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IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced an expansion of its WebSphere Portal software portfolio with the availability of two additional business-ready packages, called accelerators, that can be added to a customer's portal to drive online training projects and automate business processes. These two new accelerators provide training, development and education projects through an IBM Lotus Sametime Web conference, and also make it easier for customers to automate core business processes with easy entry and integration of data and electronic forms across numerous systems. The two accelerators add to the collection that IBM has released incrementally since April. These include: IBM Self-Service Accelerator for human resources tasks, IBM Dashboard Accelerator, IBM Collaboration Accelerator for team collaboration, IBM Content Accelerator for building and managing websites, and IBM Enterprise Suite Accelerator which supports multiple portal projects, including Web content management and electronic forms. Customers can purchase individual accelerators and snap them onto their existing WebSphere Portal environment, or they can purchase the entire solution together with WebSphere Portal. Learning Accelerator is available now for $36 per user. The IBM Business Process Accelerator consists of IBM WebSphere Portal Server and IBM Lotus Forms Server. Those products are available now at $515 per value unit and $400 per value unit, respectively. http://www.ibm.com

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Fast Search & Transfer (OSEAX: FAST.OL) (FAST) announced that its browser-based Business Intelligence (BI) portal, FAST Radar, will be available in Japanese in the first quarter of 2008. FAST Radar is a key component of FAST's Business Intelligence Built on Search, a business intelligence solution built on an underlying search platform by combining Radar with FAST's Adaptive Information Warehouse (AIW). As the business intelligence interface into FAST AIW, Radar brings information and statistical analysis to decision-makers throughout the organization. This provides them with insight into data through personal dashboards that move intelligence in the enterprise from IT and business analysts to everyday business users. They have three main focuses in the Japanese market: Monetization, Information Discovery and BI Built on Search. http://www.fastsearch.com

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Ephox Corporation announced that EditLive! now offers web content authors a JavaScript editor that enables quick and easy editing. The Express Edit feature is tightly integrated with Ephox's product EditLive!. The combined solution offers editors the speed of JavaScript and the power of a Java-based editor. With its Java applet architecture EditLive delivers a consistent and full-featured authoring interface on all major browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Opera) and operating systems (Mac, Windows, Linux, Unix). The Express Edit mode uses JavaScript so content authors can now edit content even if Java is not installed. Some authoring environments either do not support Java applets or cannot ensure that they are installed, for example interactive websites that allow the public to make edits or highly distributed environments such as online education. Express Edit is for quickly editing small amounts of plain text. For richer editing requirements the HTML editor is available at the click of a button. EditLive! includes the ability to paste content from MS Word, table editing, spell checking and image management while creating pure W3C compliant HTML code. The software is available for immediate download. http://www.ephox.com

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FatWire Software announced the launch of FatWire TeamUp, a new solution that offers enterprise 2.0 collaboration capabilities including wikis, blogs and social tagging, plus an advanced content integration platform. FatWire also unveiled its strategic roadmap for Web Experience Management, an integrated set of capabilities that enable organizations to deliver a personalized, interactive web experience to users. FatWire TeamUp is a solution for facilitating internal and external, enterprise collaboration and is the result of FatWire's recent acquisition of Infostoria. FatWire TeamUp enables non-technical users with a single click to set up a wiki, blogs, invite participants from within the enterprise or partner organizations to join, and start working together and sharing content of all types. It facilitates user-generated content and community-building among customers and other site visitors. Site owners can enable blogs, wikis, and content tagging on any part of the site. TeamUp also includes Content integration and reuse, and Digital asset management capabilities. FatWire also unveiled a roadmap for rapid integration of FatWire TeamUp with FatWire Content Server, their web content management solution. http://www.fatwire.com

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Ektron Inc. unveiled Version 7.5 of Ektron CMS400.NET, featuring search and forum enhancements, a comprehensive "Web 2.0" toolbox and support for social networking. The new social networking platform provides out of the box functionality for communicating with friends and colleagues, discovering people, groups and information, interaction with content and people, and developing your own personalized workspace. Ektron's new release also adds taxonomy support to its threaded discussions. This allows Ektron CMS400.NET customers to build community driven knowledge bases where posters categorize threads and rate posts, helping others find answers to questions. Search also gets some additional functionality with Version 7.5 as Ektron CMS400.NET can now support keyword selling with its suggested results and synonym search functionality. http://www.ektron.com

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The CMS Myth, a blog aimed at exposing the myths and realities behind web content management systems and practices, launched today at the 2007 Gilbane Boston Conference. The blog was created by content management and web strategy experts at ISITE Design. The blog's mission is to fill a perilous 'expectation gap' among CMS adopters, a factor driving many CMS implementation failures. http://www.cmsmyth.com, http://www.isitedesign.com

