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, 09 Feb 2012 22:06:28 GMT Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Thomas Industrial Network, Inc., provider of Internet sourcing and marketing solutions for industrial buyers and sellers, announced that it is discontinuing its print publications, reflecting an over ten-year transition to the Internet as the primary information source of the industrial market. Following the 2006 edition of the Thomas Register of American Manufacturers, Thomas Industrial Network will cease publication of this print directory, familiarly known to industry as the "Big Green Books." The Thomas Register Regional Buying Guides will be discontinued as well. The full information from these publications, and much more, will continue to be available free-of-charge at ThomasNet.com. ThomasNet.com is the leading online resource in the industrial/business-to-business arena. Over one million visitors - qualified as industrial buyers and engineers - turn to ThomasNet.com each month to find the products and services they need. The content of ThomasNet.com is 100 percent focused on the industrial market, with over 650,000 manufacturers, distributors and service companies indexed by 67,000 product and service categories. Resources include suppliers' product catalogs, e-commerce capabilities, and over 20 million CAD drawings. http://www.ThomasNet.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3758 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3758 Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Design Science announced the release of version 1.5 of its MathFlow line of MathML publishing workflow components. A major feature of this new release is the ability of MathFlow to work with XyEnterprise's XML Professional Publisher (XPP 7.3). This release also adds significant functionality for Arbortext Epic and Blast Radius XMetaL users. MathFlow Editor now integrates with XPP's editor to provide an interface for creating and modifying mathematical expressions that can then be formatted by XPP as part of a larger document. MathFlow Editor allows Epic, XMetaL and XPP users to toggle between a Design View for WYSIWYG editing of math expressions, and a Source View for direct editing of the corresponding MathML elements and attributes. The overall usability and look-and-feel has been improved with new and updated toolbar graphics, and revised Help screens. Support for Arbortext's Enterprise E-Content Engine (E3) has also been added. http://www.dessci.com/mathflow http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3762 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3762 Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Captiva Software Corporation announced it closed its previously announced agreement to acquire SWT SA, a leading provider of automatic data extraction and intelligent document capture solutions and technology in France. The acquisition extends Captiva's market presence, strengthens Captiva's mailroom and invoice processing expertise, and brings advanced classification and data extraction technologies that Captiva can leverage into its products, customer base and channels. In accordance with the agreement, Captiva paid approximately $17.6 million in cash and issued approximately 179,000 shares of Captiva common stock to SWT management, to purchase all outstanding shares of the privately held SWT. http://www.captivasoftware.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3766 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3766 Thu, 26 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT SchemaLogic announced that it has formed a partnership with Siderean Software to explore ways to jointly help organizations improve the "findability" of relevant information across their enterprises. The combination of Siderean's "pinpoint navigation" technology (their turnkey implementation of faceted navigation) with enterprise metadata management is designed to align information to business needs. Users can find high-value information, add or extract value from the data, share and collaborate with others, and improve governance over important documents and materials. http://www.siderean.com, http://www.schemalogic.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3761 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3761 Wed, 25 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT XyEnterprise and SDL International announced the availability of the Content@ Translation Solution with SDL. This new offering integrates XyEnterprise's Content@ content management software with the SDL Translation Management System (TMS) providing a complete end-to-end solution for content creation, management, translation and delivery. The Content@ Translation Solution with SDL enables users to manage the content authoring and editorial processes, understand the impact of changes to shared content across products and deliverables, automatically track any and all language variants, deliver changed content to the SDL Translation Management System to optimize all translation processes (including comprehensive project and vendor management with automated work allocation,) provide real-time feedback and version control, and store and manage approved data in all languages for multi-channel delivery. http://www.xyenterprise.com, http://www.sdl.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3753 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3753 Wed, 25 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT A2iA Corporation announced the first-ever automated data capture and keyword spotting software for freeform cursive handwriting, making it possible to quickly scan through the content contained within large volumes of unstructured handwritten letters and loosely structured fields within forms. A2iA DocumentReader enables a computer to mimic a human speed-reader. It locates, segments and processes the information contained in cursive handwritten information previously excluded from traditional forms processing and records management applications. A2iA DocumentReader converts handwritten words into electronic data, matching the words against language-specific and industry-specific vocabularies to produce a rough transcription. This gives companies the ability to index the information contained in documents that are typically read, archived and retrieved manually in their native format or stored in image archives. A2iA DocumentReader is also designed for keyword spotting on single images and entire image repositories. A2iA DocumentReader is a first-generation application available for integration by A2iA's official licensees and resellers. http://www.a2ia.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3756 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3756 Wed, 25 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Mondosoft announced the availability of a new Database Retrieval Module (DRM) for its MondoSearch customers. Designed to meet the needs of e-commerce companies, particularly those with high-turnover online catalogues, multiple types of databases, platforms and applications, the new module enables users to simultaneously search and retrieve information from internal databases across the enterprise, and from external sources, such as public web content. Mondosoft's Database Retrieval Module allows indexing of database content, web pages and other types of content into one unified search database. Users can view their search results as converted HTML layouts or can be redirected to existing web pages. DRM extracts content from the databases using live connections into the database, and can be set up to do incremental extracts of changed records only. The Mondosoft Database Retrieval Module is extensible to most database systems as needed and indexes Lotus Notes, SQL Server, and ODBC databases. DRM also allows for custom setups or table presentations of each individual database. Pricing for the Database Retrieval Module for MondoSearch is $9,000 and includes one day of consulting. http://www.mondosoft.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3757 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3757 Wed, 25 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT dtSearch Corp. announced Version 7 of its product line. The product line can now instantly search terabytes of text across a desktop, network, Internet or Intranet. The release covers: dtSearch Web with Spider, dtSearch Desktop with Spider, dtSearch Network with Spider, dtSearch Publish and the dtSearch Text Retrieval Engine. Previously, the dtSearch index format could hold from 4-8 gigabytes of text per index. The Version 7 index format can index over a terabyte of text in a single index. Search time with over a terabyte of text is typically less than a second. As with previous versions, a single search can span any number of indexes. The dtSearch Spider embedded in multiple dtSearch products provides integrated searching of remote Web site content, along with locally-available data. In addition to support for file formats, the dtSearch Spider can also index and search dynamically-generated content, such as ASP/ASP.NET, MS CMS, MS Sharepoinet, etc. Pricing is $199 for dtSearch Desktop with Spider, from $800 for dtSearch Network with Spider, from $999 for dtSearch Web with Spider, and from $2,500 for dtSearch Publish. dtSearch offers a variety of royalty-based and royalty-free pricing options for the dtSearch Text Retrieval Engine. http://www.dtsearch.