Brazil's EDITORA O DIA S.A. Selects Unisys Publishing Solutions for Leading Newspapers.BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1998--Unisys Corp. Monday announced an agreement with EDITORA O DIA O Dia is a major daily newspaper from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Its sales are slightly higher than its main rival, the liberal O Globo. Official Site
Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r ,
publisher of newspapers O Dia and A Noticia, to install the Unisys
Publishing Solutions at both newspapers.O Dia, the second-largest daily newspaper in Brazil, has a daily circulation of over 350,000 and over 780,000 on Sundays. The newspaper is one of the most successful papers in recent Brazilian history. The system will be installed in a brand new, state-of-the-art newsroom, where the Unisys solutions will be used to produce O Dia and the smaller A Noticia. Under the terms of the agreement, Unisys will install 222 editorial workstations with the Hermes editorial and pagination (1) Page numbering. (2) Laying out printed pages, which includes setting up and printing columns, rules and borders. Although pagination is used synonymously with page makeup, the term often refers to the printing of long manuscripts rather than ads and brochures. system and WireCenter, the wire services and remote communication management system. DocCenter, the multimedia archiving application, will be installed on over 200 workstations and replace an existing image archive at O Dia. The Hermes, WireCenter, and DocCenter applications will be powered by dual Sun E5500 High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. (HA) servers. The Unisys Publishing Solutions will bring the latest in client/server technology to O Dia. The superior integration and superb edition-handling capabilities of the Unisys Publishing Solutions will enhance the newspaper's ability to offer its readers comprehensive regional coverage throughout the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area. Moreover, this highly productive system will allow O Dia and A Noticia's reporters and editors to revise stories directly on the pages--just minutes before deadline. "What most called our attention to the Unisys Publishing Solutions was the fact that we can simplify and shorten (audio, compression) Shorten - A form of lossless audio compression. our production workflow. A highly flexible solution is fundamental for our paper, which produces eight editions," said Ruth de Aquino, Chief Editor of O Dia. Moreover, explained Joao Carlos R. Dalbello, Director of Information Technology for O Dia, "We were looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an integrated solution and a strong partner able to satisfy our growing publishing needs well into the next century." The Unisys Publishing Solutions The Unisys Publishing Solutions are currently used by more than 80 newspapers in 10 countries. Recent sales in the U.S. include The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer Morning newspaper, long one of the most influential dailies in the eastern U.S. Founded in 1847 as the Pennsylvania Inquirer, it took its present name c. 1860. It was a strong supporter of the Union in the American Civil War. and Philadelphia Daily News The Philadelphia Daily News is a tabloid newspaper that began publishing on March 31, 1925, under founding editor Lee Ellmaker. In its early years, it was dominated by crime stories, sports and sensationalism. By 1930, daily circulation of the morning paper exceeded 200,000. , and the New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. . In Brazil, O Dia is the second large publishing company to purchase the Unisys Publishing Solutions. In 1997, O Estado de S. Paulo purchased a 450-seat system that is currently in live production. Unisys provides one of the most comprehensive newspaper publishing solutions available with a complete editorial, electronic pagination, and archiving system. The solutions run on several server platforms with mainstream databases and use PCs as clients with applications running in Windows 95 and NT. Unisys systems integration expertise and capabilities allow the integration of existing proprietary and off-the-shelf specialty packages with the Unisys Publishing Solutions. About O DIA O Dia is a leading Brazilian newspaper based in Rio de Janeiro and is produced in standard format with eight editions. In recent years O Dia was able to increase circulation dramatically due to its original, comprehensive, award-winning local coverage. About Unisys Unisys is an information technology solutions provider that has a portfolio of information services See Information Systems. , technologies and third-party alliances needed to help clients capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. their information asset to enhance their competitiveness and responsiveness to customers. Unisys expertise is founded on the strengths of three global businesses: Information Services, providing consulting, application solutions, systems integration and outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. ; Computer Systems, providing industry-leading technologies; and Global Customer Services, delivering comprehensive services and products supporting distributed computing environments See DCE. Distributed Computing Environment - (DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programming interfaces, conventions and server functionalities (e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call) for distributing applications transparently across networks . Access the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web - http://www.unisys.com - for further information. Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corp. Hermes is a trademark licensed to Unisys Corp. All other brands and products reference here in are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
CONTACT: Suzanne de Porry, Unisys, 215/986-4080
Internet: suzanne.deporry@unisys.com
or
Gabriella Franzini, Unisys Italia, SpA +39-02-6985-532
Internet: gabriella.franzini@unisys.com
or
Rubens Marins, Unisys Brasil Ltda, + 55-11-5189-7163
Internet: rubens.marins@unisys.com
or
Joao Carlos R. DalBello, O DIA, Rio de Janeiro,
+55-272-8214
Internet: dalbello.gtec@odia.com.br
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