May 15, 2007

In 2007, Ubiquitech have won the prestigious Duke’s Choice Award by Sun Microsystems, in recognition of extreme JavaTM technology-based innovation. The prize was awarded to the VDMSTM (Virtual Document Management System) solution that was delivered to the international construction contractor E. Pihl & Søn A/S.

Due to many and international wide spread building contracts managed by  Pihl & Søn, a solution was necessary to create a full overview of and allow access to any given documentation and to make it available on a wide array of platforms and devices regardless of their geographic location.
VDMS allows easy viewing and editing of information on mobile units such as notebooks, PDAs, SmartPhones, BlackberryTM devices and others. This in turn provides Pihl & Son with a flexibility and mobility which are critical to its work processes. Documents can for instance be sent to any printer or fax via a stationary or mobile device, utilising Bluetooth technology. The conversion of the document is handled by VDMS, completely transparent to the user.

The IT Director at Pihl & Søn explained: “With the Ubiquitech VDMS we have a solution where all our information is virtual. Through the flexibility created by the open platform we are able to meet current and future demands to digital building processes and information structuring. We have achieved an optimal synthesis between our organisation and its information flows, with the MFPs from Ricoh functioning as information servers and through seamless integration with the mobile units from Nokia and Blackberry.

For further information on Duke's Choice Award please visit http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/2007/articles/2007dukeschoiceawards.jsp