September 2008 Archives

DocsCorp announced its partnership with LexisNexis Visualfiles in the UK to jointly develop a Document Bundling solution for the legal profession. This collaboration will deliver a solution that will allow legal professionals and administrators to automate their court bundle production process, to benefit from time and cost savings, and enhance the quality of their court bundles. This solution will be integrated with Visualfiles. In addition, the solution will incorporate advanced PDF creation functionality that will allow users to create PDFs from any application, combine multiple documents into a single PDF, markup PDFs with drawings and annotations and redact sensitive information, to name just a few features. The LexisNexis Document Bundling module will deliver efficiency gains, not just by automating the labour-intensive bundling process, but also by reducing associated costs of printing, paper and storage. http://www.docscorp.com

Ektron announced the availability of Ektron CMS400.NET v7.6, the latest version of Ektron's content management solution. CMS400.NET v7.6 comes equipped with new product features and a new deployment strategy to fit the needs of both the small and medium business (SMB) market segment. Ektron has added new features including new URL Aliasing, advanced whole-site synchronization technology, and a personalization framework. Multi-site capabilities have been enhanced as well. In addition to the new product features, Ektron continues to offer a central interface to manage and support marketing channels as well as flexibility with new deployment options available with version 7.6. Customers can now choose from three deployment options including Standard, Professional, and Enterprise. Feature sets included in the deployment options are as follows: Standard: The CMS400.NET Standard deployment supports the core CMS functionality with features such as author-friendly content editing to Web 2.0 blogs, forums, polls and surveys. The Standard's offering also includes Ektron's taxonomy, search and Smart Forms; Professional: The CMS400.NET Professional deployment encompasses all the features found in the Standard offering and adds document management and social networking to the core CMS technology. Features such as URL aliasing and widget-based personalization are included to enhance user experience. Available options include eSync and Multi-site; Enterprise: The CMS400.NET Enterprise deployment provides all of the functionality in both the Standard and Professional packages and includes multi-site support, and Ektron's eSync. http://www.ektron.com

Content Data Solutions, a software and systems integrator, and TEMIS, the provider of Text Analytics solutions and developer of Luxid 5.0, have announced an integration partnership. Content DSI will be implementing, configuring and integrating TEMIS Text Analytics software into their custom developed publishing solution offerings. This partnership leverages Content DSI's ability to create additional revenue streams by combining TEMIS' Text Analytics software that analyzes and structures information, turning previously untapped data into a valuable asset. http://www.contentdsi.com http://www.temis.com

Zoho announced Zoho Marketplace and the Zoho Creator Partner Program. Additionally, Zoho launched Zoho Creator 3.0, its solution for creating online database applications. The Zoho Marketplace establishes an online community and a marketplace where those seeking to buy and sell Zoho Creator applications can easily find one another. Buyers and sellers are free to negotiate their prices and execute transactions in whatever way best suits them. Users who want to buy Zoho Creator applications can find ready-made applications in the Zoho Marketplace and install them. Users can also post their application needs in the Zoho Marketplace, letting developers bid to develop that particular application. In turn, developers who want to sell Zoho Creator applications can develop custom web-based solutions based on customers' unique requirements as posted in the Zoho Marketplace. Or developers can build ready-made applications and post them in the Zoho Marketplace for broader distribution. Zoho Creator Partners can distribute end user applications and resell Zoho Creator itself. Users can create customizable applications using drag and drop operations. Zoho Creator's Form Builder, View Builder and Script Builder help create business applications. http://www.zoho.com

Socialtext released Socialtext 3.0, a trio of applications including Socialtext People and Socialtext Dashboard, as well as a major upgrade to its Socialtext Workspace enterprise wiki offering. These products are built on a modular and integrated platform that delivers connected collaboration with context to individuals, workgroups, organizations and extranet communities. People are able to discover, create, and utilize social networks, collaborate in shared workspaces, and work productively, with personalized widget-based dashboards. The company also announced Socialtext Signals, a Twitter-style microblogging interface that goes beyond simple "tweets" by integrating both automated and manual updates with social networking context, expanding the company's business communications offerings for the enterprise. As with its proven Workspace wiki and weblog product, Socialtext will make all of its offerings available on a hosted ASP as well as an on-premise appliance basis. The entire Socialtext 3.0 trio of products is available immediately on the hosted service, and will be made available to appliance customers starting in October 2008. Socialtext 3.0 profile integration with LDAP or Microsoft Active Directory systems enable rapid population. REST APIs for workspace and profile content are now complemented with a Widget architecture and user interface for the creation of enterprise mashups. Productized Connectors are available with Microsoft Sharepoint and IBM Lotus Connections. You can immediately experience this new release in a free trial at http://socialtext.com/.

Acumium LLC announced that it has successfully passed a thorough set of compatibility tests using its WCMS with Google's new Chrome web browser. Compatibility testing was conducted by both in-house development engineers at Acumium and an independent user group consisting of Acumium customers. http://www.acumium.com

Liquid Machines announced the availability of the Liquid Machines Gateway for SharePoint, a new solution to protect documents and eliminate the risk of data loss beyond the SharePoint collaboration and document- management environment. The Gateway for SharePoint is integrated with Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS) to protect files opened or downloaded from SharePoint. The Liquid Machines Gateway for SharePoint supports existing business processes and workflows by extending persistent information protection to a broader range of document and file types, and enabling advanced rights-managed workflows. Liquid Machines enables users to create and manage a persistent set of access controls that travel with the content, protecting against unauthorized access to files regardless of where they travel. Documents removed from SharePoint are automatically protected by the Gateway for SharePoint with an RMS policy that includes the proper permissions for all authorized library or list users. Authorized users, even when working outside of the network, can collaborate on protected documents without first returning to the library. Different users can have different usage rights based on their SharePoint permissions. If an unauthorized user obtains a copy, they are prevented from opening it. When the document is saved back to SharePoint, the Gateway decrypts the file to maintain indexing and search capabilities within SharePoint. http://www.liquidmachines.com