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3760 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3760 Wed, 25 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC) announced the version 5.2 release of its Brava! Enterprise content visualization server, which now supports PDF interoperability and features enhanced markup and Visual Rights security control. Brava Enterprise is available as a custom integration for enterprise content management systems from Documentum and Open Text, as well as SharePoint Portal Services from Microsoft. It also serves as a core application within IGC's ProjectDox project data management and ReproCentral planroom and print ordering solutions. PDF interoperability enhances Brava's ability to function as a key support and enabling application for content management systems; in document workflow for regulated industry and governmental processes where PDF output is required or mandated. File viewed and annotated in Brava can be saved as rich content PDFs into a file system or vault, or sent as email attachments. Markups created in Brava and saved to PDF are retained as PDF comments and can be edited in Acrobat Professional 6.0 and greater. Watermarks and print banners are translated to PDF as well. Custom dialog boxes and export options are programmable. http://www.infograph.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3763 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3763 Tue, 24 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT EMC Corporation announced a new generation of its Content Intelligence Services (CIS), EMC Documentum CIS 5.3, an add-on to the EMC Documentum 5.3 platform. EMC Documentum CIS 5.3 offers classification capabilities that can organize content based on information extraction and business rules, and categorize the content for easier navigation. Distributed competence management is a new capability to Documentum CIS 5.3 that enables customers to leverage human competence of individuals in various functions and distribute the categorization responsibilities across departments within an organization to classify content. A built-in role and user interface allows category owners or experts to manually make a classification decision in cases where the automated rules cannot classify the content with sufficient confidence. Documentum CIS 5.3 supports classification of multi-lingual content by enabling content classification in native languages against native taxonomies. Among the new supported languages are English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Finnish. Documentum CIS 5.3 now includes automotive, chemicals, drug and disease, energy, engineering, energy, legislation, financial, healthcare, high tech, military, and pharmaceutical industry taxonomies, and CRM, HR, IT, legal, marketing and other functional taxonomies. It also provides content classification for any text-based content type including documents, Web content, XML, OCRed images and other content types. http://www.emc.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3750 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3750 Tue, 24 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT SchemaLogic released its enterprise metadata and taxonomy management platform - SchemaLogic Enterprise 3.0, with additional interface, integration and customization options. SchemaLogic SchemaServer provides an active metadata repository that drives modeling, mapping and synchronization across disparate enterprise systems. Enriching unstructured information through taxonomic metadata, controlled vocabularies and semantic mapping schema leads to information findability and enterprise-level content integration. SchemaLogic Workshop provides business domain experts and technical data architects the ability to model, rationalize and manage the creation, import/export, and synchronization of metadata models and schemas with other applications and systems. Workshop is the user portal into SchemaServer and SchemaLogic Integrator. SchemaLogic Integrator manages the synchronization of metadata to subscribing systems with adaptors. This integration framework provides adapters that communicate directly with subscribing systems, moving reference data, metadata and controlled vocabularies from SchemaServer's repository. SchemaLogic offers standard adapters for content management, portal, search, categorization, database, XML schema and other enterprise systems. http://www.schemalogic.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3754 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3754 Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT OASIS announced that its members have approved the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0 as an OASIS Standard, a status that signifies the highest level of ratification. OpenDocument provides a royalty-free, XML-based file format that covers features required by text, spreadsheets, charts, and graphical documents. OpenDocument provides a single XML schema for text, spreadsheets, charts, and graphical documents. It makes use of existing standards, such as HTML, SVG, XSL, SMIL, XLink, XForms, MathML, and the Dublin Core, wherever possible. OpenDocument has been designed as a package concept, enabling it to be used as a default file format for office applications with no increase in file size or loss of data integrity. Future plans for the OASIS OpenDocument Technical Committee include extending the standard to encompass additional areas of applications and users, as well as adapting it to incorporate ongoing developments in office applications. All those interested in advancing this work, including governments, open source initiatives, educational institutions, and software providers, are encouraged to participate in the Committee. OASIS hosts an open mail list for public comment and the opendocument-dev mailing list for exchanging information on implementing the standard. http://www.oasis-open.org http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3747 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3747 Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) announced an OEM partnership with EMC Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, FAST InStream will be integrated into the recently released Documentum 5.3 platform. FAST InStream provides XML searching, multilingual support to Documentum 5.3. Supporting both structured and unstructured data, FAST InStream is for all types of software applications, including enterprise portals and intranet sites, ECM systems, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions, Business Intelligence (BI) suites and applications, as well as storage and archiving solutions. http://www.fastsearch.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3748 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3748 Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT NextPage announced updates to NextPage 1.5, a subscription software service that securely tracks document versions stored on desktops as e-mail attachments and on servers. The updates include additional notification features and the ability to compare Microsoft Word document versions at a glance. The product tracks Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel files and runs on the Microsoft Windows Operating System. NextPage is a Microsoft Certified Partner. http://www.nextpage.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3752 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3752 Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Siderean Software, Inc. has announced the general availability of its Seamark Navigation Server, a turn-key, enterprise-class navigation capability that permits users to "search the way they think". Seamark provides IT personnel and information architects the means to pinpoint specific information by integrating various data sources (both structured and unstructured from both inside and outside the enterprise) as a new, dynamic data collection that can be browsed, searched, or queried. It then generates a browsable application that enables users to pinpoint information within that collection. The Web-ready, Seamark-generated application can be used "as is"; refined as necessary for look, feel or function; incorporated into a Web page; or linked to other applications as a Web service. What Seamark does is systematically examine the various data sources to which it is introduced, discovers both the explicit and implicit structure or organization in the data, produces a "metadata" description of its content and characteristics, and then automatically generates a browsable, prototype application based upon that description. Seamark provides interfaces to JDBC, RDF/XML, and RSS. Seamark uses a Web-services model. Client interfaces include RSS, SOAP, and ASP/JSP. It is offered as a standalone platform under Linux, Windows and Solaris. http://www.siderean.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3745 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3745 Wed, 18 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Vignette Corp. announced the general availability of Vignette Records & Documents release 7.0, a Java-based integrated enterprise document and records management solution that supports Web browser interaction without custom development. Through seamless integration with Vignette Portal, organizations can reduce the cost of managing records and documents, extend the access and power of information throughout the organization, and enhance data security. The integration of Vignette Records & Documents with Vignette Portal allows customers to extend the value of stored records and documents by providing controlled access to data. Vignette Records & Documents allows users with pre-built case processing frameworks to drive efficient business processes that now offer configurable connections access to current and related case information. http://www.vignette.