Kodak Professional and PhotoReflect.com Sign Agreement to Provide Web Hosting Services Linking Professional Photographers, Customers.Business Editors & High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. Writers ROCHESTER Rochester (rŏch`ĕstər, –ĭstər). 1 City (1990 pop. 70,745), seat of Olmsted co., SE Minn.; inc. 1858. , N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2001 Express Digital: Part of a Larger Kodak Initiative to Create Feature-Rich Online Imaging Infrastructure Kodak Professional and Express Digital's PhotoReflect.com have signed an agreement to collaborate on an e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. solution for professional photographers seeking online management and presentation of their images. The agreement with PhotoReflect.com is one of several collaborations Kodak Professional is entering into with selected third-party Web hosting service A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing providers, as part of a larger initiative to create a feature-rich, standardized standardized pertaining to data that have been submitted to standardization procedures. standardized morbidity rate see morbidity rate. standardized mortality rate see mortality rate. online image management system that links labs, photographers and customers. Plans being developed between Kodak Professional and PhotoReflect.com call for a fully integrated Web site environment for customers, photographers, and labs where photos can be viewed, ordered and delivered, with instructions for selection, size, crop, finish amount and other processing and purchasing requirements electronically embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. with the images. "We're continuing to pursue our strategy to make it easier than ever for labs, photographers and their customers to take, make and share great pictures leveraging the power of the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the ," said Karel Czanderna, Worldwide General Manager, Output Systems, Kodak Professional, and Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company. "Our relationship with PhotoReflect.com brings the highly efficient digital imaging link that the industry has been asking for that much closer." "PhotoReflect.com is quickly becoming the industry standard for professional photographers to proof and sell their work on the Internet," said Graham McFarland, 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. , Express Digital. "We're pleased to be associated with Kodak Professional as we work together to enhance the professional imaging market for everyone." Not only would this system enable professional photographers to reach more people with offers to purchase the photos they take; it also will enable them to easily interface with labs and other businesses that provide them with imaging services. The goal is to provide photographers with options linking features, Web site development, payment options and so on and thereby encourage their participation in the larger image management system. Digital imaging dramatically simplifies the workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. between the lab, studio and customer for transporting, selecting, cropping and ordering photos. Traditionally, labs and studios have shipped hard-copy photo proofs back and forth accompanied by instructions from the customer for selecting the composition, finish, size and number to be ordered. Now, image files can be uploaded, or film can be scanned to create image files, and they can be viewed and transmitted with electronically embedded instructions much more quickly and easily. The digital system also enables photographers to present photos for purchase to a much larger audience, which increases the opportunity for sales. For example, wedding photo proofs usually are viewed by the bride This article is about the female participant in a wedding. For other uses, see Bride (disambiguation). A bride is a female participant in a wedding ceremony: a woman about to be married, currently being married, or, in some uses, very recently married. and groom, and perhaps their parents and wedding party. But the system Kodak Professional envisions lets the photographer invite everyone who attended the wedding to visit his or her Web site to see the proofs and order photos. For information about Kodak Professional, customers may call 1-800/235-6325, or visit our web site at: www.kodak.com/go/professional. For information about Express Digital's PhotoReflect.com, visit the company's Web site at www.PhotoReflect.com, www.expressdigital.com or call 1-888/584-0089. |
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