http://www.gilbane.com/ Content Management and XML news, analysis, white papers, and conferences en-us Copyright 1993-2006 Bluebill Advisors Inc. webmaster@gilbane.com editor@gilbane.com http://www.gilbane.com/rss/gilbane_logo_rss.jpg http://www.gilbane.com 140 89 Gilbane Report logo Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:06:14 GMT Thu, 29 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT QL2 Software released version 2.2 of WebQL, its unstructured data extraction tool. The most significant enhancements to version 2.2 involve internationalization. Specifically, WebQL version 2.2 now supports all the common international character sets - both single and multi-byte - and locale specific date and time formats. In addition to these internationalization features version 2.2 adds tools for network monitoring, Web page change detection, and XSLT support to its existing XML capabilities. A free 90-day download of WebQL version 2.2 is available to software developers. www.ql2.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2957 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2957 Thu, 29 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT cScape Strategic Internet Services Ltd released CMS Wizard for Microsoft Content Management Server, a package that builds low cost Microsoft Content Management Server enabled websites quickly. The CMS Wizard requires minimal technical skills and has been developed to create professional content managed websites from scratch within minutes. Designed specifically to plug into both Standard and Enterprise editions of Microsofts Content Management Server, the CMS Wizard contains a range of website styles designed to suit different organisational structures and comes complete with an integrated search facility. The CMS Wizard was jointly-developed by cScape and Mondosoft. cScape worked closely with Microsoft Corp in developing this product, and MS has promoted the CMS Wizard internationally to MS Partners. The CMS Wizard will retail for $1,999.99, is licensed on a per server basis and is available to purchase online. www.cms-wizard.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2958 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2958 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Comergent Technologies, Inc. announced its acquisition of Profile Systems, Inc., developer of product information (PIM) and inventory management solutions for business-to-business e-business. Under the terms of the agreement, Comergent Technologies has acquired all the outstanding Profile Systems shares and technology. Profile Systems employees have been retained in the West Springfield, Massachusetts office. The acquisition joins two complementary business-to-business demand chain management software solutions that help manufacturers, resellers, and distributors optimize their product data and order management lifecycles. Comergent's acquisition of Profile Systems closed on January 5, 2004 and the former executive management team of Profile Systems has been retained. www.comergent.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2959 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2959 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Ephox introduced major enhancements to their browser-based authoring software products, EditLive! for Windows 3.0 and EditLive! for Java 3.0. With these releases, Ephox further enables non-technical users to contribute content to content management systems and other content-driven applications. EditLive! for Java 3.0 delivers a cross-platform solution across a wide range of platforms: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Sun Solaris. Ephox is also now offering support for Apple's new Safari browser. EditLive!'s enhanced capabilities include faster performance, cascading style sheets (CSS), and enhanced table editing. EditLive! for Java 3.0 is internationalized and available in multiple languages. An evaluation version can be downloaded. Pricing for EditLive! for Java limited user versions start at $199 and an unlimited user, single CPU license starts at $2,999. Pricing for EditLive! for Windows can be found at Ephox's online store. www.ephox.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2960 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2960 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Ecordia Technologies announces the launch of Ecordia, a web-based Marketing Management System (MMS) that empowers the marketing professional with the features of an enterprise CRM system, web-based site management, and statistical reporting. Through secured web-based administration, the corporate marketing professional can have complete, real-time control over the entire website (or selected parts) without the need to involve IT resources. Ecordia shares many of the features found in enterprise level Content Management Systems (CMS) -- real-time content development, publishing roles, and version rollback. Like a CMS system, Ecordia provides users with a website that they can manage in real-time from any Internet browser. But Ecordia is targeted at providing corporate marketing professionals with a CMS that supports their primary business -- communicating about the company with customers. www.ecordia.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2961 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2961 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Stellent, Inc. announced the availability of five new packaged consulting service offerings for its Stellent Universal Content Management solutions. These new service offerings are provided by Stellent Consulting Services. The group is organized into three primary competency areas: Program Management and Business Analysis, Enterprise Architecture and Integration Engineering, and Application Development and Consulting. Stellent's packaged service offerings consist of: Implementation Scoping, System Architecture Assessment and Design, Implementation Roadmap, Implementation Advisor, and Upgrade Analysis. www.stellent.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2962 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2962 Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT iWay Software, an Information Builders company, announced that its Adapter Framework has been tested and approved by IBM for use with IBM DB2 Information Integrator software. iWay's adapters add over 100 additional data sources, including packaged applications and legacy databases, to the list of sources DB2 Information Integrator can federate. The combination of DB2 Information Integrator and iWay's Adapter Framework offers developers a solution for real-time integrated access to and analysis of all data types across disparate information systems inside and outside the enterprise. End users can now send one request to DB2 Information Integrator and seamlessly query multiple systems. For example, an end-user request for customer information might require data from relational databases, content repositories, CRM applications, and ERP systems. DB2 Information Integrator determines the optimal access plan, divides up the query, relays relevant individual source queries through the iWay Adapter Framework to various back-end systems, aggregates the responses, and returns a single answer set to the user. www.iwaysoftware.