I.R.I.S. Releases Cardiris 4 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM

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1 PRESS RELEASE Brussels, February 15 th, 2007 I.R.I.S. Releases Cardiris 4 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM A new version of its business card reader software fully integrated with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Brussels, February 15th 2007 I.R.I.S. Group, a publicly traded company (Euronext Brussels: IRI), market leader in Intelligent Document Recognition (IDR), Electronic Document Management (EDM) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) announces today Cardiris 4 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, the brand new version of I.R.I.S. business cards recognition software, including a whole bunch of new and enhanced features. Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a Customer Relationship Management software package developed by Microsoft. It s a solution that provides the tools and capabilities needed to create and easily maintain a clear picture of customers, from first contact through to purchase and post-sales. Cardiris 4 s specific export and import capabilities with Microsoft Dynamics, helps businesses in their daily contact management with a fast and accurate encoding and organizing of prospects and customers business cards. Leads, clients, providers, Each company and each private user is building a network of contacts for themselves on a daily basis. The gathered information is very valuable but only if you can use it properly. A professional contact manager is therefore crucial to get the maximum out of your contacts. And that s exactly what Cardiris does. New features including an extensive country support, an efficient Duplicates Manager, support of dual-side business cards, direct

Group, a publicly traded company (Euronext Brussels: IRI), market leader in Intelligent Document Recognition (IDR), Electronic Document Management (EDM) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

2 launching of Skype calls and MapQuest.com help you to rapidly and efficiently recapture all the important information about your contacts. Pierre de Muelenaere, President and CEO of I.R.I.S. Group, comments: A bunch of professional features enhanced the new version of Cardiris, such as an extended foreign country support and an easy duplicates management. Today Cardiris 4 is the only business cards recognition software to support all the countries..this is essential for corporate users and is only available in I.R.I.S. business card recognition software. Xavier Lamote, Commercial Director for the Microsoft SMB Division comments: Cardiris 4, I.R.I.S. business cards recognition software, is very complimentary to Microsoft Dynamics CRM and meets a large demand from users of CRM. The extended international support and the management of duplicates are 2 major features offered by I.R.I.S. software. We are very delighted with this new introduction. Cardiris 4 includes the following unique features and enhancements Efficient duplicates management: by using the Duplicates Manager, Cardiris 4 will scan your contact database to identify duplicate information. An intuitive interface clearly displays duplicate cards and lets you compare dissimilar fields. You can easily check the relevant information. By default cards are considered duplicates when Cardiris the combination of the first name, last name and the company name is the same.otherfields can be used.

business card recognition software. Xavier Lamote, Commercial Director for the Microsoft SM

3 Extended foreign country support: Cardiris 4 recognizes now business cards from all the countries. You can easily scan a business cards from Russia, Japan, USA, France, Greece, or from one of the 200+ other supported countries. Simply select the appropriate country of your business card it is promptly and accurately recognized. Extended foreign country support Not only Russian business cards can be recognized. Cardiris 4 recognizes now all the countries and support this way more than 200 countries. Enhanced import, export and synchronization: Thanks to the exportimport function, you can update your address book in the most popular contact managers and in Cardiris. The color images of your business cards can be included in the export! Moreover, Cardiris not only synchronizes with the most popular contact databases, but also with the most fashionable handheld devices Windows Mobile (Pocket PC), Palm and ipod. It takes but a few clicks to update the contents of your electronic address book with the latest information. Dual-side business cards support Display of front AND rear side of your business cards Sometimes, the back side of a business card also contains useful information. You can now display both the front AND rear side and handle all the information regarding one contact (including handwritten notes, taken during a meeting or a fair, for instance)

Simply select the appropriate country of your business card it is promptly and accurately recognized. Extended foreign country support Not only Russian business cards can be recognized.

4 Support of sheetfed scanners for batch processing Cardiris 4 handles your business cards in batches. Drop a full stack of business cards in your sheetfed scanner or place up to 10 business cards on your flatbed scanner or all-in-one device. Cardiris 4 will automatically recognize them. New user interface: anew and intuitive user interface offers you a simple workflow to manage efficiently a large number of contacts. The Cardiris interface adheres to Windows latest Look & Feel and offers some really new and useful features, to manage your contact data base on the most efficient manner: - New Buttons Several new user-friendly buttons have been created (Scan, Recognize and Export) - Display up to 16 cards Display up to 16 cards at a time to get a better overview of your contacts - Display your contacts picture it is easier to remember a contact when you can remember his face. Cardiris 4 therefore allows you to display your contacts picture. Direct launching of calls in Skype: with Cardiris 4, you will not only be able to send s to your contacts and browse directly but also to launch Skype calls. Just click on your contact s Skype ID and directly start a conversation. Direct launching of MapQuest.com: With a single click on your contact s address, you launch MapQuest.com and view directly the location of your contact on a map. Software Updates Made Easy: Using the Check for updates feature, the software searches for available software enhancements. Updating is automatically, with a single click of a button. Import, export and synchronization functions with: MS Outlook and Outlook Express, IBM Lotus Notes, Palm Desktop, Sage ACT!, Novell GroupWise and Front Range GoldMine, , vcard, text (csv), Apple ipod, Business Card Images (JPEG, TIF), Cardiris 4,!ntellect, HTML, Innomatix Infocontacts, Time and Chaos Microsoft Excel support: searching and sorting your contacts has never been easier thanks to the synthetic view provided by the new direct export filter to Excel Availability and price Cardiris 4 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM will be available in the distribution and retail channels in Europe, in the USA and in Asia as of 15 April The product will also be sold on I.R.I.S. online shop.

New user interface: anew and intuitive user interface offers you a simple workflow to manage efficiently a large number of contacts.

5 Cardiris 4 for Microsoft Dynamics can be acquired in computer stores for 299 (SRP Suggested Retail Price, VAT included). System requirements An Intel Pentium based PC or equivalent with 512 MB RAM and 85 MB free disk space is recommended. A CD-ROM drive. The Windows Vista, XP or2000 operating system. About I.R.I.S. Image Recognition Integrated Systems (I.R.I.S.), a Belgian company founded in 1987 and listed on Euronext Brussels (IRI), is a leader in the Document to Knowledge market, and provides extremely high-quality solutions for converting paper documents into electronic formats for archiving, storing, managing and sharing digital information. In 2005, the revenue of I.R.I.S. Group was 73,968,432. I.R.I.S. has more than 300 employees based in Louvain-la-Neuve and Brussels (Belgium), Orly (France), Luxembourg and Delray Beach (USA). I.R.I.S. has been awarded Enterprise of the Year 2002, and received the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 Award in 2002 and In 2005, I.R.I.S. has been listed on the Europe s 500 fastest growing companies for the third year in a row. For more information on our company, our solutions or our products, visit the I.R.I.S. website at Press contact: Sarah Dheedene I.R.I.S. Europe Headquarters Tel: +32 (0) Fax: +32 (0) [email protected]

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