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3741 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3741 Wed, 18 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Open Text Corporation introduced a new document management solution to improve the way companies manage and store documents used in large-scale processes such as invoicing, ordering or claims processing. The Production Document Management solution works with Open Text's new BPM offering, giving customers process management, document management and a single document repository - to improve customer account statements for banks, policy statements for insurance companies or outgoing invoices for utilities. The Production Document Management solution includes imaging and archiving technology to import and consolidate huge volumes of paper documents into an electronic form. The system maintains every incoming document and makes it available on demand to multiple users simultaneously. It can securely store documents for designated or extended periods, and supports all types of storage media. The solution utilizes the Livelink ECM Platform's Archive Server, providing a single access point and integration with multiple storage hardware vendors. For accounting and other compliance requirements, the Production Document Management solution offers data retention capabilities. Documents are stored in a tamper-proof format, and administrators can define retention timetables for individual documents and categories of documents. The solution also works with ERP or CRM applications. The solution also features a search mechanism that provides instant access to all documents stored in the system. http://www.opentext.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3749 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3749 Wed, 18 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Google Inc.announced Google Desktop Search for Enterprise. The free downloadable application enables companies to provide employees with the ability to search desktop files, email, AOL instant messages, the corporate intranet and the Internet from one search box. The application provides enterprise-level security, configuration and deployment controls, as well as the ability to search the full text of IBM Lotus Notes messages. An optional premium support package is available. Google Desktop Search for Enterprise is free and available at http://desktop.google.com/enterprise. http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3755 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3755 Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Inxight Software, Inc. announced that it has completed its purchase of the federated search and alert technology product line, formerly called Enterprise Discovery Suite, from Intelliseek, Inc. The product line has been renamed Inxight SmartDiscovery Awareness Server. Inxight SmartDiscovery Awareness Server helps users derive insight and intelligence from hundreds of information sources through a single interface. Alerts automatically inform users of new and updated information. SmartDiscovery Awareness Server is preconfigured out-of-the-box to search and track relevant data from hundreds of online sources, including deep web sources such as patent databases and SEC filings and public web sources such as CNET and MSN Search. Enterprises can also create brokers to new information sources rapidly through a point-and-click interface, extending the searching and alerting capabilities to a wide-range of subscription and enterprise sources. Inxight SmartDiscovery Awareness Server is generally available now. http://www.inxight.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3734 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3734 Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Xythos Software announced that Oracle has licensed the Xythos Drive to enhance integration between the Windows desktop and the Oracle server products. The Xythos Drive provides folder-level access and management control to simplify how users interact with application content, even when they are not connected to the Internet. In addition, Xythos technology allows developers to make content management and collaboration instantly familiar, helping everyday users easily access new web-enabled applications. With Xythos products, software developers can add WebDAV document and file management capabilities to enhance applications and create new products. http://www.xythos.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3737 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3737 Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT FileNet Corporation introduced the newest version of its Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform, FileNet P8 3.5. FileNet P8 3.5 enables organizations to address a broad range of content, process management and compliance needs. This platform upgrade brings significant new features and capabilities including Content Federation Services (CFS), which enables FileNet P8's ECM platform capabilities to be integrated with and federate content from a broad range of both FileNet and non-FileNet content repositories. With CFS, FileNet customers can manage all content in their organizations from one enterprise content catalogs. FileNet's Content Federation Services allows enterprises to search, catalog, classify, secure, retain, comply, activate, update and delete content residing in repositories across the enterprise. CFS enables the FileNet P8 3.5 platform to manage information that is stored in remote content repositories as if it were native FileNet content. This content can also be exposed to external business applications through FileNet's XML Web Services. Similarly, content and its associated metadata can be accessed and consumed by the various product suites that FileNet offers (i.e. Business Process Manager, Email Manager, Records Manager, etc.) http://www.filenet.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3738 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3738 Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Traction Software Inc. announced Release 3.6 of Traction TeamPage, Traction Communicator and its new Traction TeamPage Feed Reader. With help from its new partner, B- Spirit of Switzerland, Traction Software also announced French language localization, in addition to English, German and Japanese. Traction's TeamPage Release 3.6 includes over 20 new features that focus on content management and security, building on TeamPage's document management capabilities. TeamPage Feed Reader is a new product that can read RSS or Atom feeds and publish each post into a selected Traction TeamPage project. Each feed can be configured to automatically post attachments and copies of inline images and, on a rules-driven basis, automatically apply selected Traction labels to each incoming article. TeamPage Feed Reader supports authentication and TLS/SSL encrypted HTTPS syndication feeds, as well as public HTTP feeds. TeamPage Feed Reader requires Traction TeamPage Release 3.6 and is a separately priced product. Traction's Release 3.6 is a free upgrade for Traction Software customers who subscribe to Traction's annual maintenance plan. http://www.tractionsoftware.com, http://www.b-spirit.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3739 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3739 Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT ClearStory Systems announced participation in IBM's PartnerWorld Industry Networks. ClearStory's Radiant Enterprise Media Server (EMS), a J2EE software platform for integrating rich media into content management systems and other enterprise applications, will be ported to IBM's DB2 and WebSphere platforms. Porting Radiant EMS to the IBM platform will also include integration with IBM Content Manager, allowing customers to store digital assets in IBM content repositories. Teaming up with IBM represents an expanded marketing and distribution opportunity for ClearStory and ActiveMedia 6.0. The IBM platform release of Radiant EMS is targeted for general release on June 30, 2005. ClearStory announced general availability of Radiant EMS 2.0 on April 18, 2005 and ActiveMedia 6.0 on May 9, 2005. http://www.clearstorysystems.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3740 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3740 Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Hot Banana Software Inc. has announced the shipping of its new product - the Hot Banana Active Marketing Web Content Management Suite. The Hot Banana Active Marketing Web Content Management Suite consist's of the Hot Banana Web Content Management Suite, and the Hot Banana Active Marketing Suite. All versions are shipping immediately, either as Hot Banana On Demand, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or, as Hot Banana Licensed Software. Hot Banana Active Marketing Web Content Management Suite will allow non-technical users to take 'hands-on' control of their online marketing and communications. All Hot Banana Active Marketing programs and campaigns can now be tracked by using WebTrends 7 On Demand Web analytics to measure results and Web site performance. Improvements to the Web site and marketing activities can then be made, such as tweaking and changing the Web content, so the campaign can be fine tuned, either while it's in progress, or optimized in preparation for the next scheduled campaign. http://www.hotbanana.