Blackwell Synergy Online Journal Site Surpasses One Million User Sessions Per Month Using Atypon Technology at the Helm.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Online Information 2002 OXFORD, England & SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2002 Blackwell Publishing and Atypon Systems announced today that the new Blackwell Synergy The enhanced result of two or more people, groups or organizations working together. In other words, one and one equals three! It comes from the Greek "synergia," which means joint work and cooperative action. electronic journal service, launched in early 2002, has reached more than one million user sessions A count of how many times all users access a Web site regardless whether the same person came back several times during the measurement period. If a user leaves and returns within a short time, some systems count those sessions as one. Contrast with unique visitors. See also user session. per month. In addition, Blackwell has seen a dramatic increase in subscription sales and online sales since the implementation of the Synergy system build and hosted by Atypon Systems. The Blackwell Synergy site, with Atypon's Literatum e-publishing software at its core, is hosted, operated, and managed by Atypon as part of a full service offering. Literatum is a full service adaptive information management platform behind sites such as the Academic Press IDEAL Library and CrossRef. Atypon has recently standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. its software and hosting solution to make it an affordable full service technology choice for all publishers. "With Atypon technology behind our Synergy site, we have exceeded the expectations of both our readers and our librarian customers," said Ian Bannerman, Journal Sales Director at Blackwell Publishing. "The dramatic increase in usage to the site is one of many indications we have that our online journal site has been of great value for our user community." "Synergy on Literatum has more features, content, performance and uptime than ever before and it is a truly world-class digital library. We are gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. with users' response," stated Georgios Papadopoulos Georgios Papadopoulos (Greek: Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Atypon Systems. "Atypon continues to develop more technology and enhance its hosting platform to enable publishers to better serve their authors, librarians and end-user community." Literatum's administration and access control give publishers full control over their content collections and online sales options, allowing them to create new packages, products, and offers. Detailed reporting gives publishers feedback that can be used to more effectively expand offerings and widen usage. "Not only has usage and online sales increased substantially, but Blackwell has seen many new opportunities grow out of our ongoing partnership with Atypon," said Michael Fenton, Director of Information Technology at Blackwell Publishing. "Atypon has consistently provided us with outstanding service, a quick turnaround on change requests, and 100% uptime and performance in November." Atypon will be demonstrating the benefits of Literatum and its other products and services at the Online Information 2002 conference in London this week. About Blackwell Publishing Blackwell Publishing has offices in the UK, US, Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, and Japan, and publishes over 650 journals in partnership with more than 500 academic and professional societies. This year alone, over 600 text and reference books will be published across a wide range of academic and professional subjects. For more information on Blackwell Publishing, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com or www.blackwell-synergy.com. About Atypon Since 1996, Atypon Systems, Inc. has focused on providing software and services to the information industry. Atypon's electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. software Literatum manages content for eJournals, eReference Works, eBooks, and other digital media. This software powers major websites such as the Academic Press' IDEAL Library, Blackwell Synergy, and CrossRef. In addition to software, Atypon provides publishers the option of a complete outsourced solution in conjunction with 16 leading technology vendors including Akamai, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Dell, Oracle and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . Atypon's customers range from non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. to the world's leading publishers. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and maintains a support office in Europe. For more information on Atypon Systems, please visit http://www.atypon.com. |
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