Quark announced the simultaneous release of Quark Publishing System 8, QuarkCopyDesk 8, and QuarkXPress Server 8. QPS 8 provides a framework for marketing departments, agencies, and magazine and newspaper publishers to manage their publishing workflows. Through compatibility with QuarkXPress 8, QPS 8 delivers design capability for the delivery of print, Web, and Flash output, and allows publishers to preview, edit, and output high-fidelity documents. QuarkCopyDesk 8, Quark's text and picture editing software, and QuarkXPress Server 8, the composition and rendering engine that powers publishing workflows and business applications are also compatible with QuarkXPress 8. QuarkCopyDesk 8 inherits QuarkXPress 8's new interface, advanced typographical control, and improved page and baseline grid features and operating system-level drag-and-drop functionality. In addition to compatibility with QuarkCopyDesk 8, QuarkXPress Server 8, and QuarkXPress 8, QPS 8 introduces: A ready-made adapter for Alfresco Enterprise 2 allowing users to store assets in a single repository and view and update content in real-time; User interface support for 13 languages including Japanese, as well as hyphenation and spell checking for more than 30 languages; Improved asset management through QPS Connect Client, including multi-page preview, multiple asset check-in, metadata tagging, custom grouping, and full text search functionality; QPS Web Hub support for East Asian languages, including the support for Rubi and Group Characters; And support for native Adobe Illustrator file formats. QPS offers XML-based Job Jackets technology to evaluate design and content accuracy in order to prevent errors early in the production process. http://8.quark.com

Cisco announced a new collaboration portfolio. The Cisco collaboration portfolio consists of Cisco Unified Communications, Cisco TelePresence and a new Web 2.0 application platform, all of which use the network as the platform to help enable people to connect, communicate and collaborate from any application, device and workspace. The portfolio of unified communications, video and a Web 2.0 platform is designed to integrate with business applications, existing IT infrastructures and other Web services and to allow developers to create customized applications and network-based services. With the network as the platform, the Cisco collaboration portfolio is designed to interoperate with business applications, communications devices and Web-based tools while allowing IT departments to maintain their mandates regarding security, policy and compliance. An API exposes application and network services and supports end-user customization, IT integration and third-party application, and hardware interoperability. Customers can create collaborative mash-ups with public Web-based tools as well as with corporate applications such as those for customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP). The architecture also allows Cisco collaboration capabilities to be delivered to a range of devices including Windows and Mac OS desktops, and mobile phones running Symbian, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile operating system. http://www.cisco.com

MuleSource announced a collaboration with Intel Corporation to deliver a new offering that provides off-the-shelf integration between Mule and the Intel XML Software Suite. Called Mule Xpack for Intel XML Software Suite - the new offering is a set of instructions and Mule extensions that help to improve XML processing performance for SOA deployments. Taking a new approach to accelerating XML traffic, MuleSource teamed with Intel in a collaboration to bring the Intel XML Software Suite to the Mule ESB, enhancing and offloading XML processing. The Mule Xpack provides Mule integration support for the Intel XML Software Suite, which can be used to support three categories of XML operations: XML Parsing - reads XML documents and makes the data available for manipulation and processing to applications and programming languages; XSLT Transformation - facilitates efficient XML transformations in a variety of formats and can be applied to a full range of XML documents; XPath Evaluations - evaluates an XML Path (XPath) expression over an XML document DOM tree or a derived instance of source and returns a node, node set, string, number or Boolean value. Intel XML Software Suite is a software library providing APIs for C++ and Java on Linux and Windows operating systems, delivering performance for XML processing on industry standard servers and application environments. Designed to take advantage of the Intel Core microarchitecture, Intel XML Software Suite provides thread safe and efficient memory utilization, scalable stream-to-stream processing, and large XML file processing capabilities. http://www.muleforge.org/

IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced eDiscovery Analyzer, new conceptual search and content analysis software to help legal professionals accelerate eDiscovery as they collect and assess evidence, agree upon search terms, and cull information for use in legal cases. IBM eDiscovery Analyzer, together with the recently announced IBM eDiscovery Manager, provide a foundation for an in-house eDiscovery platform, enabling organizations to become more proactive in controlling electronic information and more agile in responding to litigation, while reducing cost by decreasing the volume of information reviewed outside the organization. Using the scalable IBM Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform, IBM eDiscovery collects, organizes, manages and retrieves relevant enterprise information in a security-rich, access-and-change audited manner. It enables a disciplined approach that helps reduce cost and risk while delivering ongoing operational benefits. IBM eDiscovery Analyzer will be available later this month from IBM and IBM Business Partners. http://www.ibm.com/software/data/content-management/ediscovery.html