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2956 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2956 Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Open Text Corporation said it is introducing a new solution that gives life sciences companies a single, unified environment for managing the complex process of assembling, approving, releasing and archiving new drug and medical device applications required to enable human clinical trials and product marketing. Livelink for Collaborative Submissions supports the complete lifecycle of the submissions process, providing tools to exchange information with government regulators, as well as manage and track changes to documents from multiple submissions. Livelink for Collaborative Submissions offers a single system to manage eCTD-compliant submissions to the FDA, the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA), and other regulators. The solution combines document, forms and records management software, content publishing tools and the ability to automate a wide range of processes, from ad hoc to tightly sequenced workflows. Integrated tools such as check-in/out, version history, event auditing, signing controls, alternate renditions and compound documents help manage documents, their constituent documents and related components. The product is being deployed in pilot customer sites and will be released in Spring 2004. www.opentext.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2963 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2963 Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT CambridgeDocs announced Linux versions of its xDoc Content Transformation Server (xCTS). The xDoc Content Transformation Server provides XML-based transformations of documents and content from multiple legacy source formats into XML and then publishing to desktop formats, such as Adobe PDF, HTML, and Microsoft Word documents. Linux is the first of a number of Unix platforms that will be supported by CambridgeDocs XML Content Backbone. The xCTS works with J2EE application servers, such as TomCat, EAServer, as well as with Microsoft IIS based applications. The server can be invoked on Linux using its Servlet API or its Java API. The xCTS is available immediately and pricing starts at $9,500 per server. www.cambridgedocs.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2964 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2964 Mon, 26 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Sybase, Inc. announced Percussion Software, Inc. has chosen to embed Sybase's Content Capture Technology and Mach Desktop solutions into the Rhythmyx product line, to provide its customers with a unified solution for accelerated content delivery in conjunction with their content management system. Percussion selected Sybase Mach Desktop, a lightweight embeddable user experience server, and Sybase Content Capture, an embeddable content integrator, as they provide comprehensive user experience functionality, while being easy to embed, customize and deploy. Sybase Mach Desktop acts as a user experience server and can deliver many kinds of user experiences, including Portal, Collaboration, Traditional Web, Limited Landscape, Occasionally Connected and Mobile Device. Sybase Mach Desktop's Collaboration and Portal capabilities allowed Percussion to extend the Rhythmyx product line for teams and workgroups. www.sybase.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2950 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2950 Mon, 26 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Interwoven, Inc. announced a new solution designed for the specific challenges of corporate legal departments (CLDs). Based on the Interwoven WorkSite Server software suite, the Interwoven CLD solution addresses five key pain points experienced by today's corporate legal departments: managing the matter file; managing external counsel; board of directors' compliance; policy publication and monitoring; and contract management. www.interwoven.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2951 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2951 Mon, 26 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Ektron's Ektron CMS300, now includes a Macromedia Dreamweaver extension, uniting separate solutions into one Web authoring environment. In addition to creating and updating Web templates, Web designers and developers can connect directly to their Web site through Dreamweaver, and create, edit, and manage Web site content within an environment that's most familiar to them. The integration of Ektron CMS300 and Macromedia Dreamweaver streamlines Web publishing efforts. It allows organizations to protect existing technology investments, eliminates specialized developer training, and reduces time to deployment of a new CMS solution. www.ektron.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2952 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2952 Mon, 26 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT RedDot Solutions announced the launch of the RedDot Extended Content Management Suite (XCMS). A comprehensive content management solution designed for the mid-market. XCMS has a modular structure that can scale to an organization's current or future needs, providing a host of applications including web content management, document management, business process workflow, digital asset management, collaboration, personalization and back-end integration. These capabilities are provided through XCMS's modules, which have been expanded to include the new release of the RedDot Content Collaboration Server (CCS), which enables document and knowledge management functionalities, project collaboration and business process workflow. In tandem with the XCMS launch, RedDot is also releasing new versions of its existing products including: RedDot Content Management Server (CMS) 5.5, RedDot Content Personalization Server (CPS) 2.0 and RedDot Content Integration Server (CIS) 2.0. www.reddot.