And still another marketing piece. I like the way they're keeping our name in the public eye. They seem to be doing a lot more than usual.
Monday April 27, 8:59 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Geac Publishing Systems
Year 2000 Prompts Newspapers To Switch Business Applications
Geac Publishing Systems Announces New Sales Of VisionShift Advertising
TAMPA, Fla., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Geac(R) Publishing Systems (GPS), a division of Geac Computers, Inc., today announced four recent sales of VisionShift(R) Advertising: The Charleston Post & Courier, The Daily Nation, The Galveston County Daily News and Creative Loafing. Prompted by year 2000 concerns, all four papers decided to move to the client/server operating environment.
The Charleston Post & Courier (Charleston, SC) with a circulation of 122,717 decided to move to VisionShift Advertising as they began their preparation for the new millenium. ''We needed to upgrade our hardware for the new version of our current advertising system, and it just made sense to re- evaluate our options and move to a client/server solution,'' said Charleston Director of Information Services, Ray Ruth. Implementation is planned for mid-1998.
The Daily Nation (Barbados) with a circulation of 44,000 had previously been using a custom system and was coming upon year 2000 issues. The timing was right to look for an alternative to the lengthy programming necessary. In addition to the easy to use graphical interface, The Daily Nation liked the depth of the accounts receivable functionality in VisionShift Advertising.
They too are planning a mid-1998 installation.The Galveston County Daily News (Galveston, TX), a 27,000 circulation paper, purchased VisionShift Classified in addition to VisionShift Advertising. As they were in the process of installing a new front-end system, it just seemed timely to make the switch to a new advertising system as well. Finding a Windows NT solution was among Galveston's key criteria and Geac applications were the right fit.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta, GA) is a chain of 8 weekly papers that had been using an in-house developed system for many years. With year 2000 program changes required, Creative Loafing began looking for a packaged solution. After examining the alternatives, they decided on the VisionShift Advertising system, the system being used by one of their sister publications, The Weekly Planet. Planned for later this year, Creative Loafing will install the system in their corporate office in Atlanta with remote access by their regional weeklies.
''The Year 2000 issue is spurring some significant changes in the modernization and productivity of newspaper business offices, which are frequently moving to systems based on the Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system and SQL Server database,'' said Donna Conner, Microsoft's Worldwide Publishing Industry Manager. ''Systems like VisionShift Advertising that take advantage of standard, desktop office productivity tools, integrate well with other newspaper systems, and provide comprehensive reporting and analysis capabilities are extremely well positioned to help newspaper managers navigate their way around this thorny issue.''
Founded in 1975, Geac Publishing Systems (formerly Collier-Jackson), is the leading supplier of business software solutions including advertising, circulation and marketing applications to the newspaper industry. The company offers a wide-range of services including data conversion, custom and interface programming and consulting. A member of the Microsoft Certified Solutions Provider Program at the Partner level, Geac Publishing Systems has designed its new generation of client/server applications leveraging its industry experience with the power of the Microsoft BackOffice and Office suites along with Microsoft Visual Basic For Applications. Their web address is publishingsystems.geac.com .
Geac Computer Corporation Limited delivers and supports total computer solutions, including complete mission-critical client/server applications to various cross-industry and vertical markets worldwide. Geac product and service information is available on the World Wide Web at geac.com, or through the Internet E-mail at solutions@geac.com. Geac is a publicly traded company with its common shares listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (Toronto: GAC - news) and included in the TSE100.
Geac and VisionShift are registered trademarks of Geac Computers, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Visual Basic, BackOffice, and SQL Server are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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