Consumers Union Deploys Openpages' Collaborative Information Solution to Manage Consumer Reports and ConsumerReports.org.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2002 Openpages(R), Inc., a leading provider of collaborative information solutions, announced today that Consumers Union, the independent, non-profit publisher of Consumer Reports(R) and ConsumeReports.org(R), has successfully deployed Openpages' Contentware 3.0 collaborative information solution to create, manage, and deploy information for its print publications and web site. Consumers Union will utilize the tools, technology, and applications available from Openpages to streamline the information exchange process for its multiple publications and to improve the flow of information within the organization, resulting in improved productivity and reduction of operational costs. Consumers Union evaluated a variety of software vendors before concluding that Openpages offered the robust desktop integration tools that its editorial, design, and technical staff required to effectively manage information for its publications and web site. Consumers Union implemented Openpages' collaborative information solution by combining several information and document repositories into a single enterprise database. The first-phase implementation spanned three months, encompassing a complete print and web environment rollout of over 200 users on both Macintosh and PC platforms. Consumers Union expects to realize a return on investment within three years. "Openpages has enabled us to create a central database repository (1) A database of information about applications software that includes author, data elements, inputs, processes, outputs and interrelationships. A repository is used in a CASE or application development system in order to identify objects and business rules for reuse. for all of our information serving all of our print and web products, allowing us to make the 'create once, publish multiple times' concept a reality," stated Reed Fox, director, production operations for Consumer Reports magazine. "Our mission is to provide consumers with accurate and up-to-date data and information across a wide variety of products and topics. We need processes and systems that allow us to deliver that information in a timely manner through multiple media channels, including magazines, newsletters, web sites, single-topic newsstand issues, books, television, radio, and handheld wireless devices. Openpages has met our requirements for delivering a leading-edge collaborative information solution that allows us to more efficiently store, search, access, retrieve, and produce information for purposing to multiple channels and platforms, to the overall benefit of our subscribers." "Consumers Union's rapid deployment of Openpages' collaborative information solution only underscores our objective of providing innovative and easy-to-use applications to our customers that increase efficiencies and productivity and provide a measurable return on investment," stated Mike Duffy For other persons of the same name, see Michael Duffy. Michael D. (Mike) Duffy (born 1946 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) is a Canadian television journalist. He is currently the Ottawa editor for CTV NewsNet, and a host of Mike Duffy Live 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. and president of Openpages. "We look forward to a long lasting relationship with Consumers Union." ABOUT OPENPAGES Openpages is the leading provider of collaborative information solutions that automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. our customers' information-centric interactions with their customers, partners, employees, and other parties. Openpages' solutions address typically non-automated intra- and inter- organizational activity and enable customers to gain competitive advantage in their markets while alleviating regulatory and operational risk and improving corporate accountability. Delivered on Openpages Server, the industry's first collaborative information platform, Openpages collaborative information solutions address the needs of leading firms in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , media, and other industries. Openpages Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with investors from leading high technology 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] including Matrix Partners, Sigma Partners Sigma Partners is a major venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley and Boston. Sigma Partners invests in early-stage information technology companies (semiconductor, software and hardware). The firm was founded in 1984 by J. Burgess Jamieson and C. Bradford Jeffries. , Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. , JAFCO, and North Hill Ventures. Openpages Inc. is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts Westford is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 20,754 at the 2000 census. History Westford was first settled in 1635. Originally a part of neighboring Chelmsford, West Chelmsford soon grew large enough to sustain its own . For more information, visit: www.openpages.com. ABOUT CONSUMERS UNION Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports(R) magazine, is an independent nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. testing, educational and information organization serving only the consumer. We are a comprehensive source of unbiased advice about products and services, personal finance, health, nutrition and other consumer concerns. Since 1936, our mission has been to test products, inform the public and protect consumers. Our income is derived solely from the sale of Consumer Reports(R) magazine, subscriptions to ConsumerReports.org, the sale of our other publications and services, and from nonrestrictive non·re·stric·tive adj. 1. Not restrictive: nonrestrictive zoning. 2. Grammar , noncommercial contributions, grants, and fees. We buy all the products we test and accept no free samples. We take no outside advertising and do not let any company use our reports or Ratings for commercial purposes. "Openpages" and the Openpages' logo are registered trademarks of Openpages, Inc. |
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