PDF Document Management Software, Services & Support

Announcing PDF/A Best Practices Bundles

February 18, 2010, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania -- Appligent Document Solutions today announced the immediate availability of PDF/A Best Practices Bundles to support implementations requiring PDF/A.

Offered together with Appligent's server software for PDF manipulation at a special discount, pdfaPilot Server allows new and existing Appligent Document Solutions server software customers to add PDF/A conformance validation into their existing workflows.

“Best practice for document workflows that require PDF/A output is to use distinct vendors for the PDF manipulation and PDF/A conformance functions,” said Appligent Document Solutions CEO Duff Johnson. “Adobe Systems itself takes this approach; that's why it licensed callas's PDF/A validation and conformance technology for Adobe Acrobat,” he said.

“Of course, document management integrators and developers want complete solutions AND best practices, so we decided to team up with the world leader in PDF/A conformance to provide comprehensive support for PDF/A on the server,” he said.

“We're looking forward to rolling out pdfaPilot to Appligent Document Solutions customers, especially in government and financial services,” said callas software Managing Director Olaf Drümmer. “We're very pleased to see pdfaPilot as a complement to Appligent's existing products, and we'll be introducing Appligent's own PDF stamping, security, digital signature and other applications to our own customer base as well,” Drümmer said.

callas software's pdfaPilot is available as a command-line application or as an SDK, and may now be purchased directly from Appligent Document Solutions. When purchased in a bundle with Appligent Document Solutions server software, the overall bundle is discounted 5%.

Existing Appligent Document Solutions server-software customers with current support are also eligible for the bundle pricing on licenses of pdfaPilot.

About Appligent Document Solutions

Appligent Document Solutions is one of the oldest and most innovative independent PDF technology companies in the world, with customers in the government, financial services, insurance, manufacturing, publishing and legal sectors, among others. The company invented PDF redaction and form-flattening and was first to market with PDF-specific server applications for forms, stamping, appending, encryption and digital signatures, all available on the leading server OS platforms. The company created the first business document service bureau for PDF files in 1996, and now offers PDF forms development, Section 508 compliance, document automation and publication imaging. Appligent Document Solutions is a leader in the continuing development of PDF International Standards, with active participation in ISO 32000 (PDF), ISO 19005 (PDF/A) and ISO/AWI 14289 (PDF/UA). For more information, visit www.appligent.com.

About callas software

callas software finds simple ways to handle complex PDF challenges. As a technology innovator, callas software develops and markets PDF technology for publishing, print production, document exchange and document archiving. callas software helps agencies, publishing companies and printers to meet their challenges, by providing software to preflight, correct and repurpose PDF files for print production and electronic publishing. Businesses and government agencies all over the world rely on callas software’s future-proof, fully PDF/A compliant archiving products. In addition, callas software technology is available as a programming library (SDK) for developers with a need for PDF optimization, validation and correction. Software vendors such as Adobe®, Quark®, Xerox® and many others have understood the quality and flexibility provided by these callas tools and have incorporated them into their solutions. callas software actively supports international standards and has been participating in ISO, CIP4, the European Color Initiative and the Ghent PDF Workgroup. callas software is based in Berlin, Germany. For more info, please visit www.callassoftware.com.

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