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3742 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3742 Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Whitehill Technologies Inc. unveiled Whitehill Layout Designer, the latest product in its portfolio of document composition and data transformation software. Whitehill Layout Designer is a graphical interface for the creation of stylesheets that control the presentation of XML data. Whitehill Layout Designer can be run as a standalone application or used as a component part of Whitehill xml-Transport, the company's data conversion and distribution software. Customers can use the tool to create customized, data-driven documents. For example, customer service teams have the ability to create customized business documents, allowing the insertion of specific targeted messages and customer data. Whitehill Layout Designer allows customers to create layouts for styled documents via a drag-and-drop user interface. These stylesheets define the presentation of XML data and enable the creation of attractive final documents. Whitehill Layout Designer creates documents by assigning the contents of an XML file to placeholders on a page and using formatting styles to give the document a professional look. http://www.whitehilltech.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3743 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3743 Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Five Across, Inc. announced it has extended its technology to enable the creation of multi-page web sites. The hosted service, Bubbler, provides page navigation that is generated automatically; updates text and pages in real time; provides drag-and-drop photo, audio, and video sharing; and has a group model that provides wiki-like collaboration for authorized users. Five Across's new technology brings the ease of blogging to business users and professionals. Users create web pages by dragging and dropping their content including digital photographs, movies, audio, and other multimedia assets, as well as business documents like spreadsheets, documents, and presentations. Five Across's Server technology combines the content into web pages instantly. As each page is added, navigation is created automatically and added to all site pages. Content can be presented in different styles through a set of designer templates. The media-rich hosted sites are powered by Five Across' Server, which integrates multiple network protocols into a replacement for Apache web servers. The Five Across Server transparently integrates web hosting, content management and messaging. The Five Across Workgroup Server, which includes the instant messaging and group collaboration client software, is also available to corporations for business blogging behind the firewall. Five Across offers Bubbler Hosted accounts starting at $5 per month, depending on storage and bandwidth usage. A free Bubbler 1 account is available for content contributors or for simple text blogging. The Five Across OEM Server for ISPs and other blog hosting providers and the Five Across Workgroup Server are both available immediately. http://www.bubbler.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3744 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3744 Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT SilkRoad technology inc. announced the availability of Eprise On Demand. The new hosted solution enables medium-sized businesses to build Web sites, intranets and extranets leveraging content editing, personalization and workflow capabilities previously only available with their enterprise offering. Eprise On Demand provides rapid implementations of multiple Web sites via QuickForms, in-context editing capabilities, the ability to manage workflow on content approvals directly from the Website, and integration with Microsoft Word, Windows Explorer, and Internet Explorer. Eprise on Demand is now available starting at $2,900 per month. http://www.eprise.com, http://www.silkroadtech.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3746 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3746 Mon, 16 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Ipedo announced the latest version of its EII platform, incorporating several product enhancements to facilitate delivery of on-demand intelligence. Ipedo XIP 4.0 introduces a dual SQL/XQuery engine, giving it a broad span of information integration. The new release also features several new capabilities designed to reduce the cost and complexity of information integration, including a visual rules processing interface, Web Services publishing, and integration with BusinessObjects and Crystal Reports. In all, Ipedo XIP 4.0 has over 50 new additions and improvements, including enhanced query optimization techniques, new data source discovery and mapping capabilities, and new visual wizards for data import. Ipedo XIP leverages SQL and XML Query to integrate and manage information from disparate, complex data sources to enable real-time business decisions. Ipedo's approach treats existing corporate databases and external data flows as a single, virtual data source. Ipedo XIP 4.0 is available now for Windows 2000, Windows NT, Sun Solaris and Red Hat Linux. Pricing is on a per-CPU basis. http://www.ipedo.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3731 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3731 Mon, 16 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Arbortext announced the company will release version 5.2 of its enterprise publishing software in September 2005. Representing a year-long development effort, this release has improvements in functionality and compatibility for organizations implementing enterprise publishing applications. The Import/Export feature, which provides conversion between word processing/desktop publishing files and XML, will provide over 50% new functionality and replace Arbortext's Interchange product. The Import feature will offer much finer control over the conversion of styles into XML tags, so that word processing and desktop publishing files can more easily be translated into XML. The Contributor Web-based XML editor will be able to track changes (additions and deletions) so that editors can review, revise and approve documents more easily. In addition, Contributor will provide an API that provides developers with a greater level of control over the product's functionality and appearance. DMC (Digital Media Composer) DMC replaces CD-ROM Composer and represents a major upgrade in Arbortext's capability to publish large sets of documents that are too big to distribute over the internet. DMC can produce both DVDs and CD-ROMs for very large data sets and supports multiple volumes, password security and data compression. http://www.arbortext.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3732 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3732 Mon, 16 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT The Gilbane Report and The Compliance Consortium, an international membership organization to promote effective governance, risk and compliance management (GRC), has published its operational approach for managing GRC requirements within the enterprise. Applicable to both public and private companies, the framework is designed to assist senior management and boards of directors in setting objectives for managing a wide range of compliance-related activities and instituting the programs needed to attain those objectives. This initial version is a "public draft" and is intended to invite constructive criticism and ultimately to build a broad consensus within the hundreds of companies that have registered as part of The Compliance Consortium Community over the past year. Interested parties may access "Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance: An Operational Approach" at www.gilbane.com/publications.html, or at www.thecomplianceconsortium.org. http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3733 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3733 Mon, 16 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT TRADOS Inc. and Arbortext announced forming an alliance that closely ties the authoring and publishing processes with the entire globalization cycle. As a result, the alliance creates a global enterprise publishing solution that controls and streamlines the increasingly complex global content workflow. At the front of the lifecycle, where most costs are incurred, companies can create and manage content at both the micro-level of words, terms, phrases, and sentences and the macro-level of paragraphs, sections, or larger chunks. The new ability to preview documents ensures that content is translation-friendly and minimizes localization costs. At the end of the lifecycle, customers have more publishing options to deliver local content in any format, more rapidly covering "the last mile" to ensure that global information delivery is both timely and relevant. http://www.arbortext.com, http://www.trados.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3735 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3735 Mon, 16 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Ektron today unveiled Ektron CMS400.NET Version 5.0. In Version 5.0, Ektron delivers enhanced search capabilities, new calendar functions, and new Macromedia Dreamweaver integration. CMS400.NET Version 5.0 also ships with a new add-on component, Ektron DMS400, the companys recently released document management system designed from the ground up for the mid-market. Document management integration Ektron DMS400 is now integrated with CMS400.NET as an optional add-on module. Ektrons CMS and DMS share the same security, staging, collaboration, workflow, versioning, search, publishing, and globalization capabilities, all from a single user interface. Organizations can manage Microsoft Office documents and other digital files, and use the CMS to seamlessly publish documents to public sites, intranets, and portals. Ektron CMS400 version 5.0 is shipping now. Pricing begins at $7,200 for a 10-seat license and scales to $29,999 for unlimited users. Pricing for the Ektron DMS400 add-on ranges from $4,800 to $41,999. Ektron DMS400 will be available as a stand-alone product during this quarter. http://www.ektron.