November 2009 Archives

VYRE Ltd announced the release of VYRE Unify: Version 4.5, a new version of VYRE’s content management platform. This release delivers the latest Portlet Standards 2.0, WebDAV support, a drag and drop Adobe Air upload tool and performance improvements, including additional caching and improved LDAP support. VYRE Unify 4.5 now implements the Java Portlet 2.0 specification (JSR-286). This allows users to run portlets built to the Portlet 2.0 specification. The JSR 286 standard brings to the Java portlets all the key inter-portlet communication capabilities introduced by Web Services for Remote Portlets 2.0 (WSRP 2.0.) Version 4.5 performance improvements are achieved through the addition of a number of caching layers at various points in the product. The creation and use of a new custom XML generation engine in place of templates, as well as the caching of sections of generated XML has improved the overall speed of generating XML. VYRE Unify 4.5 introduces the concept of “Script bundles” and “CSS bundles”, which also improve performance, allowing a number of files of the same type to be deployed as a combined file. VYRE Unify version 4.5 includes a new Adobe Air upload application. The uploader allows users to bulk upload files from a local machine to a file repository managed by a VYRE Unify instance. The uploader includes support for drag and drop, file selection, and assigning metadata to each file before upload. Version 4.5 provides a feature for comparing files with previous versions of themselves; these include CSS, scripts, XSL, and template files. This allows website managers to see at a glance what changes have been made to the site. VYRE’s latest version release introduces WebDAV support and provides improved LDAP support for large user databases. http://www.vyre.com

CrownPeak announced the launch of its Online Marketing Management Suite, with content management and marketing tools designed to enable online marketers to more easily and effectively engage target audiences. The completely new Suite of tools empowers business managers to test, target and measure content relevance in Web sites, landing pages, banner ads, mobile devices, social media and other online channels. Users can create "playlists" of persona segments based on implicit data such as referring URLS, external marketing campaigns, paid vs. organic search, geography or even specific IP ranges. Additionally, CrownPeak enables the creation of explicit segments based on what is "known" about each visitor from online registration or other forms (e.g. Webinar or white paper sign ups, polls and/or survey results). Also introduced within the new Suite are new form building tools to make it easier for CrownPeak customers to create any type of data collection form, and use that data for content targeting purposes. CrownPeak's new tools can be integrated into other online marketing solutions and social media programs. From CRM solutions such as Salesforce.com, email solutions such as ExactTarget, and Web analytics solutions such as Omniture's Site Catalyst and Google Analytics and Website Optimizer, CrownPeak provides pre-integrated solutions. The new CrownPeak capabilities are immediately available to users. http://www.crownpeak.com

Alfresco Software announced that it has included the OASIS Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) Version 1.0 in Alfresco Community 3.2 to enable developers and organizations to participate in the public review process. The OASIS CMIS Technical Committee (TC) has recently approved CMIS Version 1.0 as a Committee Draft and announced the start of a two month public review period. The objective of the 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. The CMIS specification is backed by vendors including Alfresco, Adobe Systems, EMC, IBM, Microsoft, OpenText, Oracle and SAP. As an OASIS TC member, Alfresco is able to offer an implementation of CMIS for developers who wish to participate in the public review process. The public review ends December 22, 2009. The OASIS TC has issued an open invitation to comment and strongly encourage feedback from potential users and developers. CMIS 1.0 Public Review can be downloaded with Alfresco Community 3.2 at: http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Download_Community_Edition.

Canto announced the release of Canto Cumulus 8.1, built upon the Cumulus 8 system architecture first introduced last May. Among the new capabilities are a standalone version of the Cumulus Client, which is designed to enable users to create and work on local catalogs, connect to Cumulus Server catalogs, and update assets and metadata between the two. This was designed for traveling professionals to work with catalogs even when Internet access isn't available. New report types include assets cataloged during a period, check-out "time spent" reports, asset inventories by format, and the ability to use search queries as the means for selecting report assets. Reports can now be saved to PDF format and automatically emailed. A new image comparison mode makes even subtle differences between images clear. Asset cataloging starts up faster, and a bulk editor offers users an "apply to all" option when adding metadata to cataloged assets. Users can create asset "placeholders" for assets in production, with the purpose of adding metadata and track production before an asset is ready to catalog. Sorting improvements can display the pages of PDFs, layouts, presentations etc. by page number, regardless of the primary sort field. A secondary sort order is now available, and algorithm changes speed sorting operations and ensure all field types sort as expected. Catalog back-up reports and system log (syslog) messages generated by Cumulus can each be emailed automatically. Added support for Microsoft's Failover Cluster technology offers protection for Cumulus Servers running on Windows Server 2008. The Cumulus Web Client (formerly Internet Client Pro) has been updated for Cumulus 8.1. A retooling of Canto's Web publishing technology is scheduled for release early next year. Cumulus 8.1 will be available for download the first week of December. http://www.canto.com

