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Astoria Software Addresses How Manufacturers Can Leverage Content Management Systems to Achieve Business Goals

Webinar Attendees Learn to Handle Increasing Product Volumes, Speed Time-to-Market and Manage Global Customization

SAN MATEO, Calif. - March 5, 2007 – By leveraging a Content Management System (CMS) to streamline internal product documentation processes, manufacturers can handle increasing product volumes, get products to market faster, and manage content quality and consistency on a global scale. Chip Gettinger, vice president, services and support for Astoria Software will co-host a Webinar with Mary Laplante, vice president for analyst and consulting firm, The Gilbane Group, to offer manufacturers practical advice for accelerating executive buy-in on a CMS project that will ultimately have a direct impact on an organization's bottom line.

The Webinar titled, "Where Do We Go from Here? A Roadmap to CMS Success" will be held on Thursday March 8, 2007 from 2 − 3 p.m. Eastern Time. Please visit http://www.bulldogsolutions.net/ASTSW/AST03082007/index.aspx?bdls=8929 to register for the event.

During the Webinar, attendees will gain the key milestones needed for a fast, successful CMS project:

• How to get executive buy-in and capture ROI metrics
• Strategy considerations around a CMS
• Best practices on organizational change
• How new information standards like DITA make sense for technical publications
• How to utilize new Software-as-a-Service solutions that eliminate long, costly CMS projects

Host Biographies:

Mary Laplante has more than 20 years of change management and CMS experience, both as a consultant and knowledge worker, and oversees Gilbane's consulting practice and also manages research projects. The Gilbane Group provides education, advice and market expertise in content management technologies.

Chip Gettinger has more than 20 years experience working with content management, authoring and publishing tools. He works closely with industry organizations, partners and customers leading the adoption of the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), an open source XML-based architecture used for dynamic production and publication of technical documentation. Gettinger is also a member of the international consortium Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).

Registrants will also be able to view the replay following the event. For more information on Astoria Software, please visit www.astoriasoftware.com.

About Astoria Software

Astoria Software drives efficiencies in dynamic product documentation with on-demand delivery of structured content management. NCR/Teradata, Texas Instruments and other Forbes Global 2000 manufacturers rely on Astoria to meet rigorous market demands — increasing product volumes, accelerating time-to-market, and concurrent global customization. Astoria reduces documentation costs up to 90% and compresses product launch cycles from months to weeks. Astoria Software is based in San Mateo, California. For more information, visit www.astoriasoftware.com.

Related Links

Webinar Registration: "Where Do We Go from Here? A Roadmap to CMS Success"
http://www.bulldogsolutions.net/ASTSW/AST03082007/index.aspx?bdls=8929

The Gilbane Group
http://gilbane.com/

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=dita

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)
http://www.oasis-open.org/home/index.php

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