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ThomasTech Launches Digital Publication Website
8/30/2006

Thomas Technology Solutions, Inc. (ThomasTech) has launched a new digital publication solution. The digital publication provides an exact replica of current and back issue publications and documents in an electronic format. While specific to the business needs and deadlines of the client, the typical digital offering from ThomasTech includes the full conversion of print- ready PDF files to a PNG (Portable Network Graphical) format. This format allows for compressed, rapid page loading and searching. Also included in the typical offering are active URL and email links, full text and keyword searching, reporting features, and ad support features that can include banner and float-in ads. Users can view the digital publication using only a web browser; no downloads or plug-ins required. The final site can then be hosted by ThomasTech. http://www.thomastechsolutions.com

AdventNet Unveils SQLOne Database Search Engine
8/30/2006

AdventNet Inc. announced the availability of SQLOne Database Search Engine. SQLOne enables users to search for business information simultaneously across multiple databases such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL. The web-based, keyword-driven search engine allows users to access business critical information as "easily as they would search the Internet". SQLOne is different than traditional database full-text search engines. Most databases are designed with tables that are related to each other. This is done to avoid data duplication and to ensure data integrity. Unless these relationships are discovered and mapped, searches will be incomplete and users will not have a full picture. SQLOne addresses this challenge. With SQLOne, enterprises can now "search-enable" a wide variety of database driven applications including: corporate websites; intranets; e-commerce sites; knowledge management; customer service; product directories as well as business applications like customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise content management (ECM) and HR management systems. Independent software vendors with these and other database-driven applications can also add SQLOne into their products resulting in an integrated search capability specific to their solutions. SQLOne Search is available for trial or purchase. There are several options including: a 45-day evaluation license; a permanent Free Edition, with support for up to 2GB of search index creation; a Professional Edition starting at $245 USD per year subscription for up to 5GB of search index creation. http://www.adventnet.com

Mondosoft Releases Technology Preview of MondoSearch for EPiServer v.2.0
8/30/2006

Mondosoft and EPiServer released a Technology Preview of MondoSearch for EPiServer v.2.0 to its partner community. The Technology Preview Edition of MondoSearch for EPiServer is available now for download and comes with a demo script for an overview of features and benefits. The new integration presents the same look-and-feel as EPiServer's interface and allows web administrators access to all search and search analytics data directly within the EPiServer environment. MondoSearch for EPiServer v.2 contains two elements that help web administrators manage and improve content on their site: a search engine coupled with BehaviorTracking, Mondosoft's search analytics module. BehaviorTracking is a new addition to MondoSearch for EPiServer v.2 and provides: Overview reports with valuable information on where to optimize the site based on data provided by visitors; Information on site performance including what visitors are looking for, based on Top Search Words, Top Not Found Search Words, Top Not Clicked, Top Links Chosen; Information on visitors' interests and activity on the site to help measure the success of marketing initiatives; The option to guide visitors to the right data using synonyms; and The ability to set up watch groups and track behavior and trends. Mondosoft for EPiServer v.2.0 is scheduled for final release October 18, 2006. The Technology Preview Edition of MondoSearch for EPiServer v.2. is available now for free download at http://www.mondosoft.com, http://www.episerver.com

XMetaL Announces Content Lifecycle Solutions Practice
8/29/2006

XMetaL announced the formation of its Content Lifecycle Solutions Practice to deliver expertise in the strategy, planning, design, and implementation of content lifecycle processes and technology. The group will work with XMetaL clients to improve content lifecycles -- business processes that span the contribution, authoring, styling, review, localization, publishing and management of content. One area of focus is to enable global enterprises to increase the clock speed of multilingual content publishing, and in the process radically reduce localization costs by implementing best practices and technologies for multilingual content management and globalization management. XMetaL's Content Lifecycle Solutions Practice will help global organizations deliver content faster and more consistently across markets, enabling simultaneous global product launches while reducing the cost of content localization. In addition, organizations will be better able to establish control over their global brands by maintaining a single source of content, while providing unique local content to ensure a superior and relevant customer experience. http://www.xmetal.com

