COLE'S NEWSWIRE, March 11, 1998

March 11, 1998
Vol. 4, No. 10

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ADVANCED TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
ATS, a publishing systems supplier based in Wilmington, Mass., has announced that it is now installing its AdVisor advertising system at the BRADENTON (Fla.) HERALD (38k, morning). AdVisor combines Microsoft Word for text handling, Excel for number-crunching and Crystal Reports from SeaGate for report generation with an ATS interface.

The Bradenton system will run on a Sybase SQL database, with remote access for sales reps on the street. Hardware includes two Compaq Proliant 5000 servers for redundancy and 20 client workstations -- 166 megahertz MMX Hewlett Packard Vectra VLs. The servers run Windows NT, the clients Windows 95.

ATS is on the Web at http://www.atsusa.com/.

COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL INC.
Computer Associates, a supplier of business software based in Islandia, N.Y., has announced that MediaNews Technologies, the technology arm of MediaNews Group of Denver, has chosen Unicenter TNG from Computer Associates as a key component for its private, coast-to-coast data network.

Unicenter TNG, an integrated information technology management solution, first was installed in Denver to monitor 19 Windows NT servers and more than 50 workstations. Among the features Unicenter provides is continuous monitoring of system activity and component availability; if a problem is detected, the software can correct and restart servers, then notify technicians of a resolved problem.

Computer Associates is on the Web at http://www.cai.com/.

THE COLE PAPERS
Pipes. In the jargon of telecommunications, pipes carry data from one place to another, and in the age of the Internet, those pipes aren't big enough and don't move data fast enough.

In the March issue of THE COLE PAPERS, Correspondent Christopher J. Feola explores the prospects of new pipes -- faster, less expensive and more widely available connectivity technology to get data from server to screen.

Also in the March issue, Correspondent L. Carol Christopher conducts a tour of three key institutes and how they're dealing with new media issues. Coverage of two confabs rounds out the issue, with roundups from the annual conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy in Austin, Texas, and the Interactive Newspapers conference in Seattle.

For more about the March issue of THE COLE PAPERS, visit The Cole Group on the Web at http://colegroup.com/.

CYBERGRAPHIC INC.
Cybergraphic, a publishing systems supplier based in Australia with U.S. offices in Burlington, Mass., has announced three recent sales overseas.

In Melbourne, Cybergraphic's hometown, THE AGE (209k, morning) will replace its Atex text editing and EdPage pagination system with Cybergraphic's CyberPage pagination product. THE AGE had bought a pilot system in October; full installation will begin in April and live pages are expected as early as May. More than 300 employees in editorial, advertising and production will be trained to use the new system, which includes two clustered DEC Model 4100 AlphaServers, 194 CyberNews workstations for reporters, 90 CyberView desks for copy editors and reporters, and 50 CyberPage layout stations. Cybergraphic's NAILS automated layout program will run on 25 of the CyberPage clients.

The NEW ZEALAND HERALD (248k, morning) has signed a contract to install a 14-seat MATRIX circulation and distribution system, used to manage subscriber records, retail news agents and product marketing. It will be the first installation in the South Pacific.

The BANGKOK POST (65k, morning) will replace a legacy Atex editorial and advertising system with a Cybergraphic production system to handle news, ads and pagination. The system at the English-language POST will include 60 CyberNews reporter workstations and 15 CyberPage pagination desks (five of which will run Cybergraphic's NAILS layout software). A pair of 400 megahertz DEC AlphaServers will access 24 gigabytes of storage space on redundant drives. Advertising will acquire 15 CyberAd display ad makeup workstations. Cybergraphic is on the Web at http://www.cybergraphic.com.au/.

EDGIL ASSOCIATES INC.
Edgil, a supplier of transaction processing software based in Chelmsford, Mass., has announced that its WebCentral on-line advertising package has gone live at Advance Publications Internet, the new media arm of Advance Publications Inc.

Advance owns such papers as Cleveland's PLAIN DEALER and the NEWARK (N.J.) STAR-LEDGER. Its 17-newspaper group uses WebCentral to process employment ads for distribution over all the group's Internet sites. A guide to those sites is available at http://www.advance.net/.

Other recent customers to adopt WebCentral include the Tribune Co. of Chicago, COLUMBUS (Ohio) DISPATCH and BOSTON HERALD. Edgil is on the Web at http://www.edgil.com/.

NEW CENTURY NETWORK
The New York-based partnership of nine newspaper companies announced March 10 that it would dissolve. Founded to provide the newspaper industry with methods of providing content, marketing and advertising in the on-line world, NCN was started in 1995.

"We were unable to agree on a business plan going forward that receive the support of enough partners to enable NCN to continue," the board said in a prepared statement.

Approximately 40 NCN employees were affected by the decision to close the company.

More details on the closure of NCN will be available in the March 16 issue of NEWSINC. (available on the Web at http://colegroup.com/). NCN is on the Web at http://www.newcentury.net.

NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
The NAA, a professional association based in Vienna, Va., has announced some of the speakers scheduled to address its annual convention April 19-22 in Dallas.

Mark Willes, chairman of Times Mirror and publisher of the LOS ANGELES TIMES, will speak on April 21 about the changes he's directed since heading up the TIMES. Also that day, Texas Gov. George Bush will speak at a luncheon during which the NAA Lifetime Achievement Award will be bestowed, and later "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams will give his cubicle-eye's view of the workplace.

On April 22, Ben Bradlee, WASHINGTON POST vice president at large, will participate in a discussion of news councils, and the gavel of NAA leadership will be passed to incoming NAA Chairman Richard Gottlieb, president & CEO of Lee Enterprises, Inc.

The NAA is on the Web at http://www.naa.org/.

PREPRESS SOLUTIONS INC.
PrePRESS Solutions, an imaging device supplier based in Billerica, Mass., has announced recent sales of its Panther imagesetting and platesetting systems. Among the more than two dozen U.S. customers are the VALDOSTA (Ga.) DAILY TIMES (19k, morning); THE HERALD-PALLADIUM (32k, evening) of St. Joseph-Benton Harbor, Mich.; OLEAN (N.Y.) TIMES-HERALD (18k, evening), and ENID (Okla.) NEWS & EAGLE (20k, morning).

PrePRESS Solutions is on the Web at http://www.prepress.pps.com/.

SYSTEM INTEGRATORS INC.
SII, a publishing systems supplier based in Sacramento, has signed an agreement with Reuters Holdings plc to supply the London-based global news organization with a world-wide editorial system. The Windows NT-based installation will be among the first based on ServerNet computers from Tandem Computers, a Compaq Computer subsidiary.

Reuters has used SII systems in its North American and Asian operations. Details of the project, such as cost, installation schedule, hardware and software, were not immediately available.

SII is on the Web at http://www.sii.com/.

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