Canto Software

Company

Canto Software is the recognized world leader in digital image management software with thousands of installed sites and business users worldwide. Canto's products, Cumulus Network Image Database, Cumulus Desktop Image Database, and Cirrus Professional Scanning Software are professional tools for intelligent management of digital image assets.

Canto's primary product line, Cumulus Image Database, first gained widespread acceptance with Macintosh users in the professional publishing and digital prepress markets. With the proliferation of digital images that all types of companies must manage, the market for Cumulus now includes all businesses who create, output, or distribute digital image assets.

Founded in 1990, as a private software development company, Canto has been successful in forging strategic alliances with many of the leading companies producing image creation, editing, layout, authoring, and output products, both hardware and software. Canto's list of strategic partners includes Apple, SGI, Adobe, Quark, Live Picture, AGFA, Kodak, Linotype, Dai Nippon Screen, Ricoh, Canon, Pioneer, and others. These alliances have resulted in profitable OEM business, improved channel reach, and increased category awareness and acceptance.

Company Mission

To develop and market world-class digital image asset management products that serve customer requirements to intelligently manage digital images and media content, and to automate their use in production and publishing workflow.

Market Focus

Canto focuses on serving the digital image asset management needs of professionals in publishing and communications enterprises. Specific market segments we support are:

- Publishing and Prepress

- Advertising and Design

- Multimedia, presentations, and Web Development

- Newspapers

- CAD

Products

Canto offers three products designed to catalog digital images and automate workflow; Cumulus Network Image Database 2.5, Cumulus Desktop Image Database 2.5, and Cirrus Professional Scanning Software.

Future Technologies

Canto is developing Cumulus versions for UNIX and Windows environments and has released the Cumulus Internet Image Server, a CGI that allows Cumulus to be used as an image server on the Internet.

Product Advantages

Canto's Cumulus is the leading digital image management software for multiple users in the Macintosh environment. Canto has driven growth in the digital image management market and has established a leadership position on the high-end of the market by defining a new standard for digital image management.

Company Advantages

People
Canto is a knowledge and know-how company. Our talented people are motivated to constantly learn and to embody that knowledge into competitive product solutions for digital image management.

Technology
Canto is a technology leader. Cumulus is a state-of-the-art client/server application that is scalable, extensible, and flexible. Canto's core technology can be productized and marketed for the widest range of customer applications involving digital images.

Strategic Partnerships
Canto maintains close strategic relationships with Apple, Adobe, Macromedia, Quark, Kodak, Linotype, Dai Nippon Screen, AGFA, Helios, Panasonic, Pioneer, Live Picture, Archicad, and many others. This ensures a high level of integration and support for a wide range of customers, applications, and platforms.

Marketing
Canto has global distribution through a network of highly qualified distributors, VARs, dealers, and OEMs.

Distribution

Cumulus Network Image Database 2.5 and Cirrus Professional Scanning Software are available through national and regional VARS and systems integrators. Cumulus Desktop Image Database 2.5 is available wherever Macintosh products are sold.

Senior Management


Jennifer Neumann - Chairman and CEO
Jennifer Neumann is Canto's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. She is also one of the company's co-founders. For three years, Ms. Neumann was a key member of Canto's development team, before she took over general management in 1993. Ms. Neumann started Canto's international distribution and also oversees Canto's operations in the United States. She has built strong strategic business partnerships with Kodak, AGFA, Linotype-Hell, Quark, Adobe and many others. Prior to founding Canto, Ms. Neumann worked on a project for the National Filmboard of Canada, for computer-controlled production of animation movies. Jennifer Neumann graduated in 1986 with a degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany.

Steven M. Goodman - President and COO
Steve Goodman is President and Chief Operating Officer of Canto Software. Goodman is responsible for building an international synergistic business and marketing team, and to guide the company's vision to lead the revolution in enterprise-wide digital asset management. Mr. Goodman possesses over 18 years management experience in sales and strategic marketing, having held key management positions at H.J. Heinz Company, Rodime, DayStar Digital, FWB, and having provided management consulting services to high technology companies such as: Foresight Technology, Drew Pictures, The LLB Company, Canter Technology, and Adaptec. He is also a well respected faculty member at San Francisco State University's Multimedia Studies department where he teaches Multimedia Business Strategy and Planning.

John Taylor - Vice President and General Manager, Europe
John Taylor oversees Canto's distribution in Europe and Asia. He is directly responsible for the operations and the future growth of the Canto Software GmbH in Berlin, Germany. Taylor has over 13 years experience in high-technology. Previous to Canto he was the European product marketing manager for Radius, Inc. He was responsible for marketing the Radius Graphics, Imaging, Video, Display and Mac-compatible CPU product lines in the European, Middle East, and African markets. Taylor launched over 20 new products for Radius and consolidated the company's product lines after their 1994 merger with SuperMac.

Recognition

"Cumulus is a powerful, well-designed tool for managing images and sharing them over a network. Its AppleScript and drag-and-drop support make it especially appealing."
A / 6.9 rating
MacWorld 8/96
"If you need fast access to hundreds of thousands of multimedia files and graphic images, your network needs Cumulus."
4.5 Mice
MacUser - 4/96

"Cumulus offers the most features and best performance of any database we've looked at. With Cumulus in your workflow, using your library of images becomes much easier."
MacWEEK - 10/95

"Cumulus has become a key link among our ad teams, streamlining the handling of digital artwork and saving us a lot of time and money."
Joe Fortes, Raley's Supermarkets

"Cumulus Network Image Database is an extremely comprehensive image and all-around file management tool that can prove to be indispensable for graphic and multimedia artists. It's cornucopia of features makes it a real winner at any price.
I love this software"
Fred DeLisio
Infoworld - 4/96

"Cumulus is very fast and flexible when cataloging detailed databases. I love the ease of use and the performance of Cumulus."
Scott Bowman, Alan Lithograph, Inc.


InfoWorld - Cumulus - April 29, 1996 (Volume 18, Issue 18)

MacUser - Cumulus - Four and a half mice - April 1996

MacWEEK - Cumulus - Four-star review - October 1995

MacUser - Cumulus - Editor's Choice Award 1994 - Best New Graphics and Publishing Utility

MacWEEK - Cumulus - Four-star review - September 1994

Publish Magazine - Four-star review - November 1993

Germany MacWelt Award - Cumulus - 1994

Apple Software Innovationspreis - Cumulus - 1993
50,000DM for introducing the Most Innovative Product in Germany

Japan Apple Pacific - Canto Software - 1994
Most Promising Newcomer


Canto Software, Inc.
330 Townsend, Suite 212
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Tel: 415-905-0300
Fax 415-905-0315
E-mail: info@canto-software.com
AppleLink: CANTO


Canto Software GmbH
Flensburger Strasse 5
10557 Berlin
Germany
Tel: 49-30-390-4850
Fax: 49-30-393-1093
E-mail: support@canto.de
AppleLink: GER.XSE0001

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