May 2007 Archives

SiteKreator.com, a service which enables small businesses to instantly design and host Web sites, has introduced a customizable design platform, SiteKreator Aurora. Along with Aurora, SiteKreator has restructured its small business packages to help users better match a pricing program that includes the features they need at the price that best suits them. The new Aurora is a completely brandable platform for designing elaborate, interactive, and customizable business-ready Web sites. Aurora offers enhanced capabilities for creating a sophisticated navigation structure that scales from a few pages to a few thousand. SiteKreator has interactive features such as blogs, Web forms, newsletters, and discussion forums. Web site information can be tiered through multiple content layers by adding members-only areas and registration forms to encourage people to share key information in exchange for access to deeper layers of content. All SiteKreator packages include a 14-day free trial. The business version starts from $19.95 to $39.95 per month, including a domain name, email, and global high-performance Web hosting. http://intro.sitekreator.com/

Inmedius, Inc. announced that an agreement has been signed with Widetech LTD to sell Inmedius product and service offerings in the Israeli market. Headquartered in Israel, Widetech specializes in providing professional engineering planning solutions. As more complex systems are manufactured in the aerospace and defense industry, Widetech sees increased demand from customers to provide very sophisticated and integrated digital documentation solutions with integrated illustrations using the ASD S1000D Standard and will supply this capability with Inmedius. http://www.widetech.co.il, http://www.inmedius.com

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced the immediate availability of Adobe Acrobat 3D Version 8 software, a major upgrade to the desktop application for driving document-based 3D design collaboration and CAD data interoperability capabilities to anyone inside manufacturing organizations and across the global supply chain. With Acrobat 3D Version 8, CAD, CAM, CAE, and technical publishing professionals in the aerospace, automotive, consumer electronics, heavy machinery, life sciences, and AEC industries can convert virtually any 3D CAD file, including large assemblies of more than 500 megabytes, into a single PDF document. The PDF file can maintain precise geometry or be compressed over 100 times smaller than the original file. Three-dimensional CAD data can also be combined with other project information, such as product specifications, spreadsheets and bills of materials, into a secure PDF document containing product manufacturing information (PMI). PMI is used to convey geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, annotations and other specifications directly on a 3D model. Acrobat 3D Version 8 supports conversion to 3D PDF from over 40 formats, including those for Autodesk Inventor, Dassault Systemes CATIA, PTC Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, and UGS NX and I-deas. The software also provides users the option of exporting precise manufacturing CAD data from PDF into neutral file formats such as STEP, IGES and Parasolid for downstream processes, including machining operations and tool and mold design. Acrobat 3D Version 8 is immediately available in English, French and German language versions. The Japanese language version is expected to be available in June 2007. Adobe Reader 8.1, which provides updated support for PDF functionality enabled by Acrobat 3D Version 8, is expected to be available for download in June 2007. http://www.adobe.com

Altova announced general availability of Version 2007 Release 3 (v2007r3) of its software product line. Altova v2007r3 software provides support for the new Microsoft Office 2007 Open XML document format and IBM DB2 9 pureXML databases, as well as other application development and data management capabilities. Altova XMLSpy is an XML editor and development environment for modeling, editing, transforming, and debugging XML-related technologies. New features in XMLSpy 2007r3 include: Extended database functionality, Microsoft Office 2007 Open XML support, Cascading stylesheet (CSS) editor, Enhanced XML Schema and WSDL documentation, and an XSLT 1.0 profiler. AltovaXML is an XML standards processor, comprising the same engines that drive Altova's XMLSpy, MapForce, and StyleVision development tools. AltovaXML includes Altova's XML validating parser, XSLT 1.0 engine, schema-aware XSLT 2.0 engine, and schema-aware XQuery 1.0 engine, as well as COM, Java, and .NET interfaces so that it can be used within a variety of different applications. New developments in AltovaXML 2007r3 include: Office Open XML support, and Significant speed increase in the XSLT 1.0 processor. Version 2007 Release 3 of Altova XMLSpy 2007, MapForce 2007, StyleVision 2007, UModel 2007, DatabaseSpy 2007, and SchemaAgent 2007 is currently available with pricing starting at (USD) $499, $249, $249, $129, $129 and $129 respectively. These products may be purchased directly from Altova. 30-day free trials of all Altova products may be downloaded from: http://www.altova.com/download.html