SDL XySoft announced a new release of its SDL Contenta CSDB software designed to support the latest version of the S1000D specification, Issue 4.0. This new release manages multiple versions of the specification in one CSDB. This capability is meant to help eliminate the costly step of converting legacy S1000D data modules and is a tool for aerospace or defense programs that are required to maintain multiple versions of the specification at the same time. SDL Contenta S1000D is integrated with SDL’s publishing technology, which supports the generation and delivery of both Type 1 and Type 2 IETPs. The SDL Contenta S1000D 4.0 solution package comes complete with sample publication formatting styles and IETP skins. The new release of SDL Contenta S1000D also provides support for the new SCORM content package and Learning Data modules. SDL Contenta 4.0 also takes advantage of the new S1000D 4.0 data model/schema that makes it easier to author content, provides more intuitive XML tags, and adds more consistency and coherence to the specification. This added level of flexibility makes the S1000D specification an option to businesses outside of aerospace and defense, particularly in markets such as manufacturing, transportation and heavy machinery. http://www.sdlxysoft.com

Aptara announced the release of eGen - a new eBook production platform. eGen is a web-based technology for converting high-volumes of content into the ePub format for distribution to multiple eBook readers. eGen creates new value from XML content for all formats, whether books, journals, documents, or Web content, by transforming it to the ePub format - the eBook industry's open standard developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), and the most pervasive of eBook formats. "What sets eGen apart from other conversion methods is its ability to transform complex books that include illustrations, pictures, formulas, graphs and sophisticated style sheets...". http://www.aptaracorp.com

IXIASOFT has announced a strategic technology partnership with XML-INTL. By integrating the IXIASOFT DITA CMS with the XML-INTL XTM Suite, IXIASOFT customers should benefit from a fully integrated translation management suite which should further enhance their control over the localization process. The DITA CMS is a content management system aimed at technical communicators for the authoring, management and publishing of DITA-based technical documentation. XML-INTL is the developer of the XMT Suite, set of tools for translation. The integration between the two offerings allow users to move their content from the CMS to the translation management tools and have access to updated localized content. http://www.ixiasoft.com/

Nstein Technologies Inc. announced the release of a new product, Semantic Site Search (3S). 3S leverages Nstein's text-mining technology to power a faceted site search which returns results that are organized categorically. 3S can ingest content from many different indices from many different web publishing platforms, meaning it indexes material across multiple properties. 3S' embedded Text Mining Engine (TME) identifies concepts, categories, proper names, places, organizations, sentiment and topics in particular content pieces and then annotates those documents, creating a semantic fingerprint that exposes underlying nuances and meaning in content. 3S is also boasts a visual interface that is designed to allow administrators to tweak search sensitivity algorithms without having to modify hard code. 3S comes bundled with front-end wiidgets which could be used to point users to “similar content”, “most recent content”, or other identifying characteristics of content that one wants to promote. http://www.nstein.com

Astoria Software and Translations.com have aligned in order to create a single solution for managing and localizing XML content. This joint development initiative, Translation-Enabled Content Management, represents the service-level integration of Astoria On-Demand and Translations.com’s GlobalLink Localization Suite. Translation-Enabled Content Management will provide global organizations with a way to bring product information to market simultaneously in any locale and language. Key components of the Translation-Enabled Content Management initiative include: seamless integration of GlobalLink Project Director functionality embedded in the Astoria On-Demand user-interface; allows Astoria On-Demand users to work directly with Translations.com’s ISO-certified linguistic team or use other internal/external translation resources; centralized project tracking, business process automation and reporting for all localization projects across all vendors; server-based translation memory integration capabilities via GlobalLink Server; Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption of all data travelling to and from the end-user’s desktop, as well as data travelling between Astoria On-Demand and GlobalLink; a Service Oriented Architecture that IT can integrate into their SOA Governance and Deployment policy frameworks; unified solution for the creation, management, localization and production of XML-based documentation; and, data and Service hosting in Tier 1 data centers that comply with SAS 70 Type II guidelines for physical and logical security and resiliency. http://www.astoriasoftware.com/ http://www.translations.com/

