June 2007 Archives

IBM (NYSE: IBM) introduced enhanced enterprise search software designed to allow users to quickly and securely search intranet portals, databases, public Web sites and file systems. The new version of IBM's OmniFind Enterprise Edition search software provides a single interface for enterprise search, discovery and analysis for IBM Lotus Domino environments. The new software also delivers a view into the rich content that can be exposed when the Lotus software platform is mined from an enterprise search interface. Also announced are new security and search capabilities for WebSphere clients. By providing full-text indexing and search of Domino databases, users can find and access information stored in IBM Lotus Document Manager, IBM Lotus Quickr and in IBM Lotus QuickPlace documents, as well as other enterprise information from applications, repositories and shared files from across an organization. New "Web 2.0" features in the OmniFind Enterprise Edition administrative console make it easier to customize the search application and preview changes immediately. The new version of IBM OmniFind Enterprise Edition optimized for Lotus Domino and WebSphere Portal supports Lotus Domino on Linux, Windows, and System i platforms. It comes with pre-built crawlers for WebSphere Portal Document Manager, WebSphere Portal Web pages and Workplace Web Content Management. The software is currently available from IBM and IBM Business Partners. http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/enterprise-search/omnifind-enterprise/

Inmedius announced the availability of Inmedius Horizon, a new system for the management of a technical documentation department. Horizon is a business process-driven system to create, manage and deploy complex technical information through its entire lifecycle. Inmedius Horizon supports industry technical documentation standards, including DITA, ATA iSpec 2200, DocBook, military specifications, and customized Document Type Definitions (DTDs), all in one solution. Horizon also supports an array of document formats, regardless of whether they are SGML or XML, Adobe Acrobat PDF or Microsoft Office Word formats, or illustration, graphic, sound and other media files. The Horizon system integrates with popular authoring platforms, including built-in plug-ins for Adobe FrameMaker and PTC Arbortext Editor, as well as the Inmedius S1000D Publishing Suite. Inmedius Horizon users also integrates with both Microsoft Project and Excel. http://www.InmediusHorizon.com, http://www.inmedius.com

Omniture, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMTR) and Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ: IWOV) announced the broadening of the companies' partnership to include Omniture Genesis integration. Omniture Genesis is a "plug and play" solution designed to reduce complexity and increase ROI by automating the integration of marketing tools into Omniture's Online Business Optimization Platform. By integrating the Interwoven Segmentation and Analytics solution through Genesis, customers will gain a single view into the full life-cycle of their campaigns, making it easier to measure and optimize their results across multiple marketing channels. With this announcement, Interwoven and Omniture are aligning the companies' development resources towards product interoperability. http://www.omniture.com, http://www.interwoven.com

Vivisimo announced the expansion of its Velocity platform with support for Windows Search technologies, including the integrated desktop search capabilities in Windows Vista and Windows Desktop Search 3.01 for Windows XP. Users on the Vivisimo Velocity enterprise search platform can seamlessly access and manipulate search results across Windows desktop environments as well as multiple applications and databases. Traditionally, desktop search results from Windows Desktop Search 3.01 for Windows XP or Windows Vista are viewed through a Windows interface, like the deskbar, start menu, or Explorer. Now, by extending the underlying Windows Search platform, customers can see aggregated search results from the desktop alongside those results from other enterprise applications and data sources searched by Velocity. Through Velocity, search results are displayed in neatly organized topical categories, or clusters. Windows Desktop Search is managed and deployed at the administrative level, allowing for a secure and configurable solution. Windows Desktop Search indexes more than 200 of the most common file types including .doc, .xml, .pdf, .xls, and .ppt in multiple languages. http://vivisimo.com

Basis Technology announced that Microsoft has licensed its Rosette Entity Extractor (REX) to enhance the user experience on Microsoft Live Search by adding news results to specific user queries. REX helps organizations use information locked in unstructured data that cannot be found through keyword matching. Advanced statistical algorithms enable discovery of entities like names, places, dates, and other phrases that establish the real meaning in text. Live Search processes web documents through REX to create a list of "names in the news." When user’s queries match this list, Live Search knows it could be related to the news and adds news to the results display. Microsoft has been using Basis Technology’s linguistic software since the launch of MSN Search beta in late 2004. The Rosette Entity Extractor is designed for integration into software systems for information retrieval, text mining, relationship extraction, business intelligence, military intelligence, e-commerce and other applications that classify, analyze, and mine textual information. http://www.basistech.com

ISYS Search Software announced integration of ISYS:web 8 into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS). ISYS:web 8's SharePoint integration capabilities enable users to take full advantage of the advanced search features offered by ISYS, without having to leave their SharePoint portal. Seamless integration within MOSS requires only a few steps to configure. Administrators can create an environment in which users can instantly find information via ISYS' search capabilities and subsequently act on it by using SharePoint's document management and collaboration tools. ISYS works with established security settings, displaying only search results to which users have access. ISYS' integration within SharePoint maintains the full functionality of both products and enables users to simultaneously search across multiple sources of content, from MOSS to network drives, and websites. http://www.isys-search.com/

