For Immediate Release
HiSoftware, Inc. Engages Softchoice to
Bring Its Web Site Accessibility, Usability and Search Software
Solutions to Canada and North America
Concord, NH, (June 18, 2002) – HiSoftware, Inc., a leading
provider of Web content accessibility and usability solutions,
announced today that it has signed Toronto-based Softchoice -- a
B2B direct marketer of software products -- to a comprehensive
reseller agreement that will include HiSoftware’s full product
lines including its Accessibility/Usability, Search and Metadata,
and Web Site Management desktop and server side software
solutions.
“By teaming with SoftChoice, HiSoftware can help customers to
improve their web site usability while complying with their
governing accessibility statutes,” said Dana Louise Simberkoff,
HiSoftware’s Vice President of Business Development. “SoftChoice
will help us offer Canadian and US government agencies and
corporate customers throughout North America a convenient,
economical way to serve their constituencies better.”
“Softchoice is pleased to offer our customers the tools they need
to be in compliance with Accessibility requirements and to make
their web sites easier to use,” said Dave MacDonald, Chief
Operating officer and Senior VP, Softchoice. “Softchoice prides
itself on the depth and breadth of its product offering to web
authors and site managers, and we take their needs very seriously.
Partnering with HiSoftware allows us to meet these needs to an
ever increasing degree.”
HiSoftware, a leading developer of advanced search solutions and
Web site Accessibility software, provides solutions for
government, corporate, educational, and consumer markets. Its
solutions promote creation of accessible and usable Web sites and
the effective use of metadata for indexing, search, and retrieval.
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. Additionally, HiSoftware solutions are available as
integrated Microsoft® FrontPage add-ons.
Softchoice provides businesses and organizations of all sizes with
a fast, flexible, and cost-effective way to research, buy and
manage their software resources. Softchoice is a single source for
vast selection of industry leading software brands - offering more
than 200,000 products from approximately 4,000 publishers.
Softchoice delivers exceptional service through a network of
highly trained outbound sales and customer service
representatives, technical product specialists, licensing experts,
eBusiness tools and strategic partnerships with leading software
publishers. Headquartered in Toronto, Softchoice currently has 32
branches in operation with 27 branches located in the U.S. and
five branches in Canada. Visit Softchoice at
www.softchoice.com.
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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