PANPA unveils new Web portal on Xportico 3.0 platform; Major newspaper publishing organization selects net-linx and Cytura to create dynamic portal.Business Editors SYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2001 The Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association (PANPA PANPA Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association ), the leading newspaper publishing organization whose members include over 300 companies in 14 countries, today announced the launch of their new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. portal (www.panpa.org.au) powered by Xportico 3.0 from net-linx Publishing Solutions. The portal enables B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business communication between newspaper industry professionals by providing easy access to real-time PANPA information, message boards that facilitate direct member-to-member communication, online registration for conferences and powerful search engines for accessing archives of PANPA's monthly members' magazine, The PANPA Bulletin, and industry classifieds. Xportico 3.0 is an advanced suite of Web content management, personalization and deployment applications developed and supported by Cytura Corporation and distributed by net-linx Publishing Solutions. Xportico 3.0 enables non-technical users to submit, manage and approve custom content; integrate industry news feeds and third-party applications; and define a standardized look and feel to display information and value-added services to Web or wireless communities. Cytura's Extreme PersonalizationTM marries real-time content syndication and community management functions enabling PANPA to provide targeted information to their members based on member profiles. Frank Kelett, Executive Director of PANPA, said, "It was love at first sight when we saw Xportico. This solution is fast, flexible and above all, easy to use. Our small secretariat is under constant deadline pressure producing an eighty-page magazine each month as well as creating and managing workshops, seminars and a large annual newspaper conference and exposition. Xportico enables us to respond quickly to member demands for new materials and to modify and improve our portal without coding. The Xportico team's enthusiasm and high degree of skill made the re-engineering of our site seem simple. Updating content and modifying our portal is now a pleasure instead of a chore." William J. Solimeno, 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. of net-linx Publishing Solutions, describes the Xportico product suite as, "The very first platform that enables media companies to create, publish and manage personalized content in real-time through a 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. . PANPA's selection of Xportico encourages newspaper professionals to investigate how the Xportico solutions can help them improve, expand, or invent their own Web sites. The XML-based open architecture of the product suite easily integrates with print editorial systems. The PANPA site is a great example of how rapidly an organization can deploy a B2B or B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. Web presence." "We were thrilled to partner with net-linx Publishing Solutions to deliver this portal for PANPA," added Raj Toleti, CEO of Cytura Corporation. "As a team, we reverse-engineered the former PANPA site, added functionality and created a professional looking standardized design for the site. Now PANPA has all the power and convenience of Xportico at their disposal without the delays of third parties." About PANPA The Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association Inc (PANPA) has more than 300 newspaper publishing company members and associate members in 14 countries including Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. , Europe and 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. . PANPA acts an information exchange for its members through its monthly magazine, The PANPA Bulletin, annual conference, special events and its web portal See portal. (www.panpa.org.au). About net-linx Publishing Solutions net-linx Publishing Solutions was formed in 1999 with the acquisition of CText of Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as Michigan, Computext of Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the and Systems Integrators of Sacramento, California “Sacramento” redirects here. For other uses, see Sacramento (disambiguation). Sacramento is the capital of the State of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. by net-linx AG of Dresden, Germany. With offices in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America, net-linx Publishing Solutions is one of the fastest growing providers of Internet and publishing technologies to newspapers, magazines and on-line publishers. Parent company net-linx AG is a global supplier of integrated software systems for the advertising, telecommunications, directory, and publishing industries. About Cytura Based in Heathrow, Florida, Cytura is the leader in the convergence of content management, personalization and community building software to simplify and reduce the costs of eBusiness. Cytura provides a centralized, integrated framework for delivering Extreme Personalization(TM), real-time content management and dynamic community building capabilities unmatched by any combination of niche vendors. By leveraging the power of XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. , Cytura guarantees a flexible platform that can easily snap into an existing IT infrastructure with little or no reconfiguration. For the first time non-technical users can easily create, manage and update content, without the need for IT support. Content can be personalized for individual communities, and businesses can support multiple communities from a centralized platform without any scripting or code writing. Cytura's end-to-end solution can be implemented in a wide range of industries including media/entertainment, healthcare, financial services and insurance, manufacturing, telecommunications and energy. For further information or to arrange an interview or demonstration of Xportico, please contact any of the individuals below: |
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