News For August, 2005

Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) announced an OEM partnership with AskMe under which FAST will serve as the search foundation for AskMe Enterprise, a solution for creating and managing Employee Knowledge Networks (EKN). AskMe Enterprise will be integrated with FAST InStream, an OEM-specific enterprise search solution developed to meet the complex application-based search requirements of independent software vendors (ISVs). AskMe connects employees with the most relevant internal expertise to solve problems, share ideas, and collaborate. Resulting lessons learned are automatically disseminated to other employees to promote organizational learning and also captured by the system into a knowledgebase for future reuse. http://www.askmecorp.com, http://www.fastsearch.com

FAST & IntelliReach Partner
8/30/2005

Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) and IntelliReach Corporation announced an OEM partnership to enhance the search capabilities of IntelliReach's messaging management system. IntelliReach's solution will be integrated with FAST InStream, an OEM-specific enterprise search solution developed specifically to meet the complex application-based search requirements of independent software vendors (ISVs). IntelliReach plans to integrate FAST's enterprise search solution into its policy-based message management system, scheduled for introduction later this year. http://www.intellireach.com, http://www.fastsearch.com

Interwoven Announces Content Transformation Services for TeamSite
8/30/2005

Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV) announced the availability of Interwoven Content Transformation Services for TeamSite, a new add-on module to the company's Web Content Management (WCM) offering, enabling multi-channel publishing of business documents to multiple output formats including the Web, print, and wireless in a cross-platform environment including Windows, Linux, and Solaris. Business professionals can publish common business documents created in Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint as PDF or HTML files to multiple channels across the enterprise without the need to leave the application they're working in, change business processes, or seek IT assistance. Interwoven's offering enables content to be transformed first into XML so this content can be reused, stored, and dynamically assembled for on-demand publishing including to Internet, intranet, and extranet sites as well as to PDF or deployed for use in a database or content-centric applications such as a CRM system. The Interwoven Content Transformation Services module for Interwoven TeamSite is available now. http://www.interwoven.com

Oracle Announces General Availability of Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g
8/29/2005

Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g, which adds enhancements to Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Content Services, Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Real-Time Collaboration and Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Unified Messaging, and introduces new features with Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Workspaces. Built on Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Application Server 10g, Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g supports seamless management of all structured and unstructured enterprise information on a single architecture. Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Content Services offers enhanced content management functionality for all users throughout the enterprise. Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Content Services is a platform priced and designed for enterprise-wide records management, business process automation and integrated file and document management. Formerly known as Oracle Files, Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Content Services offers enhanced file management and sharing capabilities and adds new document lifecycle and records management functionalities and business process automation capabilities. Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g, comprised of Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Content Services, Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Real-Time Collaboration and Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Unified Messaging, is available for $60 per user. Licenses for each of the three individual products are available for $45 per user. Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Records Management is an add-on option for Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g or Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g Content Services, for an additional $100 per user in the enterprise. http://www.oracle.com

Emojo Releases Integrated Taxonomy Module for Affino Content Management Suite
8/29/2005

Emojo announced the release of the latest module to complement their Affino LX CMS product. The Taxonomy Module, being fully integrated within the CMS, enables the Taxonomy manager to instigate widespread taxonomy changes in real time. The manager takes full control using the same web browser interface that manages the website. Affinos Taxonomy module suits any organization - public or private, that needs to address growing issues with categorizing increasing volumes of content online. Taxonomy Module Features Include: Taxonomy Based Compliance, Publishing Rules, Automatic / real time Meta Tagging, Automatic / real time A to Z listing and search indexing, Enhanced Search word association ('Did you mean...'), Schema Sharing via XML, External Affiliate Schema Mapping, Integrated Search Analysis (Taxonomy Performance Checking), and Real time site overview of current Taxonomy compliance status. Existing Affino customers purchase the module individually when required, as is normal for Affino modules. Emojo also offers a cost effective bundle package which includes the CMS and the Taxonomy system in one price. http://www.emojo.com

Hot Banana Software Announces Latest Version of its Active Marketing Web Content Management Suite
8/24/2005

