Adobe Introduces InDesign Server CS2 for System Integrators
New Server Version of InDesign Enables Automation of High-End Editorial Workflows, Collateral Creation, Data-Driven Publishing and Template-based Web Publishing
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe InDesign Server CS2, which enables system integrators and third party developers to build automated, design-driven publishing solutions.
Built on the same code base as Adobe InDesign CS2, the award-winning professional design and layout program, Adobe InDesign Server CS2 brings high-end composition and graphics support to a server platform, allowing Adobe partners to introduce new levels of automation and design quality to editorial workflows, collateral creation, data-driven publishing and template-based Web publishing solutions.
"Publishers are under constant pressure to produce personalized content in more places with fewer resources," says Mark Hilton, senior director of creative professional products at Adobe. "What customers have had to compromise is typographical and design quality. Now, with Adobe InDesign Server CS2, system integrators and developers can build automated publishing solutions that help customers save time, money, and resources without sacrificing visual quality."
Automated Publishing with InDesign Server CS2
InDesign Server CS2 shares the same code base as InDesign with its rich graphical and typographical controls, but adapted for server usage. It offers extensive programming capabilities via scripting, C++, or simple object access protocol (SOAP) . This provides a range of interfaces (from scripting to plug-ins to Web Services) for third parties to integrate InDesign Server CS2 into larger solutions that support a broad base of usage across newspapers, magazines, catalog and book publishing.
InDesign Server CS2 delivers output capabilities, built-in language support, scripting document object model (DOM), and rich software development kit (SDK) as Adobe InDesign CS2 software. Additional features include support for multiple concurrent instances, error capturing, and server operating system support for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, or Mac OS X Server, version 10.3.x and 10.4.x Tiger.
