AccuSoft Announces Comprehensive New Releases of Industry-Leading ImageGear Toolkit.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NORTHBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2002 ImageGear Continues to Set the Standard for Imaging Toolkits with Professional & Enterprise Editions, Combining Popular Options, Flexible Licensing and Comprehensive Support AccuSoft(R) Corporation, the leading provider of imaging technology and Internet-based document portal solutions, announced today comprehensive new releases of its enormously popular ImageGear(R) imaging toolkit - ImageGear Professional Edition, for professional software developers and product OEMs, and ImageGear Enterprise Edition for corporate developers, solutions integrators and enterprise service providers. Available for each of the major system platforms (Windows, Macintosh and Unix), the ImageGear Professional Editions replace all prior versions of ImageGear and come standard with built-in support for all popular imaging options (PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. , JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. 2000, OCR OCR in full optical character recognition Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. , CAD, Barcode, etc.). In addition to offering comprehensive support for the native system environments (Windows DLL (1) See data link layer. (2) (Dynamic Link Library) An executable program module in Windows that performs one or more functions at runtime. DLLs are not launched by the user; they are called for by an executable program or by other DLLs. , ActiveX and .NET, Mac OS 9 and OS X, Linux, Solaris, HP/UX HP/UX Hewlett-Packard UNIX operating system HP/UX Unexploded Human Particulate Operating System and AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. ), each ImageGear Professional Edition also comes standard with comprehensive Java support built in. ImageGear Enterprise Edition includes all of the functionality and components of the ImageGear Professional Editions, with combined support for all platforms, and adds comprehensive facilities for building enterprise-class, client/server and Web-based imaging and document delivery solutions with the NetVue(TM) toolkit module. The NetVue toolkit incorporates AccuSoft's patented Network Document Streaming(TM) (NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services ) technology, which allows users to access and view documents over the Web up to 20 times faster than the closest alternative. Using ImageGear Enterprise Edition, developers can create and deploy client/server applications that support high-speed Web-based delivery and viewing of documents and images, enabling companies to create powerful, self-service, image-enabled internet applications with far less effort than ever before possible. Another prime example of AccuSoft's emphasis on facilitating rapid, reliable application development is in its new ScanDex(TM) control for building scalable, high-speed enterprise-class batch scanning and indexing solutions. Based on proven technology in use by tens of thousands of users worldwide, ScanDex can help developers rapidly prototype and deliver solutions to automatically capture, recognize, organize and introduce thousands of documents into repositories, simply, reliably and quickly. The ScanDex functionality is available in both the Professional and the Enterprise editions. Both editions also offer full .NET compatibility, ensuring developers can use both ActiveX and DLL in .NET compiled applications, thus positioning the award-winning AccuSoft product for ASP .NET server-side applications, one of the fastest-growing areas of the application development market. Building on nearly 20 years of imaging expertise, the new ImageGear editions now offer over 700 imaging functions (including ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce , EXIF (EXchangeable Image Format) Extensions to image file formats that hold the camera settings used to take the picture. Developed in 1995 by JEIDA for JPEG images, EXIF data was added to TIFF, RAW and other formats later. , IPTC IPTC International Press Telecommunications Council IPTC International Petroleum Technology Conference IPTC In-Prison Therapeutic Community IPTC Innovation and Productivity Tax Credit (Canada) , etc.), more than 200 control parameters Control parameters In a nonlinear dynamic system, the coefficient of the order parameter; the determinant of the influence of the order parameter on the total system. See: Order Parameter. , and support for over 100 different file formats. As a result of ImageGear's proven algorithms and higher-level tools, developers can dramatically reduce the time to prototype and deliver working solutions, providing them with a faster time-to-market advantage and permitting them to concentrate their best efforts on solving business problems and not on managing changes in technology. "With the new ImageGear editions, we have streamlined our packaging options so that developers can buy one product at a competitive price and get all the options, customer service, licensing