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, 24 May 2012 10:26:41 GMT Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT WebTrends Inc. and Hot Banana announced a technology partnership to streamline the end-to-end process of creating, analyzing and optimizing web site content and marketing campaigns. With the integration of WebTrends 7 directly into the Hot Banana Active Marketing Web Content Management Suite, marketers are provided a single solution to set-up and access WebTrends web analytics and manage web site content on the fly without technical assistance. Hot Banana automates the process of placing WebTrends SmartSource tags on web pages, minimizes hand-coded errors and helps ensure web sites are accurately coded for collecting the desired information. Customers of the integrated solution gain insight into having total control and visibility into the effectiveness of their web site content and marketing programs. Marketers can A/B test different creative, campaign offers and web page layouts on-the-fly to optimize on the best performers, leveraging features within WebTrends 7 such as comparative reports, Product and Campaign Drilldowns and WebTrends SmartView, which superimposes complete conversions metric and visitor segment behavior directly on every web page or HTML email link. The Hot Banana-WebTrends integrated solution is available immediately, and is sold by both WebTrends and Hot Banana's sales teams and select channel partners. http://www.HotBanana.com, http://www.WebTrends.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3992 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3992 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT XyEnterprise and Blast Radius Inc. announced a partnership that integrates Blast Radius XMetaL DITA Edition into XyEnterprise's content management system, Content@ to support both content creation and management using the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), the OASIS standard for authoring topic-oriented content in XML. XMetaL Author DITA Edition is a solution for authoring and publishing content using DITA. The new product includes Natural Structured Authoring, a user environment designed to reduce time-consuming authoring tasks into simple steps, as well as a visual map editor, reusable components, and support for single-source publishing. Content@ 3.2 is a content management system that gives content authors the ability to manage extensive repositories of topics. Content creators can find related topics that they want to reuse or refer to in their writing, track and review changes in progress, shield changes from those who want to see only approved and published data, and participate in an automated workflow based on their role and responsibility. http://www.xyenterprise.com, http://www.blastradius.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3993 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3993 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT FileNet Corporation (NASDAQ:FILE) introduced system monitor solutions for its FileNet P8 platform. FileNet System Monitor enables FileNet customers to automate fault detection and fault prevention for higher availability of their FileNet P8 product suites. FileNet System Monitor solutions help system administrators anticipate and correct system outages. FileNet System Monitor is provides real-time, monitoring of all FileNet P8 product suites. http://www.filenet.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3997 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3997 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Exalead, a provider of search software announced the availability of its unified search technology platform, exalead one:search, for American businesses. The exalead one:search platform serves as the foundation for Exalead's portfolio of integrated search products, from desktop to enterprise and the Web. Additionally, Exalead announced the general availability of exalead one:desktop professional edition, the first software solution from the exalead one:search family of products. Coinciding with its entry into the United States market, Exalead is launching version 4.0 of the exalead one:search platform. Its design takes advantage of 64-bit processor architectures and offers a range of advanced search capabilities and navigational tools. A wide range of connectors are available for most industry standard information databases, including SQL, Lotus Notes and Documentum. The software supports a wide range of document files and formats, including multimedia files, e-mail (Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Notes), Adobe PDF, in addition to database applications through the Professional Edition. The exalead one:desktop software is the first available product based on the exalead one:search platform 4.0 and is available for download. The exalead one:workgroup, exalead one:enterprise and exalead one:datacenter products are scheduled for general availability later this year. http://exalead.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3998 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3998 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Enterprises and developers can now download the Alfresco open source content management system. Alfresco is built on modern, service oriented technologies and standards such as Spring, Hibernate, Lucene and Web Services, JSR-168, JSR-170 and MyFaces. The Alfresco ECM solution is designed for small to mid-sized enterprises and departments that want a system that is easy for end-users to use while also being simple-to-install and flexible for developers to create new and customized content applications. Alfresco integrates to the JBoss Portal, JBoss Application Server, JBoss Cache, JBoss Application Server, Hibernate and MySQL. The Alfresco software is zero footprint ECM whereby no ActiveX or Java Applets are required on the client. Alfresco uses the Microsoft CIFS interface, which enables users to treat content just as they would a Microsoft Windows shared file drive. CIFS enables users to take work offline and synchronize it when reconnecting. It also allows applications that will only work with mounted drives or non-networked file systems to work natively with the Alfresco repository. Alfresco also announced the availability of both a free open source "Community Network" and a series of fee-based support networks. The Community Network is free and is available for download. The Developer Network is $4.99 monthly per user and the Professional Network is $9.99 monthly per user. The Enterprise Network offers unlimited users for a monthly fee of $625. For a limited period all customers taking out a support subscription to the Alfresco Professional Network will receive the Alfresco Enterprise Network product capabilities free of charge. The Professional and Enterprise Network's are available for download at http://www.alfrescosoftware.com, http://www.alfresco.org http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3995 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3995 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Vasont Systems announced that the Vasont Universal Integrator (VUI) integrates with the latest release of Adobe FrameMaker software. The VUI is a software extension of Vasont, a content management system that enables organizations to store their multilingual content once for reuse and delivery to multiple media channels. Using VUI, Vasont users are able to work within FrameMaker 7.2 while accessing Vasont through a toolbar menu option. New Adobe FrameMaker 7.2 software delivers an authoring and publishing solution that combines the simplicity of word processing with the power of XML. The software enables WYSIWYG authoring in a structured environment optimized for the editing and production of valid XML. FrameMaker offers the ability to process XSLT during the FrameMaker import and export process, which can facilitate moving content in and out of FrameMaker to a desired structure. Vasont users are able to leverage this ability when moving content in and out of the Vasont repository using the VUI. FrameMaker also supports XML schema as well as DTDs, just like the Vasont content management system. http://www.vasont.