Open Text Corporation announced upgrades across its solutions portfolio in support of SAP applications. Last month, SAP AG and Open Text announced another expansion of their relationship, with SAP selecting Open Text Extended ECM for use with SAP solutions for resale under the name the SAP Extended Enterprise Content Management application by Open Text. Open Text Extended ECM delivers native integration of content into SAP business processes. Open Text Vendor Invoice Management adds a number of features to help customers set up global shared services centers for accounts payable. Open Text complements SAP NetWeaver Information Lifecycle Management and bridges the worlds of SAP and non-SAP content. Open Text Document Access 9.6.2 recently received SAP certification for integration with SAP NetWeaver Information Lifecycle Management 2.0. http://www.opentext.com/ http://www.sap.com/

Clarabridge announced the general availability of Clarabridge Enterprise 4, which adds numerous ease of use and back-end enhancements. Clarabridge Enterprise 4 includes the addition of an Ad-Hoc Uploader, upgrades to the Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Sentiment Engines, new collaboration tools in the Classification Suite and built-in Early Warnings and Alerts. Sentiment Engine Upgrades: clause-based sentiment and classification, along with a multitude of core engine enhancements; as well as added support for classifying data in foreign languages. Classification Templates to provide quick-start templates for analysts developing category models. Collaboration changes such as locking of models to prevent changes, rule history and roll back functionality, color-coding as a visual aid for maintaining models, and a preview feature. Early Warnings & Alerts: statistical warning and alert engines aimed at helping users proactively address customer experience issues by alerting them to anything that exceed defined thresholds. Ad-Hoc Uploader: The Ad-Hoc Uploader is designed to upload feedback sources for analysis directly from browsers. http://www.clarabridge.com/

TERMINALFOUR launched the latest release of Site Manager 7.0, a new edition of its web content management system (WCM). Its community of developers, users and analysts have driven the changes to the technology, user-interface and functionality through discussion forums, opinion articles and enhancement requests on the extranet. This feedback has led to changes in ease-of-use, multilingual, intuitiveness, integration with external systems and the availability on major platforms and web browsers. Site Manager 7.0 introduces web technologies allowing content contributors to publish and share documents, photos and video stored in other third party systems. It complies with Accessibility Guidelines and total internet browser guidelines. The existing user interface has been enhanced by including Ajax functionality. While some of the improvements are visible, there are also hundreds of very minor improvements to menu structures, labels and features based entirely on client feedback and the user testing process. Significant enhancements have been made to its media library, SEO checking, accessibility checking, support for third party security plug-ins, shared folders via the WebDav protocol and multi-lingual capabilities. The solution should now allow for all or part of the content repository and media library within Site Manager, based on security rights and roles, to be exposed to users a type of file server. This allows users to publish content by saving from common desktop applications using the standard "save as" function. Large volumes of content, such as a library of photos or videos, can be published using standard Windows/Apple copy or move functionality. For Web Developers all key assets such as web site style sheets, images, JavaScript files can also be shared using this feature so developers can make updates directly from products such as Dreamweaver, Photoshop or Microsoft Visual Studio. TERMINALFOUR Site Manager's in-context editor "Direct Edit", which allows occasional users to visually make changes to content has been completely redeveloped from the ground up. TERMINALFOUR Site Manager allows users to select documents, content, photos or even video from third party Document Management and Digital Asset Management systems such as Microsoft Sharepoint, EMC Documentum, Alfresco, and Opentext Livelink. http://www.terminalfour.com/

Looking to develop XSLT & XPath skills in your organization? The Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath Video is a five-day hands-on instructor-led training class captured in over 24 hours of hyperlinked content for self-paced review.  Covering every element, every attribute and every function of both XSLT and XPath, both versions 1.0 and 2.0, this comprehensive treatment includes video-recorded instructor lectures and hands-on exercises with a review of all of the exercise answers. "I created the DVD-ROM to meet the need of those unable to take five straight days from their schedule to attend instructor-led training." says training video creator and instructor Ken Holman. "The DVD provides 24 hours of modules and lessons covering the entire class.  We are told we successfully captured the classroom feel for students following the material, but that they can pause, replay and resume the content at their own pace through all of the slides and through the answers of all the exercises." More information can be found at http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/training/ptux/ptux-video.htm.