Mediasurface plc announced its intention to acquire Immediacy Limited (“Immediacy”) for an initial consideration of approximately £5 million plus deferred consideration of £0.80 per pound of net assets in excess of £370,000. The acquisition is intended to: broaden the Mediasurface product portfolio with the addition of a successful mid-range content management technology and customer base, and bea complementary solution that targets a segment of the web content management market that is not currently addressed by Mediasurface; add transferable technological skills, provide greater sales opportunities, both by enabling Mediasurface to address a wider market and by promoting Immediacy in new geographies in which Mediasurface is already established; and increased profile and critical mass to better compete in the content management market. The Placing by KBC Peel Hunt will raise approximately £4.45 million in addition to a £2 million term loan facility which the Company has secured. These proceeds will be used to fund the cash element of the initial consideration, defray the costs of the Placing and the Acquisition and strengthen the balance sheet. Under the terms of the Placing Agreement, KBC Peel Hunt has agreed to use its reasonable endeavours to procure subscribers for the Placing Shares at 23 pence per share. The Directors believe that the acquisition of Immediacy has compelling strategic and financial logic for both companies and represents an attractive opportunity for Mediasurface to broaden its portfolio and acquire 206 support paying customers. For more information on the details of the acquisition:
http://sitecontent.mediasurface.com/uk-en/documents/pdfs/financial/immediacy-acquisition.pdf

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced new document generation solutions in Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES) software. LiveCycle ES enables organizations to adopt a common design environment for document production and distribution that spans interactive, on-demand, and batch generation requirements. The new document generation solutions, Adobe LiveCycle Production Print ES and LiveCycle Output ES, merge enterprise data with LiveCycle Designer ES templates to deliver personalized documents. LiveCycle Production Print ES addresses high-volume and production output requirements, while LiveCycle Output ES is best suited for on-demand or medium-volume applications. With these new capabilities, LiveCycle ES integrates document generation with electronic forms, process management, and document security to build business processes that extend from the initial request to the final archived document. LiveCycle Production Print ES, the result of a collaboration between Adobe and StreamServe, integrates LiveCycle Designer software with an updated version of StreamServe's Persuasion software to streamline the production of documents such as bank statements and stock price notifications. LiveCycle Production Print ES is available in limited release, with general availability expected in Fall 2007. Adobe LiveCycle Output ES is expected to be available in July 2007. Adobe’s existing document generation product line, the Adobe Central Output Server family, will continue to be available. Central Output software customers who wish to take advantage of the LiveCycle environment will be eligible to trade up to LiveCycle Output ES. http://www.adobe.com/products/livecycle

Xythos Software announced a partnership with Abtech Computer Services UK, an IT integrator specializing in enterprise infrastructure solutions. Xythos has selected Abtech to develop a reseller channel in the UK. Abtech delivers Linux, Unix and enterprise storage solutions to commercial and government customers throughout the UK. UK information security requirements closely mirror those in the US. Xythos' recent completion of US Department of Defense (DoD) 5015.2 records management certification positions it to address a variety of European Union and UK security requirements, such as European Model Requirements for the Management of Electronic Documents (MoReq). http://www.xythosondemand.com, http://www.abtech-uk.com

KnowNow Inc. announced KnowNow Live. KnowNow Live turns static knowledge management repositories into active systems that alert appropriate individuals when new, relevant information is available. The new Web-based user interface incorporates interaction development techniques to deliver a compelling application in both interaction and content. KnowNow is also announcing a private beta for enterprise users. KnowNow Live offers presentation flexibility, persistent content/source monitoring, and multi-channel alerting. It pushes relevant information to users by providing inference and relevance through contextualization. Additionally, KnowNow Live simplifies the management of large quantities of information, adds alerts to any content source, and provides collaborative functionality to every channel. KnowNow Live is compatible with the Google Gadget format to allow the use of Google Gadgets within the KnowNow Live interface. The product will be available Q3. http://www.knownow.com

Texterity, Inc. has begun offering its digital magazine interface in Chinese to support publishers that are moving into this emerging market. Texterity offers its digital magazine interface in four languages, English, French, Spanish and Chinese, and its tracking and reporting software in more than a dozen languages. Texterity’s Published Web Format (PWF) enables subscribers to view magazines with any standard Internet browser. No plug-ins or software downloads are required. Texterity’s PWF imaging technology provides the fast loading time and the sharp text. It enables numerous capabilities such as multimedia content, RSS, search functions, YouTube integration and digital archive global search. http://www.texterity.com

Sajan announced the release of X-Content Integration, which provides an open integration framework for all content management systems, files systems and other business applications. X-Content Integration features seamless integration with all Enterprise Content Management Systems (ECM). With this software, Sajan has introduced a packaged solution for open framework integration, providing the necessary technology to efficiently bridge ECM and translation management systems. The X-Content Integration release offers advancements in the new world of on-demand global content lifecycle management. When used with Sajan's GCMS, the offering includes: direct access to all translated content, compliance controls, advanced reporting and other technological advancements in the global content space. http://www.sajan.com

