Fully fledged technology.
Nice people to do business with.
Since outsourcing production became a thing twenty years ago, many publishers have inadvertently kept their production vendors at arm’s length. The work is passed on, managed, and passed back in what is essentially a transactional relationship.
We strive to be seen in a different light. We engage with the publishing community, sometimes as consultants, sometimes as agitators or agents of change. We work closely with our clients to get under the skin of their business and effect positive change wherever we can.
Above all, we’re nice people who just happen to be very good at what we do. In Gaelic, Deanta means ‘fully-fledged,’ and that’s how we see ourselves.
Next level publishing solutions
Fully fledged from birth
2011
Irish by name, Irish by origin
Deanta was born out of a vision to build ‘full-fledged’ relationships internally and with our customers. Our focus from the beginning has been reliability, flexibility and of course, consistent delivery. Dedication to these central tenets across all levels has ensured steady growth and most importantly, incredible client retention.
2019
Into the cloud with data science
The combined opportunities arising from cloudification and data science accelerated Deanta’s strategy to exist in a hyperconnected space alongside publishers, creating a seamless movement of metadata and content across all stages of production, virtually.
In 2019, out of our Dublin office, we began building the next generation of our publishing production platform, Lanstad.
2021
Pioneering AI
Deanta led the way in AI adoption amongst publishing vendors, building proprietary models through our international team of data scientists and software developers across two continents.
2024
Licensing Lanstad
We realise our vision for Lanstad: a fully automated, user-friendly production workflow platform that enables publishers to maintain complete control of their publishing operations, without the need for any vendor. Our first Lanstad license is signed with Edward Elgar Publishing.
2025
A hyper-connected roadmap
Our roadmap envisions a publishing ecosystem where content flows freely, technologies communicate seamlessly, and data drives decisions. Lanstad evolves from a production-centric workflow platform to become a central hub connecting submission systems, peer review, production, and delivery platforms.
Meet our leadership team
Our leadership team are veterans of client-focused publishing production. Combining technical expertise with problem-solving and communication skills, we know how to drive projects through to completion on time, on budget, and with minimum fuss.
Darren Ryan
CEO
Patrick Shafe
Commercial Director
Michelle Van Kampen
Product Manager
Peter Clerkin
Creative Director
Two-centre expertise at your fingertips
Deanta’s Dublin and Chennai-based technology teams are at the forefront of our commitment to innovation.
We deliver cutting-edge solutions by leveraging diverse talents including;
Data Scientists, AI/ML Engineers, Platform Engineers, Developers, and QA personnel, all of whom work collaboratively in an agile workflow.
We prioritize features based on client feedback and market trends, solving complex problems and delivering value through iterative development and frequent releases.
Technologies that talk to each other
Our workflow workshops reveal that publishers often operate in siloed departments, each with their own systems. Content is typically emailed between departments, with manual tracking and isolated reporting.
This fragmentation extends across the publishing ecosystem, with submission, peer review, title management, and delivery systems often operating independently
Deanta believes in a hyper-connected future where content flows seamlessly throughout its lifecycle. Our technologies are built on automation, connectivity, and scalability, designed to easily synchronize with other systems.
