Strengthened Ingenta draws key new clients

Ingenta, the technology provider that connects the publishing and information industries, recently announced a successful first quarter of 2007 with 5 new clients joining its IngentaConnect service and 11 existing clients adding additional publications to the system or signing up for new services.

IngentaConnect's new publisher partners include:

• Manchester University Press
  The UK's third largest University Press chose IngentaConnect in order to offer cutting-edge features and content enhancement capabilities to subscribers of the Press' 14 journals. They selected the IngentabyDesign service, which will apply branding to seamlessly integrate IngentaConnect with the Press' own website.
• Acumen Publishing
• The Council For Learning Difficulties
• IIED – Participatory Learning and Action
• Jackson Publishing
• Research Information Ltd

Key client Maney Publishing is one of the 11 existing clients increasing its business with Ingenta for 2007. "As a medium-sized publisher, Ingenta's services are critical to our ability to grow our business, and we are delighted by the support and expertise they deliver to us," says Managing Director, Michael Gallico. "The service Ingenta delivers is outstanding, and the quality of support they provide to our customers enables us to focus on our core competences. They are responsive to our needs and suggestions and we benefit from their innovation, their willingness to engage with our ideas and from their critical mass which enables the cost of new developments to be spread across so many participating publishers. We look forward to benefitting further from their versatility for the foreseeable future."

Ingenta performed solidly in 2006 with 40 new publisher customers, and 42 existing clients signing new long-term contracts. This continued growth, combined with its February 2007 merger with VISTA International to form Publishing Technology plc, has strengthened its reputation in its core publisher and library markets. Flagship website IngentaConnect now provides 250 research publishers and societies with online publishing services including data conversion and enhancement, secure online hosting, access and authentication and content discoverability management. Over 20,000 libraries use the site to access full text via subscription and document delivery business models, and the site supports up to 20 million user sessions every month.

Please visit the Ingenta stand (42) at the UKSG Annual Conference for further information about Ingenta, its services or its parent company, Publishing Technology plc.

ENDS

For more information, please contact:
Charlie Rapple
Publishing Technology plc
Tel: +44 1865 397860
Email: charlie.rapple@publishingtechnology.com

About Ingenta
www.ingenta.com
Ingenta is the global market leader in online management and distribution of publications, allowing publishers to focus on their core business by outsourcing their online publishing requirements. Ingenta's key competences include website design and development, data conversion and enhancement, secure online hosting, access & authentication and content discoverability management. Flagship web platform IngentaConnect provides 250 research publishers and societies with a ready-made audience (of over 20,000 libraries) for their publications. For libraries and information professionals, the site offers comprehensive collection management and document delivery options for over 30,000 publications. Ingenta also develops and maintains discrete publication websites, and delivers a range of complementary technology services including Information Commerce Software, which provides flexible infrastructure and tools to enable publishers to repackage, bundle or price content online at the click of a button.

In 2007, Ingenta merged with VISTA International to form Publishing Technology plc, the largest provider of publishing software solutions. The company is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and has offices in Europe and North America.