Altus Learning Systems announced version 5.0 of its Xtreme Knowledge Sharing software (XKS 5.0). This new platform incorporates "Web 2.0" community enablement capabilities, such as enterprise collaboration, searchable video technology, blogs, wikis and other enterprise social networking functions. New technologies now incorporated within the Altus XKS platform also enable workers to share business lessons with their colleagues. Altus Xtreme Knowledge Sharing 5.0: Socializes enterprise computing by capturing social networking features such as searchable video, podcasts, blogs, wikis and RSS, and brings them inside the enterprise to create an enterprise collaboration, knowledge sharing and on-demand information platform; Video synch and search allows workers to search video down to the spoken word; and Enables the creation of video learning portals to share the corporate knowledge captured from video training, meetings, conferences, PowerPoint presentations etc. Altus is now beta testing the initial release of XKS 5.0. This functionality will be incrementally rolled out to the broader Altus customer base over the next 12 months. http://www.altuscorp.com/

Researchers at Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) unveiled FactSpotter. The new text mining software combines a linguistic engine with an interface that anyone can use to query the system in everyday language. FactSpotter looks not only for the keywords contained in a query but also the context of the document those words contain. The “smart” search engine can comb through almost any document regardless of the language, location, format or type; take advantage of the way humans think, speak and ask questions; and discriminate the results highlighting just a handful of relevant answers instead of returning thousands of unrelated responses. FactSpotter is part of Xerox’s ongoing intelligent document technology research. The technology is meant to help customers better manage data and document-intensive work processes in industries like banking, finance and legal. Xerox plans to launch FactSpotter next year as part of its Xerox Litigation Services offerings, which include electronic discovery (e-discovery) services that primarily support legal and regulatory compliance. http://www.xerox.com/innovation

Zoho announced Zoho Meeting, a Web conferencing application. Now in public beta release, Zoho Meeting lets users conduct free online meetings and share their desktops with other users. In addition to conducting live meetings with friends or colleagues, Zoho Meeting users can demonstrate products to prospective customers or troubleshoot client issues online. And once concluded, a Zoho Meeting presentation can be embedded as a Flash object in a blog, wiki, notebook, or any Web page. Other highlights include: No downloads to attend - Users invited to attend a Zoho Meeting need not install any software on their PCs. Attendees can join a meeting using a Flash, Java, or ActiveX viewer; Zoho Show integration - Zoho Show users can embed Zoho Meeting in their presentations via a ‘Meeting Slide.’ Attendees see the host’s desktop without switching between the two applications; Remote control - With permission, attendees can control the PC of the user hosting the Zoho Meeting; Remote access - Zoho Meeting can be used to access remote PCs, e.g., access a home computer from work; Zoho Chat integration - Zoho Meeting users can conduct online group chat via Zoho Chat. http://www.zoho.com, http://ww.adventnet.com

SDL announced the acquisition of PASS Engineering, the developers of the visual software localization tool PASSOLO. By leveraging existing Translation Memories and corporate Terminology, SDL PASSOLO will help drive improvements in efficiencies and consistency into software, online help and user documentation localization processes. PASSOLO supports localization of Microsoft .NET applications. http://www.sdl.com, http://www.passolo.com

Mindquarry, an Open Source collaborative software developer, released its revamped edition of Mindquarry Version 1.1. The new platform for file sharing, task management, team collaboration and Wiki editing is now available for free download, offering various productivity enhancements and new features such as an activity timeline to view older versions of all team content in files, Wiki pages or tasks. Highlighted features in Version 1.1: The 'time machine' activity timeline allows teams to view older versions of files, Wiki pages and tasks; The Interlink links to all files, tasks or other Wiki pages from within the Wiki. The link window also contains a search option to find items to interlink; Team partners can insert tables and images into Wiki pages; Easy Tasks and Files Manager allows users to work with Mindquarry online or offline on a Mac, Windows or Linux operating system. It synchronizes all files and tasks as soon as the user is back online; and the user interface clearly separates list views from item views, expediting work productivity. http://www.mindquarry.com

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced "Web 2.0 Goes to Work," an IBM initiative to help organizations bring the value of "Web 2.0", such as easy access to information, rich, browser-based applications, and social networking and collaboration software, into the enterprise in a security-rich, reliable way. To help companies deploy Web 2.0 technologies today, IBM is announcing the availability of enterprise-ready offerings: IBM Lotus Connections - integrated social software for business features a suite of five Web 2.0-based components, including social bookmarking and tagging, rich directories including skills and projects, activity dashboards, collaboration among like-minded communities, and web logs or blogging; IBM Lotus Quickr - a team collaboration tool that helps teams inside and outside a company firewall work together across geographies, work styles and operating systems; and IBM WebSphere Commerce - now incorporating capabilities to more closely align with consumers' natural shopping experiences and help decrease the incidence of abandoned shopping carts. IBM is also sharing new technologies with information technology professionals through alphaWorks Services, a site that allows organizations to access emerging software services from IBM research and development labs. The site will include mash-up, information management and catalog technologies from Info 2.0 by end of the third quarter. http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com, http://www.ibm.com/web20