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3736 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3736 Fri, 13 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Xerox Corporation announced the DocuShare Partner Solutions Catalogue, which provides an online resource of solutions available from authorized Xerox DocuShare Business Partners that can address pressing needs for enterprise content management applications using Xerox's ECM software, called DocuShare. The catalog describes current solutions from partners in North America and Europe. These systems integrators, solution providers and value-added resellers can work with companies to solve content-management challenges across several areas, including regulatory compliance, print-shop integration, workflow applications, document imaging, hosting, e-forms integration, AutoCAD management, Internet publishing for government Electronic Freedom of Information Act initiatives, hospital-contract management and HIPAA compliancy, e-commerce shopping cart tools, and more. As more partners develop DocuShare-based applications and make them available, the catalog will grow. http://docushare.xerox.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3730 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3730 Thu, 12 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Interwoven, Inc. announced they have become a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Interwoven, building on Microsoft technologies, will enable information workers-starting with professional services firms including legal, accounting, management consulting, corporate legal departments, and IT consulting-to manage the entire content lifecycle through the tight integration of the Interwoven WorkSite Collaborative Document Management, E-Mail Management, and RecordsManager solutions with the Microsoft platform including Office, SharePoint Portal Server, and Windows. http://www.interwoven.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3727 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3727 Thu, 12 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Infodata Systems Inc. announced it has signed a Letter of Intent to be acquired by McDonald Bradley Inc. (MBI), a privately held information technology solutions provider to the government marketplace with headquarters in Herndon, Virginia. A definitive agreement is expected to be signed within the next two weeks. The cash offer is for 100% of the stock of Infodata. Based on a current estimate of 6.3 million outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis, the per share purchase price would be $1.20. Based on a current estimate of 5.3 million outstanding shares on a non-fully diluted basis, and on the closing market price of $1.18 per share on May 11, 2005, the purchase price is approximately $1.3 million above Infodata's current market capitalization. The transaction, which is planned to close by July 31, 2005, is subject to approval by Infodata's shareholders and other customary conditions of closing, including satisfactory completion of due diligence by MBI. http://www.infodata.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3729 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3729 Wed, 11 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Fios Inc., a provider of IT-enabled electronic discovery services, and Interwoven announced a strategic partnership that will result in a discovery management solution for the enterprise. Under the agreement, Fios will OEM and integrate Interwoven's Collaborative Document Management (CDM) technology as the foundation of its evidence management services. Additionally, FIOS will serve as a preferred partner to meet the electronic discovery needs of Interwoven's installed client base. Together, the two companies will help enterprises proactively address the fire drills, litigation risk and cost predictability issues caused by the growing volume of electronic documents that must be managed and easily accessed for government investigations, regulatory compliance, antitrust inquiries and litigation. http://www.fiosinc.com, http://www.interwoven.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3723 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3723 Wed, 11 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Interwoven announced two new content-centric solutions, the Interwoven Salesforce Productivity Intranet, and Channel Extranet, designed to help marketing organizations within the financial services, manufacturing and high technology industries to achieve sales and channel optimization. The new Interwoven Salesforce Productivity Intranet solution enables marketing organizations to provide sales personnel with the latest, most compelling information and sales tools even in the context of rapidly changing markets and campaigns, while the Interwoven Channel Extranet solution enables sales and marketing executives to make the channel a more seamless and effective extension of the internal sales organization. Based on the latest version of Interwoven's LiveSite Content Publishing technology, the solutions include packaged templates, components, best practices and pre-built websites that make it simpler for business users to create and deploy intranet and extranet sites for specific salesforce and channel initiatives. http://www.interwoven.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3724 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3724 Wed, 11 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced the appointment of its Management Committee and new Executive Director, reinforcing the organization's increasing relevance to the content management discipline. Chartered with tactical responsibility for achieving the organization's goals, CM Pros Management Committee is: Patricia Kelley, content architect at Allstate Insurance - Director of Marketing; Erik Hartman, president of Netherlands-based Hartman Communicatie BV - Director of Member Relations; Glen Secor, senior consultant and legal analyst with The Gilbane Report - Legal Advisor; and Hilary Marsh, president of strategic online consultancy Content Company Inc. - Director of Communications. In a move signaling CM Pros continuing expansion, CM Pros also announced that Laura Walker - who as executive director of OASIS led that consortium to the forefront of e-business standards - has been appointed CM Pros Executive Director. The executive director position was previously held by industry luminary and CM Pros cofounder Bob Doyle, who becomes the organization's Technology Advisor, continuing to support and enable its member and public communication infrastructures. As the organization's primary link to members and the public, the executive director translates the CM Pros mission and strategic plan into action. http://www.cmprofessionals.org http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3726 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3726 Wed, 11 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT McLaren Software announced the immediate availability of its Enterprise Engineer 2.5.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1) upgrade for the EMC Documentum platform. Enterprise Engineer 2.5.1 SP1 is the first of McLaren's software updates for Documentum, providing improved functionality, streamlining content management processes and enabling enhanced platform support across the entire Enterprise Engineer suite. This includes: Faster import of AutoCAD and MicroStation drawings; Streamlined review and lifecycle processes incorporating feedback from customers; Multi-line text boxes and dialogs enabling more information to be recorded and stored, aiding the creation of audit trails; Extended CAD support including full reference handling; New platform support for Windows Server 2003 and Documentum 5.3 and 5.2.5 SP2 and SP3; and Support for AutoCAD 2006 and MicroStation 8.5. Enterprise Engineer is a suite of configurable business applications that manage engineering content and the business processes that use this content. The software supports the engineering process by providing a single point of controlled access to manage the production and use of project content, such as drawings, correspondence, procedures and specifications, throughout an asset's lifecycle. Extending the capabilities of the EMC Documentum platform, Enterprise Engineer accommodates the complexity of engineering content and associated business processes. http://www.mclarensoftware.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3728 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3728 Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Serena Software, Inc. announced the general availability of Serena Collage Single Site. Collage Single Site provides the functionality of Collage Enterprise to organizations which need complete web content management functionality for a single web site. Using Collage Single Site, organizations of any size can enable end-user authoring of content while providing a database-driven application for managing, tracking, and publishing web content. Collage Single Site is available now for $14,900, including a year of 24x7 technical support and product upgrades. Additional web site licenses are also available. Designed to provide enterprise-class functionality without the need for extensive customization, Collage Single Site provides content contribution, sophisticated versioning, detailed content change tracking (auditing), content classification and metadata management, page and site generation, and flexible content publishing. Collage Single Site 4.6 is immediately available. http://www.serena.