Vasont Systems Releases Vasont 9.0.EMIGSVILLE, Pa. -- Powerful New Enhancements to Leading Content Management System Include Faster Processing, Improved Versioning Capabilities, and Advanced Editorial Tools Vasont Systems, a leading provider of content management software and data services, today announced the release of Vasont(R) 9.0, the latest version of its powerful content management system that enables organizations to store their multilingual content once for delivery to print, PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. , CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). and Web formats. Vasont 9.0 will be available in August. "Vasont 9.0's most compelling new enhancements were created in response to feedback from current Vasont users," said Richard Schiding, Vasont Systems' 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. . "We listened to their needs, and our goal for this version was to provide more effective content reuse across multiple locations throughout an organization. We think our clients are going to be very happy with how Vasont 9.0 meets and exceeds that goal." Organizations Can Improve Efficiencies Through Automated Business Logic and Faster Processing FASTER PROCESSING - To improve efficiencies in important content management processes, Vasont 9.0 has streamlined common content transactions to reduce network traffic and process content faster. NEW BUILT-IN PROCESSING OPTIONS - Vasont's exclusive processing options, which are built-in system customizations, give users more control of their business logic and allow for time-saving event-triggered task automation. Vasont 9.0 comes with over 100 new processing options, bringing the total to 500 processing options available within the system to help organizations with their productivity. NEW USER-DEFINED PROCESSING OPTIONS - Vasont 9.0 now allows users to write their own processing options. Users can customize their own Vasont content management system by writing processing options triggered by workflow and content modification events, saving them time in their editorial process. AUTOMATED XSLT (eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation) Software that converts an XML document into another format such as HTML, PDF or text. It may also be used to convert one XML document to another XML document with a different set of XML tags (different schema). TRANSFORMS - Vasont 9.0 features new XSLT integration, which executes XSLT transforms automatically according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a user-defined cue, such as drag-and-drop or running a load or extract. This automation saves users the time of manually executing the transform. XML SCHEMA The definition of an XML document, which includes the XML tags and their interrelationships. Residing within the document itself, an XML schema may be used to verify the integrity of the content. SUPPORT - Through Vasont 9.0's advanced XML schema support, organizations can easily integrate disparate pieces 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. content because the system can read an XML schema file, which can be used in conjunction with or in place of a DTD (Document Type Definition) A language that describes the contents of an SGML document. The DTD is also used with XML, and the DTD definitions may be embedded within an XML document or in a separate file. . Improved Versioning Meets Industry Compliance Requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). NEW VERSIONING INTERFACE - In order to meet demanding industry compliance requirements and comprehensive content tracking demands, Vasont's versioning capability has been enhanced to provide a user-friendly interface to access the detailed component-level version information. In addition, comments can easily be added to any time-stamped version that the system captures. Users Can Complete More Complicated Tasks with Advanced Editorial Tools ENHANCED LINK MANAGEMENT - Solving one of the largest headaches in content management, Vasont 9.0 enhances Vasont's already powerful link management capability, by eliminating the need for users to manually reset links when a referenced piece of content is moved to a new location within a document or across multiple documents. The system automatically resets the link behind the scenes, ensuring more accurate content and better tracking of content reuse. CONTENT REUSE REPORT - Vasont 9.0's printable print·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of being printed or of producing a print: printable negatives. 2. Fit for publication: printable language. content reuse reports are a great way for users to quickly prove their ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). by easily viewing what content is being reused. After content is loaded into the system, the report immediately provides statistics on the content reuse that Vasont has confirmed and implemented on the organization's content. ADVANCED SEARCH CAPABILITIES - Vasont 9.0's improved search features allow users to filter and find content within the text of more than 200 different file formats, including word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , database, presentation, PDF, spreadsheet, and graphics files. Searches can be conducted using one word, a list of words, misspelled words, sounds like, word proximity, and Boolean operators. Users can save their favorite searches for frequent use or easily access their eight most recent searches without rebuilding them each time - allowing them to immediately access and reuse the content from those searches. EXPANDED UNICODE SUPPORT - Advanced Unicode support allows Vasont 9.0 users to "mix-and-match" any Unicode format, including UTF-8 and UTF-16. For example, users can load UTF-8 content into the system and extract it as UTF-16 content. ENHANCED GLOBAL CHANGE FUNCTIONALITY - Vasont 9.0's extended global change functionality includes enhanced reporting and control capability over global changes, enabling users to more effectively manage content reuse. With the new global change log, Vasont automatically tracks actual changes or pending changes for every piece of reused content affected for all documents or components in the system. The log includes user name, time/date stamp, and the original text, for each reuse instance of the content. Authorized users authorized user Radiation physics A person who, having satisfied the applicable training and experience requirements, is granted authority to order radioactive material and accepts responsibility for its safe receipt, storage, use, transfer and disposal can rollback A DBMS feature that reverses the current transaction out of the database, returning the data to its former state. A rollback is performed when processing a transaction fails at some point, and it is necessary to start over. See two-phase commit. or accept individual changes to reused content as appropriate. About Vasont Systems Headquartered in Emigsville, Pennsylvania Emigsville is a census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,467 at the 2000 census. Geography Emigsville is located at (40.005447, -76.732267)GR1. , Vasont Systems is a leading provider of content management software and data services backed by more than 50 years of experience in the information management and publishing industry. Its flagship Vasont(R) content management system enables organizations of all sizes to create, manage and store their multilingual content once for multi-channel delivery to print, PDF, CD-ROM and Web formats. Fortune 1000 companies and organizations from a variety of industries, including manufacturing, technology, publishing, government, and healthcare, use Vasont to manage and produce multilingual technical documentation, product manuals, and reference materials. www.vasont.com. |
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