Arlington County
Selects HiSoftware Content Quality and
Accessibility Solutions
Concord, NH May 3,
2005 – HiSoftware Company, the leader in
enterprise content quality management
solutions, announced today that Arlington
County in Virginia has selected AccVerify
DS2 2005, AccRepair DS2 2005 and
AccMonitor Compliance Server 2005 from
HiSoftware Company to assist Web masters
in managing their Section 508 compliance,
and content quality initiatives.
HiSoftware solutions provide
“out-of-the-box” testing and reporting for
Accessibility, Privacy, Searchability and
Usability standards, empowering
organizations to keep up with
ever-changing Web technologies and
standards. The software will be used to
evaluate, remediate and monitor County Web
sites and Web applications for content
quality standards and conformance with
accessibility guidelines.
Arlington County joins a growing list of
government agencies turning to HiSoftware
Company for content quality and
accessibility compliance solutions,
including agencies within the States of
California, Florida, Indiana, Michigan,
New York, Kentucky and Pennsylvania:
http://www.hisoftware.com/access/scustomers.html
Under the terms of the agreement,
HiSoftware Company will provide an
enterprise license of its AccMonitor
Compliance Server 2005 software to
Arlington County for use by its
webmasters, application developers, and
Section 508 compliance experts. AccMonitor
Compliance Server 2005 is an automated
content quality and accessibility testing
solution for Web sites, or for use in
conjunction with intranet servers or file
servers. AccMonitor Compliance Server 2005
is a server solution that is designed to
run with no user interaction once
configured. AccMonitor Compliance Server
2005 can be scheduled to test Web sites
and transactional Web based applications
daily, weekly, or monthly. It also allows
users to log-on for “on demand” reports on
the accessibility status of their Web
pages.
Arlington Web
application developers will also be able
to utilize HiSoftware’s user-driven
interactive desktop solutions, AccVerify
and AccRepair to test and remediate their
projects for compliance with Section 508
and other content quality standards. These
solutions also include the AccVerify Link
Validation Utility, which assists with
quality and accessibility assurance by
scanning and analyzing Web content for
broken links, producing detailed reports
to help developers and quality assurance
professionals pinpoint and fix content,
interaction, and usability defects.
Section 508, an amendment to the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, requires
electronic and information technology that
is used, developed, and procured by the
Federal government to be accessible to
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About HiSoftware
HiSoftware Company, the leader in
enterprise content quality management
solutions, provides innovative products
that empower quality assurance teams,
content developers, Web site architects,
and company executives to work
collaboratively on their efforts to create
and manage corporate Web standards for
Accessibility, Privacy, Searchability,
Usability and custom guidelines and
policies. HiSoftware’s integrated,
full-lifecycle solutions dramatically
reduce the time required to test, manage
and deploy e-business Web sites.
HiSoftware works closely with industry
leaders and visionaries to provide
solutions for today's information
accessibility, content quality, search and
retrieval needs. HiSoftware’s customers
represent Fortune 500 companies, and many
of the largest e-commerce, government, and
educational sites in North America and
around the world and include
ChevronTexaco, Commerce One, Mercury
Interactive, and Microsoft Government.
Founded in 1998, HiSoftware Company
maintains North American corporate
headquarters in Concord, New Hampshire.
Further information about HiSoftware can
be found online at
www.hisoftware.com
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HiSoftware is a
trademark of Hiawatha Island Software
Company, Inc. Any and all other product
and company names mentioned herein are the
trademarks or service marks of their
respective owners.
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All information in this release is as of
May 3, 2005. The company undertakes no
duty to update any forward-looking
statement to conform the statement to
actual results or changes in the company's
expectations.
