Ames On-Demand and O'Reilly Partner to Expand Custom Publishing Capabilities For O'Reilly Education Exchange.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SOMERVILLE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 2004 Ames On-Demand(R), a leading provider of content management and digital custom printing solutions, and O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., the largest independent publisher of computer books See how to find a good computer book. , have partnered to build the O'Reilly Education Exchange. Under this agreement, Ames On-Demand will provide the custom publishing technology and short-run digital book manufacturing services in support of the O'Reilly Education Exchange, which gives academic, corporate, professional trainers, and government customers the following: -- The ability to create custom books using content from O'Reilly's Safari Tech Books Online repository (1) A database of information about applications software that includes author, data elements, inputs, processes, outputs and interrelationships. A repository is used in a CASE or application development system in order to identify objects and business rules for reuse. , O'Reilly Network Article Archive, a new Learning Object Repository, and personal material submitted by an instructor; -- The ability to create on-line syllabi syl·la·bi n. A plural of syllabus. with direct links into corresponding content; -- The availability of a Learning Object Exchange server through which instructors may share supplemental training materials on related books and subjects; and -- Short-run digital book manufacturing services including one-color and four-color digital printing, various binding options, and kitting and fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. . Upon executing the contract, Ames On-Demand began development of a fully functioning O'Reilly BookBuild(TM) Web site as part of the O'Reilly Education Exchange. The BookBuild component includes a secure digital library and online ordering system for O'Reilly's clients. "The textbook textbook Informatics A treatise on a particular subject. See Bible. market is ripe for change. The current system of creating and delivering textbooks is expensive and offers little value for students and educators alike. We believe that the market is primed for innovation, and we plan to lead the way for computer science and information technology educators and students," said CJ Rayhill, O'Reilly & Associates CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. and General Manager of O'Reilly's new Education division. "Ames On-Demand's BookBuild solution will allow us to offer something new -- customized course materials from O'Reilly's complete library of books, articles and shared learning objects." "Working with Ames On-Demand is a natural fit for O'Reilly and its tech-savvy clients," said Tom Delano, Senior Executive of Development for Ames On-Demand. "With Ames' BookBuild system, professors and instructors can use an advanced, yet intuitive, web-based technology to create, proof, customize, and order the books they need to teach." About O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. O'Reilly & Associates is the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies. The company's books, conferences, and web sites bring to light the knowledge of technology innovators innovators people who will try new things. early innovators important figures in the farming or client community because they are the leaders in the introduction of new techniques and management systems. . O'Reilly books, known for the animals on their covers, occupy a treasured place on the shelves of the developers building the next generation of software. From the Internet to XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , open source, .NET, Java, and web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , O'Reilly puts technologies on the map. www.oreilly.com About Ames On-Demand Ames On-Demand (www.amesondemand.com) provides Web-based content management, digital print, and electronic delivery solutions for publishers and organizations nationwide. Through these services, Ames On-Demand helps publishers meet the rising need for offering content in a variety of recombined forms and formats. In 1996, Ames On-Demand developed its first BookBuild custom publishing system linked to high-speed digital printers--and has remained at the forefront of the industry ever since. Ames On-Demand is a division of Ames Safety Envelope Company(R), a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. founded in 1919 and headquartered in Somerville, MA. |
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