Department of
State-IMPACT Center Selects HiSoftware
Company's Content Quality and
Accessibility Solutions
Concord, NH
October 1, 2004 – HiSoftware Company,
the leader in enterprise Web
Accessibility and Content Quality
solutions, announced today that the
Department of State, IMPACT Center,
has selected HiSoftware’s Web Quality
and Accessibility “Acc” product line
to be utilized for enterprise wide
monitoring of Department of State Web
sites and Web based applications.
Through this agreement, HiSoftware
Company’s AccMonitor and AccVerify
will be used to evaluate and monitor
intranet and Internet Web sites for
conformance with Section 508 and Web
content quality standards. In addition
to “out-of-the-box” testing and
reporting for Accessibility, Privacy,
Metadata and Usability standards,
AccMonitor and AccVerify will allow
the Department of State policy
managers to define content policies
and to validate compliance with these
policies.
IMPACT, the
Department of State's Information
Resource Management Program for
Accessible Computer/Communication
Technology, serves as an advocate for
the accessibility of Department
technology, information, and programs
by all employees and customers -
including those Department employees
and customers with disabilities.
Under the terms of
the agreement, HiSoftware Company will
provide an enterprise license of its
AccMonitor Server software to the
Department of State IMPACT Center 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
user-driven interactive desktop
solution, AccVerify, will also be used
to test Department of State
sites/applications for compliance with
Section 508 guidelines and other
content quality standards. For
example, AccVerify will be used to
scan and analyze Web content for
broken links, and will produce
detailed reports to help developers
and quality assurance professionals
pinpoint content, interaction, and
usability defects.
More information about this
application is available from the
HiSoftware Web site:
http://www.hisoftware.com/access/index.html
The Department of State IMPACT Center
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, Army Material
Command, 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.
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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HiSoftware is a
trademark of Hiawatha Island Software
Company, Inc. Any and all other
product and company names mentioned
herein are the trademarks or service
marks of their respective owners.
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All information in this release is as
of October 1, 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.