Hot Banana Software Inc. announced the upgrade availability of Hot Banana Active Marketing Web Content Management Suite Version 5.3, designed to further consolidate Web Content Management and eMarketing activities into one platform. Hot Banana Version 5.3 is a significant point upgrade, in that it contains enhancements to its Web Content Management functionality and performance, such as Advanced Metadata Management (conforms to the Dublin Core Standard,) Universal Listing Module to easily manage complex structured content areas, and page-by-page SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Management. The Hot Banana Active Marketing Solution has also been significantly upgraded with features such as, Atlas, Google and Yahoo! search engine campaign tracking code integration, Flash Streaming Media Manager for placing video directly into Web pages, Keyword Web Page Analyzer, enabling non-technical users to analyze every SEO attribute of a Web page, PRWeb Press Release distribution integration, and upgraded integration with WebTrends 7.5 On Demand. http://www.hotbanana.com

SchemaLogic Introduces Vignette Taxonomy Integrator Adapter
8/24/2005

SchemaLogic released the Vignette Taxonomy Integrator Adapter for SchemaLogic's SchemaServer application. The Adapter allows taxonomists, information architects and knowledge workers the ability to develop and manage Vignette categories and classifications hierarchies within SchemaLogic's SchemaServer. Organizations can now manage and deploy Vignette taxonomies from a centralized enterprise taxonomy management system. The Vignette Adapter was built with SchemaLogic's Integrator Technology, which manages the synchronization of common data and metadata structures to multiple subscribing systems. In addition to managing Vignette taxonomies, the Adapter provides the ability to compare and reconcile differences between the taxonomies in SchemaServer and the taxonomies in Vignette. This gives organizations enhanced flexibility for business unit disparity while allowing corporate management, governance and reconciliation of those differences. http://www.schemalogic.com

Day Software Releases Latest Version of Content Repository Extreme
8/24/2005

Day Software (SWX:DAYN)(OTC:DYIHY) announced the general availability of Day Content Repository Extreme (CRX) Personal Edition (PE). CRX Personal Edition is the latest version of its recently launched product line that creates a low-cost solution for the storage, management and exchange of content across smaller business environments or departments. All Day CRX editions provide infrastructure for business applications accessing and manipulating structured or unstructured content. Day CRX offers complete support for JSR 170, the Content Repository for Java technology API developed through the Java Community Process (JCP) program. The CRX Personal Edition is compatible with the CRX Standard and Enterprise Editions. Day CRX Personal Edition is suited to run content-centric Internet applications and is available on a single-processor server. A subscription license for the CRX Personal Edition can be purchased and includes a one-year license which is valid for updates and online self-help support. To commemorate the latest release of CRX, CRX Personal and Developer Editions will be offered at substantial discounts. Please visit the Day Online-Shop. http://www.day.com

Antenna House Releases XSL Formatter Web Service Interface V1.0
8/24/2005

Antenna House, Inc. announced that XSL Formatter Web Service Interface V1.0 is now available as a new option for Antenna House XSL Formatter Server Licenses to further support the use of XSL Formatter V3 via the Internet using SOAP/HTTP. The Web Service Interface simplifies client access to XSL Formatter Server License via the internet, reduces development time, simplifies support, and lets one XSL Formatter Server license be used for multiple applications. The Web Service Interface lets a client computer send via SOAP an XML file and a stylesheet to an Antenna House XSL Formatter Server License and receive back a PDF document; simply and without the need to undertake an expensive and complicated development effort. XSL Formatter Web Service Interface V1.0 can be downloaded from: http://www.antennahouse.com

Whitehill Technologies Announces OEM Reseller Partnership with Computer Associates
8/23/2005