Adobe Systems announced the Adobe Creative Suite 4 product family. Adobe's newest software release includes Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design editions, Creative Suite 4 Web editions, Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, Creative Suite 4 Master Collection, as well as 13 point products, 14 integrated technologies and seven services. Adobe Creative Suite 4 offers a choice among editions and products. Customers can choose from six suites or full version upgrades of 13 applications. A simplified workflow in Adobe Creative Suite 4 enables users to design across media more efficiently by making it easier to complete common tasks and switch between mediums without leaving a project. InDesign CS4 includes a new Live Preflight tool that allows designers to catch production errors and a newly customizable Links panel to place files more efficiently. The Content-Aware Scaling tool in Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended automatically recomposes an image as it is resized. An expanded version of Dynamic Link in CS4 Production Premium enables users to move content between After Effects CS4, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, Soundbooth CS4, and Encore CS4. Adobe Creative Suite 4 provides the ability to paint, composite, and animate 3D models using familiar tools. Flash CS4 Professional now offers the ability to apply tweens to objects instead of keyframes, providing greater control over animation attributes. Also in Flash, the new Bones tool helps create more realistic animations between linked objects. Adobe Device Central CS4 enables users to easily test mobile content designed using many of the Creative Suite 4 products. http://www.adobe.com/creativesuite

Oracle unveiled new integrations between Oracle Content Management software and Oracle Applications. The integrations help users access the unstructured information from within their typical workflows and critical business applications. Oracle has made it easier for customers to benefit from Oracle Content Management software with tighter integration between: Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel CRM, Oracle Real Time Decisions, Oracle Identity Management, Oracle WebCenter Suite, Oracle BPEL Process Manager, and Oracle Database 11g and Universal Content Management. http://www.oracle.com/

RSD announced the availability of two new product releases: RSD Folders 5.1 for Windows, Linux and UNIX, and RSD Doc2Print 2.1. RSD Folders 5.1 for Windows, Linux and UNIX includes several key enhancements. The new release includes new security and activity tracking capabilities, expanded document capture options and scalability improvements. Security enhancements include support for secure LDAP, LDAPS. RSD Folders 5.1 has new activity tracking features which allow authorized users to review all user activity in the RSD Folders repository. Document capture enhancements enable management of a broader variety of AFP data stream types. In addition, RSD Folders 5.1 expands repository index capacity, enabling high performance document retrieval from repositories containing billions of documents. RSD Doc2Print is designed for high-volume printing, particularly in a distributed, multi-platform environment. Doc2Print efficiently automates print management at the department or enterprise level. While Doc2Print is well-integrated with RSD EOS and RSD Folders products. Doc2Print 2.1 includes enhancements to address the demands of high- volume enterprise print environments. This release includes support for 64-bit Windows, expanded capabilities to manage high-volume scenarios like load-balancing and job distribution to multiple printer targets, and support for printer management capabilities like detecting printer status and printer availability. http://www.rsd.com

Semantra announced the launch of the new Semantra Partner Program. With a focus on CRM, BI and analytics, Semantra is building a team of strategic business partners who will distribute Semantra for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Semantra partners include Microsoft NSIs (National Systems Integrators) and regional VARs including Tectura, ePartners, Hitachi, Quest, First Tech Direct and I.B.I.S. Semantra's technology addresses a pain for CRM users: ad-hoc access to business data. Semantra for Microsoft Dynamics CRM empowers common business users to execute inquiries by entering familiar business terms into a Google-like search box. Semantra aims to help all types of knowledge workers become more productive: salespeople by improving pipeline visibility and sales close ratios; marketing personnel by actively managing campaigns and other marketing metrics; and service and support personnel by enabling quick and easy access to case information, service requests and overall customer satisfaction levels. Semantra has launched a new Partner Portal featuring a collection of resources developed to facilitate Semantra sales and installs. The portal arms partners with the tools needed to add Semantra's search and analytics capabilities to their clients' CRM functionality. http://www.semantra.com

The interface between the Across Language Server and the ShadoCMS v8.5 Web content management system from Straker is now available for general delivery with native integration, providing an automated process from Web content creation to translation management, publishing and handling of multilingual content. Partnering with Across Systems, Straker integrated Across Language Server technology so that any functionality within Across can now be exposed directly at the Web content authoring level in Shado. The Across Language Server serves as the central platform for all corporate language resources and translation processes, enabling the connection of translation buyers and external language service providers or native-language translators responsible for the creation of multilingual Web pages. It supports re-use of previously translated text segments and controls the entire translation workflow, including the systematic review and release of all translations. With this native integration, the editor or project manager can now access the translation functionality of the Language Server directly from within the CMS. Whenever a new Web page is created or an existing Web page is updated, the CMS automatically forwards the contents to Across. In accordance with defined workflows, the translations are processed via the Language Server and subsequently returned to ShadoCMS, making them available for publication on the respective Web page. http://www.shadocms.com

Workshare and QUMAS announced a partnership to offer customers a document lifecycle management solution. With this partnership, QUMAS customers can enhance their existing compliance investment by leveraging WorkshareOpen, a platform that offers a set of open APIs for document comparison, policy management, and auditing. The core of the WorkshareOpen platform, Workshare's content analysis engine, has been integrated into the QUMAS DocCompliance product to provide customers with document comparison, change control, and compliance solution. The partnership will also provide Workshare with additional exposure to nearly 300,000 QUMAS users. Integrating QUMAS DocCompliance and the WorkshareOpen platform provides a document lifecycle management solution that enables organizations to create, manage and securely store all content, reports and records while maintaining a compliance-ready state. Through customizable security policies, the system automates and controls the review, approval, distribution and management of documents as well as policy changes, providing 100 percent traceable accountability throughout the organization. The combination of DocCompliance and WorkshareOpen enables users to provide change control over documents in workflows, with visibility into an audit trail of document activity. This allows reviewers, editors and approvers to be absolutely sure of the changes that have been made to a document before it is finally approved. http://www.qumas.com/ http://www.workshare.com/

