May 2010 Archives

ADAM Software released ADAM DocMaker 3.0, the latest release of its tool for editing, managing and localizing media rich documents, brochures, flyers, catalogs, and more. ADAM DocMaker 3.0 features a redesigned user interface and is compatibkle with a range of documents that can be produced with Adobe InDesign. Once files are stored in the ADAM platform, changes can be registered without having to return to Adobe InDesign Server for rendering at each step of the process. Instead, ADAM DocMaker 3.0 provides tools to produce consistent quality materials ready for InDesign Server. Under the hood, ADAM DocMaker 3.0 has been reengineered for performance. Multiple Adobe InDesign Servers are now supported for load-balancing with priority queuing, while dedicated servers can be designated for unattended jobs. InDesign Server on Mac is now also supported. For developers, the ADAM DocMaker 3.0 API has been redesigned to make custom development more flexible. Other features of ADAM DocMaker 3.0 include support for additional file types including formats like AI, PSD, EPS, INDD and PDF; support for anchored and embedded images; cached previews and document structure for faster rendering; and more. http://www.adamsoftware.net/

Adeptol announced the availability of the Translation Add-On which provides users with access to automatic translation of documents right within Adeptol Viewer. The Translation Add-On is available immediately for Adeptol CloudConnect on-demand document viewer and Adeptol Viewer Enterprise Edition. Adeptol Translation Add-On supports more than 40 languages, works for more than 200 document formats, requires no downloads or plug-ins and it comes with an API set to connect to Google Translate, Yahoo! Babel Fish or any other commercial translation server running within a corporate or external network. http://www.ajaxdocumentviewer.com

Ephox Corporation, a provider of enterprise online authoring software, and Moxiecode Systems, the developer an open source JavaScript editor, announced that the companies have entered into a partnership agreement.  The agreement enables Ephox to provide commercial licenses of TinyMCE, in addition to providing support and integration services to the TinyMCE community. TinyMCE is an open source, WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) and JavaScript-based HTML editor used to author content for web pages, blogs, emails, wikis and more. Ephox will initially introduce three Enterprise TinyMCE offerings: Gold, Silver, and Bronze.  The Gold subscription offering consists of a commercial license packaged with enterprise support, which includes email and phone support, installation guidance, and version upgrade assistance.   Customers also are entitled to all fixes and release updates during the subscription period.  The Silver and Bronze offerings include commercial licenses for those clients that do not require enterprise support.  In addition to the commercial offerings, Ephox will make available a Community Edition package under the LGPL open source license at no charge. http://www.ephox.com/ http://www.moxiecode.com/

Kentico has announced the availability of the latest release of Kentico CMS (Version 5.5). Kentico CMS 5.5 brings several new features including: Support for VS 2010 and .NET 4.0; Support for creating mobile websites; Facebook connect and OpenID authentication; Easy creation of RSS feeds using web parts; Template scopes for different site sections; Improved paging in the administration interface; Global administrators may be denied access to the Site Manager; Support for Bing and Yahoo maps; Out-of-the-box integration with Microsoft Sharepoint Server; and Out-of-the-box MetaWeblogAPI interface that enables the use editors like MS Word to write your blog posts. http://www.kentico.com

Bridgeline Digital, Inc. a developer of web application management software and interactive technology solutions, announced the release of iAPPS Marketier, the final product offering that completes the four-product iAPPS Product Suite. The iAPPS Product Suite is a SaaS solution that unifies Content Management, eCommerce, eMarketing, and Analytics, capabilities. iAPPS Marketier provides marketing professionals with an integrated online marketing management platform that empowers the creation, management, and measurement of online campaigns. Differentiating iAPPS Marketier is its integration with the iAPPS Product Suite-- tie-in of campaign goals, progress and results; deployment of event-triggered interactive communications; the ability to share and leverage web content and digital assets across web properties and email campaigns; list management capabilities which can pull directly from the website database without importing from external sources; and administrative capabilities that enable marketers to manage end-to-end online campaigns. http://www.bridgelinedigital.com/