Whitehill Technologies Inc. announced an OEM reseller partnership with Computer Associates International, Inc. The partnership builds on the relationship established in 2004, Whitehill xml-Transport became CA Smart Certified. Under the terms of this agreement, CA will resell and distribute Whitehill xml-Transport, Whitehill Transform Suite, Whitehill Gateway, and Whitehill Layout Designer. Whitehill xml-Transport is a 24/7 production solution for data conversion, enhancement and distribution. Whitehill Transform Suite converts print streams into other formats including including PDF, PostScript, TIFF, AFP, PCL, XML, Xerox normalized Metacode and CSV files. Whitehill Gateway provides an access point, or 'gateway' for customers to easily find and retrieve information and documents that have been created using Whitehill products such as Whitehill xml-Transport. Whitehill Layout Designer is a graphical interface to design stylesheets that control the presentation of XML data. http://www.whitehilltech.com

Altova Launches Solutions Center
8/23/2005

Altova announced the launch of a new online resource that describes how current and emerging business problems can be solved using XML and other cutting edge technologies. The Altova Solutions Center is aimed at both business managers and technical professionals. It provides counsel on implementing single-source multi-channel publishing, data integration, and content assembly solutions. Each area of the Altova Solutions Center contains specific business scenarios, real world case studies, white papers, technical guidance, and product and service recommendations. The center also provides information about two new packaged solution components from Altova Professional Services, the Data Server and Content Assembler solutions. These components are designed to help customers accelerate data integration and content assembly projects. http://www.altova.com

Vasont Systems Announces Content Management Starter Kit
8/23/2005

Vasont Systems announced a free CMS Starter Kit designed to help novices quickly and easily enter the content management world. The CMS Starter Kit contains a short crash course in content management for those new to the subject, four printable checklists for topics such as developing a business case and evaluating systems, an ROI calculator, and a downloadable template for soliciting a Request for Information (RFI) or a Request for Proposal (RFP) from CMS vendors. http://www.vasont.com

BEA to Acquire Plumtree Software
8/22/2005

BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAS) and Plumtree Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUM) announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which BEA will acquire Plumtree for approximately USD$200 million in cash. Plumtree Software provides enterprise portal solutions to connect disparate work groups, IT systems and business processes. Its portfolio runs on both J2EE and .Net. By combining the Plumtree and BEA portal portfolios, BEA will be able to better provide customers with improved enterprise productivity by offering both collaborative and transactional portals across multiple platforms and application servers. Under terms of the agreement, BEA will pay USD$5.50 per share, in cash, plus the assumption of outstanding Plumtree options, for a total transaction value of approximately USD$200 million. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval, Plumtree shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions. The transaction is expected to close in the fall of calendar year 2005. Upon close of the transaction, Plumtree will become a part of a new BEA product unit. BEA Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Mark Carges, and Plumtree Software Chief Executive Officer, John Kunze, will lead the transition. Headquartered in San Francisco, Plumtree was founded in 1996 and has approximately 400 employees, more than 21 million worldwide users, and more than 700 customers. http://www.bea.com, http://www.plumtree.com

Interwoven Announces Availability of Integration with Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server
8/22/2005

Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV) announced the availability of a new integration with Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Interwoven WorkSite for SharePoint extends the ease-of-use and ubiquity of Interwoven's Collaborative Document Management (CDM) solution by enabling business professionals to easily access Interwoven CDM within the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 environment. The WorkSite for SharePoint integration is the first offering resulting from the recently expanded relationship between Interwoven and Microsoft. Interwoven WorkSite for SharePoint will be generally available at the end of September 2005. http://www.interwoven.com

Certus Software & Vignette to Provide Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Solution
8/22/2005

Vignette Corp. (NASDAQ: VIGN) and Certus Software announced that they will join forces to expand the breadth of their compliance offerings by together bringing to market a Sarbanes-Oxley compliance application with a records management backbone. This integrated solution enables critical compliance information to be correctly managed over its lifecycle. Certus and Vignette's shared compliance vision leverages Certus' Governance Suite and Vignette's Records & Documents. The capabilities will be integrated to allow business information to be safely stored in a secure repository with rights and privileges specific to each end user. By applying lifecycle management to each record, businesses can safely store compliance-related data as long as legally mandated and no longer, thereby reducing both overall risk and the mass of outdated and irrelevant information clogging the enterprise infrastructure. Vignette's secure repository will provide management and protection of compliance information, tying in Certus' compliance framework to the most current and relevant business critical information. Business users will be able to use the repository as a single source of compliance information, which includes paper, email, Web content, images, electronic documents, audio and video, in a secure environment configurable to their needs. http://www.vignette.com, http://www.certus.com