CambridgeDocs Announces Word FO Designer for Microsoft Word
8/24/2006

CambridgeDocs announced the release of Word FO Designer, a new plug-in for Microsoft Word that allows organizations to add multi-channel publishing to their business applications. With this new capability, companies that publish large volumes of transactional documents and personalized correspondence, such as those in the insurance, financial services and healthcare industries, can dynamically custom-assemble documents for publication without having to manually maintain hundreds of document templates. Word FO Designer turns Microsoft Word into an authoring tool for creating electronic and print documents with no requirement to write custom code, enabling the creation of scaleable, high-performance publishing applications in both Windows and Unix environments. When used in conjunction with the CambridgeDocs xDoc Publishing Server, Word FO Designer allows organizations to generate Stylesheets from Microsoft Word documents. Based on XSLT, these Stylesheets can insert XML data into designated locations within Word documents and then dynamically populate their content, similar to a server-side Mail Merge. Word FO Designer also allows for inserting formatting control within templates through the use of ordinary Microsoft Word commands. Cross-platform server-based applications (written in either Java or .NET) can then call these document templates and include dynamic personalized multi-channel publishing within ordinary business processes. The Word FO Designer is priced at $995 per copy, and is available for download immediately. http://www.cambridgedocs.com

FAST and Fuji Xerox Singapore Team to Deliver Information Management Systems
8/22/2006

Fuji Xerox Singapore and Fast Search & Transfer (OSEAX:FAST.OL) announced a partnership to address the demand for information access technologies in the ASEAN market. The partnership with FAST allows Fuji Xerox to enhance its document and knowledge management offerings by integrating advanced enterprise search technology. Fuji Xerox Singapore will first focus on delivering integrated solutions for the Singaporean market and is planning to involve other offices across the ASEAN region in the near future. http://www.fujixerox.com.sg, http://www.fastsearch.com

J.L. Halsey Acquires ClickTracks and Hot Banana
8/21/2006

J.L. Halsey Corporation (OTCBB:JLHY) announced that it has acquired Web analytics vendor ClickTracks Analytics, Inc., and emarketing Web content management company Hot Banana Software Inc. To finance these acquisitions, the Company closed a $10 million subordinated bridge loan. The acquisitions of ClickTracks and Hot Banana are steps in the strategy of J.L. Halsey to become a provider of software solutions for digital marketers at mid-size businesses. The company is building on its existing portfolio of email marketing solutions, with an eye toward providing the key technologies that mid-size marketers need to produce greater return on investment from online marketing budgets. At the closing of the ClickTracks acquisition, Halsey paid the security holders of ClickTracks approximately $7.6 million in cash, issued to the security holders of ClickTracks who are "accredited investors" approximately $2.9 million worth of Halsey common stock (valued at a 30-day trailing average of Halsey's closing sale prices), agreed to pay to the security holders of ClickTracks who are not "accredited investors" a total of approximately $100,000 in cash, and agreed, in the event that certain milestones are reached over the next two years, to pay the owners of ClickTracks an additional $3,300,000 in earn-out payments. An additional $510,000 will be paid subject to working capital adjustments. At the closing of the Hot Banana acquisition, Halsey paid the owners of Hot Banana approximately 1.9 million Canadian dollars in cash and will make installments totaling up to approximately 750,000 Canadian dollars if Hot Banana achieves specified revenue and technology integration targets in the first and second year following the closing. An additional 500,000 Canadian dollars will be paid subject to working capital and other adjustments. ClickTracks and Hot Banana will operate as indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries and will continue to invest in R&D, sales and marketing and enhance their technologies. No restructuring actions are planned for either company. http://www.jlhalsey.com, http://www.clicktracks.com, http://www.hotbanana.com

