May 2009 Archives

Argo Translation, a North American website translation company, in partnership with Straker, developers of the multilingual ShadoCMS product, announced a new connector which links the ShadoCMS system into Argo’s translation supply chain management system thereby allowing ShadoCMS customers to obtain cost estimates and manage budgets for translating new website content. The new capabilities introduced for multilingual websites with this initiative will automatically notify Argo about new content requiring translation and also provide the client with an automatically generated cost estimate. As new content for translation is identified, the system automatically sends an email to the client providing that cost estimate and allowing them to approve the work with a single mouse click. This allows companies to more readily manage their website translation expenses and make smarter decisions about what should be translated. http://www.shadocms.com/, http://www.argotrans.com/

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L) announced Autonomy Interwoven Social Media Analysis, a new offering that allows businesses to convert the dynamic conversations taking place on social networks into business opportunities. Autonomy Interwoven's web content management (WCM) solution leverages Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) to provide a solution that automatically listens to social media content, analyzes the dialogue to understand sentiment, and enables marketers to act on the insights. Social media connectors include: CNET Reviews, Epicurious, Facebook, IMDb, Kbb.com, LinkedIn, RSS, TripAdvisor, Twitter, WebMD, Yahoo! Finance, and Yelp. Additionally, IDOL provides connectors to any form of information and any channel - including call center, audio, customer relationship management systems, and traditional media and video. IDOL analyzes the information from these sources to automatically form clusters of sentiment, positive and negative, which marketers can use to identify meaningful trends they can act upon. Businesses can tune the system to track certain thresholds - and automatically take action to capitalize on a new business opportunity, or manage a crisis or threat to the brand - if sentiment exceeds those benchmarks. Autonomy Interwoven Social Media Analysis is available now. http://www.autonomy.com/interwoven

Fluid, Inc. unveiled the next generation of Fluid Social, an e-commerce tool for connecting shoppers with the opinions of friends at the point of decision on ecommerce sites. Fluid Social 2.0 lets retailers incorporate Facebook and online chat functionality directly into the online conversion flow. Fluid Social 2.0 lets shoppers get immediate purchase validation from within the retail site and encourages shared discovery of new products by shopping with friends. In offline shopping, the opinions and validation of friends, trusted associates and experts play a significant role in purchase decisions. People go shopping together, show each other what they like, ask for and receive feedback and help each other find the right product. In the online world shopping has been a solitary undertaking where one person views one website in isolation. Fluid Social 2.0 allows people to suggest products, chat about and give thumbs up/down on products in real time via chat and asynchronously using Facebook Connect. This not only helps consumers receive immediate and personalized feedback on products and purchases, but draws new shoppers to the retailer’s site. Fluid Social’s collaborative shopping is available now in a performance-based pricing model where clients pay based upon the effectiveness of the application. Pricing starts at $12,000 annually. http://www.fluid.com

click2try announced that it has added XOOPS Dynamic Web CMS version 2.3.3 to its online catalog of virtualized Open Source applications. A Community site, click2try enables users to try applications for free and use by subscription. XOOPS is a Web application platform written in PHP for the MySQL database. Designed with an object-oriented architecture, XOOPS is a tool for developing small or large community Web sites, company intranets, portals, blogs, and other types of Web-based applications. XOOPS, short for eXtensible Object Oriented Portal System, provides a full-featured administration console to manage a site, pages, and user access. XOOPS offers customizable themes, and a set of user-supplied modules for added functionality. XOOPS uses the Smarty templating system. With a total of five virtualized content management systems in the click2try catalog, users can evaluate and use WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal, and SilverStripe - in addition to XOOPS. Supported by large user communities, each of these content management products provides sets of features to help individuals and small and large organizations create blogs, Web sites, collaboration systems, and manage large amounts of online content. http://www.click2try.com/, http://www.xoops.org/

TiP Ltd, Katowice Poland announced release of updated versions of its NLP morphology based software tools. Developed in the scope of the multi-national European Projects taggers, lemmatizers and spellcheckers for Slavic Languages are now available to be included in third party applications. TiP specializes in development of linguistic components for incorporating into other applications. Depending on required functionality, modules may be customized to fulfill specific needs. An Application Programming Interface (API) delivered with the standard version provides necessary entry points to basic routines, and may be adjusted to fit into existing programs. http://www.tip.net.pl

Ektron Inc. announced a new technology partnership with TMA Resources. This agreement allows both companies to provide a comprehensive solution that meets the online needs of their mutual customer base in the association vertical. Ektron now offers an out-of-the-box integration between CMS400.NET and Personify, TMA Resources’ association management software. http://www.ektron.com

