Dear Brian,
Here is the last bit of information that I uncovered.
St. Petersburg Times to Implement NewsSpeed from Digital Technology International
?Florida?s largest daily newspaper and winner of six Pulitzer Prizes,
the St. Petersburg Times has decided to purchase a 550+ seat NewsSpeed
editorial system from Digital Technology International (DTI).?
Eshow2000: March 19, 2005
http://www.eshow2000.com/nexpo/press_releases.cfm?id=1553&action=1
Harris & Baseview provides software tools for publishing, including
Editorial, Advertising, Circulation Management, Production and
Internet solutions. Harris & Baseview has more than 2,800 customers
around the world.
http://www.harrisbaseview.com/news/press/display.php?id=98
I am reposting my previous findings below to formalize my answer.
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Smart Connection
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Smart Connection has over 6,000 licenses worldwide.
Excerpt:
?The only open InCopy/InDesign publishing workflow solution in its
industry, Smart Connection has over 6,000 licenses worldwide is
available at three levels - Light, Pro and Enterprise - to accommodate
publishers of any size and complexity. There are currently companies
using WoodWing solutions in over 40 countries in six continents -
covering a whopping 225-plus sites. WoodWing also boasts of 40-plus
partners in over 20 countries.?
http://www.woodwing.com/news/200501_sce.htm
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PlanSystem3
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It appears that Van Gennep?s PlanSystem3 publishing systems are used
by more than 160 organizations worldwide
From a recent Press Release
Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Van Gennep has been providing
media worflow solutions to magazine, catalog and text-book publishers
as well as retailers, media agencies and design studios for over 16
years. PlanSystem3 version 3.5 is Van Gennep?s latest planning and
editorial workflow management system and provides MYSQL database
availability, Mac OS X Server, advanced reporting capabilities,
edition versioning management, deadline planning and job status
tracking to help time and cost savings across media production. To
date, Van Gennep?s systems are used by more than 160 organizations
worldwide. In addition to its Amsterdam headquarters, Van Gennep has
an office in New York, NY that supports sales, installations and
customer service.
http://www.vangennep.com/whats_new/pr/qg_122104.php
April 2005 Press Release
http://www.vangennep.com/whats_new/pr/042005eng.php
Van Gennep had 120 installations of its PlanSystem3 publishing systems
in July 2004.
Excerpt:
?PlanSystem3 is a comprehensive planning, process and workflow
management system for publishing that integrates marketing,
production, advertising, and editorial departments with desktop
applications to connect an entire business enterprise. Developed by
Amsterdam-based Van Gennep ? M.A.C, PlanSystem3 provides clients with
process and workflow management, including real-time content/asset
management, edition/product planning, status monitoring and element
tracking of all files in the production process of magazine
publishers, catalogers, and advertising agencies. An established
European publishing technology provider, Van Gennep ? M.A.C. has more
than 120 successful installations of its publishing systems. The
Reader?s Digest project represents the company?s continued emergence
in the North American market.?
http://www.vangennep.com/whats_new/pr/rd_072104.php
According to The Seybold Report dated October 6, 2004, Quark Publishing
System has a Customer Base of 900.
?The Quark Publishing System has had an amazingly long run. Introduced in 1992,
QPS has steadily built up a customer base that reached 900 sites last November,
according to Quark?s own statistics.?
?When it was introduced in 1992, the Quark Publishing
System carved out a market for itself as the dominant editorial system
for small and midsize magazines and newspapers, where it built
up a customer base of nearly 900 in a decade. Recently, though,
Quark has failed to keep up with technological change and despite
having just released a new version of QPS software, now faces a host
of challengers. The greatest threat looms in Quark?s area of greatest
dominance, the magazine market, from new systems by Modulo Systems
and Woodwing Software. This report on recent developments
in the editorial market covers those systems, as well as new efforts by
newspaper system suppliers to upgrade their technology to make it
more competitive.?
Quark
QPS Classic 3
Systems Installed Worldwide
Quark claimed 900 Dispatch Servers as of Nov. 2003, typically 55 seats
each; about 48% in magazines, 39% in newspapers
QPS Enterprise
Systems Installed Worldwide
Total not disclosed, but Quark claimed to have 45-50 DMS sites when
QPS enterprise was announced in 2002
SoftCare
K4 Publishing System
Systems Installed Worldwide
44 sites in 9 countries; mostly magazines
Unisys Global Media
Hermes 10
Systems Installed Worldwide
200+ newspaper customers worldwide and 5 magazines (3 in Europe, 1 in Latin
America, 1 in U.S
Van Gennep
PlanSystem3
Systems Installed Worldwide
150+ magazines and catalogs incl. Reader?s Digest (multiple sites),
ACP, Prisma Presse
(France); from 10 to 530 connections
Woodwing Software
Smart Connection
Systems Installed Worldwide
About 10 early customers, including 6 magazines (at least 2 publishers have SC
Enterprise running on top of Documentum)
Woodwing Software
Smart Connection Light
Systems Installed Worldwide
About 50
Woodwing Software
Smart Connection Pro
Systems Installed Worldwide
About 150
Adobe
InCopy Bridge Workflow plug-ins
Systems Installed Worldwide
Not Disclosed
Source:
The Seybold Report
Vol. 4, No. 13 ? October 6, 2004
Download the complete report here:
http://www.seyboldreports.com/TSR/subs/0413/0413.pdf
An extensive list of Quark QPS installations is provided here:
http://www.seyboldreports.com/SRPS/free/0ps23/P2310013.HTM#I1
In the listing the QPS statistics refer respectively to the number of
installed CopyDesk units, Dispatch servers and total connections
(users).
SAXOTECH 200 clients worldwide
?SAXoTECH is a recognized leader in the development of cross-media
news publishing solutions. Our integrated applications give
journalists a complete suite of print and online tools to plan,
create, publish and archive the news. Our products include the
multi-platform SAXoPRESS Publishing System (editorial print
production), and the award-winning Publicus Online Publishing System
(dynamic, automated Internet publishing). Over 200 clients worldwide
depend on our software and services to help them meet their
multi-channel deadlines and lower their production costs.?
http://www.saxotech.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20030709&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=307080001&SectionCat=newsall&Template=printart
There is some useful information in the following publications.
Analyzing Publishing Technologies
http://www.paradigm.no/seybold.pdf
New Contenders in the Editorial Systems Market
http://www.impressed.de/Tango/Queries/PDFs/Smart_Connection_Enterprise/TSR-1004_final_Newsletter.pdf
The Cole Papers
http://colegroup.com/tcp/nexpo03/
As always it has been a pleasure to work with you .
Best wishes,
Bobbie7 |
