In.vision Research, XML Authoring and Framework Products

In.vision Research, the leading provider of software for Enterprise XML Authoring, and Vasont Systems, a leading provider of content management software and data services, today announced a partnership designed to closely integrate their products in order to further meet the needs of publishing clients. Under the terms of the agreement, Vasont Systems, whose content management system enables organizations to manage and store multilingual content, will create an extension that allows Xpress Author for Microsoft Word users to access, store, search, and reuse structured content stored in Vasont databases.

John Friske, president and CEO of In.vision, said, “We continue to see a huge desire to open up entire organizations to structured content authoring. Vasont has already established an impressive record of bringing ROI to organizations with their single-source content management system. With this partnership, Microsoft Word users will be able to create XML documents that contain sophisticated data structures, such as DITA, that are leveraged by Vasont for multi-channel publishing. The result will be faster time to market and increased ROI for organizations that will no longer need to manually convert Word content to XML before publishing.”

“More and more, organizations are seeing the benefits of implementing structured writing and content management,” said Suzanne Mescan, Vice President of Marketing for Vasont Systems. “But many writers still prefer to use tools like Microsoft Word to do their authoring. Using structured authoring tools and learning XML isn’t what the writers bargained for. This partnership between Vasont and In.vision will enable us to build an integration that will allow the authors to work in their easy editing environment while simultaneously providing XML content for reuse and repurposing to multiple media channels.”

About Vasont Systems

Headquartered in Pennsylvania, Vasont Systems is a leading provider of content management software and data services backed by more than 55 years of experience in the information management and publishing industry. Its flagship Vasont® content management system enables organizations of all sizes to create, manage and store their multilingual content once for multi-channel delivery. Fortune 1,000 companies and organizations from a variety of industries, including manufacturing, technology, publishing, and healthcare, use Vasont to manage and produce multilingual technical documentation, product manuals, and reference materials. For more information on Vasont, please visit www.vasont.com

Founded in 1996, In.vision Research Corporation is the leading provider of software for Enterprise XML Authoring. In.vision's Xpress Author products enable Microsoft Word users to easily and transparently produce XML content, making In.vision the clear choice for today's business authors. In.vision customers create content that is critical to national security, prescription drug safety, publishing processes, financial services, and enterprise content management. With corporate offices in both the U.S. and Europe, In.vision delivers and supports its products through a global network of industry focused business partners. For more information on In.vision, please visit www.invisionresearch.com