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2953 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2953 Mon, 26 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Snapbridge Software released Snapbridge FDX Information Server 3.5, an XML-based data federation solution. Snapbridge FDX Information Server 3.5 allows enterprises to federate data and content in real-time from multiple data sources without having to work with complex data schemas. Snapbridge software streamlines enterprise information integration, content management and XML development initiatives for customer care, risk management, supply chain, multi-channel publishing and others. Snapbridge FDX Information Server is available in 3 editions: Snapbridge FDX Information Server Enterprise Edition - designed for deployment by large organizations, high-volume publishers and online service providers; priced at $20,000 USD per CPU; Snapbridge FDX Information Server Standard Edition - designed for medium-sized organizations and workgroup deployments; priced at $12,000 USD per CPU; and Snapbridge FDX Information Server Developers Edition - provides developers with all the tools they need to build-test-debug-deploy information integration solutions; priced at $999 USD per seat. www.snapbridge.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2954 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2954 Mon, 26 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT IXOS Software AG and Network Appliance, Inc. announced a solution that integrates IXOS' Enterprise Content Management (ECM) suite with Network Appliance SnapLock to provide a platform for archival and retrieval of business-critical information that must remain unaltered. The solution offers enterprises an alternative to traditional optical or tape storage by delivering a information lifecycle management (ILM) solution capable of handling diverse ECM requirements, from creation through disposal. The NetApp SnapLock solution supports WORM (write-once, read-many) magnetic disk storage via open protocols such as CIFS and NFS. The joint solution enables businesses to comply with regulations such as SEC 17a-4, Sarbanes-Oxley, GoB, and Basel II. The security and auditing features inherent to the NetApp storage systems enable enterprises to meet the privacy and confidentiality requirements of HIPAA, 21 CFR Part 11, and EU Data Protection Act. The integrated solution for IXOS support of NetApp SnapLock is generally available now through both companies. www.netapp.com, www.ixos.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2955 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2955 Thu, 22 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Vignette Corp. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tower Technology Pty Ltd. The acquisition will bring together content management, collaboration and portal solutions with integrated enterprise document and records management solutions to offer an enterprise content management solution upon which to base and manage enterprise Web initiatives. Vignette will pay $125 million, comprised of $45 million in cash and $80 million in Vignette stock; the stock portion of the transaction equates to approximately 29.8 million shares. Tower Technology has three primary products: Tower IDM - a Web-enabled, document processing system for managing unstructured business information, including images, forms, computer-generated reports, statements and invoices, office documents and e-mail; Tower Seraph - a records management solution; and Tower WebCapture - which provides the ability to capture and aggregate the content that constitutes an online transaction and to automatically create a permanent, unalterable visual transaction log and audit trail. www.vignette.com, www.TowerTech.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2947 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2947 Thu, 22 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT A2i, Inc. announced xCat will immediately support the JSR 168 portlet interface standard, as well as the portal environments, including IBM WebSphere Portal. Each of the portlets in A2i's library provides specific capabilities and user interface for accessing any data stored in the xCat system, is fully adaptive to the schema structure of the xCat catalog repository to which it is connected, and provides a window into the repository by connecting to a particular data source. Portlets can be configured and assembled into portal pages that are both editable and searchable in multiple dimensions without writing code. In addition, all of the portlets feature the multidimensional pick-list limiting, where each portlet is search-state aware and collaborative with other A2i portlets on the page, and is dynamically updated with each selection to reflect the current search constraints and corresponding results set. A2i's suite of portlets also includes support for illustrated parts catalogs with exploded view diagrams and hotspots drill down navigation, capabilities that have already been incorporated into IBM's vertical market solution for the automotive market. www.a2i.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2948 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2948 Thu, 22 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT The Open Financial Exchange (OFX) Consortium announced the public availability of the OFX 2.0.2 XML Schema. The new OFX 2.0.2 XML Schema is compliant with the W3C's XML Schema Recommendation, 2 May 2001. It complements the existing OFX 2.0.2 specification and DTD to enable software developers to utilize the latest in XML technology. Additionally, the new OFX XML Schema provides a clear expansion path to allow OFX to support other XML technologies such as SOAP and WSDL. It also expands OFX to support account aggregation in a manner that conforms to the latest BITS Phase II Aggregation guidelines. OFX can support connectivity within the systems of the financial institutions. The OFX XML schema allows intra-enterprise-oriented tools to be developed using XML technology that, while dedicated to internal purposes, also adheres to an industry standard. This helps assure interoperability with other internal and external systems. The OFX 2.0.2 XML Schema was developed by the OFX Web services working group chaired by Business Logic. Other key contributors were Intuit, Microsoft and Citigroup. The consortium, which includes Intuit Inc., Microsoft, CheckFree Corp., Citigroup, TD Waterhouse and Corrillian Corp., has made the new schema available for review and is requesting that comments be submitted. www.ofx.net http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2949 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2949 Wed, 21 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Day IBM Germany have signed a cooperation for the German, Austrian, and Swiss markets. This cooperation will bring together a complementary offering of Day's software and IBM's consulting and integration services to assist organizations with their e-business and content management initiatives. The IBM service unit Business Consulting Services will establish industry specific e-business applications. Furthermore, the cooperation respectively the comprehensive solution portfolio will be accompanied by joint marketing activities. www.ibm.com, www.day.