CM Professionals Launches Chapters Program
8/17/2005

Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice announced its new member-driven committee process including a framework for the formation of regional chapters. The CM Pros committee process which enables members to formally organize in groups based on geographic location or common interest in a particular topic empowers any group of at least three members to form a committee by issuing a call for participation to the entire membership. Within thirty days, the group hosts its first official meeting at which attendees elect a steering committee populated by at least three members of the group, one of whom serves as chair. The steering committee oversees the creation and progress of subcommittees and strives to advance the mission of the committee. CM Pros committees may host events and meetings as well as engage in working activities, such as by publishing newsletters or contributing white papers to CM Pro's growing Knowledge Resource library. Named "The CM Pros [REGION] Community" or "The CM Pros [TOPIC] Community, the program is supported by CM Pros increasingly robust portfolio of services, including mailing lists, community-specific web pages, and support for events such as meetings and CM Pros Summits. Participation in CM Pros committees offers members the opportunity to build professional networks through face-to face-interaction and intensive collaboration. More than twelve regional groups plan to organize by the end of 2005, a number that is anticipated to double within a year. Founded in 2004, CM Proswhich has grown from a founding group of 30 content management experts to more than 400 membersprovides information, expertise and support to content management professionals and the organizations they serve. Join CM Pros on the Web at http://www.cmprofessionals.org.

NOTE TO MEMBERS: Please see the new CM Pros Committee Process at http://www.cmprofessionals.org/organization/communities/ under HOW TO FORM A CM PROS COMMUNITY. As always, we welcome your feedback or suggestions for improvement.

Xenos Launches GoXML.com
8/17/2005

Xenos Group, Inc.(TSX: XNS) announced the launch of GoXML.com, a new Web site providing resources, tools and tips to help developers solve data integration challenges, accelerate data transformation projects and streamline the conversion of transactional information from existing disparate systems. Xenos' GoXML Transform engine is deployed within a Java application, as a Web service, or as a transactional server. GoXML Transform Designer provides advanced visual data mapping and allows users to graphically configure data transformations without the need for custom programming. GoXML Transform Designer runs on Windows NT, 2000 and XP, as well as Solaris, OS 390 and Linux platforms, and is available now starting at $699US per user. http://www.goxml.com, http://www.xenos.com

Interwoven Acquires Scrittura
8/17/2005

Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ:IWOV) announced that it has acquired Scrittura, a provider of document automation technology and straight-through-processing for the complex non-exchange based trading operations of financial services institutions. The acquisition maps to Interwoven's strategy to deliver targeted ECM solutions, and positions Interwoven as an ECM provider in the market for trading of non-exchange based financial instruments. As a result of the acquisition, Interwoven now offers a complete solution for the automation of Over-the-Counter (OTC) Derivatives trading. Under the terms of the agreement, Scrittura shareholders will receive initial cash consideration of approximately $16.3 million and up to $2.0 million of additional cash consideration if certain revenue and operating contribution goals are achieved by December 31, 2005. In addition, Interwoven will assume certain Scrittura stock options in the acquisition. Designed to enable financial services customers to more quickly and easily conduct complex non-exchange based trades with other financial institutions, the new Interwoven OTC Derivatives solution will provide: business process management; document management; records management; fax and paper capture; and messaging brokering. The Interwoven OTC Derivatives solution is available now. http://www.interwoven.com

ClearStory Systems Announces Latest Version of Radiant EMS
8/16/2005

ClearStory Systems (BULLETIN BOARD: CSYS) announced the release of the Radiant Enterprise Media Server (EMS) 2.1, an enhanced version of its media services platform. The new release builds on the product's enterprise DAM capability, now offering integration with IBM DB2 Content Manager and expanded standard database support to include IBM DB2 Universal Database, Microsoft SQL Server, and additional versions of Oracle 9i. Radiant EMS is a J2EE system with capabilities for the management of rich media assets - digital video, graphics, multi-media presentations, and compound documents. Integration with IBM DB2 Content Manager allows companies to leverage their existing ECM infrastructure, centralizing all enterprise content while incorporating high value rich media assets into enterprise business processes. Radiant EMS 2.1 is available in both hosted and licensed configurations. It is shipping now. http://www.clearstorysystems.com

