News For November, 2004

Infodata Systems Inc. announced it has partnered with IBM as both a technology partner and an ECM solutions provider. Activation as a business partner will enable Infodata to expand joint sales and marketing efforts with IBM to target customers who need to deploy ECM technologies that enable regulatory compliance. Infodata delivers proprietary middleware applications, by means of a Content Management Services Layer (CMSL), that is integrated with IBM compliance offerings. The combined solutions are designed to reduce the complexity of bringing content together with its associated critical business processes and result in fostering compliance and securing the management of content across its lifecycle. www.infodata.com

Infostoria Launches Infostoria Content Integrator Beta Program
11/30/2004

Infostoria Inc. launched the Infostoria Content Integrator beta program. Infostoria Content Integrator is a service-oriented content integration and management solution that helps enterprises take control of business critical content regardless of where it is stored. The system provides a single point of access to documents, reports, presentations, marketing materials, images, video and other types of digital content stored in a long list of content management systems and business applications. Content can be stored on departmental servers, mainframe computers, or individual employee desktops. Infostoria Inc. offers a content integration solution built natively on the principles of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web services. Individual digital assets are wrapped in XML and mapped to Web services that can be accessed from business applications, enterprise portals, or business processes running on many different platforms. Enterprise content stored in distributed and disparate content repositories is automatically indexed and registered in the Infostoria content directory where it can be discovered by applications. Once content is discovered, it is accessed directly through Infostoria content integration agents. The agents are also responsible for maintaining the content directory in synch with the distributed content repositories. Customers interested in joining the Infostoria Content Integrator beta program are encouraged to do so by filling out a form on the company Web site at www.infostoria.com

Context Media Joins IBM ISV Advantage for SMB Initiative
11/30/2004

Context Media, Inc. has joined IBM's ISV Advantage Initiative, a program designed to provide independent software vendors (ISVs) with technical and marketing support to help meet the information technology needs of the small and medium business (SMB) market. As part of the agreement, Context Media's Interchange Suite for content integration has integrated with IBM's Content Manager Portfolio to allow SMB customers to more quickly and easily access digital content stored throughout their networks. Context Media's Interchange Suite software is built on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) model, enabling SMB organizations to integrate multiple content repositories to improve the creation, sharing and distribution of content between customers, prospects and partners. Combined with IBM's WebSphere and Content Manager Portfolio, the solution provides organizations with the ability to fully exploit the value of content in order to greatly improve efficiencies and expand revenue streams. Context Media will also work closely with IBM to expand its visibility in target vertical industries through various co-marketing and sales activities. www.contextmedia.com

FAST Announces OEM Agreement With ClearStory Systems
11/30/2004

Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) announced an OEM partnership with ClearStory Systems. As part of this agreement, FAST InStream, an OEM enterprise search solution developed specifically for independent software vendors (ISVs), will be integrated with ClearStory's Radiant Content Suite. The integration of FAST InStream with ClearStory's Radiant Content Suite will enable enterprise-scale search capabilities - enhancing the value of ClearStory's platform for integrating rich media and business documents into a multitude of business-critical environments. By integrating FAST InStream with ClearStory's suite of solutions, companies can enjoy full text indexing and search capability across repositories. Radiant MailManager, ClearStory's e-mail active archiving solution, is scheduled for release in December 2004. FAST InStream is an integral component of the product, providing search capability with training-based analytics to ensure accurate policy management and review of enterprise e-mail, based on both message and attachment content. www.clearstorysystems.com, www.fastsearch.com

Davisor Introduces Webisor 1.0
11/30/2004

Davisor introduced Webisor 1.0 for converting dynamic HTML into PDF. Webisor 1.0 is a tool for creating PDFs and printouts, such as invoices, order confirmations, personalized offers and marketing materials, reports, and forms pre-filled with information from databases. With Webisor 1.0, companies create personalized materials from any HTML-based applications quickly. Webisor 1.0 is the latest addition to the Davisor Offisor product family of Java- and XML-based products, and contains an HTML parser that converts even non-standard HTML into correctly sized PDF. Webisor 1.0 does not require any changes to be made to the existing dynamic web application in order to produce the PDFs. And as Webisor runs on the company's server, the end-users need no other software than a browser and a free Adobe Reader plug-in. Webisor 1.0 creates PDFs, which look exactly like the original HTML page or it can be easily customized to publish the PDFs using a standard corporate layout. This way you can e.g. define consistent headers and footers on every page, regardless of what the original HTML pages looked like. With Webisor 1.0, companies can make full use of their various HTML content and applications to produce personalized materials on the fly, and integrate information from databases. Davisor Webisor 1.0 is available today, with pricing starting from USD $5,265. Webisor can be licensed both for in-house and for OEM use. www.davisor.com/webisor/index.html

Autonomy Launches Idol Enterprise Desktop Search with Active Folders
11/29/2004

Autonomy Corporation plc announced the launch of IDOL Enterprise Desktop Search with Active Folders. IDOL Enterprise Desktop Search delivers Autonomy's IDOL technology to the corporate desktop by bringing together a wide variety of information ranging from office documents, email, websites, news and multimedia content from multiple locations including corporate networks, the web, the desktop and local data sources. IDOL Enterprise Desktop Search is an integrated tool that uses implicit query, working proactively with users on the corporate desktop to understand the information they require and bring it to them at the right time and in the right context. Using contextual matching, Active Folders understand the themes within any set of data and then automatically populate the folder with related information, regardless of its storage location, as soon as it becomes available in order to keep users right up to date. User flexibility allows users to create Active Folders implicitly or explicitly either by clicking on a document they are currently viewing or assigning keywords or phrases. Active folders allow users the facility to view and interact with corporate information offline. Security features including advanced authentication procedures which enable an administrator to disable a remote Active Folder if authentication is not received, (for example, in the case of a stolen or lost laptop), and SSL encryption are employed in order to safeguard all corporate assets. www.autonomy.com

