DIGITAL digest

Along with product introductions, On Demand 2003 brought announcements about new business initiatives and relationships, with Electronics For Imaging (EFI) and Xerox figuring heavily into the latter. Conspicuous by their absence were direct imaging (DI) or on-press imaging systems.

Xerox Corp. unveiled a new strategic initiative to address the digital workflow, including enhancing the integration of its systems with third-party solutions. The company says it plans to offer a simplified set of workflow solutions under the new FreeFlow Digital Workflow Collection umbrella. This effort reportedly will be complemented by the adoption of an open, standards-based development platform—the Xerox Workflow Framework.