JustSystems announced the availability of XMetaL Author Enterprise 6.0 and XMetaL Reviewer 6.0, the latest versions of the company’s collaborative XML structured authoring and document reviewing software tools. New in this release is an integration between the two products that unifies the XML authoring process with real-time, distributed web-based reviewing to accelerate documentation cycle. The XMetaL Author Enterprise 6.0 and XMetaL Reviewer 6.0 integration is designed for unified authoring and reviewing, so that authors have tools to initiate and manage reviews as well as a set of specialized editing commands that help them directly act upon suggestions. This integration works with the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard as well as other industry standards. Other key features of the new release include: an unlimited number of documents can now be managed within the realm of a single project; a rendition can be associated with the project and used for direct navigation from the place in the final document’s layout to the originating topic that is under review; and arbitrary attachments can be associated in any number with projects, project cycles and drafts. http://www.justsystems.com

Sitecorehas announced that its Web CMS solution can now be integrated with Telligent Community, social software designed for organizations to create interactive communities to listen to and engage internal and external audiences. Combining these solutions should give organizations the ability to harness all of their content within the rest of their Web properties. The goal of the Sitecore integration package is to provide centralized security handling and the ability to interchange the content between Sitecore and Telligent Community solutions. With the security integration providing single sign-on functionality, the user signs into the Sitecore CMS and gets simultaneously signed into Telligent Community. The security integration also simplifies the user creation, so users only need to be created in Sitecore CMS and are automatically transferred to Telligent Community upon first login. The content sharing features provide the ability to mix social media applications and Web content within a website, giving users a combined experience of both types of content. The integration module supports content repurposing for Telligent Community forums, blogs and media galleries as well membership information. Social content can either be reused directly or it can be filtered based on the current user’s rights and group memberships. http://www.sitecore.net/ http://telligent.com/

Publishers Press, a publication printer and content distribution provider, announced two new partnerships that will support the company's content management and distribution initiative. Publishers Press has partnered with Mark Logic as its content repository, and Atex/Temis for content enrichment. The web content management (WCM) portion uses Polopoly software by Atex. This system should allow clients to manage content for print and web distribution and will be available on a software as a service (SaaS) model. The system also integrates with the company's other digital offerings such as e-mail marketing, digital editions, and analytics. http://www.pubpress.com

Metalogix Software announced Metalogix Migration Manager for MCMS 2002 (Microsoft Content Management Server 2002). With the deadline looming before Microsoft's support for MCMS 2002 ends, Metalogix Migration Manager is designed to simplify the migration of MCMS 2002 content to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007. This new solution hopes to address a number of challenging MCMS migration scenarios with the ability to: Analyze existing MCMS implementations; Selectively migrate content, whether a single page or an entire channel hierarchy; Maintain an existing structure or adopt a brand new SharePoint site structure as well as new and custom page layouts. Metalogix Migration Manager for MCMS 2002 features a Dotnet 2.0 client application to work with both on-premise and cloud-based SharePoint implementations. The solution also allows developers to implement content transformation rules or custom business logic. It is designed to automate tasks such as page re-naming, link correction, setting publishing status and creating a folder structure for SharePoint sites, libraries and folders. http://www.metalogix.net/

Bridgeline Software, Inc. announced the release of iAPPS Commerce. iAPPS  features facet-based product catalog management, enhanced product merchandising and complete store management features, along with customer personalization and user experience capabilities. Modules are available in the iAPPS Product Suite for content publishing, search engine optimization (SEO), and provide database level analytics insight. The dashboard within iAPPS Commerce is designed to give users a real-time overview of their online business performance. Store managers are able to view key performance indicators such as sales trends, buyer demographics, average checkout times, inventory levels and alerts, fulfillment deficiencies, and delivery times. With a facet-based product catalog, products are dynamically organized into flexible, multi-level categories, which should make it easier for customers to locate products through navigation or standard search. iAPPS Commerce also supports  shipping integration with carriers such as UPS, FedEx, and the United States Postal Service, and allows for free shipping or shipping level discounts, as well as multiple shipping destinations. iAPPS Commerce is integrated with the iAPPS Product Suite including iAPPS Content Manager (SEO + site editing) and iAPPS Analytics. Bridgeline offers iAPPS Commerce, iAPPS Content Manager, and iAPPS Analytics in either a monthly subscription (SaaS) fee or traditional perpetual license option. http://www.bridgelinesw.com/

