FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COAST SOFTWARE CONTINUES TRADITION OF TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP WITH WEBMASTER 7
Empowering Web Teams to Increase Efficiency while Improving Site Quality
OTTAWA, May 20, 2004 - COAST Software Inc., (www.coast.com)
the leader in Web compliance management, has released the latest version of
COAST WebMaster - a seventh generation desktop tool for managing Web site quality.
Faced with large volumes of content and limited resources, Web developers
are turning to COAST Software to help them more effectively manage their
enterprise Web sites. Using automated scans to continually monitor site
content and quality helps to ensure a positive visitor experience.
Keeping pace with the evolving Web technology landscape and meeting
customer demands, COAST WebMaster 7 empowers enterprise Web developers
with a powerful new scanning engine for broader site coverage. The ability
for WebMaster 7 to understand more file formats than ever before allows
Web developers to pinpoint errors in today's large, complex Web sites and
confidently monitor all their Web properties. In addition to supporting the
latest Web technologies such as dynamic page content, COAST WebMaster 7
integrates with COAST Web Quality Central. This combination creates a
powerful solution for total Web compliance management.
Using an advanced rules engine, easily customizable PageRules ™ can
be used to quickly locate violations of organizational standards to ensure
that Web sites consistently meet quality and branding guidelines. The
scripting engine also automatically works through secure sections of a
Web site to ensure total site coverage.
COAST WebMaster 7 continues to evolve to meet the increasing needs
of enterprise Web developers. Feedback from beta customers has been
extremely positive. One beta customer reported: "We've been a customer
since version 2.0. The technology continues to meet our changing needs.
WebMaster enables me to single-handedly take care of what has taken
us up to four people to accomplish in the past." Beta customers included
the US military, the government of Canada, and Fortune 2000 organizations.
"Beyond the technology enhancements in this release, we are also
excited about the improved integration points between WebMaster 7
and our enterprise solution, COAST Web Quality Central," explains
Paul Saunders, COAST president and CEO. "With this, customers will
benefit from the ability to share scan parameters and PageRules and
COAST is better equipped to meet the needs of enterprise customers
throughout their entire Web site management lifecycle." The latest version
of COAST WebMaster delivers a number of significant enhancements including:
- A powerful new scanning engine for total site coverage
- Interoperability with COAST Web Quality Central
- Improved links in/links out reporting for holistic view of site
- Improved session cookie support
- More powerful exclude options to fine tune scan coverage
- Support for all popular browsers
- Enhanced user interface
Availability
COAST WebMaster is available from COAST Software through direct
sales offices and resellers located across North America or through its
international distributors.
About COAST Software, Inc.
COAST Software provides Web teams,
compliance officers and executives alike with Web compliance management
solutions that monitor, analyze and report on the standards compliance of
online properties. Established in 1996, the company is a pioneer in the
development of Web site management solutions with over 100,000 licensed
users worldwide. From fully customized enterprise solutions to desktop
testing and reporting, COAST Software solutions scale to meet the needs
of today's online organizations. COAST Software is a leading provider of
Web compliance management solutions serving Fortune 2000 and government
organizations. For more information, please visit: www.coast.com
©2004 COAST Software. All rights reserved. COAST, COAST Web Quality
Central, COAST WebMaster and the COAST wordmark are trademarks of
COAST Software Inc. All other product, and company names and logos are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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Screen shots are available by contacting: Nicole Gibson COAST Software 613-567-3201 x.237
Nicole Gibson COAST Software Inc. (613) 567-3201 (ext. 237)
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