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3996 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3996 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT IBM is teaming up with Google to find documents on personal computers. The newest plug-in for IBMs enterprise search technology will integrate with Google Desktop for Enterprise, which is downloadable free. Customers using IBM WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition can now search and retrieve various types of content from their personal computers using the Google Desktop for Enterprise interface. That means users will have a single interface for searching desktop, enterprise and web content. Google has already announced that Google Desktop for Enterprise can search the full text of IBM Lotus Notes mail messages stored on a local computer. This feature allows search of all Lotus Notes databases and mail servers in addition to local mail files. Google Desktop for Enterprise is available from http://desktop.google.com/enterprise http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3999 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3999 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Convera Corporation (NASDAQ: CNVR) announced that its Excalibur Web search technology is set to launch as the index now contains more than 4 billion pages. In addition to reaching 4 billion pages of textual Web content, the Excalibur technology also comprises approximately 500 million images, 20 million audio components and 5 million videos. The Company also disclosed that it has completed the build-out of its second data center located in Dallas, Texas. This site, in conjunction with the Company's San Diego data center now affords prospective customers a fully redundant hosting environment. With the attainment of these operational and technology milestones, Convera is positioned to begin accepting customers for Excalibur, presently a private label search offering. The Excalibur Web search technology, while a newly developed search platform, leverages Convera's experience over the past 15 years in creating "deep search" products for law enforcement, national security and intelligence agencies. http://www.convera.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#4001 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#4001 Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Justsystems Corporation (JASDAQ: 4686), an enterprise software provider in Japan, announced that xfy Basic Edition 1.0 will be available starting October 31 for the U.S. market. xfy Basic Edition 1.0, an integrated XML application development and runtime environment, along with the xfy Developer's Toolkit 1.0, which enables the generation of XVCDs (XML data processing sequence programs), can be downloaded free of charge. xfy Basic Edition 1.0, serves as a tool for creating and editing XML documents. It also provides in integrated fashion, a runtime environment for programs that contain XML data processing sequences, and an application development environment. Compound XML documents that include text, pictures, and tables can be displayed in xfy as a single seamless document, making it easy to create, edit, and view new documents. The scalable design concept of xfy helps ensure that, with this environment, future kinds of XML documents can also be edited. xfy Basic Edition 1.0 is written in Java, and runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac. To allow more businesses the opportunity to utilize xfy, "xfy Basic Edition 1.0" and "xfy Developer's Toolkit 1.0" will be available free for non-commercial individual use, for academic research, and for enterprise use. Starting October 31, 2005 download xfy Basic Edition 1.0 at http://www.xfytec.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3991 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3991 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT The Plone Foundation recently released the 2.1 version of Plone, a Content Management System for the Zope application server. Plone runs on all major operating systems including Linux, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. Plone is available in more than 50 languages. Notable features include time-based content deployment and role-based authoring and publishing. Plone 2.1's new set of features provide users with tools to enhance their productivity while maintaining an optimal user experience. The new version also gives content managers and end users sophisticated, yet simple, ways to more effectively search and organize their content. "LiveSearch" provides an instant preview of search results when typing, while "Smart Folders" allow content managers to arrange content according to usage. Available add-on products allow Windows desktop integration, handling of multilingual content, rapid deployment into existing IT infrastructure, and a host of other features from blogs to enterprise authentication. A number of entities offer Plone products, training, support, hosting, and consulting services. http://plone.org/ http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3986 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3986 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT KnowledgeLake, Inc. announced that its next major product release will extend the new ECM feature set in the upcoming Microsoft Office release, Office "12". Microsoft's new Office 12 Server will provide a server platform with core features such as records management, workflow, and content archiving. KnowledgeLake products are specifically designed to add application functionality to the Microsoft Office 12 platform and to have a product set that competes in the ECM market. Microsoft's announcement of new platform technologies such as the Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF), XML Paper Specification (XPS), and support for Official Documents (records management) now allows KnowledgeLake to focus on bringing these platform functions together in a natural user workspace that supports various forms of content capture. KnowledgeLake Capture currently brings scanning functionality to the desktop and integrates with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. The next version planned for concurrent release with Office 12 will bring increases in functionality and support for new document formats. This along with enhanced workflow functionality based on WWF is the primary focus of the next product release. http://www.knowledgelake.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3988 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3988 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT JadeLiquid Software announced the beta release of WebRenderer Server Edition, a Java browser component that runs in headless server environments. The WebRenderer Server Edition allows for headless rendering of web-content across multiple platforms without the requirement for a GUI such as XWindows. WebRenderer Server Edition does not require any graphics resource or Java Swing or AWT support. WebRenderer Server Edition can be utilized in server side automation including automated unit testing of web services, HTML to bitmap conversion, automated report printing, thumbnail generation and web transaction verification. The WebRenderer Java browser component integrates into any Java Server or Desktop application and provides standards compliant rendering of web content across multiple platforms. WebRenderer supports HTML 4.01, SSL, JavaScript, CSS 1 & 2, XSL, XSLT, XML, DOM etc. WebRenderer allows for the creation of HTML/XML/Web-content centric Java applications by providing both client-side and server-side web content rendering for J2EE and web infrastructure driven back-ends. A 30 day trial version of WebRenderer Server Edition is available at http://www.webrenderer.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3989 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3989 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU.; LSE: AU.L) announced a conceptual index of the World Wide Web. The index currently contains approximately one billion items, including web pages, audio, video and image files, and expansion continues rapidly. The index is available so consumer facing companies can offer their customers new search technologies across the Web. Also, enterprise users will be able to integrate retrieval, from the desktop to enterprise content to Internet content, based on the understanding of the meaning of the information, all on a private basis. Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) is able to understand the meaning of any type of content, including text, audio and video. The index was built on IDOL technology and brings additional retrieval features to the web, including conceptual clustering, implicit query, video search and Autonomy's unique Automatic Query Guidance (AQG). Autonomy's AQG automatically returns categories of results based on the meaning of the query, directing users to the results they require based on a conceptual and contextual understanding of their query. AQG uses conceptual clustering to determine the context of a user's search. http://www.autonomy.