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New Client Successes Attest to VISTA’s Online Capabilities
Diverse publisher needs served by flexible content delivery packages
May 21, 2008 —VISTA, market leader in applications to support the publishing supply chain, recently announced the latest developments in its online business, which has grown rapidly since the company’s incorporation into the Publishing Technology group last year. A diverse range of publishers, including a leading medical society and a major professional publisher, have opted for VISTA websites and software to showcase or manage their publications.
The professional, educational and business publisher Kogan Page is partnering with VISTA to develop a sophisticated platform to sell its collection of print, electronic and audio publications. Phase I, a fresh new e-commerce site with integrated product information management, has already been delivered; support for digital content delivery that will enhance the Kogan Page proposition and reach new audiences will be delivered within the next quarter.
A new e-content delivery platform presents the American Society for Clinical Pathology’s textbooks as an interactive, evolving and adaptable learning experience. The content is annotated and updated by authors to ensure currency, while users can connect in discussion forums and save additional notes alongside the text. “We wanted to revolutionize the way our market thinks about purchasing textbooks,” comments Bart Wacek, ASCP Director. “The Publishing Technology team helped us to shape that vision into an exciting reality – an innovative web platform that deploys sophisticated technologies to truly add value to published content.”
Elsewhere, VISTA is working with one of its existing customers, an international non-profit organization, to develop a digital strategy that will best showcase critical standards-based literature. The company is also consulting with the BMJ Group, publishers of the British Medical Journal, with a view to implementing an information commerce system that will support more flexible content licensing and better integrate print and online fulfilment. An information commerce system has also recently been delivered for Sdu Publishers, supporting e-commerce, customer profile management and user authentication across multiple web services.
These developments follow on the heels of VISTA’s recent delivery of a digital publishing package to facilitate the BBC Monitoring’s entry into the institutional sector, and its launch of a pilot project to support independent publishers’ exploration of online publishing. “Although VISTA is well-known as an established provider of applications that support the publishing process, the marketplace is less aware of our comprehensive online capabilities,” says VP Randy Petway. “But the range of projects we’ve won in the last year alone positions us a serious contender in this sector. With our siblings in the Publishing Technology group, we are now able to offer a compelling range of progressive publishing services that are proven to drive new business.”
About VISTA
VISTA, a division of Publishing Technology, is the leading worldwide provider of solutions and services for the publishing industry. VISTA is a committed business partner to publishers, distributors and booksellers supported by our systems throughout the world. Our solutions fit all aspects of the publishing value chain, from author care through production, rights and royalties to warehouse and fulfillment, for both print and online publishing - all integrated in an e-business environment, with full access to the analytical power of Publishing Intelligence.
To complement our comprehensive enterprise solutions, the full range of VISTA services include applications implementation, applications management and hosting services, and publishing-specific business consulting, together with lifetime customer support.
In February 2007, VISTA and Ingenta plc merged to form Publishing Technology plc, the largest provider of tailored software to the publishing industry.
VISTA was founded in 1977 and has offices in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region.