rights, and the platform support they need to create and deploy the most reliable imaging and image-enabled applications possible," said Peter Quirk quirk n. 1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe. 2. , Vice President of Technology, AccuSoft Corporation. "Our ImageGear technology is already in use by more than 50 million people every day to view images because developers create more applications with it than any other technology. And, with these new releases, developers can now develop rich, client/server applications for the Web that enable organizations to empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems their customers to get the documents and images they need, when they need them." All of the new offerings include extensive, customer-focused support, as well as new, extremely flexible and application-friendly licensing options for both resale resale n. selling again, particularly at retail. In many states a "resale license" or "resale number" is required so that the state can monitor the collection of sales tax on retail sales. RESALE. and enterprise-wide deployments of multiple applications on multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. . Additionally, as always, all are protected by the AccuSoft Image Guarantee(TM), and backed by AccuSoft's exhaustive library of real-world images, so developers can rest assured that their users will not encounter problems viewing images from any applications built with ImageGear technology. The flexible, new application-friendly licensing approach allows OEMs, System Integrators See systems integrator. , ISVs, and ASPs developing imaging and image-enabled applications using ImageGear Professional Edition to develop and resell re·sell tr.v. re·sold , re·sell·ing, re·sells 1. To sell again. 2. To sell (a product or service) to the public or to an end user, especially as an authorized dealer. multiple applications without requiring additional toolkit licenses. ImageGear Enterprise Edition extends this to include multiple applications across multiple platforms, without additional toolkit licenses. AccuSoft's new licensing gives developers substantially greater flexibility to meet the ever-changing requirements of customers today while still protecting their products and intellectual property from infringement. The new, customer-centric support plans provide ImageGear developers with a comprehensive range of software support and maintenance services throughout the product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. , from evaluation to development through deployment and beyond. The new services include 24x7 online access to: -- Up-to-date knowledge bases, comprehensive product documentation, release notes, technical tips, FAQs, etc. -- AccuSoft's customer & product support forums -- Patches, fixes, updates, enhancements, etc. -- Submit & track the progress of situations, issues, and questions -- Optional remote e-support services & priority-level phone, email & IM contact Availability & Pricing: ImageGear Professional Edition toolkits are available immediately through AccuSoft, with pricing starting at $2,995. The ImageGear Enterprise Edition will be available beginning Oct. 30th, and is priced at $9,995. About AccuSoft: Since 1985, AccuSoft has been focused on providing customers with the tools they need to help them mine, manage and maximize the value of their information assets. ReviewNow(TM), AccuSoft's latest product, allows organizations to streamline the process of disseminating dis·sem·i·nate v. dis·sem·i·nat·ed, dis·sem·i·nat·ing, dis·sem·i·nates v.tr. 1. To scatter widely, as in sowing seed. 2. , reviewing, and reaching consensus on business-critical information. ReviewNow enables these organizations to publish information that is accurate and relevant more quickly, achieve competitive advantage, and positively affect their bottom line. AccuSoft's award-winning ImageGear(R) product line enables developers in vertical markets as diverse as government, medical and graphic design to create powerful imaging and image-enabled applications in a shorter timeframe, resulting in faster time-to-market. The company's Internet document portal solution, DocsNow(TM), allows organizations to provide users with anytime, anywhere, secure Web-based access to repositories of documents. AccuSoft's technology is incorporated into thousands of applications used by over 50 million people worldwide. AccuSoft's comprehensive products and solutions continue to set benchmarks for quality and performance and have positioned the company as the undisputed leader in its field. For the latest on all of AccuSoft's products, visit the company's Web site at http://www.accusoft.com/pr. (C) 2002 AccuSoft Corporation. AccuSoft and ImageGear are registered trademarks, and ReviewNow, DocsNow, NetVue, Image Guarantee, ScanDex, and the patented Network Document Streaming technology are trademarks of AccuSoft Corporation. ReviewNow -- patent pending. Other company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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