Vignette, Sun, & DaimlerChrysler Consult Graz Partner
11/29/2004

Vignette Corp., Sun Microsystems, and DaimlerChrysler Consult Graz (DCCG) GmbH, a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler, announced a collaboration to provide smart enterprise services that deliver complete information lifecycle management applications, infrastructure and services. Organizations - from multinational enterprises to small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) - will be able to utilize facilities at DaimlerChrysler Consult's earthDATAsafe center for organizational security in Austria to design, evaluate and optimize proof-of-concept ECM solutions consisting of Vignette content management and portal software based on an infrastructure of Sun's Solaris OS based systems, storage and software products. This facility can be used remotely or through on-site visits and will be based on Sun's iForce Solution Center program. The alliance will focus initially on serving customers in Central Europe, with a view to leverage expertise from the partner consortium to expand the offering worldwide. http://sun.com, www.dccg.at/dccg_en, www.vignette.com

Gilbane Report Announces a Content Technology Works Webinar - HP's Content Globalization
11/23/2004

Join the Gilbane Report's Mary Laplante and Alison Toon from Hewlett-Packard Company in a webinar on content globalization on Thursday, December 9, 1:00 pm EST. Learn how HP populates its global websites with product content in 26 languages with a centralized enterprise globalization architecture that reduces costs, increases revenues, improves customer satisfaction, and enhances HP's brand value. Sponsored by TRADOS. www.trados.com/event.asp?page=1616

Gilbane Content Technology Works Program Publishes 2 New Case Studies
11/22/2004

The Gilbane Report's Content Technology Works (CTW) Program announced it has published two new case studies. Senior Analyst Mark Walter investigates Wachovia's enterprise information integration (EII) implementation where Wachovia provides seamless access to multiple document stores through enterprise-level content integration service in "Wachovia's CAS: Harnessing the Value of Multiple Content Repositories Across a Large Enterprise". And Senior analyst Bill Zoellick looks at how MIT' Technology Review's online publishing operation uses an on-demand content management system to reduce costs while simplifying editorial workflow and increasing advertising revenues in "Technology Review: Moving into the Black with On-Demand Content Management". As with all CTW content, these case studies are made available to the public at no charge as a service to the content technology community. Partners in the Content Technology Works program include: Software AG (TECdax:SOW), Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW), Artesia Technologies (Open Text - NASDAQ:OTEX), Atomz, ClearStory Systems (OTCBB:INCC), Context Media, Convera (NASDAQ:CNVR), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Trados, Vasont Systems, and Vignette (NASDAQ:VIGN). CTW case studies in both HTML and PDF are available at www.gilbane.com/ctw_success_stories.html

Entrust Announces Entrust Entelligence Content Analysis Toolkit
11/22/2004

Entrust, Inc. announced the Entrust Entelligence Content Analysis Toolkit designed to automatically sort and categorize large volumes of data for compliance and content management applications through artificial intelligence content analysis technology. The Entrust Entelligence Content Analysis Toolkit helps developers integrate contextual analysis capabilities such as auto-categorization or summarization into a wide variety of applications. Exposing a high-level set of APIs, the toolkit can help enable integration within C++ or Java environments. The Entrust Entelligence Content Analysis Toolkit combines Auto-Categorization, Summarization, and Search. Filters analyze content and match it to a pre-defined library of concept patterns. Entrust can provide filters as a set of policy modules or concept libraries, or they can be customized with a policy editor. The editor supports the development of relational and hierarchical concept definitions with customized thresholds. The Entrust Entelligence Content Analysis Toolkit leverages the same technology found at the core of the Entrust Entelligence Compliance Server, the Linux-based appliance designed to automatically scan incoming and outgoing e-mail for compliance with government or corporate regulations. The Entrust Entelligence Content Analysis Toolkit is now commercially available. www.entrust.com

GlobalSCAPE Introduces Solution for Securing Electronic Data Exchange Processes
11/18/2004

GlobalSCAPE announced the release of its new Enhanced File Transfer (EFT) solution. GlobalSCAPE's EFT solution is an enterprise software application that manages critical online data exchange processes in order to protect company information assets from loss, theft or misuse. GlobalSCAPE's Enhanced File Transfer solution provides security, provisioning and management capabilities required by most organizations. It ensures that encrypted transactions occur only between designated entities and that data integrity and confidentiality are preserved from transport to storage on disk. GlobalSCAPE's EFT solution integrates quickly into existing infrastructure and business processes. www.enhancedfiletransfer.com

Astoria Announces Astoria Version 4.3
11/18/2004

Astoria Software announced Astoria Version 4.3, a major upgrade which enhances XML authoring for distributed workgroups. With Astoria Version 4.3, complex XML documents can be securely authored by access through the Internet. Authors using Arbortext Enterprise Publishing Software version 5.1 now get secure, remote access to the Astoria Structured Document Management Server via a new Bridge developed by Astoria Software. This new Bridge provides full access to all of Astoria application capabilities. Expanded with Astoria Version 4.3 is support for advanced differencing to automate content updates from third party sources. Documentation managers that must integrate updates can now automate the "stare and compare" process to identify content, structure and attribute changes. Astoria Conflict Resolution automates the acceptance of these changes. Incoming updates that conflict with existing content are routed via email to authors for easy point and click resolution. Astoria Filtered Publishing provides the ability to embed product configurations (effectivity) within documents then filter based on configuration-specific information or ranges when creating an Astoria Edition. Astoria Version 4.3 incorporates enhanced searching with improved searching of international Unicode symbols and characters as well as support of additional languages. The release incorporates Verity K2 technology to manage all full text search capabilities. All Astoria server applications are now certified for Microsoft Windows Server 2003. www.astoriasoftware.com