Six Apart announced new solutions that will enable businesses to build social media and blogging communities on top of Movable Type 4. The Movable Type Enterprise Solution enables companies to integrate their blogging and social media efforts into their existing IT systems. Expanding on Movable Type 4's built-in capability to create and manage thousands of blogs and users, the Enterprise Solution's LDAP directory server integration and support for enterprise-class databases, including Oracle 10g and Microsoft SQL Server, make it easier to deploy and manage employee and departmental blogs. The Movable Type Community Solution makes it possible to create a custom social media platform that can attract larger audiences, increase audience engagement, and improve loyalty. Where Movable Type 4 on its own allows for registering and managing site members, the Community Solution incorporates rich member profiles, member blogs, "Digg-style" recommendation tools and other features that help new and returning visitors engage with the site and one another. These are the first two solutions announced for the new Movable Type 4 platform, which contains a component architecture with the ability to add large packs of functionality on top of a core platform. More solutions will be announced later in the year. The Community Solution and Enterprise Solution will be available with the release of Movable Type 4 in Q3. http://www.sixapart.com/

NewsGator Technologies, Inc. announced NewsGator Social Sites, a new solution built on the NewsGator Enterprise Server (NGES). The offering enhances Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 with social networking and collaboration capabilities. NewsGator Social Sites introduces additional Enterprise 2.0 capabilities such as tagging and real-time AJAX interfaces within Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 lists, improves the RSS capabilities, and connects people through content. NewsGator Social Sites 1.0 works directly with NGES 2.1 to help businesses turn SharePoint-based portals into a one-stop "Enterprise 2.0" destination. NewsGator Social Sites enhances the collaborative power of SharePoint by adding dynamic, real-time interfaces. NewsGator Social Sites is currently available in beta and will be generally available in mid-July. http://www.newsgator.com/business/socialsites

JustSystems, Inc. announced its XMetaL Review & Collaboration Platform and Services for XML and web-based content creation, review, and approval. The combination of business consulting services and the technology platform is designed to help in migrating to a topic-based process to ensure compliance and accelerate time-to-market of content. With XMetaL Review & Collaboration, a typical engagement starts with a Workflow Audit performed by an expert document workflow and structured content consultant. JustSystems’ consultants will provide services to: assess current workflow and processes; develop a transformation plan for migrating to topic-oriented content lifecycle management; make technology recommendations; estimate ROI; and prepare for organizational change. With the platform, reviewers and approvers can use a web-based interface to discuss and comment on content; authors can capture comments from multiple reviewers and retain an audit trail of changes. JustSystems consultants will also provide full system implementation services, configuration, customization, integration with content management systems (CMS), content analysis & design, and training. JustSystems' XMetaL Review & Collaboration Platform and Services are available immediately. http://na.justsystems.com

Hyperwave introduced eConferencing Suite Version 3.1. The virtual conference center is not only for regular meetings with a freely definable number of participants and roles, but also facilitates ad hoc, spontaneous collaboration between colleagues. Hyperwave will be using the new, more advanced eConferencing Suite 3.1 for its own support desk. Hyperwave's eConferencing Suite 3.1 provides a range of features to support all forms of real-time corporate collaboration, including simultaneous audio and video over IP, text chat, whiteboard and application sharing. The eConferencing Suite 3.1 can be run as a stand alone application or as a fully integrated extension of the Hyperwave IS/6 Collaborative Information Management Platform. Users can see at a glance which colleagues are online and available. With a click of a mouse they can start an instant chat, voice, video, whiteboard, and application or desktop sharing session. The eConferencing Suite 3.1 also offers a selection of tailored meeting templates, so that presentations or conferences, for example, are properly supported. Hyperwave's eConferencing suite has been certified and is used for classified communications in the Department of Defense (certified for SPIRNET). http://www.hyperwave.com

Alchemy Software Development and Madcap Software, Inc. announced a joint technology partnership that combines technical content creation with advanced visual translation memory technology. Madcap Software has joined the Alchemy Alliance Program, an initiative designed to accelerate the delivery of localization solutions that remove the barriers faced by organizations that operate in international markets. Through the Alchemy Alliance Program, both companies will provide interoperability between Madcap Flare and Alchemy Language Exchange, a centralized visual translation memory platform. This will provide an integrated solution for single-source content creation and multilingual content publishing. Alchemy Alliance Program Partners offer content-related technology that can be incorporated into the Alchemy portfolio of products such as Alchemy CATALYST and Alchemy Language Exchange. These solutions can span the entire information lifecycle ranging from authoring content to localization to publishing. http://www.alchemysoftware.ie, http://www.madcapsoftware.com

Foldera, Inc. (OTCBB:FDRA) announced that the company is in preparations for expanding its beta program with a software release on June 29, 2007. Following the implementation of the public preview beta version of Foldera's product (by the same name) in March, the company will be expanding its offering to additional businesses and users while continuing to enhance its Web-based software-as-a-service application. Foldera provides SMBs and individual users with file-sharing, automatic email sorting and simple online project collaboration. The new version includes features such as Ajax-rich inline windows and drag-and-drop capabilities. A proprietary, integrated search tool enables users to search across files, tasks, calendar events and emails. Foldera's email system and Activity Folders provide context for all data flowing into users' accounts. The application also features security features and full-control of information sharing to provide users with a secured collaboration environment. All information remains completely encrypted during transmission across the internet. In addition to its "freemium" solution, Foldera will launch premium level business plans during the third-quarter of 2007 to provide professionals with a tiered offering. http://www.foldera.com

