March 2007 Archives

Basis Technology Corp. announced that it is delivering advanced linguistics modules integrated with the Lucene open source search engine. Basis Technology’s Rosette Linguistics Platform allows Lucene-based applications to index and search text in multiple languages concurrently, including complex script languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Japanese and Korean. The combination of Lucene and Rosette provides an environment for building multilingual applications in such areas as CRM, enterprise information retrieval, e-Discovery, and digital forensics. Rosette delivers a broad range of analytic capabilities including language identification, segmentation, lemmatization, noun decompounding, part-of-speech tagging, sentence boundary detection, noun phrase analysis, and entity extraction. http://www.basistech.com

Inxight Software announced the launch of the Inxight SmartDiscovery Metadata Management System (MMS), which allows users to review, cleanse and augment automatically extracted metadata – the entities, relations and event data trapped in electronic text. The Inxight SmartDiscovery Metadata Management System is designed specifically for the collection, exploration and cleansing of data derived from unstructured sources. It provides data quality assurance – the ability to profile data to discover inconsistencies and other anomalies and perform data cleansing activities (detecting, correcting or removing inaccurate records) – to improve data quality. The Inxight Metadata Management System includes three modules: The Metadata Connector, which directs extracted output from Inxight's SmartDiscovery text extraction; The Metadata Repository, which leverages and extends a standard Oracle database to hold Inxight-extracted information; The thin-client Metadata Editor, which allows users to modify and augment the results of Inxight's SmartDiscovery text extraction. SmartDiscovery Metadata Management System complements the rest of the SmartDiscovery platform, turning unstructured text into actionable information and bridging the gap between search and business intelligence. Other SmartDiscovery components include SmartDiscovery Awareness Server federated search and alerts, SmartDiscovery Extraction Server text processing, and SmartDiscovery VizServer visualization products, providing a platform for acquiring, extracting, storing, validating and exploring relationships, trends, timelines and more. http://www.inxight.com/

NewsGator Technologies, Inc. announced two new RSS readers for IBM's Lotus messaging and collaboration environments. The NewsGator Plug-In for Lotus Notes delivers RSS feed-reading capabilities within Lotus Notes versions 6.5 and higher, while the NewsGator Plug-in for Lotus Sametime adds this capability to version 7.5 of the enterprise instant messaging client. The plug-ins are available as options to the NewsGator Enterprise Server (NGES) solution, which provides centralized management and delivery of RSS feeds to the Web, desktops, e-mail clients, portals and mobile devices. These RSS readers allow organizations to deliver updates from news sites, blogs, wikis, content management systems and enterprise applications directly into an environment users are familiar with. Employees can also access the same information on company intranets and portals, mobile devices or their desktop without seeing the same information over again. NewsGator Enterprise Server is a product for aggregating, reading and distributing RSS content within the enterprise. It brings NewsGator's RSS platform behind the firewall, providing enterprise class security, manageability and deployment. NGES optionally integrates with Microsoft Exchange LDAP servers. http://www.newsgator.com

Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ: IWOV) announced that Interwoven Records Manager has received U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) 5015.2 certification. The certification verifies that Interwoven Records Manager, a solution that manages both physical and electronic records in a unified environment, complies with the DoD 5015.2 standard. This standard defines the requirements that must be met by records management application products used by the DoD and other government agencies based on operational, legislative, and legal needs. The Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), a division of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), awarded the certification of Interwoven Records Manager on March 13, 2007. The 5015.2 standard is endorsed by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and is viewed as the benchmark for government and corporate organizations that manage classified records and documents. http://www.interwoven.com

FinerEdge Software announced the immediate availability of FinerEdge Publisher, an enterprise dynamic content publishing solution that can be rapidly deployed and integrated with existing enterprise systems and databases. A WYSIWYG designer within the Integrated Document Development Environment allows creation of dynamic web and professionally printable output formats on the fly from a single product. FinerEdge Publisher uses XHTML elements and CSS styles, with sensible extensions for precise formatting and paged output, to maximize a document author’s productivity and promote content reuse. When used with existing databases, FinerEdge Publisher enables the creation of dynamic business documents that have the ability to alter themselves based on the data made available, such as extra-large catalogs, mini-catalogs, manuals, sophisticated financial statements, legal contracts, report applications, and more. This cross-media server-based publishing solution automatically slices, dices, and selectively publishes dynamic business content with typeset quality for commercial print formats such as all versions of PDF and PostScript in addition to commonly employed formats such as RTF, XHTML, XML, Text, and direct view and print facilities. http://www.fineredge.com

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced the Adobe Creative Suite 3 product line. Adobe's new Creative Suite 3 line-up unites Adobe and Macromedia products to provide designers and developers with options for all facets of print, web, mobile, interactive, film, and video production. There are six all-new configurations of Adobe Creative Suite 3. These include, Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Design Standard editions; Creative Suite 3 Web Premium and Web Standard editions; and Creative Suite 3 Production Premium; and, Creative Suite Master Collection which combines 12 of Adobe’s new design and development applications in a single box. The majority of Adobe Creative Suite 3 editions will be available as Universal applications for both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs and support Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista. Customers will experience increased levels of performance and speed running Creative Suite 3 natively on Intel-based Macintosh systems and the latest Windows hardware. Customers can choose from six all-new suites or full version upgrades of 13 stand-alone applications, including Photoshop CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, InDesign CS3, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, and After Effects CS3. Each edition of Adobe Creative Suite 3 integrates different configurations of Adobe's creative products: Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium delivers an essential toolkit for print, web, interactive and mobile design while Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard focuses on professional print design and production. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium combines the web design and development tools and Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Standard serves the professional web developer. Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium is a post-production solution for video professionals. Lastly, Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection combines 12 new creative applications in one box, enabling customers to design across all media - print, web, interactive, mobile, video and film. Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard, and Creative Suite 3 Web Premium and Standard will begin shipping in April 2007. Creative Suite 3 Production Premium and Creative Suite 3 Master Collection for Mac OS X on Intel-based systems and for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista platforms will begin shipping worldwide in the third quarter of 2007. Estimated street price for the Creative Suite 3 Design Premium is US$1799, US$1599 for Creative Suite 3 Web Premium, US$1699 for Creative Suite 3 Production Premium, and US$2499 for Creative Suite 3 Master Collection. There are upgrade paths available for customers. http://www.adobe.com