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3990 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3990 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT SiberLogic announced the addition of semantic knowledge modeling to the S1000D support already provided in its content management solution, SiberSafe. S1000D, an international specification for the procurement and production of technical publications, is used worldwide by a variety of commercial and government entities for the development of technical documentation. SiberSafe's semantic enablement platform takes S1000D support beyond the authoring process to the entire knowledge management lifecycle. Because S1000D is used to document complex technology products and equipment, upfront semantic modeling efficiently ensures accuracy and completeness in content development. It also enables that content to be retrieved and consumed in new and flexible ways. SiberSafe's modeling technology is built on the open W3C Semantic Web standards RDF and OWL, so organizations are not locked into a proprietary solution once a significant volume of knowledge has been captured. http://www.siberlogic.com/s1000d/ http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#4002 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#4002 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT RedDot Solutions announced the availability of new versions of its Web Content Management Software, RedDot CMS 6.5, and content delivery and application integration software, LiveServer 2.3. The new functionality in CMS 6.5 and LiveServer 2.3 was developed to extend usability, deliver more relevant content, and make site administration more flexible. New integration of RedDot CMS and LiveServer adds contextual content delivery features to RedDot's content management system. Online marketing campaigns and other personalization projects can now be directly driven from the RedDot CMS interface and published to LiveServer using new point and click interfaces. The interface allows business users to choose content, select market segments with drop down menus and determine exactly how that content should be delivered. CMS 6.5 provides integration to Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server. CMS 6.5 also includes an out-of-the-box integration with TRADOS Term Management for automated translation for multi-lingual sites. LiveServer 2.3 features a secure environment for administrators to build blogs, forums and other facilities to capture and display visitor comments. "Wiki" technology can be incorporated. http://www.reddot.com, http://www.hummingbird.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3979 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3979 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Verity Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTY) announced the availability of the newest release of its specialized search application development platform, Verity K2 Enterprise (K2E). Version 6.0 includes a new Business Console to enhance relevance management, a new User Interface Building Blocks feature that accelerates deployment and improved navigation. K2E's new User Interface Building Blocks deliver widgets for basic and advanced search, as well as attribute and category browsing. IT administrators can configure the User Interface Building Blocks without additional programming. The redesigned K2 Dashboard streamlines administration by providing IT administrators with a single system view of their entire K2 deployment, including multiple servers. IT administrators can now deploy Faceted Navigation user interfaces. Verity K2E's new Business Console enables IT administrators and business managers to view search trends, react to changing search patterns, and provide targeted results to end-users. The Business Console can be integrated with Verity Collaborative Classifier, a K2E capability that distributes taxonomy management to the people who know and use the content with knowledge engineers who specialize in classification. New XML query capabilities leverage the structure of XML documents. Microsoft Outlook email and attachments, such as PST archives, can now be indexed and searched, as can individual files within a ZIP archive. Connectivity to enterprise content sources has also been enhanced with support for Microsoft Exchange 2003 and support for Documentum compound documents. http://www.verity.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3981 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3981 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT ClearForest Corporation and Kapow Technologies announced a strategic partnership designed to broaden customers' ability to access Web content for business intelligence applications. Under terms of the partnership, ClearForest and Kapow will jointly market solutions that leverage the Kapow Web Integration Platform to enable Clearforest's text analytics platform to extract and analyze information from any Web source. Kapow's Web Integration Platform uses a visual browser interface to automatically collect Web-based information, including Web pages, blog posts, text, documents, files, Web Services or other data. The Kapow Platform can also automate the cleansing of this data to isolate only relevant content by removing navigational elements, advertisements, and other irrelevant information. This can then be fed through the ClearForest text extraction engine to identify entities, facts, and events contained in the content. The combination of ClearForest and Kapow Technologies provides customers with the ability to collect unstructured information from external Web content and combine that with data from within the enterprise to supercharge business intelligence applications. http://www.clearforest.com, http://www.kapowtech.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3983 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3983 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) announced availability of the FAST Personal Search Platform (FAST PSP). FAST PSP extends FAST's enterprise search technology to a platform that enables enterprises to make every desktop computer a search hub. Partners can use FAST PSP to deliver service solutions that extend their strategic offerings to the end-user desktop. FAST PSP unifies the desktop, the enterprise and the Web and is able to fuse with enterprise-specific resources such as CRM, SFA and ERP to provide a single integrated domain for knowledge workers. FAST PSP meets enterprise requirements that information will remain secure, confidential and inside the organization. As a B2B offering, FAST PSP enables System Integrators and Independent Software Vendors to develop and deliver services beyond those traditionally associated with Web based solutions, extending the strategic importance of their offerings and opening new revenue opportunities. FAST PSP is architected as an open, configurable and secure desktop solution framework. As such, it is possible through their APIs, to embed proprietary features or applications into a customized 'white-label' Partner solution. http://www.fastsearch.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3984 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3984 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT SealedMedia Inc. unveiled SealedMedia Sealing Service for Documentum (SSD), an integrated enterprise digital rights management (E-DRM) product to extend content management solutions, such as EMC Documentum 5. SealedMedia SSD adds access control, version management, and audit capability beyond the Documentum repository, to cover information that users download and store on desktop PCs, laptop computers and handheld devices - inside and outside the firewall. Authorized users can now open and work with information regardless of where it resides, and SealedMedia enforces consistent control, regardless of who or how many people receive it, even while information is in use. Files are also encrypted in a way that does not interfere with or disrupt regular workflow. SealedMedia SSD is implemented within Documentum's Business Object Framework and exposes Java and SOAP web service interfaces. The sealing service is the latest in a series of SealedMedia extensions to the Documentum ECM platform, including such "Designed for Documentum" accredited solutions as Sealed eRoom and Sealed Documentum Templates. SealedMedia Sealing Service for Documentum is available immediately. http://www.sealedmedia.