New Author-it Xtend™ Feature Gives Companies the Fastest, Most Powerful Tool
For Reuse of Information; Dollar Savings, Message Consistency Will Result
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – October 2007 -
Author-it Software Corporation (www.authorit.com), a world leader in
software for authoring, content management, publishing, and localization, today
announced the introduction of Author-it 5.0, the first content management
system to include interactive
authoring memory. This memory product feature will be known as Author-it
Xtend™.
Author-it
Xtend, a patent-pending technology, provides a faster, more efficient method for
the reuse and sharing of content and knowledge within an organization. Using intelligent “fuzzy logic” matching, this new feature makes all of the approved knowledge/content contained in a
company’s database available to content creators, eliminating the need to
perform a time consuming manual search. In fact, studies conducted by several
industry experts have indicated that knowledge workers spend up to 35% of their
time searching for information.
The concept
behind Author-it Xtend is that it automates
the re-use of
content, and places
the knowledge of
an organization
at the fingertips
ofeach and
every user -
when they need
it. Once a user begins typing, matching or
similar content is
located and returned instantly – even if the user is unaware that the content
exists. Suggestions can be revealed in as few as three words and in a
fraction of a second. Users can
choose to
instantly insert anyof the suggestions, see what documents
those suggestions currently appear in,
or continue typing
to refine the
suggestions.
Options controlling
the behaviorof
the suggestions make it as unobtrusive - or as conspicuous
– as the user chooses. What’s more,
content can be restricted based on the company’s security restrictions.
The reuse of
content not only saves a company time and money in content
production and
localization (translation), it ensures that consistent messages are conveyed in
both a company’s external and internal communications. This method of locating matching content
proves far more efficient than the current method, which requires users to
perform their own search. In fact,
research has shown that the inability or unwillingness to search for matching
content is the primary reason users do not reuse content.
Author-it 5.0 has the look and feel of “Office
12” – the 2007 version of Microsoft Office with a highly publicized user
interface upgrade - that creates even greater ease-of-use. New publishing profiles and
templates improve the ability to customize and
publish print, online
help, and
Web-based outputs.
Author-it 5.0
will appeal to departments that produce materials with a high degree of
redundancy and reuse, such as departments involved in producing technical
manuals and other types of formal documentation (human resources, sales and
marketing, training, etc.).
Market segments with the greatest volume of such
documentation include IT, industrial, legal, government, education, financial
services, and healthcare.
“Author-it
5.0 is going to take the
CMS industry by storm,” said Steve Davis, general manager of Author-it Software Corporation. “Author-it will be the key to
substantial improvement in content creation as organizations seek to understand the state of their knowledge assets and
place it at their employees’ fingertips.” Xtend
Author-it 5.0
will run on Windows Servers and Windows-based PC’s. Current Author-it users who have
maintenance agreements will get an automatic upgrade to
Author-it 5.0. New users can purchase Author-it
5.0 by contacting the Author-it sales team.
Author-it 5.0 is available direct through the
Author-it Web site (www.authorit.com) or by calling toll-free
(800) 754-0377. It can also be obtained
through authorized resellers, listed on the Author-it site.
About
Author-it Software Corporation
Author-it Software Corporation (ASC), based in
Auckland,
New
Zealand, is
a world leader in software for authoring, content management, publishing, and
localization. Its flagship product,
Author-it, is an end-to-end content
management solution capable of publishing content to multiple deliverables. Since its release in 1997, ASC has produced
five major releases of Author-it,
resulting in a robust product built on proven technologies. Author-it is used in over 50 countries, by over
3000 clients and chosen by Fortune 100 organizations for worldwide deployments,
making it one of the world’s most popular content management tools. More information is available at www.authorit.com.
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