Berlin, Germany and Boston, MA - March 3,  2008 - callas software, developer of powerful and innovative PDF solutions, announces a realignment of its pdfaPilot range of products for document archival.  The simplified line-up keeps pdfaPilot as the plugin for Adobe Acrobat, and pdfaPilot Server the automated production solution -- both for checking and making files PDF/A compliant. callas software is demonstrating its latest products on Booth #551 at AIIM/on demand, March 4-6 in Boston, MA.
 
- callas pdfaPilot is the easiest way to make document archives future-proof from within Adobe Acrobat
- callas pdfaPilot Server provides automated future-proof PDF archiving for high-volume document workflows
 
As electronic documents have become the norm for information exchange and storage, a robust archiving strategy is now an essential requirement for any organization. Based on Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF), PDF/A is an international standard (ISO 19005-1) created precisely to answer this need. PDF/A ensures that documents archived today will be completely future-proof. All files created according to the PDF/A standard are reproducible on screen, paper and ready for future technologies while omitting features unsuited to long-term archiving.
 
The callas pdfaPilot product range provides companies with an easy way to make PDF/A part of their long-term document strategy. To make documents PDF/A compliant, callas pdfaPilot uses the complete set of checks and fixes available in the industry. pdfaPilot Server 3 seamlessly integrates in new or existing document environments either through command line interface or by using the more visual automation platforms FullSWITCH or PowerSWITCH from technology partner Gradual Software.
 
callas software has built up extensive core-technology around PDF verification and correction.  As the developer of Adobe Acrobat's preflight functionality, this technology was recognized by the inventors of PDF. callas' founder, Olaf Drümmer is an active member in various industry associations such as the PDF/A competence center. He is also co-author of an education publication on PDF/A: PDF/A in a Nutshell.