Kentico Software, a Web content management system vendor, announced the release of Kentico CMS for ASP.NET version 5.5. The new version provides full support of Visual Studio 2010 and the Microsoft .NET Framework 4, support for mobile websites, Facebook Connect and OpenID authentication, and other improvements. The main change in Kentico CMS 5.5 is added support for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 which allows developers use the latest version of Microsoft .NET platform. Kentico CMS 5.5 also enables companies to create websites optimized for mobile devices while reusing their existing content. The new version comes with built-in Facebook Connect and OpenID authentication that extend the existing integration with Active Directory and Windows Live ID. Most of the website services require users to register, which makes it necessary to spend time filling numerous forms and remember different credentials. The newly added Facebook Connect and OpenID authentication provides users with an option on registering for a website using their existing account. Kentico CMS 5.5 comes with another two integrations. Integration with Microsoft Sharepoint Server allows users to manage content on their SharePoint site and publish it on their Kentico CMS website. The MetaWeblogAPI integration enables users to use editors like Windows Live Writer of MS Word to write and publish their blog posts. Other new features include enhanced reporting and performance, support of Bing and Yahoo! maps, creation of RSS feeds and improvements to the administration interface. http://www.kentico.com/

Content Circles released the latest version of its flagship product, also called Content Circles, with a new pricing model. Content Circles pricing now starts at under $5 per month, or $50 per year. To drive adoption, all new Content Circles members also receive a free 30-day trial of the system. Inspired by the idea that anyone should be able to join a workgroup to collaborate on content, Content Circles’ approach allows anyone to participate in a collaborative workgroup for free. Content Circles revenue model is designed around workgroup leaders. While anyone can join a workgroup (Circle), view and contribute content to that workgroup for free, the creation of new workgroups requires a paid license. Content Circles requires no new hardware, no IT support, and no new data center requirements. Using the best elements of the Cloud and Peer-to-Peer technologies. By moving files through Content Circles, customers also reduce the burden on email systems, while maintaining a high-level of security. The new pricing model for Content Circles is effective immediately. http://www.contentcircles.com/

Bowne & Co., Inc., a provider of shareholder and marketing communications services, and Fujitsu jointly announced today that the companies have formed a strategic alliance to integrate Fujitsu Interstage XWand into Bowne's suite of XBRL solutions. Interstage XWand provides Bowne with a complete XBRL development platform, paired with validation technology that leverages the latest XBRL specifications. Fujitsu's Interstage XWand software, combined with Bowne's suite of XBRL solutions, delivers a comprehensive approach to SEC Year 1 and Year 2 tagging requirements for both block and detailed Notes tagging. Additionally, the alliance benefits Bowne's investment management and international clients who need solutions to support the SEC mutual fund risk/return summary mandate, as well as new XBRL requirements in the United Kingdom, both of which go into effect next year. Fujitsu recently announced Interstage XWand Version 11, which includes a number of key enhancements such as detailed tagging, tagging within Microsoft Word documents, the ability to extend and customize in-house validation of reports before submitting them, and out-of-the box analysis support to allow clients to more easily conduct comparisons of financial data within their companies and across multiple organizations. www.bowne.com www.fujitsu.com

The Joomla! Project announced the beta release of Joomla 1.6. Designed to offer enhanced site control and a polished user experience, Joomla 1.6 will deliver a variety of new tools to improve website management and access, an enhanced organizational structure for content control, and various other user-experience improvements throughout the software. Key Features in Joomla 1.6: New Access Control System - Allows site administrators control over who can view and manage content; Unlimited Depth Organizational Model - Gives site administrators and content creators user-defined category levels that allow for the creation of a category tree; One-Click Extension Updates- simplifying the process of updating extensions; and Semantic XHTML Layouts. In addition, developers and implementers will enjoy the new ability Joomla 1.6 provides in allowing extensions to be built with granular control and permissions. This will make it easier to create more advanced, enterprise-focused applications and extensions for Joomla. Furthermore, there are improvements in areas like code reuse, and stability of application programming interfaces. http://www.joomla.org/

Translated, a professional translation service provider since 1999, has launched a new platform based on T-Rank and MyMemory. T-Rank is an algorithm for classifying translators while MyMemory is a system for extracting terminology and pre-translated phrases from the Web. T-Rank employs the same techniques used by search engines, it selects the best professional translator in real-time, analyzing the characteristics of a document to translate and comparing it against the profiles of hundreds translators. On the basis of the translator’s real time availability, their areas of expertise and the results of 150,000 translations completed, T-Rank finds the best translator for any document. MyMemory contains over 400 million human contributions, making it one of the largest collaborative translation databases in the world. It aims to increase efficiency through organizing all the information translated on the Web and gives translators the benefit of not having to retranslate phrases already translated by others.  http://www.translated.net