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced the public beta of Adobe ColdFusion 8 software. ColdFusion 8, designed for developers building dynamic Web sites and Internet applications, addresses day-to-day development challenges to increase developer productivity, integrate with complex enterprise environments, and deliver rich and engaging application experiences for users. The ColdFusion 8 public beta is a feature complete preview. ColdFusion 8 leverages Adobe Flex technology and Ajax-based components. The new ColdFusion 8 development environment also features advanced Eclipse-based wizards and debugging. The ColdFusion 8 Server Monitor lets developers identify bottlenecks and tune the server for better performance. ColdFusion 8 integrates with a broad range of platforms and systems, including integration with .NET assemblies, support for Microsoft Windows Vista and new J2EE servers including JBoss. ColdFusion 8 also delivers significant performance gains over ColdFusion MX 7 and earlier versions of the product. Additionally, ColdFusion 8 applications interact with Adobe PDF documents and forms. The ColdFusion 8 public beta is immediately available at Adobe Labs at http://labs.adobe.com or through Adobe's hosting partner, http://www.hostmysite.com/cf8

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced that Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 has received U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) 5015.2 certification. Endorsed by the National Archives and Records Administration, the 5015.2 standard on which the DoD certification is based serves as the benchmark for government and corporate organizations that manage records and documents. Microsoft utilized the SharePoint platform in meeting the DoD 5015.2 criteria, integrating Exchange Server 2007 and extending SharePoint Server 2007's records management capabilities with an add-on pack that will be available free to customers later this year. More information on records management in Office SharePoint Server 2007 can be found at http://office.microsoft.com/sharepoint

Curl, Inc. announced the availability of the public beta version of the Curl Run Time Environment (RTE) for Macintosh. The Curl RTE, a key component of the Curl Rich Internet Application (RIA) Platform, is the engine that executes Curl applications and displays their user interfaces. The Mac Beta release of the RTE is intended for customers looking to run their Curl Windows and Linux-developed applications on the Macintosh. The Curl RTE is part of the Curl RIA platform that allows developers to implement, complex enterprise Web-based applications. In addition to the RTE, the Curl platform consists of two other main components: the Curl Language, an object-oriented programming language that integrates rich text formatting, GUI layout and presentation scripting; and the Curl Integrated Development Environment, which includes tools for developing and debugging Curl applications and a Visual Layout Editor and numerous code examples. The Mac Beta RTE obeys standard Macintosh user interface conventions and supports the full range of features that are supported by the Curl Windows and Linux RTE products. The Curl RTE can run on Power PC and Intel Macintoshes with operating systems of OS 10.3 and later. The Beta version can execute applications developed for the most recent version of the Curl RIA platform, Version 5.0. The Mac Beta RTE can be downloaded free of charge. http://www.curl.com/

Ektron Inc. announced its new extranet for client collaboration. This application is a stand alone product included with Ektron CMS400.NET version 7.0, and is designed to manage documents and timelines while facilitating collaboration among internal and external project stake holders. An out-of-the-box open source solution, the Ektron extranet includes the following features: Client Authentication - Incorporates Ektron's membership module for adding, managing, and notifying project stake holders; Project Status Dashboard - Allows for visual navigation across all aspects of projects, from one, single location; Wiki Scribble Pad - Tracks major additions, changes or other related announcements for your project teams; Discussion Forums and Message Boards - Facilitates conversations within a non real-time environment; Public and Private Blogs - Further extends communication across the team regarding status, feature creep or other external changes; Integrated Document Management - Allows users to maintain a complete history and an audit trail of all documents that directly affect project success; and, Milestone Tracker - Ensures user goals and deadlines are met. Team members can also synchronize with their Outlook calendars. http://www.ektron.com/collaborate

Liferay announced its participation in Novell Market Start. The Market Start program offers small and medium businesses (SMBs) enterprise-class solutions. Offered under the MIT license, Liferay’s portal framework and over 60 prebundled tools, including a built-in content management system and suite of collaboration tools, can be downloaded at no cost and reworked or re-packaged with no legal repercussions. Liferay Portal allows organizations with limited resources to avoid overhauls of existing IT investments as it is the only open source portal that is compatible with all major application servers, databases and operating systems. For more about Liferay Portal and the coming version 4.3, visit http://www.liferay.com

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced the advancement of the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) Version 2.0 to Proposed Recommendation in three parts: "Part 0: Primer," "Part 1: Core Language" and "Part 2: Adjuncts." Comments are welcome through 20 June. WSDL models and describes modular Web services and is used to document distributed systems and to automate communication between applications. WSDL "Additional MEPs," "RDF Mapping" and "SOAP 1.1 Binding" are updated Working Drafts. http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/PR-wsdl20-20070523/

JustSystems announced the new integrated edition of its XMetaL Author Enterprise 5.0 for the EMC Documentum 5.3 platform. Designed for seamless integration with EMC Documentum Webtop, the latest edition of the company’s XML-based authoring software is a component of the new EMC Documentum Technical Publications Solution (TPS) announced also announced. The tighter Documentum Webtop integration is intended to make it easier to get up and running using Documentum dialogs and interfaces. With XMetaL Author 5.0 for Documentum Webtop, a "Designed for EMC"-accredited offering, organizations gain more advanced support for DITA, including specialization, and a preview of the DITA 1.1 bookmap feature. The application enables users to interact in a single interface for searching, and also provides the ability to drag-and-drop content from Documentum into XMetaL Author. XMetaL Author 5.0 for Documentum will be available in June 2007. http://na.justsystems.com