XTech 2005, Gilbane Conference to Co-locate in Amsterdam 24-27, May
11/17/2004

IDEAlliance, Lighthouse Seminars, and the Gilbane Report announced that XTech 2005 (formerly XML Europe) will be held in conjunction with the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies. Both conferences will take place 24-27 May 2005, at the Amsterdam RAI Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands. XTech 2005 is the European conference for developers and managers working with XML and Web technologies, bringing together the worlds of Web development, open source, semantic Web, and open standards. The Gilbane conference series brings thought leaders and practitioners from the analyst, consultant, integrator, vendor, and enterprise communities together to chart the course of the content technology markets, and provide advice, techniques, best practices, and "Content Technology Works" case studies to help organizations understand and successfully implement the content technologies most critical to their businesses. www.xtech-conference.org, www.lighthouseseminars.com, www.gilbane.com/conferences/overview.html

XyEnterprise Announces Support for Extensible Metadata Platform for XML Publishing Workflows
11/17/2004

XyEnterprise announced support for the Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) in its Content@ content management and XML Professional Publisher (XPP) products. This support will promote efficient data exchange among different groups in publishing workflows, and enhance customization and personalization of publications for specific audiences and markets. The XMP metadata in the XyEnterprise solution will expand the ability to deliver business-critical content through multiple delivery channels. www.xyenterprise.com

Mark Logic & Stylus Studio Announce Partnership
11/17/2004

Mark Logic Corporation and Stylus Studio announced that the two companies will work together to integrate Stylus Studio's XQuery development environment with Mark Logic's Content Interaction Server. This will simplify building content-centric applications in Mark Logic using XQuery, accelerating time-to-market for content application deployment. The goal of the new partnership is to further enhance the XQuery developer environment for deploying mission-critical content-centric applications that help publishers and media companies manage and deliver content faster. www.stylusstudio.com, www.marklogic.com

CoreMedia Embeds FAST InStream Into its Content Management & DRM Solutions
11/17/2004

Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partnership with CoreMedia. With this agreement, FAST InStream, an OEM enterprise search solution specifically designed by FAST for ISVs, will be integrated with CoreMedia's Smart Content Technology and modular Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions based on the standards of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA). Supporting both structured and unstructured data, FAST InStream is for all types of software applications, including enterprise portals; Content and Document management systems; Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions; Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions; Business Intelligence (BI) suites and applications; as well as Storage and Archiving solutions. CoreMedia Smart Content Technology is content management software for the creation and operation of high-performance multi-channel content services such as internet, intranet and extranet, knowledge management, product data publishing, media asset management, and digital rights management. CoreMedia DRM enables companies to protect, monetize, and control the rights to digital content. www.coremedia.com, www.fastsearch.com

Blast Radius & IXIASOFT Team to Deliver DITA-based Solution
11/17/2004

Blast Radius and IXIASOFT have partnered in creating a content lifecycle solution that integrates their products and the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard. DITA, introduced by IBM, is an XML-based architecture for authoring, producing and delivering technical information. TEXTML Server's native XML support enables management of XML content and advanced searching capabilities, and XMetaL's XML authoring tool allows administrators to manage different interfaces for each product and to deliver content to multiple outputs. www.ixiasoft.com, www.xmetal.com

ObjectWeb Announces Open Source CMS & Portal Projects
11/16/2004

ObjectWeb, the international not-for-profit consortium dedicated to open-source infrastructure software, announced the extension of its roster of open-source projects with 3 Java middleware components for business integration: Byline content management system; eXo Platform enterprise portal; MOBE business process execution engine. With over 50 active open-source projects, ObjectWeb is federating the development of commercial grade middleware components and tools, including JOnAS - J2EE 1.4 application server; Bonita, Shark, JaWE - workflow utilities; JORAM - message-oriented middleware. The 3 new projects Byline, eXo Platform and MOBE complement ObjectWeb's open-source middleware offering with software providing high level features for business integration. These projects were initially developed by ObjectWeb member companies in the framework of commercial offers and recently contributed to ObjectWeb code base. eXo Platform is an open-source enterprise portal solution built on the top of the Java Server Faces (JSF) web layer, and implements the portlet API (JSR 168). eXo Platform has been contributed to ObjectWeb by the new consortium member eXo Platform SARL. MOBE (MidOffice BPEL Engine) is a business process execution engine compliant with the OASIS standard BPEL (Business Process Execution Language). www.objectweb.org

Factiva Offers New Search & Workflow Tools for Microsoft Office
11/16/2004

Factiva, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company, announced the availability of a new suite of solutions for Microsoft Office 2003 and SharePoint Products and Technologies. The new solution pack for Microsoft Office 2003, Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 enables information workers to easily find, organize, read and act on business news and information from inside their most used applications. Factiva has released two new Web Parts for SharePoint Products and Technologies. Track Web Part allows groups to view news about specific interest areas, while iWorks provides an innovative search tool for information workers that utilize Factiva's XML platform and extensive indexing to tailor results. It can also be used in the Office 2003 Research Task Pane. Factiva has developed a new tool to make it easy for a company's portal administrator to facilitate news delivery into SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Using embedded Smart Tags, Factiva users can get more information about a company directly from any Office 2003 document. The new Factiva Toolbar makes it easy for Factiva customers to search the rich Factiva archive of 9,000 global sources. www.factiva.com