SiberLogic, a developer of content management software, and JustSystems, a vendor of XML and information management technologies, announced a product integration between SiberLogic SiberSafe S1000D CMS/CSDB and JustSystems XMetaL Author Enterprise 6.0. The integration is aimed at easing technical documentation processes and training material upgrades for commercial and government organizations via the S1000D standard, a free XML specification for the procurement and production of technical publications and training content. The advantages of the SiberLogic and JustSystems product integration are highlighted in a white paper titled, “SiberSafe S1000D Edition with XMetaL Integration.” Mid-life equipment upgrades create additional challenges for supporting information, and S1000D lets content from multiple suppliers be integrated easily. To download a copy of the white paper, go to http://bit.ly/ch6mC1. http://www.justsystems.com http://www.siberlogic.com/

Access Innovations, Inc. has announced the release of Data Harmony 3.7, the latest version of their data management software suite. The suite contains taxonomy management, automatic categorization, and metadata management tools and incorporates user-suggested upgrades that enhance the software’s functionality and features. The user documentation is also fully revised and updated. All modules of the new version of Data Harmony – Thesaurus Master, M.A.I. (Machine Aided Indexer*) and XIS (XML Intranet System) – are Unicode UTF-8. Therefore, they support all languages, all character sets, and integrated multi-lingual applications. They also support scientific nomenclature without a need for special coding or character entification. Unicode allows the user to choose the language desired for the interface to appear for interaction. The commands can be mapped to the language and character set of the user’s choice. A new filter in the Import Module identifies and converts characters whose encoding doesn’t conform to the UTF-8 standard, and the exports maintain the UTF-8 encoding to ensure appropriate display and successful use in receiving applications. Users can view several different languages and character sets (such as in a combined Chinese, Russian and English thesaurus) simultaneously. Additional export formats support content management systems that have special formatting requirements such as Ektron, NorthPlains, Clearspace (SAP) and Alfresco.  This expands the options from the SKOS, Zthes, OWL, HTML, MARC, CSV, comma delimited,  several XML, and other options already included. http://www.accessinn.com/

Alchemy Software Development Limited, a provider of visual localization solutions, announced the release of Alchemy PUBLISHER 3.0, a visual localization technology that provides advanced Translation Management (TM) for documentation. Alchemy PUBLISHER 3.0 supports various aspects of localization workflow, from translation, to engineering, testing and project management. Alchemy uses object-oriented Translation Memory technology to ensure that the same sentence doesn't get translated twice and can be re-used. Additionally, since Alchemy’s TM technology also re-uses layout information, this should also assist Desktop Publishing processes. Alchemy PUBLISHER hides the complexity of Framemaker, InDesign and QuarkXPress documents, presenting text for translation in visual editing environments. This enables the translator to focus on the accuracy and precision of their translations. Alchemy PUBLISHER 3.0 supports industry standard documentation formats, such as, Adobe Framemaker, Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress, MS Word, XML, SGML, RTF, DOCX. It can re-use translation memory so that clients migrating to the latest version can re-use previous translation investments. It also provides a Machine Translation connector so that documentation formats can be MT’ed. http://www.alchemysoftware.ie

The Gilbane Group, a Division of Outsell, Inc., has issued a call for input from the book publishing community on the current state of the digital transformation reshaping the industry. Through a web-based survey recently launched by Gilbane, book publishing professionals have a unique opportunity to voice concerns and share insights based on their actual experiences with digital publishing initiatives. The survey is now live and accessible to mid- to high-level managers who are working on the front lines of the transition to digital books. The survey is one component of the primary research for Gilbane’s upcoming study, A Blueprint for Book Publishing Transformation: Seven Essential Processes to Re-Invent Publishing, targeted for publication in summer 2010. The survey will capture information on ebook and related digital publishing efforts underway among the full spectrum of book publishers. A key outcome is the identification of pain points and barriers encountered by book publishers who are developing or expanding digital publishing programs, including areas such as royalties, digital format choices, and distribution problems. Survey participants will have access to the full report when available from Gilbane. Information on the survey and the study is available on the Gilbane website. http://gilbane.com