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3985 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3985 Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Liquid Machines, Inc. and Trinity Technologies announced the Liquid Machines Documentum Gateway. The Liquid Machines Documentum Gateway is an enterprise rights management solution that extends the access controls and audit capabilities of Documentum's Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform beyond the Documentum repository to ensure information protection and compliance throughout the information management lifecycle. EMC Documentum controls access to and tracks usage of documents within the repository, but a document becomes unmanaged as soon as it is retrieved, published to a web site or portal, or distributed to a partner via email. Liquid Machines Documentum Gateway enforces Documentum policies and tracks user actions on data as it travels outside of the repository and is used within native applications such as Microsoft Office, Visio, and Adobe Acrobat. Liquid Machines Documentum Gateway provides a single point of policy management that allows administrators to define, assign, enforce and audit content policies using their Documentum management interface. Additionally, Liquid Machines Documentum Gateway supports secure collaboration, allowing users and groups to cooperate during the content development and editing process, while maintaining Documentum protection and auditing user actions. Liquid Machines Documentum Gateway also allows content user to work with protected content while offline without having to connect to a licensing server first. The Liquid Machines Documentum Gateway is available immediately. http://www.trinitytechnologies.com, http://www.liquidmachines.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3987 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3987 Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Datacap Inc. announced the availability of direct integration with EMC ApplicationXtender Release 5.2, technology for providing end-user access to relevant business documents. The Taskmaster Release Task for AX provides Taskmaster and ApplicationXtender customers with integration for a combined automated indexing, forms processing and content management solution. The Taskmaster Release Task for AX is available with Taskmaster 6.2. http://www.datacap.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3980 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3980 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT NewsGator Technologies, Inc. announced that NewsGator Enterprise Server (NGES) has shipped to several clients in various markets throughout the world. An application of RSS aggregation tools, NGES applies all of the benefits of NewsGator's existing products, services and capabilities behind the firewall for secure and manageable RSS aggregation of both internal and external content. Companies are using NGES "Smart Feeds" function to monitor what's being said about their brand, their prospects and their competition; others are using NGES to subscribe to existing internal blogs or RSS feeds off of their ERP and other business systems; yet others are creating internal RSS feeds for project management and corporate communications. http://www.newsgator.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3973 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3973 Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT EMC Corporation and Captiva Software Corporation announced a definitive agreement for EMC to acquire Captiva. EMC will pay $22.25 per share in cash, or approximately $275 million net of Captiva's cash balance. The transaction is subject to regulatory and Captiva stockholder approval, and is expected to be completed in either late 2005 or early 2006. Upon completion of the acquisition, EMC expects to take a charge of approximately $15 million to $20 million for the value of Captiva's in-process research and development costs. Excluding this charge, the transaction is not expected to impact EPS in the first full year of operation. Captiva focuses on the early stages of information lifecycle management - information capture, digitization and categorization. In addition to tighter integration with Captiva, EMC will continue to develop Captiva software as an open platform as it does with all EMC multi-platform software, including the underlying content management platform. http://www.emc.com, http://www.captivasoftware.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3974 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3974 Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Open Text Corporation announced that it has formed the Artesia Digital Media Group to help customers address growing competitive and regulatory pressures to improve the management of digital content, such as audio, video, photos and graphics. Open Text's Artesia subsidiary is the core of the new group, providing its digital asset management (DAM) software as part of Open Text's suite of Livelink ECM Solutions. The Artesia Digital Media Group will provide sophisticated support for the production, management, collaboration and distribution of all types of rich media content. This specialty business within Open Text will lead the company's horizontal strategy for digital media as a key component of ECM. Open Text has appointed Scott Bowen, Co-Founder and former President of Artesia Technologies, to lead the Artesia Digital Media Group. http://www.opentext.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3972 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3972 Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Avantstar Inc., has announced the latest version of Transit Solutions, a Web publishing software application developed by Stellent. Transit Solutions 7 allows users to build Web sites from standard business content. The software accomplishes this by using a single-source publishing model whereby business employees leverage content from standard office suites and productivity applications such as Microsoft Word, Word Perfect or Visio. Transit then analyzes this content and incorporates the navigation and overall look and feel for the site. New features include WML publishing options for wireless devices; support for Microsoft Office 2003 and WordPerfect Office 12; and support for business productivity applications, such as Microsoft Visio 2003 and Microsoft Project 2003. As a stand-alone application or integrated with Web development applications, such as Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe GoLive, Transit Solutions 7 helps users publish and maintain content on the Web. Common uses of Transit Solutions include the rapid publishing of policies and procedures, documentation or regularly changing business content. Transit Solutions 7 is available immediately. Pricing begins at $4995. A 30-day evaluation version of the software is available. http://www.avantstar.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3975 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3975 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT IBM announced it has acquired DataPower, a Cambridge, Mass.-based, privately-held provider of products that help improve security and speed the processing of computer transactions. Financial details were not disclosed. DataPower is a leading provider of SOA appliance products that enable integration and help provide security at the Web services message level. DataPower products available today include the XI50 Integration Device, which streamlines SOA infrastructures; the XA35 XML Accelerator, which offloads XML processing; and the XS40 XML Security Gateway, which helps provide message-level Web services security. DataPower security features complement the SOA security management capabilities of IBM's Tivoli software. IBM has a broad portfolio of SOA solutions that enable clients to more effectively model, assemble, deploy and manage business processes. Already integrated with many IBM products, DataPower builds on IBM's existing SOA capabilities, including its WebSphere software, SOA services and consulting. IBM plans to introduce a family of SOA appliances based on DataPower technology. Through this acquisition, DataPower employees will become IBM employees. Jim Ricotta, DataPower CEO, will continue to manage DataPower and will undertake additional responsibility within IBM's WebSphere software area. http://www.ibm.com, http://www.datapower.