Bright Path Solutions and Publishing Smarter Announce Merger.Combined Company Moves Forward to Deliver Consulting, Training and Development for Publishing Organizations Based on a Model of Mutual Co-Operation in the Past RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C. & TORONTO -- North Carolina-based Bright Path Solutions (www.travelthepath.com) today announced it has entered into a merger agreement with Ontario-based Publishing Smarter (www.publishingsmarter.com). The two firms specialize in consulting, training and developing professional publishing solutions for content-heavy clients in the technology, manufacturing, retail, defense, aerospace, financial and pharmaceutical industries. The explosion of digital content and the various streams of delivery make the new business a natural partnership combining resources to provide a single source for customers to turn to. "Bright Path and Publishing Smarter have collaborated for years," said Kay Ethier of Bright Path. "This provided both of our firms and our clients tremendous benefits. Formally merging both companies is a logical step. It just makes good business sense." "We found ourselves competing for the very same contracts," said Bernard Aschwanden, President of Publishing Smarter. "Therefore, it makes sense to formalize this relationship and bring the best of both businesses to our combined client base. This positions the new Bright Path as one of the industry's most experienced publishing services organization." About Bright Path Solutions: The new Bright Path provides full publishing services including: * 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. , template, and style sheet development. * Consulting for software tool selection and implementation. * Qualified professional training service providing onsite, online, and public classes covering structured authoring, * 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:
* XML authoring, and software-specific training. * Certified training professionals who specialize in Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , Adobe FrameMaker Adobe FrameMaker is a desktop publishing (DTP) and word processing application that is popular for large documents. It is produced by Adobe Systems. Although FrameMaker has evolved slowly in recent years, it maintains a strong following among professional technical writers. , Arbortext, and XMetaL training and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . The company also hosts several international annual industry conferences, including the annual Adobe FrameMaker Chautauqua Chau`tau´qua 1. a meeting, usually held in the summer outdoors or under a temporary tent, providing public lectures combined with entertainment such as concerts and plays. It originated in the village of Chautauqua, N. Y. and DITA conferences. Bright Path clients include: Adobe Systems, Aecon, Air Atlanta Icelandic, Bally Technologies, Cisco, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , FedEx, Home Depot, Pearson Education, Raymond Corporation, Rogers Media, U.S. Airways and the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Learn more about Bright Path Solutions: www.travelthepath.com. |
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