The agreements will help position Advertise123.com's on-line classified-ad service and its newspaper partners in front of MrLandlord.com's community of property owners and managers, and REXnetwork.com's base of real-estate agents and independent home sellers. As part of the agreements, AdStar.com has created co-branded versions of the Advertise123.com classified-ad sales channel that are accessible through each partner's web site.

AdStar is on the Web at http://www.adstar.com/.

TeamToolz is integrating Artesia's system with its hosted service to offer on-line management and distribution of marketing and advertising collateral for such clients as 3Com and 21st Century Insurance. TEAMS will be used to support TeamToolz's focus on increasing customer market responsiveness through the addition of a searchable, web-based repository for the storage and management of all types of rich media.

Artesia is on the Web at http://www.artesia.com/, while TeamToolz is at http://www.teamtoolz.com/.

Bitstream will review new submissions four times per year in the search for captivating text and display designs, and also seeks out expanded character sets, such as small caps, rare ligatures, alternates and ornaments, to complement character sets for OpenType.

Bitstream has also announced that it has entered into a long-term, global agreement with Motorola to license Font Fusion, Bitstream's font rasterizing engine, and to license Bitstream's T2K font engine. The new agreement allows Motorola to offer additional interactive tools and cost-effective advanced multimedia set-top box tools to its worldwide customer base.

Bitstream is on the Web at http://www.bitstream.com/, while Motorola is at http://www.motorola.com/.

The publisher of the DAILY TELEGRAPH (1m) and the SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (810k) intends to use NewsSpeed 5.0, which incorporates Adobe InDesign and Adobe InCopy for page composition and text editing. The company's system will consist of several central databases. Telegraph Group, a division of Hollinger International Inc., is an existing Digital Technology International customer, with a 122-terminal advertising system.

DTI is on the Web at http://www.dtint.com/.

Capital Gazette includes the daily CAPITAL (47k), four weekly newspapers and the WASHINGTONIAN MAGAZINE.

The Graphic Enterprises Inc.'s system utilizes the same raster image processed (RIP) data that is used for output, without re-RIPping, and produces fast, accurate color proofs on newsprint using large-format inkjet printers. Features include remote proofing with Real Dot Technology, plate changes for different editions and cross-platform access.

GEI is on the Web at http://www.geiworldwide.com/, while Capital Gazette is at http://www.capitalonline.com/.

OneVision will integrate software solutions from Global Graphics' Jaws Systems Ltd. into its three main products, which include Asura, an automated correction and optimization tool which checks PDF and PostScript files, ensuring data integrity before the files enter the workflow; Solvero, a manual application that includes a full suite of editing tools that can interact with standard file formats such as PostScript, PDF and EPS, and Solico, which is used to open documents with an integrated RIP Engine, processing PDF files.

Additionally, Harlequin, a subsidiary of Global Graphics, has announced the signing of a new software license agreement with Mail.com. Harlequin's ScriptWorks Interpreter will provide the core server-based engine technology to be integrated with Mail.com's FaxMailer Service and Productions Fax Service providing additional document format conversion capabilities.

Global Graphics is on the Web at http://www.globalgraphics.com/; Jaws Systems is at http://www.jawssystems.com/; Harlequin is at http://www.harlequin.com/, and OneVision is at http://www.onevision.com/.

DAX-IT (DAX secure Information Transfer) offers marked advantages over FTP (file transfer protocol) when it comes to privacy, accuracy, dependability and security. DAX chose to offer its clients the HyperSend-based service because of the high level of security, capabilities and the user-friendly interface.

DAX, of Charlestown, Mass., is on the Web at http://www.dax-it.com/, while Hilgraeve is located at http://www.hilgraeve.com/.

Salomon Smith Barney, a financial firm that is a subsidiary of Citigroup, provides participants in its retirement plans with personalized brochures that include investment recommendations tailored to their specific needs.

PageFlex's Mpower is an enterprise system that allows companies to create personalized printing. Driven by customer profile information, Mpower selects custom text and graphics elements and assembles them into sophisticated business documents using flexible design templates.

PageFlex is on the Web at http://www.pageflexinc.com/; Spire is at http://www.spire.net/, and Salomon Smith Barney is at http://www.smithbarney.com/.

Zwire! will allow THI to standardize the appearance and management of its sites on a single, outsourced publishing platform that features their local news and community information. It also provides THI's readers with access to a broad range of network content and offers more compelling on-line advertising opportunities to their local businesses.

PowerAdz is on the Web at http://www.poweradz.com/.

Spin Solution's new Index software will allow companies to rapidly deploy Quark XPress content to the Web and manage their web sites more effectively. The Index software integrates with avenue.quark, which is Quark XTensions software for XPress that lets customers easily tag content in XPress documents and extract it in XML format.

Quark Inc. is on the Web at http://www.quark.com/, while Spin Solutions is at http://www.spinsol.com/.

The Alpharetta, Ga.-based Software Construction Co.'s system supports 25 concurrent MediaGrid and web browser clients, and includes SCC's Assignment module for distribution and tracking of photo and graphic assignments.

SCC is on the Web at http://www.swcc.com/.

Is.com specialized in the design, construction and deployment of systems and consulting services that enable business-to-business e-commerce activities, such as supply side management. Approximately 40 is.com employees will join WAM!NET, including systems engineers and developers, software architects, quality assurance analysts, project managers and technical writers.

Additionally, WAM!NET has been chosen by Rhodes Furniture, a high-end national furniture retailer based in Atlanta, to provide networking services that connect the retailer's corporate advertising department in Atlanta with their advertising agency, printing and post productions partners nationwide.

WAM!NET is on the Web at http://www.wamnet.com/.

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