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2946 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2946 Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Macromedia announced the immediate availability of Macromedia RoboInfo 5.0. RoboInfo enables organizations to publish and manage policies and procedures online. Once the information is published, end users can find what they need via a table of contents, index, and glossary. RoboInfo 5.0 contains new content management features such as workflow audit trails, version control with document rollback, and administrator permissions that empower organizations to control their online policies and procedures from creation through delivery. RoboInfo Pro enables detailed usage feedback reports to help optimize content to be more effective for its intended audience. Natural-language search, as well as full-text searches for non-English languages, enable end users to easily find relevant information. RoboInfo and Contribute can be used together to create intranet sites for organizations. With RoboHelp X5, users can leverage support for XML, PDF import/export, content management, distributed workforces, team authoring capabilities, as well as the newly released JavaHelp 2.0 from Sun. Inc.RoboInfo 5.0 is priced at $799, with RoboInfo Pro 5.0 at $1799. Upgrades for RoboInfo are priced at $499, with RoboInfo Pro at $999. RoboHelp X5, priced at $999. Upgrades from RoboHelp 2002, RoboHelp X3 or RoboHelp X4 are $499. Upgrades from RoboHelp versions 4 through 9 are $699.www.macromedia.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2939 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2939 Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT FileNet Corporation announced support for Linux. General availability of FileNet P8 product offerings on the enterprise editions of SuSE and Red Hat Linux, starting with support for the first components on the Web application layer, is scheduled for early this year. www.filenet.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2940 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2940 Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT JBoss Group LLC announced the availability of Nukes on JBoss, an open source content management system (CMS) entirely based on Java. The Nukes on JBoss project has enriched the popular PostNukes CMS with advanced functionality that improves scalability, robustness and performance to handle enterprise-class web sites. The development of a group management platform falls within the strategic framework of JBoss, which aims to provide all Java users with a set of tools that can be integrated into their current information system. Nukes on JBoss relies on the functionality of the JBoss application server, whose microkernel architecture (based on JMX) is a central component. A final RC (Release Candidate) is already available as a free download. Nukes on JBoss version 1.0 will be available on February 18 at www.jboss.org http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2941 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2941 Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Optika Inc. announced the availability of Acorde version 4.0. The new version delivers more than 40 product enhancements, including a fully integrated records management solution, additional Web Services capabilities, improved document versioning, integration with EMC Centera WORM (Write Once Read Many) storage devices, and several Web client enhancements. Acorde 4.0 provides a fully integrated, DoD 5015.2-certified records management solution. Acorde 4.0 also supports the EMC Centera Compliance Edition storage devices, which when used in conjunction with Acorde Records Management, enable customers to meet the requirements for SEC Rule 17a-4, DoD 5015.2, and 21 CFR Part 11. The Acorde document versioning functionality has also been enhanced to provide major and minor version tracking for all documents stored within Acorde, enabling a mechanism for tracking the evolution of a document from creation through multiple revisions. The enhanced Web client adds new Web administrative options, custom Web tools, and the Acorde Web Management Dashboard. The dashboard is a stand-alone Microsoft .NET-based Web application that provides an interface for analyzing the usage of various functions within the Acorde system. www.optika.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2942 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2942 Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT BlackHawk Information Services, Inc. announced the availability of BlackHawk Web Site Manager, an enterprise software solution for small and medium-sized companies and organizations that rely on their web sites to generate revenue. With this system, customers can develop and/or change web content with the ease of using a word processing application. BlackHawk makes web site maintenance possible for smaller organizations that cannot afford to hire programmers to make routine content changes to their web site. BlackHawk Web Site Manager is available and can be purchased or leased via an ASP service model. www.blackhawkis.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2943 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2943 Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Percussion Software announced new enhancements across its product suite, including: Lyrix 2, a J2EE/.Net integration product for Domino, which is scheduled for release in March. New features include bi-directional support for Content Services, giving users the ability to submit content changes from target applications to Domino applications, and Single Sign On, which allows users to sign in to a non-Domino system based on their security (ACLs) from Domino; and ServerAdmin Plus V8.5, part of the suite of Power Tools for Lotus Domino, also scheduled for release in March. New features in the Client Manager module enable automation of special projects such as: server consolidation, renaming and decommissioning servers as well as new server setups. Additional new features in the Client Manager allow administrators to manage end users' clients remotely, including management of desktop icons, replicator pages, bookmarks, location documents, connection documents, and Notes.ini files. Version 8.5 also provides new database document migration, and the addition of over 40 new parameters to the popular NSF Search module, including advanced replication, document locking and full-text index settings. www.percussion.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2944 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2944 Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Ektron, Inc., added a new editing tool and platform support to the Ektron CMS200 and CMS300 content management solutions. Both CMS products are now available for the Macintosh platform and include a redlining versioning tool. Ektrons eWebDiff content comparison tool easily and clearly shows the difference between two versions of a content block in Ektron CMS. This detailed tracking feature, similar to the "track changes" command in Microsoft Word, is a tool that ensures accountability throughout the content editing process. Redlining highlights modified content for ease of review. Users editing or approving a content block can compare the latest version to a previously published version, and compare historical versions to view changes made over time. www.ektron.