13/02-07   -   Press releases

Danish Software Firm Conquers Japan

International success and recognition for the Danish software firm Yawah.com, based in Egå, Denmark, continue with the announcement of an agreement with Tokyo-based kitASP for Japanese distribution of the eRez Imaging Server.

The agreement opens the technologically powerful Japanese market for Yawah.com. Kristian Ottosen, founder and CEO of Yawah.com, explains, “Our deal with kitASP is very exciting, because they have many years of experience in the sales of solutions to some of the largest Japanese corporations. And “large" in Japan means “huge"! KitASP has a strong network in Japan and can pave the way for major orders in their market."

KitASP was established in November, 2000 by, among others, NTT Data, Mitsubishi Electric, Hitachi and Omron, making it a solid enterprise with strong owners. But Kristian Ottosen and his staff at Yawah.com take it all in their stride. In 2004, they prevailed against all competitors in the bid to deliver an imaging server platform for NASA, the US aeronautics and space administration. In 2005, the NASA contract led to an unofficial world record, as Yawah successfully handled 120 Gigabyte image files on the Internet (Just one of these images would require the storage capacity of 160 CD-ROM’s.) In 2006, Yawah.com supplied the complete imaging platform for World Press Photo.

“We’re used to dealing with large-scale solutions and extreme demands on reliability. So we know that we can live up to the requirements of our new Japanese clients. But still, it is exciting, as well as challenging. We’re already working on a localised version in Japanese and the translation alone is quite a project," explains a proud Mr. Kristian Ottosen. He continues, “KitASP handles some of the largest and most comprehensive web solutions in Japan. Because their concept also includes image handling, they required a solution that could feed images to websites in realtime – and also function as an image bank. We can do this with eRez, currently in version 4, and that’s why we were selected."

Mr. Toshio Matsuda, president of kitASP, adds, “The eRez imaging server is the only European software that we distribute in Japan. All our other external products are from the USA. We look forward to working with Yawah and to offering our clients what I would not hesitate to call the best imaging server solution on the market."

The fact that Japan is known as one of the countries that invest most in research and innovation makes it all the more remarkable that one of that country’s most acclaimed suppliers of web-based solutions had to turn to scenic Egå Marina in Denmark to find software that is sufficiently stable and innovative.

About Yawah.com
Yawah.com is a leading developer of software for image management in connection with Internet retail and cross media. The company was founded in 2001 by Kristian Ottosen, after decades of experience in the development of imaging software. Yawah focuses on the simplification of cross media publishing, where high-quality images play a major role. The main product is the eRez Imaging Server which is available along with a range of plug-ins. For more information, visit www.Yawah.com