Jahia launched Jahia Enterprise Edition v6 - its latest Web Content Integration Software. The offering hosts an array of new enterprise features on a subscription basis. This enterprise ready product delivers scalability, high availability, and performance, together with support for enterprise stack, server and storage. The Jahia multi-source Web Content Integration strategy and enterprise offerings are enhanced with the Jahia United Content Bus. The Jahia EE v6 release delivers: Web Content Management System with an improved Ajax front-end user interfaces; Advanced Document Management module based on a (JCR) back-end infrastructure; Advanced Portal features relying on Apache Pluto 2.0 and JSR286 portlet standards with a centralized Mashup repository to collect manage and share Mashups, RSS, Gadgets using Ajax drag and drop capabilities; Support of Websphere, BEA and JBoss Application Servers, Red Hat Enterprise 5.0, Windows Server 2008, Solaris 10, Ubuntu7.10, AIX and Debian 4 Operating System, MySQL 5, Oracle 10G, MS SQL, DB2, Sybase, PostGres 8.1 databases; Support of distant server publication, dynamic clustering with authoring / browsing environment separation, OpenLdap and Active Directory User directories native connection, CAS, Kerberos, NTLM Single Sign-on standards settings; New Enterprise Offering with the Jahia United Content Bus. Jahia’s flagship product for Enterprise Web Content Integration may now be connected to a new product allowing various content and various technologies (proprietary or not) management, within one simple united interface - more to come at Gilbane San Francisco on June 2nd to June 4th. The Jahia Enterprise Edition v6 is available immediately, with straightforward pricing for low-, middle-, and high-end projects. A free trial of Jahia Enterprise Edition v6 can be downloaded. http://www.jahia.com

Amazon.com announced the latest version of their Kindle for iPhone application. The updated application is now available for download from the iTunes App Store. Kindle for iPhone 1.1 includes  landscape support, tap to turn a page, alternate background and text color selections to improve reading comfort in low light conditions, and image zoom capability. The Amazon Kindle for iPhone app allows customers access to more than 280,000 Kindle books wirelessly on their iPhones, the ability to access their entire library of previously purchased Kindle books stored on Amazon’s servers, and adjust the text size of books. http://amazon.com, http://www.apple.com/iphone/

Atex announced that Suita Sistemas, one of the first distributors of software systems in Latin America, has been appointed as the local partner for Atex web content management systems and digital asset management solutions in the Southern states of Brazil. Suita Sistemas will work together with Atex to promote and implement solutions for digital content publishing and multimedia asset management. The combined knowledge and expertise of the two companies will enable clients to deploy Atex solutions that enhance all aspects of production workflows, including customization and flexibility to support new digital business models. The joint strategy lays its foundation in multichannel publishing, one of the most sought after capabilities in modern content management systems. Atex and Suita Sistemas’ solutions can support the delivery of contents to any channel at the same time. Publishers will be able to implement diverse content workflows. http://www.atex.com, http://www.suita.com.br

Language Weaver announced the availability of a new and expanded version of its automated translation software, version 5.1. This latest release, which will be implemented across all language pairs available for LW Enterprise Translation Server and LW Translation On Demand (SaaS), includes an enhanced user interface, more powerful multi-language processing, and expanded file format support. Version 5.1 also offers enhanced syntax-based language pairs. Language Weaver has added the following features to version 5.1: Enhanced interface featuring a unified user experience; New dictionary tool built into the user interface with support for existing statistically based language pairs, as well as Language Weaver’s Statistical Syntax language pairs; New bi-directional language pairs (Indonesian/English, Pashtu/English); and; Expanded file format support, now covering RTF, Office 2007 and Open Office 3. http://blog.languageweaver.com

Wipro Technologies (NYSE:WIT) announced the launch of Hosted Document Management (HDM) solution, an enterprise document management offering based on the Software as a Service (SaaS) model. The solution was developed as a part of the strategic alliance between Wipro and EMC Corporation and leverages EMC Documentum Enterprise Content Management 6.5. Wipro and EMC announced the strategic alliance in 2007 and have jointly developed solutions that address customer requirements across geographies. With the HDM model, Wipro and EMC will provide end-to-end document management services. Utilizing EMC Documentum enterprise content management technology, HDM is built on Wipro’s SaaS platform and provides a scalable solution that simplifies the time-intensive act of data capture, management, retrieval and archival of business critical documents. http://www.wipro.com

Socialcast announced it has integrated corporate email and customizable activity feeds into its Socialcast enterprise social media platform. The new features are designed to ease Socialcast into users’ existing work habits, in which email remains a critical workflow tool. Socialcast is a collaboration platform that unites real-time social messaging with traditional corporate tools to help employees securely collaborate and share knowledge across the enterprise. Socialcast’s new email integration feature allows users to post news messages, questions, and ideas to Socialcast by emailing them to share@socialcast.com. The system will also pick up file attachments, tags and links, which will be displayed inside their Socialcast community. This feature allows employees to use email as a vehicle for transporting important information into a tool more adept at fostering collaboration and rapid communication. The result is fewer carbon copy and reply-all emails as well as a growing knowledge hub created from surfacing information to a broader audience and archiving it for future reference. Another new feature released today includes custom activity streams. Users can now create various custom flows of information that show select community activity in their home activity streams. Users can create, arrange and re-arrange group activities, company-wide news, keyword activity, user activity or status updates for a Twitter-like experience. Companies and employees can sign up for Socialcast online at http://www.socialcast.com