ClearStory Releases Radiant Enterprise Media Server
11/16/2004

ClearStory Systems announced the release of Radiant Enterprise Media Server (EMS), a media services platform that provides core functionality for managing the full range of enterprise content, from rich media to documents. Radiant EMS provides a foundation for developing solutions such as digital asset management, video management, document management, and marketing content management. Built on a J2EE, service-oriented architecture (SOA), EMS offers a modern, flexible platform for integrating enterprise content - business documents, rich media, graphics and other digital content - into business workflows, processes and applications. The first release of the product offers specialized functionality specific to managing rich media content. Radiant EMS is designed to meet the needs of enterprise content management, taking into account both the evolution of digital asset management features as well as operational needs for system integration, collaboration, and business process management. EMS also provides tools and frameworks for rapid user interface assembly and vertical application deployment. ClearStory will be releasing additional applications running on the EMS platform in early 2005. The new solutions will be available either as installed software or as a fully hosted ASP service. The Radiant Enterprise Media Server platform is certified for the BEA WebLogic and JBoss application servers and on the Oracle 9i database. The platform and software development kit is shipping today. EMS can be deployed as a stand-alone product or can be incorporated as part of a comprehensive, enterprise-wide content management strategy. www.clearstorysystems.com

Context Media Releases Interchange Suite 4.2
11/16/2004

Context Media, Inc. announced the immediate availability of Context Media Interchange Suite 4.2. The new edition of Interchange Suite provides out-of-the-box integration with a wide array of content repositories, including homegrown systems and those supplied by vendors. The capability, which is made possible through Context Media's development of the Configurable Content Pipeline (CCP), is part of Context Media's ongoing strategy to leverage open standards and an SOA (Services Orientated Architecture) to make digital content more accessible to end users and partners within and beyond the enterprise. CCP is provided as a core component of Interchange Suite 4.2. As with previous versions of Context Media Interchange Suite, version 4.2 is built on Web services standards and supports current Java Service Requests (JSR) 168 and 170. The CCP is available for a wide array of systems including: IBM DB2, Content Manager Portfolio and Lotus Workplace Web Content Management, Informix, Oracle, Vignette, Documentum, Quark, Adobe, Artesia, Interwoven, Media Bin, Convera, FatWire, Virage, Microsoft SharePoint, Stellent, Canto, and Google. Multi- and Bi-Directional Content Integration Enables clients to reuse integration "pipelines" to move content for multiple purposes, such as consolidation from several repositories, batched movement of content from one system to another, or delivery of content from multiple repositories into multiple applications. Interchange Suite 4.2 includes enhanced out-of-the-box internationalization capabilities. www.contextmedia.com

FatWire Introduces CS Express
11/16/2004

FatWire Software announced the rollout of CS Express, designed specifically to allow FatWire's reseller channel to offer an enterprise-class Web content management (WCM) solution to small and mid-sized organizations. CS Express has all the capabilities of FatWire's flagship product, Content Server. CS Express supports FatWire's channel program. To help ensure that its channel partners are successful, FatWire allows its resellers to register and protect ownership of their sales opportunities, and provides incentives to its sales force for selling cooperatively with partners. CS Express provides the capabilities of FatWire Content Server for managing a single domain or URL. It includes: Engage allows business people to personalize the site and marketers to deliver targeted campaigns on the Web; DocLink lets business users create and manage business documents within the Windows Explorer interface; Integration with MS-Word; and FirstSite FatWire's quick-start tools, templates, and best practices for deploying a new site. Also included with CS Express are three days of on-site consulting for knowledge transfer and implementation planning, along with the first year of maintenance & support, including software updates and basic technical support. www.fatwire.com

Justsystem Introduces New XML Management Architecture
11/16/2004

Justsystem announced the availability of a preview version of xfy technology, a new platform for creating, integrating and expressing XML-based applications. xfy introduces an intension-oriented document handling paradigm that enables the re-use of functional modules among several applications. Specifically, xfy's basic architecture supports a direct relationship between source and presentation vocabularies, creating a true semantic basis for XML. This mapping is made possible by xfy's Vocabulary Connection technology. The Vocabulary Connection technology also eliminates the need to develop application-specific modules for XML interpretation by supporting the use of easy-to-integrate plug-ins to streamline the application development process. xfy's architecture, which is able to process many different types of XML documents as true compound documents, is targeted at a sophisticated enterprise IT landscape. Furthermore, a user or developer can easily define and construct an optimal application environment for his or her own needs. Starting today, a preview version of xfy technology can be downloaded at www.xfytec.com, www.justsystem.com

Open Text Launches New Collaboration Platform
11/16/2004

Open Text Corporation said it is launching a new collaboration platform that will create a new way to work online. Called Livelink Touchpoint, the solution unifies Web conferencing, blogs, team workspaces, Instant Messaging and the ability to see the online presence of others into a single, seamless interface - a complete contextual collaboration platform to make communication and online work easier. Livelink Touchpoint is the first of many solutions to be based on Open Text's new services-oriented development platform, called the Livelink ECM Services Architecture, also announced. Livelink Touchpoint is designed to better match the dynamics of human interaction, while eliminating the need for users to switch between applications to use different collaboration tools. For example, a user can see the presence of a co-worker online, Instant Message that person, then, with one click and within the same interface, quickly escalate that interaction into a Web meeting where the two can share documents or "white board" ideas. If necessary, the two can involve others and create a team workspace for an ongoing project. All collaboration occurs within the Livelink Touchpoint interface, with only a single click needed to add tools as the interaction progresses. Livelink Touchpoint also offers access to electronic content throughout the organization so users can easily access the information they need as they work with others online. Over the next year, Open Text will add new capabilities to further develop Livelink Touchpoint as a core collaboration interface for the Livelink ECM suite. Future enhancements include video, voice and mobile device integration. www.opentext.com/touchpoint

