Quark announced its work with EMC to integrate Quark XML Author with the EMC Documentum enterprise content management solution to bring XML authoring to anyone using Microsoft Word. The integration benefits organizations adopting XML in order to help improve collaboration on content creation, enable content reuse, and comply with regulatory mandates such as the Federal Drug Administration’s Structured Product Labeling (SPL) standard. Now Documentum users can manage, review, and edit XML content created with Quark XML Author directly from Microsoft Word. Documentum users can also take advantage of the XML improvements within the Documentum platform, including enhanced content searching with XML Store, multi-channel publishing with XML Transformation Services, and content delivery with Dynamic Delivery Services. The combined solution: Eases the Adoption of XML- Anyone familiar with Microsoft Word can author XML content, which speeds deployment to enterprise user communities; Removes Complexity- Out of the box integration with Documentum’s native XML features simplifies maintenance and system enhancements; Improves Productivity- The Documentum process portal allows for collaborative authoring and reuse of critical content. http://www.quark.com
Really Strategies, Inc. announced the acquisition of DocZone.com, a SaaS XML content management provider. DocZone.com is known for its DITA-based technical publications solution. The acquisition will complement Really Strategies’ RSuite product line, offering publishers, media companies, and technical publishers an array of pricing and implementation models that fit their business needs. With the addition of DocZone.com, Really Strategies has an established customer base in several new markets, including Fortune 500 technology and manufacturing companies. The acquisition was led by Brook Venture Partners. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. With over 100 clients in the publishing, media, and technical publications markets, the combined company will be headquartered in Audubon, PA, with a strong European presence to serve a global client base. http://www.reallysi.com
Syncro Soft Ltd has announced the availability of version 10.3 of its XML Editor and XML Author. Oxygen combines content author features like the CSS driven Visual XML editor with a fully featured XML development environment. It has ready to use support for the main document frameworks DITA, DocBook, TEI and XHTML and also includes support for all XML Schema languages, XSLT/XQuery Debuggers, WSDL analyzer, XML Databases, XML Diff and Merge, Subversion client and more. Version 10.3 of Oxygen XML Editor improves both the XML Authoring and the XML Development capabilities. As a result of user feedback the Oxygen XML Author API was reorganized and extended with additional functionality. There are various improvements to the existing frameworks (DITA, DocBook, TEI, etc.) like automatic ID generation or DITA aware search and replace. A new XML development feature is the Component Dependencies View that presents a tree of component dependencies starting with a specified component for XSLT, XML Schema, Relax NG and NVDL. The new version also integrates the Saxon SA XQuery Update functionality and updates a number of components to their latest versions. http://www.oxygenxml.com/
SDL announced the acquisition of XyEnterprise, aprovider of XML Component Content Management (CCM) and Dynamic Publishing solutions. The acquisition of XyEnterprise builds on SDL’s earlier acquisition of Trisoft in 2008. Since that acquisition, SDL has seen a growing demand for technologies that manage, reuse and deliver product information across a company’s base of global customers, including everything from service manuals to user documentation. Moving into XML standards such as DITA and S1000D, companies are seeking ways to create, translate and publish structured content once and share that information across their global organizations and customer base. With the acquisition of XyEnterprise, SDL significantly expands its CCM and publishing product offerings and technical capabilities. XyEnterprise brings to the SDL portfolio both XML publishing products (XPP - XML Professional Publisher and LiveContent, an intelligent interactive delivery solution), as well as a new XML standard (S1000D) with XyEnterprise’s Contenta content management software. In addition, XyEnterprise brings mature R&D, professional services and support teams into the larger SDL Group. With the XyEnterprise acquisition, SDL PLC, a UK-based company, is creating a merged business unit of XyEnterprise and SDL Trisoft that will be branded SDL XySoft. XyEnterprise Inc., the legal entity, will continue to do business as a US-based, Delaware company. SDL XySoft will have a combined management team from the SDL Trisoft and XyEnterprise organizations, with Kevin Duffy, President and CEO of XyEnterprise, as CEO of the newly combined business unit, reporting to Mark Lancaster, Chairman and CEO of SDL. SDL will continue to support both XyEnterprise and SDL Trisoft customers and products as the R&D organization moves to a shared component development model. http://www.sdl.com, http://www.xyenterprise.com, http://www.sdltrisoft.com
Percussion Software announced the release of CM System 6.7. This release provides partners, enterprises, institutions and organizations the ability to package and deploy the CM System capabilities they create. Percussion’s packaging tool also offers an upgrade capability. Percussion CM System 6.7 helps organizations keep pace with changes by making it possible to encapsulate custom CMS application functionality into modular, upgradeable packages, which can be configured and reused standalone or in concert with other packages, allowing a building-block approach to the web content management system. When unanticipated needs arise, packages can be updated and re-deployed to extend the life of the development investment by allowing multiple, iterative changes to existing components. Percussion plans to sponsor an open exchange whereby customers and partners can swap, sell or buy application packages. The exchange leverages the open source model by bringing together the unbridled thinking of the Percussion community and the of the Percussion CM System. CM System 6.7 is available for immediate delivery. http://www.percussion.com
