XMetaL Seamlessly Integrates with New DocZone DITA™ SaaS CMS Platform; Epson America, Inc. Leverages DITA with Ease
November 17, 2008 – MUNICH – DocZone.com (www.doczone.com) and JustSystems (www.justsystems.com) today announced a new partnership where the companies will work together to enable businesses to leverage the value of the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard. DITA allows content creators to efficiently create, collaborate, and reuse information that can be repurposed into the languages and formats customers demand, and Epson America, Inc., a manufacturer of printers, 3LCD projectors and small- and medium-sized LCDs, is an example of a customer already reaping the benefits of this powerful new collaborative DITA solution. The announcement was made at the DITA Europe Conference 2008 being held November 17th and 18th at the Holiday Inn Munich in Germany.
Under the terms of the partnership agreement, DocZone.com is an authorized worldwide reseller of JustSystems' industry-leading DITA authoring tool, XMetaL Author Enterprise. The new DocZone DITA Platform, also announced today, is a hosted content management solution that uses XMetaL as its default DITA authoring tool.
“The powerful combination of DocZone DITA and JustSystems’ XMetaL was just what we were looking for to streamline our content reuse practices,” said Burt Courtier, Manager of Documentation/Software Integration at Epson America, Inc. “With a wide customer base and a large volume of products, it is critical that our product documentation gets updated in real-time.”
Dan Dube, CEO of DocZone.com, commented: “We are very happy to announce this new partnership with JustSystems. We have long admired their leadership role in the DITA authoring tool arena, and we feel that XMetaL is the perfect complement to our new DocZone DITA hosted CMS solution.”
"Our relationship with partners like DocZone.com is critical to our success," notes Aaron Deitcher, vice president of North America and EMEA for JustSystems. "The DocZone.com and JustSystems integration allows us to create new, valuable offerings for our mutual customers, such as Epson America."
To promote the new partnership, DocZone.com is offering “3 months free” of DocZone DITA for each XMetaL authoring license purchased directly from DocZone.com. In addition, DocZone and JustSystems will be offering a webinar on December 9th at 1 p.m. EST called, “Hosted DITA Content Management System: The Right Solution in a Tough Economy?” During the webinar, attendees will learn how to implement a DITA content management system (CMS) using an affordable “Software as a Service (SaaS)” model, which offers a hosted DITA component content management environment on a subscription basis. To register for the webinar, please go to https://justsystems.webex.com/justsystems/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=926802563.
For more information on DocZone, please visit www.doczone.com. For more information on JustSystems, please visit www.justsystems.com. To learn more about the DITA Europe Conference 2008, please visit http://www.infomanagementcenter.com/DITAeurope/index.htm.
About DocZone.com®
DocZone.com provides the industry's first “Software as a Service (SaaS)” XML content management platform, including browser-based XML authoring, content management, automated workflow, translation memory, and single-source publishing in 68 languages. In addition, DocZone.com is the only XML CMS vendor to offer the innovative Pay-Per-Minute™ pricing option, in order to make a comprehensive end-to-end content management and publishing environment affordable for any company, from small businesses to enterprises. DocZone.com also delivers the industry's most rapid deployment methodology, designed to bring customers into production within 8 weeks. DocZone was selected by KMWorld Magazine as a “Trend-Setting Product” for 2006 and 2007, and DocZone.com was named as one of KMWorld's “100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management” for 2007 and 2008. For more information, please contact DocZone.com at info@doczone.com, or visit www.doczone.com.
About JustSystems
JustSystems is a leading global software provider with three decades of successful innovation in office productivity, information management, and consumer and enterprise software. With over 2,500 customers worldwide, the company is continuing a global expansion strategy based on its xfy enterprise software, XMetaL content lifecycle solutions, and its pioneering work in enabling XBRL financial reporting technologies. Major strategic partnerships include IBM, Oracle and EMC. For more information, please visit http://www.justsystems.com.
About Epson America, Inc.
Epson America, Inc. is the U.S. affiliate of Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, a global technology company at the forefront of technological revolutions in imaging, robotics, precision machinery and electronics. Epson offers an extensive array of award-winning image capture and image output products for the consumer, photographic, business and graphic arts markets. The company is also a leading supplier of value-added point-of-sale (POS) printers and transaction terminals for the retail market. Founded in 1975, Epson America Inc. is headquartered in Long Beach, California.
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For more information:
Dottie O’Rourke
TECHMarket Communications
for JustSystems, Inc.
+1 650-344-1260
Dan Dube
DocZone.com
+1 603 488 5008