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2945 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2945 Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT FileNet Corporation announced a major initiative to deliver ECM solutions for Asset and Plant Lifecycle Management. FileNet also announced a strategic partnership with McLaren Software Ltd., the first in a series of planned key strategic partnerships designed to expand FileNet's reach in the manufacturing sector. McLaren Software will provide a new version of its Enterprise Engineer integrated software solution on the FileNet ECM architecture through an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) agreement. The relationship with McLaren will allow FileNet and its manufacturing industry focused ValueNet partners to develop a variety of solutions where the integration of engineering drawings and processes are critical to business operations. These include major facility operators such as utilities, oil and gas companies, chemical producers, transportation infrastructure managers, and major manufacturing sites. FileNet Asset and Plant Lifecycle Management solutions are designed to provide manufacturers with improved visibility and control of content and processes. www.filenet.com, www.mclarensoftware.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2938 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2938 Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT GlobalSCAPE announced the availability of its PureCMS hosted content management service. PureCMS now enables organizations to share responsibility for Web site content among non-technical team members, without the need to install and manage a software application internally. The service enables an administrator to manage multiple Web sites from a single Web-based interface and ensures consistent workflow for content contributors. The PureCMS hosted service enables small organizations with limited IT resources to save time and money through use of a content management system that does not require investment in hardware, software or additional IT personnel and provides 24-hour availability, backup and ongoing maintenance of a staging environment for their Web sites. Users can access the service from any computer connected to the Internet with Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater. Users simply browse to a protected copy of their Web site, hosted on GlobalSCAPE's PureCMS staging server, click the page they want to edit and make textual or graphic changes on screen. Users can even copy and paste information from Windows applications such as Microsoft Word or Excel into their Web sites. Once the user saves the proposed changes, PureCMS sends the designated group leader an email notification that the changes are pending approval. The group leader can compare the proposed changes to the previous version, approve and publish, or schedule for publishing later. The PureCMS hosted service is available immediately from GlobalSCAPE. Pricing begins at $99 per month for 3 users. Service fees include live technical support, maintenance and a storage allowance. www.globalscape.com/purecms http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2937 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2937 Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Tridion announced two new content management solutions: Tridion Web Content Management and Tridion Intranet Edition are entry-level solutions aimed at making content management accessible to business units within large organisations and project managers not ready for an enterprise-wide system. The products offer a foundation for managing internal and Web-based content, with the option of adding further modules to scale with the needs of the business as it grows. Tridion Web Content Management Edition enables departments to centralise control of websites and ensure content is created once and repurposed many times. Tridion Intranet Edition is a solution designed to make internal information more accessible to employees. It improves knowledge-sharing within an organisation by ensuring content on the company Intranet is relevant, up-to-date, accurate and readily available. Available with both products is an optional Starter Toolkit. The toolkit incorporates best practice development techniques deployed by Tridion's Professional Services team and its partners. The toolkit consists of a set of schemas, templates, events, workflow and front-end functionality and aims to reduce overall implementation time. www.tridion.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2933 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2933 Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Libertas Solutions launched its web content management (CM) product for small businesses. Libertas Site Wizard gives small businesses the opportunity to create, edit and manage their own websites through familiar word processing features and "wizard" type forms to build and maintain the site. The Libertas Solutions CMS suite is entirely web based. The Libertas Solutions CMS suite has been developed to meet the specific needs of all types of business users, ensuring that the same core principles are applied to the entry level Libertas Site Wizard product as the enterprise Libertas ECMS product, which has been developed to meet the needs of local government and large corporatations. Also, Libertas Solutions have included the streaming of multi media content in its latest upgrade of the enterprise web content management product, Libertas ECMS. www.libertas-solutions.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2934 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2934 Wed, 14 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT RenderX, Inc. and Assentis Technologies AG announced their agreement to enter into a strategic alliance. This partnership will deliver enhanced products and services to their joint customers worldwide. The combined solution creates the a comprehensive tool for high-quality design of XSL for dynamic documents. Assentis will include RenderX's product XEP into their professional document solutions -- Assentis:WebText, Assentis:DocBase and Assentis:Cockpit. Cockpit, an advanced XSL FO document engineering solution, will integrate with XEP and support its XSL FO extensions. Assentis and RenderX will build a common sales, support, and service organization in the first quarter of 2004. RenderX will be responsible for the joint offering in the United States and Canada. Assentis will cover Europe, the Middle East and Africa. www.assentis.com, www.renderx.