Zimbra Announced Zimbra Desktop, allowing Zimbra's Ajax-based collaboration experience offline as well as online. Write email, add new appointments, edit documents and when re-connected changes will be automatically synced to the Zimbra Server. Zimbra Desktop is available as an alpha version. Current feature highlights: Full email support - compose, edit, delete, reply, or make drafts online and offline; Fast Zimbra search including Advanced Search builder; Support for contacts, both locally stored and GAL (when online) ; Easy set up wizard for account configuration; Existing user preferences (folders, signatures, settings, etc) are imported; Works with ZCS 4.5 servers. Zimbra Desktop is free to users of both Open Source and Network Edition users to evaluate (pricing and availability have not been set). Zimbra Desktop features on the near horizon: Support for Calendar, Documents, and Zimlets; Pick folders to sync; Support for POP and IMAP accounts. Zimbra does not provide formal customer support on pre-GA products. Zimbra Forums and Bugzilla are available. Zimbra Desktop is available for Windows, Apple, or Linux operating systems. http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html

JustSystems, Inc. announced three important additions to its Partner Program. The 4-tier program, categorized into Strategic Partner, Premier Certified, Certified and Associate designations, was created earlier this year to reflect the company’s focus on partners that will add value through complementary software and services to support an end-to-end content lifecycle solution. The newest members of the program are: Astoria Software, an on-demand content management solution for dynamic product documentation; IXIASOFT, provider of the DITA CMS Framework, a content management solution specifically designed to manage DITA-based documentation processes, and TEXTML Server, an XML server; and Scriptorium, providers of customized publishing systems and hands-on training for publishing professionals. Astoria Software and IXIASOFT have joined as Certified Solution Partners and will develop new integrated solutions based on XMetaL Connector, the dedicated integration layer between XMetaL content creation software and third-party content repository and management systems. Scriptorium has joined as a Certified Service Partner. As members of the Partner Program, these partners receive resources from JustSystems, including training, developer support and other services.
http://na.justsystems.com

Traction Software announced a free, five-user, five projects download of its TeamPage enterprise blog and wiki solution. The TeamPage5 product provides the full functionality of the TeamPage Server but is limited to five login accounts and five projects (blog / wiki spaces). The license can be used for publicly-facing or internal websites. Each project can be configured to allow anyone to read, comment or subscribe to RSS feeds. TeamPage5 is free for commercial or non-commercial use. TeamPage5 customers may download software and access online support through Traction Software's hosted Forum project and knowledge base (registration required), or they may purchase a $1K support contract. TeamPage5 customers who wish to develop TeamPage extensions can use Traction's Skin Definition Language (SDL) and Java Software Development Kit (SDK) to develop plug-ins for their own use, to share, or to sell. Traction also announced the new Traction TeamPage plug-in architecture that enables customers to develop and share new Traction interfaces, skins, forms, dashboard views, widgets and SDK or SDL functions. New functions and customizations can be shared within the company, or the entire Traction TeamPage user community. The new plug-in architecture is available now for customers and via the concurrently announced free TeamPage5 license and Traction TeamPage Release 3.7.3. The TeamPage5 software is available immediately for download. http://www.tractionsoftware.com/

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Services Description Working Group released three Last Call Working Drafts for the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0: "Part 0: Primer," Part 1: Core Language" and "Part 2: Adjuncts." Comments are welcome through 15 April on this brief Last Call for changes since Candidate Recommendation review. WSDL "RDF Mapping" and "SOAP 1.1 Binding" are updated Working Drafts. WSDL 2.0 models and describes modular Web services and is used to document distributed systems and to automate communication between applications. Read about Web services. http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-wsdl20-20070326/

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced that because of requests from Working Group participants and the wider community, the XML Query Working Group released two First Public Working Drafts. "XQuery Scripting Extension 1.0 Requirements" describes goals and requirements for making XQuery 1.0 functional as a scripting language. "XML Query (XQuery) 1.1 Requirements" describes compatibility and functionality requirements for extending XML Query 1.0. http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xquery-sx-10-requirements-20070323/

KnowNow Inc. announced improved security, greater reach, higher relevancy and new application integration in the newest version of Enterprise Syndication Solution (ESS), the company’s solution designed to accelerate information flow across the enterprise and the Web. With KnowNow ESS, enterprises can syndicate business information. KnowNow ESS ‘RSS-ifies’ non-RSS enabled systems alongside any RSS or XML-based content. Knowledge workers simply specify the information they want delivered, when and where they want it, and KnowNow delivers relevant, filtered information as it happens. KnowNow ESS protects users from cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery attacks before they can happen. New enhancements also include deeper integration with Microsoft Vista and Microsoft Exchange. Enhanced features support Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla Firefox 2.0 gives users the option of using their browser as their RSS reader. Enhanced deployment options with Microsoft’s Active Directory through LDAP gives network administrators more choices to customize and group RSS subscriptions by department, job function, or any other variable. Included in the new KnowNow ESS is the ability to route RSS alerts to users’ mobile phones as SMS messages. An enhanced desktop interface offers offline viewing of content in addition to more powerful personal content-filtering tools. The new filtering capabilities eliminate duplication of information from multiple information sources and help users customize what information they receive, and how they receive it. http://www.knownow.com

DocsCorp announced the release of pdfDocs Desktop 1.9. Designed to help organizations manage their business-critical documents, the latest version of pdfDocs Desktop provides better integration with MS Office applications, document management systems, multi function devices (MFDs) and scanners. The user interface in pdfDocs Desktop 1.9 has been enhanced to give users easier and faster access to those features they use most frequently. The editor view has also undergone significant changes as users can now electronically mark-up the PDF document with sticky notes, highlight text, insert form fields, apply digital signatures and apply multiple stationery sets to the PDF document. A new free form text tool enables users to write special annotations anywhere on the PDF document. http://www.docscorp.com/

SearchInform Technologies Inc. introduced a new version of SearchInform, a corporate system of full text search and search for documents with similar content in large databases, featuring added support of DjVu format as well as changes in the program's functions and performance in the local network. DjVu is a graphic format specially designed and optimized for storing scanned documents. The changes also took place in the program’s corporate functions as the process of scanning the local network for SearchInform servers has been enhanced. Now the program will only locate servers of the same version as the client application. That is, if the client application is version 3.3.08, it will find only analogous servers. http://www.searchinform.com/