EMC Announces Enhancements to Enterprise Collaborative Environment
8/15/2005

EMC Corporation announced upgrades to its collaboration offering, EMC Documentum eRoom Enterprise. Documentum eRoom Enterprise 7.3 allows teams to model their critical business processes and eliminates barriers involved with building dynamic, team-based applications. It provides automated "dashboard" capabilities for increased visibility across multiple active project workspaces. It also leverages the EMC Documentum enterprise content management (ECM) platform to ensure that content generated adheres to compliance controls and can be seamlessly shared with other Documentum applications. Instant Messaging (IM) integration enables heightened project awareness and integrated real-time communication through instant messaging for facilitating faster time-to-decisions. Users can leverage their existing IM infrastructure to resolve critical project issues and meet delivery deadlines. Enhanced content server integration delivers improved team efficiencies. Content created or changed in the EMC Documentum Content Server can be automatically synchronized in a new Linked Folder that notifies project teams of new content. Version 7.3 also provides users access to the EMC Documentum Enterprise Content Integration (ECI) Services where search queries can be easily formulated across all relevant information sources. New security features provide selective access to data table records. EMC Documentum eRoom Enterprise 7.3 is immediately available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and Korean. http://www.documentum.com/solutions/collaboration/index.htm, http://www.emc.com

Mediasurface Partners with Victio
8/11/2005

Mediasurface announced a partnership agreement with Victio Inc. a provider of Enterprise Content Management solutions. This partnership will strengthen the commercial and delivery arms of Mediasurface and provide associated services to ensure that Mediasurface users can decrease their operational expense, improve their content processes, and greatly increase the intrinsic value of their web presence. http://www.victio.com, http://www.mediasurface.com

Inxight Offering Special Government Extraction Bundle
8/10/2005

Inxight Software is now offering its government customers a unified Extraction Bundle, comprised of the software that agencies need to get started with entity extraction. The package includes: Inxight SmartDiscovery ThingFinder with ThingFinder Advanced, English and English MTF processing modules, Counterterrorism Entity Pack for English, Inxight SmartDiscovery Toolkit, and Oracle and SQL Server adapters. Inxight Software's government solutions help analysts and field personnel automatically identify, extract and classify mission-critical entities (person names, places, addresses, dates, organizations, weapons, vehicles, etc.) in unstructured text in multiple languages, such as Arabic, Farsi, Chinese and Korean, providing faster, more accurate access to actionable intelligence. Entity extraction is an essential tool for operations that require link analysis, event tracking and order of battle analysis. Inxight ThingFinder is a text-analysis application that automatically identifies and tags more than 25 entity types in a document. ThingFinder can also be trained to recognize list-based entities such as people of interest. Inxight ThingFinder Advanced extends these capabilities by allowing users to define custom entities and simple link types based on patterns in text, leveraging Inxight's language analysis as the starting point for pattern-building. New entity types for the counterterrorism effort are now available, including weapons, facilities, vehicles, geocoordinates and MGRS numbers. http://www.inxight.com

Open Text Introduces Content Archiving for SharePoint Products & Technologies
8/9/2005

Open Text Corp. (TSX:OTC)(Nasdaq:OTEX) unveiled a content archiving solution for Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. The solution helps large organizations address the demands and rising costs of preserving huge stores of electronic documents for court cases and compliance mandates. Open Text's Livelink ECM Document Archiving for Microsoft SharePoint automatically archives documents from SharePoint Products and Technologies in compliance with specific requirements or industry standards. Users can access archived content as as before - the archiving process is transparent to users. Customers can use a single, long-term archive as a repository for all content across the enterprise. Documents and information from Word Documents to invoices to e-mails coming from SharePoint Products, ERP, CRM, e-mail or other ECM systems can be maintained in the Open Text archive. The Document Archiving for Microsoft SharePoint solution also allows customers to move content from expensive server space in Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies to lower-cost storage media. Open Text's content archive works with storage systems from Hitachi Data Systems, StorageTek, Network Appliance, EMC, HP, Sun Microsystems and IBM. http://www.opentext.com