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L) announced that Autonomy Interwoven LiveSite, a  content delivery engine, is now available to Microsoft .NET customers. By deploying LiveSite with Autonomy's Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL), Microsoft customers can now tap into the Autonomy's "Meaning Based Marketing" approach. LiveSite dynamically delivers targeted web content and experiences to website visitors, enterprise portals, syndicated RSS feeds, as well as any custom J2EE, .NET or rich internet (RIA) application. With this release, Microsoft customers can leverage the repository and content services of LiveSite, and integrate .NET applications into the web content management process. Interwoven LiveSite on .NET is available now. http://www.interwoven.com/

Digital Reef announced a technology collaboration with FAST. By working with FAST, Digital Reef will provide FAST ESP and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 customers with capabilities to support eDiscovery, compliance, Office SharePoint Server 2007 management, data security, and storage initiatives. The combined solution includes a user interface that provides a single, actionable view across all data stores. FAST's enterprise search platform provides a customizable foundation for an organization's search needs. The collaboration augments search facilities with Digital Reef's data analysis tools for addressing challenges like eDiscovery. Organizations with discovery challenges must not only find all documents related to a particular issue, they must be able to cull this dataset down to only those documents which are responsive (relevant). In addition to providing advanced legal discovery capabilities for Office SharePoint Server 2007 and all other major server types, Digital Reef's unstructured data management platform is used by enterprises to achieve a single, actionable view of unstructured and semi-structured data assets across the enterprise data center. Digital Reef partners include search, content management, eDiscovery, and data security technology vendors as well as electronic data discovery (EDD) processing and other service companies. Digital Reef is a Microsoft Enterprise Search Group Technology Partner. The Digital Reef solution with FAST search capabilities will be generally available in Q3 2009. http://www.digitalreefinc.com

WebNotes, a technology innovator of online research tools, announced the public availability of WebNotes Pro, a web-based highlighting and sticky note research tool for professionals, corporations and educational institutions. WebNotes allows users to add multi-colored highlights and sticky notes to web pages as they browse the web, while organizing their notes into folders for later reference. Annotated content can be shared with colleagues and clients via email or permalink, or through automatically generated reports in PDF or HTML format. WebNotes Pro also includes a PDF annotation system which provides users with full support for annotating, organizing and sharing PDF documents. WebNotes can be installed as a toolbar or as a bookmarklet, and supports all major web browsers and operating systems. Hosted user accounts securely store users’ annotated content and may be accessed from any internet-connected computer. User annotations are private by default. In addition to its Pro accounts, the company also offers a Group Solutions version for schools and small businesses that includes a dedicated web address, customized site branding and built-in user administrator tools. A free version of WebNotes is available for basic researching needs, and includes unlimited highlighting and sticky note capabilities as well as access to organization, sharing and reporting tools. The WebNotes Pro version adds PDF annotation and sharing support, multi-color highlighting and priority technical support. Pricing for WebNotes Pro is $9.99 per month, with a 50% discount available to all students. A customized Group Solutions version is also available for an additional setup fee. To begin the two-week trial at no charge, go to http://www.webnotes.net/

Vital Path, a provider of enterprise content integration solutions, and Glemser Technologies, an experienced Documentum and SharePoint services provider, announced their partnership to deliver turnkey content management solutions to life sciences companies worldwide. The combined forces of Vital Path and Glemser help organizations maintain security of mission critical, regulated and unregulated content while achieving transparency across the enterprise. http://www.vital-path.com, http://www.glemser.com

Syncro Soft Ltd announced the availability of version 4.2 of its Subversion (SVN) client. Version 4.2 of Syncro SVN Client adds as main feature SVN 1.6 support. Other additions include improvements to the symbolic links handling and a better performance when working with revision graphs. Syncro SVN Client supports SVN 1.6.2, allowing users to take advantage of the latest SVN improvements and fixes. Previous SVN versions are also supported, the user being able to decide whether a working copy should be updated to version 1.6 or not. Subversion 1.6 recognizes a new kind of conflict, known as a "tree conflict". Such conflicts manifest at the level of directory structure, rather than file content. These conflicts include deletions of locally modified files and incoming edits to locally deleted files. Syncro SVN Client allows to handle these conflicts offering a dialog that lists possible solutions for solving these conflicts. Subversion 1.6 allows to link to external files by putting their URLs in the svn:externals property on the parent folder. Syncro SVN Client allows you to create, update, commmit and remove external links from the user interface changing automatically the svn:externals property as needed. Syncro SVN Client stores the result of a revision graph operation and reuses that for further operations on the same repository, thus avoiding unnecessary requests to the SVN server for the same data. http://www.syncrosvnclient.com

Vjoon announced that media companies, publishing houses, and corporate publishers now have the option to rent vjoon‘s K4 Publishing System. According to their individual situation, publishers can hire as many K4 workstations, K4 Web Editor licenses, and other system components such as K4 Overview or K4 XML Exporter as their projects, order position, and workload demand.This new rental offering benefits both new and existing customers. New customers can test the system, existing customers can add additional K4 seats to their current system as needed. The costs for Adobe InDesign CS4 Server and the database are included in the rental fee. This enables Adobe InDesign and InCopy users to test the system and experience the time and cost savings brought on by K4 under actual production conditions. http://www.vjoon.com/