Managing Editor Inc. (MEI), an Adobe Systems portfolio company announced the appointment of DPCI as its newest SoftCare K4 Publishing System distributor and reseller. DPCI, based in New York City, will focus on implementing K4 for companies that need help integrating the solution with Web content management systems. http://www.maned.com, http://www.databasepublish.com

BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE:BE) announced the availability of a new, centralized content and rights management solution for the media and entertainment industry. The BearingPoint solution integrates its Media Asset Management (MAM) and Digital Rights Management (DRM) offerings into a centralized solution to help validate copyright and compensation issues related to media content. The solution is built upon a data asset management architecture developed by Sun Microsystems and OpenText’s Artesia Digital Media Group, as well as DRM software that includes business rights management from Sophoi. Integrated by BearingPoint, this new end-to-end solution broadens content acquisition and delivery options so providers can make content accessible in a wide variety of high and low-resolution formats, to reach a larger current and potential client-base. As developed by BearingPoint, the scalable MAM solution is designed to eliminate redundant processes and improve operational efficiency by automating business-critical processes, such as content management, rights clearances, product distribution and royalty calculations. http://www.BearingPoint.com

Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC) announced that RedDot, The Open Text Web Solutions Group has released the next versions of its Content Management and Delivery software, RedDot CMS 7.5 and RedDot LiveServer 3.5. The newest versions of RedDot CMS and RedDot LiveServer feature: Integration with Open Text Livelink - Open Text Livelink ECM content can be delivered to the Web offering access to documents across intranets, extranets and Web sites; Improved solution for SAP Portal integration - RedDot content can now be added into the portal navigation, additionally, a new integration of TREX Search provides federated search of content in the SAP Portal, including content managed within RedDot CMS; Enhanced search - Search results are faster and more accurate, new integration with Microsoft SQL full text index search allows users to locate and update content faster; A new interface provides a quick view of each user's workflows and activities within RedDot CMS; A new foundation for add-on Web components - The new foundation allows customers to build RedDot Web components which can be placed within a page uniting content from the CMS with the component functionality, the first Web component, the collaboration forum, is available with this release to allow site administrators to add on a Web forum. http://www.reddot.com/

The Gilbane Group and Lighthouse Seminars announced that executives from Adobe, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle will participate in the Gilbane San Francisco 2007 keynote panel, “Content Technology Industry Update,” on Wednesday, April 11th at 8:30 a.m. at the Palace Hotel. Taking place April 10-12, the Gilbane Conference San Francisco has greatly expanded its collection of educational programs, including sessions focused on web and other enterprise content management applications, enterprise search and information access technologies, publishing technology, wikis, blogs and collaboration tools, and information on globalization and translation technology. The “Content Technology Industry Update” keynote panel will focus on the most important strategic issues technical and business managers need to consider for both near and long term success in managing content and content technologies in the context of enterprise applications. The keynote panel discussion is completely interactive (i.e., no presentations). With six tracks and 35 sessions to choose from, attendees have the opportunity to participate in a conference program focused on educating attendees about the latest content management technologies from experienced content management practitioners, consultants, and technologists. http://gilbanesf.com/conference_grid.html, http://gilbanesf.com/registration_information.html

Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ:IWOV) announced an enhanced version of Interwoven Collaborative Document Management to increase business agility by optimizing enterprise collaboration of document-intensive business processes. This solution streamlines execution by facilitating team-based collaboration across a wide range of business processes, such as marketing planning, product launches, proposal and contract development, customer support, corporate legal matters, and general project management. Interwoven Collaborative Document Management includes a new version of the company's document management application, WorkSite MP 5.0, providing users with enhanced search capabilities and a richer user experience using by Ajax and other next generation Web-based technologies and services. Interwoven Collaborative Document Management consists of the following products: Interwoven WorkSite MP 5.0, with New Media Add-on for handling of images, multimedia and documents, enhanced search capabilities, improved Lotus Notes, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Outlook integration, and Microsoft Office 2007 and Vista support for WorkSite MP clients; Interwoven Content Integration Module: a set of adapters that enable automated taxonomy building and rules-driven Web publishing from WorkSite MP 5.0; and Interwoven MetaTagger. Interwoven Collaborative Document Management solution and WorkSite MP 5.0 server and Web versions will be generally available by March 30, 2007. Support for Microsoft Office 2007 and Vista for WorkSite will be available by June 30, 2007. http://www.interwoven.com/

Translations.com announced that it has integrated its products with those of Stellent, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Oracle. The integration of Translations.com’s product, GlobalLink Content Director, with Stellent Universal Content Management, helps enable best practices in content localization via an automated workflow. Creating and managing localized and regionalized websites on a worldwide scale presents numerous challenges to the resources of any organization. Maintaining synchronized content between multilingual sites further compounds the challenge. The integrated solution not only allows for authoring in any language, but also helps expedite timely revisions. Additionally, it automatically extracts content assets requiring localization from Universal Content Management and routes them to the appropriate localization resources for each target region. Upon completion, GlobalLink reinserts content into the appropriate place in Universal Content Management so the multilingual content can continue through designated workflows for publishing. http://www.translations.com

Vamosa announced plans to enter the e-Discovery market with the launch of a new platform called Themis. The platform has been designed to complement existing offerings from e-Discovery and ECM vendors while filling the gaps in this highly componentized market. Through the use of Themis, organizations will be able to operate an end-to-end e-Discovery solution. The platform will leverage Vamosa’s rule based content processing engine and come with several solutions aimed at facilitating and enhancing an organizations e-Discovery practices. Employing the content processing capabilities of the Vamosa engine, Themis is intended to provide organizations with cost and time savings in preparation for a litigation hold, and after the hold procedure has taken place, when all relevant content has to be produced. http://www.vamosa.com