Ketera Launches On Demand Supplier Content Management Solution
8/15/2006

Ketera launched Ketera Supplier Content Management, an on demand content management solution that integrates with the Ketera Supplier Portal to offer complete visibility into the catalog management process. These new capabilities help organizations struggling to realize expected savings from eProcurement. Ketera Supplier Content Management is an integral part of the Ketera Supplier Portal, a web-based environment for all suppliers to on-board their content, transact with diverse buyers and maximize their savings potential by making use of various spend analysis solutions. Ketera Supplier Content Management is an automated application that augments the Supplier Portal by enabling buyers and suppliers to reduce the services costs and manual work associated with supplier on-boarding and catalog management. Specifically, Ketera Supplier Content Management offers users complete visibility into the daunting task of supplier catalog management and publication by providing workflow, notifications and alerts throughout every step of the process. It offers both mid- and large-sized enterprise users alike the flexibility to handle diverse requirements by providing configurable customer preferences and task parameters with enhanced accuracy. Ketera Supplier Content Management provides the following capabilities: Catalog uploading, validation and approval functionality; Content resubmission for updating an existing catalog; "Diff Reports" highlight differences between production and proposed catalog versions for help in the review process; and upon approval, the catalog may be activated and made available for the buyers. Ketera Supplier Content Management integrated with the Ketera Supplier Portal is available immediately in all geographies. http://www.ketera.com

Hummingbird Launches RedDot LiveServer 3.0
8/15/2006

Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ:HUMC) (NASDAQ:TSX:) (NASDAQ:HUM) announced the global availability of RedDot LiveServer 3.0, the latest release of its Content Delivery and Web Application Integration software from RedDot Solutions, a Hummingbird company. RedDot LiveServer delivers personalization, contextual delivery, extended search and application integration to help organizations deliver content in context and extend their content management investment. RedDot LiveServer 3.0 now features: integrated Web analytics, provided with Hummingbird BI Query technology, to allow organizations to understand how the content of their site is being used to quickly update their Web site and online campaigns based on that knowledge; new out-of-the-box reports with analytic options, which give marketers information on content and campaign performance to optimize site performance; extended integration options to access existing documents from other document management systems. LiveServer's 'Content Integrator' module now provides check-in/check-out and write access to all document repositories to allow users to create, change and delete information, as well as read documents; and improved search engine functionality for complex and personalized search queries enabling capabilities such as faceted searching. http://www.reddot.com/, http://www.hummingbird.com/

Convera Launches Govmine Search Site
8/14/2006

Convera Corporation (NASDAQ:CNVR) announced the beta launch of govmine, a commercial search site specifically designed for government professionals. govmine is based on Convera's technology platform that has been deployed at government agencies, and most recently as a web indexing solution for publishers. Convera has also entered into strategic relationships with Rocketinfo and Quigo as part of the govmine offering. Rocketinfo will offer real-time news based on search queries, while Quigo will provide the contextual advertising system for the site. The version of govmine launched today is a beta version, and govmine is looking for feedback to enhance the user experience. Feedback can be provided using a link on the home page. govmine will make adjustments based on user feedback and move out of beta development towards the end of this fiscal year. http://www.convera.com http://www.govmine.com

