitors is a member of FIBEP, the International Association of Press Clipping Bureaus, the IABM, the International Association of Broadcast Monitors and a founding member of the AABM, the Australian Association of Broadcast Monitors.
For more information about Media Monitors, visit their web site at www.mediamonitors.com.au