News For September, 2005

WoodWing Software announced that EMC Corporation will resell its Smart Connection Enterprise software as part of the EMC Documentum Enterprise Publishing Solution (EPS), a new content management solution that provides editorial design and layout capabilities. WoodWing's Smart Connection Enterprise is an Adobe InDesign and InCopy integration tool that enables workflow flexibility through management, organization and document security standards for editorial production. The integration of WoodWing Smart Connection in EMC Documentum EPS allows publishers to manage their editorial production workflows, using the same print content and related ancillary content for publishing to the Web or other emerging channels such as wireless devices. Documentum EPS is built on the unified EMC Documentum enterprise content management (ECM) architecture, enabling users to utilize the full ECM capabilities such as digital asset management, web publishing, XML support, workflows, security, content rendering and localization. Smart Connection Enterprise serves complex workflows and environments, where searching files and/or the content of a story or specific keywords or metadata is required, and comes with support for MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and Sybase. The server runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris. http://www.woodwing.com

Emagine's emagiC CMS.Net v1.0 Now Available
9/29/2005

Emagine launched emagiC CMS based on .NET technology. emagiC CMS.Net adds many features and uses version 2.0 of the .NET framework. emagiC CMS.Net is a solution uniting content management with site management and portal management. Content is independent of the pages and can be added dynamically to a page. The web based administration now supports drag & drop, bringing it closer to traditional windows applications than before. The site management, which was already available in the existing emagiC CMS products, enables extranet security on the page level and dynamic navigation. emagiC CMS.Net consists of a framework that comes with a number of standard modules to manage different types of content, such as a wysiwyg editor, a dynamic menu, a rotator and an image gallery. The license can be extended with optional modules, including the XForms application, based on the W3C XForms standard. It manages structured content, such as product catalogues, news items or jobs. emagiC CMS.Net is already available for partners through the extranet. In October, the product will become publicly available for download. Additional modules will be launched this fall to complete the emagiC CMS.Net product range. The existing emagiC CMS, based on ASP/COM technology, and the new emagiC CMS.Net will co-exist as two separate products, since many web developers have not yet switched to .NET development. The modular licensing models allows choosing the right components for each project. Pricing starts at 1600 Euros. http://www.emagiC-CMS.com

FAST & Sisis Informationssysteme GmbH Partner
9/29/2005

Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) and Sisis Informationssysteme GmbH, a provider of library management and information portal solutions, announced an OEM partnership to enhance the search capabilities of three Sisis products. Under the agreement, Sisis will develop search options for its products using FAST InStream, an OEM-specific enterprise search solution developed specifically to meet the complex application-based search requirements of independent software vendors (ISVs). Sisis library management solutions are designed to simplify common/typical library business processes, from publication acquisition and cataloguing, to external data processing and circulation. Sisis solutions are currently used by hundreds of scientific and public libraries, as well as special subject libraries, across Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Sisis will incorporate FAST's enterprise search solution into SISIS-SunRise Catalogue, Library Link Collector and Library Content Search Suite. http://www.sisis.de, http://www.fastsearch.com

EMC & Adobe Partner; To Support iECM
9/29/2005

EMC Corporation announced an advanced technology effort with Adobe Systems, Inc. to develop a standards-based interoperable content management infrastructure. The new infrastructure will combine EMC's enterprise content management (ECM) platform and Adobe's XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) technology to deliver a solution to maximize distributed information sharing and management. The collaboration will also support the emerging iECM (Interoperable Enterprise Content Management) standard. The iECM framework will address the growing need for a common integration layer between different enterprise content management systems and multiple business applications. It will include support for major industry standards such as SOAP, WSDL, BPEL, JCR (JSR-170) and others, organizing them in the context of content-rich application requirements. Adobe XMP is an extensible and customizable framework that leverages standard XML structures to facilitate distributed information sharing and management. Through Adobe XMP, metadata can be assigned to content earlier in the information lifecycle and prior to it being stored in the EMC Documentum repository. iECM (Interoperable Enterprise Content Management) is a standards-based framework, initiated by AIIM to address the growing need for a distributed enterprise content management architecture that facilitates content access across formerly disparate repositories. This is achieved through an integration layer that addresses content metadata standardization and includes a suite of web services that provide a common set of operations through which ECM solutions and enterprise applications can interoperate and manage content within a secure environment. In addition to those directly related to web services, the framework will also cover standards for semantic interoperability such as XML and XML Schema, RDF, OWL and Dublin Core. Additional information on this effort is available at http://www.aiim.org, http://www.emc.com

As Tony points out, the iECM activity actually includes quite a few players. We did not attend the iECM meeting this week as Tony did. See his comments here.

Xyleme & Anark Partner for XML Interactive Learning Solutions
9/28/2005

Xyleme Inc. announced its partnership with Anark Corporation, a provider of 3D interactive software and enterprise business solutions, to provide an integrated training solution for performance support. The combined solution will allow organizations to integrate heterogeneous training assets such as print, Web and video, into a single XML repository, eliminating redundancy and allowing for the reuse of these assets across multiple 3D simulation training sessions. This economizes the delivery of these high-retention interactive training courses by enabling the same learning object to be used across multiple simulation exercises. http://www.xyleme.com, http://www.anark.com