Attensity Group announced Attensity E-Service Version 6.1. The new release includes a set of service templates designed to address technical service and support requirements for complex products, as well as the offerings of consumer-focused companies. The 6.1 release combines: Best practices, gathered from numerous customer installations, that cover a broad spectrum of customer care scenarios; Standard interfaces that integrate with existing CRM, legacy and other systems; and expansion of the guided diagnostic features. Version 6.1 of Attensity E-Service is available immediately. www.attensity.com

Platformic has unveiled its new SocialSite Social Media Platform. SocialSite is designed as a complete, integrated social media creation environment that aims to allow companies to build customizable, complex communities to attract and retain website visitors. With the new product, website administrators should be able to integrate social networking and social media functionality into Platformic Enterprise websites without requiring code, ftp, manual style sheets or JavaScript. Website visitors should be able to create their own user profiles, blog, comment and recommend content to other users, and add rich media, such as photo galleries and video. Site members can invite friends and message each other based on their privacy settings. Comments, recommendations, ratings, and other user generated content (UGC) can be searched via Platformic’s SiteSearch, which indexes all article, user, and rich media-based content. Site administrators can search UGC in different ways including by category, most recent, most popular and most recommended. Administrators will be able to place SocialSite modules on any page and configure how user content can be displayed and integrated into the website. The SocialSite Social Media Platform is currently available to existing Platformic users. http://www.platformic.com

Open Text has announced that it has developed enterprise fax functionality integrated with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. This was designed so that enterprises can migrate to Exchange Server 2010, preserve their investments in network-based fax capability and unified messaging systems and provides the ability to access faxing from mobile devices. Open Text developed the Exchange Connector for Exchange Server 2010, which routes faxes into and out of the Exchange Server 2010 system using Open Text Fax Server, RightFax Edition, a solution offered as part of the Open Text ECM Suite. Features such as Active Directory service synchronization and support for Outlook contact forms provide tools for managing faxes alongside other unified messaging features. Companies can also have faxes routed to mobile users, who can read and respond to faxes from their smartphones. http://www.opentext.com/

Armedia LLC has announced that it has released a new version of Armedia Caliente, an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) content migration application. Caliente 3.0 is a server based application designed to automate importing and exporting of content and metadata from designated file folders or relational database tables into and out of an ECM repository. Caliente is currently capable of integrating directly with the EMC Documentum, Microsoft Sharepoint and Alfresco content management repositories, and should support file or relational database content and associated XML or CSV formatted metadata. In addition, Caliente provides a development (scripting) framework to add custom tasks or configure migration activities that require multiple nested steps or non-trivial validation procedures. Caliente is designed to run as a multi-threaded process where as many threads as needed (depending on physical server and network capacity) can be run concurrently to complete a large amount of migration transactions quickly. New Caliente 3.0 features include: native relational database migration support, support for CSV file format for metadata, enhanced XML configuration interface, configurable transaction sizes per processing thread, document versions, checkpoint restarts (in case of session interruption) and Alfresco ECM repository support. http://armedia.com/

Jahia and Oshyn, Inc have announced a strategic partnership for delivering content management  solutions. The partnership enables both companies to deliver web content management and web content integration solutions that will scale to meet various corporate environments and business needs. http://www.jahia.org/ http://www.oshyn.com/

SDL announced the new release of the terminology management solution, SDL MultiTerm Server 2009. The announcement coincides with the launch of the TM crowdsharing technology SDL TM Server 2009. Global businesses and translators face the challenge that increasing volumes of content are being created in different areas of the organization and must be localized for global markets. With a fragmented approach to creating global content, organizations are not protecting their brand by managing the key terms that represent their business. This affects not only their brand, but also has a substantial impact on the content creation and localization process. SDL MultiTerm Server 2009 is a centralized solution to store, manage and share terminology, both internally and externally. SDL MultiTerm Server 2009 is designed to help organizations apply consistent terminology from source through to translation by providing access to everyone involved in creating content and terminology, such as engineers, marketing, translators and terminologists. SDL MultiTerm Server 2009 is now based on the framework of SDL Common Enterprise Application Framework (SDL CEAF).Improvement to the SDL MultiTerm user management functions, enables users to manage their terminology and translation memory assets by logging in only once. SDL MultiTerm Online, the online terminology portal, has also been given a brand new user interface in synchronization with SDL MultiTerm Desktop 2009 and SDL Trados Studio 2009, delivering a unified user experience across SDL products. And improved termbase maintenance features, including the tracking of terminology searches and enhanced reporting functions are incuded. http://www.sdl.com/