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2935 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2935 Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Venetica announced the availability of a Content Bridge to IBM DB2 Content Manager OnDemand, enabling customers to leverage distributed content stored in statements, invoices and other formatted computer output on behalf of enterprise initiatives such as customer service, regulatory compliance and supply chain management. This announcement is part of an ongoing relationship in support of IBM technology. With VeniceBridge, IBM customers can build enterprise-spanning business applications on the WebSphere platform that provide access to content throughout the organization and leverage business processes defined across multiple business units. These solutions can use a combination of IBM DB2 Content Manager and Lotus Domino.Doc for managing and archiving critical digitized content, Lotus Notes for collaborative information and knowledge management, IBM WebSphere MQ Workflow for enterprise-wide business processes, and other disparate non-IBM systems being used to manage content and processes across the organization. Venetica's technology has been deployed in IBM customer environments on multiple IBM operating systems including AIX, Linux and zOS. www.venetica.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2927 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2927 Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT DataPower Technology, Inc. along with Accordare announced a partnership aimed at easing the creation and ongoing maintenance of XML-based trading partner connections. The agreement combines Accordare's Reflector and DataPower's XS40 XML Security Gateway to provide an intelligent e-business mediation point. The combined offering delivers "no-coding" XML security, eases coping with mismatched XML business document formats, detects common business process protocol interoperability errors, helps debug disagreements over security and standards specifications, and overcomes other obstacles to launching and maintaining electronic business connections. By combining Accordare's Reflector and the DataPower XML Security Gateway, a "drop-in" network device purpose-built to provide complete XML Web services security and wirespeed XML performance, enterprises can now eliminate these barriers and get business-to-business transactions flowing "live" in record time. www.datapower.com, www.accordare.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2929 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2929 Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Context Media, Inc. announced that its Interchange Suite content integration software provides additional support for multiple IBM platforms. Context Media Interchange Suite is now powered by IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM Tivoli Directory Server and IBM DB2 Information Management platforms. Context Media also announced that it has integrated Interchange Suite with IBM DB2 Content Manager and WebSphere Portal, allowing customers to directly import data from third party content management systems onto their desktops through WebSphere Portal or Context Media user interfaces like Intershare, a Windows based client that acts like a shared drive within any desktop application. Context Media also announced that it has expanded its relationship with IBM by joining the IBM Value Advantage Plus (VAP) partner program to drive joint solutions into the small and medium business (SMB) marketplace. Interchange Suite, powered by IBM WebSphere Application Server, DB2 Universal Database and IBM Tivoli Directory Server, is currently available. www.contextmedia.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2930 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2930 Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Obinary has released Magnolia 1.1, an update to its free Java-based Enterprise Content Management System. Magnolia 1.1 includes an improved caching mechanism that works seamlessly and automatically to deliver performance for dynamically created web pages, while maintaining full authentication mechanisms. New sample templates demonstrate the use of server side image resizing. This allows storing images independently of their display dimensions. The same source image can thus be displayed in several sizes, for example to have thumbnails and "show detail" functionality. Numerous small interface improvements and a streamlined and renamed core API further enhance the ease-of-use of Magnolia. All documentation has been updated to reflect the new API. Magnolia installers and updaters are available for all major operating systems. Magnolia can be installed quickly on all common operating-systems (JDK 1.4.1 required) and is available free of charge at www.magnolia.info, www.obinary.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2932 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2932 Tue, 13 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Sybari Software, Inc. announced their antivirus and content-filtering, Antigen 7.5 for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies has gone gold. This latest addition for Sybari's Antigen fully supports Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and enables companies to take advantage of new and enhanced features including document filtering capabilities, real-time protection of multiple SharePoint Document Libraries and integration with Microsoft SharePoint Virus Scanning API. The new version of Antigen for SharePoint delivers more features specifically designed to complement SharePoint Portal 2003 including in-memory scanning for higher performance, content-filtering options to enable filtering by document name and/or document type, and real-time virus scanning to provide high reliability and protection. www.sybari.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2936 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2936 Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Stellent, Inc. announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Optika Inc. an enterprise content management (ECM) provider of imaging, business process management (BPM), collaboration and records management software, for $10 million in cash, approximately 4.1 million shares of Stellent common stock and the assumption by Stellent of Optika's outstanding options. Based on Stellent's stock price as of Jan. 9, 2004 and including the value of the options to be assumed, the transaction currently is valued at approximately $59 million. Immediately after the transaction, the former stockholders of Optika will own approximately 16 percent of the outstanding shares of Stellent common stock, and Stellent shareholders will own approximately 84 percent of the combined entity. The combined company will have an annual revenue run rate of approximately $100 million, and a cash and marketable securities position of approximately $70 million. Combined with Stellent's Universal Content Management architecture, Optika's product line will enable Stellent to provide customers with a suite of solutions to manage both collaborative, consumption-oriented content as well as content generated and circulated during complex business transactions. In the short-term, Stellent plans to integrate the product lines via Web services. Longer-term plans call for the product lines to be integrated utilizing Stellent's universal content repository. www.stellent.com, www.optika.