Interwoven Updates MetaTagger
9/27/2005

Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ:IWOV) announced that it has enhanced the company's MetaTagger Content Intelligence Services offering by providing advanced functionality for social network discovery and content categorization. With the new release, organizations can automate document review and routing processes as well as accelerate the development of business-specific taxonomies. MetaTagger enables an organization's applications to discover and extract person names, companies, dates, places and other significant entities using semantic patterns. Included in the latest MetaTagger release are extractors for several common entity types, as well as tools for creating new patterns in an XML-based configuration format. Organizations can configure MetaTagger quickly with a new step-by-step Web-based configuration manager. new Web-based Metadata Viewer enables users to generate and view metadata dynamically. Additionally, new tools enable dynamic taxonomy import, export, and deployment through a scripting interface. Organizations can now benefit from new support for Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Finnish, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian (Nynorsk and Bokmal). Additional languages supported include English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean and simplified Chinese. The enhanced Interwoven MetaTagger Content Intelligence Services offering is generally available now. http://www.interwoven.com

Day Launching Repository Connectors
9/27/2005

Day Software (SWX:DAYN)(OTC:DYIHY) announced that the company is launching a series of standardized connectors for other repositories. The repository connectors are compliant with the Content Repository for Java Technology API standard (JSR170). The first of these interfaces to be delivered is for EMC Documentum. The Day connector will make enterprise content stored in Documentum's repository accessible through the new standard. Other connectors that are in development include interfaces for FileNet, OpenText LiveLink, Microsoft SharePoint, IBM Domino.doc, Software AG Tamino and Interwoven. http://www.day.com

ISYS Updates Enterprise Search to ISYS:web 7
9/27/2005

ISYS Search Software announced the immediate general availability of ISYS:web 7, the company's enterprise search solution for public websites, corporate intranets and portals. At query time, ISYS:web 7 automatically displays categories that enable users to drill down and quickly find the right information. ISYS also provides administrators with tools for modifying categories according to their business rules. ISYS:web 7 parses raw search log data into reports that enable organizations to monitor, measure and analyze search behavior. Users can create custom reports or use the standard reports ISYS ships with, including top searches, peak search hours, and trends in the frequency of search terms. ISYS:web 7 offers 100-percent web-based administration. ISYS:web 7 can be deployed it out of the box, or, for organizations requiring greater flexibility, achieve maximum customization via ISYS:web 7's developer's toolkit, which includes .NET and SOAP interfaces. Administrators can create an unlimited number of indexes and chain up to 128 indexes, enabling users to search across 8 billion documents with a single search. ISYS:web 7 now offers enterprises the ability to leverage multiple processors to build indexes in tandem. ISYS:web 7 allows administrators to create multi-language indexes via Unicode. http://www.isys-search.com

Open Text's Artesia Digital Asset Management 6.5 Supports Creative Professionals
9/27/2005

Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSX: OTC) announced the latest digital asset management (DAM) software from its Artesia subsidiary will provide support to creative professionals in media and entertainment companies and in corporate marketing departments. Version 6.5 improves the productivity of creative professionals by linking the desktop design and publishing applications they depend on to the digital media content managed by the Artesia DAM solution. Artesia DAM 6.5 adds the Creative Desktop, which allows users working from Macintosh-based design applications such as Adobe InDesign CS2 and QuarkXPress to leverage the content management functionality of Artesia DAM running on Windows or Unix servers. Version 6.5's integration with Adobe InDesign software includes intelligent ingest of compound document layouts from Adobe InDesign into Artesia DAM, with optional XMP capture. XMP is an XML-based metadata interchange framework from Adobe. Users can import a layout and the components of the layout, such as graphics, as separate assets in the system, each with separate metadata. The integration of Livelink Discovery Server into the Artesia DAM solution gives customers a search technology to find digital content in their Artesia DAM systems. This capability will be included as part of the base Artesia DAM product license. http://www.opentext.com

JotSpot Launches JotSpot Live
9/27/2005

JotSpot launched JotSpot Live, the first in a series of online collaboration products that the company will introduce this fall. JotSpot Live is a simple Web-based application that enables live note-taking by multiple users on the same Web page at the same time. Combining the interactivity and speed of chat with the utility of building collaborative documents, JotSpot Live is designed for group brainstorming, virtual meetings, and collaborative agendas. JotSpot Live is Web-based, accessible from any browser, and requires no software installation. JotSpot Live is available immediately. Users can use the basic version of JotSpot Live for free and paid plans start at $5 per month, where users can create up to 15 pages per month. There is also workgroup plan for greater use. All plans allow for unlimited collaborators on any page. http://www.jotspot.com

Vignette Launches Business Unit & Solutions for Enterprise Learning
9/26/2005

Vignette Corp. (NASDAQ:VIGN) announced the creation of a dedicated business unit designed to help organizations seamlessly blend learning with work. The Vignette Enterprise Learning solution enables organizations to better align training and business initiatives across the enterprise. Vignette Enterprise Learning is a holistic solution of products and services that manages the entire learning lifecycle. Subject matter experts may asynchronously discuss and share their knowledge by authoring discrete learning modules in collaborative spaces. Learners may search for learning content, identify prerequisite skills, informally assemble learning modules, schedule relevant training, review course history and assess their professional development within the context of their online work environments. Line-of-business executives may directly correlate investments in employees, such as sales force enablement, with corporate financial objectives through composite application dashboards. Vignette Enterprise Learning helps organizations operate within the processes prescribed by human resources departments and other mandates, such as BASEL II, NASD 3010 and 3012 and Sarbanes-Oxley sections 302 and 404. Vignette helps organizations reduce the time to comply by accelerating employee adherence to policies and operating constraints. http://www.vignette.com

Unicon & RedDot Partner to Deliver Web Content Management Solutions for Higher Ed.
9/26/2005

