Astoria Software to Showcase Content Management Best Practices as Platinum Sponsor of DocTrain East 2007.Company Joins 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. as Premier Supporter of Documentation & Training Conference Highlighting "Advancing Your Career" SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif. -- Driving efficiencies in dynamic publishing, Astoria Astoria (ăstôr`ēə). 1 Commercial, industrial, and residential section of NW Queens borough of New York City, SE N.Y.; settled in the 17th cent. as Hallet's Cove. It was renamed for John Jacob Astor in 1839. Software will be speaking on and demonstrating the benefits of Software as a Service (SaaS) and the Darwin Information Typing Architecture The Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is an XML-based architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering technical information. The name of the architecture can be explained as follows:
n. A crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached for harnessing two animals abreast. Noun 1. Hotel. Astoria joins Adobe Systems, Inc., as the only two platinum sponsors of this leading industry event, which focuses on the theme, "Advancing Your Career." "DocTrain East 2007 provides technical communicators with details about best practices used by their peers to improve the usefulness of the product information deliverables they create," said Dan Ortega, vice president of marketing for Astoria Software. "Astoria will highlight how an on-demand On-Demand refers to a service or feature which addresses the user's need for instant gratification and immediacy of use. In most cases the value proposition for an on-demand service is wrapped up in the fact that the user or consumer of the service avoids a significant up-front content management system can accelerate and streamline the creation, management and delivery of product information, which means more products to more markets, more quickly." DocTrain East 2007 targets information managers, technical documentation writers, as well as training and communication professionals with sessions and workshops designed to help improve the skills and expertise they will need to thrive in their careers as technical communicators. Highlights of Astoria's participation at DocTrain East 2007 will include: * "Understanding Content Component Management." Steve Manning Steve Mann is a tenured professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. Education Mann holds degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD in Media Arts and Sciences '97) and McMaster University, where he was , principal consultant with The Rockley Group, will moderate a panel discussion focusing on the critical elements of content components. Chip Gettinger, vice president, services and sales support for Astoria Software, will be among the panel members at this presentation to be held 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. on October 18, 2007. * "Achieve Dynamic Publishing with DITA and CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. Adoption: Astoria On-Demand Demonstration." Bill Kirk, senior business consultant for Astoria Software, will demonstrate how organizations are adopting the DITA information management standard and a content management system to make their processes more efficient. The demonstration will be held 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. on October 18, 2007. * "Successful Processes for Selecting a Content Management System: How to Become an Expert in Technology Acquisition." Astoria's Chip Gettinger will join a panel discussion led by Mary Laplante, vice president of The Gilbane Group, that will cover the important factors that should be considered in system selection. The presentation will be held from 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. on October 18, 2007. * Online radio interview with Astoria's featured presenter, Chip Gettinger. Interviews will be broadcast live and be archived online after the event. * In the Technology Showcase, Astoria will demonstrate Astoria On-Demand, its SaaS offering for structured content management. In addition, the company will highlight their technology partnership with JustSystems, Inc., and present the integrated XMetaL and Astoria Software solution. For more information on the conference, visit http://www.doctrain.com. For more information on Astoria Software, visit www.astoriasoftware.com. Related Links DocTrain East 2007 - Advancing Your Career http://www.doctrain.com Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita Gilbane Group http://www.gilbane.com The Rockley Group http://www.rockley.com DocTrain East 2007 Presentation: Understanding Content Component Management http://www.doctrain.com/east/program_detail/understanding_content_ component_management DocTrain East 2007 Demonstration: Achieve Dynamic Publishing with DITA and CMS Adoption: Astoria On-Demand Demonstration http://www.doctrain.com/east/program_detail/achieve_dynamic_publis hing_with_dita_and_cms_adoption DocTrain East 2007 Presentation: Successful Processes for Selecting a Content Management System: How to Become an Expert in Technology Acquisition http://www.doctrain.com/east/program_detail/successful_processes_f or_selecting_a_content_management_system DocTrain East 2007 Online Radio Broadcast http://www.doctrain.com/index.php/east/news/150 Astoria On-Demand http://www.astoriasoftware.com/products JustSystems, Inc. http://na.justsystems.com/index.php Press Release: Astoria Software Joins JustSystems' Partner Program to Expand Support for 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. Authoring Tools http://www.astoriasoftware.com/news_events/press_releases/032607.a sp About Astoria Software Astoria Software drives efficiencies in dynamic product documentation with on-demand delivery of structured content management. GE Healthcare GE Healthcare is a $18 billion (USD) unit of General Electric (GE). It employs more than 46,000 people worldwide and is headquartered in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. GE Healthcare is the first GE business segment headquartered outside the United States. , Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. , and other Forbes Global 2000 manufacturers rely on Astoria to meet rigorous market demands -- increasing product volumes, accelerating time-to-market, and concurrent global customization. Astoria On-Demand reduces documentation costs up to 90% and compresses product launch cycles from months to weeks. Astoria Software is based in San Mateo, California San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the East, and Belmont to the south. . For more information, visit www.astoriasoftware.com. |
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