The system, which contains ad production, collection of material and build-up of ads, saves time says CCI. The new system will be ready for production in April 2001, and will be implemented both at the newspaper's production site in Chicago, at the headquarters at Tribune Tower and at four regional offices in the area.

CCI Europe's new archive solution, CCI MediStore, will be used by the SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS (220k), becoming the first of CCI's customers to implement the content management features. A result of a cooperation between IBM and CCI to develop a future-oriented archive solution based on IBM's NICA, the CCI MediStore Solution is a complete newspaper and multimedia archive solution where any digital media content, in a variety of formats, can be stored and retrieved using search functions.

CCI Europe can be found on the Web at http://www.ccieurope.com/, while the TRIBUNE is at http://www.chicagotribune.com/ and the EXPRESS NEWS is at http://www.mysanantonio.com/.

The McClatchy paper (130K) is also implementing DTI's ImageSpeed graphics management software, along with Pan Builder, allowing computer-automated pagination.

The DES MOINES REGISTER (160K) has also signed a contract with DTI for a 90-seat classified advertising system. A Gannett newspaper, the REGISTER also uses DTI's AdSpeed, AdManage, AdCompress, ImageSpeed, SpeedPlanner, SpeedWriter, SpeedDriver, SpeedFTP and WireSpeed software.

DTI is on the Web at http://www.dtint.com/, while the NEWS TRIBUNE is at http://www.tribnet.com/ and the REGISTER is at http://www.dmregister.com/.

EFI's DocBuilder Pro is based on a PDF workflow, merging into any PostScript printing environment, allowing entire documents to be previewed, edited, assembled and imposed.

Enfocus in on the Web at http://www.enfocus.com/, while EFI is at http://www.efi.com/.

Relevator, the first component of FizzyLab's intelligent information management platform, is a context-driven method of categorizing and presenting related content on information-intensive sites, using a mathematical modeling system -- Relevance Engine -- to identify key concepts or themes rather than just individual keywords, providing relevant information to a user.

The application server provider-based technology can be deployed to any web site or network of sites and Relevator allows bizjournals.com to provide nearly 1500 business related articles, news items and columns to users anywhere within their site network.

Fizzylab of Seattle is on the Web at http://www.fizzylab.com/, while Bizjournals.com is at http://www.bizjournals.com/.

When fully implemented, the service will provide the full capabilities of Connex and selected vertical applications under an ASP model. Both the Connex server and Web gateways will be hosted within InfiNet's application hosting facilities and backed by InfiNet's 24/7 customer care.

InfiNet will also expand its on-line solutions to include ContentWare from Westford, Mass.-based Openpages Inc., an advanced end-to-end Web content management system, which streamlines editorial workflow and speeds the development of digital content.

In addition, InfiNet has partnered with SRA International Inc., a Fairfax, Va., systems integrator and a Tivoli Premier Partner, to assist in strategic architecture planning and Tivoli Management Software implementation and customization.

InfiNet, based in Norfolk, Va., is on the Web at http://www.infi.net/, while GDT-Nova is at http://www.gtdnova.com/, Open Pages is at http://www.openpages.com/ and SRA International is at http://www.sra.com/.

NewsLibrary allows the public to search, at no charge, for articles using any word that appears in the article. Upon viewing the headline and lead paragraphs of the news articles, the public can then make its purchasing decisions. The charge for the full articles ranges from $1 to $2.95, and payment options such as credit-card billing and flat-rate accounts for $77 a month are available.

MediaStream is on the Web at http://www.krmediastream.com/.

Users can create multiple e-commerce storefronts equipped with back-office order management/payment authorization support, without purchasing additional licenses, making it one of the most cost-effective solutions on the market. A number of other new productivity features are included, such as Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Support, Free Extensions for Macromedia, Dreamweaver HTML Editor and StoreBuilder Wizard, a collection of tools that make storefront site design easy from any web browser.

Smith Micro Software of Aliso Viejo, Calif., is on the Web at http://www.smithmicro.com/.

SND's 256-page book offers 1000 full-color images organized in six sections, highlights the best in visual journalism, judges' comments in English and Spanish, and a key indicating the circulation size of the winning newspaper, which is a new component this year. The 993 winners represented in the book are a result of more than 14,000 entries in the annual competition, open to all general-circulation newspapers published anywhere in the world, from 322 worldwide newspapers.

The Society for News Design, based in Providence, R.I., is on the Web at http://www.snd.org/.

Also, USAsmalltowns Image Wizard lets any medium-level PC-user to download and install the software for quickly getting pictures on-line.

Webrise Inc. is on the Web at http://www.webriseinc.com/.

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