June 2010 Archives

SDL announced a strategic alliance with SapientNitro, part of Sapient, an independent interactive marketing services firm. The two companies are collaborating to create new customer experience solutions via a multichannel communications and marketing platform. The initial focus includes mobile applications for the iPhone and other smartphones. The initial result of this collaboration is IONOS, a multichannel airport communications and marketing platform that blends an airport's real-time travel information with targeted marketing messages through a combination of website, mobile applications and in-airport digital signage. Recently launched at Denver International Airport (DIA), IONOS is set to roll out in additional airports in 2010. SapientNitro and SDL are further developing new Web Engagement Management (WEM) solutions that enable geo-location marketing, for additional industries such as retail and consumer packaged goods. These solutions enable enterprise marketers to revise their digital marketing assets in real-time, for websites and mobile applications. Marketers are also now able to manage interactive messaging with their entire target audience, regardless of platform, device or channel. http://www.sapient.com http://www.sdl.com

Digi-Data Corporation, a provider of integrated cloud content management solutions, announced partnership with Hitachi Data Systems to offer solutions for telecommunication companies and managed service providers targeting the consumer and SMB markets. Large enterprises also benefit from this platform to serve the needs of employees and customers. Digi-Data's cloud content management platform provides end users with a suite of applications including PC and Mac backup/sync to push content to the cloud, as well as mobile, web, and IPTV applications that provide users with access to their content. The simple management website also includes file and sharing managers, and media libraries for customers to protect and consolidate their digital assets. http://www.digidata.com http://www.hitachi.com/

SDL announced the acquisition of Xopus, a provider of online XML editing. The acquisition by SDL’s Structured Content Technologies division addresses the growing trend to broaden the adoption of structured authoring beyond technical writers. Founded in 2001 in the Netherlands, Xopus has emerged as a friendly and simple-to-use online XML editor. Complementing high-end XML editors that are designed specifically for technical writers, Xopus enables a broader audience to contribute comments and content to increasingly distributed structured authoring processes. Accessed through a Web browser, Xopus provides the flexibility, ease-of-use, and interactivity of a Wiki, while still leveraging the benefits of structured content. The Xopus organization will become part of SDL’s Structured Content Technologies division. A prototype integration already exists between SDL Xopus and SDL Trisoft, the company’s Component Content Management system for DITA. Looking forward, SDL Xopus will be integrated with SDL LiveContent , the company’s publishing solution. Future integrations are envisioned with SDL Contenta  for S1000D and related markets, as well as SDL’s suite of Global Information Management technologies. SDL will continue its philosophy of supporting an “open technology” approach to the enterprise ecosystem through integration to 3rd party applications and systems. SDL Xopus will continue to support existing integrations to 3rd party content management systems. http://www.sdl.com/ 

Nuxeo, the Open Source Enterprise Content Management (ECM) company, announced Nuxeo Case Management Framework (Nuxeo CMF) package for application builders, ISVs and information architects that need to deliver content-centric applications to business users. The open source case management framework is delivered as a downloadable product complete with templates, samples and documentation to ease deployments of content applications based on the Nuxeo Enterprise Platform (Nuxeo EP). Nuxeo Case Management Framework adds functionality to support the flow of related content items that need to be handled, managed and analyzed in a case-centric metaphor. Nuxeo CMF is unique for a case management framework from an ECM provider in that it has been released as open source. Nuxeo is deeply committed to both open source and open standards - ensuring full compliance with key initiatives such as CMIS (Content Management Interoperability Services), Dublin Core, PDF/A, OpenSocial and OSGi. The Nuxeo Case Management framework is a full-featured, extensible toolkit that natively includes document management, collaboration, workflow, reporting, dashboards and unified in-box management functionality. This allows application builders to focus on building templates, plug-ins and business logic to meet specific content management requirements determined by industry-specific use cases or externally-imposed regulatory mandates. Nuxeo Case Management Framework Feature Highlights include: Creation of cases with attachments, metadata, and a managed workflow path; Edit and update case and case item metadata, status, attachments, relationships; Centralized routing service to distribute and route cases manually or based on business rules, including pre-defined and customizable distribution lists, "cc:" notifications; Creation of unified mailboxes to capture incoming communication and content types from diverse sources; Classification and categorization of cases and case items; Configuration of complex business logic with Nuxeo EP's content automation; Filing and browsing of cases with file plans, with a metadata axis (faceted browsing) and social tagging; Comprehensive search including fulltext; Reporting capabilities; Content life cycle management, notifications and email alerts; Content markup and annotations; Security based on dynamic access control and complex users, groups and permission services including delegation of decision-making; Customizable and centralized audit trail; Workflow for document, task and process management; Standardized interfaces for item intake from capture systems; Open Java and Web Services (REST) APIs; CMIS compliant by leveraging the power of the underlying Nuxeo Enterprise Platform; Modular, extensible ECM components and services for application development; and Integration across the IT ecosystem. http://www.nuxeo.com/