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3719 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3719 Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Captiva Software Corporation announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SWT SA, a provider of automatic data extraction and intelligent document capture solutions and technology in France. The purchase, subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to be completed during the week of May 23, 2005. According to the agreement and subject to certain adjustments, Captiva will pay approximately $18.1 million in cash plus approximately 179,000 shares in Captiva common stock that will be issued to SWT management to purchase all outstanding shares of the privately held SWT. Net of SWT's cash, the purchase price is expected to be approximately two times SWT's reported 2004 European GAAP revenues of EUR 6.95 million, or approximtely $9.0 million. SWT has been supplying its Dispatcher product capabilities as an optional addition to Captiva's InputAccel and classification and data extraction capabilities for Captiva's Digital Mailroom. http://www.captivasoftware.com, http://www.swt-concept.com/us http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3720 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3720 Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT iPhrase Technologies announced the latest version of its platform, OneStep 5.0, designed to provide business people real-time visibility and control over online experiences across the enterprise. OneStep 5.0 includes a redesign of administrative and management tools to offer businesses greater visibility and control into their search solutions. The OneStep Management Console introduces a wizard-based interface that guides business people through the process of integrating content and tuning system behavior and embeds rich reporting capabilities that allow organizations to measure ROI and direct ongoing improvements. By applying iPhrase's query understanding and result presentation capabilities, on top of the IBM enterprise search API, OneStep 5.0 provides companies with a complete solution. OneStep 5.0 Platform is currently available on a limited basis, with full availability expected in late June. http://www.iphrase.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3721 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3721 Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Ipedo announced the signing of a technology partnership with Business Objects. Ipedo will join the Business Objects Technology Partner Program and the two companies will engage in joint sales, marketing and development activities. Ipedo will support BusinessObjects XI, Crystal Reports XI, and BusinessObjects Data Integrator XI, giving Business Objects customers integration capabilities that will unify distributed data sources and allow the addition of new data sources into existing applications. The Ipedo XIP platform brings EII capabilities to Business Objects customers, including cost-based query optimization, visual data source discovery, and rule processing on inbound data flows. Ipedo XIP complements the extract, transform, and load (ETL) capabilities of BusinessObjects Data Integrator XI by providing real-time data gathering and cross-source data combinations. Ipedo XIP leverages SQL and XML Query to integrate and manage information from disparate, complex data sources. http://www.businessobjects.com, http://www.Ipedo.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3722 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3722 Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Ricoh Corporation introduced enhancements to DocumentMall, a Web-based solution that enables corporations to store, manage and share files through the Internet. The upgrades to this on-demand document management and collaboration software service enable DocumentMall to meet the needs of a wider range of customers, from the high-volume customer to the casual customer. Ricoh has integrated the Upload Agent, a high volume input solution that automates the process of getting documents into DocumentMall. The Upload Agent is a client application that accepts scanned documents and indexing data (XML metadata) from third-party capture solutions and delivers them via a secure HTTPS connection to a DocumentMall account. Upload Agent runs as a scheduled service so uploads can be processed during non-peak hours when network traffic is light. There are no limits on the file size when using DocumentMall's Upload Agent. Ricoh also announced that Upload Agent integrations are now available for InputAccel and InputAccel Express from Captiva Software Corporation, GobyCapture from DocuLex, and Ascent Capture from Kofax. Ricoh has enhanced DocumentMall's integrated Barcode Service with improvements to the usability of the user-interface and the incorporation of security upgrades via user access controls. Ricoh has also begun implementing BS7799 Part 2 (ISO 17799), a standard specification for an information security management system (ISMS). http://www.ricoh-usa.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3725 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3725 Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT ClearStory Systems, Inc. announced the release of ActiveMedia 6.0, a J2EE digital asset management (DAM) software application. ActiveMedia 6.0 is built on ClearStory's Radiant Enterprise Media Server (EMS). ActiveMedia 6.0 offers handling of compound documents such as QuarkXpress and Adobe InDesign, as well as video, flash, presentations, and graphics. ActiveMedia 6.0 offers an n-tier, J2EE design that supports the scalability requirements of modern DAM implementations. Its Web-based user interface offers rich functionality to support global marketing implementations. Enhanced features include a metadata engine, a robust asset-level security model, and functionality for managing complex video, multi-media graphics, compound documents and other rich media. http://www.clearstorysystems.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3716 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3716 Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Quadralay Corporation announced the launch of WebWorks ePublisher Pro. The new desktop ePublishing software leverages XML and allows users to create customized content for the Web, intranets, professional online Help systems, portable devices, enterprise-ready XML, or PDFs. WebWorks ePublisher Pro provides greater flexibility and ease of use for Help authors, technical writers, documentation professionals, and other content providers wanting to produce content for common online formats directly from Microsoft Word or Adobe FrameMaker files. In addition, the new software features simple WYSIWYG controls and push-button processing that give authors control of the look and feel of Help content and other online information. Authors can use Microsoft Word to write, maintain, and update content, then use ePublisher Pro to manage and deliver multiple online formats such as HTML, XHTML, DHTML, or the cross-browser, cross-platform information system WebWorks Help. WebWorks ePublisher Pro includes support for more than 45 languages, including out-of-the-box support for double-byte languages. WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word ships in June 2005, and is available for purchase by authors for US$1,000, and internationally for US$1,100. WebWorks ePublisher Pro for FrameMaker ships in July 2005, and is available for purchase by authors for US$1,395, and internationally for US$1,515. http://www.webworks.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3717 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3717 Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT EMC Corporation expanded the EMC Centera family of content addressed storage (CAS) systems to address the fixed content archiving needs of midsize enterprises. As an extension of EMC's Making Storage Simple approach, the lower-capacity and lower-cost EMC Centera four-node configuration delivers the same content and self management features available in all Centera configurations. A key part of Making Storage Simple is a broad set of Express Solutions that are pretested and sized to meet the needs of this market. The new Centera configuration will be integrated into these solutions. For example, the EMC Express Solutions for Archiving and Express Solutions for E-mail, which combine EMC systems, software and services are now available with the new Centera four-node configuration. The Centera four-node configuration will be available from EMC and partners this month. It offers 2.2TB of usable capacity at a 35% lower base list price than the previous Centera entry point. http://www.emc.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3718 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3718 Thu, 05 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT SDL Desktop Products, a division of SDL International announced the immediate release of SDLX 2005, the latest version of its Translation Memory tool. SDLX 2005 goes further to address the quality assurance of new and existing translations. SDLX 2005 expands on the Terminology QA Check and now automatically checks source and translations for: inconsistent, incomplete, partial or empty translations, corrupt characters, and consistent regular expressions, and punctuation and formatting. The QA Check generates an interactive XML report that links the user directly to the appropriate segment in the editing environment to correct the error. A brand new switchboard interface now incorporates all new and existing SDLX modules for simplified navigation and usability. Other features include: the ability to automatically split large, unmanageable documents for translation and then merge them back together for greater process flexibility; greater database performance provides enterprises with more scalability and the ability to store TMs in Oracle as well as SQL Server; and additional language support for Maltese, Armenian and Georgian. http://www.sdl.