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Indonesian newspaper selects NetPublishEnterprise A&R |
INDONESIA, 2007 April 1st. Serioustec successfully implemented the web based Archiving & Republishing system NetPublishEnterprise at Kontan.
Kontan produces a daily newspaper, weekend magazine - Mingguan Kontan and a monthly magazine - Edisi Khusus. Harian Kontan is a new business daily by the largest publishing group in Indonesia - Kelompok Kompas Gramedia. The publisher says they will distribute 100,000 copies a day. Harian Kontan will publish from Monday to Saturday with the weekend edition - Mingguan Kontan.
We believe in producing the best product for our readers, our tagline is - Friendly and Accurate. We have a unique style in delivering news to our readers, it is what make us unique compared to the others, said Mr. Yopie Hidayat, the managing director of Kontan. It was a natural choice when it comes to choosing the system implementor, Serioustec has the best team.
We were brought in late December 2006, to help Kontan to design, train, migrate and implement a complete editorial workflow and archiving system, it was a challenge I could not resist, said John Fong, co-founder of Serioustec.
We are very pleased with Kontan selecting NetPublishEnterprise A&R as their archive and republishing solution, said Bastiaan Born of dutchsoftware.com. Together with Woodwing Smart Connection Enterprise this proved to be a flexible, affordable and future-ready solution for a growing newspaper.
Based on Adobes Creative Suite 2, WoodWings SmartConnection Enterprise Editorial Solution and dutchsoftware.coms NetPublishEnterprise A&R, Harian Kontan is armed with the most advanced, flexible and reliable technology into the highly competitive newspaper market of the worlds fourth largest country. Reporters are copy fitting their stories directly via a web browser and Editors collaborate directly with designers in a parallel editorial workflow. The entire newsroom is now working in synchronization and conformity. All editorial components are automatically archived with NetPublishEnterprise A&R and easily available for research and repurposing.
It was a unique opportunity for us as a technology provider as we are involved in the design, migration, business process re-engineering, training, customization and solution implementation of Kontan. This proves we are not just another solution provider but the best implementation team around, added Raymond Choong, co-founder of Serioustec.
Newsroom transformation has always been a tough and long journey, which involves painstaking and meticulous planning. At Kontan, the smooth transition from a laggard traditional model into a modern competitive environment is a product of implementing the right technology with the right people.
The products implemented include: Adobe InDesign Creative Suite 2, Adobe InDesign Server CS2, Adobe InCopy, dutchsoftware.com NetPublishEnterprise A&R WoodWing SmartConnection Enterprise, WoodWing Smart Language Tools, WoodWing Smart Styles and Serioustecs SmartDashboard. For additional product information, contact Serioustec or visit www.serioustec.com. |
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