Brainshark, Inc., a provider of on-demand multimedia for business, announced Brainshark Mobile, enabling smartphone and iPad users to view Brainshark-delivered communications on their mobile devices. Now, Brainshark's enterprise customers, as well as users of the free myBrainshark.com site, can create content that can be viewed anywhere, anytime and on most devices. Brainshark presentations combine voice narration, PowerPoint slides, video and more for a multimedia experience. The presentations play as streamed video files when viewed on mobile devices. Through Brainshark's analytics capabilities, users can see when their presentations were viewed, who viewed them, if content was viewed on a mobile device and what type of device was used. Platforms and devices supported by Brainshark Mobile include the BlackBerry, Palm Pre, iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android; all must support streaming video. For Brainshark's enterprise users, Brainshark Mobile is included at no additional cost as part of Brainshark's core platform. Presentations created are automatically mobile-enabled. http://presentation.brainshark.com/

Really Strategies, Inc. released RSuite version 3.5, a content management system created exclusively for publishers. The latest software release includes new features, enhancements, and usability based on customer feedback and requests. New search features provide editors and publishers the ability to drill down and locate content based on full-text, metadata, and XML fielded searching. RSuite customers can configure multiple search forms mapped to the publishers’ content. In other words, publishers’ metadata and XML fields can be presented to the user in the search interface, revealing the ways that content has already been classified. New tools allow users to search for content objects based on the metadata of their containing packages,  for example, finding all articles in a book when the metadata exists only on the book.  Search results can be copied to create a new packaging of content in the repository. A personal clipboard feature provides users the functionality to quickly organize and work with select content in their own personal whiteboard space. Metadata forms can be configured per role so that the correct fields are exposed to the appropriate staff. www.rsuitecms.com

The TYPO3 Community released the newest version of their Open Source project TYPO3. TYPO3 has been downloaded over 4.6 million times. The latest TYPO3 version 4.4 makes TYPO3 easier than ever before – especially for newbies. A TYPO3 website is now up and running in 5 minutes after it has been downloaded and using the included template it is ready to use. The new introduction package offers TYPO3 newbies a configurable template immediately after installation. Using simple examples it demonstrates TYPO3 concepts and possibilities. At the same time this template can of course be used for the first own website, since e.g. the colour-scheme of the template can easily be changed without TYPO3 expert knowledge. The TYPO3 Backend has a new visual appearance with enhanced look & feel. Additionally the entire backend CSS has been revised which improves the overall backend loading speed. Custom backend skins can now be created thanks to this restructuring. Installing TYPO3 using the new installation script is a lot easier than before. In three steps TYPO3 is up and running and users can even change to their preferred database system in the process. Defaults keep the user from having to make too many decisions and therefore simplifies getting started with TYPO3. The built-in editor "HTMLarea“ is now completely based on ExtJS, the JavaScript framework that TYPO3 includes since version 4.3. It is now the first and only feature-complete Open Source Rich Text Editor (RTE) that is based entirely on ExtJS, freely available for the public and now included out-of-the-box in TYPO3 version 4.4. For the TYPO3 Backend editor this means improved loading speed of the text editor without having to give up on any of its features. The new TYPO3 Task Center allows for the creation and management of tasks for all TYPO3 backend users. Additionally editors can send notes to each other and instantly find the documents they edited recently. With its completely revised interface the new Task Center fits seamlessly into the new look & feel of TYPO3 version 4.4. http://www.typo3.org

