Engineering and Consulting Services

Technical challenges to today's publishers are more complex than ever. And it's not just about technology. Whether you're considering a cross media publishing strategy, the implementation of an xml based system, or straightforward format conversion, your choice of technology and its implementation are critical. Yet the success or failure of any solution depends at least as much on how well the technology is applied to the client's unique requirements as on the technology itself. Media Entities well understands that, and is committed to helping your technology solution become a business success. Our software and technological infrastructure provide you with truly powerful tools to obtain your business goals. But Media Entities Professional Services goes beyond just providing you with tools. We can help you shape those tools to match unique business needs with custom engineering developments. We can provide professional services to assist you with business analysis or project management. We can train your trainer or train your entire staff.

Solution Support Options

Media Entities provides a full range of support options to help you as you move forward with your software. In addition to telephone and e-mail support, the company's consulting services group is available for hands-on implementation and development assistance. Staffed by a very experienced team of specialists, our consulting services group can work with your staff to develop and optimize a site management strategy for your specific technical environment and business needs. Whether you are using NTS or XML ToolWorks Media Entities consultants will ensure that your company leverages the power of our solution to its fullest advantage

Custom Engineering

No matter how powerful the technology proposed it is frequently the case that a customer's special requirements cannot be met by a standard solution. Media Entities engineers have been solving such special problems for a long time. Our staff have an average of 20 years experience garnered at such companies as Texet, Interleaf, Camex, Lotus, and Baseview. Our group is equally adept working on Windows and Macintosh platforms and have extensive experience in VisualC++, Visual Basic, ASP, SQL, XML, HTML, Java, and JavaScript.

Business Analysis and Project Description

We undertake an audit of your existing business practices and requirements and at the same time develop a thorough understanding of your strategic goals. Using our experience, gained over many years of optimizing publishing systems, we combine this with your business reality and your business vision to arrive at the best solution meeting both your short and long term goals. This collaborative undertaking is accomplished through on-site sessions with key players throughout your organization to understand and isolate the determinants of your success.

Workflow Process Analysis and Design

We bring expertise and broad experience to bear on the unique challenges posed by your publishing business. We thoroughly understand publishing workflow and can help you choose and implement best practices to achieve your goals. Publishing workflows are not characterized by a one size fits all solution. Neither are we.

System, Process, and Technology Specification

Along with a detailed system and process design based on the earlier steps we can provide a technical specification and recommendations. Based on a technical audit of your existing system hardware and software in conjunction with your business objectives and anticipated growth, we recommend a technology strategy that can evolve alongside and in unison with your business.

Project and Change Management

We can guide you through the myriad details of the implementation phase with our project management services. We insure that the diverse elements including human resources of the project are coordinated and brought together harmoniously. We address time, quality and communication elements so that the project is managed to the goal of a quality solution delivered on time and in budget. We help to identify and best use the staff resources matched with the best projects ensuring a launch with success.

Educational Services

We offer courses ranging from standard user and administrator training to customized courses targeted to specific client requirements. We can provide "train the trainer programs" or provide user and administration training to your entire staff.

Technical Consulting Services

• Development of DTD's. Customization of standard DTD's. Development of conversion specifications
• Work-flow analysis

For more information please contact:

jake@mediaentities.com