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Sitecore and Coveo Solutions, Inc., announced a partnership to integrate search engine functionality into Sitecore's CMS. By integrating Coveo Enterprise Search (CES), Sitecore's CMS will now provide businesses the ability to streamline the end user search experience, making it easier to find the right information from a wide variety of dispersed data sources. Integrating Coveo Enterprise Search will also bring guided search capabilities for website visitors and enhanced search optimization reporting for site managers. For website visitors, it provides faceted navigation, enabling users to drill down through a list of browsing categories to find more particular, targeted results. For website managers, this integrated solution provides analytical insight on search functionality. It provides reporting on how search is performing, what users are looking for, what they didn't find, what erroneous search results were delivered, and how to correct errors to get optimal search results. http://www.sitecore.net, http://www.coveo.com

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IBM (NYSE: IBM) unveiled a new release of the free IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition enterprise search software with Web search services powered by Yahoo! that enables users to further customize and personalize their searches to find, access and capitalize on information stored inside organizations and across the Web. The new version of IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition offers the ability to separate content into different searchable document collections, an improved administration console that simplifies set-up and management of the search tool, and enhanced search support based on the latest open source Lucene indexing library. Other enhancements improve the performance, indexing and custom search field capabilities, as well as support for additional browsers. The new version of IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition provides the ability to create a number of collections, each indexing a different set of documents. This allows the user to limit the search to only the documents from a specific source, providing more accurate results. It also provides the ability to define additional custom fields in the index allowing field values to be mapped from HTML meta tags, extracted from the document's own metadata, or pushed in from the push API. For example, OminFind Yahoo! Edition can now allow the user to search within content intended for a specific country by specifying a custom country metadata field as part of the search request. IBM OmniFind Yahoo! Edition is available at no charge and can be downloaded at http://omnifind.ibm.yahoo.com, http://www.ibm.com/software/data/enterprise-search/

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Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) announced they will provide enterprise search for U.S. customers by selling the Google Search Appliance and the Google Mini, through Dell's direct corporate and public sales organizations. The Google Search Appliance starts at $30,000 and the Google Mini starts at $1,995. Both search appliances are covered by Google warranty and support services. The Google Search Appliance is designed for larger enterprises, while the blue Google Mini is targeted for the small and medium business market. These appliances deliver relevant search results from information sources within a company's firewall. http://www.dell.com/googlesearch

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Day Software (SWX:DAYN)(OTCQX:DYIHY) announced that Oracle now offers Day's JCR/JSR 170-compliant connectors to facilitate integration between Oracle WebCenter and third-party content repositories, such as EMC Documentum and Microsoft SharePoint. The new connectors are the result of a technology license agreement announced in the fourth quarter of 2006. Oracle WebCenter is designed to bring "Web 2.0" to the enterprise through an integrated, comprehensive, and standards-compliant user experience platform and allow Java developers to break down the boundaries between Web-based portals and enterprise applications, enabling them to create context-sensitive work environments that are based on Ajax-based components, portlets and content. Oracle WebCenter provides access to a range of enterprise services, including business applications, enterprise content, business intelligence, enterprise search, communication and collaboration services. http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/webcenter, http://www.day.com

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Gilbane Group Inc. announced they have seven research studies underway that will be published over the next few months. The research for some of these studies is already complete, and preliminary results will be discussed at this week's Gilbane Boston conference at the Westin Copley Place Hotel. The 7 studies are: "Survey on the Web Content Management User Experience" – From our Web Content Management Practice, led by Tony White; "Enterprise Collaboration and Social Computing: A Report on Industry Trends & Best Practices" – From our Social Computing and Collaboration Practice, led by Geoffrey Bock; "Digital Magazine & Newspaper Editions: Growth, Trends, and Best Practices" – From our Cross Media Publishing Strategy & Technology Practice led by Steve Paxhia; "Enterprise Search Markets and Applications: Capitalizing on Emerging Demand" – From our Enterprise Search Practice, led by Lynda Moulton; "Enterprise Digital Rights Management: Business Imperatives and Implementation Readiness" – From our Cross Media Publishing Strategy & Technology Practice, study led by Bill Rosenblatt; "Digital Platforms & Technologies for Book Publishers: Implementations Beyond 'eBook'" – From our Cross Media Publishing Strategy & Technology Practice led by Steve Paxhia; and "Beyond Search: What to do When you're Enterprise Search System Doesn't Work" – A study authored by Steve Arnold, from our Enterprise Search Practice, led by Lynda Moulton. http://gilbane.com