BrightWork, Inc. has announced the availability of version 8.0 of pmPoint. pmPoint version 8.0 has enhancements to its Gantt reporting, a new end user report editing capability, additional work and project management templates, enhanced scheduling, improved Microsoft Project integration and productivity improvements. pmPoint is now available in multiple languages and serves customers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Russia, and Australia. Key capabilities pf pmPoint version 8.0 include: Gantt reporting that includes the ability to render data from across sites and lists; Report Editor that enables report creation and customization without the need for coding; Project scheduling features that include enhancements to the built-in work breakdown structure, the ability to turn off features and columns through check boxes, and automated order numbering options; Out-of-the-box work and project tracking templates; Custom Visibility Settings that should allow users to hide columns from forms or views; Project Site Filters can now limit the reported data to selected project site(s) work items. pmPoint Version 8.0 is now available, and is at no cost to customers who are on a BrightWork Annual Support and Upgrades plan. http://www.brightwork.com

Nstein Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: EIN), a leader in digital content management solutions for information-rich enterprises, announced that it had signed a partnership deal with Barcelona-based publishing solutions company, Maquimpres. Founded in 1966, Maquimpres provides equipment for the Portuguese and Spanish publishing industry. The purpose of this partnership will be to grow Nstein's presence in those markets. http://www.nstein.com http://www.maquimpres.com/

Google announced that to make e-commerce searching as easy as using Google.com they are introducing a new enterprise product, Google Commerce Search. Google Commerce Search is hosted by and uses Google search technology to make online retail searching both fast and customizable - visitors to your online store can sort by category, price, brand or any other attribute. E-store administrators can highlight special products or connect related ones so searching is easier for their customers. Google Commerce Search includes a built-in spellchecker and synonyms so if visitors can't remember exactly how to spell the particular toy or perfume or anything else they're hunting for, Google Commerce Search will make some suggestions. Choosing the right one is up to them, though. Google Commerce Search is hosted in the cloud. http://www.google.com/commercesearch/

Dexrex Gear announced the launch of ChatSync, an enterprise-focused cloud-based product for message archiving and data management. Dexrex Gear ChatSync is a Web-based data management solution for the capture and archiving of a business’s real-time messaging transmitted from a variety of consumer IM and social media services as well as enterprise collaboration platforms. ChatSync works by capturing and offloading text-based messages via an IM client plug-in or proxy deployment into a secure and centralized storage platform. It is then normalized and archived in a structured database for search, and able to be retrievied for compliance, e-discovery and adherence to storage best practices. Dexrex Gear ChatSync uses APIs to plug into users’ devices, messaging clients or messaging servers, and archived content and metadata can be pushed from the platform to message services like Web access portals, monitoring applications or compliance tools. Dexrex Gear ChatSync supports IBM Lotus Sametime and Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS); consumer IM platforms such as Yahoo, Google Talk, Windows Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger; and for SMS it supports BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian and Google Android, as well as other SMS and messaging services. Dexrex Gear’s multi-tenant architecture allows resellers to set up their own customized and branded solution on Dexrex Gear’s managed platform directly though Dexrex Gear’s data centers. https://www.dexrex.com/

nGenera Corporation announced nGen Collaboration Server, cloud-based software that integrates with external collaborative media like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and internal applications like Microsoft SharePoint and corporate email systems, to capture and log relevant communications with the goal of letting companies take control of collaboration. nGen Collaboration Server provides “listener” technology that tunes into external or internal conversations by topic, keyphrase, product, individual, company, and many other criteria. Users can create as many listeners as they need and aggregate them into “meta listeners” to monitor specific categories. Listeners can also monitor trends in velocity and sentiment. Email notifications can be triggered when conditions or thresholds are detected enabling appropriate personnel to intervene. Social Metadata Services are designed to manage rich profiles, relationships and activities. Aggregated data from disparate sources are combined to identify expertise, create contextually relevant connections between people, recommend content and track activities across a variety of platforms and applications. nGen Collaboration Server is designed to identify the drivers of activity to encourage the kind of behavior that promotes broad adoption and frequent contributions to the collaboration knowledge base. nGen Collaboration Server monitors external and internal services, including outbound email, to detect non-compliant behavior and flags it for immediate attention. This functionality extends to external services like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and others. The nGen Collaboration Server is currently available. www.ngenera.com