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3971 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3971 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT PaperThin, Inc. announced advanced content classification and discovery capabilities in CommonSpot Content Server version 4.6. New features include a taxonomy term editor and a taxonomy API, along with a facet-based navigation element. The taxonomy term editor lets organizations build and manage taxonomies directly within CommonSpot. Each taxonomy defines one or more facets or hierarchical views into the data by defining 'broader than' and 'narrower than' relationships between terms. Terms can also be defined to have other relationships in accordance with the ANSI Z.39 standard. Content can then be assigned to terms using the taxonomy classification custom metadata field. The taxonomy API allows developers to programmatically access any of the terms and relationships within a taxonomy. Also included in version 4.6 is a container element which provides Web designers and developers increased control and flexibility over the positioning and scheduling of content on a page. The element delivers support for table-less layout of content using Cascading Style Sheet Positioning (CSS-P). http://www.paperthin.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3976 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3976 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Alfresco, Inc. announced that it is partnering with Siennax to offer a trusted, hosted service for Enterprise Content Management (ECM). Siennax offers a utility computing platform with services for application management, learning management, billing and payment and sourcing. In this hosted model Siennax applies a "pay-as-you-go" model whereby clients pay only for the services they actually use. Siennax has a Trust Services Certification. This is an auditing standard established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA). Alfresco also announced the release of a Dutch Language Pack.http://www.alfresco.org http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3977 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3977 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Thunderhead announced the availability of version 2.2 of its XML-based Thunderhead Platform. Version 2, which was designed to accelerate business processes around document generation, automates the use of standard content across multiple documents and can assemble specific content according to pre-defined business rules set by the customer. Version 2 also offered streamlined approval procedures and document testing functions. Version 2.2 introduces full support for business user controlled XML generation across the range of industry specific schemas. Thunderhead now includes out-of-the-box XML transformation support which enables the business users to dynamically add in new XML Adapters for their industry standard XML schemas without the need to change any code. Both DTCC DerivSERV FpML and LIXI XML versions of this generic Adapter are included in version 2.2. Thunderhead is embarking on an on-going program of support for emerging industry schemas. In the first instance this will include MISMO, ACORD, ICE and EFET. Version 2.2 also provides improved scalability and new management features. A new management information reporting module has been added to the administration client which enables users to select and report comprehensively on any data within the Thunderhead system. http://www.thunderhead.com/ http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3978 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3978 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Idiom Technologies, Inc. and Blast Radius Inc. announced the launch of a joint solution that provides a single, comprehensive system for global content delivery. The integrated solution is based on Idiom WorldServer and Blast Radius XMetaL software. Combined, WorldServer and XMetaL enable global organizations, especially those with complex content communications requirements, to speed the transition to modern, topic-oriented approaches using XML. Users can capitalize on the benefits of a structured, single-source environment for the delivery of global marketing materials, products and websites. Blast Radius recently announced availability of its XMetaL Author DITA Edition, an XML application built exclusively for authoring and publishing content using DITA. XMetaL Author DITA Edition complements Idiom WorldServer OpenTopic. http://www.idiominc.com, http://www.blastradius.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3982 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3982 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Marqui, Inc. announced it has added a corporate blogging module to its Web-based suite for marketers. Marqui designed its blog module specifically for business users, adding features such as enhanced trackback management, approval-based workflow and a flexible architecture that allows for reader surveys. The blog module is an extension of Marquis Web-based software suite, which helps organizations simplify and automate a wide range of marketing communications initiatives, such as e-mail campaigns, newsletters, Web sites, RSS and more. With Marqui, businesses get browser-based access to one application that provides content management, business process management, subscriber e-mail campaign management, and measurement capabilities. Marqui's suite is based on the software-as-a-service model. The module features approval-based workflow, which means companies can exercise some control over the information that gets published to the corporate blog, so companies concerned about disclosure or regulatory compliance can involve communications or legal professionals in the approval process. Marqui delivers comment moderation, and enables companies to manage trackback spam. Users have the option to approve trackbacks before they are posted to the site. Organizations also have the option to invite blog readers to do more than just fill out a simple comment box. For example, companies can easily customize the commenting system to solicit feedback on specific questions or conduct brief surveys to help with market research. This includes adding Technorati tags or even integrations with FeedBurner. Marqui's blogging module is available immediately and can be purchased as a stand-alone solution or bundled with the rest of the Marqui suite. Subscriptions start at $2,500/year (USD). http://www.marqui.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3962 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3962 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT DocuLex, Inc. announced the release of Version 7.1 of Desktop Search for electronic document search & retrieval for all document management requirements. The program rapidly searches existing and imported files on local network servers or CD-ROM, utilizing the user's desktop PC. The program offers over two dozen indexed, full-text and fielded data search options, with most searches taking less than a second, even across large databases. Thorough search capabilities include Boolean, phrase, phonic, numeric, proximity & direct proximity, fuzzy algorithm, concept/synonym/thesaurus and macro-frequency, by individual or combined search types. DocuLex Desktop Search indexes Microsoft Outlook messages, along with automatic attachment search support including an all hit-highlighted display feature. http://www.doculex.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3963 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3963 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT X-Hive Corporation announced the general availability of X-Hive/DB version 7.0. Key new features of X-Hive/DB 7.0 include: path indexes that allow more detailed specification of what nodes to index and also allow multiple values to be used as index keys; improved Lock acquisition priority and deadlock victim selection; and compliancy to the current XQuery Working Draft from the 15 September 2005 and the related specifications (XQuery & XPath functions, XQuery & XPath Data Model, etc.); versionable BLOBs; and XQuery update statements. X-Hive/DB 7.0 is now commercially available on the X-Hive Corporation Web site. A 30-day free evaluation version may also be downloaded from the Web site. X-Hive has published the results of the W3C's XQTS XQuery test. http://www.x-hive.