NetOp Remote Control Tested 508 Compliant; Latest Version Of NetOp Remote Control Certified 508 Compliant, Making NetOp Accessible to People with Disabilities.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOCA RATON Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2004 CrossTec Corporation, the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. distributor for the award-winning line of NetOp products, announced today that NetOp Remote Control Version 7.65 has been independently tested to be 508 Compliant. After months of evaluations and adjustments, Criterion Section 508 Solutions has certified NetOp's latest version of Remote Control for Windows operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. to be 508 Compliant under the strict standards set forth by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require all Federal agencies to have, when available, electronic and information technology that is accessible to people with disabilities. Inaccessible technology interferes with an individual's ability to obtain and use information quickly and easily. Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals. "We're very excited to bring 508 compliancy com·pli·an·cy n. Compliance. Noun 1. compliancy - a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others complaisance, obligingness, compliance, deference to NetOp Remote Control," Errol Zentmyer, Vice President of the government sector at CrossTec, explains. "We could've taken on the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT VPAT Voluntary Product Accessibility Template VPAT Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates ) process ourselves. However, we decided to work with Criterion to insure an unbiased VPAT approval to guarantee that NetOp is indeed 508 compliant." Designed for disabled employees, 508 Compliancy requires that an application be entirely navigational through the use of the keyboard alone. CrossTec made the decision to contract with Criterion Section 508 Solutions based on their outstanding reputation for conducting extensive tests to insure compliancy. In order to become certified, Criterion reviews applications from a variety of perspectives including: focus groups, strategic planners, ADA Ada, city, United States Ada (ā`ə), city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. legal experts, and application developers. When all testing has been completed, Criterion then has the software evaluated by a group of visually impaired individuals to insure that the application is completely functional without the use of a monitor or mouse. Upon the completion of NetOp's 508 certification, Criterion provided CrossTec with a certificate of compliance and a legal letter of due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. certifying that NetOp Remote Control has completed all the necessary tests to attain 508 Compliancy. About CrossTec CrossTec Corporation, founded in 1996, is the resource in North America for the award-winning NetOp family of remote management and training software products. Based in Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton ("bōkə rə-tōn") is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida incorporated in May 1925. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. , CrossTec Corporation provides sales and support through a network of authorized resellers to larger corporations, organizations and educational institutions. For more information or to view CrossTec's VPATs for NetOp Remote Control, please visit: http://www.crossteccorp.com/vpat508.html |
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