Endeca Announces New Government Search & Analysis Solutions
8/9/2005

Endeca announced the availability of new Government Search and Analysis Solutions - a combination of information retrieval applications and services expertise designed exclusively for public sector organizations. Built on Endeca's search and Guided Navigation platform, the solutions help government agencies deploy retrieval capabilities for public-facing websites and internal information management applications. The solutions are tailored to the most common and pressing needs of government customers by combining discovery features and security, with design, implementation and user experience expertise. The solutions include intelligence analysis, knowledge and information management, and eGov search and navigation. http://www.endeca.com

Astoria Adds MS Word 2003 Integration to Their XML Content Management Platform
8/9/2005

Astoria Software announced new functionality that enables users of MS Word 2003 to seamlessly integrate with Astoria XML Content Management Platform Version 4.4. Designed to simplify and speed the publishing of large, complex technical documents that change often, Astoria Version 4.4 now provides MS Word 2003 users access to XML content management functionality. Authors working in MS Word 2003 will find their integration with Astoria retains Word's user experience and functionality while adding Astoria's XML content management capabilities, including the re-use of content along with automated review workflow, history and audit trail, and detailed notification features. Astoria's integration with MS Word 2003 complements the company's existing support for Adobe FrameMaker 7.1, Arbortext Epic Editor 5, Blast Radius XMetal ActiveX and Blast Radius XMetal Author 4.5. http://www.astoriasoftware.com

Attensity Releases SDK & Announces Support for IBM's UIMA
8/8/2005

Attensity announced the release of Attensity SDK, its first Software Developers' Kit. Attensity SDK opens Attensity's technology architecture to developers via a Java API. It enables developers to conduct text analytics in real time from any application such as customer relationship management, web and search applications. Attensity SDK provides business users with the text analytics extraction capabilities of Attensity Server, enabling them to leverage the valuable, sometimes hidden, information residing in their unstructured data. Attensity also announced they will use IBM's Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) and also support implementation with IBM WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition. UIMA is an open framework published by IBM to promote a standard for connecting text analytics applications that process unstructured information to discover the latent meaning, relationships and relevant facts buried in documents, problem reports, e-mails, web sites and other information sources. Attensity SDK is available immediately. http://www.attensity.com

ClearForest & iPhrase Partner to Support Automation Solutions to the Manufacturing and Technology Sectors
8/8/2005

ClearForest and iPhrase Technologies announced a new technology partnership. Under terms of the agreement, the firms will work together to deliver a set of eSupport solutions that will enable manufacturing and technology organizations to tap existing enterprise content to automatically develop support knowledge that can be used online and within the contact center to improve the support resolution process. The companies' joint solutions will be compliant with IBM's Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA). iPhrase is working with ClearForest and IBM to deliver eSupport solutions to automatically create useful support knowledge by unlocking the value of existing enterprise content. IBM WebSphere Information Integrator provides a unified mechanism for tapping content that exists in various databases, content management systems, CRM applications and collaboration platforms. Once these documents are processed, metadata can be automatically discovered using UIMA annotators from Clearforest and iPhrase. With this approach organizations can leverage email dialogues, discussion group postings, case management notes, and related content to extend their support knowledge base by extracting information like the product line, product version, operating system, issue type, problem, and resolution. UIMA is a standard architecture developed by IBM Research that can be used to add text analytics to any application. http://www.iphrase.com, http://www.clearforest.com

ZyLAB & Ingeniux Partner on Mid-Market Web Content and Document Management Solution
8/8/2005