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3964 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3964 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced Adobe InDesign Server CS2, which enables system integrators and third party developers to build automated, design-driven publishing solutions. Built on the same code base as Adobe InDesign CS2, their design and layout program, Adobe InDesign Server CS2 brings high-end composition and graphics support to a server platform, allowing Adobe partners to introduce automation and design quality to editorial workflows, collateral creation, data-driven publishing and template-based Web publishing solutions. InDesign Server CS2 offers programming capabilities via scripting, C++, or SOAP. InDesign Server CS2 delivers output capabilities, built-in language support, scripting DOM (document object model), and SDK as Adobe InDesign CS2 software. Additional features include support for multiple concurrent instances, error capturing, and server operating system support for Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, or Mac OS X Server, version 10.3.x and 10.4.x. InDesign Server CS2 solutions will be available through third parties as a component of automated publishing solutions designed and built by system integrators and developers. Currently, as part of a pilot program for InDesign Server CS2, Cacidi, the Peter Schmidt Group, Managing Editor Inc. (MEI), Sansui Software, SoftCare Software-Service GmbH, XMPie Inc., Wave2 Media Solutions Limited, and WoodWing Software are building and deploying solutions. Adobe InDesign Server CS2 will be available to qualified Adobe developer partners in Fall 2005. http://www.adobe.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3965 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3965 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT KnowNow, Inc. announced that its new KnowNow eLerts service is now available as a hosted solution for businesses. The KnowNow eLerts service, which instantly notifies users about changes in information as soon as it happens, can be used as part of an overall marketing and branding campaign to more effectively communicate and update employees, customers and partners. Businesses can securely deploy this service for internal and extranet use with proprietary data or communications. For employees and partners, access to KnowNow eLerts means that time sensitive information can be received immediately from internal or external sources. Whether from websites or enterprise systems, transactions and CRM data arrives as it changes. Companies can push wanted information directly to customers, such as promotions, news, policy changes, new offerings and events. http://www.knownow.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3966 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3966 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) announced the acquisition of Moreover Technologies, a wholesale aggregator of real-time content for Web sites, search engines and enterprise customers. By combining Moreover's content aggregation services with VeriSign's global feed management infrastructure, VeriSign will offer bloggers, publishers, enterprises and Web portals an intelligent and scalable, real-time content platform. The new content aggregation services will utilize VeriSign's ping server infrastructure to increase the reliability and intelligence of its content distribution network. Currently, Moreover aggregates more than 12,000 news sources and millions of blogs. Harvesting information from across 126 countries in 25 languages, Moreover uses a content tagging system with more than 30 metadata tags and 380 categories to deliver hundreds of thousands of unduplicated real time content articles every day. The price of the acquisition was approximately $30 million in cash and it is being accounted for as a purchase transaction. http://www.verisign.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3968 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3968 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ:EPIC) announced the availability of Epicor Portal, a server framework for self-guided, role-based access to Epicor applications that enables cross-enterprise collaboration. Using Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Epicor Portal incorporates real-time collaborative capabilities for multiple audiences with workspaces that combine documents, business data queries, announcements, and tasks. Secure portal access to information across Epicor applications along with data discovery and data visualization via Epicor Portal is the first deliverable in Epicor's new portal offering. User, role and industry-specific content packs, currently in development, encapsulate business processes, workflow, alerting and transactions into specialized Web parts making Epicor Portal an extension of the application. Available immediately, Epicor Portal Server will be leveraged across all Epicor product families - Enterprise, Manufacturing, and iScala. http://www.epicor.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3969 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3969 Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT FileNet Corporation (NASDAQ:FILE) introduced its new FileNet Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) solution, which provides real-time event management and visibility of business performance data to enhance operational responsiveness and decision making. Based on FileNet's P8 Enterprise platform, BAM runs in conjunction with FileNet's BPM capabilities. Business managers can receive alerts via customizable dashboards, and if need be, can automatically initiate actions or workflows based on those alerts. Business managers can also analyze data and correlate it with business processes, as well as data from other enterprise applications. FileNet BAM's architecture, FileNet P8, features a streaming database capability to help eliminate data latency. FileNet BAM is currently scheduled to begin shipping in December 2005, and is available now. Pricing starts at $115,000, which includes an application server and a 10-user license. http://www.filenet.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3970 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3970 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAS) and Day Software announced that they have entered into a technology alliance to deliver a JSR 170 compliant connector for BEA WebLogic Portal. The Day repository connector is designed to enable BEA WebLogic Portal to interact with enterprise content repositories, such as Day's Content Repository Extreme (CRX), that are compliant with the new JSR 170 industry standard. http://www.day.com, http://www.bea.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3960 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3960 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Xenos Group, Inc. (TSX: XNS) unveiled the Oracle Asset Vault solution for financial services organisations. The Asset Vault solution is an offering from Oracle and Xenos comprising Xenos d2e Vision software residing on Oracle Application Server 10g. It enables organisations to load, update and consolidate multiple disparate document archives into a single, high volume, high performance, Oracle database10g without changing existing legacy applications. This enables customers, CSAs, agents and financial advisors to have Web access to multiple systems with dynamic retrieval and view customer documents such as statements, cheque images, signatures, invoices, policies and correspondence, as well as access to XML-enabled e-business applications. Xenos d2e Vision version 2.1 processes IBM AFP and Xerox Metacode/DJDE printstreams, PDF documents and TIFF files to generate PDF, HTML/CSS, Image, TIFF, AFP, Metacode and XML Output formats for e-business applications such as customer Statement presentment. Xenos d2e Vision version 2.1 runs on Windows NT/2000/XP, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris and IBM z/OS (running Unix Systems Services) with JVM 1.4.x. http://www.oracle.com, http://www.xenos.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3961 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3961 Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Liaison Technologies announced the release of Liaison Enterprise Content Director 5.0. Major enhancements in version 5.0 include support for role-based display preferences, dynamic linking to nested repositories, Ontology data-type overrides and enhanced image and binary content capabilities. Liaison Enterprise Content Director permits disparate IT systems to pull information from constantly updated data pools maintained by Liaison Technologies, using industry standards such as UCCnet, papiNet, CIDX and XML technology to ensure accurate data synchronization. http://www.liaison.