Open Text Corporation announced full support across the Open Text ECM Suite for Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, allowing customers to confidently migrate to the latest platform. The Open Text announcement of comprehensive support for Office 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 was made in conjunction with Microsoft’s U.S. Launch. This announcement extends Open Text’s ongoing corporate strategy to embrace Microsoft Office and SharePoint as a familiar user interface to access and use the Open Text core infrastructure and platform for advanced ECM solutions. Open Text offers a wide range of solutions that extend Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 including: integrated records management and archiving, content lifecycle management, email management, e-discovery and litigation readiness, enhanced web content management for SharePoint 2010, SAP integration, document capture and fax solutions, a development framework for case management applications and specialized vertical-market solutions. http://www.opentext.com/

Recommind, a provider of search-powered information risk management, has announced the availability of MindServer Search 7.0, the latest version of its enterprise search product. Recommind's aim is to help enterprises to get relevant search results to their information workers from tools such as Microsoft SharePoint. Built on Recommind's CORE platform (Context Optimized Relevancy Engine), MindServer Search 7.0 adds new collaborative features such as social tagging, delivery of content via RSS, a new Web-based administration client designed to simplify maintenance and accelerate deployments and an enhanced user interface. MindServer Search 7.0 supports search for content in SharePoint 2003, 2007 and 2010. Users can set their RSS aggregator clients to regularly send queries to MindServer Search and receive results back in RSS format. Additional enhancements include a new administration console and a relevancy console with enhanced tuning and reporting capabilities. http://www.recommind.com/

Microsoft has announced it will be releasing a new version of Office Mobile. Like regular Office 2010, many new features are collaboration oriented. The Office Mobile suite will be available in June through Microsoft's Windows Marketplace for Mobile. It will run on phones based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. Formatting details such as tables and charts will now show up on the mobile documents, so they look similar to the full-sized originals. Microsoft also updated the clipboard in Office Mobile to make copying and pasting text faster. Phones equipped with Office Mobile 2010 will also be able to multi-task as presentation aids. During a PowerPoint presentation, they can be connected to computers via Bluetooth and used to advance slides. A feature called Conversation View has been implemented to manage inboxes by grouping related messages so conversations can be flagged or deleted. Microsoft says it has improved support for touch gestures including drags and flicks. Office Mobile 2010 will work on devices that lack touch screens, but with limited functionality. Non-Windows phones won't have direct access to the new Office Mobile features, but will be able to view Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents through a mobile browser-based viewer. In a few months, Office Mobile 2010 will be updated for compatibility with Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system. http://www.microsoft.com

Justin Klein Keane, an independant researcher, has uncovered a potential security vulnerability in the White House website, as well as many other Drupal-based sites. The cross-site scripting (XSS) bug can be found in the Drupal Context module, a widely used plug-in that Whitehouse.gov uses to manage how content is viewed on their site. According to the researcher, the flaw allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into login pages that can reset the site's administrative password. This discovery is important as it comes less than three weeks after the White House released a plug-in of its own which requires use of the vulnerable module. Officials within the Drupal project said the bug can only be exploited by those who already have lower-level administrative privileges to the server. Also, a vulnerable page would then have to be set up to allow the attacker to create "blocks" (Drupal widgets or other content). http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/10/drupal_security_bug/

OmniUpdate, Inc., a web content management system provider for higher education, released version 9 of its OU Campus CMS. Web developers are the primary beneficiary of this new release, as there are no user interface (UI) modifications affecting end-users. The development goal for version 9 was to replace Xalan (XSLT 1.0) with Saxon 9 (XSLT 2.0), thereby establishing the platform for several new feature releases expected throughout 2010 and beyond. A database abstraction was also added to support the use of MySQL and other databases, in addition to Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase ASE. The move to XSLT 2.0 provides web developers with a true programming language with typed variables and user-defined functions. It offers more than twice the functions and operators available in XSLT 1.0. Additional efficiencies, provided in the declarative language, also offer web developers a significant reduction of code, thus allowing for faster processing speed. New features include Snippets (pre-defined and formatted code sets) that users can add to pages in the WYSIWYG editor, as well as Final Check, which enforces spell checking, link checking, and W3C compliance testing prior to page publishing. Image Thumbnails, Auto Draft, Save-in-Place, and Source Editor Word Wrap are also part of the release. www.omniupdate.com

