Assentive Chooses Brava! from Informative Graphics to Power its Online View and Markup Collaboration Events.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2001 Informative Graphics(R) Corp., a leader in Web Publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. and Collaboration Solutions for drawings, documents and images, Monday announced its Brava bra·va interj. Used to express approval of a woman, especially for a performance. n. A shout or cry of "brava." [Italian, feminine of bravo, bravo; see bravo1.] !(TM) view and markup application has been deployed by Assentive (formerly iEngineer.com) to power drawing and image collaboration on its Digital Intellectual Property Management solution. Assentive enables organizations to securely leverage their intellectual property across the enterprise, among customers and with partners worldwide by providing a secure, collaborative environment. The foundation for Assentive's IPManage, an "always-on" solution for digital intellectual property management, is an extremely secure, high-performance, Internet-based infrastructure for easily moving and managing intellectual assets worldwide. Talking about why Brava! was selected over the competition, Assentive Vice President of Business Development David Opsahl noted the fact that Brava! is a proven choice in the Application Service Provider community. Chosen by more ASPs and trade exchanges than any other product of its kind, Informative Graphics' Brava! is the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for view and markup collaboration on the Web. The only truly `Net-based, thin client collaboration solution, Brava! enables design or documentation changes to be managed over the Web in the form of Brava! redline overlays, simply by using a standard browser. Documents and drawings will be stored on Assentive's servers and delivered to subscriber desktops in a small Java applet A Java program that is downloaded from the server and run from the browser. The Java Virtual Machine built into the browser is interpreting the instructions. Contrast with Java application. . Since Brava! does not transfer the actual file to the client for display, it is a secure online collaboration tool A collaboration tool is something that helps people collaborate. The term is often used to mean collaborative software, but collaboration tools were being used before computers existed, a piece of paper can for example can be used as collaboration tool. for design, supply and project information over the Web. Brava! also honors existing security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security , operating seamlessly with firewall and encryption software. In addition, users can take advantage of the calibration and measurement functionalities to calibrate To adjust or bring into balance. Scanners, CRTs and similar peripherals may require periodic adjustment. Unlike digital devices, the electronic components within these analog devices may change from their original specification. See color calibration and tweak. drawings and perform measurement calculations for distances, area, polygons and rectangles. Brava!'s easy-to-use redlining Identifying text that has been changed in a word processing document by displaying it in a special color, for example. It allows the original author of the text or other users to see ongoing revisions. The term comes from manual editing where a red pen is used to mark up the pages. functionality and efficient architecture have made it the definitive choice for ASPs. Assentive IPManage includes three core services: -- DirectTRANSFER: which automates and accelerates moving confidential information; -- IPVault: which manages intellectual assets, and -- IPView: which provides a complete, application diagnostic solution for viewing and using all types of intellectual property files, including 3D CAD files. Brava! fit well into the mix of applications, offering expanded functionality. "For those clients of ours who choose to limit the distribution of intellectual property by providing view and markup capabilities, Brava! will extend our reach beyond 3D digital assets to raster and vector formats," Opsahl said. "Intellectual property has always been one of Brava!'s strengths," said Gary Heath, Informative Graphics chief executive officer and president. "We built the application to run safely and securely behind firewalls and with encryption schemes. Intellectual property concerns are very important to our customers and partners, particularly in the ASP arena, and we are proud to provide our technology to Assentive, as they are a leader in the field." About Informative Graphics Informative Graphics Corp. (IGC (Integrated Graphics Controller) The inclusion of the video display circuitry on the motherboard. An IGC is typically contained in the chipset, such as the Northbridge. See integrated graphics and IGP. IGC - Institute for Global Communications ), founded in 1990, is the leading developer of commercial software products for Web publishing and collaboration. The company's easy to use products are deployed globally by end-users, OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners, and proven over the Web via its Application Service Provider customers. The company maintains a website at www.infograph.com. About Assentive Solutions Inc. Assentive Solutions provides safe, secure digital intellectual property management solutions to Global 2000 businesses. These services give customers full and absolute control over digital intellectual property, extending its use across the enterprise, out to customers, and among partners globally. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, and is privately held with investments from Information Technology Ventures, JAFCO, J.W. Seligman & Co., Mentor Capital Group, Spinnaker Ventures, and T.L. Ventures, as well as corporate funding from Intel 64 Fund, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. ), and Sun Microsystems. Assentive can be reached at 415/369-9900 or http://www.assentive.com. Note to Editors: Informative Graphics is a registered trademark, and Brava! is a trademark of Informative Graphics Corp. Assentive and Assentive Solutions are trademarks of Assentive Solutions Inc. All other names are property of their respective owners. |
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