Successfully launched in June 2004, Digital Consumer Channel CIS is a fairly new opportunity to meet and do business with the senior executives from the major consumer I.T. retailers and distributors in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other CIS markets. Based on the proven concept of bringing high-level buyers from emerging markets into productive contact with vital vendors, this is THE must-attend event for mass-market distribution in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Among all vendors participating, the 110 top buyers from Russia and CIS rewarded the IRISPen™ Translator 6 for its ingenuity and innovation. The IRISPen™ digitizes information contained in paper documents in the blink of an eye. USB powered and connected, it replaces manual encoding work with fast and accurate scanning. Printed text and figures are instantly entered into any application, right at the cursor position. Furthermore, through a technology bundle with the specialized translation software @Prompt Office 7, the IRISPen™ Translator 6 has advanced translation capabilities. There are currently up to 11 pairs of languages available. Click here to discover this product.

Commenting on this outstanding accomplishment, Bernard De Fabribeckers, Sales Director at I.R.I.S said “On behalf of the entire I.R.I.S. group, I would like to underline how honored and proud we are to have been rewarded by the leading Eastern European and Russian retailers and distributors. I.R.I.S commits once again in front of all retail partners to be the world market leader in Mobile Scanning Devices and Optical Character Recognition software.” He added “The last couple of months have been particularly thrilling for I.R.I.S. with an award for “Best Presentation” and a nomination for “Best Vendor” at RetailVision 2008 and another nomination for “Best Product Technology” at the Digital Consumer Channel MEA. This new nomination for “Best Product Innovation” for our IRISPen™ Translator 6 highlights our enthusiasm and constant aspiration to think outside of the box in order to provide top-level solutions for our customers and partners.

About I.R.I.S. product range

I.R.I.S. worldwide markets portable scanning devices and OCR software:

- The IRISPen™ 6: the world’s leading pen scanner

- The IRISCard™ 4: a complete range of business card readers

- The IRIScan™ 2 Middle East: the most portable A4 scanner with a full software suite for Arabic OCR

- Readiris™ Pro 11 Middle east: the most powerful Arabic OCR software

About I.R.I.S.

I.R.I.S.’ mission is to increase our customers’ productivity and knowledge through helping them better manage their documents, data and information.

I.R.I.S. Products & Technologies develops technologies and products for Intelligent Document Recognition and markets its portfolio on a worldwide basis through strong partnerships.

I.R.I.S. Professional Solutions enables companies and administrations to find in one company the innovative expertise and hi-tech solutions to efficiently manage documents, information flows and IT infrastructure.

In 2007, the revenue of I.R.I.S. Group was 95.062.297€. I.R.I.S. has more than 500 employees based in Louvain-la-Neuve and Brussels (Belgium), Orly (France), Windhof (Luxemburg), Amsterdam and Maastricht (The Netherlands), Aachen (Germany), Delray Beach (USA) and Hong-Kong (China).