Nuance extends network scanning business with eCopy takeover

Nuance Communications has acquired eCopy, a provider of solutions that integrates paper documents into business software applications, for approximately $54 million in Nuance common stock.

The acquisition of eCopy combines Nuance’s multifunction printer (MFP) desktop solutions and eCopy’s server offerings to deliver network scanning solutions that connect the range of multifunction printers to a set of business applications and content management systems, the Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance said.

The network scanning solutions of the Nashua, N.H.-based eCopy are offered by MFP vendors, including Canon, HP, Konica Minolta, Océ, Ricoh, Toshiba and Xerox, providing organizations with a touch-screen application that has a consistent user experience across devices, according to the companies.

The acquisition will be accretive on a non-GAAP basis in Nuance’s fiscal 2010, Nuance said.

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