CAP Ventures' Document Software Group Adopts New Name; Expands Staff.NORWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 1999-- Document Software Strategies (DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature. (2) (Digital Satellite S ) becomes Dynamic Content Software Strategies Consulting Service Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" Dynamic Content Software Strategies Consulting Service is the new name of CAP Ventures' Document Software Strategies Consulting Service. The new name reflects the significant impact that the Internet and Web technologies have had on document systems software. The service will continue to be known by its familiar acronym acronym: see abbreviation. A word typically made up of the first letters of two or more words; for example, BASIC stands for "Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. , DSS. DSS provides market research and strategic consulting services to vendors of dynamic content management software. "Dynamic content" management software includes Web content management and publishing tools, XML-based products and tools, document management, knowledge management, and groupware Software that supports multiple users working on related tasks in local and remote networks. Also called "collaborative software," groupware is an evolving concept that is more than just multiuser software which allows access to the same data. . "Our new name more accurately represents the evolving markets we analyze - the markets in which our customers are involved," commented Michael Maziarka, DSS Director. "The widespread use of Web technologies in corporate computing has changed the notion of what `documents' are. The Web is causing the distinction between documents and data to erode Erode (ĕrōd`), city (1991 urban agglomeration pop. 361,755), Tamil Nadu state, S India, on the Kaveri River. The city is located in a cotton-growing region, and its industries include cotton ginning and the manufacture of transport equipment. quickly, as different technologies converge to provide commerce- and knowledge-based solutions," he said. DSS is the only research and consulting organization that is completely focused on these technologies. The DSS name change also reflects an expansion of its client support team, commensurate with the rapid growth of the industry it serves and its client roster. Two new consulting associates have been appointed. Girish Altekar and Bill Trippe bring more than 30 years' experience in the IT industry to DSS clients. Both will play integral roles in DSS's research and client consulting projects. "I am delighted that both Girish and Bill have joined the DSS team," says Frank Gilbane, DSS founder and a director at CAP Ventures. "The combination of technical expertise, marketing, and publishing experience in document- and content-related arenas that they bring complement the current strengths of the team and will also support our continuing growth," Gilbane continued. Altekar has fifteen years of development- and management-level information technology experience. He has worked for ICON Computing ICON Computing could be a reference to
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. (Extensible Markup Language See XML. (language, text) Extensible Markup Language - (XML) An initiative from the W3C defining an "extremely simple" dialect of SGML suitable for use on the World-Wide Web. http://w3.org/XML/. ), and he is project leader for DSS's upcoming study on Early Adopters of XML. Trippe's expertise is in electronic product development, content management, and editorial and production systems automation. This includes extensive experience with markup languages
in full Standard Generalized Markup Language Markup language for organizing and tagging elements of a document, including headings, paragraphs, tables, and graphics. . He has most recently been engaged in a range of end-user consulting for professional publishers. Trippe has worked for ZDNet, Inso, Xyvision, and Mitre in roles as ranging from content and publishing system management to software education and support management. In addition to writing about the dynamic content software market for CAP Ventures, Trippe will also participant in client consulting and is a presentor at Documation '99 West, in 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. , CA this week. For more detailed information about DSS, including the variety of services the group offers, the markets it covers, and biographical information on the service's consultants, see the "About DSS" section of the newly updated DSS Web page, at http://www.capv.com/dss CAP Ventures is the leading worldwide strategic consulting and market research firm serving the document software, electronic imaging, document management and digital printing and publishing industries. CAP Ventures provides technology advice and market insights for vendors, manufacturers and corporate users through custom and subscription consulting, market research, seminars, training, industry conferences, trade shows and publications. CAP Ventures is included on the Inc. 500 list of America's fastest growing private companies for both 1997 and 1998. Website: http:\\www.capv.com |
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