Alfresco and Optaros Inc. announced a "Platinum-level" partnership. Optaros is one of only two Platinum-level partners for Alfresco, which is a designation reserved for partners with the highest number of deployments, largest scale deployments and greatest Alfresco expertise. http://www.alfresco.com, http://www.optaros.com

fourthcodex announced a new suite of embedded components that enable contact-center software, CRM applications, asset and content management repositories, news and media delivery services, and other applications and services to unlock new levels of information integration, allow collaborative governance and provide knowledge-based decision making. The newly launched suite, comprised of four components named hilex, olex, codex, and alex, is designed to help users across all markets and applications to transform information into knowledge. The hilex component is for concept-based information extraction from both structured and unstructured sources. Using a pattern-based template language that leverages bi-directional content descriptors, hilex delivers metadata from a variety of formats, such as DOC, PDF and HTML. The primary function of the olex component is for automatic information classification and search. codex is fourthcodex’s component for ontology management, supporting functionality required for developing, managing, and reasoning on ontologies. codex also has the ability to use existing RDBMS for ontology reasoning. codex transforms enterprise information into executable knowledge by adding rules to the modeling capability of ontologies. In addition, codex provides a set of Eclipse-based plug-ins for graphical, collaborative development and management of ontologies. The alex component is used for enterprise-class metadata management. alex has native support for scalable inferencing and relationship discovery. alex is based upon Mulgara, an RDF store. http://www.fourthcodex.com

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced new self-learning content classification software developed to automatically categorize large volumes of enterprise information to make it easier to find, access and use. IBM's content classification software offerings were designed to help organizations understand what content exists, whether it is important, and how it should be handled. The new software also can automatically classify unmanaged content so it can be retrieved and used for business purposes. The new IBM Classification Module for OmniFind Discovery Edition and IBM Classification Module for IBM FileNet P8 provide a platform for managing all types of classification for content archiving; compliance solutions; e-mail management; content centric business process management solutions and taxonomy management, as well as in applications for case resolution, contact center and online support offerings. IBM Classification Module for OmniFind Discovery Edition is enabled for Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) environments and can deliver content classification as a service to any content centric application. Also announced is a new content classification offering, IBM Classification Module for IBM FileNet P8 that automates tasks essential to enterprise content management solutions such as document management and collaboration. IBM Classification Module currently supports language processing and identification in many languages, including most Western European languages, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. IBM Classification Module offering for IBM FileNet P8 and IBM Classification Module for OmniFind Discovery Edition are currently available from IBM and IBM Business Partners. http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/enterprise-search/omnifind-discovery/class.html

Business Objects (Nasdaq:BOBJ) (Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0004026250 - BOB) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Inxight Software, Inc. Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., Inxight is a provider of software solutions for unstructured information discovery, including text analytics, federated search, and data visualization. Financial details of the transaction, which is expected to close in July of 2007, were not disclosed. Inxight Software is a privately-held company, with more than 120 employees and 2006 revenues in excess of $25 million. The combination of Business Objects and Inxight Software will provide organizations with a BI solution to address all of their data assets. With the combined technology, companies will now have access to both structured information within databases and data warehouses, and unstructured information such as emails, documents, notes fields, and web content. Inxight brings a combination of text analytics, federated search, and visualization capabilities to the BusinessObjects XI platform to enable customers to discover, manage, and analyze unstructured content inside and outside of their organization. http://www.inxight.com, http://www.businessobjects.com

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) announced EMC Documentum TaskSpace - a configurable, new user interface for the next generation Documentum 6 enterprise content management (ECM) platform. TaskSpace is designed for high-volume, content-rich task processing, providing sophisticated capture and business process management (BPM) capabilities. A user experience built specifically for managing transactional based content and processes, TaskSpace enables organizations to streamline transactional business processes. As part of the new Documentum 6 ECM platform, TaskSpace draws upon the technologies gained through EMC's strategic acquisitions. By combining the business process automation capabilities of the EMC Documentum Process Suite and EMC Captiva software for document imaging, with the archiving, enterprise report management (ERM) and compliance capabilities of the Documentum platform, EMC now provides organizations with a holistic view of their entire business processes, for managing and streamlining both transactional content and business processes. TaskSpace will be available with the upcoming delivery of the new Documentum 6 ECM platform. While still based on the same unified architecture, the Documentum 6 platform is a major advancement from EMC Documentum 5.3 and delivers better capabilities for accessing, creating, archiving and sharing all types of information. http://software.emc.com/