Zimbra Launches Zimbra Documents and Zimbra Collaboration Suite 4.0
8/14/2006

Zimbra announced the launch of the Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) 4.0. ZCS 4.0 includes the launch of Zimbra Documents, a Web 2.0 application for securely creating, sharing and publishing documents, spreadsheets and folders within an enterprise or organization, and across organizational boundaries. Other new features in ZCS 4.0 include "over the air" synchronization for a wide range of mobile devices; the ability to customize or "re-skin" the Zimbra user interface with your own brand, look and feel; and easier management of large-scale enterprise, service provider, academic and government deployments. Zimbra Documents allows users to create and share documents and spreadsheets using a simple WYSIWYG editor in the browser, then share them internally, send them in an email, or publish them externally with a simple URL. It uses the AJAX Linking and Embedding (ALE) technology that Zimbra introduced in April. ALE is the first Web authoring solution to allow one document to be embedded within another, such as adding a spreadsheet to an HTML page. Additionally, Zimbra Documents includes access control lists (ACLs) to allow users to set permissions so that a group can view or edit content. Zimbra Documents also supports the Zimlet technology, whereby alternative Intranet applications and Internet Web services can be integrated or "mashed-up" within the document. Finally, Zimbra Documents includes the entire index, searching, and archiving capabilities that are core to the Zimbra Collaboration Suite. The ZCS 4.0 Open Source Edition is free. The commercially-supported ZCS Network Edition is available for a 60-day free trial on the Zimbra Website. ZCS 4.0 Network Edition pricing starts at $25/mailbox/year for a minimum of 25 users for the Standard Edition, which includes product support as well as software subscriptions to new releases, updates and patches. Additional discounts are available for larger organizations. ZCS is available on-premise or as a hosted service. http://www.zimbra.com/

IBM to Acquire FileNet
8/10/2006

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and FileNet Corporation (NASDAQ: FILE) announced that the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire FileNet in an all-cash transaction at a price of approximately $1.6 billion, or $35 per share. The acquisition is subject to FileNet shareholder approval, regulatory reviews and other customary closing conditions. It is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2006. This acquisition is intended to build upon IBM's Information on Demand initiative, launched in February 2006, to combine IBM's software, services, partners and industry consulting expertise. The Information on Demand strategy aims to provide clients with data when and how they need it to improve their business processes as enterprise content management (ECM) and business process management (BPM) are becoming more critical for improving business performance. IBM's acquisition of FileNet will allow customers to benefit from the combined capabilities of both companies from ensuring content is delivered and utilized in context of their business processes to achieving effective compliance, archiving and document retention. IBM plans to build upon the Content Management technologies of both companies to provide customers and partners with industry-focused solutions that are able to proactively capture and deliver content as part of a business process. These technologies can be integrated into IBM's service oriented architecture (SOA)-based capabilities, including business process management and information lifecycle management. Following completion of the acquisition, IBM intends to: Combine FileNet's operations with IBM's Content Management business in the Information Management unit led by General Manager Ambuj Goyal; Preserve and enhance customer investments in both FileNet and IBM Content Management platforms, leveraging IBM's Information Integration technology to develop broader ECM solutions; Integrate IBM's BPM and Service Oriented Architecture technologies with the FileNet platform; and train IBM and FileNet partner and services teams on both IBM and FileNet technology. http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/ondemandbusiness/, http://www.filenet.com

See comments from Leonor and Thad on our blog.

Nuxeo Releases Version 3.4.2 of its Open Source ECM Platform
8/10/2006

Nuxeo announced the release of version 3.4.2 of their open source ECM platform, Nuxeo CPS. CPS is a full open source ECM stack in development since 2001, and that is used in various e-government applications, document management applications (addressing the full document lifecycle) and web portals in Europe and Africa. Technical information ay: http://www.cps-project.org/sections/news/cps-3-4-2-released, http://www.nuxeo.com/en/

Open Text Announces Latest Release of FirstClass
8/8/2006

Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX) (NASDAQ:TSX:) (NASDAQ:OTC) announced that its FirstClass division has released the latest version of its suite of integrated communications and collaboration software, the FirstClass Collaboration Suite, for learning organizations and businesses. The FirstClass Collaboration Suite, version 8.3, offers a set of integrated applications that enable customers to create collaborative online communities that securely connect people and resources via any Internet-accessible device. FirstClass enhances communication and collaboration within a secure, networked environment with applications such as e-mail, instant messaging, calendars, contact management, workgroup collaboration, document sharing, file storage, web publishing, blogging, podcasting, and unified voice and fax messaging. FirstClass Workspaces are collaborative areas in which multiple users within a small workgroup can easily and access and share resources. Each Workspace provides out-of-the-box templates for shared content, including a discussion conference, calendar, contact database, document storage, and bookmarks folder. The new interface lets users easily toggle between the traditional FirstClass desktop view and a new application suite view that provides instant access to all FirstClass applications. FirstClass now supports SyncML, managed by the Open Mobile Alliance. This provides bi-directional wireless syncing of contacts, calendars, and tasks with devices that support SyncML, including many standard mobile phones and smart phones. FirstClass 8.3 provides a facility that uses web publishing techniques such as blogging and podcasting. FirstClass 8.3 delivers a Universal version for Mac OS X, enabling FirstClass to run on both PowerPC and the new Intel-based Macintoshes. http://www.firstclass.com/, http://www.opentext.com

