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News Release from: Astoria Software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 May 2007
Process efficiency discussion at
technical summit
Benefits of dynamic publishing for the creation of better product documents to be the subject of summit discussion
Driving efficiencies in dynamic publishing, Astoria Software has announced the company will speak on the benefits of adopting the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard and a content management system (CMS) to simplify product documentation processes at the Society for Technical Communication 's 54th Annual Technical Communication Summit being held May 13-16, 2007, at the Minneapolis Convention centre, Minnesota GE Healthcare and Teradata will be featured in the Astoria presentation, "Achieve Dynamic Publishing with DITA and CMS Adoption"
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Case studies of the companies will illustrate the benefits of dynamic publishing to create better product documents in less time, with less effort, and at lower costs.
The session will be presented on Wednesday, May 16, at 10:30 am by Astoria's Chip Gettinger, vice president, services and sales support, and Bill Kirk, senior business consultant.
As an event sponsor, Astoria will also be exhibiting in booth 410 where it will demonstrate its latest XML content management tools, showing end-to-end global information management.
Further reading
On-demand dynamic product documentation
Astoria On-Demand provides manufacturers with the means to release more products more quickly in more variations than ever before.
Low cost product documentation delivery
Astoria On-Demand enables delivery of accurate content in a variety of print and electronic formats - in some cases customised to a unique customer or product configuration
JustSystems will join Astoria in its booth to highlight their recently-announced partnership and showcase the forthcoming, integrated XMetaL and Astoria Software solution.
"This show emphasises technical communication, which gives us a chance to show how we are making technical publications processes more efficient for manufacturers and advancing the state of the technical communication art," said Dan Ortega, vice president of marketing for Astoria Software.
"The icing on the cake is that Bill and Chip have the opportunity to tell attendees about the real-world successes at companies such as GE Healthcare and Teradata".
During the presentation, "Achieve Dynamic Publishing with DITA and CMS Adoption," Astoria's Gettinger and Kirk will share how organisations are successfully adopting DITA and a CMS to make their technical publication processes more efficient.
Their presentation will include case studies of GE Healthcare, the $15 billion unit of General Electric Company charged with providing transformational medical technologies that are shaping a new age of patient care and Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation and the global technology leader in enterprise data warehousing, analytic applications and data warehousing services.
GE Healthcare is able to better meet regulatory content requirements and strengthen its competitive stance through increased customer satisfaction.
Teradata enjoys more control over and visibility into document creation and management.
Both companies have managed to exploit content re-use to accelerate time-to-market, lower product documentation and localisation costs, and optimise operational efficiencies to improve content quality and consistency.
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