Coveo announced the launch of a free, entry-level enterprise search solution, Coveo Expresso Beta. Coveo’s new solution allows enterprise information access in the hands of employees everywhere, at no cost, for up to 50 users, 1M desktop files and email items and 100,000 Intranet documents. The free download features: Cross-enterprise Email Search, for 50 email accounts, including PST files and attachments, on desktops and in servers for up to 1 million total items; Coveo Outlook Sidebar, an enterprise search Outlook plug-in, which provides features such as conversation folding, related conversations, related people, related attachments, the ability to search any indexed content without leaving Outlook, Coveo Desktop Floating Searchbar, to enable guided searches without leaving the program in which the user is working; Enterprise Desktop Search, including always-on indexing for 50 PCs/laptops; Mobile access via BlackBerries for 50 users. Coveo Expresso is built on the Coveo Enterprise Search 6.0 platform, and includes an Admin Portal that allows the IT administrator to centrally provision users. The Coveo Expresso Beta starter package is provisioned for 50 users and up to 1 million desktop files and email items as well as 100,000 documents in SharePoint and File shares. Licenses can be expanded at minimal cost to as many as 250 users, 5 million desktop files and email items, and 1 million SharePoint and Fileshare documents, by typing a new access code. Administrators add new email accounts and SharePoint or file share documents within the intuitive administrative interface. Common content sources compatible with Expresso: Symantec Enterprise Vault, Quest Archive Manager and Lotus Notes for email and email archives, Salesforce.com and Siebel for CRM, OpenText or Documentum for document management, Confluence and Jive wikis, databases and other enterprise systems content, and even voice indexes within multimedia files. Other features of the Coveo Expresso Beta are licenses for 50,000 SharePoint files and 50 Coveo Internet Access Users. www.coveo.com

ISYS Search Software announced the launch of its new 2009 Enterprise Access Suite. Comprised of a core set of embedded search, infrastructure and information access solutions, the new suite is led by the ISYS Anywhere mobile enterprise search server. ISYS Anywhere is a mobile enterprise search server with the goal of secure ‘anywhere’ access to data that resides across all information sources, including individual desktops, email stores, file shares, external sites and enterprise applications. Leveraging the ISYS Enterprise Server as its backbone, ISYS Anywhere is capable of delivering access to browser-enabled devices, such as an iPhone or Blackberry. The ISYS 2009 Enterprise Access Suite and ISYS Anywhere are available immediately. http://www.isys-search.com/

SCHEMA announced Version 3 of SCHEMA ST4. The new version features unified presentation of technical documentation, a new product information management (PIM) module, and more flexibility for the layout of text and graphical elements. In addition, this XML-based editing and content management system now offers extended reporting functionality to uncover hidden potential for content reuse. The  automated conversion of graphics is another option that has been added to the extended features of the new SCHEMA ST4. The software now supports the new EPUB format for the easy display of documentation on mobile devices. SCHEMA GmbH has integrated an interactive designer in the new version of SCHEMA ST4, allowing for the creation of a consistent layout for all target formats. The user defines how text elements will be presented, selecting font type and size, and formatting. This information will be reused for all publications, whether for print, online or PDF formats. Version 3 of SCHEMA ST4 also features rule-based conversion of high-quality graphics to standardized sizes. In addition, graphics that are already stored in the editing and content management system can be converted in batches. The user defines for these graphics what size, resolution and format the online, print or electronic versions should have. When generating the publication, SCHEMA ST4 uses these settings for all graphics. SCHEMA ST4 now has its own PIM module. This allows product data, e.g. technical ratings or prices, to be maintained and used directly in documentation. Alternatively, the product data can be imported into the editing system from an ERP system via an interface (e.g. the standardized DPC connector from SAP). The data is hierarchically structured by attributes or characteristics in SCHEMA ST4. For example, one structure might contain all machines belonging to one group, including their model ranges. Each product can have different attributes or characteristics that can be inherited by subordinate groups. For product data classification, various classification systems are available. In the case of the descriptive models ETIM and eCl@ss for the electronics industry, the valid attributes for a product are defined by the classification. http://www.schema.de