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3967 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3967 Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT SDL International announced the launch of SDL Synergy, a translation management system for workgroups. SDL Synergy is based around online centralization of translation memory, automation of highly repetitive tasks and real-time tracking of projects. SDL Synergy sits between the desktop and more sophisticated translation management systems such as SDL TeamWorks and SDL Translation Management System. It has been designed specifically for LSPs and small corporate language departments who do not have extensive technical resources. http://www.sdl.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3958 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3958 Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Alfresco, Inc. announced that it is making available the Alfresco Enterprise Network Release Candidate. This integrates closely to the JBoss Cache, JBoss Application Server and Hibernate utilizing the underlying scalability and high-availability features. Alfresco utilizes JBoss Cache's ability to distribute and maintain data caches, making it possible to build large-scale systems which allows Alfresco to deliver cached data at in memory speeds. Alfresco also utilizes the clustering, failover and load balancing facilities of the JBoss Application Server to increase scalability. Content models are more complex than traditional relational database tables. Alfresco utilizes Hibernate to control the content management schema. Alfresco complements these products with content replication and use of Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) to integrate to different, configurable authentication systems. Features of the Alfresco Enterprise Network are single sign-on through Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) across the JBoss Portal and portlets,fail-safe content services, a massively parallel content grid, and distributed high availability within the data centre and between disparate data centres. http://www.alfresco.org http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3952 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3952 Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Kintera, Inc. (Nasdaq:KNTA) announced the release of its new Content Management System (CMS) user interface. The new Web-based interface helps nonprofit organizations decrease implementation and editing time and create and manage Website content. Additionally, the interface incorporates a layout that is easy for both beginner and advanced users to navigate. Kintera CMS is integrated into the Kintera Sphere customer relationship management (CRM) database. Supporter interaction is automatically captured and fed into the Kintera Sphere database, providing in-depth analysis of supporter interests, fundraising history and other behaviors. Kintera CMS integrates with Kintera CRM to support Kintera modules. http://www.kintera.org/CMS http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3953 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3953 Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Content Management Professionals (CM Pros) announced the speaker line-up for its Fall 2005 Summit, to be held at the Westin Copley in Boston, Massachusetts on November 28. The Fall 2005 CM Pros Summit will kick off with a keynote session on Content Management Systems and Personalization by Tony Byrne, followed by a second keynote on Content Modeling to Support Personalization by Ann Rockley. Theresa Regli and Seth Earley will deliver two perspectives on Taxonomy for Personalization, Alex Povzner will cover Knowledge Discovery through Semantic Content Management, Heather Hedden will address A-Z Indexes for Content Searching, and Ben Martin will discuss ERP It Ain't Shrink-Wrap: Where Customized Software Necessitates Customized Content. In five concurrent roundtable sessions, Lynda Moulton will help participants understand The Relationship Between a CMS and the Organization's Intranet; Leonor Ciarlone will discuss the challenges of Managing a Hybrid CMS Across the Enterprise, Theresa Regli and Seth Earley will facilitate discussion about Taxonomies for Personalization, Seth Gottlieb will lead a dialog on Workflows for Personalization and Erik Hartman will guide participants on Selecting a Content Management System. CM Pros members receive a $150 discount coupon for The Gilbane Conference on Content Management which begins the day after the Summit at the same venue. Individuals who are not currently CM Pros members are eligible for a discounted CM Pros Membership & Summit package at $195. On the morning following the Boston Summit, CM Pros members will gather for a new member orientation and committee and workshop meetings. CM Pros also announced that its membership now exceeds 500 content management professionals. http://www.cmprofessionals.org http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3957 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3957 Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Verity Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTY) announced Verity Search, a new family of business search products that, with a single query, provides unified results from multiple, simultaneous searches across targeted sources. Verity believes business search solutions must be built for business with dedicated service and support readily available; be tunable for relevance based on business needs; search all relevant sources, from internal repositories to external Web servers and paid subscription sites; allow multiple ways to search for documents, databases and applications; conform with a business' security, privacy and audit standards; and, provide unified results from multiple searches done simultaneously from a single query. Using the Verity Search family, a user can make a single query and have the desktop, email, secure corporate repositories, the public Internet, intranet and subscription-based Web sites be searched and have the results displayed by user preference. An integral component of the Verity Search family is the new Verity Business Desktop product that will be generally available November 2005. http://www.verity.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3959 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3959 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, announced that three geographic communities have been formed under its new member-driven committee process: The CM Pros Australia Community, The CM Pros Canada West Community and The CM Pros Benelux Community. The stated purpose of The CM Pros Australia Community is to provide Australian content management professionals with networking opportunities, a forum for examining content management topics of interest, promotion of content management in Australia, educating on content management and developing mutual opportunities. Their next meeting is scheduled for October 17, 2005 in Middle Park, Victoria. The stated purpose of The CM Pros Canada West Community is to provide a local forum where professionals engaged in content management can learn and share information about content management to further the body of knowledge in this field. The stated purpose of The CM Pros Benelux Community is to provide content management professionals with networking opportunities, a forum for exchanging and examining content management topics of interest, promoting and professionalizing content management in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and educating on content management and developing mutual opportunities. These first three CM Pros Communities united more than 100 members in a common purpose: to support content management professionals as they strive for excellence in this increasingly important discipline. CM Pros also announced that its membership now exceeds 500 content management professionals. http://www.cmprofessionals.org http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3947 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3947 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT The XForms Working Group has released "XForms 1.0 (Second Edition)" as a Proposed Edited Recommendation. The document brings the XForms 1.0 Recommendation up to date with first edition errata, and aligns the specification with implementations. Comments are welcome through 3 November. XForms is the new generation of Web forms. XForms separate presentation and content, minimize round-trips to the server, offer device independence and reduce the need for scripting. http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/ http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3948 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3948 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT IXIASOFT announced the availability of TEXTML Server 3.6. IXIASOFT has extended TEXTML Server's functionality by providing users with new features enabling them to manage, search and sort extremely large document bases. Developed for the management of large volumes of content, the TEXTML Server "Meta Services" feature enables users to query multiple document bases from a single and/or multiple physical servers as if they were querying one single document base. TEXTML Server 3.6 now enables users to access fragments of a document upon a search result, instead of the whole document. This feature maximizes the speed at which search results can be obtained. For example, users can select to have only specific fields returned (ie. Title and Author) which optimizes the access of search results and reduces the amount of processing (XSLT) required on the application tier, especially when dealing with large volumes of documents. http://www.ixiasoft.