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3712 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3712 Thu, 05 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Refresh Software Corp. announced the June 17, 2005 release of SiteRefresh 6 including a Web Services interface and new features. SiteRefresh's Content Repository now offers Web Services features for inclusion in the latest Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA). SiteRefresh also supports the Firefox browser, extending access to Macintosh and non-IE users. New enterprise features include an expanded search interface with the capability of managing large deployments and thousands of assets. SiteRefresh delivers a content management architectural approach with the latest J2EE Core architecture including Web Services priced at $24,995. http://www.refreshsoftware.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3714 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3714 Wed, 04 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Fujitsu Software Corporation announced the availability of Interstage Contentbiz v7, the newest version of Fujitsu's application platform for enterprise content integration. Interstage Contentbiz v7 extends support for Web services and Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), offers a new extensible audit trail and enhances integration capabilities. These features allow companies to more effectively access, modify and search structured and unstructured enterprise content resident in disparate, networked systems, independent of format or location. Key features and enhancements include: Bidirectional WebDAV Agent enables integration with any enterprise content management (ECM) system that complies with the Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) standard; New Extensible Audit Trail ensures that proper audit trail information is maintained for all compliance documentation; Enhanced Web Services Interface enables enterprises to leverage a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to create Web services and integrate reusable content integration services with applications; New Web Content Agent extends the reach of content integration solutions to intranet and Internet content; and, New Content Portlets, which comply with JSR 168 (Java Specification Request for Portlet API), provide commonly used content navigation and search functionality that can be easily deployed on enterprise portals. http://www.fujitsu.com/interstage http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3707 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3707 Wed, 04 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Fractal:Edge announced that Innodata Isogen has become a strategic alliance partner. The alliance will give Innodata Isogen's clients the opportunity to take advantage of Fractal:Edge's Fractal Maps in order to unlock the potential of their data. Fractal:Edge solutions allow visualisation, navigation and query of large data sources and are suited to content management. http://www.fractaledge.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3708 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3708 Wed, 04 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT PureEdge Solutions Inc. and Open Text Corporation announced they are partnering to deliver new solutions that will help large organizations streamline and improve complex processes that require electronic forms. Open Text will utilize the PureEdge 8x XML solution to extend e-forms capabilities in its Livelink ECM Solutions. A key target for the new solutions will be large government agencies, in addition to major corporations in the financial services, healthcare and manufacturing sectors. Livelink ECM Solutions unify information and complex processes, while allowing the people involved in those processes to collaborate in real time. By using PureEdge XML e-forms with Livelink, customers will be able to accelerate their e-forms implementation. http://www.opentext.com, http://www.pureedge.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3709 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3709 Wed, 04 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT TRADOS Inc. announced the availability of its second-generation release of TRADOS Language Server for Documentum, a solution to tie together content globalization with EMC Documentum, an enterprise content management (ECM) platform. The integrated solution enables companies who are already using EMC Documentum as their ECM platform, to globalize their content within their existing business processes. TRADOS Language Server provides customers with opportunities for revenue growth by delivering their product content to more countries in a larger number of languages. http://www.documentum.com/app_portfolio, http://www.trados.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3711 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3711 Wed, 04 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT IBM announced new software and investments in research and development to help customers and developers leverage information on demand by integrating, analyzing and managing their business data, no matter where it is stored. The offerings include new technologies and assets immediately incorporated into IBM's portfolio following completion of the acquisition of Ascential Software. The software technologies and investments unveiled include: expanded IBM information integration product roadmap that features the next generation WebSphere Data Integration Suite (code-named "Hawk" by Ascential) - IBM plans to deliver the "Hawk" software platform to customers this year, as part of the company's next generation WebSphere Information Integration solutions portfolio; expansion of worldwide information integration research and development resources to accelerate the delivery of information integration software; and introduction of a new Federated Records Management software solution for automated electronic records management across the enterprise. An open customer beta test program of the WebSphere Data Integration Suite will be launched in the second quarter of 2005. http://www.ibm.com/software/data http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3713 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3713 Wed, 04 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Endeca announced the availability of new Manufacturing & Distribution Search Solutions, a combination of information retrieval applications, services and expertise. The new Endeca solutions help people can find parts and products knowing only limited information, such as attributes, dimensions or fragmentary knowledge of what they need. Whether an engineer searching for the best part to include in a new design or a customer looking for product information on a manufacturer's website, Endeca's search and Guided Navigation helps employees and customers find what they are looking for. The Endeca Product Data Navigator combines search and browse into a single integrated function, giving users the ability to find products, parts, components and related information through a web-based interface. With the Endeca Product Data Navigator, pre-built content adapters can combine data from multiple systems, like PLM, ERP and any other information repository to create an integrated view of data from multiple silos. http://www.endeca.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3715 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3715 Tue, 03 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT eCl@ss e.V. announced a global collaboration agreement with Requisite Technology to enhance the eCl@ss Standardized Material and Service Classification. The agreement calls for a fully supported implementation of eCl@ss within the Requisite Spend Data Visibility suite, and the integration of Requisite's flat product data structure (RUS) into the eCl@ss standard. The relationship provides manufacturing engineers enhanced language and schema mapping, and more detailed product attribute information. The primary points covered by the collaboration agreement are: Incorporation and standardization of Requisite's RUS attributes within eCl@ss; Provision by Requisite of the eCl@ss taxonomy in various industry standard XML formats; Ongoing enhancements by both organizations of eCl@ss attributes and categories; Requisite support of eCl@ss user requests for changes and enhancements; and Future provision of eCl@ss as an enhanced RUS-like meta-schema with complete mappings to other standards such as UNSPSC, eOTD, and RosettaNet. The eCl@ss product classification standard is immediately available to current Requisite users, including SAP SRM and Oracle customers, in XML. http://www.eclass.de, http://www.requisite.