ZyLAB and Ingeniux announced a strategic partnership. The combination of ZyLAB and Ingeniux technologies will provide customers with an XML based solution for managing the content lifecycle. The Ingeniux Content Management System (CMS) provides a Web content management and publishing system for developing, managing and deploying content throughout the enterprise. Ingeniux allows non-technical users to contribute to and manage the Web publishing process, providing Web publishers with extended capabilities and effective cost controls. ZyLAB offers solutions for archiving, searching, and retrieving information. http://www.zylab.com, http://www.ingeniux.com

IBM to Open Source Technology for Analysis of Unstructured Information
8/8/2005

IBM announced plans to make available through open source its Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA), a technology designed to support software applications that can process text within documents and other content sources to understand the latent meaning, relationship and relevant facts buried within. UIMA provides an open software framework with standard interfaces for adding unstructured information analytics to any application. This framework makes it easy to integrate the analytic software tools and end-to-end enterprise applications across several different vendors. UIMA also provides tools to speed the creation of new, reusable analytic software components to handle unstructured information. The result of more than 4 years of development by IBM Research, UIMA has also received significant support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). DARPA and IBM formed a working group consisting of experienced research members who have contributed their expertise in unstructured information management to the evolution of UIMA. The contributors included several universities, along with industrial research and development organizations. Some of the universities that participated, such as Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University, Stanford University and The University of Massachusetts Amherst, are already using UIMA in courses and research projects. The other organizations actively supporting and using UIMA include Science Applications International Corp., BBN Technologies, The Mayo Clinic and MITRE Corporation. In addition, commercial adoption of UIMA was announced among more than 15 software vendors. The UIMA framework has already been embedded in IBM products, including IBM WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition, the first commercially available software platform for processing content based on UIMA. IBM WebSphere Portal Server and Lotus Work Place also leverage UIMA for content processing. The UIMA framework can currently be downloaded free of charge from IBM AlphaWorks at http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/uima

Solimar Systems Announces SOLsearcher Enterprise v2.18
8/4/2005

Solimar Systems, Inc. announced the release of SOLsearcher Enterprise v2.18, providing organizations with secure electronic document distribution and Web presentment for transactional documents. SOLsearcher Enterprise provides a tool for securely sharing and distributing content with individuals via a Web browser. SOLsearcher Enterprise enables users to quickly search, retrieve and view collections of electronic documents that are identical to the original printed version, including text formatting, color characteristics, messages, special offers, forms and graphics. Version 2.18 of SOLsearcher Enterprise introduces a redesigned User Interface based on ASP.NET technology. In addition, SOLsearcher Enterprise v2.18 also includes an enhanced Document Assembler capability which enables users to select and consolidate multiple documents into one single document. Consolidated documents from the Document Assembler can be viewed, saved or printed in a single step. http://www.solimarsystems.com

Justsystem Announces U.S. Office Opening
8/4/2005

Justsystem Corporation (JASDAQ: 4686) announced the opening of its first U.S. office in Palo Alto, Calif. The new office opens following the release of the Beta version of xfy (pronounced x-fi). Justsystem is the largest Japanese software development company and maker of the most popular Japanese-language word processor. The xfy product, which is the catalyst for opening the U.S. office, is a software architecture that allows any XML document containing diverse XML vocabularies to be rendered, authored and edited as a single data set. The U.S. office will focus on development and deployment of xfy and provide technical support to customers and partners around the world. The Palo Alto office will be fully functional in marketing, sales, and customer and technical support beginning September 10, 2005. xfy Basic Edition 1.0 will be distributed free only for non-commercial personal/individual use, and academic research. http://www.xfytec.com, http://www.justsystem.com