Unicon, Inc., a provider of enterprise portal, collaboration, learning, and integration technology for higher education institutions, and RedDot Solutions (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSX: HUM), announced a partnership where Unicon will package RedDot's CMS Web Content Management Solution with Academus, its enterprise portal offering for higher education. The combined solutions of RedDot's CMS and Unicon's Academus portal and collaborative groupware provide a customized, e-Learning foundation built on uPortal open-source technology for educational establishments to create, edit, and update an online experience through a unified interface. Unicon's Academus provides a Web interface integrated with pre-configured channels to encourage collaboration and communication online. In addition, Academus serves as an integration platform to a number of outside applications. http://www.reddot.com, http://www.hummingbird.com, http://www.unicon.net

StoredIQ Joins Google Enterprise Professional Program
9/26/2005

StoredIQ, Inc. joined the Google Enterprise Professional Program, which extends Google search and helps customers get more value out of their Google enterprise search deployments. The Google Search Appliance will be deployed in parallel with StoredIQ's Information and Classification Management Platform to provide Google enterprise customers ad-hoc search capabilities and automated policy-based actions. By extracting concepts, facts, keywords and alphanumeric patterns, StoredIQ is able to classify, protect and manage information based upon content. http://www.StoredIQ.com, http://www.google.com/enterprise/gep

Hot Banana & ExactTarget Partner
9/23/2005

Hot Banana Software Inc. and ExactTarget announced that Hot Banana has become an affiliate partner of ExactTarget, the first phase of an integrated technology partnership. ExactTarget's permission-based email marketing campaigns drive qualified visitors to Web sites that are not always optimized for eMarketing as Hot Banana is. Hot Banana's Active Marketing Web Content Management Suite is already integrated with WebTrends 7, is search engine friendly and allows non-technical marketers to change campaign content on their Web site. http://www.hotbanana.com, http://www.exacttarget.com

Attunity Joins Google Enterprise Program to Extend Enterprise Search to the Mainframe
9/23/2005

Attunity, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ATTU) announced it has joined the Google Enterprise Professional program. The Google Enterprise Professional program includes developers, consultants and independent software vendors that provide value-added services for Google enterprise products. As part of the program requirements, Attunity engineers have undergone training as part of the Google Enterprise Professional program. The integration will enable enterprises using Google's search to access information stored in legacy, mainframe and relational data stores through the Google Search Appliance. Enterprise information can now be searched in real-time and delivered for reporting and analysis. This is intended to deliver increased visibility to corporate performance measurements and compliance with real-time data searches and delivery and updating of indices of changed data using Attunity Stream, Attunity's Changed Data Capture (CDC) solutions for real-time applications. http://www.google.com/enterprise/

NEON Systems Joins Google Enterprise Professional Program
9/23/2005

NEON Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:NEON) announced the company has joined the Google Enterprise Professional program to bring enterprise search capabilities to organizations that rely on mainframe systems. As a participant in the Google Enterprise Professional program, NEON, and its Shadow RTE mainframe integration technology will help Google customers extend their use of enterprise products to these previously hard-to-search areas of their infrastructure, such as legacy data locked in mainframes, through a secure, real-time mainframe integration platform that meets their unique requirements for information access and security. http://www.google.com/enterprise/, http://www.neonsys.com

Astoria and SDL Partner
9/22/2005

Astoria Software, Inc. and SDL International announced a partnership to provide joint solutions to multinational manufacturers. Global information management solutions from Astoria and SDL help manufacturers publish and deliver content to international markets. Built on XML and DITA, the Astoria-SDL solution manages information for complex products with long lifecycles, frequent technology changes, and global usage. http://www.sdl.com, www.astoriasoftware.com

Snowbound Software Updates FlexSnap
9/22/2005

Snowbound Software announced web viewer enhancements including format support for Microsoft Word documents enabling end users to view and convert Word files without the requirement of having Microsoft Office installed on their computer. Improvements in server side caching have also improved the speed of document retrieval and viewing. FlexSnap: SI is a Java servlet/applet combination configured to integrate with content or document management systems. It gives users a universal interface allowing them to retrieve, view, annotate, manipulate, convert, and print multiple document and image formats from their document repository through a standard web browser. With these new improvements, end users can retrieve and view a specific single page contained within a large document without having to wait for the entire file to download. In the latest release, the number of pages stored on the client side can now be optimized for greatest memory efficiency. Additionally thumbnails have also been enhanced to provide end users faster display and retrieval of images. Improvements have been made to the memory management in the applet as well as the ability for system administrators to configure both image scaling and compression levels. By setting parameters, large images can be automatically reduced to a more manageable size to avoid memory problems. Administrators can also configure the level of compression for JPEG and TIFF-JPEG images. http://www.snowbound.com

Prodiance Announces New Federated Desktop Search
9/21/2005

Prodiance Corporation announced Prodiance Search, a new productivity solution that helps business users find critical information through federated searches across disparate content sources. Prodiance Search can search peer PCs, network shared drives, content and document management repositories, and other enterprise applications. Although it installs on a user's desktop, it leverages a federated search broker that issues search queries to local indexes running on other PCs. Prodiance Search will ship to customers in both stand-alone (e.g. single-user desktop) and federated (e.g. enterprise) configurations in late October 2005. A 30-day free evaluation version of the stand-alone configuration can be downloaded immediately. The cost for a single user license will be $49.95, and a single federated server license will be $2,500. http://www.prodiance.com

Open Text, InSystems Extend Partnership Targeting Insurance, Financial Services Companies
9/21/2005

