London – 12th January 2010: Lineup Systems Limited, the global provider of enterprise software to the media industry, today announced it has created a publishing systems business unit to leverage the latest Quark Inc. technology.
The expanded team will speed product innovation and create a stronger more effective solution provider for the global newspaper, magazine, online, television and radio sectors. Lineup’s product suite will expand to include cross media content publishing, digital media management, production planning and text wire technologies. Backed by an expanded engineering team, clients will benefit from an enhanced Client Services team offering around-the-clock global support.
Michael Mendoza, CEO of Lineup, said the expansion was part of a strategy to provide a comprehensive range of technologies to the global publishing market. The expanded company will have greater technical, research and development resources. Clients will benefit from accelerated development, fast deployment, new features and enhanced support.
“This is a logical step that creates a stronger organisation. Technological developments and convergence are shaping dynamic publishing solutions and delivering immediate benefits to clients” said Michael. “We are growing a company with the ability to drive these opportunities whilst maintaining a strong focus on reducing IT footprint and cutting costs.”
Max Lyth, Head of Product Development at Lineup, commented, “Our future success will be based on our commitment to clients, through comprehensive support & development programs and our unique understanding of our clients. By building on these business skills and specialist knowledge, we will continue to consistently deliver innovative and imaginative solutions.”
About Lineup Systems
Lineup (www.lineup.com) provides mission-critical advertising and editorial solutions for media companies in 26 countries and supports more than 2,000 users in 19 languages. Over 300 print & online titles rely on Lineup solutions for their advertising, planning, editorial, pre-press and content management needs across newspaper, magazine, online, television and radio platforms. Since 2002 Lineup products have generated over $2.2 billion for 96 of the world’s largest publishers.
Press contact:
Kathryn Layland
Telephone: +44 (0)20 3440 2413
Email: kathryn.layland@lineup.com