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Zoho announced users can now view and edit Zoho Writer documents in offline mode. The new editing functionality supplements the read-only capabilities initially offered in Zoho Writer's offline mode. To work offline, Zoho users log on to Zoho Writer and click the “Go Offline” link at the top of the Zoho Writer screen. First-time offline users are prompted to install Google Gears, the browser plug-in, if it is not already installed on the local machine. Once Google Gears is installed, the user restarts the browser, logs back into Zoho Writer, and clicks "Go Offline." Zoho Writer then automatically downloads personal and shared documents based on the sort order selected in the Zoho Writer main page. More or fewer documents can be downloaded by clicking on the down arrow next to the "Go Offline" link. Next, users are automatically redirected offline, to http://writer.zoho.com/offline, where they can view, edit, and save their documents using Zoho Writer's browser-based interface. Users who have previously used Zoho Writer's view-only offline mode will have editing capabilities automatically enabled the next time they click "Go Offline." To return online, users click "Go Online." Zoho Writer then prompts users to synchronize their offline and online documents. http://www.zoho.com, http://www.adventnet.com/

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Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIOX) announced the formation of the Content Management System (CMS) Alliance Program, an ecosystem of CMS providers and system integrators who are committed to simplifying global content management and publishing. Combining the expertise of all participants, Lionbridge is using Web Services to connect Freeway, Lionbridge’s free, hosted translation management platform, to leading CMS platforms, helping companies greatly improve processes and lower the costs of global content management. In forming the CMS Alliance Program, Lionbridge has established alliances and connections with an initial group of leading CMS providers, including Ektron, CrownPeak, Interwoven, Acumium, and Vasont, with an open invitation for additional systems providers to join the program. In addition, key system integrators, including, Klish Group, Armedia, and iSITE Design, have lent their support in providing a simple Web Services solution for customers to globalize their content. “A major challenge for organizations today is the integration of the people, processes, and technologies within the global content lifecycle,” said Leonor Ciarlone, Globalization Practice Lead Analyst, The Gilbane Group. “Lionbridge’s work with a number of integrators and CMS providers addresses this challenge by focusing on integrated content and translation management as an enabler of automation and decreased time-to-market. Providing a SaaS delivery model with Web services-based connectivity enhances the focus through a centralized, yet flexible approach for real-time collaboration.” In formalizing the CMS Alliance Program, Lionbridge is offering customers a new way of distributing their content on a global scale, with several benefits over more traditional methods including improved workflow for content managers, seamless connection to automate processes, and no need for additional technology purchases (Freeway is a Software as a Service platform delivered free to Lionbridge customers.) http://www.lionbridge.com/cms

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Zoho announced key updates to Zoho Writer. The company's online word processing application now provides access to pagination, headers and footers, a 43-language spell checker, and other new features. The latest enhancements to Zoho Writer include features designed to encourage enterprise adoption and improve multi-language support. Users can view their document in discrete pages by clicking on the 'Page View' link. Meanwhile, Zoho now recommends using the 'Print Using PDF' option for printing Zoho Writer documents. This option overcomes the browser-based printing limitations users sometimes experience using the older 'Print Preview', 'Print' option. Users can define headers and footers from the 'Page Setup' link or the 'Page Setup' icon in the Zoho Writer toolbar. The headers/footers that are defined will appear when the document is printed. They will also be intact when the document is exported to PDF/DOC. The enhanced spell checker now supports 43 languages. Regardless of which language was used to write a document, users can now spell check the content in that language. The spell check setting is made at the document level, so each document can be spell checked with a different language. Additional enhancements include: improvements to import/export of .doc files; public documents can be downloaded or sent to others by email in different formats; users receive an email notification whenever comments are made to their public documents; and Zoho Writer user interface is now available in Chinese. http://blogs.zoho.com/, http://www.adventnet.com/

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Recommind announced the availability of the MindServer 5.1 platform, which combines navigation and grouping controls over external content with multi-layered security to deliver a federated search framework. The MindServer 5.1 release expands Recommind's enterprise search functionality in several ways, most notably in the deep federated search capabilities that allow users to search multiple internal and external systems from a single integrated search interface. In addition to finding information from within an enterprise's many applications, databases, file servers and other repositories, MindServer 5.1 delivers external results to a single UI via out of the box integrations with a number of online publishers as well as public sources such as EDGAR Online, the US Food and Drug Administration, the US Federal Trade Commission, Association of Corporate Counsel, UK government departments, the European Union, London Stock Exchange, Wikipedia, Google, the BBC and many others. Search management controls support restrictions across secure content, enabling only users with specific access rights to perform searches on certain external content (e.g. on password protected subscription sites or pay per search sites). MindServer 5.1 provides automatic phrase extraction functionality. MindServer 5.1's incremental crawl functionality allows particularly time-sensitive information to be updated within a user's query results. Another feature of MindServer 5.1 is its ability to extend information navigation to email attachments and archived content (e.g. in an email archive). MindServer 5.1 is available immediately with pricing upon request. http://www.recommind.com