Open Text Corporation (TSX:OTC)(NASDAQ:OTEX) and InSystems Corporation said they will extend their eight-year partnership and will focus on delivering solutions that improve document processes and regulatory compliance for insurance and financial services companies. The extension of the partnership will mean enhanced integration of Open Text's Livelink ECM Solutions with InSystems' specialized document and compliance automation solutions for insurance and financial services companies. The solutions will address a range of compliance mandates, including regulations for managing information on insurance and financial services products, and requirements for financial reporting. Open Text and InSystems will target insurance and financial services companies in the U.S. and Canada. Through the partnership, InSystems' Calligo and Tracker product lines have been fully integrated with Open Text's Livelink ECM. Livelink ECM provides key services underlying InSystems solutions' support for accelerating insurance product development and state regulatory filing processes. http://www.insystems.com, http://www.opentext.com

Stellent Announces New Retention Management Capabilities for Stellent Universal Content Management 7.5
9/20/2005

Stellent, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEL) announced new retention management capabilities for Stellent Universal Content Management 7.5 to cover general content and to allow usage analytics and other factors to drive the content retention and disposition process. These capabilities leverage Stellent Records Management system and include capabilities for single-source discovery and lock down for both records and non-records, automated disposition of content, and control over retention policies for all content, not just records, in the same environment. Stellent Records Management also includes a new graphical method for creating tailored user interfaces and generates records management reports in a variety of formats including HTML, Microsoft Excel, PDF and XML. Stellent Records Management is a DoD 5015.2 Chapter 2 and Chapter 4 certified solution. http://www.stellent.com

Inxight Releases StarTree SDK for .NET Developers
9/20/2005

Inxight Software announced the general availability of Inxight StarTree SDK 1.0 for .NET, certified by Microsoft. This release provides the StarTree technology and visualization tool to Microsoft .NET developers. New features of the .NET release include link labeling, multi-line text labels, and easy creation of right-click menus. Features also include spotlighting, the ability to include icons and a variety of other controls. http://www.inxight.com

Meridio & Getronics Partner to Offer Enterprise Content Management Solutions
9/20/2005

Meridio and Getronics, a provider of managed ICT infrastructure and business solutions, have entered into a partnership to deliver solutions that will help organizations better manage their unstructured data. These solutions will provide organizations with risk and compliance capabilities. Meridio leverages Microsoft applications to deliver desktop ECM solutions exclusively for Microsoft platforms. Meridio Records Management solutions are integrated with Microsoft SharePoint and Office systems, as well as products such as Outlook, Exchange, and Live Communication Server. Meridio is approved against both the UK's PRO 2002 and the US DoD 5015.2 records management standards. http://www.meridio.com

Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies Boston Announces Keynotes Sessions & Conference Tracks
9/19/2005

The Gilbane Report and Lighthouse Seminars announced that the Gilbane Conference on Content Management will take place November 29th - December 1st at The Westin Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. This annual event brings together thought leaders and practitioners to provide attendees with actionable advice, techniques, best practices, and case studies to help successfully implement content technologies critical to their businesses. Because of the need to apply content technologies throughout enterprises, the variety of business applications involved, and the diversity of relevant content technologies, the conference program is organized by categories of job function, rather than by technology. The tracks include a: Content Managers Track (CM), Content Technologists Track (CT), Marketing Managers Track (MT), Business & Compliance Managers Track (BC). In addition to our four job-function tracks a special track presents and examines case studies that have been evaluated as part of the Gilbane Content Technology Works Program. The emphasis is on all aspects of successful implementations. The conference has three dynamic keynote panels: "New Technologies You Need to Consider for Content Management Strategies", moderated by Frank Gilbane, with Jon Udell, Lead Analyst, InfoWorld, Coach K. Wei, Founder and CTO, Nexaweb, Jean-Philippe Gauthier, General Manager, Sympatico/MSN, and Bob Wyman, CTO and Co-founder, PubSub; "Blog, Wiki, and RSS Technology - Are they Enterprise Ready? Applicable? Or a Passing Tempest in a Teacup?", moderated by Frank Gilbane, with David Berlind, Executive Editor, ZDNet, Ross Mayfield, CEO, Socialtext, Inc., Bill Zoellick, Senior Analyst, The Gilbane Report, and Charlie Wood, Principal, Spanning Partners, LLC; and "Enterprise Panel on Best Practices & Implementation Strategies", moderated ny Mary Laplante, VP Consulting Services, Bluebill Advisors & Sr. Editor, Gilbane Report, with Pat Tiernan, Vice President of Content and Product Data Management, Hewlett-Packard Company. http://www.gilbane.com, http://www.lighthouseseminars.com

Xerox DocuShare Records Manager Certified for DOD 5015.2
9/19/2005

Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) announced that DocuShare Records Manager software has been certified as compliant under the U.S. Department of Defense Directive 5015.2 standard. Now available in the United States, DocuShare Records Manager helps customers address increasing industry and government regulations and stricter corporate guidelines for records retention. The DOD 5015.2 defines mandatory requirements for records management offerings and assures data is being stored according to government standards. DocuShare Records Manager software is an optional module for DocuShare, Xerox's secure, Web-based enterprise content management software. DocuShare Records Manager enables workers throughout an organization to easily classify electronic files as records during any part of a work process, knowing that a qualified records manager will review the classification before the documents officially become records. Xerox also announced the first members of a growing group of global system integrator partners that will help deliver DocuShare Records Manager solutions to customers, including Sitrof Technologies Inc. of New Jersey and Satyam Computer Services Ltd. of India. DocuShare Records Manager pricing starts below $50,000 for a basic installation including Records Manager server software, 10 classifier licenses, five declarer licenses, and one administrator license. Additional licenses may be purchased individually. http://www.xerox.com/docushare