Astoria Software launched Astoria On-Demand, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for structured content management. Astoria On-Demand gives Forbes Global 2000 manufacturers a solution for the creation and delivery of complex product documentation by leveraging the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) technical information standard established by OASIS. With Astoria On-Demand, Astoria transitions its structured content management application to a SaaS delivery model. As a comprehensive, enterprise-class solution, Astoria On-Demand leverages technology and information industry standards, including XML and DITA, to help ensure a robust, adaptable solution that meets the fast-changing and complex product documentation publishing requirements of manufacturers. Astoria On-Demand is available today and is custom-priced based on customer needs. http://www.astoriasoftware.com

ZyLAB announced that it will offer integration for managing content between ZyIMAGE and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. ZyLAB's ZyIMAGE platform, an XML-based system that provides a foundation for the archiving and long-term management of information, augments Office SharePoint Server 2007 by providing a single source for integrated enterprise content management activities and a full range of functionality for searchable information. ZyLAB offers five types of integration with SharePoint: Move from SharePoint - Option to move documents in SharePoint to ZyIMAGE and replace the document with a link to the document in ZyIMAGE; Search - Search within the SharePoint interface in the ZyIMAGE Webserver and view the results within SharePoint; Move to SharePoint - Find a document in ZyIMAGE and copy/move this document to SharePoint; Meta Storage - Store all the key fields in SharePoint and the document in ZyIMAGE; and Dynamic Link - Make it possible to add a search in ZyIMAGE to a record in SharePoint. http://www.zylab.com

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a free Web application development tool made in IBM labs with a simple user-interface to allow people without technical skills in small businesses and other organizations to create applications that solve daily tasks. The IBM Development Engagement Service (DevEngage) requires no programming skills and is an interactive tool designed to develop online forms for any small business' tasks, including Human Resources, Finance, Sales or Marketing, that automate common manual processes, such as the collection and analysis of information. The IBM Developer Engagement Service requires no elaborate instructions, download or installation of any new software. IBM Development Engagement Service uses AJAX. Users develop the online forms over the Web on any Internet browser. The tool generates applications using common metaphors and practices to automate routine tasks, such as form processing where forms are distributed, filled and then entered into a database. The user is taken through a series of "wizard" pages that let him specify details such as an application name, behavior, look and feel. Once the user defines the application, the definition is submitted to the tool's Java-based server-side back-end where the application is constructed. At this point the back-end uses templates to generate the application and returns to the user a URL, pointing the user to the Web-accessible online form. IBM Development Engagement Service is available as a hosted technology on IBM alphaWorks Services. http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/devengage/

SpringCM announced it has signed agreements with two organizations focused exclusively on delivering on-demand applications. ModelMetrics and Global OnDemand have added the SpringCM solution to their offerings to provide their customers with content collaboration through an on-demand model. SpringCM plans to add up to 100 channel partners in 2007 to address the content management needs of customers in a variety of markets including manufacturing, healthcare and logistics. The SpringCM solution streamlines the way organizations share and manage information including documents, images and multimedia files. Customers implement SpringCM for mission-critical content management across finance, logistics, contract management, corporate legal, distribution and compliance. http://www.springcm.com

MadCap Software and across Systems announced a strategic partnership to combine technical content creation with advanced translation and localization. Through integrated software from MadCap and across, technical documentation professionals will be able to publish multilingual user manuals, online Help systems, and other corporate content for the international market from a single source. MadCap provides XML software for creating multi-channel publishing, including its product Flare for delivering context-sensitive online Help and print documentation, and Blaze, MadCap's answer to Adobe FrameMaker for publishing large documents, which will be launched later this year. MadCap will also announce MadCap Lingo -- an XML based integrated Help authoring tool and translation environment. MadCap Lingo offers complete Unicode support for all left-to-right language. Through their strategic partnership, the two companies will enable integration between Lingo, Flare and Blaze, and the across Language Server, a comprehensive corporate platform for the entire translation process. Providing a centralized translation memory and terminology system, it serves to control the whole translation workflow, and to network all corresponding systems and persons involved. From the project manager up to the translator and proofreader, all participants work in a consistent client/server-based work environment. http://www.across.net/, http://www.madcapsoftware.com/