SiteScape, Inc. of Maynard, MA announced ICEcorps, an Open Source collaboration suite that unifies team workspaces and real-time conferencing. ICEcorps brings together a range of web workspace and collaboration tools to meet personal, team and organization needs. It enables team members to communicate based on presence through any combination of phones, IM, chat, SMS, or email, and to meet anywhere, at anytime using voice and web conferencing and real-time sharing of documents. Users can create content through web forms, blogs, wikis, edit-in-place of files, recordings of meetings, and dragging of files from their disk drive in a format that can be changed to suit personal preferences. Scheduled for availability in the summer of, 2007 using an Open Source licensing model, ICEcorps will be offered in a range of packages and options, including: Core Open Source versions - ICEcorps ST asynchronous team workspace suite and ICEcorps ZX team workspace suite with real-time voice and web conferencing; Enterprise-class versions - ICEcorps Enterprise ST asynchronous team workspace suite and ICEcorps Enterprise ZX team workspace suite with real-time voice and web conferencing; ICEcorps Advanced Workflow and ICEcorps Telephony Interface will be available as separately priced add-ons to the Enterprise packages. http://www.sitescape.com

SpringCM announced SpringCM for Salesforce.com, available through AppExchange. SpringCM for Salesforce.com includes Contract Accelerator and Proposal Accelerator, which allow sales professionals to collaborate on RFPs, contracts and orders, and submit contracts to an approval workflow directly from within an account or opportunity record. In addition, SpringCM allows for tailored delivery options including fax and postal mail-on-demand. A standard SpringCM subscription includes a secure document repository for any file type, complete with full enterprise search and embedded OCR, and a full suite of tools to collaboratively create, edit, update and publish documents and make them accessible anywhere. Automated document processing, document scanning and conversion, and hardware solutions are also available. http://www.springcm.com/

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) announced that the first public alpha version of Apollo is now available for developers on Adobe Labs. Apollo is the code name for a cross-operating system application runtime that allows web developers to leverage their existing skills in HTML, JavaScript and Ajax, as well as Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex software to build and deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) on the desktop. Apollo provides people with direct access to Internet applications built with HTML, JavaScript, Flash and PDF without the need to open a browser, offering more reliable interaction with content. With Apollo, people can launch applications directly from their desktops and interact with them offline. When a network connection is available, newly created or changed content can synchronize. The first version of Apollo for developers includes a free SDK that provides a set of command line tools for developing and working with Apollo applications. Web developers can use the Integrated Development Environment (IDE) of their choice, including Adobe tools such as Eclipse-based Flex Builder, Flash, and Dreamweaver to build Apollo applications. The alpha version of the Apollo application runtime, required to run Apollo applications, and the Apollo SDK are available immediately as free downloads from Adobe Labs. The Apollo SDK is available in English. The Apollo runtime and SDK are offered for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems, and future versions will be available for Linux. http://www.adobe.com/go/apollo

Ontopia and Bouvet announced that Bouvet has acquired all shares in Ontopia. Bouvet is a Norwegian consulting house of more than 300 consultants, which has had a strong focus on Topic Maps for a number of years. Today Bouvet has around 40 consultants building Topic Maps-based solutions. According to the sales agreement, Bouvet acquires all of Ontopia's employees, partners, and customers, as well as the Ontopia Knowledge Suite (OKS). Ontopia and Bouvet have had a close partnership over many years. The acquisition makes Ontopia part of a much larger entity, with the resources to take the Ontopia vision forward. http://www.bouvet.no, http://www.ontopia.net

Xandros, Inc. and O3Spaces, B.V., provider of O3Spaces Workplace collaboration for OpenOffice.org, StarOffice and MS Office, announced an agreement to provide OpenDocument and MS Office document collaboration, management and retention services for the forthcoming release of Xandros Server 2.0 - Standard Edition. O3Spaces Workplace provides any office user with a professional out-of-the-box extension for team and project collaboration. The O3Spaces plug-in for Xandros Server 2 will be available via the Xandros Networks update facility in April 2007. http://www.xandros.com, www.o3spaces.com

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that customers, partners and users can now download and try IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8, their next generation email and collaboration platform that helps users streamline daily business tasks that run across a variety of computing platforms and technology software systems. The open beta program gives users a peek at a redesigned interface that includes new time saving features such the ability to quickly view important emails by grouping them into conversation threads, no-cost productivity editors that create open standards-based versions of spreadsheets, word processing and presentations, and search capabilities that let users extend searches beyond email and contacts to Web and file searches without leaving the inbox. Lotus Notes and Domino 8 is expected to be available in mid-2007. Beta code is currently available and can be downloaded. http://www.ibm.com/lotus

Giunti Labs North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Giunti Labs announced the opening of its North American Headquarters in Boston. With headquarters in Sestri Levante, Italy and with offices in the United Kingdom and Germany, Giunti Labs entrance into the North American market further expands its global presence. Giunti Labs provides the learn eXact suite, an eLearning and mobile learning content management system (LCMS) that enables users to create, manage and deliver content based on learning objects, XML, standards and international specifications. The learn eXact suite delivers learning content to location-based mobile devices, interactive TV and wearable computer devices, and is interoperable with all major vendor-driven and open source LMS and VLE solutions on the market including Plateau, Oracle, SumTotal, Saba, WebCT, Blackboard, Sakai, LRN and Moodle. Giunti Labs provides a wide range of services in response to any content, learning and knowledge management need, including: Content production; Research and development; Technological solutions for content, Learning & knowledge management; Architectural and technological solutions for mobile & wireless; Training and consulting. http://www.giuntilabs.com

Appian announced that it has signed a partnership with Lemontree to resell Appian Enterprise. Lemontree will leverage its experience helping organizations align systems and processes to extend the value of Appian’s BPMS. Lemontree’s presence in the Nordic market provides an understanding of the local conditions and requirements for a BPM implementation. Appian’s Partner Program provides VARs with dedicated support, including marketing, development and technical support to help ensure the success of their implementations. Appian also offers training tools and options in the BPM market including specialized programs for its VAR partners. Appian courses and certifications offer both business and IT users the skills to use, customize, and develop on Appian Enterprise. http://www.appian.com, http://www.lemontree.se

