Clemson University Chooses HiSoftware for Accessibility Compliance.NASHUA, N.H. -- HiSoftware, a leading provider of software, services and managed operation solutions that monitor and optimize Web content, quality and regulatory compliance, today announced that Clemson University Clemson University, at Clemson, S.C.; coeducational; land-grant; state supported; opened in 1893 as a college, gained university status in 1964. The university includes programs in textile and computer research, wildlife biology, and aquaculture and maintains has chosen to implement HiSoftware's AccVerify, AccRepair and Hi-Caption Studio for the creation and management of Web Accessibility For Wikipedia's accessibility guideline, see Wikipedia:Accessibility. Web accessibility refers to the practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. standards across their Web site www.clemson.edu. Clemson is one of the top universities in the US with more than 17,000 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Carla Rathbone, Director, Educational Technology Services and Distance Education for Clemson, said, "With over 95 million hits to our Web site, making sure that our Web content is accessible is very important us. Prior to implementing HiSoftware's solutions we were testing for accessibility issues manually, one page at a time. Plus not all content owners had the ability to make the necessary accessibility fixes, taxing the resources of our development team." Rathbone continued, "Now with HiSoftware's accessibility testing and repair solutions, sites with minimal accessibility issues can be fixed by the content owner, even if not a developer by trade. This gives the support and development team more time to focus on sites that are more complex as well as portal applications." Clemson's university-wide Accessibility project is aimed at addressing Section 508 Accessibility guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. for Web site content mandated by the state of South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. . The university allows everyone on campus to have their own Web space so finding an Accessibility solution that not only allows content developers to find - but also fix - accessibility issues was important. Clemson chose to implement HiSoftware's Educational bundle which includes AccVerify, AccRepair and Hi-Caption Studio to manage and automate Accessibility testing, monitoring and repair across all areas of the university's Web site. The AccRepair module was a key component in Clemson's decision as it allows even non-developers to easily fix pages with Accessibility issues, helping ensure all content creators See content provider. adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. Accessibility guidelines. HiSoftware President and 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. , Kurt A. Mueffelmann, said, "HiSoftware is pleased to add Clemson University to the growing list of hundreds of universities and colleges across the US using our solutions for Accessibility compliance. Our comprehensive Accessibility solutions and expertise in educational sites, make it easy for educational institutions to monitor, enforce and repair Web content to make sure they keep on top of state and government mandated compliance guidelines." HiSoftware provides software, services and on-demand solutions that test, repair, monitor and enforce Web content, quality and regulatory compliance. The company's solutions empower content developers, Web site architects and executives to work collaboratively to create and manage corporate Web standards Web standards is a general term for the formal standards and other technical specifications that define and describe aspects of the World Wide Web. In recent years, the term has been more frequently associated with the trend of endorsing a set of standardized best practices for for accessibility, privacy, security, search engine optimization Designing a Web site so that search engines easily find the pages and index them. The goal is to have your page be in the top 10 results of a search. Optimization includes the choice of words used in the text paragraphs and the placement of those words on the page, both visible and hidden (SEO (Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Optimizer) See search engine optimization. ), site quality and performance, and more. About HiSoftware Founded in 1998, HiSoftware is a leading provider of software, services, and On-Demand solutions that test, repair, monitor and enforce Web content, quality, and regulatory compliance. The company's solutions empower content developers, Web site architects, and executives to work collaboratively to create and manage corporate Web standards for accessibility, privacy, security, search engine optimization (SEO), site quality and performance, branding, competitive intelligence, and application transaction testing (AppTest). HiSoftware's customers boast many of the world's largest public and private sites including US and international government agencies and Global 2000 companies such as ChevronTexaco, Commerce One, Mercury Interactive For another company with a similar name, see Mercury Computer Systems. HP Mercury (formerly Mercury Interactive) is a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard that is a market leader in automated software quality assurance and offers products in other areas such as diagnostics, , and Microsoft Government. For more information about HiSoftware visit www.hisoftware.com. HiSoftware, AccRepair, AccVerify and Hi-Caption Studio are trademarks of Hiawatha Island Software Inc. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand/product names are trademarks of their respective holders. |
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