Inventive Designers is introducing a new security solution for verifying digitally signed and printed documents. The software is called IntelliStamp and is available now. IntelliStamp has been developed to fill the gaps in the digital chain. Many people print out digital documents for their own records at home and then delete them from their PCs, without realising that by doing so they are losing the authenticity of those documents. Official organisations (companies, banks and government bodies) are also still printing and sending a large number of documents by post, although previously this was merely a way of remaining fully compliant with the legal framework. Here, IntelliStamp can function as an extension of the digital signature. IntelliStamp allows end users to print out the document themselves, without losing its legality. This saves companies money on printing and postage. IntelliStamp creates a bridge between digital and paper documents. The application 'reads' a digital document and creates an encrypted visual stamp, based on the content of the document and a digital certificate. The visual key is visible in printed form as one or several 2-D barcodes and can be easily scanned in order to verify the authenticity and origin of the document. http://www.inventivedesigners.com

MindTouch announced a new Desktop Suite of productivity tools that provides one-click publishing from any Microsoft Windows application, improved drag and drop capabilities, in-place editing of Microsoft Office and rapid archiving of corporate assets in a searchable easy to share web-based environment. MindTouch's Desktop Suite of productivity tools enhances MindTouch 2009 to improve existing collaborative Intranets, interactive community extranets and documentation portals. The new Aurelia Reporter works with any Windows application and allows users to publish as MindTouch 2009 pages. As with all MindTouch 2009 pages the content is editable, indexed by a enterprise search engine, versioned, and able to be permissioned for specific users and groups from a web-browser. Now applications such as Microsoft Project, Visio, PowerPoint, Excel, Quickbooks, and many others can be quickly captured, archived, indexed by search and editable from the web-browser all while being versioned. Microsoft Word and Outlook Connectors provides users with one-click publishing from within Word and Outlook to MindTouch. The Outlook Connector enables publishing of full email conversation threads along with associated attachments. The Desktop Suite is available for commercial versions of MindTouch. http://www.mindtouch.com/

Microsoft announced that Groove is getting a new name with the coming release of Office 2010.  Groove will be known as "SharePoint Workspace 2010". From the blog post: "The name makeover is in concert with the direction the product is going.  SharePoint Workspace will provide easy access to SharePoint content (or content from any server that implements the publicly documented protocols) in an effort to provide a seamless online/offline experience. SharePoint Workspace 2010 will be easier to deploy and easier to manage, and it supports a new set of scenarios to help Office and SharePoint users be more productive.  It will also make it easier for IT folks to implement a consistent information strategy based on SharePoint technology throughout the organization. There will be changes in the way the product is delivered, as well – e.g. SharePoint Workspace (and OneNote, for that matter) will be added to the Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 release." http://blogs.msdn.com/groove_development_team/archive/2009/05/13/makeover-for-groove-sharepoint-workspace-2010.aspx

Netbiscuits and WoodWing announced a technology partnership. Many publishers are incorporating mobile into their publishing channels. By integrating the Netbiscuits development platform with WoodWing’s solutions, the publishing industry can serve content for mobile. The integrated solution helps achieve efficient cross-media publishing. The connection of WoodWing’s systems to Netbiscuits allows to establish a mobile channel next to the online channel. Netbiscuits brings the Internet experience to any browser of any mobile device worldwide, and enables businesses to create mobile websites with seamless integration of rich media, advertising and commerce. Publishers can generate a mobile web presence out of content already created. The content management becomes more efficient as different channels are being served with the same content at the same time, and reach is extended. WoodWing has defined a server-side plug-in standard that allows for integration with Netbiscuits. http://www.woodwing.com, http://www.netbiscuits.com

JustSystems and Mark Logic Corporation announced a technology partnership that will enable enterprise organizations to streamline data aggregation, content creation and publishing of financial reports using XBRL. Driven by XBRL compliance requirements set forth by the SEC and by the need to eliminate accounting errors and fraud, JustSystems and Mark Logic will offer customers a technology integration that combines JustSystems xfy XBRL Report and MarkLogic Server. This integration option allows enterprise organizations to push complex financial XBRL content from MarkLogic Server to content applications built on the JustSystems xfy platform at any stage of a business workflow. Using this functionality, organizations can also analyze and create detailed financial reports from XBRL content and add XBRL-aware document management functionality to their existing MarkLogic Server deployments. JustSystems xfy XBRL Report lets users review and analyze XBRL data and share their results with others. To that end, xfy consumes XBRL, creating content that uses the XBRL data and publishes it in a web-ready HTML or PDF. Other users can view the published reports without any special software, just a standard web browser. http://www.justsystems.com/, http://www.marklogic.com