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced the availability of Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite 2 (ES2), a major software release enabling businesses and governments to build applications to improve interactions with customers and constituents across devices and channels. LiveCycle ES2 provides a rich Internet application (RIA) framework for building customizable RIA workspaces, mobile and desktop access to critical applications, and deployment in the cloud. Adobe LiveCycle Workspace ES2 Mobile offers access to LiveCycle ES2 from iPhone, Blackberry and Windows mobile devices. Adobe LiveCycle Launchpad ES2, an Adobe AIR application, provides easy access on the desktop to kick-start LiveCycle ES services such as Adobe LiveCycle PDF Generator ES2. Adobe LiveCycle Mosaic ES2 is a composite RIA framework for rapidly assembling and engaging activity-centric enterprise applications. LiveCycle Mosaic ES2 provides knowledge workers with real-time, contextual information from multiple sources in a single, personalized view. Developers can extend existing applications by exposing their business logic and user interfaces into application "tiles” that can be assembled to create unified views. Adobe enterprise customers will have the option to deploy LiveCycle ES2 in the cloud, hosted in the Amazon Web Services cloud computing environment. LiveCycle ES2 Solution Accelerators now include: human capital management, eSubmissions, correspondence management, new account enrollment and services and benefits delivery. LiveCycle Forms ES2 streamlines format-driven business processes and improves data accuracy and LiveCycle Reader Extensions ES2 activates functionality within Adobe Reader, extending document and form-based operations outside an organization. New features allow users to generate RIA interfaces that leverage shared data models. Document and Information Security: LiveCycle can now apply rights management on the server to Microsoft Office documents for automated secure document workflows. Adobe LiveCycle Process Management ES2 enables business users to manage ad-hoc content reviews without involving IT. Users can publish content, create a list of reviewers and define approval stages, deadlines and escalation guidelines. The content can then be automatically converted into PDF, enabled for inline commenting, rights protection and distribution. Users can monitor and modify the process at any time. Adobe LiveCycle ES2 is currently available worldwide. The Adobe LiveCycle ES2 cloud deployment option is expected to become available in early 2010. http://www.adobe.com/livecycle

Sage ERP X3, part of the Sage Group plc, and Netvibes have announced a strategic sales, marketing and technology alliance to develop and distribute new solutions to businesses. These technologies will be presented in Q1 2010, as part of the next generation of Sage ERP X3. The partnership aligns the two companies' sales, marketing and technology efforts to rapidly bring new solutions to mid-market companies worldwide. Joint development has already begun on new personal workspace dashboard technologies that will bridge the gap between professional enterprise tools and personal Web 2.0 applications and content, with the goal of enabling the workforce to manage both from any capable devices. Sage ERP X3 also joins as a premier reseller partner of Netvibes personal dashboard publishing solutions. http://www.sageerpx3.com/ http://www.netvibes.com

Ektron Inc.  announced the release of Ektron CMS400.NET version 8.0. Version 8.0 builds on Ektron's combination of social software and enterprise Web content management to allow for the creation of engaging sites. Version 8.0 includes the new eMarketing Suite, with analytics, multivariate testing, drag and drop page assembly, ecommerce and enhanced site management tools for marketing teams. The new eMarketing Suite brings an additional set of tools to grow a brand's global message and online presence. In addition to building dynamic, engaging Web sites and communities, marketing teams have the ability to assemble campaigns, comparing multiple variations of content, layout and design with multivariate testing. The new analytics module lets marketers track visitor actions and helps demonstrate returns on online marketing investments. Ektron's approach integrates site analytics packages such as Google Analytics into the authoring process, delivering analytics within the context of the content management system's user interface. The latest version of CMS400.NET adds micro-messaging, activity streaming and a filtering and notification engine to its social media platform, which customers will be able to deploy on collaborative corporate intranets and as part of customer-facing online communities. http://www.ektron.com/

Traction Software announced release of Traction TeamPage 4.2 of Traction’s TeamPage enterprise 2.0 social software platform. The software now includes flexible mobile subscription and notification allowing road warriors to post content and comments with secure two-way e-mail based collaboration. As the first release using an updated Traction platform architecture, Traction TeamPage 4.2 combines wiki, blog, social tagging, discussion and social networking capabilities in a secure collaboration platform. TeamPage 4.2 customers can click a subscribe button next to any article, personal profile or project space header to select email or Jabber notifications on new content, edits or conversations. A simple popup form gives a fine degree of control over the articles, projects, people, tags, files, and folders you want to watch, with a consolidated watch list shown in each person’s profile. Individuals can set a preference to automatically get regular updates to comments on or changes to articles they post, as well as to threads they comment on. Using built-in logic for common email clients including Outlook, BlackBerry and iPhone Mail, TeamPage automatically recognizes and cleans up notification information resulting in simple and readable email notification and reply. TeamPage 4.2 also has extensible transform rules that can be tuned to recognize and clean up specialized boilerplate from internal or external sources. Traction TeamPage Release 4.2 is available today for all new customers and as a free upgrade for TeamPage customers who subscribe to Traction’s software maintenance plan. http://www.tractionsoftware.com