OASIS MEMBER NEWS: Arbortext and Comtech Services Offer Single SourceWorkshop

[Beth Ambaruch <bea@arbortext.com>]

Arbortext and Comtech Services offer June Workshop on XML-Based,
Single-Source Multi-Channel Publishing

“Developing Single-Source Strategy for XML Authoring, Content Management
and Dynamic Web Delivery”


Ann Arbor, Mich, June 5, 2001 – Arbortext, Inc., the only global
provider of XML-based software for single source publishing to multiple
media types, and Comtech Services today announced they are co-hosting a
workshop designed to help organizations develop an XML-based single
source strategy for authoring, content management and dynamic web
delivery.  Open to the public, the three-day workshop is scheduled for
June 26-28, 2001, at Arbortext’s headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Registration information can be found at
http://www.usabledesign.com/01seminars/01xy.htm.

“Organizations need to share information instantly with customers,
business partners and staff,” said PG Bartlett, vice president of
marketing for Arbortext.  "By co-hosting this workshop with Comtech
Services, attendees will have the opportunity to interact with Arbortext
and Comtech, two leaders in the single-source arena, on how to develop a
system that fulfills this requirement.”

The workshop will examine the benefits of single sourcing through a
combination of interactive lectures and hands-on computer work.
Workshop attendees will create reusable modules of content using
Arbortext’s Epic Editor, store and manage that content through an
Arbortext adapter to Oracle iFS, and assemble documents using Epic
software for automatic publishing to multiple media types.

“We are thrilled to be co-hosting this workshop with Arbortext because
together we are able to provide the attendees with an intense, three-day
learning experience,” said JoAnn Hackos, president of Comtech Services.
"By providing hands-on computer work using Arbortext’s software and our
proven single source methodology, attendees will learn how to unleash
the power of implementing a single-source strategy throughout their
organizations.”

About Arbortext

Arbortext is the only global provider of XML-based software to publish
information to multiple media types – Web, print, CD-ROM, wireless –
from a single source of content. Shipping since 1991, Arbortext’s
standards-based software supports technical publishing, reference
publishing and catalog publishing applications that enable enterprises
to provide more accurate, more complete, more timely, more consistent
and more usable information on all media. Arbortext’s software is
currently deployed at over 300 of the Global 2000 companies, including
AT&T, Audi, Boeing, British Aerospace, Caterpillar, DaimlerChrysler,
Ericsson Telecom, Ford, GM, IBM, Lucent, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Qantas,
Ricoh, Sun Microsystems, International Thomson Publishing, United
Airlines, Volkswagen, Volvo and West Group. Arbortext is a founding
member and active participant in the XML Activity of the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C). Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Arbortext
has offices around the world.  For more information please visit
http://www.arbortext.com.

About Comtech Services

Since 1978, Comtech has focused on helping its customers provide
effective products and information to their customers and employees.
Comtech’s staff are senior consultants and specialists in the design and
development of content-management solutions, usable products and
technology, and organizational management.

Comtech offers workshops through its training arm, Seminars in Usable
Design (SUD). These workshops address training needs in content
management, single sourcing, structured writing, minimalism, project
management, and task-oriented design of Web sites, product interfaces,
and information portals.  Comtech has helped many companies with their
single-sourcing initiatives including Nortel Networks, Nokia Networks,
ADC Telecommunications, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Navision Software, Compaq
Computer Corporation, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, MetaSolv, Sabre,
and Dynegy. Comtech is headquartered in Denver, Colorado and works with
clients worldwide.  For more information please visit
http://www.comtech-serv.com.