(Weymouth, MA) January 28, 2002… With recent advances in digital print technology in terms of hardware and software, producing personalized black & white and full color documents with relevant images and text has become a reality. Tools are available today to help businesses begin the journey toward more personalized customer communication. CAP Ventures’ new report entitled Production Workflow Solutions Product Compendium: Digital Personalization Application Software  takes a comprehensive look at the digital personalization market, the applications available, and the vendors offering the tools.

“Whether it is segmented product brochures, new product announcements, custom catalogues, or versioned newsletters, 1:1 documents have market impact and customers are demanding it more and more,” commented Holly Muscolino, Director of CAP Ventures’ Production Workflow Solutions Service. “CAP Ventures’ digital personalization product compendium provides an invaluable resource for print service providers looking to embrace new production workflow solutions that will enable them to offer more services to customers, and to deliver them competently, cost-effectively, and efficiently.”

CAP Ventures’ report entitled Production Workflow Solutions Product Compendium: Digital Personalization Application Software is the first in a series of product compendiums from CAP Ventures. The compendiums are a comprehensive resource for print service providers seeking information about software tools and infrastructure for printing and print-related services.

Each compendium provides a description of the product category, focusing on those features and considerations that are of the greatest importance to print providers and the print production workflow. The documents also offer a brief description of the products within each category, a discussion of how the various products within each category are positioned in relation to each other, and vendor profiles.

The compendium is structured into 9 product categories:

1. Digital Personalization Application     
2. e-Business Infrastructure     
3. PDF Workflow     
4. Datastream Transformation     
5. Business Process Management and Control     
6. Content Technologies     
7. Preflighting, Soft Proofing, Data Mining, Color Management     
8. Data Mining and Data Cleansing     
9. Server Products and Digital Front Ends

The first six compendiums are available immediately. The final sections will be released during the first and second quarters of 2003.

To learn more about the compendiums or to make a purchase, please contact Alison Hipp at , ext. 126 or . Special discount pricing is available for the complete set of product compendiums. Please call for rates.