SpikeSource announced the release of a hosted version of SuiteTwo, powered by Intel, a turnkey appliance that allows organizations large and small to implement "Web 2.0" technologies that increase revenue, reduce expenses, improve productivity and extend brand. The hosted version integrates technologies from Six Apart, SocialText, SimpleFeed, NewsGator and Visible Path to drive mass collaboration in every area of an organization's operations, this version brings "SaaS-like" capabilities to organizations wishing to deploy Web 2.0 functionality using a hosted model. The hosted version of SuiteTwo is available from SpikeSource on a per-user subscription basis. http://www.suitetwo.com/, http://www.spikesource.com/

First Consulting Group, Inc., (FCG) (NASDAQ:FCGI) announced the acquisition of Zorch, Inc., a Salt Lake City, Utah based company that has built a proprietary enterprise software solution to provide regulated content management and collaboration for the life sciences industry. The products and solutions by Zorch are built entirely on the Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server platform, and are designed to allow life sciences organizations to leverage their existing Microsoft platform investments while capitalizing on FCG's products and practices. The new offering acquired by FCG will be named FirstPoint. FCG is acquiring 100% of the outstanding equity of Zorch for a lump sum cash payment. The acquisition is expected to be neutral to FCG earnings in the second half of 2007 and accretive thereafter. http://www.fcg.com

Open-Xchange, Inc. announced a major feature update for Open-Xchange Server 5. The upgrade adds more than 50 usability improvements to the Linux-based collaboration suite. Open-Xchange Server 5 provides customers with messaging functions such as email, calendaring, contacts and task management that are integrated with groupware features such as document sharing, project tracking, user forums, and a knowledge base. Service Pack 3 for Open-Xchange Server 5 offers productivity improvements through performance enhancements and through supporting the latest Application Server of Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 4. Upgrades include: Optimized SQL queries, providing customers with large number of users with performance improvements; Optimized synchronization with smart phones and Palm devices; Enhanced usability for Microsoft Outlook, enhanced support of global address book, and user modifications within Microsoft Outlook vacation, notice, filter rules, password, etc.; Extended search capabilities and functionality; and, Support for Red Hat Application Server 2. Open-Xchange Server 5 including Service Pack 3 is available for a free, 30-day trial. http://www.open-xchange.com/

Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) and EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) announced a global strategic alliance to address customers' information infrastructure requirements. The alliance unites Wipro's applied innovation framework for developing new solutions and services around EMC's information infrastructure technologies to help more organizations, specifically in targeted growth markets, optimize their infrastructures, secure and protect their information, and leverage their information. Wipro and EMC intend to explore collaboration of industry and application specific solutions in key business areas that solve customer needs related to storage management, information management, content management, and information security. To further enable this alliance, EMC intends to help certify more than 1,000 Wipro practice resources on EMC technologies to support pre-sales, delivery, and solution development. http://www.emc.com/, http://www.wipro.com/, http://www.wiprocorporate.com/

DocuLex announced the release of Archive Studio 4. Comprised of Goby Capture, Office Capture and WebSearch. Archive Studio provides users with automated, networked and web enabled document management capabilities. Archive Studio was created specifically for use by businesses seeking affordable, thorough organization and management of must keep information. Archive Studio features secure "Web 2.0" based 'Instant Document Access' from any location via the Internet including permission assigning and Active Directory integration. WebSearch is a Web-based document management program developed for use throughout a business's operations to enable secure, 'Instant Document Access' from any location with convenience of use that is similar to an Internet search engine. Searches may be performed using document specific meta data descriptions, full text content, as well as date ranges, search history, search lists and saved searches. WebSearch also serves as a document hosting facilitator, with public-key infrastructure (PKI) providing encryption and digital signature security for outsourcing daily-use information access to the electronic file storage. The program manages multiple levels of security, including Organization, Community, Group, Users, as well as individual files. Document and user activity tracking logs are always available, assisting in compliance of privacy laws including HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley. The capture programs include streamlined capturing of electronic files and emails directly from MS-Office applications, in addition to utilizing the Send-to feature from Windows Explorer. Once captured, Archive Studio's WebSearch manages the documents throughout their life cycle. http://www.doculex-usa.com/

Bluestream Corp. announced the release of XDocs 1.1, an XML-based, single-source content management system that enables organizations to publish content to multiple channels. XDocs is an out-of-the box DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) enabled XML content management system ideal for budget conscious organizations that are looking to maximize content reuse and repurposing. Built with the non-technical user in mind, XDocs is a standards-compliant single-sourcing solution that enables technical communicators to create, manage, and store large volumes of both XML and non-XML content. Multiple profiles allow for easy conditional processing and variable insertion at publish time, depending on the pre-selected profile (e.g. variant A vs. variant B of a particular document). New versions of documents are automatically created on check-in and old versions are maintained. Switching between versions is easy and intuitive. Variables can be embedded in content that are set to particular values at publish time. For example, content can contain a CustomerName variable which gets set to the particular customer at publish time. XDocs can work with any XML editor currently on the market; however, support for XMetaL has been enhanced. (configurable conref and Navigation link insertion, and auto scaling of images, to mention a few). Extended support for FrameMaker 8.0 is also in the works. XDocs ships with a RenderX XEP Server allowing for superior PDF output. FOP is also included. http://www.bluestream.com