InQuira, a provider of integrated software applications for web self-help, agent-assisted support and enterprise knowledge management, announced that it is working with Oracle to integrate its knowledge management capabilities with Oracle's eSupport application. The combination brings to market an integrated solution to help drive a customer service experience across phone, web and community-based channels. Combining knowledge management and web self-service with Oracle's eSupport application. http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com

The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Efficient XML Interchange Working Group has published the Last Call Working Draft of "Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) Format 1.0." EXI is a very compact representation for the Extensible Markup Language (XML) Information Set that is intended to simultaneously optimize performance and the utilization of computational resources. The EXI format uses a hybrid approach drawn from the information and formal language theories, plus practical techniques verified by measurements, for entropy encoding XML information. Using a relatively simple algorithm, which is amenable to fast and compact implementation, and a small set of data types, it reliably produces efficient encodings of XML event streams. Comments are welcome through 07 November. Learn more at http://www.w3.org/XML/EXI/

Vignette announced the upcoming availability of Vignette Media, a solution that helps telecommunications, media and entertainment (TME) organizations deliver integrated media strategies. The new solution aides marketing and business professionals to manage, deliver and present many types of digital content. For IT professionals, Vignette Media reduces the need for multiple software solutions. Vignette has a team focused on the needs of the TME vertical to realize capabilities such as: Single user interface to manage all Web content using similar workflows and publishing processes; Pre-defined workflows and content types most commonly used by TME organizations for editorial, marketing and promotional material; Easier set up of Web site workspaces reducing the time required for IT to deploy and manage new initiatives; And optimized workflow capabilities to address the more flexible and collaborative media publishing process, with automation capabilities to handle repetitive publishing tasks. http://www.vignette.com

Interwoven, Inc. has added new capabilities to Interwoven LiveSite. Interwoven LiveSite allows businesses to deliver content, offers, and an overall Web experience targeted to specific visitor segments, whether those segments include anonymous site visitors or known customers. Interwoven LiveSite 3.1 help marketers to: Target content to anonymous Website visitors based on a variety of factors (such as geography, day, time, referring URL, search term, click stream, operating system, and browser); Improve search engine optimization and natural search rankings with the use of search engine-friendly URLs; And
control sections of a Web page with new tag libraries for targeted, dynamic promotions and content, while IT maintains the integrity of the Web page in its existing environment. http://www.interwoven.com

Web Content Management vendor Polopoly and Bambuser have entered into a partnership to provide customers with a fully integrated offering. The cooperation will allow web enterprises full use of the live mobile broadcasting technology within the framework of the publishing system from Polopoly. Polopoly enables personalized services, such as local weather and search services, quick polls and user ratings of articles. Adding Bambuser extends Polopoly's community module, where user-generated content can be managed in co-ordination with other content. The core idea of Bambuser technology is to provide companies and individuals with the opportunity to communicate audiovisual broadcast live using mobile phones or web-camera as the broadcasting device. Bambuser technology allows you to communicate whatever to whomever whenever you want to. Live and mobile, no cables necessary. The integration will provide a ready-made Bambuser element within the web based Polopoly user interface, containing all the publishing features required by online services. Flexible meta-tagging, automatic content re-formatting and searchable media archives are all components. http://www.polopoly.com

DocuLex announced the release of Archive Studio WebSearch 4.1. New features to the content management software include SharePortal, which allows the knowledge user to securely share content and collaborate with third party individuals or organizations without user logins. Automated Expirations were added to provide a self management effort of eliminating temporary access to invitations, files and folders made available by SharePortal permission and granted by WebSearch users. Workflow enabling Auto Notification is now available for assignment to files and folders. Users or communities may be automatically notified if files or folders are added, deleted, checked-out, edited, etc. Workflow inbox and folder routing is also enabled, allowing users to customize folder content to meet their business process requirements for routing documents and notifying users to perform their assigned activity. The Records Retention addition to WebSearch provides an automated process of classifying a record to a particular records series. The automated Records Retention processes include management reports, shredding, off-line archiving and legal hold capabilities. WebSearch browser-based file indexing accommodates the business process of adding documents via MFP, FAX or electronically generated files. The process of generating index values for records can be performed as a post process from anywhere with via a browser and secure access to documents. http://www.doculex.com

Cognition Technologies announced the release of the "largest commercially available Semantic Map of the English language". The scope of Cognition's Semantic Map includes over 10 million semantic connections that are comprised of semantic contexts, meaning representations, taxonomy and word meaning distinctions. Technologies incorporating Cognition's Semantic Map will be able to provide users with more accurate and complete Search capabilities, the ability to personalize and filter content, and improve the user experience by reducing the amount of irrelevant information presented. Cognition Technologies' lexical resources encode semantic, morphological and syntactic information about the words contained within documents and their relationships to each other. These resources were created, codified and reviewed by lexicographers and linguists over a span of 24 years. Cognition's Semantic Map provides software applications with an "understanding" of more than four million semantic contexts (word meanings that create contexts for specific meanings of other related words). It encompasses over 536,000 word senses (word and phrase meanings); 75,000 concept classes (or synonym classes of word meanings); 7,500 nodes in the technology's ontology or classification scheme; and 506,000 word stems (roots of words) for the English language. This enables applications to have a more accurate and relevant understanding of content and user interaction, and can be deployed in a wide variety of markets, including Search, Web-based advertising and machine translation augmentation. Integration APIs are available. http://www.cognition.com

