Sun and Quark Forge Joint Marketing Agreement
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) and Quark Inc. today announced an agreement in which the two companies will combine marketing efforts that encompass future Quark Digital Media System (QuarkDMS) and Quark Publishing System (QPS) software solutions, and Sun hardware and the Solaris operating environment. The two companies will engage in communicating the advantages of Quark products on the Sun platform -- world-class software on powerful enterprise servers -- to publishers and digital content managers.
"Sun has a well-earned reputation with traditional and new media publishers for providing reliable, available and scalable systems to run enterprise-wide, business critical applications," said Doug Kaewert, vice president market development, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Quark is a household name in the industry and they are expanding from desktop and workgroup solutions to the enterprise, where Sun is well-established."
McGraw Hill's Business Week and Channing l'Bete, companies for whom publishing systems are mission critical, are among the early adopters of the powerful combination of Quark client/server solutions on the Sun platform.
The objective of the agreement is to combine marketing and technical support efforts to ensure optimal performance and support of current and future releases of Quark solutions running on Sun Enterprise servers and the Solaris operating environment. Both companies will offer technical training and support toward this new endeavor, as well as create joint marketing and sales initiatives.
"Quark's leadership in the publishing industry, combined with Sun's expertise in enterprise computing, position both companies to provide the best quality and best service to our respective customers," said Kamar Aulakh, Quark vice president of research and development. "Quark will incorporate its extensive publishing experience and innovation into client/server products that cater to our customers' growing needs."
Released last spring, QPS 2.0 is a high-performance editorial management and document production system. Announced earlier this year, QuarkDMS is an enterprise-wide asset management system that allows customers to manage a virtually unlimited number of digital resources. QuarkDMS offers true document deconstruction and easy repurposing of elements from QuarkXPress(TM) documents to print, CD-ROM and Web publications.
Sun Microsystems provides market-leading hardware and software solutions that are open, highly reliable and scalable, and that support a broad base of customers in the media, publishing and entertainment industries. Sun servers, the robust Solaris operating environment and Java technologies play critical roles in the creation, management and distribution of digital content for such companies as Time Inc., Bertelsmann AG, Viacom Online Services, CNN Interactive, Simon & Schuster, Howard Publications and News International.
Sun Microsystems
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer(TM)," has propelled Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of high quality hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the
Internet. With more than $9 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at www.sun.com.
Quark
Based in Denver, Quark, Inc. (www.quark.com) develops and distributes publishing software for commercial publishing, graphic arts, and multimedia production. Quark's products include QuarkXPress(TM); QuarkXPress Passport(TM), the multiple-language version of QuarkXPress; QuarkImmedia(TM), professional design software for multimedia publishing; the Quark Publishing System(TM), or QPS(TM), a high-performance editorial management and document production system; and Quark Digital Media System(TM), or QuarkDMS(TM), for digital asset management. Founded in 1981, Quark, Inc. is privately held.
Quark, QuarkXPress, QuarkXPress Passport, QuarkImmedia, and XTensions are trademarks of Quark, Inc. and all applicable affiliated companies, Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. and in many other countries. Quark Digital Media System, and the Quark logo are trademarks of Quark, Inc. and all applicable affiliated companies. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.
SOURCE Quark Inc.
CO: Quark Inc.; Sun Microsystems Inc.
ST: California, Colorado
IN: CPR
SU: LIC JVN
09/01/98 06:00 EDT prnewswire.com
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