Fast Search & Transfer (OSEAX: FAST.OL) (FAST) announced the release of FAST InStream 5.1, the latest version of its embedded enterprise search platform designed for OEM partners and technology providers. FAST ESP 5.1. allows organizations to integrate into a variety of vertical applications including legal discovery, compliance and eCommerce, as well as storage and archiving solutions as part of the overall hosted eDiscovery marketplace. FAST InStream 5.1 offers new features to enhance data discovery and usability, including: Contextual Insight – provides users both precise contextual results and the contextual, dynamic navigation for further investigation of related information; Silo Indexing – allows OEMs to optimize the management of substantially more documents per node; and FAST Classifier – a new GUI tool that streamlines the hierarchal navigation of content. New relevancy management and linguistic features include: 80 languages, Advanced linguistics offered for 27 languages, Query-side lemmatization by expansion improves recall without index overhead, Linguistics Studio for GUI-based dictionary management, Improved Asian language support, and Synonym dictionary selection on a per query basis. Also there are improved business level search, system management additions, Software Development Kit (SDK), and new SOA integration Features. FAST InStream 5.1 will be generally available on June 29, 2007. http://www.fastsearch.com

Kapow Technologies announced two new editions of the Kapow Mashup Server family, extending its mashup solution that provides universal access to data and services across the enterprise. Enterprise mashups require programmatic access to the underlying data and services that comprise the building blocks of the mashup. Kapow Technologies enables access to the underlying data sources and services to be mashed up. Web 2.0 Edition increases Kapow Technologies' ability to develop data-centric mashups, giving IT the capability to build applications based on lightweight RSS feeds and REST services. Web 2.0 Edition is optimized for creation of mashable components from just about any web resource, making it possible to reuse web data or business logic from inside the company or the public web. Once the feeds have been generated, they can be published as lightweight feeds or services. Content Migration Edition targets the cut-and-paste approach to migration of content between or into enterprise content management (ECM) systems, automating the process and reducing the need for human intervention. Using the Kapow Mashup Server, source content can be quickly collected and converted to the appropriate format that maps to the relevant target schema or template in an automated fashion. This approach allows web-based content to be rapidly incorporated into a content store, extending the reach and interoperability of an ECM solution. Existing offerings of the Kapow Mashup Server family include the Data Collection Edition, which enables API-based access to a wide variety of structured and unstructured data, from a variety of sources, both in the web tier and the filesystem. Kapow Technologies' fourth offering is the Portal Content Edition, which enables cost-effective delivery of web based content and functionality into portal servers. The new Kapow Mashup Server editions are available in July. http://www.kapowtech.com

Astoria Software and Idiom Technologies, Inc. announced a joint integration and marketing agreement for a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) solution for globalized, structured content management. Under the deal, the companies will integrate Astoria On-Demand, Astoria’s SaaS solution for structured content management, with Idiom WorldServer On-Demand, the company's online globalization management system (GMS). Global 2000 manufacturers will gain access to WorldServer On-Demand globalization solutions through the Astoria On-Demand interface. Together, the two SaaS offerings are meant to create a scalable solution for the rapid, low-cost creation and delivery of product documentation that is globally applicable, accurate and complex. http://www.astoriasoftware.com, http://www.idiominc.com

SearchInform Technologies Inc. releases a new product based on its search technologies. PlagiatInform system is a professional tool for identifying plagiarism in documents. PlagiatInform first checks the work being turned in, comparing it to those already in the database. If the percent of plagiarism in the work is low, the work is divided into paragraphs and then gets compared to the database of previously submitted works, also divided into paragraphs. This not only allows you to identify the plagiarized extracts, but also to see where exactly they were taken from and what changes have been made. PlagiatInform's scalability capacities allow the system to work with large volumes of information (collection of papers and essays). And even if the software's capacity is not sufficient to process new documents, its capacity can be easily increased without any changes to the general structure. This ability also allows for creating a single information space for all geographically distributed faculties and subsidiaries. http://www.searchinform.com/

Translations.com announced that it has completed a merger with International Software Products B.V. (iSP). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Amsterdam-based iSP will become a division of Translations.com and will continue to be led by current CEO, Martijn Heertje, a 16-year veteran of the localization industry. Heertje will remain Division President of iSP and will assume the additional post of Vice President at Translations.com. Additionally, the original founder of iSP, Yvonne Carter, will remain on the post-merger management team in her present role. In addition to its software localization production facility and testing lab in the Netherlands, iSP also maintains a Beijing-based production center from which Asian language localization projects are managed. iSP's Beijing office adds to Translations.com's existing presence in the Asia-Pacific region, which includes offices in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, and Sydney. http://www.isp.nl, http://www.translations.com