Really Strategies, Inc. announced the release of version 3.0 of its content management system, RSuite CMS. This update to RSuite provides editorial features, including RSuite Forms, a plug-in to access RSuite from Adobe CS3 InCopy, and XML Editor integrations. The 3.0 release also includes an extensions framework that enables developers to integrate custom code with RSuite. The RSuite Forms feature offers users a way to input content or metadata directly into an XML document without exposing the XML. Administrators of the system can create, edit, and style forms that are easy for editors and authors to use. The tight integration with Adobe's CS3 enables InCopy users the ability to browse and open XML or InCopy documents in RSuite directly from Adobe InCopy. Editorial staff don't need to go into an external system and publishers can maintain their content in XML throughout its lifecycle. With its WebDAV support, RSuite 3.0 includes the ability to integrate WebDAV-enabled editors such as oXygen, Arbortext, and Serna. This means users of XML editors can work with RSuite as they do a file system. http://www.rsuitecms.com

Sitecore announced Foundry version 2.0 with new functionalities allowing for advanced customization. The latest edition of Foundry, a centrally managed, multi-site solution for creation of individual affiliate websites, adds new personalization settings for individual site users and Foundry Control Center (FCC) tools for greater ease of management at the global administrative level. The Sitecore Foundry solution balances the need for international companies to maintain a global brand and the desire of the company's regional affiliates to localize their websites to suit their particular audience. With the new personalization settings, local site users have the ability to establish and manage their own personal user settings and content, such as local services, schedules, regional events and news items, all within a simple but structured framework. The Foundry Control Center now offers a wizard driven site creation tool. Global administrators can use this guided tool to provision new Foundry sites while controlling an array of site options such as establishing the default content language. Additionally, Foundry 2.0 enables the administrators to track and view systems status of all their affiliated sites, adjust site settings and perform global system functions centrally. Foundry further balances global brand image with localization through the addition of new site layout options and adjustable site "skin packages." Each site owner can change page layout for customization at the individual page level from a set of choices pre-determined by administrators. The skin packages are also pre- configured while still allowing for personalization by each local affiliate. http://www.sitecore.net

Gilbane Group, Inc. released the industry's first reliable picture of ERM adoption in its new study, "Enterprise Rights Management: Business Imperatives and Implementation Readiness". The growth in the number of companies adopting or planning to adopt means that for the first time, enough data exists to produce a study that is meaningful for users and vendors alike. As a result, Gilbane Group's new report presents the most comprehensive publicly available research on the ERM market ever undertaken. The study is backed by qualitative and quantitative research on general awareness of ERM, the current state of ERM deployments or plans to deploy (or decisions to avoid the technology), and target applications. According to study data: Protecting confidential information from leaking outside the organization is the primary motivation driving ERM adoption; ERM is becoming important for supporting information usage regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA; Client/customer communications and financial processes are other types of business processes involving confidential information that are the most prevalent for ERM implementations; 55% of ERM implementations are integrated with content management solutions (including knowledge management and groupware/collaboration). Study methodology included a survey of over 200 senior IT, security, and content management professionals across a range of vertical industries. The research also draws on case studies on ERM deployments at six multinational companies; the case studies are included in the report. "Enterprise Rights Management: Business Imperatives and Implementation Readiness" is available as a free download from the Gilbane website at http://gilbane.com. It is also available from study sponsors EMC, Fasoo.com, GigaTrust, and Microsoft. http://gilbane.com/Research-Reports.html#ermreport

Bamboo Solutions announced its newest SharePoint product release, the Bamboo Project Management Suite. Bamboo's suite is designed to be deployed on either a single server or as a system across multiple departments within an enterprise. Bamboo's Project Management Suite includes an annual Premium Support subscription that gives customers all new products added to the suite over the life of the subscription period, providing a continuous stream of new functionality. Bamboo's Project Management Suite extends SharePoint's project management capabilities and helps project managers schedule, collaborate, communicate and manage resources effectively so that projects remain on track and within budget. The suite includes a variety of enhancements to SharePoint that allow users to automate and manage notifications to all project team members, keep task status up-to-date, provide project health stats and measurement of key performance indicators to upper management, the ability to pull data from multiple project sites into a single list for reporting status, and more. http://www.bamboosolutions.com

Alfresco Software announced the availability of the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) specification draft implementation. As a contributing member of the draft technical specification, Alfresco is able to offer a draft implementation of CMIS for developers who wish to explore the draft specification. The objective of the draft CMIS specification is to deliver a common, REST or Web Services, API that can be used to develop write-once, run- anywhere, next generation content and social applications. Following the announcement of the planned submission of the CMIS specification to OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), Alfresco has made available the following for preview: Support for the CMIS REST and Web Services bindings allowing client applications to connect to, navigate, read, and create content against the Alfresco content repository; Support for the CMIS Query Language providing SQL-like querying of the repository including location, properties, and full-text; and A CMIS Test Suite to allow compliance compatibility testing against any CMIS compliant REST Binding. In order to drive the ongoing development and discussion of the draft technical specification, Alfresco will shortly make available CMIS webinars and tutorials. http://www.alfresco.com

MicroLink announced the release of MicroLink Autonomy Integration Suite (AIS) for SharePoint 2003/2007, which consists of six web parts that integrate Autonomy's Data Operating Layer (IDOL) server with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS). This integration allows SharePoint users to leverage Autonomy's information discovery capability and automated features in a unified platform. MicroLink's Autonomy Integration Suite for SharePoint consists of custom web parts that create more efficient access to the search capabilities of Autonomy's IDOL server from within SharePoint. With interfaces familiar to SharePoint users, AIS helps organizations to process digital content automatically, share data and synchronize with other data webparts. AIS comprises Search and Retrieval, Agents, Profiling, Web Channels, Clustering, and Community Collaboration. AIS also improves expertise search and incorporates full document level security. Key Features of AIS: Federated search capabilities for SharePoint, enabling customers to index and search all content across the entire enterprise and repositories inside and outside the SharePoint environment; Custom Web Parts that enable access to the capabilities of Autonomy's IDOL platform from within Microsoft's SharePoint Portal Server; Data connections for each web part that allows data sharing and synchronization between parts; For the end user, a singular interface that is consistent with the SharePoint user experience. http://www.MicroLinkllc.com