Interwoven Announces Scrittura P2P
8/8/2006

Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ:IWOV) announced the forthcoming availability of Scrittura P2P, intended to be the first financial services solution that processes all forms of post-trade confirmations directly between financial parties (called peer-to-peer processing) without the use of a hosted intermediary. Scrittura P2P aims to shrink the current enormous backlogs of post-trade documentation by enabling prompt, accurate processing between all parties involved in these complex investment transactions. The processing complexities of derivatives generated headlines recently when massive multi-billion-dollar backlogs of post-trade documentation drew the concern of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in the United Kingdom, the Federal Reserve in the United States, and other financial regulators. While this regulatory attention has led to a heavy focus on credit derivatives, the processing of other complex instruments, for example structured products, has largely been ignored. Scrittura P2P will enable trading messages to contain any data format, removing the restrictions imposed by existing message protocols. Scrittura P2P will support both structured and unstructured trade data, as well as any custom messages sent between financial parties. Scrittura P2P will securely exchange trading information directly between participants without an intermediary hosted connection. Scrittura P2P will provide numerous features to reduce confirmation processing times and increase the accuracy of derivatives trade processing. Scrittura P2P will be available as a standalone, independent solution or will operate with Interwoven's Scrittura solution suite, a family of products for processing of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. http://www.interwoven.com/

EMC Introduces Documentum Information Rights Management (IRM) Services and EMC Documentum Records Manager 5.3
8/7/2006

EMC Corporation introduced EMC Documentum Information Rights Management (IRM) Services and EMC Documentum Records Manager 5.3 - two complementary content management software offerings that are now unified with the EMC Documentum enterprise content management (ECM) platform. Both are designed to help companies respond faster to changing regulatory requirements while enabling more secure information sharing and disposal. Documentum IRM Services combines EMC content management software with information rights management technology from the acquisition of Authentica, Inc. The new software gives content owners more control over information access and use, including the ability to restrict user access, set up watermarks, block printing or forwarding to unauthorized recipients and revoke the ability to open a file. It also maintains a complete audit trail of document activity and allows administrators to change user privileges at any time, even as files are copied or distributed outside the corporate firewall. EMC today also announced EMC Documentum IRM Services for eRoom. Based on the same technology as Documentum IRM Services, Documentum IRM Services for eRoom provides added protection and control over information being shared with partners or customers via EMC Documentum eRoom 7.3 web-based collaborative environment. EMC Documentum Information Rights Management Services, EMC Documentum Information Rights Services for eRoom and EMC Documentum Records Manager 5.3 are available immediately. http://software.emc.com/

Permabit to OEM FAST InStream
8/7/2006

Fast Search & Transfer (OSEAX: FAST.OL) (FAST) announced an OEM partnership with Permabit, Inc. Permabit will integrate both its Dynamic Information Services information retention and control software and Permabit Compliance Store, with FAST InStream, an OEM-specific solution that enables storage system, information management and application developers to develop solutions that classify and make searchable both structured and unstructured information. With the integration of FAST InStream, Permabit will provide its customers a solution that enables searching, discovery and retrieval of archived data within Permabit Compliance Store and other solutions that use Permabit Dynamic Information Services. The agreement with FAST will play an important role when Permabit adds data classification and information discovery capabilities into the next generation of its Dynamic Information Services software due out this fall. Permabit's Dynamic Information Services software enables preservation of sensitive information while maintaining fast access to underlying intelligence. It provides a software platform for adding services to storage systems and applications, and it is the heart of Permabit Compliance Store, a complete, non-disruptive solution for meeting compliance, governance and mission-critical archival requirements. The system combines secure, long-term protection with disk-based access. http://www.permabit.com, http://www.fastsearch.com

