State of
Indiana Selects HiSoftware Content
Quality and Accessibility Solutions
Concord, NH March
29, 2004 – HiSoftware Company, the
leader in enterprise content quality
management solutions, announced today
that Access Indiana, and Division of
Information Technology with the
support of Indiana Information
Technology Oversight Commission have
selected AccVerify, AccRepair and
AccMonitor Server from HiSoftware
Company to manage its 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 State of Indiana web sites and
Web applications for content quality
standards and conformance with
accessibility guidelines.
The State of Indiana joins a growing
list of state government agencies
turning to HiSoftware Company for
content quality and accessibility
compliance solutions, including
agencies within the States of New
Hampshire, Colorado, Florida, New
York, Minnesota, Kentucky, Vermont 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
Server software to Access Indiana. for
use by the state’s webmasters,
application developers, and Section
508 compliance experts. AccMonitor is
an automated content quality and
accessibility testing solution for Web
sites, or for use in conjunction with
intranet servers or file servers.
AccMonitor is a server solution that
is designed to run with no user
interaction once configured.
AccMonitor can be scheduled to crawl
Web sites daily, weekly, or monthly.
It also allows users to log-on for “on
demand” reports on the accessibility
status of their Web pages.
State of Indiana
Web application developers, within the
Division of Information Technology and
other state agencies, 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 new
HiSoftware 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 people with
disabilities.
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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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All information in this release is as
of March 29, 2004. The company
undertakes no duty to update any
forward-looking statement to conform
the statement to actual results or
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