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National Weather Service Selects HiSoftware Company's Content Quality and Accessibility Solutions

Concord, NH July 13, 2004 – HiSoftware Company, the leader in enterprise Web Accessibility and Content Quality solutions, announced today that the National Weather Service (“NWS”), Section 508 resource team has selected HiSoftware’s Web Quality and Accessibility “Acc” product line to be utilized for enterprise wide monitoring of National Weather Service Web sites and Web based applications. Through this agreement, HiSoftware Company’s AccVerify, AccRepair and AccMonitor will be utilized for staff wishing to acquire or improve teaching skills, methodologies, and pedagogy in Assistive Computer Technology, Alternate Media and Web Accessibility.

In addition to “out-of-the-box” testing and reporting for Accessibility, Privacy, Metadata and Usability standards, these solutions allow an organization’s experts and/or policy managers to define content policies and to validate compliance with these policies. AccVerify and AccRepair also provide Webmasters and Content Managers with the necessary tools to test and remediate existing content and content in development for conformance. National Weather Service’s Webmasters will be using HiSoftware solutions to create and manage sites that are accessible and Section 508 compliant.

Under the terms of the agreement, HiSoftware Company will provide an enterprise license of its AccMonitor Server software to the National Weather Service CIO Office for use by its webmasters, application developers, and Section 508 compliance experts. AccMonitor is an automated content quality and accessibility testing solution for Web sites, or for use in conjunction with intranet servers or file servers. AccMonitor is a server solution that is designed to run with no user interaction once configured. AccMonitor can be scheduled to crawl Web sites daily, weekly, or monthly. It also allows users to log-on for “on demand” reports on the accessibility status of their Web pages.

HiSoftware’s “Acc” product line includes a combination of user-driven interactive desktop solutions that allow developers to test their content for conformance with standards, and server-side applications that provide managers with automated and remote testing. National Weather Service will be licensing several of the desktop solutions as well. A scalable architecture provides a faster deployment time and lower cost of ownership for the solution set. Used together these solutions enable developers, testers and project teams to verify Web site accessibility in compliance with Section 508, as well as Custom corporate-content quality standards. The solutions provide Webmasters with a simple, cost-effective way to manage accessibility and content quality testing within their development environments, at the same time providing a centralized reporting system and audit trail for Web content compliance status.

More information about these applications is available from the HiSoftware Web site: http://www.hisoftware.com/access/index.html 

NOAA joins a growing list of Federal Agencies turning to HiSoftware Company for Enterprise wide Content Quality solutions, including but not limited to US Department of Transportation, US Geological Survey, the Internal Revenue Service, Center for Disease Control, and many others. HiSoftware Company has enterprise software license agreements with both Federal and State Government agencies and works with several Fortune 1000 corporations including Microsoft Corporation, Mercury Interactive, and Fidelity Investments: http://www.hisoftware.com/access/scustomers.html 

Section 508, an amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, requires electronic and information technology that is used, developed, and procured by the Federal government to be accessible to people with disabilities.
 

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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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All information in this release is as of July 13, 2004. The company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the company's expectations.