Vivisimo announced a mobile solution for workers to access and search corporate intranets, email and other applications from mobile devices. Vivisimo Velocity for Mobile will be available as an extension to the Velocity enterprise search platform, a solution that allows searching on desktop, internal repositories, and external content from a single search box. Velocity for Mobile optimizes search results for mobile environments and mirrors the key end-user features of Velocity Enterprise, such as clustered results and data call-outs for quick referencing. Users are presented with relevant results and navigation to find information by category, topic or repository. Velocity for Mobile functions in all popular mobile OS environments and connects to the Velocity enterprise search platform. Other features include: Information relevancy weighted to match users' typical workflow or line of business; Results presented with shorter snippets and precise titles for each document, file or piece of data; Crawling and indexing special collections such as customer data, support logs, and contract databases to help ensure mission-critical data is located above the main result set; and, Clicked results displayed as a cached version of the data to eliminate the need to download additional browsing software. Velocity for Mobile is generally available and requires little configuration to transform the enterprise deployment of Velocity into a mobile ready solution. Web tools allow for adjustments on relevancy of results and creation of new mobile call outs. The application complies with pre-existing corporate security settings; and the requirement for VPN access to corporate data ensures maximum security. http://vivisimo.com

Ektron Inc. announced its expansion abroad with new offices in Maidenhead, Berkshire in the United Kingdom. Ektron's new U.K. division includes business development, partner support, technical consulting, application development, product support divisions and an in-house training center. The training center will provide certified web developer and end user editor and administrator training. In addition to offering its European customers a full range of products and support, a key focus of Ektron's expansion is to continue to strengthen its partner program in Europe. http://www.ektron.com

Vignette (NASDAQ:VIGN) announced the worldwide availability of its latest Vignette Collaboration release. A key component of Vignette's Web solution, Vignette Collaboration promotes online communities, user-generated content and social networking applications to capture, share and reuse information across disparate geographic and organizational boundaries. Vignette Collaboration provides a level of transparency into each phase of an organization's collaborative business process. Knowledge-centric applications capture, organize and facilitate information sharing and reuse at a global enterprise level. The latest software release also incorporates "Web 2.0" features such as user-generated content and social networking to facilitate rich content creation and keep users connected. Additional Vignette Collaboration features include: Blog, RSS and wiki support, "Configure and Go" business processes applied to team workspaces, Integration with Vignette Portal and Vignette Content Management for collaborative Web site publishing, and Rich text editing capabilities. http://www.vignette.com

JustSystems, Inc., announced the expansion of its partner program to include Certified Training Partners, along with the first five partners to join the program under this designation. Designed to provide JustSystems customers with extended options for an end-to-end content lifecycle management solution, including technology integration, implementation, training, and complementary offerings, the multi-tier partner program has four distinct designations: Strategic Partner, Premier Certified, Certified and Associate. The first five training partners in the program are: Bright Path Solutions (Raleigh, NC), Certified Service and Authorized Training Partner - a provider of consulting, training and development services for publishing organizations; Group Wellesley (Pittsburgh, PA), Certified Service and Authorized Training Partner - providers of training, consulting, and application development services to support XML-based publishing workflows; Lasselle-Ramsay (Mountain View, CA), Certified Service and Authorized Training Partner - a professional services company focused on four practice areas: content management, technical documentation, training development, and on-the-job information tools; Scriptorium Publishing (Raleigh, NC), Certified Service and Authorized Training Partner - providers of customized publishing systems and hands-on training for publishing professionals; and Strategy A Consulting Group (Vancouver, BC), Authorized Training Partner - a consultancy assisting customers with content component management projects from the requirements to content to technology analysis. http://na.justsystems.com

SiberLogic announced the integration of SiberSafe DITA Edition with Adobe's FrameMaker 7.2 Application Pack for DITA. With the Application Pack configured, SiberSafe automatically adjusts its integrated menu options to deliver sophisticated DITA content management from within the familiar FrameMaker environment. FrameMaker users can open a document and retrieve topic-based content along with associated dependencies such as xref targets, link targets, conref targets, and referenced images. Content reuse is streamlined and straightforward via SiberSafe’s support for content references (conrefs). And SiberLogic's functionality is available directly from the FrameMaker menu: authoring and review assignments are automatically distributed via workflow email; each contributor has a list of tasks and knows how and when to execute them; and managers can keep track of progress and resource allocation. With additional features such as collaborative review, task analysis, and translation management, the FrameMaker/SiberSafe DITA integration aims to reduce the complexity of DITA-based technical documentation processes to a single integrated platform. http://www.siberlogic.com/framemaker/

Percussion Software announced that it has spun off its collaboration division to create a new company, Axceler, which will be managed as an independent company with its own management team. Michael Alden, who has served as Percussion Software's President, will be President and CEO of Axceler. Barry Reynolds, one of the founders who started Percussion Software in 1994, will continue in his role as CEO of Percussion. Axceler offers a Lotus Notes / Domino administrative product, and a Notes-centric real-time data integration solution, as well as a Notes-based workflow product. The spin-off enables Axceler to continue to expand its mission to develop and deliver productivity tools for the Notes / Domino platform, with particular emphasis on administration, integration, and business process automation. Percussion Software and Axceler will maintain separate but adjacent offices. The company's product line for Lotus Domino includes ServerAdmin Plus, an integrated solution for managing Lotus Domino servers and Lotus Notes clients; Notrix, which simplifies data integration by bringing relational data from other enterprise data sources into mission-critical Lotus Domino applications; PowerFlow, which enables addition of workflow logic to any Lotus Domino application; and Lyrix, which enables rich content to be shared between Lotus Domino and other enterprise applications by converting the rich content elements into standard document formats. http://www.axceler.com, http://www.percussion.com

