A2i, Inc. Announces Support for Adobe InDesign; Plug-In Provides Link to A2i's Catalog Publishing System.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 1999-- A2i, Inc., a Los Angeles-based developer of electronic catalog software, today announced Q4'99 availability of a plug-in for Adobe(R) InDesign(tm), Adobe Systems' much-anticipated page-layout program for professional publishing. The plug-in provides an active link to catalog data stored in A2i's xCat(tm) catalog publishing system, allowing users to easily manipulate and publish catalogs containing large, complex databases of product information. xCat is an integrated, database-driven, cross-media catalog publishing system that centralizes and structures the management of catalog product data, simplifies the catalog production process, and completely automates project workflow. xCat supports printed and electronic output from a single data source, automating the production of custom printed catalogs, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). electronic catalogs, and Web electronic catalogs for e-commerce. Layered on top of an industry-standard SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. DBMS (DataBase Management System) Software that controls the organization, storage, retrieval, security and integrity of data in a database. It accepts requests from the application and instructs the operating system to transfer the appropriate data. , the xCat system includes extensive catalog-specific functionality, as well as accelerators to deliver blazingly fast performance that is 10 to 1000 times that of SQL alone. "InDesign is an excellent platform for publishing printed catalogs and perfectly complements A2i's end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. ," said Paul Weinberg, vice president of A2i. "We've been working with Adobe for the last 12 months and have found InDesign to have an extremely rich API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. that allowed us to tightly integrate its powerful capabilities with our system." "xCat catalog publishing is a prime example of what InDesign's open, object-oriented architecture was designed to support," said Jane Willis, group product marketing manager for professional publishing solutions, Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. . "xCat and InDesign are the perfect solution for any type of catalog publisher. Users can instantly and automatically generate hundreds of catalog pages containing information on hundreds of thousands of products, and the resulting page layouts can then be edited within InDesign using A2i's plug-in." A2i develops and markets catalog publishing software that supports simultaneous publishing to the Web, paper, and CD-ROM from a single data source, and efficiently manages catalogs containing from hundreds to millions of items. Customers include Merisel, Applied Industrial Technologies, Universal Studios, and Bermad Control Valves Control valves are valves used within industrial plants and elsewhere to control operating conditions such as temperature, pressure, flow, and liquid level by fully or partially opening or closing in response to signals received from controllers that compare a "setpoint" to a . Founded in 1993, the company has engineers in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Israel. For additional information, visit http://www.a2i.com. Note to editors: A2i and xCat are trademarks of A2i, Inc. Adobe and Adobe InDesign are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. |
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