Canto and HELIOS Announce Strategic Partnership; Intensified Cooperation Will Lead to Even Faster and More Reliable Digital Asset Management Solutions.Business Editors BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2002 Canto can·to n. pl. can·tos One of the principal divisions of a long poem. [Italian, from Latin cantus, song; see canticle. , the leader in Digital Asset Management and HELIOS, a leading provider of network and prepress server software today announced a leading technology initiative. The two companies will collaborate in developing technologies to allow even more advanced product features and product integration. A main focus is to enable greater workflow automation See workflow. capabilities, providing more convenient and faster digital asset management solutions. "HELIOS is an established worldwide provider of high performance networking and client/server software and we are pleased to collaborate with an industry leader to offer our customers a proven foundation for professional digital asset management solutions," said Jennifer Neumann, Cantos 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. . "Especially our large customer base in the prepress sector will benefit from the combination of Cumulus' and HELIOS' power and outstanding technologies." "Our partnership with Canto is designed to let our customers worldwide get the best of both worlds - HELIOS' cross-platform networking and prepress server solutions, combined with best-in-class Digital Asset Management solutions that are fast and easy to use," said Helmut Tschemernjak at HELIOS Software GmbH. "Many users have already experienced the benefits and features of using Cumulus cumulus: see cloud. in conjunction with HELIOS EtherShare OPI (Open Prepress Interface) An extension to PostScript that provides color separations. It was developed by Aldus Corporation, which was later acquired by Adobe. . Better integration of our products will not only be more convenient but also lead to more successful customers." Technologies Canto and HELIOS plan to develop include: -- Use of the HELIOS EtherShare OPI image format technology in Cumulus. -- Automatic synchronization of HELIOS server volume content and Cumulus catalogs. Server content which is shared via EtherShare and PCShare file sharing to Mac and Windows clients will be automatically synchronized into Cumulus catalogs, thereby significantly reducing administrative work. This feature will easily enable users to make customer or project data available over the Web (using Cumulus and Web Publisher). Files just have to be moved into the respective folder and HELIOS EtherShare OPI and Cumulus will then automatically do the rest. Detailed information is expected at this year's CeBIT Expo; products will be showcased at the upcoming IPEX IPEX Italian Power Exchange IPEX Immunodysregulation, Polyendocrinopathy, Enteropathy, X Linked (Syndrome) IPEX Input Parameter Extra (Alcatel) . About Canto all digital assets. everywhere. Founded in 1990, Canto is a leading supplier of Digital Asset Management products and services. Canto is committed to deliver world-class solutions at an inexpensive price to the creative arts, publishing, corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. and other industries. The company's product line "Cumulus" is designed to manage and archive all types of digital assets used in production, publishing, communication, and other workflows. The Cumulus product line offers cross-platform and Internet technology that scales completely from Enterprise to Single Users. With hundreds of thousands of Cumulus licenses sold, and more than 9,000 client/server systems installed worldwide, Canto is the clear market leader measured by market share. For more information on Canto and all Cumulus products and services and to download demo versions go to: http://www.canto.com. About HELIOS Smart Ideas for Better Networking HELIOS products run on powerful and scalable servers from Apple Computer, Compaq, Hewlett Packard, 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) , Linux/Pentium, SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. , and Sun, providing reliable cross-platform support for Macintosh, DOS/Windows, and UNIX-based clients. Distributors sell HELIOS products worldwide to value-added resellers who provide complete networking solutions to customers. HELIOS software products are also available as part of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and solutions by many major vendors in the prepress industry. For further product information, please contact: HELIOS Software GmbH, Steinriede 3, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany; (Tel) +49-5131-709320; (fax) +49 5131-709325; marketing@helios.de; http://www.helios.com/. Copyright 2002 Canto Software Canto Software, Inc. is a software company specializing in digital asset management. Founded in 1990, Canto is the leading supplier of digital asset management products and services with more than 13,000 client/server systems installed worldwide. AG. All rights reserved. Canto, the Canto logo and Cumulus are registered trademarks of Canto. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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