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Microsoft Corp. laid out the next phase in its strategy for online services, offering a road map for new offerings that synthesize client, server and services software. Microsoft plans to deliver a variety of solutions during the coming months under two families of service offerings: "Live" and "Online." "Live" services from Microsoft are designed primarily for individuals, business end-users and virtual work groups. These services emphasize ease of use, simplicity of access and flexibility, and are suited for situations where people either don’t have access to professional technical expertise or don’t require high levels of system management. "Online" services are for organizations with more advanced IT needs where power and flexibility are critical. Online services from Microsoft give businesses the ability to control access to data, manage users, apply business and compliance policy, and meet availability standards. Microsoft is providing business customers with the flexibility to choose between traditional on-premise implementations, services hosted by Microsoft partners and now Online services that reside in Microsoft's datacenters. Microsoft also unveiled: Microsoft Office Live Workspace, a new Web-based feature of Microsoft Office that lets people access their documents online and share their work with others; Microsoft Exchange Labs, a new research and development program for testing new messaging and unified communications capabilities in high-scale environments; Continued customer and partner support for Microsoft Dynamics Live CRM; The renaming of the Microsoft Office Live hosted small-business service, a service dedicated to addressing small-business pain points, including core IT services and sales and marketing services, to Microsoft Office Live Small Business; and Microsoft BizTalk Services, a building block service that enables developers to build composite applications. Anyone can pre-register for the English language beta of Office Live Workspace at http://www.officelive.com

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Xyleme Inc. announced the immediate availability of Xyleme LCMS 3.1. This is Xyleme's newest version of its single-source solution for learning content reuse. Organizations use reusable learning objects from Xyleme LCMS to leverage training materials across any learning modality and to create a customized and contextual learning experience for each learner. Xyleme LCMS ease-of-use has been enhanced for its authoring component. A new configurable workspace provides multiple editor windows for simplified drag-and-drop and image and hotspot utilization, and new virtual document features such as find-and-replace and visual displays of version differences. A new tool allows organizations to automatically convert PowerPoint presentations into reusable XML learning objects. Text, bulleted lists, images, and tables are automatically transformed to individual assets that can be mixed, matched and reused across all blended learning solutions. Users have the ability within Xyleme LCMS to define the content assets to be included in any given output. Custom filtering also allows for the on-demand publishing of custom content that is based on user profiles, providing organizations the vital ability to provide a contextual learning experience. Xyleme has added mobile learning to supported outputs via the optimization of its search and navigation features. Reusable learning objects including text, images, audio and Flash can be pushed on-demand to mobile devices supporting these formats for real-time performance support. SCORM 2004 Release 3, is supported. http://www.xyleme.com

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Author-it Software Corporation announced the introduction of Author-it 5.0, a content management system to include interactive authoring memory. This memory product feature will be known as Author-it Xtend. Author-it Xtend provides a method for the reuse and sharing of content and knowledge within an organization. Using intelligent "fuzzy logic" matching, this new feature makes all of the approved knowledge/content contained in a company’s database available to content creators. Once a user begins typing, matching or similar content is located and returned even if the user is unaware that the content exists. Suggestions can be revealed in as few as three words and in a fraction of a second. Users can choose to instantly insert any of the suggestions, see what documents those suggestions currently appear in, or continue typing to refine the suggestions. Options controlling the behavior of the suggestions make it as unobtrusive, or as conspicuous, as the user chooses. Content can be restricted based on the company's security restrictions. Author-it 5.0 has the look and feel of "Office 12" - the 2007 version of Microsoft Office. New publishing profiles and templates improve the ability to customize and publish print, online help, and Web-based outputs. Author-it 5.0 will run on Windows Servers and Windows-based PC's. Current Author-it users who have maintenance agreements will get an automatic upgrade to Author-it 5.0. Author-it 5.0 is available direct through the Author-it Web site. http://www.authorit.com

