ExtremeZ-IP

In today’s publishing industry, success can be measured in seconds. Whether putting out a morning daily, monthly circular, or getting a new bestseller on the shelves, publishers must meet an ongoing sequence of mission-critical deadlines. As the industry’s most trusted solution for seamless file and print sharing between Mac desktops and Windows servers, ExtremeZ-IP provides a highly reliable and scalable platform that meets your changing needs by providing:

• The proven solution for top publishing houses in meeting deadlines and maintaining even the most challenging workflows.
• Highly reliable file sharing services designed to meet tight production deadlines.
• Support of Microsoft Clustering Services (MSCS) with failover support for added reliability and scalability.
• Fast start-up in case of service interruption without re-indexing downtime.
• A high-performance solution that can manage millions of files–archives, pictures, and other materials–in a file server share optimized for fast filename searching.
• Compatibility with all major Mac applications used in today’s industry, thanks to close relationships with key vendors like Adobe® Creative Suite (CS3), Quark®, and others. All major publishing applications undergo regular re-testing by Group Logic to ensure compatibility with ExtremeZ-IP.
• Filename policies empower administrators to limit filenames, ensure compatibility and foster collaboration in a shared environment with Mac, Windows and other operating systems on the desktop.
• Tools to provide desktop maintenance and user account security, including Full Active Directory support for user management, such as quotas and password expiration.
• Compatibility with desktop management solutions, including Apple Workgroup Manager and Centrify’s DirectControl.
• The only Windows AFP server that allows Mac OS X clients to create file names longer than 31 characters--and to access, create, and copy files of any size on the server.
• Complete elimination of AppleTalk from your network, reducing router software and maintenance costs, as well as IT diagnostic time.
• ExtremeZ-IP Zidget™, which lets users easily browse for file and print servers through a simple dashboard widget or web interface–while completely eliminating AppleTalk from your network to reduce IT management and maintenance costs.
• Easy support of Mac printing on Windows server.
• Track printing to better manage resource usage patterns and costs.

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MassTransit

Content is the lifeblood of publishing. In an increasingly digital world, the ability to quickly move content from source through supply chain to destination is absolutely critical to success. It’s not only a tactical necessity in order to cut costs, speed time-to-market and increase service to advertisers, licensees and partners, but a strategic one as well, to support and enable radical newer, better ways of doing business like global sourcing. To keep up, publishers must implement highly robust infrastructure for digital delivery and integrate that infrastructure with its supply chains and internal solutions.

MassTransit is the premier file transfer solution for publishers used by 6 of the top 10 magazine publishers in the United States. It has a proven track record of enabling publishers to achieve optimized digital delivery processes and to capture valuable business benefits. MassTransit is currently deployed at major publishers for a range of solutions including:

• Prepress-to-print – Provide highly reliable, secure and fast distribution of magazine, book and other content to printing facilities via the Internet.
• Global Content Distribution – Quickly and easily distribute licensed content globally to better serve licensees and decrease time-to-market.
• Global Outsourcing – Enable use of global resources, including prepress and print, by providing robust managed delivery to international destinations including India, Asia, South America and Mexico.
• Supply Chain – Move content reliably and quickly, including photos, pages, and designs, between internal and external sites responsible for creating and transforming content on its way to market.
• DAM – Efficient transport of assets in and out of DAM systems, including automating and increasing efficiency of asset and meta-data ingest.
• Digital Ad Delivery – Enable digital ad delivery by providing advertisers with easy-to-use, secure delivery portals including capture of ad specs, pre-flighting, and automated integration with receiving workflows.

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