BEA Systems, Inc. announced the upcoming general availability of BEA AquaLogic Analytics 2.1, a product designed to provide integrated usage and event monitoring and analytics tools for Web applications, portals and enterprise mashups with support for BEA AquaLogic Ensemble, BEA AquaLogic Interaction and BEA WebLogic Portal. The new release is designed to provide customers increased return on investment in their portal and application deployments by better understanding usage patterns, improving portal and Web application design, managing content and planning enterprise investment in their composite applications. BEA AquaLogic Analytics 2.1 is also designed to support the upcoming release of BEA AquaLogic Ensemble, a system for managing Web resources - applications, components, widgets, programmable functions - and for blending these resources together in new and existing Web applications. BEA AquaLogic Analytics 2.1 is available on the Microsoft Windows, SUN Solaris, and Linux operating systems and supports Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases. Data and events captured by BEA AquaLogic Analytics 2.1 can also be queried by external tools such as Crystal Reports, Microsoft Excel and other business intelligence tools. BEA AquaLogic Analytics 2.1 will be generally available on June 29, 2007 and downloadable. http://www.bea.com/enterprise

Workshare announced that Workshare Professional 5, a document control product integrated with 2007 Microsoft Office and Vista as well as previous Microsoft Office and Windows systems, is shipping. Designed for information workers who depend on sharing and reviewing Microsoft Office documents to get their job done, and to provide safe, compliant and usable document lifecycle management across organizations. Workshare Professional 5 securely manages how business people exchange content directly inside their standard creation and sharing tools. Its content management within the Office and Windows systems gives users standards-based access rights, collaboration abilities, heightened security parameters, adaptable workflow, and version tracking. Document authors simply use Workshare Professional inside Microsoft Office. Document reviewers only require Microsoft Office and edit directly in the document. When authors receive those documents back via email or via a portal, Workshare maintains the master document integrity, and preserves all changes between versions. Workshare Professional 5 is available immediately from Workshare resellers. 1 year term license pricing is US $175/user/year and perpetual license pricing is US $349/user plus annual maintenance. For optional document repository connectors, 1 year term license pricing is US $25/user/year and perpetual license pricing is US $50/user plus annual maintenance. http://www.workshare.com

Syncro Soft Ltd, the producer of Syncro SVN Client, has announced the immediate availability of version 2.4 of its Subversion (SVN) client. Version 2.4 of the Syncro SVN Client allows to see the history of a resource as a history graph in which every revision of the resource is represented with a node. The history of a resource can be viewed as a graph in which a node represents a revision of the resource. The icon and the background color of a node represent the operation that generated a revision. The node contains also the repository path and the revision number. The contextual menu of a graph node contains operations that can be applied directly to the revision represented by that node: open the resource, show the history in History View, compare with the HEAD revision, check out. Syncro SVN Client can be run on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris. Syncro SVN Client 2.4 can be freely evaluated for 30 days. 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. http://www.syncrosvnclient.com

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L) announced it is delivering its Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) to SharePoint Server 2007 customers. IDOL provides a flexible framework to address their enterprise-wide structured and unstructured information processing needs by offering more than 500 functions as SharePoint Web Parts. Microsoft SharePoint's secure and scalable search coupled with Autonomy’s IDOL functionality includes: Mapped Security, delivering sub-document level security without requiring communication with the third-party content repository at query time; Modular, multi-threaded architecture to scale billions of documents and terabytes of information; Over 500 functions such as automatic hyperlinking, automatic categorization, and automatic profiling; Autonomy Federated Search for SharePoint, enabling customers to index and search all content inside and outside the SharePoint environment; and, Autonomy’s Connectors to over 1000 file formats including PDF and Blob support, audio and video, as well as structured formats. http://www.autonomy.com

Author-it Software Corporation introduced Author-it Live, a web-based authoring, content management and publishing solution. The Web-based delivery capabilities of Author-it Live, an online version of the company's product, provide the user with an enterprise-level content management system combined with the fast access of the Web from any location. Using Author-it Live, geographically distributed teams can more effectively collaborate on the creation, sharing/reuse, and management of content while working remotely via Internet access. Author-it Live's authoring, management, and publishing modules were all developed and manufactured internally by Author-it, not with components from third-party vendors. Technical requirements for running Author-it Live include a Windows Server, along with an Internet-connected PC or laptop for each user. Product pricing is as follows: Author-it Live Editor - $20,000 per server; Author-it Integration Server - $10,000 per server (full Web server layer); and, Author-it Publishing Server - $5,000 per server. In addition, customers will need to purchase base user licenses at $1,200 each. http://www.authorit.com

Recommind unveiled Decisiv Email, a new product that addresses the compliance, eDiscovery and records management needs of large enterprises' and professional service firms' email. Decisiv Email uses categorization and conceptual search technology to automatically tag, organize and file email messages and associated attachments. Decisiv Email increases collaboration within an organization by correlating email-based information with related information in email archives, content management systems, document management systems, records management systems and other information repositories. And by automatically organizing and filing information as it enters and leaves the email system, the solution reduces time spent sorting through email correspondence in search of specific data. Decisiv Email is the latest extension of Recommind's information management platform that uses their MindServer conceptual search and categorization technology. http://www.recommind.com

