(Westford, MA) - March 7, 2005 - Image Fortress Corporation, a leading provider of information assurance services for government and commercial organizations, announced today that Jay Parrino's The Mint will use its DigitalFortress™ online archive service to catalog and store Jay Parrino's The Mint's collection of several million historic and vintage photographs.
Designed to provide secure, long-term archiving of any type of digital file, DigitalFortress makes it easy to add images and categorize them for quick search and retrieval. Using a simple web-based interface, users can search, review thumbnails and purchase either hardcopy or digital prints on-line. DigitalFortress reduces the upfront costs and operational overheads needed to operate media libraries.
"I am delighted to have Image Fortress working with us to digitally archive the rare photographs in our collection," according to Jay Parrino, owner and president of Jay Parrino's The Mint. "Their world class expertise and unique capabilities in the digital archiving of photographs and graphic materials enables us to preserve and manage the digital versions of our vintage photographs with the care that they, like all rare and historical materials, deserve."
"We are excited to be working with Jay Parrino's The Mint, one of the most respected purveyors of numismatic collectibles in the country," according to Bob Pokress, cofounder and president of Image Fortress Corporation. "By bringing DigitalFortress service to Jay Parrino's The Mint's collection, we will be helping preserve these rare photographs for posterity and enable Jay Parrino's The Mint to make copies available to individuals and publications who otherwise would never have an opportunity to see or obtain a genuine, high quality digital copy of these rare photographs. By so doing, DigitalFortress will enable Jay Parrino's The Mint to maximize the value of their collections of vintage photographs."
About Image Fortress
Image Fortress Corporation (www.imagefortress.com) delivers information assurance services to government and commercial organizations. The company's DigitalFortress on-line archiving service preserves vital organizational records, guarantees "third-party-verifiable" authenticity of archived data, protects files from the effects of changes in digital formats and storage media degradation, and insures compliance with all federal information assurance, security and retention requirements. Image Fortress is privately held with headquarters in Westford, MA.
About Jay Parrino's The Mint
Jay Parrino's The Mint, L.L.C. is the nation's leading purveyor of the finest museum-quality numismatic rarities and collectibles including coins, vintage photos, currency and posters. Jay Parrino's The Mint, based in Kansas City, Missouri, is owned and operated by Jay Parrino, the highly respected and widely known coin dealer with over four decades of experience in buying, selling and trading rare coins. Jay Parrino's The Mint's acquisition of the Louis Eliasberg specimen of the famous 1913 Liberty Head Nickel for $1,485.000.00 made national headlines as the first rare coin to be bought at public auction for over one million dollars.
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