Vignette (NASDAQ: VIGN) launched its expanded global alliance program for its Web and Imaging and Workflow solutions. Vignette recently achieved Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with Microsoft Competencies in both Networking Infrastructure Solutions and ISV Software Solutions. Vignette currently counts more than 200 strategic alliances with hardware platform manufacturers, operating systems vendors, software developers, resellers, system integrators and service organizations. Consulting Alliances provide expertise on overall strategy, business process design and analysis, integration and training, and vertical market expertise. BearingPoint, for example, has been working with Vignette for more than ten years. Solution Alliances provide hardware, operating systems and network and storage solutions for Vignette customers. For instance, Sun Microsystems provides hardware and identity management software for Vignette’s Digital Services Hub solution, which enables organizations to manage and deliver rich multimedia content to any Web-enabled device through a single unified framework. Vignette Product Alliances help broaden the overall Vignette product offerings through integrated complementary solutions that enable organizations make better online connections with their end users. Volantis, for example, provides mobile device recognition and rendering for the Vignette Digital Services Hub. Channel Sales Alliances help extend the reach of Vignette’s brand and solutions into markets where localized sales, service and support is required to assist our customers. One such alliance is Hyperlink, a regional management and technology consulting firm based in the Middle East. http://www.vignette.com/partners

MetaCarta, Inc., provider of geographic search solutions, announced a partnership with Clickability. MetaCarta's Geographic Text Search (GTS) technology will expand Clickability's web content management platform by adding geographic relevancy to a publisher's content enabling publishers to localize, personalize and monetize content. MetaCarta's GTS technology identifies implied and explicit references to geographic locations within documents, assigns latitude/longitude coordinates to the references, and indexes the document, all while being displayed on a map, will be offered to Clickability customers using its on demand cmPublish content management platform. With an emphasis on ease-of-use for non-technical users and sophisticated features for advanced users, cmPublish supports the entire content lifecycle including the ability to deliver, interact, measure, and adapt. http://www.metacarta.com, http://www.clickability.com

Mark Logic Corporation announced MarkLogic Server OEM Edition, providing a tailored platform and all the components needed to create rich web applications built around XML content and metadata. Developers can use MarkLogic to build new content applications or integrate XML content into existing applications. MarkLogic has a small footprint and contains the functionality and application programming interfaces (APIs) to suit the needs of application developers. Additionally it includes: a native XML data model, an XQuery implementation with full-text search, .NET and Java APIs, and a services-oriented architecture. There is a free trial version of MarkLogic at http://www.marklogic.com

Squarespace, a subscription-based solution for managing websites and blogs together in the same platform, has released version 4.0 of its publishing software. Along with improvements to site architecture and enhancements to bandwidth and storage, five features have been added to provide users with more options for creating a professional and dynamic web presence. Bloggers will have access to a search function that operates across all of a website’s content types, including blog posts, discussion forums, FAQs, photo galleries and standard webpages. Squarespace search can also operate on protected areas of a site and index content as soon as it is published. Users can create online forms, allowing users to address the difficult problem of capturing and analyzing data from their customer base. Website owners can use Squarespace's new FAQ component. Publish questions and answers in a search engine friendly format that is as easy to manage as a blog post. Webmasters and bloggers alike are now able to host a discussion forum within Squarespace just as they would a photo gallery or guestbook. Users can add Google Maps to their site and highlight the location of offices, meetups or other events for their readers. Hosting packages range from $7 to $65 per month, and are available for individuals or businesses. Enterprise users can also take advantage of Squarespace's customized support and bandwidth plans for $175 per month. http://www.squarespace.com

Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC) announced the latest release of its Java version of the Brava! product line, Brava Enterprise 5.2J. Version 5.2J is the next step in IGC’s secure, Java-based viewing technology, bringing features like thumbnail views, term-hit highlighting, redaction, markup consolidation and the ability to output to PDF to the client/server viewer. Brava Enterprise brings unified view and annotation capabilities to a large number of users inside and outside the firewall. Brava! Enterprise integrates into existing systems, honoring user rights, leveraging metadata and managing annotations. Brava Enterprise is integrated with content management systems like EMC Documentum and Open Text Livelink ECM, Interwoven WorkSite MP and Microsoft SharePoint, and project management systems like Primavera Expedition and Meridian Project Systems, as well as many commercial collaboration web sites. http://www.bravaviewer.com, http://www.infograph.com