Meridio to Offer Enterprise Legal Discovery Solution for Microsoft Platform
9/19/2005

Meridio, a provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems on the Microsoft platform announces the availability of Legal Discovery solution. Meridio Legal Discovery captures email, and interfaces with the Microsoft Live Communication Server to manage the liability caused by Instant Messaging. In addition, Meridio integrates with Microsoft SharePoint to allow content to be discovered and managed by the records management features of Meridio. Meridio leverages Microsoft applications to deliver a comprehensive desktop EDM solution exclusively for Microsoft platforms. Meridio records management solutions are integrated with Microsoft Sharepoint and Office as well as products such as Exchange and Live Communication Server. Meridio is approved against both the UK's PRO 2002 and the US DoD 5015.2 records management standards. http://www.meridio.com

Interwoven Introduces Records Manager 5.0 for Professional Services Firms
9/19/2005

Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ:IWOV) introduced the new Interwoven Records Manager (IRM) 5.0 product, enabling professional services firms to achieve enterprise content compliance and effective risk management through a unified information management platform incorporating both paper and electronic records. Interwoven IRM 5.0, together with Interwoven WorkSite 8's engagement/matter centric design, extends the capabilities of records management to the desktops of individual users. Coupled with the Interwoven WorkSite 8 collaborative document management system, Interwoven IRM 5.0 enables e-mails to be filed in context with important business matters. This model frees users from the daily burdens of records management while bringing centralized compliance control to the desktop. Interwoven IRM 5.0 will be available at the end of September 2005. http://www.interwoven.com

FileNet Announces Records Manager Suite 3.5 & Acquisition of Yaletown
9/19/2005

FileNet Corporation (NASDAQ:FILE) announced general availability of the latest release of its FileNet Records Manager suite, version 3.5. Featuring newly developed capabilities called Intelligent Retention and Content Federation Services, FileNet Records Manager now offers business users enhanced out-of-the-box flexibility to meet compliance goals across multiple content repositories and legal jurisdictions. FileNet also announced that they have entered into an agreement to acquire Yaletown Technology Group, Inc. This acquisition is expected to provide FileNet with additional technology and expertise to address the compliance market, and will increase the breadth of capability delivered by FileNet's Records Manager and Email Manager product suites. FileNet will complement its Records Management product with Yaletown's Records Crawler product. Working in conjunction with FileNet P8's Records Manager and Email Manager suites, Records Crawler for FileNet can scan Microsoft File Servers at high speed to examine documents a user creates and automatically declare only those documents as records that meet pre-set business rules. Records Crawler is designed to draw on the rules established in FileNet's Records Manager's File Plan. FileNet and Yaletown Technology Group have been marketing an integrated email management offering through an OEM relationship, offering customers email management capabilities integrated with FileNet Records Manager and Content Manager repository. The purchase of Yaletown Technology Group is an all cash transaction valued at approximately $11 million net of cash for all of the stock in the company. The transaction is expected to close in early October, subject to customary closing conditions. http://www.filenet.com

NextPage Announces NextPage 2
9/19/2005

NextPage announced the next generation of its document collaboration subscription service, NextPage 2. This service does not require a centralized repository to store and manage documents, allows users to work online or offline, tracks documents that come from non-NextPage users, and delivers real-time status of document versions as they progress through their life cycles. NextPage 2 tracks Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel files and runs on the Microsoft Windows Operating System. NextPage 2 ties document versions together, regardless of where the versions are stored, as e-mail attachments, on desktops or across organizations. It also includes a Version Map, a graphical representation of document flow and how versions relate to each other. NextPage 2 is available for $99 per user per year. A free trial version is available at http://www.nextpage.com/trial.

Clay Tablet Technologies Launches Web Content Management & Translation Solution
9/15/2005

Clay Tablet Technologies introduced a new approach for updating and translating web content. With the Clay Tablet Web Content Management System (WCMS) marketing, HR, customer service and others can manage their own content changes in real time using their web browsers. Updated content is automatically forwarded to designated translators or to Clay Tablet's translation partners, such as ACCU Translation Services Limited. Translated content is then routed back into the site where it goes live instantly or awaits final approval. http://www.Clay-Tablet.com

Yaletown Announces Records Crawler for FileNet
9/15/2005

Yaletown Technology Group Inc. announced the availability of Records Crawler for FileNet. Records Crawler, a component of YTG's CONSPECT compliance solution, is a records management tool integrated with FileNet's FileNet P8 Records Management suite, providing management and integration of content assets that reside outside of FileNet ECM repositories. Based on YTG's extensible Universal File Importer (UFI) technology, Records Crawler for FileNet is a server side engine which searches network drives and user hard drives for important documents that must be managed in accordance with corporate policies, and should not be managed independently by users. Upon finding uncontrolled documents, Records Crawler applies policies to those documents and depending on the status of the files, will take appropriate action such as delete the document, create a shortcut to the official version stored in the repository, declare the document as a record, import the document directly into the records repository, or modify the security of the document in the file system so it cannot be edited or changed. http://www.yaletech.com

Sun & FatWire Offer Free Portal Content Management Licenses to Sun Java Enterprise System Subscribers
9/14/2005

Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) and FatWire Software announced an agreement to offer unlimited use licenses of FatWire Spark Portal Content Management (pCM) to new and existing Sun Java System Portal Server customers, including Sun Java Enterprise System (Java ES) and Sun Java Application Platform Suite subscribers, at no additional charge. Customers can download FatWire Spark pCM immediately and access the range of functions executed from within the Java System Portal Server portlets, including: Content Creation & Management, for allowing business users to create and manage content from within the portal interface; Content Delivery, which includes four pre-built reference portlets for content display and provides developer interfaces and documentation for building additional portlets; and Administration, to help administrators manage asset types and publishing processes. Sun and FatWire plan to share technical support responsibility, with Sun taking the initial customer call. FatWire Spark pCM runs on the Solaris 10 Operating System, supporting both SPARC processor-based and x86 platforms. http://sun.com, http://www.fatwire.com

Alfresco Open Source Content Management System Certified on JBoss
9/14/2005

Alfresco, Inc. announced that JBoss, Inc. has certified the Alfresco content management system on the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System. The certification, which follows testing of the Alfresco system by JBoss, assures customers using Alfresco to develop portals of tight interoperability with JBoss Portal 2.0, a component of the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System. Developers can use the Alfresco and JBoss open source products together to develop, at zero licensing cost, enterprise-class portals. Alfresco's open source system is a content repository with meta-data and dictionary support, full-text indexing and retrieval, rules-based processing and collaboration capabilities. Its user interface includes a portal framework based on JSR-168 portlets and JSR-127 JavaServer Faces. The Alfresco system's architecture uses aspect-oriented programming to allow developers to use only the functionality they require and scale the content management system as needed. http://www.alfresco.org

FAST Partners with LegitiName
9/14/2005

Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) and The Legitiname Group, a developer of brand management solutions announced an OEM partnership through which FAST InStream will enhance the search capabilities of LegitiNames's brand and trademark protection solutions. LegitiName offers brand protection and e-market intelligence services. The LegitiName "Brand & Market" approach provides the essential backbone of a company's e-marketing strategy by protecting intellectual property and securing a company's Internet market presence. LegitiName will integrate FAST's OEM enterprise search capabilities into its entire suite of brand management solutions, which will provide superior brand monitoring services to the company's customers. http://www.legitiname.com, http://www.fastsearch.com

Inxight Releases SmartDiscovery Analysis Server 4.2
9/13/2005

Inxight Software announced the general availability of Inxight SmartDiscovery Analysis Server 4.2. Inxight SmartDiscovery Analysis Server 4.2 now includes Inxight's ThingFinder Advanced product, a new module allowing users to extend entity extraction to pattern-based entity types not supported out of the box. Using ThingFinder Advanced, users can define custom entity types as patterns of tokens in regular expression syntax, enriched with word stems and part-of-speech tags. This makes it possible to extract information such as internal part numbers, docket numbers, chemical compounds, and other specialized entities. In addition to Inxight's out-of-the-box detection of more than 25 different entities (people, places, companies, etc.) and custom list-based entities in electronic text, the ThingFinder Advanced service in SmartDiscovery Analysis Server 4.2 now makes available various entity types designed for counterterrorism and law enforcement, including weapons, geographical coordinates, vehicles, and facilities. There are also enhancements to Document Categorization, Search, Administration, and Adapter Modules. Inxight SmartDiscovery Analysis Server 4.2 is generally available now. http://www.inxight.com

Authentica Announces Partnership with IBM and Availability of Secure Mail 4.0 & Secure Documents for PDF 4.0
9/13/2005

Authentica, Inc. announced updates to its products and partner program. The company has new versions of Secure Mail (formerly Mail Recall) and Secure Documents for PDF (formerly Page Recall). Authentica Secure Mail 4.0 provides users with a rights management solution for secure e-mail, helping to ensure e-mail is kept confidential and the content associated with it is only accessed by authorized users. The new version of Secure Documents for PDF adds additional, high levels of protection to Adobe PDF files. The solution supports Adobe Viewer 5.0 on Solaris 9 and 10 and works with Secure Mail and existing content management and workflow solutions such as Documentum eRoom, Filenet Content Manager, Hummingbird DM, Lotus Notes Domino and Microsoft SharePoint. Secure Documents for PDF 4.0 provides enhanced watermarking features to ensure legitimacy of the document and alleviate any ability to tamper with the document. As an Advanced-level IBM Business Partner, Authentica has integrated secure e-mail capabilities within the IBM Lotus Notes and Domino environment. http://www.authentica.com

TeamPoint Launches DayPoint Access
9/13/2005

TeamPoint Systems, Inc. announced it has launched DayPoint Access, a hosted version of its team collaboration application, DayPoint Enterprise. TeamPoint adds DayPoint Access to its family of DayPoint products to provide a full offering of team collaboration solutions to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes - from non-profit organizations to small businesses to large enterprises. DayPoint Access is a secure, web-based ASP/XML application designed as a tool for organizations to promote communications and collaboration among teams. Hosted and maintained by TeamPoint Systems, DayPoint Access clients need only an Internet connection and browser. http://www.teampointsystems.com

Pageflex Introduces Persona Cross Media Suite
9/13/2005

Pageflex (NASDAQ: BITS) introduced Pageflex Persona Cross Media Suite, a completely new desktop software application enabling targeted and personalized content in both print and email. The product incorporates variable data and cross-media functionality from Pageflex into a desktop application. The core technology features an XML composition engine, designed specifically for variable data, and "flex" technology that automatically resizes items on a page based on the amount of custom content added. Among the features are cross-media capabilities for creating coordinated print and email campaigns, variable-length document capability, flexible layouts, and the ability to compose text in more than 60 languages, including Japanese and Chinese. These features enable users to produce database-driven, one-to-one business collateral materials and other personalized documents including direct-mail postcards and mailers, coupons, business cards, event-related collateral, marketing materials, travel itineraries, personalized booklets and many more. As a design application, the package includes Pageflex Studio, which has a drag and drop interface and graphic design tools including standard layout, typography, image and color controls. It also includes a plug-in for Adobe InDesign and a QuarkXTension enabling users to convert InDesign and QuarkXPress documents into the Pageflex XML format. http://www.pageflex.com