Microsoft has announced that the 2010 release of Office, SharePoint, Visio and Project are available to business customers worldwide. 2010 Releases are Available to Businesses after Record Beta Adoption: The beta programs for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 were the largest in the products’ history, reaching three times the size of prior Office beta programs. As a result, 8.6 million people are already using Office 2010 and related products. In addition, more than 1,000 partners are already building solutions for the 2010 set of products. Office, Project and Visio will be generally available online and in retail outlets in the U.S. on June 15th. Microsoft’s Office Web applications will be available to all Office volume licensing customers, offering productivity technologies in the cloud. In addition, customers will be able to purchase a subscription to Office Web Apps as part of Microsoft Online Services, Microsoft’s cloud-based applications. Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 are available in 14 languages, and over the next few months, 80 more languages will be added. A live webcast further detailing this release can be viewed at 11 AM EST 5/12/10. www.the2010event.com

PaperThin, Inc. has unveiled the latest edition of it's web content management system (WCM) CommonSpot 6.0. The new release unites a new user interface with a suite of marketing and development solutions aimed at increasing website effectiveness, productivity, and adaptability. Also new is a community site called ‘The Commons,’  where customers and partners can share knowledge, expertise, and open source code developed by PaperThin and members of the CommonSpot community. The new features of this release include: Brand management, campaign optimization, and community-building capabilities; An open source Application Development Framework (ADF) and APIs; An enhanced user interface; as well as a new suite of free apps that can be downloaded from the community site. http://www.paperthin.com/

Managing Editor Inc. (MEI), a provider of solutions for the publishing industry, announced the release of Page Director Ad Layout System 5.5, ALS for Magazines 5.5 and AdForce 5.5. ALS 5.5 is the first universal version of MEI’s flagship software, certified to run natively on both PowerPC and Intel-based Macintosh computers. For ad layout staffs exporting finished dummies to Adobe InDesign, ALS 5.5 is compatible with InDesign CS3 and CS4 and will soon be with CS5. For Quark users, ALS 5.5 is also compatible with QuarkXPress 7.x and 8.x. Another new feature in ALS 5.5 is Check for Updates, which automatically finds a new version if available. Version 5.5 includes a new palette that combines default and issue rules, intended for ease of review, create, edit, apply and delete them. Additionally, Conflict Rules are now managed as an ALS Properties group. ALS for Magazines 5.5, an ad-placement solution built with magazines in mind, and AdForce 5.5, for small to mid-size newspapers, are also now universal applications. ALS for Magazines also includes the new Conflict Rules enhancements. Page Director Ad Layout System 5.5, ALS for Magazines 5.5 and AdForce 5.5 are available now. Upgrading is free for customers in MEI’s Premium Site Support Agreement program. http://www.maned.com

Bridgeline Digital, Inc. announced  that it has acquired selective assets of TMX Interactive, Inc., expanding Bridgeline Digital’s presence into the Philadelphia region. Founded in 1999, TMX Interactive is an interactive technology company that provides web application development, web design, usability, and content management system implementation services for its customers. TMX Interactive had annual sales of approximately $2.4 million in 2009 and is headquartered just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bridgeline Digital acquired TMX Interactive for $1.7 million in a combination of cash, debt, earn out, and deferred revenue consideration. http://www.bridgelinedigital.com/ http://www.tmxi.com/

MuseGlobal, provider of content integration platforms, announced a new release of its Muse Content Machine that includes support for interoperability with the SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search application. This updated version allows users to use Muse Smart Connectors as a means of gathering information from a variety of enterprise applications and commercial content sources. MuseGlobal’s Content Machine and Smart Connectors harvest content and information beyond what is typically held within an organization’s applications to include the whole of their enterprise’s information landscape. An organization's data is stored in a wide variety of information silos such as enterprise resource planning systems, customer relationship management systems and business intelligence systems, as well as locally developed databases, repositories, and servers. SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search indexes content and information harvested by Muse Smart Connectors, creating a single-stop search portal for the enterprise. Users of Muse Content Machine, when used together with SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search, can now extend this functionality to a range of third-party systems, allowing users to perform a single search across enterprise information resources in a uniform environment. http://www.museglobal.com/