Syncro Soft Ltd, the producer of oXygen XML Editor, has announced the immediate availability of version 8.2 of its XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT/XQuery Debugger. oXygen XML Editor version 8.2 brings a XQuery debugger against a native XML database allowing users of the MarkLogic 3.2 database to debug their XQuery code based on the new MarkLogic Server 3.2 XQuery debugging API. oXygen has ISO Schematron support covering also ISO Schematron embedded in XML Schema or Relax NG, abstract patterns and included Schematron schemas. oXygen version 8.2 enables working with modules (XML external entities, included/imported stylesheets, XQuery modules, etc.). You can validate the current module in the context it is used from and also perform multiple validation operations in a single action using the new validation scenarios feature. Also added is the capability to view very large files with sizes larger than a Gigabyte and multi-line find/replace support. There are also other enhancements, fixes and component updates. oXygen XML Editor and XSLT Debugger is available immediately in three editions: Multi-platform Academic/Non-profit license costs USD 48.00, Multi-platform Professional license costs USD 225.00, and Multi-platform Enterprise license costs USD 275.00. http://www.oxygenxml.com/

contentteam AG has been a "Selected Service Team" partner of EMC Germany (EMC Deutschland GmbH). The Selected Services Team program (SST) enables authorized partners to provide EMC services in the areas of Content Management and Archiving. This makes contentteam one of four companies to achieve the highest status in this domain. This implies a comprehensive training of contentteam staff and allows for an exclusive access to selected resources, for example in the area of reuse repository or methodology of EMC. Both customers of contentteam as well as the IT service provider itself will hugely benefit from this. The service provider from Cologne has made investments and developed .NET expertise for projects that required customer-specific integration of the EMC document management solution into the world of Microsoft Office. For example, EMC and Microsoft interleave their offering by extending the ECM functions for EMC Documentum from within Microsoft Office SharePoint. http://www.emc2.de, http://www.contentteam.com/

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) CSS Working Group has released an updated Working Draft for Cascading Style Sheets Level 3 (CSS3). Generated Content for Paged Media describes features such as cross-references, footnotes, headers and footers often used in printed publications. CSS is the Web's most widely-implemented language for style, used to render structured documents like HTML and XML on screen, on paper and in speech. Visit the CSS home page at: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/

Idiom Technologies, Inc. (Idiom) and SYSTRAN announced the signing of a strategic marketing and technology integration agreement. The partnership offers customers access to language translation software seamlessly integrated into their workflows to refine and streamline the translation and localization processes. SYSTRAN offers real-time translation solutions across more than fifty language pairs. The partnership with Idiom will make it easier for customers to integrate these capabilities and leverage SYSTRAN's linguistic toolsuite within the customizable WorldServer workflow, offering a one-stop solution for translating, customizing and managing multilingual content. http://www.idiominc.com, http://www.systransoft.com

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Scene7, a technology provider of real-time rich media delivery services. Adobe plans to offer and expand these interactive publishing services as it extends the online presence of its creative technologies. Most of Scene7’s employees are expected to join Adobe, with chief executive officer Doug Mack taking the position of vice president, Creative Solutions Services at Adobe. Scene7 is based in Novato, California. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close by the end of May 2007. The addition of Scene7 is not expected to have a material impact to Adobe revenue and earnings in fiscal year 2007. Terms were not disclosed. http://www.adobe.com/go/scene7_faq/

SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) and Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX; TSX: OTC) announced a joint worldwide offering to help companies manage the growing amount of data and documents crucial to effective business operations. SAP is reselling solutions from Open Text. Adding capabilities for secure, long-term archiving, Open Text's solutions complement the existing document management capabilities of SAP applications. Based on Open Text's Livelink ECM solutions, SAP will resell applications marketed under the names "SAP Archiving by Open Text" and "SAP Document Access by Open Text." Available today, the archiving and document access applications are targeted toward the financial services industry as well as public sector organizations, healthcare companies and other service organizations. SAP Archiving by Open Text incorporates the imaging, SAP data and document archiving components of Livelink ECM. It is a secure solution that stores data on optical media or disk storage with logical to physical archive management. SAP Document Access by Open Text incorporates the capabilities of the archiving solution and extends it with the ability to provide SAP applications with a process-oriented and application-spanning view of all business documents and data across SAP and non-SAP applications. A Web browser-based interface also allows occasional users to retrieve content. SAP Archiving by Open Text and SAP Document Access by Open Text can be purchased and supported directly from SAP. http://www.sap.com/, http://www.opentext.com/