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Intalio, Inc. announced the GA release of Intalio|BPMS 5.0, the Open Source BPM Suite. Intalio|BPMS supports the BPMN, BPEL 2.0, and BPEL4People set of industry standards for BPM. Release 5.0 for Intalio|BPMS is the culmination of 18 months of research and development, during which the BPMN modeler has been re-written from the ground up in order to support the upcoming BPMN 2.0 specification, the BPEL runtime optimized to support over 100,000 process models and 250,000,000 process instances deployed on a single server, and the workflow framework extended to support the emerging BPEL4People standard. Intalio|BPMS 5.0 also provides better support for process simulation, business rules management, and Business Activity Monitoring (BAM). Intalio|BPMS 5.0 is built on top of the Apache ODE BPEL engine that was contributed by Intalio and promoted as a top level project by the Apache Software Foundation last month, and the Eclipse STP BPMN modeler that has been integrated into the main Eclipse release earlier this year. This release has been integrated with several other commercial open source offerings, including the Alfresco Content Management System (CMS), the Mule Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), the Liferay Portal, and the OpenLexicon Business Rule Engine (BRE). It also embeds the Apache ServiceMix Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) for which Intalio now provides commercial support. Intalio|BPMS 5.0 is available for download at http://bpms.intalio.com/

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Coveo Solutions Inc. announced that NEC Australia, in partnership with Hyperinsight Pty Ltd, will be providing Australian businesses with the Coveo Enterprise Search solution. The new NEC partnership with Hyperinsight means NEC can meet the enterprise search demands across the full spectrum of Australian businesses. For more information, and to test drive Coveo Enterprise Search free for 30 days, visit http://www.coveo.com, http://www.nec.com.au, http://www.hyperinsight.com

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Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced Adobe Technical Communication Suite software, an integrated solution for authoring, managing, and publishing technical information and training content across multiple formats and languages. Using the Adobe Technical Communication Suite, technical communicators and instructional designers can create documentation, eLearning courses and user assistance programs containing both traditional text and graphics along with rich media, including Adobe Flash Player compatible video and 3D. The suite includes Adobe RoboHelp 7, a major upgrade to Adobe's help system and knowledge base authoring tool, as well as Adobe FrameMaker 8, Adobe Captivate 3 and Adobe Acrobat 3D Version 8 software. Product and workflow integration and support for rich media formats, including Adobe Flash Player compatible video, SWF, MP3 and AVI files, Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), XML and Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) are included. Adobe Technical Communication Suite will be available for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows XP and is expected to ship by the end of October 2007 at an estimated price of US$1,599. Users can upgrade for an estimated price of US$999 if they have prior versions of Adobe Captivate, FrameMaker or RoboHelp. http://www.adobe.com

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Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX) (NASDAQ:TSX:) (NASDAQ:OTC) announced new offerings providing "Web 2.0" capabilities integrated into the company's RedDot Web Content Management suite. RedDot now makes the integration of interactive applications and Web 2.0 functions possible in all Web-enabled media with new modules for Web 2.0. RedDot allows organizations to expand their Web initiatives to include blogs, forums, wikis, comment fields, and ratings by selecting files or images and incorporating these applications into the Web site. Editors can initiate discussions in an intranet setting, or write an editorial entry, attach documents, and expand it with a forum or blog. Specific user groups can be easily granted "read" and "write" authorization. Components can be easily reused for multiple Web projects. http://www.opentext.com/

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Armedia LLC announced the release of its new content caching server product Ligero, enabling the dynamic integration of portal, intranet and enterprise applications to content repositories. Ligero serves new content directly from a repository to a caching server, eliminating the need to publish files to a static web or portal server through scheduled jobs. Ligero can then be configured to cache content for efficient delivery according to security and business policies with access to content either through anonymous sessions or user credentials. In addition, a set of functions are available to customize the presentation, to assemble content from different documents or to create RSS feeds from dynamic queries. The initial release of Ligero is certified for EMC Documentum 6 and 5.3 repositories. Later releases will provide integration to other common content management products. http://www.armedia.com/

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SpikeSource, a provider of packaged and maintained open source solutions, released a new SpikeIgnited version of the Alfresco Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution. Alfresco SpikeIgnited has been tested, integrated and certified on both Windows and Linux using the company's SpikeIgnite platform. Through the SpikeIgnite platform, SpikeSource delivers tuned and optimized solutions that are ready for the enterprise, yet priced to be attractive to smaller companies. Solutions are integrated and packaged with the components they depend on, and then built and tested on an automated framework that includes over 300,000 nightly tests. Additionally, the SpikeNet update service ensures that all software is continuously monitored for software, security and operational updates. http://www.spikesource.com