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Six Apart announced the commercial release of the Movable Type Community Solution (MTCS), a package of social media features built on top of the Movable Type 4 platform. The Movable Type Community Solution is a complete, out-of-the-box social media solution that enables the deployment of online communities. Site owners can now use Movable Type to power entire websites, including blogs, social communities, member profiles, forums, recommendations and ratings, content management, podcasts and rich media, under a unified management system. MTCS is a solution for media companies that want to power communities, encourage user-generated content, and manage web publishing from a single, scalable application. Advanced reporting and management tools designed for site administrators provide management of content and assets, permissions and user management, and fine-grained controls that allow site managers to develop and maintain a community. Designers can customize every part of the site's experience: templates and design, login and registration forms, email notifications, and user profiles. The Community Solution extends the Movable Type platform with advanced user registration with support for the OpenID authentication standard, member profiles for registered members which list all of a user's contributions to a site as well as customizable fields, ratings and recommendations to let your users promote their favorite content, member blogging, allowing any registered user to submit site content, and integrated commenting and profiles between forums, communities, and blogs. The Movable Type Community Solution is available in English, Japanese, French, German, Dutch, and Spanish and may be purchased by contacting Six Apart. MTCS comes bundled with one year of 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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Alfresco Software, Inc. announced the integration of Alfresco with Facebook to deliver a platform for developing content-centric applications. This integration makes publishing content to Facebook as "controlled and effective as publishing to a corporate Web site". The Alfresco Enterprise Content Network application, which is built on this framework, enables collaboration and makes secure, audited, sharing of content in Facebook as "simple as sharing a photo". Alfresco has integrated the Facebook platform, allowing enterprise content to be uploaded and shared with customers and employees in a controlled, secure and audited way. New platform functionality includes: Application registration, Facebook authorization and single sign-on, FBML support, and Facebook model support. The Alfresco integration with Facebook provides a platform for employees to access and utilize organizational information effectively with tools they know and like. In a secure environment users can: Upload documents, View My Documents, All Documents or Recently Added Documents, and View documents from colleagues and friends through the Facebook news feed. http://www.alfresco.com/

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Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSK) (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) have launched a new Internet-based communications product for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), giving SMBs access to services that have traditionally only been available to larger companies with IT staffs. Comcast's SMB customers will receive Microsoft Communication Services from Comcast, which will provide them with corporate-class e-mail, calendaring and document sharing. This product is Internet-based, so SMBs do not need additional server capacity and is backed by 24x7 Business Class customer support from Comcast, which will serve as an SMB's "help desk." Comcast makes this product available at no additional cost with its broadband services. Microsoft Communication Services enables SMB teams to share documents and access calendars, track tasks, and use e-mail through corporate-class productivity and collaboration solutions based on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. It also improves communication by letting SMBs extend access to these collaboration tools, such as document sharing, to business partners or suppliers. Microsoft Communication Services is the first major product to be launched in conjunction with Comcast's introduction of high-speed Internet, phone and video services for small businesses across the country. http://www.comcast.com/

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Hyland Software Inc. announced the release of version 7 of its OnBase enterprise content management (ECM) software suite. OnBase 7 introduces process modeling and business activity monitoring (BAM) capabilities to help organizations model, monitor and continuously improve document-driven business processes. The new release features the ability to search the OnBase repository using Microsoft Office SharePoint Search as well as several new content-enabled vertical applications for hospitals, law enforcement agencies and universities. The Business Process Modeling tool provides graphical modeling capabilities that allow process managers to optimally design a document-centric process. In addition, it enables managers to simulate process activity with "what-if" scenarios that identify potential bottlenecks. Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) portlets deliver real-time, dashboard views into the performance of document-driven business processes and allow process owners to identify and correct problem areas such as work overloading, stagnating work and incomplete transactions. OnBase BAM Portlets can be extended to enterprise portals built with Microsoft SharePoint and/or IBM Websphere. The OnBase Integration for Microsoft Search enables OnBase-managed content to be indexed and searched directly using Microsoft Office SharePoint Search. This integration benefits employees who have the need to conduct authorized searches for content across both SharePoint and OnBase repositories. The Integration for Microsoft Search provides search results in a single list sorted by relevance regardless of whether the content resides in Microsoft SharePoint or the OnBase repository. http://www.onbase.com/

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