Apelon, a provider of terminology and data interoperability solutions, announced that it has placed its Distributed Terminology System (DTS) software in SourceForge as an open source project. DTS assists in the management, integration, and deployment of structured biomedical terminology. It is part of applications that include clinical data repositories, EMR systems, public health programs, decision support, guideline authoring, and interface engines. Apelon will continue to offer content and support services for DTS. http://sourceforge.net/projects/apelon-dts, http://www.apelon.com/

RedPrairie Corporation announced the commitment to integrate Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with the RedPrairie E2e solutions. This integration will provide the ability to search across disparate enterprise systems based on supply chain data. Combined with Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows Desktop Search, RedPrairie’s supply chain data search results are delivered quickly and relevance is tuned for enterprise and line-of-business data. Users are able to find, use and share information in the context of where they are working, and with the familiar tools used every day. http://www.RedPrairie.com

Omniture, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMTR),and Baynote announced a strategic partnership that will integrate Baynote's Content Guidance platform with Omniture SiteCatalyst. The technology integration is intended to help customers increase the effectiveness of their online commerce, marketing and support initiatives by providing real-time product and content recommendations as well as social search results for Web site visitors. Baynote plans to become an accredited Omniture Genesis partner by the end of June 2007. Genesis is Omniture’s "plug and play" solution that automates the integration of marketing applications in the Omniture Online Business Optimization platform. Becoming an accredited Genesis partner will make it easy for customers to integrate Baynote’s Content Guidance platform with Omniture’s Online Business Optimization platform. http://www.omniture.com, http://www.baynote.com

pTools has announced details of its new eForms functionality to be launched this month. pTools eForms brings integration of online and downloadable forms to CMS in a single user interface. Using pTools eForms functionality, forms can be generated, presented, fulfilled, signed, and delivered in a highly secure, easy-to-use environment. pTools eForms is built on work with pTools customers in a number of sectors including Financial Services and uses the validation, non-repudiation, and fulfillment process typical of secure banking standard transactions. pTools eForms functionality integrates with Microsoft's .Net framework and enhances product connectors between pTools and Microsoft application server products like Sharepoint as well as the Vista office suite. pTools deploys to Oracle and Microsoft SQL and enables content management professionals to use the pTools programming interface and development tools to deliver solutions for Intranets, Extranets and Internet applications. pTools eForms functionality uses the content element model developed by the company to deliver sites that run on any platform or device. pTools content element model enables advanced enterprise content management functionality for content assembly, personalisation and security ensuring robust workflow and compliance for every element of the final output and dynamic re-use and re-purposing of content in a controlled content lifecycle environment. pTools S5 includes: advanced workflow and content compliance; rapid deployment and in-built Web2.0 features; .Net framework integration; advanced 'clean code' accessibility standard; pTools 'content element model'; content security marking; multi- language and advanced search and retrieval capability. http://www.pTools.com

SDL announced the release of SDL Translation Management System 2007, a new release of its on-demand solution which helps companies create and reuse multilingual content throughout the complete global content lifecycle. By closely integrating with existing content management systems SDL Translation Management System 2007 manages the process of taking approved content, localizing it and making it available for a global audience. This provides an Internet hosted application that enables integration and visibility across the translation supply chain, from content creation and content management to localization and publishing. The new release of SDL Translation Management System 2007: Automates the Complete Translation Supply Chain - A two-way synchronization capability between SDL Translation Management System 2007 and SDL Trados 2007 enables seamless exchange of content; Enables Greater Language Content Reuse - SDL Translation Management System 2007 drives greater content reuse by leveraging both SDL Perfect Match and Cross File Repetition Scanning technologies; and Delivers Enhanced Quality Assurance - SDL Translation Management System 2007 automatically checks documents for completeness and consistency during the localization process. http://www.sdl.com

Vamosa has launched free content analysis and migration software for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The free software combines Vamosa Community Edition and Vamosa developed SharePoint 2007 connector technology. Vamosa Community Edition was originally released in November 2006 as generic content analysis and migration software downloadable for free from www.vamosa.com. It combines the full functionality of Vamosa's software, Vamosa Content Analyser and Vamosa Content Migrator, into a single product. The extension of Vamosa Community Edition to include the Microsoft SharePoint 2007 connector allows the SharePoint community to capitalise on the benefits an automated approach to analysis and migration has to offer. Although the software will continue with the limitation of 1000 pages users will be able to: Gain a detailed understanding of up to 1000 pages of content in the fastest manner possible, Improve content quality through the removal of duplicate and out-dated content, Enhance content via the application of relevant metadata, and Reduce the pain involved in migrating content to SharePoint. Vamosa plans to release further editions of Vamosa Community Edition for other leading ECM vendors. Offerings for IBM and Interwoven are due in the near future. Vamosa Community Edition for SharePoint can also be downloaded from http://www.vamosa.com/sharepoint2007