Expressor software announced version 2.0 of the expressor semantic data integration system, which expands its capabilities with new reporting and bulk-loading tools, comprehensive productivity and usability improvements across all expressor integrator tools, as well as additional connectivity and platform support for the expressor processor. expressor communicator is a new reporting tool that provides visibility into application projects and operations to enable users to build design- and run-time reports for impact analysis, dependency tracking, dictionary and artifact usage and operational statistics. expressor communicator works with standard JDBC and ODBC-based, off-the-shelf reporting tools and interfaces. expressor initiator is a new productivity tool that facilitates the process of creating semantic terms and definitions through the bulk-loading and editing of source meta data. expressor initiator is built on a grid interface that enables users to assign subject areas and meta-types to multiple definitions in a single operation. It can also import terms and definitions from external sources and enables users to save, share and review all work prior to loading in the expressor repositor. Performance enhancements to the expressor processor include new exception-handling capabilities for RDBMS exceptions and new parameters to control behavior when input data does not match an expressor image (such as invalid date/time formats, numeric conversion errors or string overflow). expressor images are XML files that provide descriptions of external data record structures. In addition, the expressor processor now supports 64-bit Linux and Solaris platforms and includes connectivity for MQ Series, Microsoft MQ and JMS messaging systems as well as full support for connecting to ODBC data sources and reading complex XML files. expressor 2.0 will become generally available in mid-June 2009. The expressor pricing model is based on channels - with each channel representing a unit of parallel data processing - and ranges from $5,000 for a single channel six-month term license to $20,000 for a single-channel perpetual license. http://www.expressor-software.com

EPiServer announced that EventX, an events and meeting module, can be downloaded for free. EventX provides organisations with a simple tool to plan and co-ordinate meetings and events. For event organisers, EventX removes the headaches associated with managing invitations to an event and replaces the traditional excel spreadsheet. It gives a complete overview of registrations enabling these to be easily managed with booking confirmations and agenda updates issued automatically. EventX can also issue name badges with barcodes and close registration on a specific date or when an event is full. EventX can be easily integrated with CRM solutions such as those from Salesforce CRM and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. For participants, EventX enables them to sign up, cancel and update their registration for an event or meeting - and create a personal agenda for the day online. EventX is the latest open source module to be released by EPiServer for its CMS and Community customers and users. Also available are TranslationX, a quick way to localise websites, and WikiX which enables organisations to develop a personalised wikipedia on their sites. http://www.coderesort.com, http://www.episerver.com

DocPoint Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Quality Associates, Inc., focused on providing Microsoft SharePoint to organizations that are looking to expand employee collaboration and increase the exchange of information, announced a new reseller relationship with Easthampton, Mass.-based Atalasoft, Inc. This new partnership authorizes DocPoint to distribute, customize, and install Atalasoft's Vizit SP software. Vizit SP is a solution for viewing, cleaning up, indexing, and annotating documents within the Microsoft SharePoint Server (MOSS). The product is a zero-footprint document viewing system, which means end users can access documents without installing any software or downloading the files to their desktops. To all clients evaluating the Vizit SP software, DocPoint is also authorized to grant unlimited and free use of the Vizit Previewer. This program provides the user with fast on-screen preview images of any document stored within the SharePoint system. http://www.docpointsolutions.com

IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced the beta release of Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5.1 collaboration software, including plans to support Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync in version 8.5.1 of Lotus Notes Traveler. This capability will extend Lotus Domino automatic synching capabilities for e-mail and calendaring tools to the Apple iPhone. Although iPhone users can already access Notes e-mail via IBM Lotus iNotes ultra-light mode, the new Exchange ActiveSync support will mean push access to the software including the ability to view Notes mail, calendar and contacts data when not connected on the iPhone. IBM Lotus Notes Traveler software enables wireless push replication of Lotus Notes e-mail, calendaring, and personal information management (PIM) data on select smart phones. In addition, this beta version also incorporates the new 1.3 version of IBM's Lotus Symphony document, spreadsheet, and presentation software, and brings IBM XPages developer technology to the Lotus Notes client for off-line use. To test drive IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.1 software starting on May 15, visit http://greenhouse.lotus.com/

Across Systems announced version 5 of its Language Server. Under the heading "Enterprise Language Intelligence," Across is deploying the concepts of Business Intelligence for usage in multi-language documents and content. With Across v5, companies operating at an international level gain greater control of their language resources and of the management of complex translation processes despite widespread outsourcing of translation projects. The new Across Language Server v5 offers several options for process automation as well as for workflow management and analysis: crossAnalytics is a new component that identifies key data and reveals previously untapped process optimization potential; Web-based project management is an option for managing complex translation processes without any client installation; crossMining introduces principles of data and text mining into language technology
; crossAuthor Linguistic expands authoring support using rule-based quality assurance methods, and; crossAutomate, another new module, allows for free configuration and automation of processes. With the new product generation v5, the platform architecture of Across, the number of available connections for interacting systems has expanded to approximately 50, including interfaces to SAP ERP, BPM tool Plunet, Web CMS Typo 3 and the ECM solution of Optimal Systems, among others. http://www.across.net

Zimplit announced they have released a new version of the fully rebrandable content management system for hosting companies and designers. As in previous version the entire software interface will be modified to suit service provider’s own branding. To make starting a website business easier, Zimplit will also provide manuals, demos and templates. All this will carry the service provider’s brand. With Zimplit, the user is on the website like an ordinary visitor, except that on every editable page, the user has a small toolbar which makes possible creating pages, changing texts, adding pictures, searching, adding galleries and videos. Zimplit uses HTML pages as templates and this gives the user an opportunity to use thousands of free templates or to choose thousands from design banks. Zimplit also provides many free designs by itself. You do not need to install Zimplit. You just have to upload the software on your clients web directory or add Zimplit files to your server skeleton and it’s working. Hosting providers can start to provide website creation software under their own brand in less than 10 minutes. http://www.zimplit.com

