Collabria Signs Strategic Relationship Agreement With PrimeSource.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1999-- U.S. Distributor of Xeikon Digital Printing Systems to develop application module to support digital printing workflow Highlights PrimeSource to develop and market direct interface between Collabria eCommerce application and Xeikon digital presses; The simplicity of this Internet-based workflow will accelerate turnaround, help eliminate production error and automate digital printing procurement process; The new interface will be first demonstrated at the PrimeSource booth at Graph Expo'99 and is expected to be available to Xeikon users by the end of 1999. Collabria, Inc., the leading provider of eBusiness solutions for print buying and print production management announced today that it has joined in a strategic relationship agreement with PrimeSource, the U.S. distributor of Xeikon Digital Printing systems. Under the agreement, PrimeSource will develop an interface specific to Xeikon digital presses for the Collabria eCommerce service, called PrintCommerce. The new interface will be first demonstrated at the PrimeSource booth (#3702) at Graph Expo'99 in Chicago next week, and is expected to be available to PrimeSource customers by the end of 1999. "The coming together of digital printing and eCommerce by two established leaders is just natural progression of business and technology," said Alan Hu, 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. , Collabria. "Together with PrimeSource, we can provide digital printers and their users with an Internet-based workflow that both accelerates turn-around and reduces the margin for error in the printing process." In cooperation with Collabria, the new workflow system is being developed by PrimeSource as another ProductionPath (tm) workflow automation See workflow. module. The Xeikon interface will enable print buyers to order a variety of print materials from a catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. of products displayed on their printer's web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Selected print products can be personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. or versioned, proofed on screen, then placed into the print production queue and ready for output to the Xeikon digital press via the Internet in just minutes. The simplicity of this Internet-based workflow accelerates turnaround time (1) In batch processing, the time it takes to receive finished reports after submission of documents or files for processing. In an online environment, turnaround time is the same as response time. of production, helps eliminate error as the products are chosen by the print buyer without intervention from a third party, and automates most of the procurement process, thus reducing interaction by the printer's sales and production staff. The system will feature a seamless transfer of customer created orders to Xeikon print production facilities, with all order information, job ticketing, accounting and billing, shipping and job tracking facilitated and automated over the Internet. It will also enable print buyers to more readily benefit from the many benefits of high-quality, short run and variable-print features of Xeikon presses. The result is a truly open and digital workflow In print publishing, using the computer to lay out text and illustrations prior to creating film negatives for every page or going directly to plate. Prior to digital workflow, the typesetting and pre-press stages were far more time consuming and labor-intensive. that any Xeikon user or print buyer can easily access and use. "Leveraging Collabria's eBusiness service together with production automation resources provides our Xeikon customers with a significant competitive advantage," said Michael Silverman, Director of Marketing and Product Development for PrimeSourceAEs Digital Printing Group. "As the demand for both eCommerce and digital printing continues to grow, the marriage of these two technologies provides unique new market opportunities for Xeikon press owners and their customers. We're pleased to be working together with Collabria in this effort." About PrimeSource... PrimeSource Corporation is the leading supplier of the nation's third largest industry--printing and publishing--as well as the leader in digital technology. PrimeSource provides more then 50,000 products from 500 manufacturers to over 30,000 customers. The company has 32 distribution centers located throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . About Collabria... Collabria based in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. , provides print manufacturers and resellers a fast, easy and affordable path to e-business. Collabria delivers compelling e-business solutions including print, supply chain and procurement management applications via an Internet-based service model. Print manufacturers and distributors take advantage of these solutions today to expand and strengthen their customer relationships while realizing hard dollar savings from simplified and automated business processes Many computer systems are available in the commercial marketplace that address the various aspects of Business Process Management. Most address one specific set of functionality; for instance, some allow the processes to be mapped (see Business Process Mapping) and documented (such as . Corporate purchasing, forms, and marketing managers realize significant savings from on-line print ordering, management and distribution efficiencies. Collabria is privately held and is founded by printing industry veterans with an insider's clarity of its pains and challenges. The company is funded by premier venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. , Weiss, Peck & Greer, and Internet Capital Group. All company and brand, product and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Data subject to revision without notice. |
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