Quark launches QuarkXPress Server 7

PRESS RELEASE

Quark takes dynam­ic pub­lish­ing to a new lev­el with on-demand cre­ative communications 

Chicago (Graph Expo) – October 16, 2006 – Quark Inc. announced today the launch of QuarkXPress Server 7, a dynam­ic pub­lish­ing tech­nol­o­gy that com­bines the design pow­er and col­lab­o­ra­tion func­tion­al­i­ty of QuarkXPress with proven server-based per­for­mance to deliv­er an unpar­al­leled solu­tion for pro­duc­ing cre­ative Web-based or data-driven communications. 

“We are proud of our achieve­ments with QuarkXPress Server 7 because it empow­ers our cus­tomers to com­mu­ni­cate and col­lab­o­rate through the Web to deliv­er out­stand­ing products,” said Nick Howard, Quark direc­tor of enter­prise prod­ucts. “Our cus­tomers and part­ners will notice that we have changed the prod­uct name from Quark Dynamic Document Server to bet­ter rep­re­sent this tech­nol­o­gy, which is the serv­er edi­tion of QuarkXPress.”

By employ­ing a Web-based, template-driven process, the tech­nol­o­gy empow­ers chan­nel and busi­ness users to pre­view com­mu­ni­ca­tions online, cus­tomize design and con­tent, and print local­ly or remote­ly. Users can devel­op and deploy data-driven appli­ca­tions to auto­mate pro­duc­tion, elim­i­nate redun­dant steps, and pub­lish to mul­ti­ple chan­nels. QuarkXPress Server can be eas­i­ly inte­grat­ed with exist­ing IT infra­struc­tures and data sources and is typ­i­cal­ly offered as part of a pack­aged solu­tion from a Quark sys­tem inte­gra­tor or OEM partner.

“This sig­nif­i­cant release of QuarkXPress Server pro­vides a real growth oppor­tu­ni­ty for the com­pa­ny by extend­ing the rich­ness of QuarkXPress through­out the enter­prise. By focus­ing on high-value design and pro­duc­tion capa­bil­i­ties, QuarkXPress Server presents ordi­nary busi­ness users with the poten­tial to increase their capac­i­ty to touch cus­tomers with per­sua­sive on-demand cre­ative com­mu­ni­ca­tions, sup­port con­tin­ued brand rein­force­ment, devel­op more time­ly and focused cam­paigns, and improve pro­duc­tiv­i­ty with­out hav­ing to be graph­ic artists. Enterprises can now pro­vide a means for their employ­ees to cre­ate these effec­tive com­mu­ni­ca­tions while ensur­ing con­for­mance with com­pa­ny and brand stan­dards and requirements,” said Michael Maziarka, direc­tor of InfoTrends.

QuarkXPress Server incor­po­rates the new fea­tures of QuarkXPress 7, grant­i­ng users access to productivity-enhancing func­tion­al­i­ty, such as layout-independent spaces and Job Jackets tech­nol­o­gy for col­lab­o­ra­tion, and enhance­ments for variable-data print­ing, includ­ing Personalized Print Markup Language (PPML) and opti­mized PDF out­put support.

“The QuarkXPress Server tech­nol­o­gy dri­ves solu­tions for cus­tomers in a vari­ety of mar­kets. We have been lis­ten­ing to our cus­tomers about pro­vid­ing out­stand­ing soft­ware tools for design, col­lab­o­ra­tion, and pro­duc­tion with QuarkXPress Server,” said Richard Pasewark, Quark senior vice pres­i­dent of sales (Americas) and mar­ket­ing. “We know from ear­ly cus­tomer feed­back that QuarkXPress Server will con­tin­ue to add val­ue by enhanc­ing col­lab­o­ra­tive user access and automat­ing design and pro­duc­tion deliverables.”

QuarkXPress Server includes QuarkXPress Server Manager, a tool that cen­tral­izes sys­tem admin­is­tra­tion, man­ages pro­cess­ing load on mul­ti­ple servers, and pro­vides report­ing on auto­mat­ed pub­lish­ing tasks. QuarkXPress Server Manager enhances the on-going sup­port of indus­try stan­dards to which Quark is com­mit­ted by pro­vid­ing high-level pro­gram­ming inter­faces, includ­ing HTTP, SOAP, PHP, .NET/ASP, and Java/JSP.

Quark part­ners with soft­ware devel­op­ers and sys­tem inte­gra­tors to deliv­er QuarkXPress Server solu­tions that enable adver­tis­ing automa­tion, cat­a­log pro­duc­tion, Web-to-print, and one-to-one mar­ket­ing. Existing part­ners such as DeskNet, GLUON, and Stibo Catalog have been vital to the growth of Quark in the mar­ket, and new part­ners are com­mit­ting to sup­port the tech­nol­o­gy every day. Such part­ners include Capps Digital, Integrated Software, Intuitive Solutions Group, ONUS LLC, Responsive Software, and RoboCatalog. 

To learn more about QuarkXPress Server 7 and to view a com­plete list of part­ners, vis­it the Quark Web site at www​.quark​.com/​S​erver7.

Quark at Graph Expo 
Quark is demon­strat­ing QuarkXPress Server 7 in booth 4807 this week at Graph Expo and Converting Expo in Chicago. The expo runs from October 15–18.

About QuarkXPress Server
QuarkXPress® Server is the appli­ca­tion tech­nol­o­gy for­mer­ly known as Quark® Dynamic Document Server (QuarkDDS®). The new name more accu­rate­ly reflects the product’s core QuarkXPress design-and-print func­tion­al­i­ty in addi­tion to its inte­gra­tion and automa­tion capa­bil­i­ties. Quark sys­tem inte­gra­tor and OEM part­ners have already deployed this tech­nol­o­gy in many pro­duc­tion envi­ron­ments. References to these appli­ca­tions include solu­tions deployed under both names: QuarkDDS and QuarkXPress Server.

About Quark
Quark Inc. (HTTP://​www​.quark​.com) is an inno­v­a­tive soft­ware com­pa­ny pro­vid­ing design, pro­duc­tion, and col­lab­o­ra­tion solu­tions that are trans­form­ing the busi­ness of cre­ative com­mu­ni­ca­tions. Quark has pro­vid­ed award-winning soft­ware for pro­fes­sion­al pub­lish­ers since its flag­ship prod­uct, QuarkXPress, changed the course of tra­di­tion­al pub­lish­ing. Founded in 1981, Denver-based Quark Inc. is pri­vate­ly held.