Liferay announced a new partnership with TriVir, a company of Novell alumni majoring in portal services and identity management. TriVir's new features of a "Novell Enabled" Liferay portal, include: Liferay running behind Access Manager – TriVir has created code that will deliver a single sign on feature. The security for Novell's Access Manager 3.0 works with a number of application servers; PasswordSmith portlet – The first eDirectory Universal Password-enabled JSR-168 Portlet developed by TriVir; Subscription portlet – TriVir’s custom portlet that allows users to subscribe to newsletters based upon the business unit, or LDAP organizational unit; Novell Identity Management integration with Liferay via the Liferay web service interface. To come are a Novell IDM 3.5 enabled Liferay portal and other custom portal tools. http://www.liferay.com

eTouch Systems announced the release of SamePage 3.1, a new enhanced version of its commercial wiki-based collaboration solution. Several new features have been added to the SamePage 3.1 enterprise wiki solution: Enhanced Group Management enables wiki user groups to assign project and page level permission; Support for nested groups within LDAP; Read-only Membership adds a new role to allow wiki users to have read-only access to project content; Advanced Search makes finding relevant information within wikis quicker by narrowing search criteria, scope, and selection; More enhancements in the granular security layer grant read, comment, and edit permissions on the wiki to various users and groups within and outside the organization; Improved installer eases and speeds up the wiki installation process. http://www.etouch.net

Ektron, Inc. unveiled the latest version of CMS400.NET. CMS400.NET V7.0 include features such as advanced navigation and built-in taxonomy and introduces geo-encoded mapping and wiki collaboration features which provide navigational taxonomy structure to articles and interwiki links. Ektron’s CMS400.NET Wiki enables organizations to create websites specifically designed for communication, collaboration and sharing information. Explicit structure functionality and enable efficient management of wiki content using Ektron’s Directory Taxonomy, which provides detailed category tagging, search, breadcrumb and navigation for all wiki articles. CMS400.NET v7.0 offers new features to the forums control, including: paging, IP address restriction, automatic restricted word replacement, predefined signature lines, upload and attachment capabilities, RSS subscriptions, history of a member’s posts, user rankings and a terms and conditions disclaimers. Ektron’s built-in blogging technology is enhanced to support blog creation and moderation by registered site members. It also now includes a standard blog API to interface with and get updates from Microsoft Office 2007 and integrate with other desktop blogging tools. CMS400.NET’s new search language API enables the generation of dynamic summaries based on content and assets. Ability to tag and classify content: Ektron’s hierarchal taxonomy classifies and structures web pages and managed documents into logical groupings based on their content. Ektron’s taxonomy provides the option of tagging one piece of content with many different category associations. It can also be used to limit the scope of a search to reduce the amount of irrelevant content returned. Ektron’s GeoMapping functionality enables content to be tagged with longitude and latitude coordinates to leverage Microsoft Virtual Earth and Google Earth. http://www.ektron.com

Tridion announced the shift of the company’s US headquarters to new offices to accommodate growth. Tridion US employee headcount increased in 2006 to support a full service marketing, sales, professional services and customer support organization. The company expects this to grow considerably in 2007, leading to the expansion into the new office space in New York City as well as plans to open a West Coast office in San Francisco in Q2 of 2007. http://www.tridion.com

MindTouch launched Wik.is, a community wiki site that simplifies collaboration and knowledge sharing for friends and family members, businesses, associations, students and educators. Wik.is kicks off with 42,000 existing wikis from users worldwide. Within minutes, new and current community members can create, edit, share, store and search documents, emails, images and files. It functions and looks like a slimmed-down Word processor inside of a Web browser. There are two levels of the Wik.is service: free and Pro. Users of the free service receive a public wiki supported by contextual advertisements on its pages and 1GB of storage. The Pro package provides Wik.is site owners with a private wiki that integrates with their existing website for a unified look and feel and simple navigation across the site. The Pro service costs $60 per year. For the first time, any individual or organization can have a wiki community as an integral component of their existing website. Additional features of the package include: Privacy - Makes the wiki accessible only to invited users; Page permissions - Makes pages and sub-pages private or read-only; Customizable URL - Customers can choose a custom domain or sub-domain; Additional storage - 10GB - 10 times more than the free version; No advertisements. http://www.wik.is, http://www.mindtouch.com

Inmedius, Inc. announced the acquisition of IConvert software from JNR Associates. The new Inmedius IConvert solution automates and simplifies the process of converting complex paper and electronic technical documents into new, repurposed XML standard documents. These XML formats include ATA, DITA, DocBook, MIL-STD-38784, and S1000D, as well as other customer-defined specifications. The process is scalable and works efficiently with large complements of documents running from hundreds to even millions of pages. IConvert supports text, tables and complex graphics, and includes hyperlinks between text and graphics. There is traceability and optional access back to the original source image, as well as the ability to link indexes. The IConvert process supports WYSIWYG editing, transfer to and from existing storage, Web viewable XML output, and optional integrated linkage back to the original source material. The Inmedius IConvert software solution will be available worldwide through Inmedius' international network of offices and resellers. http://www.inmedius.com, http://www.jnra.com

Lyquidity Solutions announced the availability of the software development kit (SDK) for ComplyXL. This release gives organizations the ability to embed ComplyXL functionality into their existing document and content management systems, as well as allowing organizations the flexibility of controlling how information is made available to users. The SDK comes as part of the ComplyXL bundle so is available to client organizations free of charge. To use the SDK, programmers can choose to work with either Microsoft COM or Microsoft .NET programming models. Using the SDK existing systems can be enhanced to add version control and version history information to any spreadsheet document and to provide users with the ability to review and visualize changes. This makes it possible to extend existing content and document management systems into the area of compliance, governance and risk management of spreadsheets, a key requirement for a SOX compliance program. Lyquidity also provides a Java based version of the API as a chargeable extra for those organizations that need to run in a non-Windows environment. ComplyXL supports Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL databases and using the SDK it can be adapted to support the database of other document management systems. http://www.lyquidity.com/

Quark announced it will post a free download update online within 30 days for existing QuarkXPress 7 customers that will enable the page layout application to run on Windows Vista. QuarkAlliance developers are also testing their XTensions software for QuarkXPress 7 on Windows Vista. Many are expected to follow Quark's lead in officially announcing support for the new operating system, including Extensis, who released a Windows Vista compatible version of its font management solution, Suitcase, in February. The update to QuarkXPress 7 providing support for Windows Vista will be available at http://www.quark.com

