

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.
- Cumulus Network Image Database 2.5 is the leading image and media
database solution for professional digital image management.
- Cumulus Desktop Image Database 2.5 is the single-user version of Cumulus.
- Cirrus Professional Scanning Software is Canto's premiere scanning
utility for easy automation of all commonly-used scan procedures.
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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