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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

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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/

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and tagged: BI, Inxight, metadata, search, text analytics
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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

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and tagged: collaboration, enterprise blogging, Lotus, NewsGator, publishing, RSS
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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

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and tagged: compliance, Interwoven, records management
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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

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and tagged: cross-media, FinerEdge Software, publishing, single-source
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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

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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

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and tagged: collaboration, enterprise, office software, Web 2.0, Zimbra
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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

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and tagged: Astoria, DITA, IXIASOFT, JustSystems, Scriptorium, XML
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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/

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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/

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and tagged: standards, W3C, web services, WSDL
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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/

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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

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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/

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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/

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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

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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

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and tagged: Artesia, BearingPoint, DAM, Open Text, rich media, system integrator
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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/

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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

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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/

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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

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