Authentica Introduces Secure Office Version 2.0
11/16/2004

Authentica, Inc. introduced Authentica Secure Office Version 2.0 to deliver policy automation and enforcement and tight Microsoft Office integration to speed and simplify ERM deployments. It helps organizations manage risk and protect sensitive content while allowing users to collaborate within the enterprise and externally with partners and other associates. Authentica Secure Office lets information owners track and audit document activity and change policies centrally or within the desktop environment for the lifecycle of the content. A continuous audit trail reflects all document activity so organizations always know how information is being accessed and used. Authentica Secure Office will be available in December 2004 with pricing beginning at $50,000. www.authentica.com

Endeca Announces Availability of ProFind 4.6
11/16/2004

Endeca announced the immediate availability of Endeca ProFind 4.6, a new version of its enterprise search, Guided Navigation and Content Spotlighting platform. The new software features Rich Site Summary (RSS) support for custom alerting and Web Services and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) support for system-to-system integration and customization. RSS support allows users of Endeca applications to create custom alerts and have them delivered as RSS feeds or via e-mail systems. RSS-enabled Endeca applications provide customers with a tool to deliver online content through a real-time, opt-in delivery mechanism. Endeca has added support for XML-based Web Services standards including SOAP and Web Services Description Language (WSDL). New time/date rules enhance business user control over Content Spotlighting. In addition to expanded phrase relevance ranking modules, new automatic phrase handling capabilities enhance the accuracy and relevancy of search results for multi-word queries. New content adapters for Microsoft SharePoint and Stellent content management offerings help ease application development and speed time-to-market. www.endeca.com

E Solutions Launches Web Content Management Tool
11/16/2004

E Solutions Corp. announced the launch of E-CMS, an electronic content management solution designed to give small businesses greater control over their web sites. Employees with just word processing and Internet browser experience can use E-CMS to quickly change their company's web site content, post news articles, alter the content's size and color, add graphics and hyperlinks, or add and delete pages, all while maintaining the look and feel of the original web site. Users pay a one-time fee based on the number of pages in the web site. E Solutions also offers training for the site administrator and content administrators. www.esnet.com

Adobe Introduces Acrobat 7.0
11/15/2004

Adobe Systems Incorporated introduced Adobe Acrobat 7.0 software. Now, workgroups can use Acrobat 7.0 and Adobe PDF to manage a range of business activities such as assembling documents from multiple sources, creating intelligent forms, and more securely collaborating on projects inside and outside the firewall. Acrobat 7.0 Professional customers can now include virtually anyone in an electronic review of a PDF document by enabling access to commenting tools in free Adobe Reader 7.0 software. Adobe Reader users can provide feedback on a PDF file that consists of several content types -- from scanned paper to spreadsheets, presentations, and now, 3D computer-aided design (CAD) content. The Acrobat 7.0 family now offers enhanced integration with Adobe LiveCycle software. The inclusion of Adobe LiveCycle Designer, the company's professional form design tool, with Acrobat 7.0 Professional provides users the ability to create sophisticated XML and PDF forms that can be integrated into back-end systems. The combination enables organizations to apply and manage document policies for helping control access, auditing, expiration, and revocation rights to a PDF document. Adobe also announced Adobe Reader 7.0. Acrobat 7.0 Professional and Acrobat 7.0 Standard for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X v10.2.8 and v10.3, are expected to ship in English by the end of the current calendar year, and in French, German and Japanese in early 2005. Acrobat 7.0 Professional is expected to be available for an estimated street price of US$449. Registered users can upgrade to Acrobat 7.0 Professional for an estimated street price of US$159. Acrobat 7.0 Standard is expected to be available for an estimated street price of US$299. Registered users can upgrade to Acrobat 7.0 Standard for an estimated street price of US$99. www.adobe.com

Vasont Content Management System Integrates with Microsoft InfoPath
11/15/2004

Vasont Systems introduced a new integration between the Vasont content management system and Microsoft InfoPath, a forms-based data collection solution. Vasont is a single-source content management system that enables organizations to store their multilingual content for multi-channel delivery. Using the Vasont Universal Integrator extension, this integration enables content from InfoPath to be stored in Vasont's repository for reuse and repurposing. InfoPath provides organizations with an efficient way to collect information that they can then standardize, validate, and integrate with an organization's server systems. Vasont's integration with InfoPath enables that same information to be managed and stored in Vasont's repository, allowing the content to be single-sourced, reused, and repurposed. This integration also enables authors to move seamlessly from an unstructured writing environment to XML-structured authoring, allowing users with no markup experience to benefit from XML. www.vasont.com

Informative Graphics Releases Brava! Enterprise v5.1 Content Visualization Server with Visual Rights
11/15/2004

Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC) announced the latest release of its Brava! Enterprise content visualization server, which extends content security as part of a unified visualization component to enterprise content management (ECM), portal and project data management (PDM) solutions. Brava Enterprise is designed to augment intranet and extranet deployments where content is to be securely accessed, shared and annotated in a collaborative workflow. It is thin-client software that can view, markup and print a variety of document, image and CAD drawings using Internet Explorer, providing enterprises with a unified visualization framework that minimizes the need to have each corporate application on every desktop. The new Brava Enterprise v5.1 creates and views IGC's Content Sealed Format (CSF), which incorporates the Visual Rights security framework. Visual Rights gives authors selective and persistent security controls over their content. Markups can be "burned-in" to CSF files, and the Block-out feature (redaction) allows users to hide specific file content from view, text search and print. CSF files are viewable by all Brava products, including a free reader that can be distributed along with CSF files. Brava Enterprise v5.1 introduces a non-Java client, so customers now have a choice to use ActiveX or Java. Also released are the Brava Enterprise v5.1 integrations to content management solutions like Documentum and Open Text and to portal solutions like Microsoft SharePoint. www.infograph.com

