Quark and Collabria Form Alliance to Incorporate Quark Digital Media System Into Collabria's Web-Based Printcommerce Solution.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2000 Collabria Adds Quark quark (kwôrk): see elementary particles. quark Any of a group of subatomic particles thought to be among the fundamental constituents of matter—more specifically, of protons and neutrons. Digital Media System to PrintCommerce Service, Allowing Users to Manage a Virtually Unlimited Number of Text Files, Images, and Other Digital Resources On Collabria's E-Commerce Platform for the Print and Graphic Arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. Industries Quark Inc., the leading developer of software for professional electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. and communications, and Collabria, Inc., the most widely used print e-commerce solution, today announced a strategic marketing and technology relationship. Under the terms of the agreement, Collabria will integrate Quark Digital Media System(TM) (QuarkDMS(TM)), a robust digital asset management system, into the Collabria PrintCommerce(TM) service to extend the capabilities of Collabria's comprehensive set of Internet-based solutions for the printing and graphic arts industries. QuarkDMS software is a powerful enterprise-wide solution that lets customers manage a virtually unlimited number of text files, images, and other digital resources. It combines the speed and reliability of an Oracle8(TM) database with a scalable three-tier architecture capable of serving hundreds of concurrent users In computer science, the number of concurrent users for a resource in a location, with the location being a computing network or a single computer, refers to the total number of people using the resource at the same time. . Collabria's comprehensive PrintCommerce solution is an end-to-end system for addressing the complex challenges faced by creative service providers and print buyers and suppliers as they interact to create, manage, and produce printed projects. It is the only system in full production today that integrates print procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. with the print manufacturing and distribution processes. In addition, PrintCommerce provides collaboration, cross-communication, and highly automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. tracking, reporting, and logistics functions to allow buyers and sellers to efficiently manage print costs. Products currently in use include PrintCommerce eCatalog(TM) and PrintCommerce eTracker(TM). "Printing and publishing have always had a collaborative workflow spanning multiple businesses," said Robert Hu, Collabria co-founder and Vice President of Strategic Marketing. "Collabria PrintCommerce marries the desktop with the net-top to ensure seamless collaboration. Integrating QuarkDMS into the system allows print buyers, creative service providers, and print suppliers to directly access QuarkXPress(TM), the premier publishing software application." QuarkDMS will provide a flexible interface for PrintCommerce customers to upload, track, and manage the digital files associated with each project. QuarkDMS works with the applications that publishers already know and use on a daily basis, and has an unparalleled integration with the suite of Quark(TM) products. QuarkDMS provides element-level document deconstruction deconstruction, in linguistics, philosophy, and literary theory, the exposure and undermining of the metaphysical assumptions involved in systematic attempts to ground knowledge, especially in academic disciplines such as structuralism and semiotics. , high-resolution image viewing for visual identification of graphic files, and complete version control tools for any type of digital data. "Collabria provides an end-to-end e-commerce solution for creative professionals and their print suppliers," said Jurgen Kurz, Quark Director of Product Management. "By integrating QuarkDMS, Collabria will provide its customers with a central content repository and the tools to promote the consistent re-use of content, resulting in higher quality and strengthened brand identity. They'll be able to enhance print procurement and production workflows to the direct financial gain of their customers." Collabria's PrintCommerce is available as a hosted application service through privately-branded Web sites that allow print buyers, creative agencies, and print suppliers to conduct business online. The service can be accessed worldwide, 24 hours a day, through standard browsers, but without the need to install additional hardware or software. About Collabria Founded in 1997 by marketing and printing industry veterans, Collabria is the creator of the Intelligent Print Workplace(TM), a comprehensive set of Internet-based solutions for the print industry. With a focus on relationship-centric solutions, Collabria provides a no-conflict system designed to enhance existing relationships between corporate customers, creative service providers, and printers. Collabria is funded by premier 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 Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. ; Weiss, Peck peck: see English units of measurement. & Greer; the Internet Capital Group; and ABS (Automatic Backup System) See backup program. Ventures. www.collabria.com. About Quark Quark Inc. (www.quark.com) is a leading developer of tools and technologies for media-independent publishing. Quark has been providing award-winning software for professional publishing since its flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. QuarkXPress changed the course of traditional publishing. Today, as its software is used by more than two million customers around the world, Quark is developing the next generation of tools to let publishers create and manage content flexibly so it can be delivered anywhere at low cost. Founded in 1981, Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held. Note to Editors: Quark and QuarkXPress are trademarks of Quark, Inc. and all applicable affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. , Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. and in many other countries. Quark Digital Media System, QuarkDMS, and the Quark logo are trademarks of Quark, Inc. and all applicable affiliated companies. Collabria, Collabria PrintCommerce, PrintCommerce eCatalog, PrintCommerce eTracker, and the Intelligent Print Workplace are all trademarks of Collabria, Inc. Oracle8 is a trademark of Oracle Corporation, Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. . All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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