Conference Examines Future Of Workflows

Edited by the Printingtalk editorial team Apr 28, 2005

Xinet has announced the first annual, independent Xinet Users Group conference to be held May 4 in New York City.

Xinet has announced the first annual, independent Xinet Users Group conference to be held May 4 in New York City.

Governed by Xinet users and wholly independent from Xinet, the Xinet Users Group (XUG) has swelled to almost 1,000 members since its formation was announced last month.

Nearly 400 attendees are expected at the all-day conference at the Florence Gould Hall in Manhattan.

Panelists from Time magazine, BBDO, Young and Rubicam, McCann Erickson, Ogilvy and Mather and Fortune magazine will discuss digital asset management deployment, the use of XMP metadata, strategies for return on investment (ROI) and integrating Xinet with other products and technologies.

Adobe, Apple and Quark are among the industry heavyweights that have signed on as conference sponsors to showcase their latest technology and make product announcements about QuarkXPress 7, Adobe Creative Suite 2, and Apple Xserve and Xsan.

At the conference, in addition to showing features from its recent major releases of Fullpress 14 and Webnative 7 (XMP, Linux, AFP 3.1, and a versioning plug-in), Xinet will give an advance preview of a new product, scheduled for worldwide release on June 1.

Xinet's chief executive officer Scott Seebass, who is delivering the day's keynote address, said: "The take-home message of the day is how all those products can change the way you do business by setting the future technology direction for your entire company." First released in 1995, Xinet's Fullpress is a server software engine that allows businesses dealing in graphic media to build efficient, integrated workflows, said the company.

Webnative, released in 1998, is a web-based front end to Fullpress that provides remote workflow tools, and 24-hour, seven-day access to files and archives.

In 2001, Xinet added an integrated database with Webnative Venture, allowing users to search for assets using standard or unlimited customised metadata.

Amongst Xinet customers are Sports Illustrated, Target, Quebecor World Premedia, Grey Global, Best Buy, Saks Fifth Avenue, R R Donnelly and Sotheby's.