For Immediate Release.
Contact Brad Holtz, Bethesda MD: 301-365-4585
BETHESDA, MARYLAND (May 2, 1998)--ZEM Press. announced today that it has purchased The CAD Rating Guide from Tulsa, Oklahoma-based PennWell Publishing Co. The CAD Rating Guide is a 660-page reference book that contains in-depth vendor and product information on 120 different CAD/CAM, FEM (finite-element modeling), GIS (geographic information systems), and animation software packages. The product information includes detailed charts highlighting key software features and specifications, as well commentary from both vendors and users regarding product functionality. The book also includes a detailed productivity checklist for users and a comprehensive glossary of terms.
The guide was first published in 1989 by ZEM Press founder, W. Bradley Holtz and has since been updated every other year. It has rapidly established itself as unique, "must-have" tool for users looking to educate themselves and to evaluate various software options prior to purchase. The guide serves as a critical information resource for professional users working in a wide variety of application areas including mechanical engineering, architecture, civil engineering, mapping, facilities management, and animation.
Under the terms of the agreement, PennWell will continue to promote The CAD Rating Guide through its magazines and internet site, and will also continue to resell the book directly. The 5th Edition of the Guide just shipped this past June.
"The 6th edition of THE CAD RATING GUIDE is going to be produced via a database-driven website--because it has to", commented Brad Holtz, publisher, ZEM Press. "As a result, when the paper version of the book is printed we will have the capability to put the book online. When a customer buys a copy of the book they will also receive access to the website until the next edition comes out. It is our intention to keep the website up-to-date with immediate access information as the products in the marketplace change."
"PennWell is pleased to continue its relationship with Brad Holtz, the visionary and developer of The CAD Rating Guide. We realized that his unique expertise would be difficult to replicate and that the product should be in his hands and driven by him," stated Gene Pritchard, group director of the Information Technology Group of PennWell's Advanced Technology Division located in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Besides his role as editor, publisher and founder of ZEM Press and The CAD Rating Guide, Holtz, a licensed architect, is a well-known consultant and lecturer in the field of computer-aided design. He heads up WBH Associates (Bethesda, MD), a company specializing in strategic consulting to the CAD industry, and for the last five years has also served as Conference Director for A/E/C SYSTEMS.
Founded in 1910, PennWell Publishing Co. is a highly diversified, rapidly expanding global business information provider serving a growing spectrum of industries and technologies. Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, PennWell has offices in many of the leading cities throughout the U.S. and major business interests in Europe and Asia. PennWell’s magazines, conferences and exhibitions, newsletters, and other information products serve 1.5 million professionals who reside in more than 90 countries.
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Brad Holtz
WBH Associates
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Bethesda MD 20817-4556
301-365-4585
301-365-4586 fax
Jayne Gilsinger
PennWell Publishing Company
1421 South Sheridan
Tulsa OK 74101
918-832-9303
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