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Interwoven is a Key Contributor to Online! The Book by Internet Gurus John C. Dvorak and Chris Pirillo Interwoven CTO Jack Jia Authored Content Management Chapter, Interwoven Vice President Dr. Mark Hale Contributed XML Expertise for Book SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interwoven, Inc. , a world-leading provider of content management for the enterprise, today announced that it is a key contributor to Online! The Book (ISBN 0131423630) by John C. Dvorak and Chris Pirillo with Wendy Taylor -- three of the best-known names in the Internet world -- recently published by Prentice Hall PTR. Jack Jia, senior vice president and CTO of Interwoven, contributed research and content for Chapter 23 on Content Management and Dr. Mark Hale, PE, served as a technical advisor on the subject of XML for the book. Online! The Book delivers a comprehensive and up-to-the-minute compendium of everything an Internet user needs to know about in the online world. Written for consumers -- from Internet novices to experienced surfers looking for power tips -- the book offers a unique balance of informative writing, infused with the authors' highly entertaining style and Mr. Dvorak's legendary wit. Interwoven and Online! The Book "As pioneers in the area of Web content management, Interwoven has been at the forefront of educating the public, responding to changing demands of managing content types, and developing the next-generation of CM solutions for today's increasingly complicated and inter-connected business environments," said Jack Jia, senior vice president and CTO of Interwoven. "This book project has been fulfilling for me in many ways, but primarily because in putting pen to paper, it took me back to my early days at Interwoven and helped me see just how far the industry has come in its understanding and acceptance of Content Management as a critical and pervasive business initiative. I am honored to be included among the scholars and technologists that have come together to publish this important book." Numerous Internet topics are covered in Online! The Book including how to choose an Internet service provider, networking, spam, Internet music and video, gaming, blogging, wireless security, content management, shareware and downloads, Internet law and other useful topics. This is one of the first books to deeply address the world of online dating, unusual chat systems as well as blogging, content management and developing personal and corporate Websites. "With the increase of corporate content within companies worldwide, content management must be used to maintain this content. It is of primary importance to understand this," said John C. Dvorak. "Interwoven's significant contribution to the growth and its expertise on this subject makes it a natural authority on the topic, and I'm pleased to have them represent this important technology in such a comprehensive and easy-to-digest way." The book runs almost 700 pages and includes helpful tips, sidebars, illustrations and screenshots. It is available from all major book retailers at a suggested retail price of $29.99 U.S. It is published by Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference (PH PTR) (http://www.phptr.com/), the most respected source of technology, computer science and engineering books. About Jack Jia Jack Jia is senior vice president and chief technology officer for Interwoven, responsible for the long-term strategic technology direction of the company. Prior to his current position, Jia was senior vice president of engineering. Before joining Interwoven in 1997, Jia was a founder and CEO of V-max America. He led operating systems and applications development at SGI, Sun Microsystems, Stratus and at NASA for more than decade. He is a frequent speaker at major industry and financial conferences, and has appeared on U.S. and international television programs. Jia holds of a number of technology patents, and is a contributing author to the XML Handbook, the 4th Edition. About Mark Hale, PhD, PE Mark Hale is vice president of field marketing at Interwoven, responsible for field sales training, product management oversight, and partner marketing. Previously Hale served as Interwoven's director of content technology initiatives and was responsible for maintaining the integrity of an enterprise class Content Infrastructure that is the content nucleus of many emerging markets such as XML, Portals and Web Services. Hale is globally known in the IT industry for technology innovation, and sits on a number of the Internet's leading standards bodies and platform committees including XML Protocol/Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP); Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI); Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV); and the Java Community Process (JCP). Hale has written for more than 35 industry publications, including the XML Handbook, the 4th Edition. About the Authors John C. Dvorak, a noted technology and Internet guru, has been in the technology business for more than 20 years and has written and edited numerous books including Dvorak's Guide to PC Telecommunications and Dvorak's Guide to Connectivity. He writes several popular columns for both online and print publications, including PC Magazine. Chris Pirillo is the founder of Lockergnome, a popular weekly Internet newsletter with more than 350,000 subscribers. He is also the former host of the TechTV cable channel's "Call for Help" show and has been profiled in the New York Times, Fortune Magazine and The Industry Standard. Wendy Taylor is the former editor of PC Computing and has been covering technology for over 14 years. "There is only one Dvorak. He invented the idea that technology was worth covering as news, wrote the first gossip column on the industry, and even has answered tech questions on call-in shows. He is the Orson Wells to Bill Gate's Kane." --William R. Hearst III, Publisher & Venture Capitalist About Interwoven Interwoven, Inc. is a world-leading provider of content management software for the enterprise. Allied with leading enterprise application providers, the Interwoven 6 platform provides content management for more than 1200 organizations worldwide, including Air France, Cisco Systems, General Electric, General Motors, and Yamaha. For more information visit http://www.interwoven.com/. 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