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2925 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2925 Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Adobe Systems Incorporated shipped Adobe FrameMaker 7.1 software, the upgrade to its enterprise authoring and publishing solution. Importing and migrating technical documents into FrameMaker 7.1 is now easier and faster. With the Conditional Text feature, authors can maintain different variations of a document in a single XML source file. The variations can be controlled and previewed for print and PDF, and can be utilized in XML transformations downstream. Users can also now manage cross-references between XML files. Both features provide greater flexibility in managing and delivering content in XML. Windows users can expand on previous projects by migrating technical documents created in Adobe PageMaker (versions 6.5-7.0) and QuarkXPress (versions 3.3-4.1) directly into FrameMaker 7.1. SVG can be used as a single source for publishing vector graphics in printed materials, Adobe PDF, or on the Web. FrameMaker 7.1 for Windows and Sun Solaris is now available in the United States, Europe and Canada. FrameMaker 7.1, desktop version, for Windows is US$799 for the full version and $199 for the upgrade. On Sun Solaris, the full version is $1,329 and $279 for the upgrade. For Macintosh users, FrameMaker 7.0 is still available for both Mac OS 9 and OS X Classic. www.adobe.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2926 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2926 Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Cardiff Software Inc. and Relizon announced a strategic alliance to deliver business process automation solutions for Relizon's customers. The integration of Cardiff's eForm solutions with Relizon's end-to-end business process design and management will provide productivity gains from the enterprise-wide document management process. The Relizon-Cardiff solution development will center on Cardiff's LiquidOffice, a Web-based eForm automation solution for creating, deploying and automatically managing the routing, tracking and approval processes for electronic forms. LiquidOffice's automation of internal and external forms helps organizations increase efficiency and productivity, while its use of XML, HTML and PDF ensure enterprise connectivity with database, ERP, accounting and back-office applications. www.relizon.com, www.cardiff.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2928 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2928 Mon, 12 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT iPhrase Technologies, Inc. announced the acquisition of Banter Systems, Inc., a provider of automatic classification software used to understand unstructured content and informal communications. iPhrase acquired Banter in an all-stock transaction. The deal doubles the size of iPhrase's engineering team. iPhrase acquired all of Banter's technology assets, customers, partner relationships and employees, including Banter's Israeli-based research and development team. The acquisition has closed and Banter's integration into iPhrase is underway. iPhrase will maintain its current Cambridge, Massachusetts headquarters. The unified company now has a position in both the enterprise search and e-Service enablement market. The acquisition allows iPhrase to extend its NLP support from web based interactions to e-mail, chat and secure messaging, adds automated classification capabilities, and extends its partner coverage from the Web Infrastructure segment into the CRM market. www.iphrase.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2931 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2931 Thu, 08 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Captiva Software Corp. announced the availability of InputAccel and InputAccel Express versions 5.1, which offer new features to streamline the capture and transformation of paper documents into electronic content. Version 5.1 include new export modules to transfer electronic documents into enterprise applications provided by IBM, Microsoft, Interwoven and SAP. Enhancements to InputAccel 5.1 include: Microsoft SharePoint Export, IBM Content Manager CommonStore for SAP Export, Interwoven WorkSite Export, increased functionality for existing exports such as Documentum 5.2 and eiStream 6.0, and support for the latest scanner drivers and Windows 2003 Server. New InputAccel Express 5.1 features include: integration with Microsoft's SharePoint, support for exporting to FileNET and OpenText ECM systems via a wizard, color image processing, 2D barcode (PDF-417) support, the utilization of InputAccel's Administrator module, and support for the latest scanner drivers and Windows 2003 Server. www.captivasoftware.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2922 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2922 Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT NetXposure launched the enhanced edition of Image Portal X, a Web-based digital asset management (DAM) solution that centralizes, processes and leverages companies' digital assets. The latest Image Portal X version further streamlines asset usage with major functionality additions from InCaddy, the Adobe InDesign software plug-in, to enterprise-wide integration capabilities. Running on the Mac OS X platform, the solution is built on NetXposure's Exogen Application Framework, designed to support complex Web-based content management applications. Image Portal X makes asset usage a comprehensive yet simple enough task manageable by trained designers or non-technical users. LDAP support is available to link a company's contact database with Image Portal's permission-based access control features. Also new to Image Portal X is the Web Services ability. www.netx.net http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2920 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2920 Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Open Text Corporation introduced new capabilities that give customers a complete solution for managing electronic and paper-based forms. The new features enhance Livelink eForms Management, Open Text's integrated forms solution for Livelink. Livelink eForms Management makes it easy to design and produce forms that can be used in both electronic and paper formats. Livelink can then rapidly disseminate these forms, capture and reuse the entered information, and track each step in the overall process, including electronic authorizations. The new capabilities include: An integration between Cardiff TELEform, a solution for automated online forms processing and Livelink eForms Management; New XML features, so that forms originating from outside of Livelink can be managed using Livelink eForms Management; Integration between Livelink eForms Management and Livelink eSign; Support for additional form formats within Livelink, including HTML, PDF, and MS InfoPath; Additional data collection flexibility including point and click configurable output to JDBC and ODBC compliant databases; Enhanced expression builder for point-and-click design of complex form field relationships and calculations; and support for Open Text's latest version of Livelink--version 9.2. www.opentext.