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HiSoftware, Inc. and Human Factors
International, Inc. team to provide
unparalleled accessibility and usability
services
CONCORD, NH – August
16, 2002 – HiSoftware, Inc. and Human
Factors International, Inc. (HFI)
announced a strategic alliance today
that will extend their already
comprehensive expertise in usability and
accessibility. HiSoftware and HFI will
work collaboratively with customers to
provide expert services and software
solutions for the development of usable
and accessible applications and Web
sites, which conform to US and
International accessibility standards
and guidelines.
HFI provides design,
consulting, training and products to
increase the effectiveness and usability
of applications, Web sites, devices and
hardware. HFI’s usability services are
based on ergonomics, a scientific branch
of the field of cognitive psychology
that gives HFI technical staff critical
insight into the usefulness and success
of their clients’ sites and products.
With an investment in usability, HFI
clients reduce training time, customer
support costs, and errors and increase
customer satisfaction, loyalty and
overall sales.
HFI’s relationship with HiSoftware is a
result of the company’s continuing
dedication to their government clients,
who are working to comply with Section
508 deadlines. “Our alliance with
HiSoftware will extend HFI’s
comprehensive usability capabilities to
include an important class of users that
can only be reached through sustained
efforts to comply with all accessibility
guidelines,” said Bryan Floyd, VP of
Marketing for HFI. HiSoftware, a
leading developer of advanced search
solutions and Web site accessibility
software, provides services for
government, corporate, educational, and
consumer markets. HiSoftware’s solutions
help organizations develop long-term
strategies to achieve Web content
accessibility, enhance usability, and
comply with U.S. and international
accessibility standards.
HiSoftware’s new alliance will
strengthen their existing reputation as
an accessibility expert by bringing to
their clients the credentials of HFI as
the world’s leading software usability
firm.
“Government and other organizations are
quickly realizing that providing
efficient access to information is not
only extremely beneficial to
constituents, but also saves time and
money. The collaborative partnership and
combined strengths of HiSoftware and HFI
will lead our customers into a new age
of providing key customer services,”
said Robert
B. Yonaitis, CEO and President of
HiSoftware, Inc.
Under their agreement, HFI and
HiSoftware will work together to assist
customers in their deployment and
maintenance of accessible and usable
solutions for both Internet and intranet
markets. Due to the recently enacted
Rehabilitation Act Amendments
legislation, interactive accessible
technology and Web accessibility for
people with disabilities is on the minds
of CIO’s at many corporations,
organizations, and government agencies.
ABOUT HISOFTWARE
HiSoftware Company, the leader in
enterprise content quality management
solutions, provides innovative products
that empower quality assurance teams,
content developers, Web site architects,
and company executives to work
collaboratively on their efforts to
create and manage corporate Web
standards for Accessibility, Privacy,
Searchability, Usability and custom
guidelines and policies. HiSoftware’s
integrated, full lifecycle solutions
dramatically reduce the time required to
test, manage and deploy e-business Web
sites.
HiSoftware works closely with industry
leaders and visionaries to provide
solutions for today's information
accessibility, content quality, search
and retrieval needs. HiSoftware’s
customers represent Fortune 500
companies, and many of the largest
e-commerce, government, and educational
sites in North America and around the
world and include ChevronTexaco,
Commerce One, Mercury Interactive, and
Microsoft Government.
Founded in 1998, HiSoftware Company
maintains North American corporate
headquarters in Concord, New Hampshire.
Further information about HiSoftware can
be found online at
www.hisoftware.com
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About Human Factors International, Inc.
Human Factors International, Inc. (HFI)
helps customers create Web sites,
applications, and Intranets that are
intuitive and easy to use. HFI’s work is
based on the Schaffer Method™, an ISO
certifiable process in the science of
human factors engineering. HFI provides
certification for practitioners of
usability. Since 1981, HFI has solved
thousands of real-world usability
challenges for hundreds of major
clients. HFI’s technical staff, most
with Ph.D.'s in ergonomics, is known for
being scientific, pragmatic, responsive,
and creative. HFI has worked on more
than 2,200 interface projects and taught
over 1,300 courses on interface design.
HFI is known for completing projects
reliably -our on-time, on-budget rate is
98%. HFI headquarters are in Fairfield,
IA, with regional offices in Boston, MA,
Hazlet, NJ, Dayton, OH, Washington DC,
San Francisco, CA, and Mumbai, India.
For more information, contact Bryan
Floyd, 800-242-4480 x180,
bryan@humanfactors.com or visit
HFI’s Web site,
www.humanfactors.com...
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