By: Jim Rosenberg Software engineering and services supplier Protec announced it will offer support and services to all users of Infopolis, the editorial solution marketed by Ailink (E&P, Oct. 14, 2002), which recently stopped activities. Both companies are based in Madrid, Spain.
Protec said it hired Ailink professionals and acquired its source code and its copyright. Ailink was founded in 1991 by tech staffers from Spain's defunct el Sol. Its early wire-capture software was ued by AFP.
Protec CEO Fernando G?mez, said in a statement today that "Ailink acted in regional markets in which we are also present. Their customers were also our customers or potential customers. That is the reason why we decided to offer support ... This is a logical movement in the market and a way of reinforcing our role as technological collaborators."
While "every case will be analysed individually," the annoncement stated, Protec's "commitment is to respect all the conditions given by Ailink to every customer."
Protec said the move should help its Milenium system business in such markets as France and South America, where it recently opened offices serving newspapers, magazines, official record publishers, printing centers, graphical services, and advertising agencies.
Earlier represented in North America by Berges & Co., Ailink first exhibited at Nexpo in 2000. Two years later it reintroduced itself to this market when technology partner Ixiasoft had Ailink representatives in its Nexpo booth.
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