SiteScape Acquires Imidio to Expand Collaboration Offering
11/15/2004

SiteScape announced that it has signed an agreement to purchase Imidio. The company also announced Zon, a unified instant collaboration product developed by Imidio, which unifies instant messaging, teleconferencing, web conferencing, chat and presence into a unique instant collaboration solution. Zon provides a platform for real-time collaboration for groups of employees to communicate wherever they are, instantly. It integrates presence - determining who is at their desk, on the phone, or in a meeting - with web conferencing and instant messaging. Zon enables impromptu meetings by knowing virtual participant availability and launching meetings instantly without the lengthy set-up and coordination often associated with on-line collaboration. Zon is available immediately as a stand-alone product, and will be available in early 2005 as an add-on feature of SiteScape Forum. Pricing will be disclosed upon request and announced shortly. www.sitescape.com

Tumbleweed Releases Secure File Transfer Appliance
11/9/2004

Tumbleweed released a secure file transfer appliance, designed to provide a secure, high-performance means of moving financial transactions, critical business files, large documents, and EDI transactions over the Internet. The Tumbleweed SecureTransport Appliance delivers Tumbleweed's file transfer solution via an easily deployable hardened Linux server. SecureTransport provides corporate and government organizations with an enterprise-class file transfer service supporting a broad and flexible set of open Internet standards. The product allows organizations to deploy a secure, reliable and scalable file transfer service, including guaranteed delivery, data streaming across the DMZ, and automation to integrate with back end systems. Now this same technology is available in a self contained appliance version. www.tumbleweed.com

Eedo Knowledgeware Announces Eedo Unify
11/9/2004

Eedo Knowledgeware Corporation announced Eedo Unify. This application provides single point search and access to knowledge and learning resources stored in repositories across the enterprise, including information stored in ForceTen knowledge management repositories or virtually any other legacy content or document management repository. Eedo Unify reconciles taxonomies and metadata between disparate systems. Organizations can maximize their investments in learning and document information systems like Documentum, Filenet, Interwoven and others through selectable connectors. Eedo Unify facilitates access and rapid deployment of learning and performance support systems with a single click of a mouse. www.eedo.com

Interwoven Introduces Extranet Solution
11/9/2004

Interwoven, Inc. unveiled the new Interwoven Extranet solution, empowering companies to expand revenue channels and reduce partner support costs. The Interwoven Extranet solution enables business users to easily build and rollout extranets, while providing IT with the tools to maintain a high degree of control and security. Powered by new WSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) content publishing technology and based on Interwoven's TeamSite software, the Interwoven Extranet solution integrates with commercial or custom developed Web portals, portable devices and e-mail systems. The Interwoven Extranet solution will be generally available in December 2004. www.interwoven.com

Gilbane Content Management Conference Announces Thought Leaders Participating in Keynote Panels
11/8/2004

The Gilbane Report and Lighthouse Seminars announced the speaker line-up for the three keynote panels at the Gilbane Conference on Content Management to be held at the Westin Copley in Boston, November 30 - December 2, 2004. The opening keynote panel on Tuesday November 30, 8:30 - 10:00am includes six highly-respected industry analysts who will provide an up-to-the-minute update on technologies & trends. Moderated by Frank Gilbane, the panelists include: Steven Ashley, Senior VP Research, Baird & Co., Joshua Duhl, Research Director, Content Management and Rich Media, IDC, Hadley Reynolds, Vice President & Research Director, Delphi, Robert Markham, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research, Alan Pelz-Sharpe, Vice President North America, Ovum, and Mike Maziarka, Director, InfoTrends/CAP Ventures. The pre-reception keynote panel on November 30, 3:45 - 5:15pm will debate some of the key decisions facing content technology strategists and system architects, such as "Open" document formats, XHTML vs. HTML, and XSL vs. CSS. The expert panel includes: Jon Udell, Lead Analyst, InfoWorld, Bob Boiko, Author, The Content Management Bible, and Lecturer, University of Washington iSchool, Tony Byrne, Editor, CMSWatch; Author, The CMS Report, and Matt May, Web Accessibility Specialist, W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). In the opening keynote panel on Wednesday December 1, 8:30 - 10:00am senior executives involved in forward-thinking content technology and business strategies will share their views on best practices & implementation strategies. Panelists include: David B. Liroff, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, WGBH Educational Foundation, Mario Queiroz, Vice President, Content and Product Data Management, HP, and Bill Benz, Vice President, eBusiness, J. & W. Seligman. The three keynote panels are free to all exhibit-only and conference attendees. See http://home.lighthouseseminars.com/lighthouse/eopackages.html

Docucorp Announces Transall 11.0
11/8/2004

Docucorp International announced the availability of Transall 11.0, a new version of its data translation tool that enables data interchange between enterprise-wide applications. Transall extracts data from host and PC-based files, XML documents, print streams and databases, and then organizes and normalizes the data for storage or use with other systems. Transall 11.0 highlights include: Print stream data source - offers new capabilities for gathering data from print stream files, including AFP, Metacode, PCL and text; Enhanced scripting syntax support - expands support for Visual Basic's scripting language, including new syntax constructs and built-in functions; Enhanced source and destination metadata update - automates the process of updating data source and destination content; and Scripted data sources and destinations - processes data from new types of sources and destinations, such as custom DLLs, COM or Java objects. Current licensees of Transall will receive upgrade notices from Docucorp's Customer Support on how to receive the newest version. www.docucorp.com