Open Text to Acquire Hummingbird
8/4/2006

Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSX: HUM) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which a wholly-owned subsidiary of Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX; TSX: OTC) will acquire all of Hummingbird�s outstanding shares in an all-cash transaction valued at US$27.85 per share, or approximately US$489 million (CDN$551 million). The Board of Directors has unanimously approved the transaction and Hummingbird�s Board is unanimously recommending that shareholders vote in favour of the transaction. The Open Text transaction represents a premium of 20.5% to Hummingbird�s shares on May 25, 2006, the day prior to Hummingbird�s announcement that it had agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Symphony Technology Group for US$26.75 per share, and a premium of 4.1% to the Symphony transaction. Prior to executing a definitive agreement with Open Text, Hummingbird terminated its arrangement agreement with affiliates of Symphony and, as required by that agreement, paid an affiliate of Symphony a termination fee of approximately US$11.7 million. The transaction is to be carried out by way of a statutory plan of arrangement and will be subject to the approval of two-thirds of the votes cast by Hummingbird�s shareholders at a meeting of shareholders, currently expected to be held in late-September, as well as court approval. The transaction is also subject to certain other customary conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals. The proposed transaction is expected to close in early-October, shortly after receipt of shareholder and court approvals.

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Stellent Acquires SealedMedia and Bitform
8/2/2006

Stellent, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEL) announced it has staked a claim in the content security market by acquiring SealedMedia Limited, a provider of enterprise digital rights management (eDRM) solutions, and Bitform, a provider of content cleansing technologies. These technologies will enable Stellent customers to better secure and control sensitive content both inside and outside of the enterprise. SealedMedia helps organizations maintain complete control, for the lifetime of a document, over who can use their most sensitive information and when they can use it. Its enterprise digital rights management software protects information wherever it is stored and used. Unlike conventional information management products that only manage information while it resides in servers, SealedMedia extends security, control and tracking to information on remote end-user desktops, laptops and mobile wireless devices. Bitform is an early-stage software development company. Bitform's primary product addresses the rising challenge of hidden data within documents, which can create security and policy risks. This hidden information includes metadata, tracked changes and comments, revision and author history, fast-save data, and database connection details, among many other elements. The Bitform Secure SDK identifies and cleanses or strips files of sensitive, confidential or proprietary metadata and hidden information that may pose risks to organizations if exposed. Stellent will integrate SealedMedia's digital rights management functionality into the Stellent Universal Content Management product suite. All access rights for this digital information will be managed, audited and reported on from a central system. This functionality also will be integrated into Stellent Universal Records Management. Stellent also will continue to market SealedMedia's products on a standalone basis, including the core enterprise digital rights management technology as well as the packaged solutions SealedMedia Express for Board Communications and SealedMedia Express for Mergers and Acquisitions. Approximately 30 SealedMedia employees will join Stellent, including Dr. Martin Lambert, the company's founder and chief technology officer, who will assume the role of chief technology officer for the SealedMedia division of Stellent. Stellent's OEM customers will benefit from the Bitform acquisition by integrating Bitform Secure SDK into their software applications. In addition, by integrating Bitform's technology within its ECM products, Stellent will provide customers with the capability to automatically or manually ensure final, published documents are clean and accurate. Bitform Secure SDK's support for automated, policy-driven document analysis and cleansing also will enhance Stellent's records management and compliance applications. Bitform Secure SDK will become part of Stellent's Outside In family of products under the new name Outside In Clean Content SDK and is available immediately through Stellent's existing OEM channel. Stellent acquired SealedMedia for $10 million in cash and contingent consideration of up to $5 million based upon the achievement of certain financial objectives. Stellent acquired Bitform for $1.2 million in cash and contingent consideration of up to $1.3 million based upon the achievement of certain financial objectives. http://www.stellent.com

