New York
State-Office of Temporary and
Disability Assistance Selects
HiSoftware Content Quality and
Accessibility Solutions
Concord, NH
December 14, 2004 – HiSoftware
Company, the leader in enterprise
content quality management solutions,
announced today that the New York
State-Office of Temporary and
Disability Assistance (“OTDA”) has
selected AccVerify and AccRepair from
HiSoftware Company to manage its
Section 508 compliance, and content
quality initiatives. HiSoftware
solutions provide “out-of-the-box”
testing and reporting for
Accessibility, Privacy, Searchability
and Usability standards, empowering
organizations to keep up with
ever-changing Web technologies and
standards. The software will be used
to evaluate and remediate and monitor
OTDA web sites and Web applications
for content quality standards and
conformance with accessibility
guidelines.
The New York State-Office of Temporary
and Disability Assistance joins a
growing list of state government
agencies turning to HiSoftware Company
for content quality and accessibility
compliance solutions, including
agencies within the States of Florida,
Indiana, Kentucky, New Hampshire and
Pennsylvania:
http://www.hisoftware.com/access/scustomers.html
State of New York OTDA Web application
developers will able to utilize
HiSoftware’s user-driven interactive
desktop solutions, AccVerify and
AccRepair to test and remediate their
Web based projects for compliance with
Section 508 and other content quality
standards. These solutions also
include the new HiSoftware Link
Validation Utility, which assists with
quality and accessibility assurance by
scanning and analyzing web content for
broken links, producing detailed
reports to help developers and quality
assurance professionals pinpoint and
fix content, interaction, and
usability defects.
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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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 December 14, 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.
