Department of
State-IMPACT Center Extends Licensing
Agreement for HiSoftware Web
Management Solutions
Concord, NH
September 12, 2005 – HiSoftware
Company, the leader in enterprise Web
Accessibility and Content Quality
solutions, announced today that the
Department of State, IMPACT Center,
has extended its licensing agreement
for HiSoftware Company content quality
and accessibility solutions. Through
this agreement, HiSoftware Company’s
AccMonitor and AccVerify will be used
to evaluate and monitor intranet and
Internet Web sites for conformance
with Section 508 and Web content
quality standards. In addition to
“out-of-the-box” testing and reporting
for Accessibility, Privacy, Metadata
and Usability standards, AccMonitor
and AccVerify allows the Department of
State policy managers to define
content policies and to validate
compliance with these policies.
IMPACT, the
Department of State's Information
Resource Management Program for
Accessible Computer/Communication
Technology, serves as an advocate for
the accessibility of Department
technology, information, and programs
by all employees and customers -
including those Department employees
and customers with disabilities. This
contract extends a licensing agreement
that the Department of State
originally entered into in September
of 2004 through the end of the
September of 2006. Through this
agreement, HiSoftware Company will
provide an enterprise license of its
AccMonitor Compliance Server software
to the Department of State IMPACT
Center for use by its webmasters,
application developers, and Section
508 compliance experts. AccMonitor
Compliance Server 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 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. HiSoftware’s user-driven
interactive desktop solution,
AccVerify, will also be used to test
Department of State sites/applications
for compliance with Section 508
guidelines and other content quality
standards. For example, AccVerify will
be used to scan and analyze Web
content for broken links, and will
produce detailed reports to help
developers and quality assurance
professionals pinpoint content,
interaction, and usability defects.
More information about this
application is available from the
HiSoftware Web site:
http://www.hisoftware.com/access/index.html
The Department of State IMPACT Center
joins a growing list of Federal
Agencies turning to HiSoftware Company
for Enterprise wide Content Quality
solutions, including but not limited
to US Department of Transportation, US
Geological Survey, the Internal
Revenue Service, Army Material
Command, and many others. HiSoftware
Company has enterprise software
license agreements with both Federal
and State Government agencies and
works with several Fortune 1000
corporations including Microsoft
Corporation, Mercury Interactive, and
Fidelity Investments:
http://www.hisoftware.com/access/scustomers.html
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.
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 September 12, 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.
