Dateline: September 9, 1997

UMAX Technologies (Fremont, CA, http://www.umax.com) unveils the Powerlook III and Powerlook 3000 high resolution scanners with Bit Enhancement Technology for the electronic publishing, graphics and printing industries

Nikon's (Belmont, CA, http://www.mo-nikon.com) Beluga AV direct-overwrite MO drive now available for use with TimeLine Vista's (http://www.digaudio.com) MMR-8 modular multitrack recorder

Image Graphics (Shelton, CT, http://www.igraph.com) signs IMR (Englewood, CO, http://www.imrgold.com) as a National Alliance Business Partner to provide micropublishing services to Image Graphics' customers

Sherpa's (Milpitas, CA, http://www.sherpa.com) PDM solution utilized by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Mars Pathfinder, Sojourner Rover and the upcoming Cassini spacecraft mission to Saturn

Data Securities International (San Francisco, CA, http://www.dsiescrow.com) acquired by Iron Mountain (Boston, MA, http://www.iromountain.com) for $18 million; acquisition combines DSI's technology escrow services with Iron Mountain's data management and storage services

Diamond Head Software (Richardson, TX, http://www.dhs.com) to host the 3rd annual Component Imaging and Document Management Forum in Maui from October 26-30

Sunrise Imaging's (Fremont, CA, http://www.sunriseimg.com) ProScan 3-in-1 film scanner to be integrated with Cornerstone's (San Jose, CA, http://www.corimage.com) InputAccel document capture software, to provide scanning conversion solutions for film, microfiche and aperture cards

Create!print (Canoga Park, CA, http://www.createprint.co.uk) unveils Version 5.4 of its Create!print electronic forms processing solution for the AS/400 platform