COLE'S NEWSWIRE, Nov. 11, 1998

Nov. 11, 1998
Vol. 4, No. 45

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ALLAIRE CORP.
Allaire, a supplier of web publishing tools based in Cambridge, Mass., has released HomeSite 4.0, Allaire's HTML editing tool. A 30-day CD-ROM trial version of Windows-based 4.0 is available for $99 from http://www.allaire.com/download.

Allaire also has released ColdFusion 4.0, a web application server that runs on Windows NT and Solaris, and integrated development environment. ColdFusion Server is offered in two versions, Professional ($1295) and Enterprise ($3495), for four- or eight-CPU servers, respectively. ColdFusion Studio, the workstation client, sells for $395.

Allaire is on the Web at http://www.allaire.com/.

APPLE COMPUTER INC.
Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple has introduced AppleShare IP 6.1, Apple's all-purpose Mac OS server. The latest version includes better data transfer rates, Sherlock search software and support for as many as 50 web sites from one server.

AppleShare IP 6.1, which is optimized for Mac OS 8.5, can support Windows clients through the SMB file-sharing protocol. Apple is on the Web at http://www.apple.com/.

ASSOCIATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL INC.
AISI, a publishing solutions supplier based in Auburn, Calif., has announced that it and its wholly owned subsidiary, Nova Publishing Systems Inc., have been sold to Group West System Ltd. of Vancouver, British Columbia.

AISI and Nova will continue under current management under the agreement with Group West, which is a Year 2000 solutions provider seeking to expand its market for integration services into the United States. Group West will market AISI and Nova products in Canada.

AISI is on the World-Wide Web at http://www.novapub.com/. Group West is at http://www.groupwest.ca/.

DATA SCIENCES INC.
DSI, a publishing solutions supplier based in Silver Spring, Md., has announced the recent sale of its DSI/Circulation and DSI/Advertising systems to the WATERBURY (Conn.) REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN (58k, morning). DSI also announced that DSI/Circulation has been installed at the WESTERLY (R.I.) SUN (11k, evening).

DSI is on the Web at http://www.data-sci.com/.

INSO CORP.
Inso, a Boston-based supplier of digital asset management solutions, has announced that International Business Machines Inc. of Armonk, N.Y., is now marketing Inso's MediaBank as part of IBM's media asset management solution. Inso acquired MediaBank from Bitstream Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., in August.

Inso is on the Web at http://www.inso.com/.

MACROMEDIA
Macromedia, a San Francisco-based supplier of authoring tools for the Web, has introduced Dreamweaver 2, a new release of its publishing software. Incorporating Roundtrip XML, its version of the eXtensible Markup Language, Dreamweaver 2 is integrated into such products as databases from Oracle Corp.

Dreamweaver 2 offers "what you see is what you serve" technology, obviating the need for viewing works in progress through a separate web browser. Scheduled to ship in December, Dreamweaver 2 will sell for $299. An upgrade is $129.

Macromedia is on the Web at http://www.dreamweaver.com/.

NEWSINC.
The future of the newspaper business may be in local schools, writes NEWSINC. Editor and Publisher David M. Cole. He suggests newspapers could be of great service to their communities if they adopted one of several ways to encourage literacy at an early age.

Inside, Correspondent Julius Duscha takes a lengthy look at Reading by 9, a five-year program launched by THE SUN of Baltimore to overcome severe deficiencies in how reading is taught in area schools. Also inside, Senior Editor Pete Wetmore presents more third quarter earnings results, culls results from the latest FAS-FAX, scans late developments in recruitment on-line and talks with the general manager of the doomed City News Bureau of Chicago.

For more about the Nov. 16 issue of NEWSINC., visit The Cole Group on the Web at http://colegroup.com/.

SYSTEM INTEGRATORS INC.
Sacramento-based SII has announced two recent sales of its publishing systems. In California, the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS (291k, all day) has been shipped 350 Coyote/3 software clients and the accompanying System/77 editorial solution. In North Carolina, the NEWS & RECORD (88k, morning) in Greensboro has acquired a combined advertising and editorial System/66, with Coyote/3 clients.

SII, which is on the Web at http://www.sii.com/, expects both installations to be completed early in 1999.

THOMSONCONSULTING
ThomsonConsulting, a New York-based information management consulting firm and subsidiary of Thomson Corp. of Stamford, Conn., has announced a strategic partnership with Document Network Inc. of Rockville, Md.

Document Network is a provider of on-demand printing services. ThomsonConsulting operates Thomson.com, an e-commerce site that offers services for publishing on the Web. The combined operations will offer on-demand printing, document delivery and e-commerce services.

ThomsonConsulting is on the Web at http://www.thomsonconsulting.com/. Document Network is at http://www.documentnetwork.com/.

TRENDWATCH
TrendWatch, a monitor of trends in the printing and graphic arts industries, has announced plans for a far-reaching project to try to anticipate the state of the printing industry in 2010.

The six-month research project -- "The Commercial Printing Industry of 2010: A Forecast of the Commercial Printing and Prepress Trade Service Businesses" -- will involve interviews, surveys and analysis to yield a report by the end of June, detailing critical business trends into the next century. A special charter price is available through Dec. 15.

TrendWatch is on the Web at http://www.trendwatch.com/.

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