Optika Inc. announced the company has signed Xerox Professional Services (XPS) as a reseller of the company’s products, including Optika eMedia. Optika’s strategic alliance with Xerox provides sales access to the Xerox customer base and broadens the worldwide distribution of Optika eMedia technology. Under the agreement, XPS will market Optika eMedia to customers worldwide. Optika eMedia, Optika’s extranet-based software solution, automates all types of business transactions between companies and their supply chain partners. It is an-integrated software solution that combines imaging and document management, workflow and COLD applications with a Web-based architecture to manage the full range of business documents and transactions — both in paper and electronic formats. www.optika.com, www.xerox.com