Adobe Announces FrameMaker 7.2
9/12/2005

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced Adobe FrameMaker 7.2, its enterprise authoring and publishing software. FrameMaker 7.2 software's Unstructured to Structured Migration Guide details the considerations and the steps required to adopt an XML workflow. The built-in conversion tools that give structure to documents now retain character and paragraph styles. New structured templates give authors an instant starting point for documents. Templates include a sample application of Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA). FrameMaker 7.2 adds XML Schema support in addition to its support of Document Type Definitions (DTDs). There is also new support for XSL Transformations (XSLT). Authors can use the new Multiple Undo feature to reverse edits such as Change Font and Import File. The History Palette lets authors view recent changes and undo multiple edits with a single click. Adobe FrameMaker 7.2 for Windows and Solaris is expected to be available in September in English, French and German languages through Adobe Authorized Resellers and the Adobe store. Adobe FrameMaker 7.2, desktop version, for Windows has an estimated street price of US$799 for the full version and US$199 for the upgrade. On Solaris, the full version (personal edition) has an estimated street price of US$1,329 and US$279 for the upgrade. FrameMaker Server has an estimated street price of US$7,999. http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker

The new release looks very good. See my blog entry here.

Idiom to Support FrameMaker 7.2
9/12/2005

Idiom Technologies, Inc. (Idiom) announced its intent to deliver support for Adobe FrameMaker 7.2 software. The new release of FrameMaker incorporates support for DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture). DITA is an XML-based architecture for authoring, producing and delivering readable information as discrete topics. By incorporating DITA support into Adobe FrameMaker 7.2 software, authoring teams can take advantage of the benefits of standards-based, single-source publishing across all their documentation work. http://www.idiominc.com

Ektron Unveils New Site Replication Tool
9/12/2005

Ektron, Inc. unveiled a new integrated Site Replication tool that expands options for publishing changes on dynamic Web sites managed by Ektron CMS400.NET. Ektron CMS400.NET's Site Replication feature allows organizations to automate the movement of site changes from a staging to a production (or live) server. Staged changes can be automatically synchronized with the live site, helping ensure failsafe security and quality assurance. The whole process of mirroring, or synchronizing, a Web site is done through the Ektron CMS400.NET user interface. Organizations can leverage this new feature as part of Ektron's Web content management infrastructure and also for the integrated document management functionality recently added to Ektron CMS400.NET. Ektron's Site Replication feature also supports load-balancing for dynamic, high-traffic Web sites that require multiple servers to handle high- volume traffic. A Web site can be mirrored automatically over several Web servers. http://www.ektron.com/

FileNet Introduces Web Content Manager 3.0
9/8/2005

FileNet Corporation (NASDAQ:FILE) introduced the latest version of its FileNet P8 Web content management suite, FileNet Web Content Manager 3.0 (WCM 3.0). FileNet Web Content Manager is an ECM solution that leverages FileNet P8's content management and integrated business process management capabilities to enable non-technical business users to design, create, review, manage, and publish Web content while still providing Webmasters the capability to administer multiple Web sites. WCM 3.0 provides an object-based WCM solution that separates content from layout, and provides content re-use across sites. Among the new and enhanced features of FileNet Web Content Manager is integration with FileNet's Business Process Management capabilities and support for clustering for improved scalability. WCM 3.0 also features a new FileNet P8 integrated, user interface that provides content entry templates, and a component level architecture, which supports versioning and the revision of content at the object level, rather than the page level. http://www.filenet.com

Intellext Releases Watson 2.0
9/8/2005

Intellext announced the general availability of Watson 2.0. The latest downloadable version of Watson lets users select their favorite information sources and see the results that Watson proactively retrieves in a desktop sidebar. Watson's sidebar display is continuously updated with real-time information that is relevant to the work being done at any given moment. Organizations can configure Watson to get information from any searchable source, using Intellext's XML-based integration technology. Connecting Watson to enterprise knowledge systems can increase the usage of internal knowledge assets. New features added during the Watson 2.0 beta program include a Sidebar Display, an Information Source Wizard, Integration with desktop search applications (MSN, X1, and Google) and interfaces with research services. Watson 2.0 now works with the Firefox, in addition to Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook, and Internet Explorer. A free trial of Watson can be downloaded at http://www.intellext.com

Stibo Catalog Releases STEP 4.7
9/7/2005

Stibo Catalog announced the commercial availability of STEP 4.7, the next generation of its product content management and publishing solution for product and catalog-centric businesses. STEP 4.7 includes support for Adobe InDesign CS2 for both Macintosh and PC. Marketing professionals can now publish promotions directly from STEP's product information management (PIM) module, which means they have greater creative design control. The plug-in allows InDesign users access to STEP via a native palette. STEP takes advantage of some of InDesign's advanced features including layers for version publishing and multi-lingual publishing. STEP now supports WebDAV, which allows users with access privileges to browse the product hierarchy. With WebDAV, non-standard users can access STEP without the requirement of a full-user license. The new optional STEPtrade module enables users to create and deliver high volume and high frequency e-catalogs to any e-procurement applications. The tool is designed to allow users to respond rapidly to changing demand and deliver updated product information and pricing within hours. STEP 4.7 is based on J2EE technology using the IBM Websphere application server. http://www.stibocatalog.com