RollStream, provider of enterprise community management solutions, announced the launch of its Web 2.0 Onboarding and Information Management solution, enabling customers to automate the registration of new suppliers and approval of changes to business terms, contracts and key credentials for existing suppliers or vendors. RollStream’s Onboarding solution enables suppliers, vendors or distributors to be added to a partner community via intelligent online forms. The role-based approval workflow spans the entire process from supplier registration to internal employee handoffs. RollStream’s collaborative supplier information management capability enables suppliers to manage their own profiles and initiate changes to their information themselves, but ensures that such changes are tied to a customer-defined approval process, allowing visibility and management of supplier master data. Since RollStream Onboarding is directly tied to a comprehensive collaboration platform, users are able to find existing suppliers using search capabilities before submitting duplicate registration requests. Once the profile is complete, customers can communicate and interact with suppliers based upon type, category or classification. With RollStream’s open API Interface for ERP and Content Management, all supplier information, data and credentials can be synchronized with master systems of record. http://www.rollstream.com
Hippo has released Hippo CMS version 7.1 and the new Hippo Site Toolkit (HST). HST introduces a quick and low cost way to deliver Hippo CMS 7.1 to the web, offering a fast integration track with a variety of web front-ends and existing applications. With the new HST, Hippo aims to pair rapid and flexible web development with control and oversight, manageability and security. Under the hood, both products stay close to their roots of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) projects they are built on. By developing the HST as a standalone product, the content and business logic are separated from a presentation layer. Each layer is based on standards, such as the Java Content Repository specification (JSR-170). To speed up the implementation process, HST and Hippo CMS are designed to work together out-of-the-box with Apache Jetspeed Portal 2.2, within the same security model. New features in HST/CMS 7.1 include: Portal integration JSR 168/286, optimized for recently released Apache Jetspeed 2.2. HST website components run transparently in the Portal as native portlets; Faceted browsing of the content structures in the CMS give users their own views for navigation and use; and Web framework independence, with support for JSP, Wicket and advanced support for Spring MVC and others. http://www.onehippo.com
Jive announced an OEM agreement with SAP AG, through which it will deliver community analytics that combine Social Business Software together with SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand offerings. This agreement will leverage SAP's leadership in software-as-a-service (SaaS) business intelligence, resulting in a complete cloud-based analytics and reporting solution for Jive SBS customers. Jive customers will benefit from a quick-to-deploy, secure, stable and flexible analytics offering that also removes the challenges and costs associated with procuring infrastructure and ongoing data management. With SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand delivered as part of the Jive SBS platform, Jive customers will be able to share, discuss and collaborate around business data more effectively, enabling smarter decision-making by a larger number of business users. Rather than relying on a handful of analysts to produce static charts that end up buried in presentations, Jive customers will gain broad access to customizable and interactive reports, along with the ability to share, discuss and collaborate around this information. http://www.jivesoftware.com/
Bluenog announced the availability of Bluenog ICE 4.5, an Enterprise 2.0 application development platform built on pre-integrated open source collaboration, content management, presentation and reporting projects. ICE 4.5's Integrated Collaborative Environment of content management, portal, and business intelligence software now includes an Enterprise Wiki, secure group calendaring features and enhanced centralized administration. ICE 4.5 aggregates functionality from over a dozen open source projects into a single commercial product, with additional integration and features, all supported by Bluenog. This pre-integration helps eliminate the need for developers to manually code features such as security permissions and access to legacy systems across all their applications. Based on the JSPWiki open source project, ICE 4.5 allows users to create and share content through a portal interface. Stored in a secure, enterprise-wide repository, all Wiki pages can be searched, with access permissions defined at the Wiki and page level. ICE 4.5 also introduces an enterprise group calendaring application based on the open source project, Bedework. Bluenog has extended Bedework with secure, restricted access to calendars based on user, group and role. Another feature introduced in ICE 4.5 is ICE Central. This Central Administrative Console includes an improved interface for handling user groups and permissions across ICE's CMS and Portal components. Additionally, its propagation tool enables bulk import/export of ICE CMS Content Types and Content Data assets. The new release extends ICE's CMS functionality with an enhanced rich text editor and configurable HTML cleaner. These new features allow for a more customizable, browser friendly Ajax-compatible style. Bluenog ICE 4.5 will be generally available June 30, 2009. Bluenog ICE 4.5 is available via annual subscription and includes 9x5 support. Priced per-server rather than per-CPU or per-user. http://www.bluenog.com/
Zoho announced Zoho Office for Microsoft SharePoint which lets users work with Zoho online collaborative productivity applications to create, view, and edit files stored in Microsoft SharePoint. Zoho Office for Microsoft SharePoint is delivered as an add-on that installs on top of Microsoft SharePoint 2007 and 2003. Once installed, Zoho Office for Microsoft SharePoint lets users working in Microsoft SharePoint view, edit, and create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in Microsoft Office formats, but using Zoho online applications. When a user clicks on a file in Microsoft SharePoint, the options will include “Edit in Zoho Editor” and “View in Zoho Editor.” The Edit option opens the file for editing in a Zoho editor within Microsoft SharePoint - either Zoho Writer, Zoho Sheet, or Zoho Show, depending upon the file selected. The view option opens the file for viewing in appropriate Zoho applications within Microsoft SharePoint. The user must be connected to the Internet to access Zoho applications. Zoho Office for Microsoft SharePoint enables multiple users to work collaboratively on the same document at the same time, seeing each other's changes instantly. That same functionality is available in online Zoho applications. Zoho Office for Microsoft SharePoint is available today as a 30-day free trial version. After the trial period, users may buy an annual subscription for $24/user. A monthly subscription is also available for $3/user. http://www.zoho.com
