TrueSpectra's New Version 4 Server Broadens Market For Image Serving; New Developer Edition of Image Server Targets Developers of Small Sites and Intranets.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TrueSpectra (www.truespectra.com) today announced the availability of TrueSpectra Image Server v4, the latest release of its market-leading image server. Through new tools and extensions that speed development of web applications and enhanced integration with industry standard products and platforms, TrueSpectra Image Server v4 is designed to streamline customer deployment as well as reach a broader market. TrueSpectra also announced the first release of Image Server, Developer Edition for smaller sites and intranets that allow millions of developers to cost effectively integrate image-serving technology into their Web applications. Version 4 enables faster Web application development and simplifies integration with leading products and platforms including Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX and ColdFusion MX, JAVA applications and servers such as BEA WebLogic A software suite from BEA Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (www.beasys.com) that is used to deploy Web and SOA applications. The core product is BEA WebLogic Server, a J2EE application server. and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Websphere, Apache and Microsoft IIS Microsoft IIS - Internet Information Server Web servers, and SOAP for Microsoft's .net initiative. TrueSpectra technology, which is based on the industry standard HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. , integrates easily into existing Web development infrastructure using an easy to implement single URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. query string, the Image URL. TrueSpectra allows developers to eliminate tedious production tasks, increase their efficiency and improve their site's performance. The new product builds upon TrueSpectra's unmatched architecture and further simplifies and enhances Web application development and deployment. "After conducting extensive research, it became clear that the substantial value our server provides to large corporate clients such as Macy's, Nordstrom and Blockbuster, are just as relevant and significant to a wide variety of customers," said V. David Watkins, 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 TrueSpectra. "Nearly every site can benefit from reduced development time, decreased production and maintenance costs, and improved user experience. The enhancements in this release allow TrueSpectra to deliver image serving solutions to a much broader audience, including international markets, so that they too can realize the benefits image serving delivers." "TrueSpectra is essential software for anyone running a Web site with lots of images," said David Vaccaro President of X-treme Net Development, Inc. a Massachusetts based Web applications firm and TrueSpectra reseller. "It saves time, it saves money and it takes the hassle out of developing with images. We saved $15,000 in development costs on one project alone." TrueSpectra Image Server Version Four Features and Benefits The TrueSpectra Image Server has been designed to allow developers to build images into their Web applications faster and integrate seamlessly into their existing infrastructures: Faster Development -- New visual tools for Macromedia developers - graphical extensions for Dreamweaver MX -- Image URL Generators - web-based code generators for visually creating Image URLs further reducing integration time -- Text Overlay and Visual Watermarking - ability to dynamically add text or indelible watermarks to any image without requiring the use of templates -- Adobe Photoshop PSD (tool) PSD - Portable Scheme Debugger. support - ability to convert PSD files to 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. for use in template creation -- Enhanced Security - prevents unauthorized use of images from websites Easier Integration -- Apache & IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. plug-in - Image Server operates as a plug-in, eliminating need for dedicated hardware -- Macromedia Flash server callback support - Flash based zoom interface exploits Macromedia's Flash Remoting, enabling compatibility with over 400 million flash enabled browsers worldwide -- SOAP API - provides Microsoft .Net compatibility -- EPS & ICC profile support - simplifies publishing print catalog images to the web -- JAVA Image URL Class - seamless integration with environments such as BEA WebLogic & IBM Websphere Pricing and Availability Version 4 of TrueSpectra's Image Server software is available for both NT and Unix and supports Solaris 7 and 8, Windows NT 4 2000 and XP. The Image Server list price is $8500 and the Image Server, Developer Edition is priced at $499 per license. A trial version of the TrueSpectra Image Server is available for download at TrueSpectra's Web site and leading developer portals including CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. and ZDNet. About TrueSpectra, Inc. TrueSpectra, Inc. is the leading provider of high-performance, server-based imaging solutions. TrueSpectra offers a more efficient way for companies to manage, publish and repurpose images from single high-resolution source files. TrueSpectra Image Server is proven to streamline the current image publishing and maintenance processes, saving customers time and money. TrueSpectra's technology is based on the industry standard HTTP and easily integrates with existing infrastructures with minimal training. Customers include Lowe's, Kinko's, Nordstrom and Macy's, among others. TrueSpectra's strategic partners include Akamai, Oracle Blue Martini Software Blue Martini Software (Blue Martini Software, Inc.) was a privately held software manufacturer and professional services provider based in San Mateo, California that sells and supports an eponymous e-commerce enterprise application that supports sales online, by phone, and at the and QRS QRS A pattern seen in an electrocardiogram that indicates the pulses in a heart beat and their duration. Variations from a normal QRS pattern indicate heart disease. Mentioned in: Bundle Branch Block . TrueSpectra can also be deployed over a global CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. from Akamai or Exodus. For additional information, please visit http://www.truespectra.com. |
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