James Senior of Microsoft's Partner-TV interviewed HiSoftware's Dana Simerkoff, Vice President of Business Development, to talk about SharePoint, accessibility and how partners can use HiSoftware’s expertise to ensure their SharePoint implementations are accessible by design and going forward too.

James stated, "HiSoftware developed the Accessiblity Kit for SharePoint (AKS) for Microsoft so they know a thing or two about the subject".

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What:

HiSoftware (www.hisoftware.com), a leading provider of software, services and managed operation solutions that monitor and optimize Web content, quality and regulatory compliance, will present a session on Building Accessible Web Sites with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 at Microsoft Tech•Ed North America 2008 IT Professionals Conference, the premier Microsoft technical education conference for IT professionals.

HiSoftware’s Vice President of Business Development, Dana Simberkoff, will present a session titled “Accessibility Kit for SharePoint: Building Accessible Web Sites on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.” In this session attendees will learn how to customize the public facing parts of their Web site using Control Adapters to modify out-of-the-box behavior of SharePoint controls and how to modify administration interfaces to provide an accessible experience to Web site users. Dana Simberkoff will be available in the Microsoft SharePoint booth throughout the conference to answer questions.

Date: April 24, 2008

Location: Dublin, Ireland Offices

Leveraging the power of Enterprise Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (“MOSS”) to answer and remove the complexity and pain of compliance. This 30 minute Quickcast Webinar is a scenario based exploration of the different ways in which MOSS Enterprise Edition can be used to accelerate decision making, automate compliance and disseminate responsibility for compliance without losing control.

For more information and to register for this event, please visit: http://www.hisoftware.com/events/iresharepointday.html

The Slide deck from the AKS Session which was presented at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2008 in Seattle, WA on March 6, 2008 is now available on the Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog.

http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/03/19/slidedeck-for-accessibility-kit-for-sharepoint-building-accessible-websites-on-moss-2007-session-at-spc2008-now-available.aspx

Nashua, NH – March 02, 2008 – HiSoftware (www.hisoftware.com), a leading provider of software, services and managed operation solutions that monitor and optimize Web marketing analysis, content governance and regulatory compliance, today announced the general availability of the Accessibility Kit for SharePoint (AKS) v1.1 at the Microsoft Office SharePoint Conference 2008 in Seattle, Washington. This latest update to the AKS provides increased levels of accessibility across the collaborative environment. It includes 21 new control adapters for the Blogs and Wikis that have been developed to enhance the accessibility of the Web parts and individual controls within Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Additionally, HiSoftware announced the release of Compliance Sheriff™ for SharePoint®. HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff for SharePoint enables users to create accessible Web content in SharePoint Server 2007 prior to publishing through an integrated workflow testing process. The software provides organizations with an easy, cost-effective way to successfully develop and maintain SharePoint Server 2007 sites that promote the highest standards of accessibility and general Web governance, promoting a higher quality user experience.

Date: Monday, March 10, 2008

Times: 10:00am ET (14:00 GMT) and 7:30pm ET (23:30 GMT)

Duration: 60 minutes

Please join HiSoftware for a Webinar to learn about the Accessibility Kit for SharePoint: Building Accessible Websites on MOSS 2007. This will be the same presentation we presented at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2008 in Seattle, WA on March 6, 2008.

January 31 - February 2, 2008

Location: Orlando, FL, Caribe Royale All-Suites Resort & Convention Center

HiSoftware is a Silver Sponsor.

HiSoftware will be speaking at this event:

WASHINGTON , DC – December 10, 2007 – A coalition of leading information and assistive technology companies today announced the formation of the Accessibility Interoperability Alliance (AIA), an engineering working group dedicated to enabling developers to more easily create accessible software, hardware and Web products. Those solutions will reduce barriers to information and communication technologies that currently exist for people with disabilities in today’s increasingly digital world.

March 10 -15, 2008

Location: Los Angeles, CA, LAX Marriot

For more information visit http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf.

January 31 - Febuary 2, 2007

Location: Orlando, FL, Caribe Royale All-Suites Resort & Convention Center

HiSoftware is a Silver Sponsor.

HiSoftware will be speaking at this event:

Session: Incorporating Automated Testing Into Your Web Accessibility Strategy

Date: Thursday, January 31, 2008

Time: 1:15 - 2:00 p.m.

This session will discuss the challenges of developing a compliancy program within an organization with particular focus on Web Accessibility. We will cover the following topics: How do you educate your organization on compliance issues? How do you audit thousands of web pages and enforce specific content standards? How do you measure for site quality standards? The legal risks associated with Web site inaccessibility and the role of automated tools will also be discussed

For more information visit http://www.atia.org/leadershipforum/.