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Omtool, Ltd. (OTCBB: OMTL) – and Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the companies will deliver an integration of Adobe Acrobat software with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Document Management systems (DMS) through technology developed by Omtool. The solution will focus on streamlining PDF processes in the legal industry that are driven by Acrobat. To support the integration, Omtool is delivering product extensions of its Swiftwriter product, part of the company's AccuRoute document handling platform that captures, converts and distributes files to ECM and DMS systems. Specifically, Omtool and Adobe will deliver a solution that allows users of Acrobat 6, 7 and 8 to download a plug-in, free-of-charge, from the Omtool Website enabling them to open and save PDF files from and into DMS systems prominent in the legal market, including Interwoven and OpenText, using the native document profile, check-in, search and retrieve dialogs of the DMS system. This functionality will be accessed directly from within Acrobat, as well as the free Adobe Reader software. The Omtool plug-in for Acrobat is expected to be available for download from the Omtool Website by the end of the current calendar year. http://www.omtool.com

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IxReveal, announced it has renamed its technology to better align with the merging of the traditional search and business intelligence markets. Effective immediately, "uReveal" replaces the product formerly known as "IxReveal Workgroup Edition." uReveal is a “plug-in” product that allows analysts to automatically read for concepts, uncovering trends, patterns, relationships and exceptions across both unstructured and structured data. uReveal provides solutions for crime prevention, fraud analysis, homeland security, consumer “Voice of the Customer” feedback, market intelligence, and call center analytics. Both uReveal and uReka provide out-of-the-box integration with Microsoft's Sharepoint product and Google's search appliance. uReveal's techniques dynamically abstract concepts and their relationships from the underlying semantic index, allowing multiple analysts with different needs to analyze the same set of documents without impacting each other. Analysts are able to immediately create and change the dimensions of their OLAP cube without asking IT to modify algorithms and "re-mine" the data. This announcement follows the recent renaming of IxReveal's other major product line, uReka! (formerly known as IxReveal Desktop Edition). uReka is a "search and analyze" product that automatically reads for meaningful concepts while simultaneously providing access to multiple search engines. Desktop and intranet editions are available. http://www.IxReveal.com

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Riverbed Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:RVBD) announced it has partnered with Interwoven to provide customers with solutions that optimize the performance of back office processes and services and improve access to critical documents. The combination of Riverbed's high-performance WDS (wide-area data services) solutions and Interwoven WorkSite, a solution for managing the lifecycle of client and engagement files, allows professional services firms with offices distributed around the globe to work more collaboratively. Riverbed’s WDS solutions enable organizations with more than one office to overcome problems such as poor application performance and insufficient bandwidth at remote sites. http://www.riverbed.com, http://www.interwoven.com

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ZyLAB announced that it has finalized a technology partnership with Google that enables users on the internet to find and access public archives information located within secure ZyIMAGE XML repositories via the Google internet search engine using Sitemaps. When a Sitemap file is stored in the WWW root of the server with access URL's, the internet crawlers can index the data in the ZyIMAGE repositories by launching a URL for each document. The text of a document is then returned to the crawler. The text is added to the internet search engine index. When a user then uses Google, Google can point to the URL that shows the document, even if it is an image-based scanned document. http://www.zylab.com

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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) XML Processing Model Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of "XProc: An XML Pipeline Language." Comments are welcome through 24 October. Used to control and organize the flow of documents, the XProc language standardizes interactions, inputs and outputs for transformations for the large group of specifications such as XSLT, XML Schema, XInclude and Canonical XML that operate on and produce XML documents. Learn more about the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Activity. http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xproc-20070920/

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Olive Software announced the release of their digital publishing platform, ViewPoint 2.0. For organizations that need to ensure relevancy in the digital age, including publishers facing ad revenue and subscription challenges, ViewPoint 2.0 provides a way to capture, preserve, access, componentize, repurpose and monetize content for the web, as well as redefine the traditional markets for rich content. With the introduction of ViewPoint 2.0, Olive is opening up its digital publishing solutions, currently in use by publishers, to a broad enterprise market. The Olive ViewPoint platform breaks publication content from any source - printed, electronic, TIF, PDF, MS Word as well as microfilm and microfiche - into individual components such as articles, images, chapters, clauses, headlines, sections, etc. that people can search, discover, view, and share online and through mobile devices. The Olive ViewPoint platform automates the standardization and transformation of all types of documents into XML components. Users can search across document collections, individual documents, and sections within documents, and view the results through a Web browser without needing the original application in which the document was created. Olive is also introducing ActiveMagazine 3.0, the latest version of its digital publishing solution for magazine publishers. ActiveMagazine 3.0 is built on the ViewPoint 2.0 platform and allows publishers to deliver a reading experience that blends e-edition viewing, web-based content, and rich media advertising, and yet preserves a magazine's original layout. ViewPoint delivers support for PRISM, the XML-based metadata standard for the magazine industry. ViewPoint 2.0 is available now. Microcontent-ready, PRISM-compliant, Web 2.0-enabled ActiveMagazine 3.0 will be available December, 2007. In Spring of 2008, Olive’s flagship ActivePaper Daily and ActivePaper Archive applications for newspapers will also take advantage of the ViewPoint platform. http://www.olivesoftware.com