The Joomla! Project has launched a new demo site, featuring a free 30-day trial to manage and build a custom Joomla site, as well as the ability to migrate the site, application build to a host, or sign up with CloudAccess.net. The new demo site leverages a cloud-based solution and is prepped and ready to take on the traffic the old demo sandbox received. http://www.joomla.org/

Altova, an XML editing developer, announced the availability of Version 2010 Release 3 (v2010r3) of the Altova MissionKit, an integrated suite of XML, database, and UML tools. Version 2010 Release 3 adds new functionality including integration with Visual Studio 2010, support for working with industry standards iXBRL and National Information Exchange Model (NIEM), support for mapping data based on SAP’s IDoc EDI format, and more. XMLSpy 2010r3 – With the release of v2010r3, the XMLSpy XML editor adds usability enhancements to its graphical schema editor, including the ability to validate internal naming and coding conventions. The XMLSpy graphical schema editor allows schema designers to validate naming and coding conventions outside of the capabilities of the XML Schema standard. This new functionality is of importance for users working with NIEM, a U.S. Government XML-based standard, when implementing their information sharing exchanges. Another new feature in XMLSpy 2010r3 is support for creating user-defined sample values for XML instance generation. Users can now add arbitrary sample data to their XML instance generations allowing them to control the sample data that is published. XMLSpy 2010r3 also integrates with Visual Studio 2010, adding to its existing support for VS 2005 and VS 2008. MapForce 2010r3 – New usability enhancements have been added to MapForce 2010r3 for generating C++ code, as well as working with XML, Excel 2007+, and EDI. Altova’s data mapping tool has upgraded its C++ code generator to MSXML6. Support for MSXML6 should improve the quality of C++ code generated from MapForce mappings, making it less likely to require modifications before it is integrated into other applications or reused for recurrent transformations. MapForce 2010r3 is now also able to generate C++ build configurations for 64-bit applications. For SAP users, the latest release of MapForce provides support for mapping data based on SAP’s IDoc EDI format. Another new feature in v2010r3 is support for the xsi:nil attribute in XML Schema. This enables MapForce to execute mappings where this attribute is used. For users working in Excel 2007+ support has been added for mapping field names. MapForce can now also preserve value formatting in the XML output to ensure that formatting is maintained from source to target. StyleVision 2010r3 – Altova’s visual stylesheet and electronic forms designer now supports iXBRL, or Inline XBRL. Adopted by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC), which provides XBRL oversight in the United Kingdom, the iXBRL standard embeds XBRL fragments into a HTML document so that the same source can be used for both human and machine processing. With support for iXBRL, StyleVision 2010r3 can generate iXBRL reports based on XBRL instance files. Users can also select from formatting options to ensure reports are displayed correctly. For both StyleVision and Authentic users, v2010r3 supports the creation of Global Templates for elements. UModel 2010r3 – full-featured UML 2 tool with support for C# 4.0, the latest version of the C# programming language, for both generating code in C# 4.0 projects and reverse engineering C# 4.0 code to create UML models. Altova’s UML tool also adds support for protocol state machine diagrams, with a specialized diagram toolbar. Version 2010r3 includes a sequence diagram option as well as a new diagram autolayout option for displaying modeling elements. DatabaseSpy 2010r3 – In v2010r3, Altova’s multi-database query, design, and compare tool allows users to process binary data in a column of database table that is defined as a binary data type. Users can now upload binary data into the table from an external file, or save binary data from the database to an external file. Data types supported include: BLOB, raw, binary, varbinary, image, and others depending on the database type. DiffDog 2010 – expands its XML-aware capabilities with support for processing child element attributes and child element names. This new feature in Altova’s diff/merge tool can now recognize child elements by attribute, so that files containing duplicate child element names with varying attributes are also recognized as equivalent XML data. http://www.altova.com/