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) announced the launch of the Integrated Publishing Platform (IPP) to address the Media, Publishing and Information Services markets. IPP is a solution to build an integrated supply chain across the content value chain. IPP will also help Publishing and Information Services companies to significantly reduce "time-to-publish" across creation, management and distribution functions in their organization. Centered around Wipro’s workflow framework, Flow-briX, and leveraging MarkLogic XML content server, IPP is intended to enhance collaboration and agility across processes, products, tools and people in the Publishing life cycle. While Flow-briX streamlines the multi-channel production and content driven workflows, MarkLogic adds a combination of XML-centric content management and intelligent content delivery capabilities. Wipro has a dedicated Media, Publishing and Entertainment practice focusing on solutions spanning the content acquisition, Management and Distribution Value chain. The practice focuses on building specific point solutions and innovations around the content supply chain for leading customers in this space. The practice also leverages technology, IT infrastructure and business process outsourcing practices within Wipro to deliver an integrated service proposition. http://www.wipro.com/webpages/itservices/industries/media&entertainment/index.htm

BroadVision, Inc. (Pink Sheets:BVSN) announced a product roadmap for the next 12 months. The roadmap includes new products including an e-business framework with modular web services, agile development toolsets, a companion implementation methodology, a vertical application, an on-demand strategy, and the general availability of QuickSilver 3.0, the newest version of BroadVision’s e-publishing solution. BroadVision Kona Application Services is a library of modular web services including: e-Commerce solutions for transacting business online through B2B and B2C channels; Portal solutions; Content Management solutions to give business users control over the quality of information as they create, manage and publish content to e-business applications; and Process Management, a solution to develop and deploy user-centric self-service processes as well as task-centric workflow processes. Kukini is a new toolset incorporating XML, Web 2.0-based user experiences and packaged as an extension module to the Eclipse interactive development environment, Kukini leverages Kona’s core capabilities such as the BroadVision Process technology and yet is independent of the Kona engine. BroadVision Kukini is scheduled for general availability in the second quarter of 2007. BroadVision QuickSilver provides features for creation and publishing of lengthy, complex documents supporting multiple output formats (including HTML, PDF, and Postscript) and automatic publishing of personalized content to BroadVision Portal solutions. QuickSilver 3.0, available immediately, delivers a number of new features including Unicode support and improved support for XML authoring. http://www.broadvision.com

5280 Solutions announced the release of the Document Management Imaging Suite for SharePoint 2007. A primary feature of this suite is the ability to automate digital image capture and data extraction from scanned paper to process data while storing a document directly into SharePoint 2007. Additionally, 5280 Solutions provides Uconnect as part of the SharePoint Document Management Imaging Suite. Uconnect is designed to further extend the value of SharePoint by providing bi-directional integration with line of business software, e.g., ERP, CRM, HR and accounting applications. Critical applications like accounts payable require integration between content-enabled and transaction-focused applications; Uconnect provides installation integrations between content and metadata. In addition to supporting complex integrations such as bi-directional data transfer, simple integration tasks like searching for documents directly from a business application can be accomplished with Uconnect. The base capture functionality provided by 5280 Solutions includes a core set of Web services to integrate with Kofax Ascent Capture to release documents and metadata into a SharePoint library. The release Web service integrates with Kofax Ascent Capture to broadcast what types of documents are available for release. The product supports XML and SOA standards. http://www.5280solutions.com/

Hot Banana Software, Inc. announced that it has launched Version 5.5, which integrates Web site optimization and marketing automation features. The company also made significant changes to its SaaS and licensed pricing, focusing on small-to-midsized marketers. The company's new release, Hot Banana Version 5.5, focuses on three areas: (1) Web content management, empowering marketers to build Web sites and take control of their content; (2) Web site optimization, giving marketers the tools they need to fine-tune the marketing performance of their sites; and (3) marketing automation tools for capturing Web site visitors, turning them into qualified leads and transferring the leads to CRM systems. The Web CMS integrates third-party Web analytics, email marketing and CRM solutions. It also consolidates all the capabilities from Hot Banana’s formerly optional Active Marketing Suite into one core product. The company has made its pricing structure more affordable, creating a three-tier model based on usage: one to five users, six to 25 users and unlimited users. Hot Banana SaaS, the company’s hosted offering, starts at only $329 per month, while Hot Banana Licensed Software starts at $4,999. The most expensive package is a licensed-software offering that handles an unlimited number of users and URLs for only $27,999. As part of its re-positioning strategy, Hot Banana has re-launched its own corporate Web site using Version 5.5, at http://www.hotbanana.com.

KnowledgeLake Inc. announced the release of its Document Imaging and Capture software for Microsoft SharePoint 2007. KnowledgeLake products seamlessly integrate with both Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0, and allow SharePoint to scale for production-level, high volume Enterprise Content Management solutions. The KnowledgeLake product suite for Office 2007 includes KnowledgeLake Imaging Server 2007, KnowledgeLake Capture 2007, KnowledgeLake Capture Server 2007, KnowledgeLake Branch Capture Server and KnowledgeLake Connect 2007. KnowledgeLake Imaging Server installs directly on the SharePoint server machine to transform SharePoint into an extensible document imaging system. Features include a search and retrieve web part and a Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX)-based image viewer. The KnowledgeLake Capture Suite 2007 includes a series of scanning solutions and incorporates a ribbon-bar user interface which mirrors that of Microsoft Office 2007 products. KnowledgeLake Capture integrates with any multi-function device throughout the enterprise. The 2007 version of KnowledgeLake Capture Server allows for the transport of scanned batches over a wide area network between remote office locations. http://www.knowledgelake.com

MindTouch announced that its MindTouch Deki commercial wiki software has received the VMware Certified Virtual Appliance certification. With this designation, MindTouch Deki is deemed compatible with VMware's entire product line, including VMware Player, VMware Workstation, VMware Server and VMware ESX. MindTouch Deki is a business wiki that installs in minutes, giving corporate workgroups the ability to share information and collaborate almost instantly and securely on their own networks. It is a complete pre-installed, pre-configured application and operating system that runs on any Windows or Linux machine. From small departments to large enterprises, MindTouch Deki runs atop the VMware Player or any product from VMware. It also enables content portability whereby users can move both the wiki application and its content from machine to machine, even to removable storage devices up to 100 Gigabytes. MindTouch Deki is free for the first five users and is designed for on-demand scalability. The free license does not include software updates and fixes, support or certain advanced features, such as Outlook Connector. A full product license (for five users) starts at $995. http://www.mindtouch.com