CM Professionals Announces Fall 2005 Events
8/3/2005

Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, announced a series of events scheduled for Fall 2005. Building on the success of two previous events, this year's schedule includes the Content Management Summit to be held in conjunction with ECMplaza in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on October 5, the Content Management Face-to-Face to be held in conjunction with the Content Management Forum in Aarhus, Denmark on November 8, and the Fall 2005 CM Pros Summit to be held in conjunction with the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies in Boston, Massachusetts on November 28. The Fall 2005 CM Pros Summit will kick off with an industry keynote, followed by roundtable discussions and workshops that will provide insights into the most effective ways to author or collect, store, manage and correlate data and content to facilitate customization and personalization. Underscoring the many valuable benefits of CM Pros membership, CM Pros members will receive with each Summit registration a 100 Euro discount coupon for ECMplaza or Content Management Forum or a $150 discount coupon for the Gilbane Conference. Individuals who are not currently CM Pros members are eligible for a discounted CM Pros Summit/Membership package. Those who register by September 1 members and non-members alike qualify for a $25 discount. On the morning following the Boston Summit, CM Pros members will gather for a new member orientation and committee and workshop meetings, during which the organization's dedicated and hardworking members will collaborate on deliverables such as white papers and case studies. http://www.cmprofessionals.org, http://www.gilbane.com/conferences/Boston_05.html, http://www.ecmplaza.com, http://www.cmf2005.dk

Syntext Updates Serna XML Editor
8/3/2005

Syntext, Inc. announced version 2.3 of its Serna WYSIWYG XML Editor. Serna is a WYSIWYG XML editor incorporating on-the-fly XSL-driven technology that allows users to work with XML documents "close to their print appearance." Enterprise technical author groups can simplify and accelerate their collaborative work on the XML documents with the new Serna functionality for XInclude support, WebDAV support and redlining. With Serna's XInclude support, authors can re-use and assemble content from several documents. The included XML documents are edited "in-place," as if they are parts of the main document. Authors can include only a part of a document without breaking it into fragments. The redlining functionality allows authors to annotate XML documents, and find, accept or reject changes made by others. Serna's redlining is transparent to document schema and does not affect other tools and publishing systems. The key features of Syntext Serna include: out-of-the-box support of DocBook, DITA, TEI, XHTML, NITF; on-the-fly XSL rendering and XML Schema document validation, support for XML catalogs, redlining, XInclude, WebDAV, CALS table support, multilingual spell checking, C++ and scripting (Python) plugin APIs, and availability for Microsoft Windows (2000, XP), Mac OS X and Linux. Free trials are available for download at http://www.syntext.com

Contextware Releases OS version 2.3
8/3/2005

Contextware, Inc. announced the release of Contextware OS version 2.3, the latest version of its software platform. The Contextware OS platform helps enterprises capture, organize, distribute and operate more effectively around business processes, content and resources. Capabilities include: Multiple Organization Support and Security, Enhanced Usage Reporting, Improved Process Authoring, Expanded Taxonomy Management, and new Search Features. Also new to this release is a web-based "How-to" help that is centrally managed using the Contextware platform to provide information, FAQs and support for client installations. Technology and architecture enhancements in Contextware OS v2.3 include cross browser support (IE, Firefox, Netscape, Opera, Safari) and enhancements to the user interface in the work, authoring and administration user interfaces. http://www.contextware.com

WebSideStory Debuts Active Dashboard with Launch of HBX 3.0
8/1/2005

WebSideStory (NASDAQ:WSSI) announced the launch of HBX Analytics 3.0, the latest version of its web analytics service. HBX 3.0 introduces Active Dashboard, web analytics tool that enables marketers to conduct real-time business scenario analysis to forecast the effect of web site changes. Offered as an extended service through WebSideStory's professional services team, Active Dashboard gives marketers a graphical representation of their web metrics and how those metrics affect their business objectives. HBX 3.0 is the cornerstone of the WebSideStory Active Marketing Suite, a collection of integrated, on-demand digital marketing applications that includes web analytics, site search, web content management and keyword bid management. http://www.websidestory.com

Oracle Buys Context Media
8/1/2005

Oracle has bought the assets of Context Media. The content integration technology will complement Oracle's Content Services 10G and collaboration products. There is no official announcement on the details of the aquisition. http://www.oracle.com, http://www.contextmedia.com

The enterprise information integration (EII) (or enterprise content integration (ECI)) vendors have been getting gobbled-up, but this is because information integration is so important and is a huge challenge for most organizations. For some background see our report "What is Enterprise Information Integration (EII)?"