Armedia LLC announced the launch of Armedia Content I/O Suite, a collection of three software products designed to help users maximize the value of their ECM platform. A result of Armedia’s new product development efforts, Content I/O Suite is an integrated family of software applications that focuses on the collection, migration and delivery of content between multiple input sources and output destinations. Content I/O Suite is designed to easily and efficiently get content and corporate assets to where they provide the most value to an organization. As an extension of Armedia’s Caliente! and Ligero products, each module is available separately or as an integrated suite. The solution streamlines labor intensive tasks so users can get the most value from their ECM implementation. Content I/O Suite currently supports Documentum, SharePoint, file systems, and custom repository destinations. Further integrations with other ECM repositories and enterprise applications are on the product roadmap. http://www.armedia.com

The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) XHTML2 Working Group has published four Proposed Edited Recommendations: XHTML 1.1 - Module-based XHTML - Second Edition, which serve as the basis for future extended XHTML 'family' document types; XHTML Basic 1.1 - Second Edition, includes the minimal set of modules required to be an XHTML host language document type, and in addition it includes images, forms, basic tables, and object support; XHTML-Print - Second Edition, designed for mobile printers and in environments where it is not feasible or desirable to install a printer-specific driver and where some variability in the formatting of the output is acceptable, and: XHTML 1.0 These updates incorporate known errata; each document links to a list of changes. The review period is open until 4 June. http://www.w3.org/News/2009#item73

KnowledgeLake, Inc. announced a new version of KnowledgeLake Connect, a desktop application that enables users to save documents to SharePoint in a single step. KnowledgeLake has incorporated a new technology, previously code named “Fusion,” which provides the ability to integrate desktop programs such as Web, Windows, Silverlight and WPF applications with KnowledgeLake Connect. This integration provides “one-click” scanning, indexing and searching from "virtually any line of business application", such as Microsoft Dynamics, PeopleSoft and SAP. The integration places virtual buttons on the line of business application to enable a scanned image or a screen capture to be automatically indexed based on data from the line of business application. In addition, a search button can be used from the line of business application to search SharePoint directly from the line of business application. KnowledgeLake Connect is scheduled for release this quarter. http://www.knowledgelake.com

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) introduced Amazon Kindle DX, the new purpose-built reading device that offers Kindle’s wireless delivery and selection of content with a large 9.7-inch electronic paper display, built-in PDF reader, auto-rotate capability, and storage for up to 3,500 books. Kindle DX’s display has 2.5 times the surface area of Kindle’s 6-inch display. The larger electronic paper display with 16 shades of gray has more area for graphic-rich content such as professional and personal documents, newspapers and magazines, and textbooks. Kindle reads like printed words on paper because the screen works using real ink and doesn’t use a backlight, helping to eliminate the eyestrain and glare associated with other electronic displays. Kindle DX features a built-in PDF reader using Adobe Reader Mobile technology for reading professional and personal documents. Like other types of documents on Kindle, customers simply email their PDF format documents to their Kindle email address or move them over using a USB connection. With a larger display and built-in PDF reader, Kindle DX customers can read professional and personal documents with more complex layouts without scrolling, panning, or zooming, and without re-flowing, which destroys the original structure of the document. Everything from annual reports with graphs to flight manuals with maps to musical scores can be viewed on a single, crisp screen with Kindle DX. Kindle DX’s display content auto-rotates so users can read in portrait or landscape mode, or flip the device to read with either hand. Simply turn Kindle DX and immediately see full-width landscape views of maps, graphs, tables, images, and Web pages. With 3.3 GB of available memory, Kindle DX can hold up to 3,500 books, compared with 1,500 with Kindle. And because Amazon automatically backs up a copy of every Kindle book purchased, customers can wirelessly re-download titles from their library at any time. Kindle DX is just over a third of an inch thin, which is thinner than most magazines. Just like Kindle, Kindle DX uses Amazon Whispersync technology to automatically sync content across Kindle, Kindle DX, Kindle for iPhone, and other devices in the future. With Whispersync, customers can easily move from device to device and never lose their place in their reading. More than 275,000 books are now available in the Kindle Store, including 107 of 112 current New York Times Best Sellers. New York Times Bestsellers and New Releases are $9.99 unless marked otherwise. Top U.S. and international magazines and newspapers plus more than 1,500 blogs are also available. Kindle DX is available for pre-order starting today for $489 at http://amazon.com/kindleDX and will ship this summer.

Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX) (TSX: OTC) and Vignette Corporation (NASDAQ:VIGN) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Vignette will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Open Text. Vignette shareholders will receive US $8.00 in cash plus 0.1447 of an Open Text common share for every Vignette common share which equates to approximately US $12.70 at close of market on May 5, 2009. This represents a premium of approximately 74% above the 30 trading day average closing price of Vignette's shares and approximately 41% above the most recent closing price. This values the transaction at approximately US $310 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of calendar 2009 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by Vignette's shareholders, Hart-Scott-Rodino anti-trust clearance, Securities and Exchange Commission clearance and stock exchange approvals. http://www.vignette.com, http://www.opentext.com/

Coveo announced the general availability of Coveo Enterprise Search (CES) 6.0. The new Coveo CES 6.0 platform provides a combination of enterprise-grade scalability, deep connectivity and security to data repositories and performance improvements. Some of Coveo Enterprise Search 6.0’s key features include: Improved scalability with up to 50 million documents per server, faster query performance and  contextual faceted search; Coveo’s unified view: Out-of-the-box ability to create unlimited unified interfaces, providing users with a tabbed search interface for optimized access to information; Deep connectivity, which enables companies to leverage existing and legacy IT assets; New and improved connectors and interfaces: Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes, Salesforce.com, Open Text LiveLink, Confluence, Quest Archive Manager, SiteCore, Symantec Enterprise Vault, etc.; A customizable super-user mode that can be integrated in the search interface for enterprise-wide content discovery across all employee data, and; Extended capabilities for mobile phones: Contextual faceted search & filtering, added support for intranet (SharePoint, etc) and CRM (Salesforce.com), document quick view (for a device friendly, low-bandwidth access to documents), conversation tracking and people search. http://www.coveo.com

The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters announced the newest release of ScholarOne Manuscripts (formally Manuscript Central). The upgrade includes the implementation of Cognos, a business intelligence and performance management tool. The additional reporting features allow users to: Build custom ad-hoc reports, schedule automatically delivered reports, insert report calculations, and expedite pivot reports; Drill into performance statistics such as turnaround time, accept/reject rates and geographic distribution of submissions; Determine the timing, formatting and delivery method to distribute reports on-demand or on a schedule, and; Provide reports on journal publishing metrics to aid strategic decision making. ScholarOne Manuscripts is a web-based peer review and submission application for scholarly publishers. It works by automating the manuscript submission to journals and allows for easy administrative, editing and reviewing capabilities. http://www.scholarone.com, http://thomsonreuters.com

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L) unveiled a new Expertise Location module for its iManage Universal Search (IUS) solution, the company's pan-enterprise search solution tailored for law firms. With this new module, lawyers can connect with other subject matter experts within the law firm, enabling the firm to efficiently staff matters and match the right talent with the needs of a case. Powered by Autonomy's Meaning Based Computing platform, IDOL, the IUS Expertise Location module supports a law firm's complete practice support needs on a single platform. IUS leverages IDOL's ability to automatically build conceptual profiles of users based on the understanding of information. As lawyers interact with information as part of their daily routine in the iManage WorkSite document and email management system or IUS such as create or view documents, respond to emails, create time entry systems, etc., IUS can automatically build a profile of the user in real-time. As a result, IUS can identify experts within the law firm and connect their expertise with the most relevant information from multiple content repositories. With IDOL's meaning-based approach, a user can find an expert even if the exact search terms are not included in the users' profile. For example, searching for an expert in 'copyright law' will also show experts in conceptually related areas, such as 'trademark'. The Expertise Location module is an add-on to iManage Universal Search and is available now. http://www.autonomy.com/imanage

Platformic unveiled version 3.0 of its enterprise web development software. A content management system (CMS) with a built-in point-and-click mechanism for building layouts visually, Platformic removes the need to hard-code websites or use third-party web authoring tools. The new version is based on Platformic's ability to simplify web development and management with its browser-based building capability and cascading style sheet (CSS) template generation tool that automatically and visually writes fully validated, nested CSS Div structures through a point-and-click architecture. Users can now import a flattened Photoshop file of their website using the Image Guide, which can then be used to guide the building process. The Layout and Style Console are used to build the structure of the site based on the Image Guide. The Platformic system then automatically builds a nested, compliant and validated CSS structure as the user visually creates each page. Previous releases of Platformic had browser based CSS generation functionality, but with the new release, the method of navigating through a nested div structure has been made even easier. A Platformic user can now navigate through "parent" and "child" user levels and highlight the complete contents of specific layers, enabling him/her to see everything within that container. Complex nested structures can be easily navigated as the page structure is organized. Tool Tips show users exactly where they are within the CSS structure and reveal the properties of each container. http://platformic.com/

Lyris, Inc. announced social media enhancements in Lyris HQ to include the monitoring, sharing and measurement of messages posted on Twitter. Support for Twitter is the latest addition to Lyris HQ’s social media functionality, which allows marketers to incorporate social media sharing, tracking and measurement into campaigns across 10 of the most popular social networking sites, including Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Digg, StumbleUpon and more. Lyris HQ allows marketers to create, manage and measure social media campaigns from one integrated marketing platform. Lyris HQ provides customers with total control of interactive marketing campaigns, including email marketing, social and mobile marketing, pay-per-click management (PPC), Web content management, search engine marketing (SEM) and Web analytics. A new window in the Lyris HQ dashboard displays a running Twitter feed based on an individual marketer’s search terms, allowing Lyris HQ users to actively track and respond to discussions on Twitter in real-time. Lyris HQ social media enhancements allow customers to incorporate social media widgets (or icons) into their email marketing campaigns and newsletters. Once a recipient receives an email and clicks the new Twitter widget, it will take them to their Twitter page and automatically generate both a shortened URL link and associated subject line text that can be used or edited, automating and scaling the sharing of key messages, content and offers. The new functionality allows marketers to measure traffic from Twitter back to their Web site, as well as report what customers and prospects are doing once on the site. Lyris HQ’s social media enhancements are available immediately. http://www.lyris.com