Extensis Announces Updates for Portfolio 7
11/8/2004

Extensis Inc. announced immediate availability of an update to Portfolio 7, its Digital Asset Management solution, offering new and updated SQL connect modules for Microsoft SQL, Microsoft MSDE, MySQL and Oracle databases. The SQL Connect add-on modules enable companies utilizing Portfolio to scale to millions of assets and provide more automation to their workflow. Portfolio 7 is available at an estimated street price of $199.95US with a single NetPublish license. Additional NetPublish licenses can be purchased for an estimated street price of $199.95US (five concurrent web connections) or $999.95US (unlimited web connections). In addition, upgrades to Portfolio 7 are available for an estimated street price of $99.95US from versions of Portfolio 4, 5 and 6. Portfolio Server's estimated street price is $3,499.95US. Upgrades to Portfolio 7 Server are available for an estimated street price of $1,199.95. NetPublish Server licenses can be purchased for an estimated street price of $1999.95US. SQL Connect for MSDE is available for $4,499.95. SQL Connect for MySQL is available for $4,499.95. SQL Connect for Oracle 9i/10 is available for $7,499.95. SQL Connect for MS-SQL is available for $7,499.95. www.extensis.com

EMC Releases Documentum ApplicationXtender 5.2
11/8/2004

EMC Corporation announced the immediate availability of EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender 5.2, a content management suite for fixed content, optimized for Windows/.NET environments. Documentum ApplicationXtender 5.2 integrates EMC Documentum Records Manager, as well as a new, Web-based workflow client and new integration tools to its existing suite of document imaging, document management, computer output to laser disk (COLD) report management and workflow services. Primarily delivered through Value-Added Resellers (VARs). Documentum ApplicationXtender 5.2 enables complete management and enhanced controls for all types of documents, files and business information. EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender 5.2 is immediately available. EMC Documentum Records Manager is listed as a separately priced module for new and existing Documentum ApplicationXtender customers. www.emc.com

W3C Announces Working Draft of XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.0
11/5/2004

Addressing comments received during Last Call, the World Wide Web Consortium XSL Working Group has released a Working Draft of XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 2.0. Comments are welcome. Version 2.0 of the XSLT language allows transformation of XML documents and non-XML data into other documents, is designed for use with XPath 2.0 and includes the means to serialize the results of a transformation. www.w3.org/TR/xpath20

Unicode Releases Common Locale Data Repository, Version 1.2
11/4/2004

The Unicode Consortium announced the release of new versions of the Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR 1.2) and the Locale Data Markup Language specification (LDML 1.2), providing key building blocks for software to support the world's languages. This new release contains data for 232 locales, covering 72 languages and 108 territories. There are also 63 draft locales in the process of being developed, covering an additional 27 languages and 28 territories. To support users in different languages, programs must not only use translated text, but must also be adapted to local conventions. These conventions differ by language or region and include the formatting of numbers, dates, times, and currency values, as well as support for differences in measurement units or text sorting order. Most operating systems and many application programs currently maintain their own repositories of locale data to support these conventions. But such data are often incomplete, idiosyncratic, or gratuitously different from program to program. The CLDR project provides a general XML format, LDML, for the exchange of locale information used in application and system software development, combined with a public repository for a common set of locale data in that format. In this release, there are major additions to the CLDR data, to the LDML specification, and in implementation support. The CLDR is continually being enhanced and extended, with CLDR 1.3 expected early in 2005. All new data or defect reports for CLDR 1.3 must be submitted no later than January 15, 2005 www.unicode.org

Alchemy Software & TRADOS Deliver Integrated Localization
11/4/2004

Alchemy Software Development Limited announced the release of a new solution the Alchemy TRADOS Component that bridges the gap between localizing visual content in software and localizing content in product documents and other materials. The solution, developed jointly with TRADOS Inc. reduces the complexity and time required to share translated content and terminology between the different formats. The Alchemy TRADOS Component enables an organization to move translated content from Alchemy CATALYST's software localization process into product content globalization on TRADOS Translation Memory Server and TRADOS MultiTerm Server for use in technical and marketing documentation and information. http://www.alchemysoftware.ie, www.trados.com

Hot Banana Expands to Europe
11/4/2004

Hot Banana Software Inc. has signed Connexion Corporate Communications SA of Brussels, Belgium as a Channel Partner for Hot Banana software. Hot Banana is now immediately available in Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Northern France. This agreement marks Hot Banana's entry into the European market. Hot Banana presents Web content in a search engine-friendly manner, so that all search engines that crawl the Web can access a Hot Banana Web site in a totally unrestrictive way. This enables the site to achieve the all-important balance between organic search engine rankings on the one hand and a paid-ranking strategy with all the leading search engines, including Google, Yahoo!, and MSN, on the other. Hot Banana allows organizations to develop a sophisticated Web presence on the Internet, Extranet and Intranet, and helps to develop marketing campaign Micro-Sites, and then leverage the content of those sites to the maximum so that Internet sales and marketing campaigns are fully optimized. www.connexion.be, www.hotbanana.com

INSCI Relaunches as ClearStory Systems
11/3/2004

INSCI unveiled its new corporate name, ClearStory Systems, and announced the Radiant Content Suite, a suite of enterprise solutions built on the company's content management technology. At the heart of the Radiant Content Suite is the Company's media platform, which provides capabilities for developing targeted rich-media content management solutions. ClearStory's Radiant Content Suite is deployed through a set of targeted solutions that support the use of enterprise content -- from business documents and email to video, compound documents, and other rich media. Solutions within the Radiant Content Suite focus on key functional areas such as Video Communications, Marketing Content Management, Customer Service, Enterprise Media Services, Enterprise Report Management, and Compliance Content Management. The ClearStory portfolio includes INSCI's fixed-content management solutions along with the WebWare digital asset management solutions and hosted services. www.clearstorysystems.com