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3949 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3949 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT X1 Technologies, Inc. announced the immediate availability of X1 Workgroup Edition, an enterprise search solution targeted for small and medium-sized companies. X1 Workgroup Edition employs the same solution for information search and delivery as X1 Enterprise Edition but is scaled for smaller server environments. It combines the user interface from the X1 Desktop Search solution with workgroup-specific network content components and permits business users to search, preview, and act upon data, no matter where it resides in the corporation. Based on the X1 desktop search solution, X1 Workgroup Edition locally indexes PC desktop content and integrates it with indexed server content for searching, viewing, and acting on information, including current and archived data. X1 Workgroup Edition is available for single-server installations of less than 200 seats, with no limit on the number of documents indexed. X1 Workgroup Edition starts at $5,000 which includes the desktop client, content connector for files, workgroup server, deployment manager, server manager, customer support and version upgrades. http://www.x1.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3954 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3954 Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) and Messaging Architects announced an OEM partnership to strengthen the search capabilities of Messaging Architects' GWArchive. Messaging Architects will embed GWArchive with FAST InStream, an OEM-specific enterprise search solution developed specifically to meet the complex application-based search requirements of independent software vendors (ISVs). Messaging Architects' GWArchive is a solution for managing the archiving, retention, regulatory compliance and retrieval of email messages and other documents electronically stored in GroupWise mailboxes. FAST InStream will enhance GWArchive by enabling dynamic categorization and instantaneous retrieval of critical information. http://www.messagingarchitects.com, http://www.fastsearch.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3955 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3955 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Quadralay Corporation announced the immediate availability of its software solution for creating online content, WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Adobe FrameMaker. WebWorks ePublisher Pro is a completely re-engineered, XML-based version of Quadralays single-source online publishing solution and is compatible with FrameMaker 7.2. WebWorks ePublisher Pro for FrameMaker gives users the ability to create customized content for the Web, intranets, professional online Help systems, portable devices, enterprise-ready XML, or PDFs. WebWorks ePublisher Pro for FrameMaker includes a new interface and XML-based processing for improved performance. The new application also includes an online content-preview window for visual style development, and GUI-based advanced customizations. A new feature called IntelliStyles automatically imports an authors preexisting FrameMaker styles into a WebWorks ePublisher Pro project. Adobe FrameMaker 7.2 software includes WebWorks Publisher Standard Edition 8.0. WebWorks ePublisher Pro is priced at US$1,395 for authors, and internationally for US$1,515. WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word is available for purchase by authors for US$1,000, and internationally for US$1,100. http://www.webworks.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3950 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3950 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT XyEnterprise announced a new packaged offering for creating and publishing documentation for air, sea, and land vehicles used by the military. The new XyEnterprise offering targets content compliant with the S1000D standard, which prescribes the mark-up used in authoring and exchanging technical content describing these complex systems. The standard is maintained by the Aerospace and Defense Industries Association of Europe and the Aerospace Industries Association in the US and is increasingly mandated for existing and new military programs. This new offering integrates XyEnterprise's Content@ content management software with editorial, publishing and interactive electronic viewing technologies ("IETM"), providing a complete solution for content creation, management and delivery of S1000D compliant data. The Content@ Solution Set for S1000D contains a Common Source Data Base providing history, version control, workflow and security that is pre-configured to support the S1000D specification. In addition, the common source data base provides support for other structured data types in SGML or XML format as well as unstructured data, binary files, graphics and other forms of content. http://www.xyenterprise.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3951 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3951 Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ:HUMC) (NASDAQ: TSX:) (NASDAQ:HUM) announced the latest release of Hummingbird Integration Suite featuring Hummingbird Genio 6.0, the new version of its data integration platform that transforms, cleanses, enriches and directs information across the entire spectrum of decision support systems and enterprise applications. Hummingbird Genio is a data integration solution that spans the functional areas of data extract, transformation, and load (ETL) and enterprise application integration (EAI). At the core of Hummingbird Genio is an engine that controls the flow of data from various sources in a hub-and-spoke data exchange architecture. An integral component of Hummingbird Enterprise, Hummingbird Genio provides content integration capabilities between the Hummingbird Enterprise content management solution and external applications and content repositories. It allows migration and consolidation of content repositories without programming or data staging. http://www.hummingbird.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3956 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3956 Sun, 02 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT The new version 1.7 of Kentico CMS for ASP.NET introduces a new BizForms module that allows content editors to create and publish data entry forms on the web site. The captured data is sent to e-mail and stored in the database. The editor can then create simple reports and export data to Microsoft Excel. Creating on-line forms, such as "contact us" forms, surveys or event registration forms does not require expensive development. Instead, every end user can design a web form using various fields and add form to the page. Kentico CMS 1.7 also comes with a new Content Staging module. It allows organizations to edit and preview the whole web site on the staging server and publish it to the production server after testing. It also improves the security as the editing interface can be placed behind the firewall. Kentico CMS is $499 per web site and is available at http://www.kentico.com http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3943 http://gilbane.com/content_management_news.pl/2005/10/content_management_news.html#3943