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State of
Pennsylvania Office of Information
Technology in the Governor's Office of
Administration Extends License for
HiSoftware Content Quality and
Accessibility Solutions
Concord, NH April 5,
2005 – HiSoftware Company, the leader in
enterprise content quality management
solutions, announced today that the
State of Pennsylvania Office of
Information Technology in the Governor’s
Office of Administration has extended
its license AccVerify DS2 2005,
AccRepair DS2 2005 and AccMonitor
Compliance Server 2005 from HiSoftware
Company to assist State 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. This extends a licensing
agreement that the State of Pennsylvania
Office of Information Technology in the
Governor’s Office of Administration
originally entered into in May of 2004
through May 2006. Through this
agreement, both HiSoftware Company’s
desktop and back-end server side
software solutions will be utilized to
evaluate, remediate and monitor State of
Pennsylvania Web sites and Web
applications for content quality
standards and conformance with
accessibility guidelines.
The State of
Pennsylvania Office of Information
Technology in the Governor’s Office of
Administration 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
Virginia, Michigan, Florida, New York,
Minnesota, and Kentucky:
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 the State of Pennsylvania
Office of Information Technology in the
Governor’s Office of Administration 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 is a server
solution that is designed to run with no
user interaction once configured.
AccMonitor Compliance Server 2005 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
Pennsylvania OIT Web application
developers will also be able to utilize
HiSoftware’s user-driven interactive
desktop solutions, AccVerify DS2 2005
and AccRepair DS2 2005 to test and
remediate their projects for compliance
with Section 508 and other content
quality standards. These solutions also
include the 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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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
April 05, 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. |