Ingeniux Corporation announced Cartella, an application for managing enterprise social content and online collaboration. Cartella is a unified social content management application that integrates social networking, Web 2.0 tools, analytics and content management into a single solution. The application includes modules for managing documents, wikis, blogs, rich media and social networking. In addition, Cartella leverages Microsoft ASP.NET MVC. Cartella can be white labeled as a stand-alone social content management platform for companies without existing Web CMS investments or injected into any Website using a simple Web services API. Built on Microsoft ASP.NET MVC, Cartella allows .Net developers to customize existing Cartella business social software modules or build new modules and applications on top of the Cartella platform. Microsoft .NET MVC also provides a streamlined implementation approach for Cartella similar to Microsoft SharePoint. Cartella-powered communities are developed using ASP.NET Master Pages and Web technologies like HTML and CSS. All content in Cartella is available through REST Web services, allowing social content to be "mashed" with other applications or accessed by any Website. Although Cartella can be used for a wide range of business needs, the software provides pre-built solutions aimed at addressing common requirements for collaborative intranet, extranet, and social networking sites. Available immediately, Cartella is offered as licensed software or as Software as a Service (SaaS). Pricing starts at $5,000 for a workgroup of 100 users or $18,000 for a community with as many as 30,000 members. Software-as-a-Service programs start as $1,200 per month for software, support, and hosting. http://www.ingeniux.com

Oracle announced enhancements to Oracle Beehive. Oracle Beehive delivers a range of collaboration tools including email, calendar, team workspaces, conferencing, and instant messaging on a single platform. With the enhancements, organizations using Oracle Beehive can establish more efficient communication channels to enable easier collaboration and improve individual and team productivity. Updates to the latest release of Oracle Beehive include: Web-based Team Collaboration - team workspace software that builds on an enterprise-specific security and compliance framework offers an environment for teams to manage activities and information; it includes wikis, team calendaring, RSS support, contextual search, and advanced file sharing and can be centrally provisioned or set up by the team with no portal requirement; Enhanced Web and Voice Conferencing - enables organizations to apply security and content management policies to conferencing; expanded feature set includes on-demand conference recording and retrieval; Expanded Integration with Desktop Productivity Tools - helps eliminate training costs and user adoption challenges by allowing users to take advantage of familiar software. Oracle Beehive can be deployed on premise or through Oracle On Demand. www.oracle.com

Content Circles, provider of distributed content management and collaboration solutions, announced the availability of the Content Circles Xerox DocuShare Connector. The Connector allows individuals across geographies to collaborate on projects with DocuShare users securely and in real-time, working online or offline, regardless of firewall restrictions. With the Content Circles Connector, organizations can also collaborate with customers, partners and outside agencies without granting network access to the internal DocuShare system. The Content Circles DocuShare Connector is applied by downloading the software to a computer. A licensed user of DocuShare creates a ‘Circle’ (workgroup) for collaboration, and invites others via email to join. This individual then pulls selected documents from the DocuShare repository and places them into the Circle, which will appear on the desktop of all Circle members’ computers for immediate access. Content Circles tracks which documents have been edited and who has accessed them, creating a secure audit trail for users who are off-line or outside the company, as well as DocuShare users. Content Circles recognizes documents that were originated in DocuShare and enables users to synchronize the changes back to DocuShare for others to see. Content Circle members utilizing the DocuShare Connector can also collaborate on content stored in Microsoft SharePoint, Google Docs, FTP servers, and network drives. The creation and management of Circles requires a paid subscription to Content Circles. Those invited to a Circle can join for free. The Content Circles DocuShare Connector is available immediately and for a limited time at no additional charge. http://www.contentcircles.com, http://www.docushare.com

Content Data Solutions, developers of publishing software, systems integration and pre-press solutions, announced the release of their Web Publishing Solution (WPS) as Software as a Service (SaaS). WPS, developed for the needs of news, journal and book publishers, is a comprehensive application for the creation, enrichment, management and delivery of content to the Web as well as other publishing channels such as print, CD-Rom or E-Reader. WPS’ standard editing controls are similar to Microsoft Word. WPS SaaS's built in automated publishing process allows companies to publish information quickly with features such as future scheduling and expiration capabilities. WPS’ browser based solution has a built in workflow feature allowing Authors, Editors and Content Managers the ability to revise, approve and release documents in a collaborative environment. Content DSI’s WPS SaaS is priced starting at $500 per month for up to 3 users, 10GB of storage and up to 10MB of monthly internet usage. http://www.contentdsi.com/