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3703 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3703 Tue, 03 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Verity Inc. announced the availability of Verity TeleForm Version 9.1, the latest version of the company's content capture solution. The new Verity TeleForm Web Capture Option lets companies with branch offices, satellite plants or geographically-dispersed stores to scan and capture form and document-based content throughout the enterprise using any Web browser. TeleForm v9.1 adds integrated support for both file and database clustering to help ensure high levels of system availability in cases where mission-critical applications demand non-stop processing. Content security is enforced from the document scanning point to the processing of documents and forms, through to the export of data and images into back-end databases and applications. Features include LDAP integration, single sign-on controls, password-protected PDF file exports, a revision control system with file transfer protection, as well as real-time and historical audit tracking that documents exactly how a form or document moves through the system. http://www.verity.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3704 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3704 Tue, 03 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT The Midgard Project has released the latest development version 2.3.2 of MidCOM - the Midgard Components Framework. MidCOM is a PHP-based component framework for the Midgard Content Management System. This version is the third integration build for the upcoming 2.4.0 release, "the current API can be considered 99% stable already". MidCOM is the default Content Management interface in Midgard CMS, and provides developers a production architecture for building new web applications. With the MidCOM framework PHP applications have localization, configuration, templating and data abstraction features. This is the second of a few relase candiadates for the upcoming 2.4.0 release. No more new features will be allowed into this branch and it is now open for translation updates. http://www.midgard-project.org http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3706 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3706 Tue, 03 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Xenos Group, Inc. announced the availability of Xenos infoWEB 5.1, the latest version of their information management solution that enables organizations to capture documents and data from disparate corporate applications and index, transform and securely deliver the information via Web browser, email, fax, ftp and corporate portals. Xenos infoWEB now provides a document management system to address the needs of distributed organizations as they meet compliance requirements for physical and electronic records. Xenos infoWEB simplifies how documents and files are input, accessed and managed with a solution that handles a variety of formats including AFP, Metacode, PCL, PDF and ASCII to index, transform and deliver business critical information on demand. Xenos infoWEB 5.1 includes advanced Web administration functions that allow organizations to distribute control across departments and customize user and group access to stored information at the document or page level. Locating specific information is simplified through the enhanced indexing and keyword search capabilities of Xenos infoWEB 5.1. http://www.xenos.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3710 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3710 Mon, 02 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Progress Software Corporation (PSC) and EasyAsk, Inc. jointly announced an agreement by which PSC will acquire substantially all of the assets of EasyAsk in an all cash transaction for a purchase price of approximately $9.2 million, net of cash acquired. Upon close of the transaction, EasyAsk will become a separate operating unit of PSC. EasyAsk provides an embedded natural language question/answer capability that allows non-technical users to ask ordinary English questions about the information created and maintained by business applications, and provides search, navigation and merchandising functions on the web sites of retailers and manufacturers. EasyAsk's commerce solutions benefit both Business-to-Consumer (B2C) web sites and Business-to-Business (B2B) sites. Present and future EasyAsk eCommerce customers will benefit from the resources of Progress Software. The transaction is expected to close within fifteen days. http://www.easyask.com, http://www.progress.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3699 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3699 Mon, 02 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Tarari, Inc. announced the general availability of its fourth-generation release of the company's XML RAX Content Processor (RAX 4). RAX 4, an in-silicon and software implementation of Random Access XML, now includes full, integrated support for the complex features of XML Schema and special SOAP message validation at 10,000 and greater validations per second. Tarari also announced Software RAX, a full RAX implementation in software that provides a software failover capability in the event of hardware failure, or that can be used on entry-level systems that need RAX acceleration. RAX 4 incorporates Tarari's silicon "Grammar Processor". OEMs, ISVs and corporate developers interested in evaluating the Tarari XML RAX 4 Content Processor should purchase the Tarari XML/Web Services Development Kit, which is available immediately and consists of a Tarari XML RAX 4 Content Processor on a Grand Prix series PCI-X card, Random Access XML Agents, Cryptographic Agents, the add-on PubSub module, Software RAX, and API documentation. The price for the kit is $4,995. http://www.tarari.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3700 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3700 Mon, 02 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Convera Corporation announced immediate general availability of version 8.1 of the company's RetrievalWare search software platform. RetrievalWare 8.1 is the culmination of over three years of development efforts aimed at offering measurable improvements and enhancements to the RetrievalWare platform. The new features of RetrievalWare 8.1 are tailored for both the commercial and government market segments: RetrievalWare Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval capabilities available through Web Services and Java APIs to comply with .NET and J2EE as well as Service Oriented Architectures (SOA's); Semantic Indexing, Categorization, Classification, Profiling and Alerts, Search, Entity Extraction and Folder services all utilizing a single unified index; Unified index enables the above services to be combined in any order programmatically to support a broad array of Discovery and Text mining applications; Language Detection, Encoding Detection, Conversion, and UTF-8 Ready Language Processors; 14 Language Processors, including Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, for Natural Language Processing; Pluggable cartridge architecture for semantic resources; Over 60 pre-supplied Domain-Specific Taxonomies and Classifications; 23 taxonomies in 9 different languages; 8 General and Cross-Lingual Semantic Cartridges; 22 Domain-Specific Semantic Cartridges; Convera Knowledge Workbench V3.0 to create, manage, tailor, benchmark and extend Taxonomys and Semantic resources; A newly architected Spider 2.0 for Intranet and Internet web content; and support for JBoss or WebLogic Application servers at the API level. http://www.convera.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3701 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3701 Mon, 02 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT The TikiWiki Content Management System "Sirius" Version 1.9.0 has been released, and is now available for download at SourceForge.net. Tiki is a massive full-featured, widely deployed and actively developed web application. Before proceeding to upgrade to 1.9.0, you should make a backup of your site. If you run a high-volume site, consider running a test site in parallel as there have been reports of increased sql queries. Similarly, if you run a site and are concerned by security, you may want to wait for 1.9.1. As with any open source software, 1.9.0 is provided as is. It is the results of over a year of development by over a hundred volunteers. Tiki 1.9 introduces over 400 new features & enhancements, options, modifications & bugfixes. The next versions 1.9.1, 1.9.2 will focus on stabilizing and bug fixes found after 1.9.0 release. Please report any bugs (and if possible the solution) to http://dev.tikiwiki.org/ http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3702 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3702 Mon, 02 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Workshare introduced its Integrity Partner Program for Systems integrators, valued added resellers, corporate resellers and other partners. Workshare's suite of products for Microsoft Office includes Workshare Professional for secure document compliance, Workshare Protect for policy- enforced document security and Workshare DeltaView for document verification. Workshare products work seamlessly with email systems such as Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes and Novell GroupWise. Workshare products integrate closely with Microsoft SharePoint and document management systems from Hummingbird, Interwoven and Documentum. Workshare is a Microsoft Worldwide Gold-Certified Partner. Through the Integrity Partner Program, Workshare lets resellers extend their product, consulting and service offerings to include essential Document Security solutions to a market potential of 200 million Microsoft Office System business users globally. http://www.workshare.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3705 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/05/content_management_news.html#3705