TEMIS, a provider of Text Analytics solutions for the Enterprise, has released the latest version of Luxid, a content enrichment and knowledge discovery solution. Luxid gives access to business insights and delivers industry knowledge, for activities such as Market Intelligence, Sentiment Analysis, Scientific Discovery, and Agile Publishing. Luxid 5.2 enables content networking by linking the extracted information to existing or external knowledge bases, providing contextual insights as well as intuitive navigation. Luxid 5.2 also extends the scope of its knowledge extraction with the new Events Skill Cartridge, an annotator that extracts targeted information pertaining to terrorism, armed conflict, and criminal activities. The Events Skill Cartridge is designed for the intelligence community to better monitor and anticipate threats. Luxid 5.2 also brings enhanced versions of its Skill Cartridges dedicated to Scientific Discovery. More generally, Luxid 5.2 introduces a series of semantic capabilities intended to increase the accuracy and the relevance of the knowledge extraction with contextual resolution of ambiguity and anaphora. Luxid 5.2 delivers integration capabilities, with second generation web services featuring enhanced security and scalability. Luxid 5.2 also provides an extended library of connectors to applications such as Accelrys Pipeline Pilot, i2 TextChart and Endeca Information Access Platform. Luxid 5.2 can combine domain-centric taxonomies with companies’  internal knowledge to align content enrichment with the customer’s processes and objectives. Luxid 5.2 also provides information analytics that adapt the knowledge delivery to the users’ communities and uses cases. Another new feature is LuxidBar, replacing the previous Luxid Toolbar, is a sidebar that brings immediate information annotation to the browser, as well as highlighting, summarization, and contextual content linking. The Cross-Match tool “drills across” multiple collections of documents, uncovering relationships and placing each corpus in the context of the others. Along the same lines, the Combined Queries tool enables users to recognize patterns in content at the document collection level. Luxid 5.2 is available now through TEMIS and its network of partners and system integrators. http://www.temis.com/ 

Open Text Corporation, a provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software, announced Rights Management Services (RMS) for the Open Text ECM Suite designed to safeguard confidential and sensitive information from unauthorized uses even after it leaves the content repository. Though the content may be stored in a secure repository, once users have the right to read a document and save it on their local drives, the content becomes vulnerable. Open Text Rights Management Services lets organizations augment their strategies with protection that remains with the content. Rights Management Services works by enforcing content protection constraints for documents and other content based on rules such as "do not email," "do not print" or "do not save locally." The application then encrypts the content and the publishing license together. The content and rights remain encrypted during transport, extending security to wherever the content travels. When a recipient opens rights-protected content, a request goes to a rights management server to validate the user's credentials and usage rights. Round-trip scenarios are also supported allowing editing and uploading of new versions that retain the rights management constraints. As a shared service in the ECM Suite, Rights Management Services are also available to any content application in the organization. Protection spans Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 applications as well as PDF, HTML, engineering drawing file formats, image files, ZIP, archives among others. Users can also read and protect content viewed on BlackBerry smartphones. The Open Text RMS solution takes advantage of the Active Directory Rights Management Service from Microsoft. Open Text is also partnering with both GigaTrust and Liquid Machines, to add support for specialty content types such as computer-aided design (CAD) files, Visio, Adobe PDF, graphic files, and many other file formats, plus rights management support for documents available via BlackBerry devices. Open Text Rights Management Services for the Open Text ECM Suite is available now. Partner offerings are also available now directly through the partners. http://www.opentext.com http://www.gigatrust.com http://www.liquidmachines.com/

Author-it Software Corporation (ASC), a  developer of software for enterprise authoring, content management, publishing, and localization, announced the product launch of Author-it Assist. Author-it Assist allows one to create and personalize user assistance for any third party software application. User assistance can be created and published in-house to address frequently asked questions as they arise. Creating user assistance in Author-it Assist involves a process of dragging and dropping hyperlinks between applications, with no coding or programming experience required. Author-it Assist works in both Windows or Web environments and plugs into third party applications such as SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. http://www.author-it.com

Atex launched a new version of its website powered by the latest release of the Atex Web content management system. Along with offering more information on the Atex suite of products, the enhanced website also serves relevant content to registered users (new feature). All Atex customers are automatically registered as atex.com users, which allows the site to serve them contextually relevant landing pages aimed at a specific industry, occupation or product of interest.  http://www.atex.com

