QBS Distribution to promote ABBYY products through channel

QBS Distribution (QBSD) has established a direct relationship with ABBYY UK and has been appointed to undertake distribution of ABBYY's document conversion and linguistic software throughout the UK and Ireland. "We are very happy to work closely with ABBYY to further extend their success in the UK market," said Skye Quin, Sales and Marketing Director of QBS Distribution. "We will increase awareness in the UK channel and work with them to improve services to resellers."

Dave Evans, Sales Director for ABBYY UK, added: "Our products allow people to access information contained in paper, scans and PDFs. Both individuals and large enterprises can benefit from the increased productivity and reduced costs that result from using ABBYY products. QBSD have a proven track record in the retail distribution market and we are incredibly happy to be teaming up with them. Their strong relationships will help bring ABBYY products to new customers and markets."

ABBYY's recognition technologies and products help individuals and organisations to manage an increasing amount of information. They deliver powerful instruments that enable people to unlock information from paper and images, acquire data automatically and process and store valuable information. Recognition products enable companies to save money and effort typically spent on manual retyping and formatting of documents, and to benefit from the ability to access information in more efficient ways. ABBYY's linguistic products help to break down language barriers, facilitating easier and clearer communication.

The following products are available:

- ABBYY FineReader Professional Edition, Corporate Edition, Site Licence Edition: intelligent OCR (optical character recognition) software for creating editable and searchable electronic files from scanned paper documents, PDFs and digital photographs

- ABBYY FineReader Express Edition for Mac: OCR application especially created for Mac users

- ABBYY FotoReader: capture text with a digital camera perform text recognition and transfer the contents to your computer

- ABBYY Lingvo: comprehensive dictionary software available in a multitude of language combinations

- ABBYY PDF Transformer: convert and create PDF files to and from Microsoft Word, Excel, HTML or TXT format

- ABBYY Recognition Server: server-based OCR and PDF conversion software

- ABBYY ScanTo Office: convert paper documents into editable Microsoft Word and Excel files or as email attachments.

ABBYY products are available through the channel in the UK and Ireland. In addition to boxed products, automatic download is also now available, eliminating delay to customers and providing streamlined, hassle-free order processing. For larger organisations volume licence discounts are available through a Site Licence Edition of many ABBYY products. Resellers and customers will also be able to obtain first line technical support locally.

QBSD invites interested resellers to contact or email Fully enabled review copies of products are available. For a review copy or more information, please contact Mike Paterson at QBS Distribution on +44 (0) 20 8733 7128 or email mike@qbsd.co.uk