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HiSoftware joins Microsoft to
Lead Accessibility Solutions and
Strategies Workshop at e-Inclusion
Ministerial Conference in Vienna
Workshop to summarize
2008 European Web Dialogues and
present resulting Web Accessibility
Handbook
Nashua, NH –
December 01, 2008 – HiSoftware Inc. (www.hisoftware.com),a
leading provider of software,
services and managed operation
solutions that audit, monitor and
optimize Web content, quality and
regulatory compliance, announced
that with Microsoft, the company
will lead the workshop and
discussion sessions Improving the
Riga Dashboard for Accessibility:
Solutions and Strategies at the
e-Inclusion Ministerial Conference
in Vienna, Austria on November 30 –
December 2, 2008.
The workshop at this year’s
e-Inclusion Ministerial Conference
is a follow-up to the Lisbon
Ministerial event that ocurred in
December 2007. Throughout 2008,
Microsoft and HiSoftware partnered
to hold a series of European
Dialogues on Practical Strategies
for an Accessible Web. The Dialogues
focused on understanding the
challenges of Web accessibility and
sharing best practices to address
those challenges, with participants
from NGOs, Governments, and the
private sector. As a result of the
Dialogues a “How To” Handbook for
Web accessibility was created. The
Improving the Riga Dashboard for
Accessibility: Solutions and
Strategies workshop will summarize
the 2008 Dialogues and present the
Web Accessibility Handbook to
participants.
HiSoftware President and CEO, Kurt
A. Mueffelmann, said, “We are
pleased to be invited back to the
e-Inclusion conference this year
both to showcase our solutions for
accessibility and to present the
finding of our 2008 Dialogue series
with Microsoft. HiSoftware and
Microsoft’s partnership and joint
experience working with this
distinguished group of customers,
engineers and thought leaders
throughout Europe during the past
year has provided a wealth of
information. The groups’
contributions, discussions, goals
and vision, are combined with
practical Web accessibility
strategies in this handbook from
Microsoft and HiSoftware. The book
will serve as a tool to help
organizations implement universal
accessibility strategies across
their organizations. We believe it
will provide a significant
contribution towards enhancing
accessibility efforts worldwide.”
The e-Inclusion event is jointly
organized by the European Commission
and the hosting Austrian Government,
in cooperation with the French
Presidency of the Council of the
European Union. The Conference will
acknowledge the many events,
projects, studies and awareness
actions that are taking place
throughout Europe during 2008 and
that contribute to the European
e-Inclusion Initiative. It provides
a forum to discuss policies to
achieve an inclusive, barrier-free,
information society and the social
and economic benefits linked to it.
It will also feature an extensive
exhibition of the best in
e-Inclusion in Europe and worldwide.
The Web Accessibility Handbook will
be available to conference attendees
during the sessions and later made
available to all at
http://www.hisoftware.com/DocCentral/AccessibilityHandbook08.html,
after the conclusion of the
conference.
About HiSoftware
Inc.
Founded in 1998, HiSoftware is a
leading provider of software,
services and On-Demand solutions
that test, repair, monitor and
enforce Web content, quality and
regulatory compliance. The company’s
solutions empower content
developers, Web site architects and
executives to work collaboratively
to create and manage corporate Web
standards for accessibility,
privacy, security, search engine
optimization (SEO), site quality and
performance, branding, competitive
intelligence and application
transaction testing. HiSoftware’s
customers boast many of the world’s
largest public and private sites
including U.S. and international
government agencies and Global 2000
companies such as HP, California
State University, U.S. Department of
Defense and Microsoft. For more
information about HiSoftware visit
www.hisoftware.com.
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Company Contact
John Rogers, CFO
HiSoftware Inc.
+1.603.578.1870
jr@hisoftware.com
Media Contact
Irena Mroz, Marketing
HiSoftware Inc.
+1.603.578.1870
irena@hisoftware.com
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