SpringCM announced the availability of SpringCM Version 3.7 which incorporates more integrated collaboration, meeting, routing and transfer capabilities. Users access SpringCM through a Web interface, and use the system to automate work order and invoicing processes, improve access to data and documents, and streamline workflow. The new features in SpringCM Version 3.7 include the following, and are available to current subscribers at no additional cost: Web Publishing Tools - Direct access to public folders enhances Web publishing capabilities; Addressable Fax & E-Mail Folders - Policies and rules associated with the folders allow for the direct submission and processing of incoming documents, such as invoices, expense reports, credentialing documents and contracts; Roles and Permissions - New permissions and metadata capabilities provide more flexibility and security in controlling who has authority to access documents and when; WebDAV Support - Technology enables dragging and dropping of documents to transfer them to specific locations; Web Services for Workflow - Web services provide integrated access to workflow system information; Editing Enhancements - New tools enable quick document markup and editing capabilities. The new version of SpringCM is available now. http://www.springcm.com/

SearchBlox Software, Inc. has released SearchBlox Content Search Software Version 4.0 with replication support and a completely re-designed AJAX-based Admin Console. The new release also supports hit highlighting of search terms in HTML and PDF documents. The replication feature, available in SearchBlox ENTERPRISE Edition, keeps search indexes in multiple instances of SearchBlox synchronized. Using the new replication feature, search applications can be deployed using multiple instances of SearchBlox. The new release also features a new AJAX-based Admin Console which makes the management of SearchBlox Content Search Software more interactive. The new UI hides the complexities of managing the built-in HTTP, File system and RSS crawlers and makes the software accessible to novice users. SearchBlox is 100% Java and uses the open source Apache Lucene search API. SearchBlox supports indexing and searching of content in 37 languages and can be deployed on any platform that supports Java. It been tested on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, UNIX, IBM AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, and z/OS operating systems. SearchBlox can be deployed as a J2EE Web Component to all major J2EE Application Servers including BEA Weblogic, JBoss, IBM Websphere, Oracle OAS, JRun and Apache Tomcat. It is also available as a standalone server for Windows, Mac OS X and Unix/Linux platforms. The SearchBlox Free Edition is available free of charge and can index up to 1000 documents. The software can be downloaded from http://www.searchblox.com/.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that the DB2 9 "Viper" data server is now available for System z customers. Featuring hundreds of new features for mainframe customers, DB2 9 for z/OS will provide security, enhanced data storage compression and allow the seamless management of relational and XML data in the same database. DB2 9 for z/OS (DB2 9) brings significant advancements to the mainframe, including "pureXML" technology and enhanced autonomic data management capabilities. DB2 9 for z/OS builds upon capabilities in areas such as online schema evolution, Unicode, XML, SQL, utilities, security and compliance, and 64-bit virtual storage. Optimization improvements include performance-boosting innovations, synergy with IBM System z, and query management enhancements driving increased cost savings. In addition to DB2 9 for z/OS, IBM is announcing new and enhanced DB2 and IMS Tools including IBM DataQuant, DB2 Optimization Expert and DB2 Utilities Suite. IBM is also announcing that all DB2 tools support and exploit DB2 9 for z/OS. DB2 9 for z/OS is in addition to IBM's DB2 9 Viper data server that was first introduced for Linux, UNIX and Windows customers in July of 2006. DB2 9 is the culmination of a five-year IBM development project that transformed traditional, static database technology into an interactive data server that enables clients to manage all types of information and provides seamless and simultaneous information flow of XML and relational data, regardless of platform or location. http://ibm.com/db2/zos-new

CrownPeak announced its CrownPeak for Interactive Agencies Program. The program helps agencies provide customized and unique Web site management solutions without the overhead, time constraints and worry about technological limitations. CrownPeak Partner agencies can now outsource a complete Web site management platform, or work directly in the CrownPeak CMS to integrate their custom solutions. The agency program allows qualified, participating agencies to do as much or as little of the CMS implementation, development or support as they are comfortable with. This also allows them to earn additional revenue from both the services side and the software side as a CrownPeak reseller. The CrownPeak for Interactive Agencies Program offers the following three tiers of involvement: CrownPeak Partner Agency - Agencies simply sell CrownPeak to customers or introduce CrownPeak to opportunities. CrownPeak takes care of all implementation and support; CrownPeak Enabled Agency - Agencies enable their teams to implement and support CrownPeak's software solutions for their customers. Agencies get special pricing, training and specialized support; CrownPeak Certified Agency - All CrownPeak partners can become CrownPeak Certified for either just design and strategy or full implementation of the software. CrownPeak Certified Agencies receive direct leads from CrownPeak's sales team. The new program provides CrownPeak Enabled Agencies with a free instance of CrownPeak Software to use for demonstrations and/or for the agency's own Web site management. CrownPeak will also provide developer training, sales materials and a dedicated CrownPeak Partner Representative to qualified agencies. In return, and in order to stay qualified, CrownPeak asks partner agencies to bring at least one new customer to CrownPeak CMS per year. http://www.crownpeak.com

Trinity Technologies and MetaCarta, Inc. announced a strategic partnership to create an integrated geographically enabled content management solution for utility companies. This technology combines traditional text or keyword search with geographic search so information in a document management (EDM) system can be mapped, categorized, and searched using geographic parameters across EDM repositories. Trinity Technologies specializes in the application and integration of the EMC Software Group Documentum system. Increasingly required to access information about their electric, gas, or water distributed network, utilities are being required to bring together traditional document management and geographic information systems (GIS). Geographically enabled content management systems can positively impact each of these areas, allowing easy access to different heritages of document control, forms, procedures, design drawings, maintenance information, systems, and workflows. Trinity Technologies has an exclusive agreement with MetaCarta for the development and distribution to the utility industries. http://www.metacarta.com, http://www.trinitytechnologies.com

Atlassian Software Systems announced the general availability of Crowd, a single sign-on application for helping businesses manage authentication and authorisation for multiple web-based applications. Crowd enables IT administrators and application developers to integrate and deploy single sign-on using directories such as Microsoft Active Directory and Apple OS X Open Directory. As well as giving IT administrators a single consolidated point of user management, Crowd gives end-users the convenience of single sign-on across Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, or any other non-Atlassian, web-based applications in their business. Features include: simple to use administration console for managing users and their various security rights; support for custom user stores; support for unlimited users (with the Unlimited User license) and user stores; pre-built Java libraries; support for Microsoft Active Directory and Apple OS X Open Directory; database support including DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL; chained authentication and authorisation rules to support multiple directories views to a single application client; integrates with Atlassian's other products: JIRA (a professional issue tracker), Confluence (an enterprise wiki), and Atlassian's newest product, Bamboo (a continuous integration build server). Designed for use in any IT environment, Crowd runs on J2EE application servers and supports nearly all JDBC-compliant databases. In September 2006, Atlassian acquired Authentisoft, who had developed IDX, a single sign-on solution. Since that time, IDX was rebranded to its current name, Crowd, and new features have been added. Crowd is available to evaluate and purchase from the Atlassian website. Pricing for Crowd starts at US$600 per license. http://www.atlassian.com

