The launch of Atomik Dynamic Publisher breaks new ground in collaborative publishing

London - December 05, 2006 - Easypress Technologies, a leading developer of XML solutions for QuarkXPress, today announced the launch of its new Atomik Dynamic Publisher, which works in conjunction with the new QuarkXPress Server 7 from Quark.

“This launch marks another massive leap forward for the Easypress Atomik product range,” said James Macfarlane, the founder of Easypress Technologies. “We are seeing a rapid rise in the requirement to undertake online editing and publishing of print-layout documents. Easypress Technologies has taken the power of QuarkXPress Server to create solutions that streamline the production workflow in many publishing companies. We see considerable opportunity for QuarkXPress Server 7 in Web-to-print applications, collaborative document publishing, and catalog generation.”

Macfarlane outlined Easypress Technologies’ market opportunity for collaborative online print publishing, pointing out that there is considerable demand from publishers of print content for the ability to manipulate their documents online. Quark has given those publishers the capabilities they requested by producing QuarkXPress Server 7, which provides on-demand access to QuarkXPress documents through Web browsers. Easypress Technologies has taken those capabilities one step further by producing Atomik Dynamic Publisher, which provides managed access in a publishing workflow by building a comprehensive audit trail of changes made to a document throughout its online revision life cycle.

Atomik Dynamic Publisher allows online editing of QuarkXPress documents by editors from anywhere in the world, even those who have not been trained on QuarkXPress. Secure access is provided to content, allowing users to see the changes they are making on the QuarkXPress page immediately. The software also provides a sophisticated editorial approval process and it aims to significantly reduce the costs of QuarkXPress content production.

Charles Delamain, CEO of Easypress Technologies, said, “This announcement is a significant step forward for our business and takes our existing products into new arenas within the publishing market. Quark’s superb technologies now allow us to create a truly enterprise-wide market-leading product, which directly address many of the business needs of our clients wishing to collaborate around the production of QuarkXPress documents. Our clients are constantly looking to reduce their costs and improve the quality of their publications, and we believe Atomik Dynamic Publisher is a superb technological solution to those needs.”

“Quark is delivering QuarkXPress Server to customers by working with partners that have specific domain knowledge and the capabilities to build value-added solutions around proven Quark technology,” said Ed Ewing, Quark sales director Northern Europe. “Easypress Technologies has a long–standing reputation for providing leading-edge XML products, and we are thrilled to be working closely with them to bring customers solutions that will positively impact their business.”

Atomik Dynamic Publisher is available immediately in Europe. Contact Easypress Technologies [www.easypress.com] to order. Atomik Dynamic Publisher runs as a server product in conjunction with QuarkXPress Server 7 on Mac OS X and Windows servers. The software also runs on Linux and Unix with the Alfresco components installed.

Fact sheet download
Download the Atomik Dynamic Publisher features and benefits fact sheet PDF from the Easypress Technologies Web site here

About Easypress Technologies
Easypress Technologies (www.easypress.com) provides software for converting content between XML and QuarkXPress. Its flagship products include Atomik Roundtrip™, which provides full bidirectional XML support for QuarkXPress; Atomik Xport™, which provides automated QuarkXPress-to-XML conversion; and Atomik Import™, which provides flexible import of XML content into QuarkXPress documents. Easypress Technologies is a Quark Preferred Solutions Provider through its Atomik XML Publisher solution for QuarkXPress 7. The company has an extensive global client list that includes Centaur Communications, Economist Intelligence Unit, Euromoney Institutional Investor, Trailfinders, Harvard Business School Publishing, Roularta Media Group, New Statesman, Parade magazine, Federal Reserve Bank, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, Incisive Media, Sotheby’s, Time Out, and Wilmington Group plc. Easypress Technologies is an operating division of EvolvedGroup Limited and is headquartered in Guildford, UK.

About Quark
Quark Inc. (euro.quark.com/en) is an innovative software company providing design, production, and collaboration solutions that are transforming the business of creative communications. Quark has provided award-winning software for professional publishers since its flagship product, QuarkXPress, changed the course of traditional publishing. Founded in 1981, Denver-based Quark Inc. is privately held.

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Published on the 5th December 2006