Corechange Announces Section 508 Compliance for Coreport; Coreport Provides Corporate Portal Capabilities to People with Disabilities.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2002 Corechange, Inc., a global provider of portal framework software, today announced that its portal product is compliant with federal guidelines of Section 508 (29 U.S.C. 794d) of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires electronic and information technology to be available to people with disabilities. TestPros in Sterling, Virginia Sterling, Virginia is an unincorporated Washington, D.C. suburb, northwest of Herndon, east of Ashburn, and west of Reston, close to Dulles International Airport in Loudoun County. , conducted the independent assessment. To satisfy these guidelines, Corechange demonstrated that its enterprise portal See corporate portal. solution, Coreport, is accessible to users with vision or hearing impairment hearing impairment n. A reduction or defect in the ability to perceive sound. or reduced mobility. "Technologies exist today that can help talented individuals who are disabled serve as active contributors to a company, and since a portal is the center of a company's enterprise content, portal technologies must lead this effort," said Charles Kane, president and chief executive officer of Corechange. "Our customers can be assured that their investments in our solutions will comply with federal regulations and will serve the best needs of all their employees." Coreport's flexible role-based architecture enables 508-compliance through the creation of a "508 role" to support "screen readers," which convert the Coreport navigation features into speech or Braille, enabling users to easily find business applications and content. Corechange customers can add a "508 role" to their existing Coreport implementation without having to purchase an upgrade or add-on module. About Corechange Corechange, Inc. delivers infrastructure software to develop, deploy and manage enterprise portals on a global scale. The company's Coreport product provides a "no-compromise" approach to integrating existing documents, content, applications, components, and services to deliver a best-of-breed portal solution. Coreport, the secure, scalable Microsoft-powered enterprise portal framework, provides a rich, highly personalized, role-based user experience. Corechange has a worldwide customer base, including American Electric Power American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is a major investor-owner electric utility in various parts of the United States. It is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It serves parts of 11 states, and is currently the largest electricity generating utility in the United States. (AEP AEP - Application Environment Profile ), Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. , UnumProvident Corporation, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , Ericsson, Philips, Hitachi, Krispy Kreme Krispy Kreme is a chain of doughnut stores. Its parent company is Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD), based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. , and Royal & SunAlliance. The company's strategic partners include Microsoft, Nortel Networks, GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, and Aether Systems. Corechange is headquartered in Boston, with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. |
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