Xythos Software announced that it has completed agreements with Blackboard Inc. and SAS to extend their OEM licenses of the company’s WebFile Server content management platform. Both have reached multi-year agreements with the company to include its technology within key applications of their core product lines. Xythos’ WebFile Server technology is integrated within the Blackboard Content System, which is part of the Blackboard Academic Suite. The Blackboard Content System is designed to help faculty and students securely share files, manage e-learning content, and develop e-Portfolios. At SAS, Xythos technology is integrated within a variety of enterprise applications including the SAS Enterprise BI Server, SAS Information Delivery Portal and SAS Model Manager. SAS Model Manager uses Xythos’ WebDAV-based technology to manage large collections of analytic models in a secure manner, to promote efficient collaboration among users while sharing analytic models and offers versioning and configuration management capabilities for auditing and compliance reasons. Blackboard clients leverage the Blackboard Content System so that faculty can manage e-Portfolios for tenure requirements and share content between courses, while students can use it for potential employment opportunities, graduation and course requirements. http://www.xythos.com

Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ:IWOV) announced a series of new solutions to help organizations turn content into an asset for improving customer relationships and driving top-line revenue growth. The portfolio includes Interwoven Segmentation and Analytics, a new solution for increasing the conversion of prospects to customers across online channels; Interwoven Collaborative Document Management, an enhanced solution for improving enterprise collaboration of document-intensive business processes; and Interwoven Brand Management and Interwoven Multi-Channel Delivery. The Interwoven Segmentation and Analytics solution includes Interwoven Targeting, a new product that provides online customer segmentation and a dynamic content-targeting rules engine. In conjunction with this announcement, Interwoven has partnered with WebSideStory, to integrate and resell WebSideStory's HBX and Visual Sciences analytics products as part of the Segmentation and Analytics solution. Interwoven WorkSite MP 5.0, provides users with enhanced search capabilities and a richer user experience using Ajax and other new Web-based technologies and services. WorkSite MP 5.0 also includes capabilities for facilitating eDiscovery and email management, and improved language support including double-byte support. An upcoming release to MediaBin, Interwoven's Digital Asset Management (DAM) product, will bring numerous performance, usability, and compatibility enhancements, including new Digital Camera Raw file support and 2D and 3D CAD file support. The Interwoven Segmentation and Analytics solution, Interwoven Targeting, and the Interwoven Collaborative Document Management solution will be generally available later this month. The Interwoven Brand Management and Interwoven Multi-Channel Delivery solutions will be generally available in the first half of 2007. http://www.interwoven.com/

Syncro Soft Ltd has announced the immediate availability of version 2.2 of its subversion (SVN) client. Version 2.2 of the Syncro SVN Client adds as main features support for SVN Annotations, integration with bug tracking tools and operations on a revision from the Affected Paths area of History view. The Annotations view enables you to quickly find the author and the revision number that changed a specific line of a file. The Annotations view is synchronized with the History view and the editor panel: clicking on a line in one of the two views or in the editor panel highlights the corresponding lines in the other two areas. Users of bug tracking systems can associate the changes they make in the repository resources with a specific ID in their bug tracking system. When the user enters a commit message, the bug ID is added to this message. The format and the location of the ID in the commit message are configured with SVN properties. In the Affected Paths area of the History view there are available operations for opening, saving, updating, comparing and showing the history of the selected revision. Syncro SVN Client with One Year Maintenance Pack costs $59. Syncro SVN Client Site License with One Year Maintenance Pack costs $2970. Volume discount rates are available starting with 5 licenses. Syncro SVN Client can be run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris. http://www.syncrosvnclient.com

Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS announced the release of Pageflex Persona Cross Media Suite 2007. This is a significant upgrade to the company’s desktop software that enables the creation of database-driven variable data print and personalized HTML emails. This release introduces new features that provide design and content variability within an individual document, as well as graphic design and production workflow enhancements. Pageflex Persona Cross Media Suite 2007 includes the following new features: Document Actions - This new feature set gives power users the ability to create documents with unlimited variability. Every aspect of a print document - including variable values, content, attributes, colors, fonts, pages, shapes, and text - can be modified on a record by record basis; Global Copyfit - This enhanced copyfitting feature enables graphic designers to ensure consistent typography settings across a document even when text settings are adjusted to fit overflow variable text. The template designer can designate that specific containers in a document (e.g. caption boxes) all maintain the same type settings (font size, leading, tracking, etc.) when the document is produced, even if the text in only one of the containers has been copyfit; Bézier drawing tools - Graphic designers can add complex curves and shapes to their page layouts and static or variable text can be inserted and edited on curved or irregular paths; Conversion of shapes to text containers - Designers can now convert shape elements into both regular and Bézier text containers, and more. Pageflex Persona Cross Media Suite 2007 will be available as of March 7, 2007. http://www.bitstream.com

Research and Market has announced the addition of “Content Management Market forecast” to their offering. The market for content management (CM) product licence revenues will continue to grow steadily at an average rate of 3.6%, from $1.59 billion in 2004, reaching $2 billion by 2009. Report findings include "2004 saw overall growth of 2.9%. Larger players have continued to pull away from the rest of the pack, with IBM, Microsoft, Documentum, FileNet and OpenText showing licence revenues of well over $100 million, with the others lagging behind. Market consolidation has steadied to a trickle, and has been limited largely to the acquisition of specific, niche technology. North America remains the largest market for CM, followed closely by Western Europe, which will continue to grow steadily. The Asia-Pacific market currently accounts for the third largest share in the CM market, and this share is set to increase over the next five years. The main drivers in the market are: Recognition of the commercial importance of providing employees, partners and customers with accurate, up-to-date and timely content; The continuing struggle to gain control of the mass of information within organisations and the mass of resources it takes up; The initiatives in government and corporate governance driving the effective management of electronic content."
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