Managing Editor Inc. (MEI), an Adobe development partner and provider of software solutions for the publishing industry, announced that Version 6.2 of the vjoon K4 Cross-Media Publishing Platform is now available. This latest K4 release is fully compatible with Adobe Creative Suite 5 with new features that boost its capabilities as a multi-channel workflow management system. German developer vjoon has tuned K4 to integrate with the latest update to Adobe’s preeminent software package. K4 facilitates the production of content not just for print and Web but also for portable devices including the Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle, Google Android platforms and more. In addition to CS5 support, K4 6.2 includes several updates for improved collaboration and output. K4’s “sticky notes” feature provides instant messaging directly on InDesign layouts, allowing real-time communication among any users with access to the document. In K4 6.2, sticky notes also work with the browser-based K4 Overview Advanced, for non-client users to participate in the “live chat” and request changes to layouts from previews. Another new feature in K4 Overview Advanced is “prediction mode,” which displays previews of how layouts would appear with all objects updated. K4 6.2 also enhances the ability to manage alternative layout designs with the ability to preview different layout options in parallel, with changes to source articles and photos updated on all of the layout designs from the database. In K4, the task-based architecture adapts articles, layouts and more to meet the demands of specific media as those objects move through different workflows. The K4 Cross-Media Publishing Platform Version 6.2 is available now from MEI. All K4 customers on active maintenance agreements are eligible to receive free upgrades. http://www.maned.com

Media Lab Inc., a provider of Photoshop plug-in website creation technologies, announced an integration partnership with PageLime's permissions-based content management system (CMS) to complement its own SiteGrinder 3 Control add-on. PageLime is a cloud-based CMS which gives website designer/developers a method for their clients to manage the content on their websites. PageLime, like SiteGrinder, requires no programing knowledge. The SiteGrinder 3 Control add-on and the PageLime CMS provide a solution for both the designer/developer and the website owner. The SiteGrinder 3 Control add-on CMS allows the website designer/developer to change site content remotely including page additions, text, images and galleries from any web browser, all without returning to Photoshop. The PageLime CMS provides owners of SiteGrinder 3 generated websites with a method for changing only approved items on the website through a permission based system. SiteGrinder 3 allows graphic designers, photographers, or artists to transform their Photoshop designs into CSS and XHTML standards-compliant websites without writing code. http://www.medialab.com http://pagelime.com/

IBM announced it has acquired Cast Iron Systems to broaden the delivery of cloud computing services for clients.  Cast Iron Systems, a privately held company based in Mountain View, CA, delivers cloud integration software, appliances and services. The acquisition expands IBM’s business process and integration software portfolio, which grew more than 20 percent in the first quarter of 2010. Through Cast Iron Systems, IBM is gaining the ability (and experience) to help businesses integrate their cloud-based applications and on-premise systems.  The acquisition also advances IBM’s capabilities for a hybrid cloud model, which is attractive to enterprises because it allows them to blend data from on-premise applications with public and private cloud systems. IBM will continue to support and enhance Cast Iron Systems’ technologies and clients while allowing them to take advantage of the IBM portfolio.  Cast Iron Systems’ approximately 75 employees will be integrated into IBM. http://www.ibm.com http://www.castiron.com/

Caltron Industries, a digital signage provider, and Atmio, a developer of networked content management, announced the availability of Atmio's web-based Content Management System (CMS) which provides networked content management and control for Caltron's High-Definition Digital Signage Players. This new partnership enables content management access for previously non-networkable digital signage markets. With remote access via Atmio's web-based content management system, users should now have greater flexibility for controlling their digital signage. Atmio’s Content Management System has a web-based interface that allows for independent playlist editing and content management across multiple networked signage deployments. As with all internet solutions, Atmio's web-based system is a hosted solution compatible with major web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome). The integration of Atmio's web-based Content Management System is available immediately for Caltron's MP-1080A and MP-1080H players. http://www.caltronind.com/ http://atmio.com/

dotCMS introduced its new Partner Program, which allows Partners to encapsulate their domain expertise in the form of "Accelerators" – technology modules that meet specific vertical or horizontal needs. Partners have the ability to build their own Accelerators, own the licensing and earn follow on revenue through direct and indirect sales. dotCMS has placed implementation training high on the list of requirements for its Partner Program. Certified Partners are required to have two professionals on staff who have successfully completed both the dotCMS System Admin and Developer curriculum and passed both a hands on and written exam.http://www.dotcms.org