ForeFront Partners Selects VirtualViewer AJAX as the Viewer for EMC’s eRoom and Joins Snowbound’s SnowCAP Partner Program

VirtualViewer expedites document and image viewing in eRoom for the public safety market, enabling users to quickly open and annotate documents without the creator applications

Watertown, MA – (July 30, 2008)  Snowbound Software, the premier provider of document viewing and conversion technology to accelerate the document lifecycle, announced today that ForeFront Partners, a leading IT consulting firm that specializes in integration and custom development for EMC’s eRoom collaboration application, has chosen Snowbound’s VirtualViewer™ AJAX viewer to integrate into their eRoom installations. ForeFront Partners selected VirtualViewer AJAX because it provides a true zero footprint viewing option and is able to expedite the speed and accuracy of document and image viewing for eRoom users.

“We have been extending eRoom to the public safety market where speed and accuracy of document and image viewing is critical when it comes to having the right information at the right time to prevent a crime or safely apprehend criminals,” commented Eric Crone, managing partner for ForeFront Partners. “VirtualViewer’s ability to reduce the download time and eliminate the need for creator applications enables police officers to see the required data as quickly as possible.”  

With VirtualViewer users can open and annotate virtually any document and image format through a Web browser without launching the creator application. And because it runs in a Web browser and does not require the user to download any additional applications to their desktop, the viewer will work seamlessly regardless of the end user’s operating environment. By combining AJAX with its sophisticated Page-on-Demand™ technology, VirtualViewer eliminates the need to download or stream entire documents saving critical time for the user by allowing them to view only the page they require when they need it. 

Crone added, “As we continue to work with eRoom we are finding more customers who are geographically dispersed and document and image viewing is becoming more important.  Snowbound’s viewer products fill an important strategic need for our clients.”

William Martin, director of business development for Snowbound Software, said, “We welcome the opportunity to partner with ForeFront and deliver a viewing solution for their customers that fills a critical need within the collaboration, workflow, and content management space.  We value ForeFront’s eRoom expertise as well as the breadth of their experience within the law, government, and security industries.   We are looking forward to extending our relationship through our SnowCAP program and further expanding our related offerings for first responders.”    

ForeFront Partners enables businesses to optimize their use of EMC’s Documentum eRoom, a web workspace through which colleagues can collaborate on projects from any location, therefore accelerating and aiding efficient teamwork. ForeFront Partners offers consulting, sales, installation and customization of EMC’s eRoom collaboration software. They also consult on eRoom integration with other backend applications, enterprise databases and content servers, as well as sell pre-built eRoom add-on applications.

VirtualViewer is Snowbound Software’s next generation of viewing solutions that allow users to view virtually any document or image format from any platform anywhere. Users can view, annotate, manipulate, redact and print documents and images through a web-based viewer. VirtualViewer offers multiple client configurations including a Java applet, .NETclient, and a true zero footprint AJAX option that can be integrated with Snowbound’s pure Java server or .NET server component.  To learn more about VirtualViewer, visit http://www.snowbound.com/Virtual_Viewer/viewer_overview.html

About ForeFront Partners

ForeFront Partners is a leading IT consulting firm that offers eRoom sales, consulting, hosting, training and support as well as website content management, content usability, security and accessibility expertise to a variety of industries including legal, federal government and public safety. We partner with our clients to ensure success of our projects. 100% customer satisfaction is our primary goal and results in repeat business and top notch references. For more information please visit http://www.forefrontpartners.com/.

About Snowbound Software

Snowbound Software creates viewing and conversion technology that augments applications and productivity throughout the entire document lifecycle. Our platform agnostic components provide essential capabilities at each step from input through archiving. Snowbound’s global customer base includes millions of installations and thousands of developers spanning a variety of industries. For more information please visit http://www.snowbound.com.

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