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2921 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2921 Tue, 06 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT emagiC CMS ASP offers the emagiC Site & Content Management system, developed by Emagine, as a service for a fixed monthly fee. The fee covers the use of the software, but also the hosting, back-ups and maintenance. Emagine or one of its partners can implement the graphical design. emagiC CMS ASP starts at 80 euros per month. The biggest advantage is no upfront investment in soft- or hardware, as this is all covered by the emagiC ASP program. Emagine continues to work closely together with web developers and e-business integrators in Belgium and abroad who offer the emagiC CMS to their customers, but for the ASP edition, Emagine also co-operates with hosting providers who integrate emagiC CMS in their offering. www.emagiC-CMS.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2917 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2917 Tue, 06 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Sparta Systems, Inc. and Open Text Corporation announced the integration of Livelink and TrackWise to give pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device customers a flexible integrated solution to manage quality issues and related documentation in the drug and device testing, development, and manufacturing processes. The TrackWise/Livelink integration ties together all documentation and other content associated with specific quality issues -- CAPA, change control, audits -- being managed and tracked. The integration enables customers to perform many Livelink electronic document management functions, such as check in and out, version control and content search, directly from the TrackWise interface. The integrated offering will be available at the end of January with version 6.0 of TrackWise, and version 9.1 or higher of Livelink. www.sparta-systems.com, www.opentext.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2918 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2918 Tue, 06 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Ektron announced that customers can now deploy content management solutions in a private hosted environment. With hosting provider Verio, Ektron provides its customers a stable infrastructure to rapidly implement Ektron Content Management Solutions. The combined offering delivers enterprise Web content management functionality backed by the NTT/VERIO Global IP Network for a monthly fee. Ektron's hosting service addresses the challenge of many small to mid-sized businesses that want to manage their Web content but don't have the budget or IT resources to support the solution. The Ektron hosting service includes committed bandwidth delivered on the NTT/VERIO tier one network, 24X7 monitoring, back-up and restore services, Ektron product support, dedicated Web server hard disk space and dedicated database server space. www.ektron.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2919 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2919 Mon, 05 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Information Mapping, Inc. announced that it will be releasing a major upgrade to Formatting Solutions Pro (FS Pro) and Formatting Solutions XML (FS XML) on January 15, 2004. Version 2.0 of both products contains new features and is built on an architecture that will more easily support customizations and lessen the product's dependency on Microsoft Windows in future releases. FS XML 2.0 has, in addition to all the same features and functionality as FS Pro 2.0, an XML output engine and XSL style sheets that allow users to create flexible structured content from Microsoft Word and store it in an XML content repository or display it in a variety of ways. FS Pro 2.0 and FS XML 2.0 will be the first versions of the tool to work with Microsoft Word 2003. FS Pro and FS XML are available only to Information Mapping seminar graduates. Information Mapping is now accepting orders for both products and is offering a 10% discount off orders received before January 15. The suggested list price of FS Pro 2.0 is $199 and the upgrade price for current FS Pro users is $75. The suggested list price of FS XML 2.0 is $395 and the upgrade price for current FS XML users is $75. FS Pro users can upgrade to FS XML 2.0 for $150. www.infomap.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2916 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2916 Mon, 05 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT Pound Hill Software announced Catalyst 1.1, the latest version of the company's tool for creating plug-ins to capture and embed metadata in content creation applications. With Catalyst, creators and managers of graphic arts intellectual property can specify both the metadata embedded in documents and the look-and-feel of the dialogs that collect the data. In addition to designing and defining these controls, enterprises can generate their own plug-ins for applications such as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat and QuarkXPress to collect the data. Version 1.1 of Catalyst extends compatibility to Macintosh OS X version 10.3.x, QuarkXPress version 6.x, and to all Adobe Creative Suite applications. Catalyst, Metavue (a metadata viewer and search application), and Catalyst Plug-ins all utilize Adobe's Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP). Pound Hill also announced today the release of MetaLab, a free tool for defining and adding a new XMP metadata panel to the File Info dialogs in Adobe Creative Suite applications. Catalyst, Metavue, and Catalyst Plug-ins and XTensions modules are priced at site license and custom a la carte configurations. Evaluation kits are available. www.poundhill.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2924 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2004/1/content_management_news.html#2924