Idera announced the general availability of its Point admin toolset, 10 tools that simplify the management and administration of Microsoft SharePoint. The Point admin toolset lessens the administrative overhead and knowledge needed to ensure the effective operation of SharePoint. The Point admin toolset brings together SharePoint site monitoring, server monitoring, backup and security monitoring in a single, unified toolset. Included in the new release of the toolset is a tool for SharePoint permissions analysis. The "Who Can Access What" tool allows SharePoint administrators to quickly determine which users have access to which sites, libraries, or data within SharePoint. http://www.idera.com

Ephox announced the latest release of its online rich text editor, EditLive!. The newest feature in EditLive! 6.5 is the image editing tool that helps non-technical users create web content. EditLive!'s inline image editing feature crops, resizes and rotates images with the click of a button, in addition to creating special effects like drop shadow, reflection and rounded corners. Images are automatically resized and resampled to ensure web appropriate file sizes. In addition to usability improvements, some of the new features in EditLive! 6.5 include the ability to customize the color palette for greater consistency, auto-correct for fixing common typing errors, and added dialects for a total of 28 user interface and international language libraries. All of the features in the latest release are included in the EditLive! Enterprise Edition which adds advanced productivity, multimedia and collaboration tools like the new image editor, track changes, thesaurus, auto correct, and an advanced Java API library. http://www.ephox.com

Workshare announced WorkshareOpen, a platform that allows independent software vendors (ISVs), system integrators, value-added resellers (VARs) and enterprise IT departments to integrate Workshare's comparison technology with other business solutions. The company also announced its first three technology OEM partners, Upside Software, QUMAS, and Cryptzone; and two integration partners, Softlinx and Gimmal, that will use WorkshareOpen to leverage Workshare's functionality within their applications. Workshare's document comparison, analysis, and protection solutions ensure document integrity and enforce governance and compliance policies. The WorkshareOpen platform makes it easy to incorporate these capabilities into other applications, via local or web services calls, enabling functional interoperability and consistency for all business processes that incorporate unstructured data. At the core of the WorkshareOpen platform is Workshare's DeltaView Engine. This technology compares documents, analyzes their contents, discovers sensitive information, suggests or enforces appropriate remediation, and provides an audit trail to help enforce corporate policies. http://www.workshare.com/

Inmedius, Inc. announced the release of S1000Dtransition V3.0 to publish structured S1000D Data Modules (DM) to common types of output and print. The latest release includes complete support of ASD S1000D Issue 3.0 schemas, and has been updated concurrently with Inmedius S1000Dmanager and S1000DauthorPro for compatibility. Transition, Manager and AuthorPro are three of seven modules in the Inmedius S1000D Publishing Suite, a fully integrated solution set, supporting the entire S1000D documentation lifecycle. In addition to S1000D Issue 3.0 schema support, other new features allow Transition to expand its international reach with variant support for the German DASA 1.7x DTDs and a DEF (AUST) 5629B design file. Transition v3.0 also supports filtering and processing logic for Container DMs, along with configuration support for List of Effective Pages (LOEP), List of Tables ( LOT ) & List of Figures (LOF) in LooseLeaf Publishing. Transition publishes structured S1000D content into common types of print output. Publication managers consolidate the work of producing information, rather than parallel efforts to produce both S1000D information and other printed manual formats. The software includes LooseLeaf Publishing capabilities, including: Effectivity Processing, Change Page Management, and Dual Column Language and Multi-Volume Publishing. With Transition, users can format print output to produce S1000D and other commercial or military specification-based documentation. http://www.inmediusS1000D.com/transition

EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced a jointly developed specification which uses Web Services and Web 2.0 interfaces to enable applications to interoperate with multiple Enterprise Content Management (ECM) repositories by different vendors. The companies intend to submit the CMIS specification to OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) for advancement through its standards development process. The ultimate goal of CMIS is to dramatically reduce the IT burden around multi-vendor, multi-repository content management environments. Currently, customers must spend time and money to create and maintain custom integration code and one-off integrations to get different ECM systems within their organizations to "talk" to one another. The specification will also benefit independent software vendors (ISVs) by enabling them to create specialized applications that are capable of running over a variety of content management systems. Working together since late 2006, the three companies were joined in the creation of the CMIS draft specification by Alfresco Software, Open Text, Oracle and SAP. A final gathering of all seven companies was recently held to validate interoperability of the specification before submission to OASIS. EMC, IBM and Microsoft worked together to define an interface that: Is designed to work over existing repositories enabling customers to build and leverage applications against multiple repositories-unlocking content they already have; De-couples web services and content from the content management repository, enabling customers to manage content independently; Provides common web services and Web 2.0 interfaces to dramatically simplify application development; Is development platform and language agnostic; Supports composite application development and mash-ups by the business or IT analyst, and: Grows the ISV and developer community. http://community.emc.com/community/labs/cmis

A2iA, a provider of tools for document analysis and handwritten data extraction, announced that they have signed a global partner agreement with ReadSoft, a provider of software solutions for Document Automation. A2iA's technology enables ReadSoft to incorporate all cursive handwritten documents such as letters, complaints, and other correspondence, into the workflow containing other printed and electronic documents. With this integration ReadSoft's customers have one portal for all incoming documents electronic or paper-based - no matter if they are printed or cursive handwritten. ReadSoft Documents feeds the business documents and data to the right recipients in the business processes. http://www.a2ia.com