Convio, Inc. announced Convio Content Management (Convio CMS) – a Web content management system to meet the diverse needs of the nation's nonprofit community. Designed to scale to the needs of even the largest nonprofits, Convio CMS offers a full-featured and highly customizable content management system that meets the needs and requirements of technology managers while simplifying the publication of content for non-technical contributors and constituents. Convio CMS integrates with Convio's online constituent relationship management (eCRM). Convio CMS feature highlights: Structured content with flexible presentation templates that provide site administrators with control over the display of content; Folder-based content organization for simplified administration and asset management; Automatic versioning of content for quick rollback or comparison; Custom approval flows designed to support each organization’s unique quality control process; Fully qualified URLs for better search engine optimization and visitor experience; RSS, Atom content syndication to extend content beyond the browser; Dynamic eCRM campaign integration to present current and related engagement opportunities; and, Consistent content categorization and taxonomy to help organize content and support content relationships. http://www.convio.com

Six Apart announced the beta release of Movable Type 4, a blogging platform designed to meet the website content management needs of growing organizations and to serve as a social media platform that enables businesses to create community-driven websites. This announcement marks the first of a series of new products, features, and services around Six Apart's blogging platform that will be unveiled throughout the summer. Six Apart also announced the inauguration of the Movable Type Open Source Project, an initiative that will culminate in the release of an open source version of Movable Type in Q3 of this year. MT4 includes more than 50 new features, and is a social media platform that allows users to turn their audiences into communities. Readers can become members of a website through Movable Type's community management features, with rights to post alongside authors. New content and asset management tools make uploading and revising photos, documents, and videos easier. Users can create standalone web pages that automatically inherit the design of the blog, to ensure the entire site has a consistent look and feel. Developers and customers can download a beta version of Movable Type 4.0, and are encouraged to provide feedback at the beta community website at the same URL. Personal use of Movable Type continues to be free, with no restrictions placed upon the number of blogs or authors. Personal use customers have the option to purchase support separately if needed. Commercial, Education, and Non-Profit licenses for the current version of Movable Type, MT3.35, will include a discounted upgrade to MT4.0 during the beta period. Existing users may buy upgrades to MT4.0 at a pre-release discount. Enterprise customers should contact their Account Manager.
http://www.sixapart.com/

Information Mapping, Inc. announced the release of Content Mapper for DITA. A stand-alone product that allows writers to work in a Microsoft Word environment, Content Mapper for DITA generates DITA-compliant topics in XML and integrates with content management systems (CMSs). Content Mapper for DITA works for an organization that is just starting to "dabble in DITA" and wants a simple authoring editor to get started or for one that has a full-scale DITA solution in place but needs a way to bring DITA authoring to casual writers. Content Mapper for DITA can be purchased as a stand-alone application or installed as an integrated, server-based solution with support for many CMS repositories. http://www.infomap.com

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) introduced Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES). LiveCycle ES integrates the capabilities of Adobe Flex and PDF technologies, while leveraging the reach of Flash Player and Adobe Reader to enable “customer engagement” applications that connect people inside and outside organizations to internal information and processes. LiveCycle ES includes solution components to build, manage and optimize business critical customer-facing processes. Organizations can use wizard-like Form Guides and Flash-based graphics to change the way users interact with the process of providing, or receiving information online. Once data is captured, LiveCycle ES automates the processing of that data, including integration with rules engines, data stores, and Web services. LiveCycle ES also provides customers with enhanced data output capabilities such as interactive dashboards and dynamic, high-volume print solutions. Additionally, LiveCycle ES offers rights management, document certification, and digital signatures capabilities to help organizations protect sensitive information. Adobe will make LiveCycle ES available in two editions, LiveCycle ES Business Transformation Edition and LiveCycle ES Data Capture Edition, giving customers the option of purchasing a base system to which they can add solution components, or purchasing several of the solution components in one package with a single price. The LiveCycle Business Transformation Edition includes the following solution components: Data Capture Edition, Process Management, Digital Signatures, Rights management, and Output. The LiveCycle Data Capture Edition (base) includes Forms, Data Services, Barcoded Forms, and Reader Extensions solution components. Both editions are expected to be available in July. http://www.adobe.com/products/livecycle

Active Up released the latest version of their RTF and HTML converter control for .NET, Active RTF, ActiveUp.RTF V3. ActiveUp.RTF enables any developer to convert documents from HTML to RTF and RTF to HTML or XHTML. You can create customizable HTML templates using merge fields, and then convert the resulting document to its RTF version for later delivery. What's new?: Code was ported from C++ .NET to 100% managed C#; Page break support in the RTF to HTML converter; Full featured sample application; Striketrought conversion support for RTF to HTML converter; Documentation improvements, and; Possibility to choose installation directory. ActiveUp.MailSystem is priced at $299 per single developer license. A fully functional 30-day evaluation copy is available from http://www.activeup.com