Inxight & Visual Analytics Partner to Tag and Visualize Unstructured Data for Government
8/2/2006

Inxight Federal Systems and Visual Analytics, Inc. (VAI) announced that Inxight's entity and fact extraction technologies will be integrated with the Digital Information Gateway (DIG) Symphony platform and VisuaLinks from Visual Analytics to visualize the tagged data and relationships. Combining Inxight ThingFinder Professional with VisuaLinks and DIG Symphony products enable analysts to connect the dots and understand relationships and events more effectively. Inxight ThingFinder transforms unstructured text by identifying the critical entities, such as people, places, organizations, weapons, currencies, phone numbers, license plates, vehicles and so on. It also extracts facts and events involving these entities, such as travel events, purchase events, and member-of relationships. DIG Symphony and VisuaLinks platforms from VAI then operate on these entities to bring clarity to complex investigations and intelligence analysis. DIG Symphony offers an integrated methodology for managing key data processing and workflow operations for individual projects or across an enterprise. DIG Symphony provides a number of core data manipulation capabilities that include data transformations, data standardization, multi-source integration, entity resolution, and scoring/ranking of results. The DIG Symphony framework provides an integrated, Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach to information processing. VisuaLinks is a platform-independent (Java-based), graphical analysis tool used to discover patterns, trends, associations, hidden networks, and non-obvious relationships across multiple data sources. VisuaLinks is designed to address the entire analytical process, from simultaneous access and data integration (entity resolution) to presentation and reporting, providing a single and complete solution to a broad range of data analysis needs. http://www.inxightfedsys.com, http://www.visualanalytics.com

QL2 Software and TEMIS Join Forces
8/1/2006

QL2 Software, provider of targeted information retrieval and TEMIS, provider of Text Analytics enterprise solutions, announced a new business alliance. QL2 Software's data retrieval and extraction combined with TEMIS Text Analytics solution is a two-step system that delivers industry-specific and application-oriented data analysis reports from locked and hidden content. When adopting this solution, customers can reduce the amount of time spent crawling and have the ability to create specialized reports using advanced text analytics capabilities. WebQL 3.0 from QL2 Software is a platform automating the process of extracting information from the Web as well as other unstructured data sources then reformatting it into structured and actionable formats. WebQL extracts information inside and outside firewalls, monitors password protected sources like newswires, trade journals, email repositories, websites and blogs, and then displays the relevant data. Online Miner 3.2 from TEMIS is a Text Analytics and Discovery solution. Online Miner enhances the use of information by extracting documents' key concepts and their meanings, for automatic classification and the discovery of new relationships and associations. Online Miner provides many graphical options enabling results visualization and navigation within corpus. Online Miner plays a role in fields where information processing is complex due to the great volume of data, such as Competitive Intelligence, Customer Relationship Management, Scientific Intelligence and Reputation Management. Under this partner agreement, QL2 Software and TEMIS will be partners and value-added resellers for both solutions. http://www.QL2.com, http://www.temis.com

Idiom Technologies and XMetaL Sign OEM Agreement
8/1/2006

Idiom Technologies, Inc. and Justsystems, Inc. announced an OEM agreement that will enable XMetaL, a Justsystems company, to offer Idiom WorldServer to XMetaL customers. XMetaL will bundle Idiom's WorldServer to offer its customers a complete multilingual content reuse solution. The Idiom partnership with XMetaL is part of an overall strategy to expand distribution opportunities for WorldServer. In support of this effort, Idiom last year launched its WorldServer LSP Advantage Program to aggressively fill an emerging market need driven by consolidation in the translation software and services market. http://www.idiominc.com, http://www.xmetal.com

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ThomasTech Launches Digital Publication Website
8/30/2006