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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/

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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/

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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/

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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/

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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

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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 consultan