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Effective October 1st, Thomas Technology Solutions, Inc. and ThomComp, Inc., integrators for ThomasNet.com, will combine into a single business unit under the name of Content Data Solutions, Inc. The new company will continue to be a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomas Publishing Company, publishers of the global industrial buying guide, Thomas Register. Content Data Solutions' management team will be led by President and CEO Darryl Fisher. Prior to the merger, ThomasTech and ThomComp operated as sister companies. The new company will continue to provide prepress and content management solutions to publishers, manufacturers, and other industries, as well as the Digital Publishing Website Solution, Directory Publishing Solution, and Database Extract Tool. ThomComp, with expertise in systems integration and database technologies, will add to the level of services now being provided by Content Data Solutions. http://www.contentdsi.com

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Mark Logic Corporation announced a partnership with Trinity Technologies. Trinity works to meet the high content demands of retail and commercial banking, investment banking and research, asset management, retail brokerage, and insurance firms. A number of Trinity customers have XML content and want to take advantage of an XML content server like MarkLogic Server to help them unlock the value of their content, improving how they integrate, enrich, and contextualize it to deliver new products and services. Together Mark Logic and Trinity Technologies will focus on providing the financial services industry with XML content delivery capabilities. http://www.trinitytechnologies.com, http://www.marklogic.com

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Six Apart announced the commercial release of the Movable Type Enterprise Solution (MTES), a package of enterprise-grade features and support that extends the functionality of the Movable Type platform. MTES is built upon Movable Type 4. The Movable Type Enterprise Solution announced is the successor to Movable Type Enterprise and enables companies to set up, deploy, and manage thousands of blogs and blog networks throughout an organization. MTES also enables large-scale content management and community capabilities. It introduces "web 2.0" elements to the enterprise such as tagging and blogging from the iPhone or other mobile devices, and also includes support for the OpenID single sign-on protocol, and provides integration with enterprise-grade databases and directory services. Movable Type Enterprise Solution is also a social media platform that lets enterprises scale deployments from small, one-off departmental initiatives into strategic global enterprise deployments. The Movable Type Enterprise Solution includes LDAP directory support, connecting Movable Type to a variety of LDAP-compliant directory servers such as Active Directory, OpenLDAP, iPlanet, and others. Support for Oracle 10g the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is also included in the Enterprise Solution, extending existing support for MySQL and PosgreSQL databases that is built into the Movable Type platform. The Movable Type Enterprise Solution is available in English, Japanese, French, German, Dutch, and Spanish. MTES comes with priority support, which includes guaranteed response times, access to an account manager and support personnel, and all updates. http://www.movabletype.com/

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IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced IBM Lotus Symphony, a suite of free software tools for creating and sharing documents, spreadsheets and presentations. Anyone can download this enterprise-grade office software, which is the same tool inside some of IBM's most popular collaboration products, such as the recently released Lotus Notes 8. In addition, these tools can be used to seamlessly extend a business process or custom application to create dynamic composite applications. There are three core applications that make up the Lotus Symphony tools: Lotus Symphony Documents, Lotus Symphony Spreadsheets and Lotus Symphony Presentations. These software tools, which support Windows and Linux desktops, are designed to handle the majority of office productivity tasks that workers typically perform. Lotus Symphony supports multiple file formats including Microsoft Office and Open Document Format (ODF), and also can output content in PDF format. Last week, IBM announced its membership in OpenOffice.org and intent to make important technical and resource contributions. http://www.ibm.com/lotus

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DocZone.com announced the introduction of a new Pay-Per-Minute pricing plan, designed to make the benefits of XML content management more affordable. The new pricing option, immediately available, allows DocZone customers to purchase blocks of minutes for a fixed per-minute rate, with discounted rates available with the purchase of larger amounts of usage time. There are no restrictions to the number of users that can share the purchased minutes within a customer's DocZone environment. This model is similar to the pricing plans offered by many mobile phone service providers. http://www.doczone.com

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