Xyleme Partners with Offline Digital to Deliver Single-Source Publishing for Travel Industry
9/7/2005

Xyleme Inc. and Offline Digital (Pty) Ltd. announced a new partnership to deliver a publishing solution developed specifically for the travel industry. The solution integrates Xyleme's product, Xyleme Server, with Offline Digital's personalized brochure fulfillment application. The combined solution provides web applications designed for use directly by tourists, travel agents, and travel call centers. Tourists can search the content to build personalized itineraries and travel brochures for their own use or forward an e-brochure to friends and relatives. Travel agents and travel call centers can offer incremental value and services by rapidly building personalized selections for an individual customer to print, fax, or email. In the past, Offline Digital used a relational database for storage but found that the heterogeneous travel content could not be easily and rapidly loaded, nor could users perform contextual search queries, severely limiting the level of customization provided to their customers. Xyleme Server is a XML content management solution which lets publishers store, organize, classify, and add intelligence to high-value content in order to rapidly query, assemble and publish specialized products in any format and through any channel. http://www.xyleme.com, http://www.offlinedigital.com/tourism

Jabber Releases Enterprise IM Appliance
9/6/2005

Jabber, Inc. announced the immediate availability of JabberNow, a plug-and-play appliance that delivers compliant, secure, and extensible enterprise instant messaging (EIM) in 15 minutes or less. Targeted to smaller workgroups who internally and often externally collaborate on time-sensitive, mission-critical information, Jabber, Inc. expects initial traction for JabberNow within the financial services, manufacturing, legal, consulting and government information chains. Based on the Jabber Extensible Communications Platform (Jabber XCP), JabberNow federates (securely connects and authenticates) with the majority of instant messaging (IM) and presence networks used by financial institutions, manufacturers, governments and consumers. In its standard configuration, JabberNow is natively interoperable with any other Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) server, works with any XMPP client, including mobile clients and the Macromedia Flash-based Jabber, Inc. client that ships with JabberNow. Available add-ons include the AIM Gateway from Jabber, Inc., SIP/SIMPLE Gateway, Short Message Service (SMS) Gateway, software development kits (SDKs), message archiving, and LDAP integration. Sold directly through the jabber.com Web site as well as through channel partners, JabberNow can support up to 1,000 users with prices starting at $2,495 for 25 users. http://www.jabber.com

Adobe Enhances LiveCycle Server
9/6/2005

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced enhancements to its Adobe LiveCycle server platform. LiveCycle now delivers visual assembly of process automation applications without the need for programming. In addition, LiveCycle now includes Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) for visibility into business processes, better integration of document security and control capabilities, and the ability to integrate data from two-dimensional (2D) barcoded forms for paper-to-electronic automation. The new LiveCycle visual assembly capabilities include a new workflow designer and more than 50 Quick Process Action Components (QPACs). QPACs enable drag and drop integration of steps in a process, such as routing tasks to a user, sending an e-mail, or integrating with backend systems. Technology from Celequest Corporation is the foundation for LiveCycle's new BAM solution that measures and manages workflow performance through customizable dashboards for monitoring business process. Customers can apply digital signatures to Adobe PDF files, publish certified documents, add controls that expressly define who can open, view, print and copy, and dynamically revoke or expire documents. Now, tighter integration allows customers to apply these capabilities at different points in the workflow providing more control over applying policy and rules of a business process. Adobe now offers tools, documentation, support, and pre-configured hosted trials to enterprise developers. Beginning September 19, for $1495 for one year, developers can receive access to Adobe LiveCycle software, support for building custom applications and regular communications from the Adobe engineering and developer teams. Adobe LiveCycle Workflow software is available now and can be purchased as stand-alone offerings, by CPU or by user. Pricing starts at US $50K. http://www.adobe.com/enterprise

Reactivity Announces Enterprise RSS Offering; Partners with SimpleFeed
9/6/2005

Reactivity, Inc., announced it has entered the enterprise RSS market, announcing that its Reactivity Gateways are able to make XML-based syndication practical for use with sensitive, secure and private content. Reactivity Gateways provide the security and other features enterprises need to take RSS beyond public news, marketing and product announcements, while ensuring that RSS use complies with the privacy and data protection requirements of government and corporate regulations. Reactivity Gateways can be used to authenticate access, secure transport, encrypt single and aggregated RSS feeds and transform RSS data to and from other XML formats. Advanced tracking, alerting, reporting and XML message manipulation capabilities, made possible by Reactivity's Advanced Messaging Architecture, simplify the compliant use of RSS while enabling enterprises to respond proactively to non-compliant RSS situations and improper identity usage. And Reactivity's any-to-any interoperability and mediation with other XML and Web services formats, standards, transports and data allows integration of RSS with existing back-end systems. Reactivity also supports Atom 1.0. Reactivity also announced that SimpleFeed has partnered with Reactivity to deliver Secure RSS service. http://www.reactivity.com

Vignette Adds Six VARs
9/6/2005

Vignette Corp. (NASDAQ:VIGN) announced that it has signed six VARs through its relationship with value-added distributor Access Distribution, a General Electric company. Infused Solutions, Intelligent Technology Systems, Laurus Technologies, LCN Technology, Sharpe Consulting LLC and SIS Technologies have agreed to resell Vignette's collaboration and portal products in the United States and Canada. These geographically dispersed VARs have a presence in the small and mid-market Vignette has not historically had a significant presence. The extension of the distribution channel will allow for greater focus and penetration into key growth vertical markets. http://www.vignette.com

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