Mark Logic & Really Strategies Announce Partnership
11/2/2004

Mark Logic Corporation and Really Strategies, Inc. announced the signing of a technology and services partnership agreement to help publishers and media companies build solutions for managing and delivering content. Really Strategies will leverage Mark Logic's technology to define, build and integrate content-centric solutions to meet publishers' business needs. Some of these publishing solutions include: XML repository development and integration, Print-On-Demand content delivery, Content management system development and integration, Editorial and production system development and integration, Web site and portal development and integration, Subscription and registration access control, and Custom software and database development. www.reallysi.com, www.marklogic.com

SealedMedia & Informative Graphics Partner to Extend Enterprise Digital Rights Management Offering
11/2/2004

Informative Graphics Corp. (IGC) announced that the company has entered into a business and technology partnership with SealedMedia Inc. SealedMedia integrates with existing business systems to deliver protection of an organization's digital information. It supports standard document formats such as e-mail (Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes), Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe PDF and HTML, in addition to image, audio and video formats. IGC's Brava! visualization and collaboration products, Net-It content publishing products, and ModelPress 3D publishing and viewing software support the major CAD/engineering and office formats, and are integrated with content management solutions such as Documentum, Open Text, and Microsoft SharePoint. The two companies will work together to develop an integration of IGC's view, markup, and Visual Rights publishing technology for CAD drawings, 3D models and other non-Microsoft formats with SealedMedia's document security solution. www.infograph.com, www.sealedmedia.com

iMarkup Announces Technology Partnership & Reseller Agreement with Stellent
11/1/2004

iMarkup Solutions announced a technology partnership with Stellent, Inc. The companies are also announcing the integration of the iMarkup Java Annotation SDK with Stellent Universal Content Management. The technology will be distributed formally by Stellent in Q1 2005. Together, the integrated technologies offer a solution to meet the needs of enterprise users demanding collaborative content development and business process management. It has been architected to capture feedback as markup and annotations during workflow review processes and ad hoc content consumption. iMarkup Java Annotation SDK, which utilizes web page annotation functions, enables collaboration and web annotation functionality to be embedded within existing third party products. The component facilitates web-based collaboration on existing web content and enables companies to create affinity groups through which members can collaborate. It also ensures that reviewers can communicate their comments to members of those affinity groups. Applications that can benefit from collaborative web page annotations range from web content management and document management to portal and digital asset management. www.imarkup.com, www.stellent.com

Ektron Introduces Enhanced Workflow Suite
11/1/2004

Ektron Inc. is adding features to their CMS that give organizations control over their workflow processes. The workflow suite automates the collaboration, management and approval of content. Organizations can add content process control; which includes assigning tasks, monitoring progress and managing all content centric processes. Ektron's workflow suite supports an organization's Website, intranet and extranet maintenance tasks, as well as Web-enabled business processes. Site managers including Webmasters, marketing and HR managers - anyone who controls a section of a site - can now assign tasks, automate status, support messaging between users and run reports/statistics on the task or procedure. Archiving and complete history of tasks provides an analysis of the process and procedures. For organizations looking to address accountability and auditing issues associated with content, Ektron CMS300 provides them with real-time task monitoring information. Ektron's new suite also enables organizations to easily create and manage multiple-language versions of the same content within one CMS. The workflow capabilities make it easier to manage and control the process of translating content on a Web site. Ektron's CMS ships with three business-user interface languages: English, French and German. www.ektron.com

Macromedia Announces Customized Version of Contribute for eBay Sellers
11/1/2004

Macromedia announced a customized version of Macromedia Contribute 3 that simplifies online store creation and customization for eBay Store sellers. eBay Store sellers will be able to create and manage their store from within the Contribute application. The software includes step-by-step wizards so any eBay user can design and publish a professional store featuring logos, images, descriptions, product categories, product showcases, and product search. This version of Contribute will ship with more than 800 professionally designed templates for common eBay Store pages. This special Windows only version of Contribute 3 for eBay will be available to U.S eBay Store sellers for $99. The product is expected to ship in mid-November. Existing Contribute 3 users will be able to add this functionality by downloading a free extension from the WebAssist website. eBay sellers can sign up to be notified when the product is available at www.macromedia.com

Altova Announces General Availability of Software Version 2005
11/1/2004

Altova announced general availability of version 2005 of its product line, which enables accelerated application development and data integration. Altova software version 2005 includes new features such as automated function building, Eclipse integration, relational database content editing, and the SchemaAgent that enables visual management of complex schemas and their components in workgroups. In addition, version 2005 brings support for the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) new XSLT 2.0, XPath 2.0, and XQuery 1.0 specifications. Version 2005 covers Altova XMLSpy 2005, MapForce 2005, StyleVision 2005, and Authentic 2005. The new products within Altova software version 2005 - Altova XMLSpy 2005, MapForce 2005, StyleVision 2005, and Authentic 2005 - are all immediately available. While supplies last, customers who buy the Altova Enterprise XML Suite plus the associated one or two year Support and Maintenance Package (SMP) from Altova or its subsidiaries will also receive one free 20GB Apple iPod for every eligible license purchased. Restrictions apply. Altova XMLSpy 2005 is available for purchase in two editions: Professional and Enterprise, with (USD) prices for a single-user license starting at $499 and $999 respectively. Altova XML Suites are available in two Editions: Professional and Enterprise, with (USD) prices for a single-user license starting at $729 and $1,499 respectively. www.altova.com

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