Autonomy Corporation announced that its business process management and intelligent electronic forms solutions provide support for corporate users of the Apple iPhone. This marks the latest addition to the company's list of user-facing mediums for securely collecting, presenting and automating information related to business processes based on the meaning of the content, including HTML, PDF, BlackBerry and paper- based forms and documents. Autonomy delivers integration with the Apple iPhone, providing capabilities including auditable and secure digital signatures, approval workflow, information collection, business activity monitoring, analytics and collaboration to global enterprises. The Autonomy Business Process Management and Intelligent Document suite automates all aspects of paper-based, mobile and Web-based human-centric business processes. This technology forms an understanding of the content and purpose of information in the organization and uses that understanding to guide people throughout the process lifecycle, providing them with the right information and right user interface, whether web, mobile, paper, email or voice, needed to complete tasks quickly and accurately. http://www.autonomy.com/

YouSendIt, Inc. announced it has expanded its direct file delivery platform with a plug-in for Adobe's Acrobat, allowing business professionals to send files up to 2GB directly from the application. The YouSendIt plug-in for Acrobat allows users to send directly from the application, avoiding the need for FTP transfers or burning large files to a CD to ship overnight. Files delivered through YouSendIt are not subject to e-mail size limitations or firewall obstructions, and can also be tracked with YouSendIt's delivery options so the sender knows when files have been received. Additionally, the YouSendIt plug-in for Acrobat includes the protection of resumable upload. Should an Internet connection be momentarily lost during file upload, activity will resume automatically once the connection has been restored. It also allows users to configure the amount of time a file is available for download or the number of times it is downloaded. The Acrobat plug-in can be used with Acrobat Standard and Professional versions 8 and 9 for Microsoft Windows and with Acrobat Professional versions 8 and 9 for Mac. The plug-in can be downloaded directly from the YouSendIt Web site. http://www.yousendit.com/

Equilibrium announced a partnership with pTools. pTools has enhanced its Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software for Microsoft SharePoint by integrating it with MediaRich DAM for SharePoint, Equilibrium's Digital Asset Management software. pTools product architecture with MediaRich and SharePoint provides end-to-end ECM software to customers that covers web content management, digital asset management, plus document collaboration and records management on a single platform. This allows interoperability of workflows and user interface with pTools, MediaRich, SharePoint and other Microsoft applications. pTools architecture allows re-use of content across multiple applications from a single repository, while maintaining all the necessary workflow and compliance rules demanded of enterprise level initiatives. Content compliance within pTools uses sophisticated audit trail functionality that allows pTools customers to validate all events in the life of the content developed. pTools application programming interface (API) enables content management professionals to use pTools development tools to deliver solutions for Intranets, Extranets and Internet applications. Key features include: pTools advanced workflow and content compliance; Web2.0 functionality; pTools Forms; MediaRich digital asset management; Microsoft SharePoint integration; clean code accessibility output; pTools "content element model"; content security marking; SEO optimisation; and multi-site content syndication. http://www.equilibrium.com

Momindum announced the launch of K- base 2.0. K-base 2.0 is a collaborative Rich Media webcasting service designed for corporate training, academic learning and online education. Momindum offers a range of solutions for presentation capturing, Rich Media authoring, content development, editing, collaborative knowledge sharing, Rich Media publishing and knowledge broadcasting. With K-base 2.0, users have access to Rich Media content so they can share video, take notes, access relevant video, ask the trainer questions, discuss ideas in a forum, and use and receive content through their mobile phones. Key features include: Share the (Video) Instant - K-base 2.0 allows the user to share the tagged instant of the video with another user. The user can share the address of a video instant using an internal or external communication medium; Take A Note - K-base 2.0 is an all-inclusive knowledge management system. It encourages users to learn efficiently and paper-lessly by allowing them to take notes while going through a presentation and refer to the notes later on at their convenience; Ask a Question - the Momindum solution helps learners raise a query or contact the trainer for more explanation on the content watched. The trainer can also enrich the Rich Media learning resource by including the communication with other learners; Comments - "Comments" is a feature created to facilitate discussion among the K-base 2.0 learners and trainers about a topic being studied; Easy to update - K-base 2.0 is easy to use for both the trainers and learners. The trainers can update the learning resource while it is still in use, which means uninterrupted access to the learning resource for the learners. http://www.momindum.com/

Cerego announced the North American beta launch of iKnow! iKnow! helps people to "learn faster, remember longer, and manage their memory for a lifetime". iKnow!'s patented learning algorithms generate personalized learning schedules that improve the absorption and recall of chunks of learning content called "items." Combining cognitive science and neuroscience with the social nature of the web, iKnow! lets users remix the web for the purpose of learning. iKnow! measures memory strength and generates a personalized learning schedule optimized for each user. The iKnow! platform is a collaborative network that will allow learners all over the globe to leverage and remix content produced by the community. As a demonstration of its social learning platform, iKnow! currently offers a set of tools and content for English speakers to study Japanese, with support for other major language pairs to follow within the year. Users soon will be able to upload any kind of learning content into the system - language and otherwise - and Cerego will open its learning APIs to the developer community. This will let third-party developers take advantage of the system's memory management capabilities and build custom applications tailored to specific domains. http://www.iknow.co.jp/

Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR) will release an update to its STAR Workbench product at its October General Session meeting in Chicago, Illinois. The Workbench leverages version 3.4 of the Eclipse Platform, and Eclipse Web Development Tools 3.0, along with several open source applications. As with the prior version of the STAR Workbench, the primary purpose of releasing the Workbench is to provide STAR members with a free set of XML tools that can be used to help with the implementation and testing of STAR BODs. The STAR Workbench provides a platform neutral tool set for testing and developing STAR BODs. New in version 2.0 is the ability to update the system as new features are added and bugs are fixed, through the built in Update Manager. Version 2.0 also adds more support for several Web Service technologies including WS- ReliableMessaging, WS-Policy, WS-Addressing, and XML Encryption and Digital Signatures. It also continues support for EBMS 2.0 by providing content assistance for EBMS messages and specifications. The STAR Workbench also leverages the Eclipse Mylyn 3.0 project to provide integrated support for STAR members to submit and monitor modification requests to the standard. http://www.starstandard.org/

Radiant Logic, Inc. announced the "Context Server". The RadiantOne Virtual Context Server (VCS) expands upon Radiant Logic's identity virtualization platform. By extracting contextual information buried in application silos, RadiantOne VCS enables integration of business processes. RadiantOne VCS publishes information out of application silos by generating English sentences out of application metadata. Those sentences are organized into meaningful views acting as contextual links across business processes. This enables information to be searched, retrieved across application silos and updated in the right context. This information, often in the form of transactional data in the enterprise, is fragmented across business functions and buried into forms and application logic. Integrating this information without a common semantic layer has been a constant challenge of data integration. RadiantOne VCS bridges the void between understanding transactions within and across silos by translating low level data transactions into English sentences. RadiantOne VCS builds upon Radiant Logic's identity virtualization platform, which includes the company's product RadiantOne Virtual Directory Server (VDS). http://www.radiantlogic.com/

DOCCENTER, developers of document management service solutions, announced DocLanding, which leverages software-as-a-service (SaaS) to allow individuals and small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) to centralize, manage, search, share and unshare their documents. DocLanding is a solution that provides a platform for controlled collaboration at home, work and play. After scanning or uploading documents, DocLanding allows users to electronically file, search and retrieve information, and share it with anyone. DocLanding is designed for the average user, leveraging an intuitive graphical user interface. Additionally, users can customize their POINTs or Personal Information Terminals, to reflect the way they organize and classify information. With one password, a user can access their files and documents, as well as the POINTs of others. DocLanding offers an annotation tool with the ability to black out or redact sensitive words or phrases plus features such as document deskewing and despeckling. Additional security features include the ability to apply watermarks and to control viewing and check out privileges. Even financial and health documents can be confidentially shared and accessed. DocLanding also allows the preview of many popular file types, such as the Microsoft 2007 Office Suite and Photoshop, without having the software installed. Documents can also be "locked" to prevent accidental deletion or movement. http://www.doccenterinc.com

Interwoven, Inc. announced the general availability of enhanced versions to Interwoven TeamSite and Interwoven LiveSite. These versions provide capabilities that allow marketers to refresh and create Website content, and to more easily target that content to a broader set of Website visitors. Interwoven TeamSite makes it easy to create and publish Websites, landing pages, and microsites. Enhanced capabilities in TeamSite include more than 90 Website building blocks that enable marketers to more easily add advanced Webpage navigation, promotions, page elements, social media feedback, and rich digital media functionality. Interwoven LiveSite delivers content, offers, and an overall Web experience targeted to specific visitor segments. Enhanced capabilities in LiveSite allow targeting to anonymous site visitors based on detected information (such as day, time, referring URL, search term, click stream, browser, and geography). http://www.interwoven.com

Yammer launched a micro-blogging tool for enterprises. On Yammer, co-workers exchange short frequent answers to one simple question: "What are you working on?" As employees answer this question, a company feed is created in one central location, enabling co-workers to discuss ideas, post news, ask questions, and share links and other information. The company feed can be accessed in real-time via the web, IM, SMS text messaging, an iPhone application, a Blackberry application, a desktop application, or email. Yammer also serves as a company directory in which every employee has a profile and as a knowledge-base where past conversations are archived and easily searched. Unlike traditional enterprise tools which must be installed by the company's IT department, anyone in a company can start their Yammer network and begin inviting colleagues. This means that Yammer can spread virally through a company like a consumer social network. At the same time, Yammer ensures the privacy of each network by limiting access to those with a valid company email address. The model is similar to Facebook's beginnings as a college social network, when students had to validate a college email to join their college network. The basic Yammer service is free, but companies can pay to claim and administer their networks. The cost is $1 per employee per month, after a free three-month trial period. Companies who claim their network can configure their own security requirements by setting stricter password policies or restricting use to their office or VPN. These settings are also used on sites like Salesforce.com. Yammer was originally developed at internet company Geni.com as an internal productivity tool. Over time, the product evolved into a full-fledged company intranet / social network, adding features not available on consumer micro-blogging sites. Geni's 30 employees used the product internally for six months, creating over 15,000 messages. Eventually Geni decided to spin out the product into a new entity so other companies could use it too. http://www.yammer.com

Open Text Corporation and Captaris, Inc. announced a definitive merger agreement in which a wholly owned subsidiary of Open Text will acquire Captaris. The companies expect the transaction to close by the end of the calendar year, subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by Captaris's shareholders and anti-trust approvals. Captaris's software products include document and data capture solutions that let customers convert paper documents to digital content, and manage associated processes. The acquisition will expand Open Text's partnership offerings by creating tighter integration with Open Text's invoice management solutions that work with SAP and Oracle. Captaris also offers business information and delivery solutions built on the Microsoft .NET framework which integrate, process and automate the flow of content. http://www.opentext.com