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HiSoftware
Sponsors Accessibility 2.0: A
Million Flowers in Bloom
HiSoftware
partner AbilityNet to host
conference for promoting Web
accessibility awareness and
education
Nashua, NH, USA
and London, UK – September 22, 2009
– HiSoftware Inc. (www.hisoftware.com),
a leading provider of accessibility
software, services and managed
operation solutions that automate
organization’s websites for
compliance, today announced that the
company is sponsoring the
Accessibility 2.0: A Million Flowers
of Bloom Conference hosted by
AbilityNet at Microsoft Cardinal
Place in London, UK on September 22,
2009.
Nigel Lewis, CEO of AbilityNet
the conference host, states, “I’m
pleased that one of our key
partners, HiSoftware, has taken a
sponsorship role in the conference.
AbilityNet is keen to use the
conference as a platform to drive
accessibility awareness of
technologies that promote equal
access for all Web users. AbilityNet
feels HiSoftware’s leading automated
accessibility technologies combined
with our manual and disabled testing
solutions should be seen as a
requirement to ensure that all
organizations meet the rapidly
changing accessibility and
compliance guidelines within their
entity.”
The Accessibility 2.0 Conference
(http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility2/)
is for all Web professionals who
want to create Web applications and
sites that work for everyone. They
keynote address, “Finite Incantatem
– Neither technology nor
accessibility is dark magic”, will
be given by Christian Heilmann of
Yahoo. The address will focus on the
gaps in communication between
techies and the accessibility world,
the parallels we have and we might
not be aware of, and the amazing
opportunities we have right now with
technology becoming more mobile,
sensory and extendable.
HiSoftware President and CEO,
Kurt A. Mueffelmann, stated, “We are
pleased to sponsor Accessibility 2.0
with our partner AbilityNet. Web
accessibility needs to be at the top
of everyone’s list. It should be an
integral part of every Web design
and development effort. With rapidly
changing standards and increased
government enforcement efforts, the
Accessibility 2.0 conference will
underscore the importance of
incorporating accessibility and
automated testing as part of the
core Web development process.”
About AbilityNet
AbilityNet is a charity that
brings the benefits of computer
technology to adults and children
with all types of disabilities.
AbilityNet offers a comprehensive
range of services to disabled
people, professionals, employers and
statutory bodies. It provides free
information and advice on any aspect
of computer use by disabled people
including individual assessment of
technology needs, adapted computer
equipment with full training and
technical support, a program of
awareness education, and consultancy
for employers on system and
workstation adaptations, as well as
website and software accessibility.
About
HiSoftware Inc.
Founded in 1998, HiSoftware Inc.
(www.hisoftware.com) is a leading
provider of software, services and
On-demand solutions that test,
repair, monitor and enforce Web
content, quality and regulatory
compliance. The company’s solutions
empower content developers, Web site
architects and executives to work
collaboratively to create and manage
corporate Web standards for
accessibility, privacy, security,
search engine optimization (SEO),
site quality and performance,
branding and application transaction
testing.
Media Contact
Irena Mroz, Marketing
HiSoftware Inc.
+1.603.578.1870
irena@hisoftware.com
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