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HiSoftware
Company and International Center for
Disability Resources on the Internet
(ICDRI) Expand Alliance to Provide
Solutions for Enterprise Web
Accessibility and Content Quality
Concord, NH – August
8, 2003 -- HiSoftware, Inc., a leading
provider of enterprise Web Accessibility
and Content Quality solutions, today
announced an expanded alliance designed
to complement The International Center
for Disability Resources on the Internet
(ICDRI) accessibility consulting
practice and to align HiSoftware Company
with a proven leader and pioneer in IT
Accessibility. Beginning immediately,
ICDRI will use HiSoftware Company’s
Content Quality and Accessibility
product line as part of its
Accessibility Audit practice and
HiSoftware Company will leverage ICDRI’s
training and consulting practice to
complement its technology and services
offering. Together, this alliance will
provide customers with full
accessibility software and consulting
services and solutions to assist
enterprise customers in meeting Section
508 and the World Wide Web Consortium's
(W3C) Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines (WCAG.)
As an
internationally recognized public policy
nonprofit center organized by and for
people with disabilities, ICDRI’s
overarching vision is the equalization
of opportunities for persons with
disabilities. ICDRI’s Executive
Director, Cynthia D. Waddell, combines
disability law, policy and technology to
lead ICDRI’s Accessibility Oversight
Professional Consulting Services. Ms.
Waddell was this year’s recipient of the
first Government Technology magazine
award for Leadership in Accessible
Technology and for Pioneering Advocacy
and Education.
"HiSoftware is
pleased to expand our alliance with
ICDRI and to support their efforts
through their utilization of our
software solutions for both the private
and public sector organizations," said
Robert B.
Yonaitis, CEO and President of
HiSoftware Company. “The
collaborative alliance and combined
strengths of HiSoftware Company and
ICDRI supports our mission of providing
our customers with the most
comprehensive enterprise-wide content
policy management solutions available.”
“ICDRI welcomes this
expanded alliance with HiSoftware to
improve our quality assurance services
for clients worldwide,” commented
Michael Burks, ICDRI Chairman of the
Board. “This alliance is especially
helpful as our Executive Director,
Cynthia Waddell, continues
consultancies for the United Nations in
accessible technology transfer for
developing countries.”
Previously,
HiSoftware Company and ICDRI partnered
with the Internet Society Disability and
Special Needs Chapter to launch a
free-online accessibility-testing
portal, Cynthia Says™ that was recently
endorsed by the American Council of the
Blind. HiSoftware Company’s commercial
product line is the underlying
technology that powers the
Cynthia Says™ portal and desktop
solutions..., and these commercial
solutions will be utilized by ICDRI as
part of their consulting practices.
“HiSoftware’s verification, repair and
monitoring software solutions provide a
comprehensive interface for testing
content against global standards for
Accessibility, Privacy, Usability and
Search,” said
Cynthia Waddell. “These solutions
are available as desktop and automated
server-based applications and empower
quality assurance teams and content
developers to create and manage Web
Content quality factors.”
HiSoftware Company
was the winner of the 2002 Da Vinci
award, in recognition of engineering
excellence and design innovations that
have improved accessibility, and
empowered people, regardless of their
physical ability. HiSoftware provides
“out-of-the-box” testing and reporting
for Accessibility, Privacy, Metadata and
Usability standards. They also allow
users to define and conduct custom
tests. The final result is a complete
and concise report on the total
accessibility, quality and policy
compliance status of content that has
been tested. The software allows users
to work collaboratively on reporting and
repair and provides unsurpassed team
services, workflow capabilities and a
flexible, scalable enterprise monitoring
system.
About ICDRI
Founded in 1998, The International
Center for Disability Resources on the
Internet (ICDRI) is a non-profit center
based in the United States and
designated as a 501 (c)(3) entity. As an
internationally recognized public policy
center organized by and for people with
disabilities, ICDRI’s overarching vision
is the equalization of opportunities for
persons with disabilities. Cynthia D.
Waddell, Executive Director, leads
ICDRI’s Accessibility Oversight
Professional Consulting Services for
government, university and private
sector clients. This fee for services
effort supports the mission of ICDRI to
increase opportunities for people with
disabilities by identifying barriers to
participation and promoting best
practices and universal design for the
global community.
ICDRI’s mission also
includes an online collection of a
knowledge base of quality disability
resources and best practices and to
provide education, outreach and training
based on these core resources. ICDRI
makes this information available in an
accessible format through their web site
at
http://www.icdri.org/...
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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