Cambridge Semantics has announced the 2.0 release of its Anzo platform. Anzo, a semantic technology application development suite, is designed to give business users the ability to discover, integrate, analyze and report on information contained within the enterprise without reliance on IT. Driven by customer requests, the new release delivers usability features including read/write reporting, form automation and improved access control management. In addition, enhancements to scale have been introduced to the available storage by two orders of magnitude. By using Anzo's "semantic fabric," the new release help customers to bring data directly from a variety of data sources into Excel spreadsheets. This helps business users minimize costly errors associated with manual data entry. Coupled with the automated form filler feature, users can avoid errors associated with manually copying and pasting data from backend systems. As the data is updated in the spreadsheet or in the backend applications, Anzo ensures that the information stays in sync and is secure, integrating with corporate security systems, including LDAP and ActiveDirectory. Anzo on the Web allows one to generate customized views of data combined from multiple sources that are connected to the Anzo semantic fabric. Analytic views can be created, saved, reused and distributed to other users across the enterprise with new read/write capabilities.  http://www.cambridgesemantics.com/

KnowledgeTree, provider of online document management solutions that allow businesses to share content and control document processes, announced the availability of its cloud-based document process solution, formerly known as KnowledgeTreeLive. Updated features of the SaaS offering include a drag and drop workflow designer, Salesforce.com integration and a 30-day trial. KnowledgeTree was recently selected as a finalist for the 2010 Red Herring North America 100 award, a prestigious list honoring the year's most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region. KnowledgeTree's cloud-enabled solution provides enhanced document security, rapid deployment, access for mobile users and a low cost of product ownership. Key features include: Drag and drop workflow designer, Salesforce.com integration, Folder hierarchy templates for industry customization, and HTML5 features. http://www.knowledgetree.com/

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the release of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to mobile platform partners. Redesigned with new performance and mobile specific features, Flash Player 10.1 is the first release that brings the full Web across desktops and devices. Mobile users will now be able to experience millions of sites with rich applications and content inside the browser including games, animations, rich Internet applications (RIAs), data presentations and visualizations, ecommerce, music, video, audio and more. Flash Player 10.1 will be available as a final production release for smart phones and tablets once users are able to upgrade to Android 2.2 "Froyo." Devices supporting "Froyo" and Flash Player 10.1 are expected to include the Dell Streak, Google Nexus One, HTC Evo, HTC Desire, HTC Incredible, DROID by Motorola, Motorola Milestone, Samsung Galaxy S and others. Flash Player 10.1 was also released to mobile platform partners to be supported on devices based on Android, BlackBerry, webOS, future versions of Windows(R) Phone, LiMo, MeeGo and Symbian OS, and is expected to be made available via over-the-air downloads and to be pre-installed on smart phones, tablets and other devices in the coming months. www.adobe.com

Google has announced a set of new features and editors available to Google Docs users. Google Docs will now have new editors for documents and spreadsheets, designed to be faster and support more features. Documents will now feature character-by-character real-time collaboration, a ruler for custom margins and tab stops, as well as improvements to the import function. The new version of spreadsheets has been enhanced for speed, includes a formula editing bar, cell auto-complete and more. Google Docs accounts through universities, employers or organizations will start seeing the new editors by default in the coming weeks. You can now set a document, spreadsheet, presentation or drawing to be “Private,” available to “Anyone with the link,” or “Public on the web,” and then customize who has access by inviting specific collaborators. If you’re using Google Docs at work or at school, you’ll also see options to share your files just with other people within your organization. New features for the drawings editor in Google Docs were implented as well. Now you can center objects on the page, resize the entire canvas, view thumbnails of your drawings in your doc list, search across your drawings by text contained within and view a list of editing keyboard shortcuts. We also added the ability for you to share drawings in the Google Docs template gallery, so other people around the world can use your creations. http://www.google.com/

Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, announced the launch of PlusFeed Access Control System, a permissioning and entitlement system designed to interface with PlusFeed, Interactive Data's consolidated datafeed. The scalable system is designed to enable data managers to monitor and control data access across the organization with granularity and transparency. Entitlement reports can also help comply with a firm's internal and external reporting requirements. If required, clients can delegate the permissioning of data and exchange reporting to Interactive Data, using a controlled data entitlement and reporting solution. The PlusFeedAccess Control System can be integrated with PlusFeed datafeed installations as a standalone entitlement module or optionally deployed as an add-on component as part of the PlusFeed Data Distribution Platform. The system comes with a web-based user interface, an API to help automate the workflow, and a gateway server that connects to a host system managed by Interactive Data. All functionality can be integrated into a firm's own content management system or data architecture, designed to enable the client to automate the workflow and entitlement management processes all the way to the end-user or application. www.interactivedata.com

Fivesite, the UK Company of website designers, released a new version of its unique content management system (CMS). Named Fivesuite, the CMS simplifies the process of administering and running a website. Fivesite's goal in developing their CMS was to create a product analogous to Microsoft Windows. The majority of computer users are very familiar with Windows, so a product working along the same lines would be easy to learn. Additionally, the company's web designers have also ensured that the CMS complies with all Web 2.0 and 3.0 standards. This helps users add the latest web technologies to their site, and also increases a site's accessibility and aesthetic appeal. Since every business has a unique set of needs and requirements, Fivesuite is personalized to be customized for each client. This means they are no longer limited by options they need but don't have, or vice versa. Similar to programs or applications found in Windows, Fivesuite offers “objects” for various functions. One example is the Free Style Editor Object, which allows users to change and modify pages. The CMS also allows managers to assign varying levels of privileges to users. Authorized users can even change the design and layout of pages, without any HTML or stylesheet scripting. http://www.fivesite.co.uk/

 Kentico Software, the Web content management system vendor, announced the Kentico Developer Certification that showcases developer technology experiences using the growing Kentico Developer platform. In order to receive the Kentico Developer Certification candidates must successfully complete an online exam designed to test the candidate’s knowledge and skills in fundamentals and best practices for building, deploying and maintaining websites with Kentico CMS 5. Each candidate for the Kentico Developer Certification should have at least one year of experience in web application development using Kentico CMS, or should have attended a certified Kentico CMS 5 Developer training. http://www.kentico.com

Oracle announced Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g. Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g is an open and integrated Business Process Management (BPM) solution. Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g supports various types of processes with a new unified process foundation, user-centric design and social BPM capabilities. Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g includes a native implementation of BPMN 2.0. The Unified process engine executes BPEL and BPMN 2.0 processes, human workflow and rules, and is integrated with Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Business Activity Monitoring and Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus. Oracle Universal Content Management: for document-centric processes. End-to-end management: unifies the management and monitoring of business processes to extend problem management beyond the process boundary. Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g features a user-centric design approach, with tools that address user role requirements and enable both IT and business process participants. Key components include: BPM Studio: for role-based modeling and design. Process Composer: for web-based process modeling and deployment. Process analysis and reporting: for business visibility, process status and operational reporting. The social BPM capabilities of Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g enable collaboration among users by incorporating social computing and Enterprise 2.0 technologies, including wikis and blogs. http://www.oracle.com

WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download (or upgrade within your dashboard). Major new features in this release include a new default theme called Twenty Ten. Theme developers have new APIs that allow them to implement custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus, post types, and taxonomies. Developers and network admins will appreciate the long-awaited merge of MU and WordPress, creating the new multi-site functionality which makes it possible to run one blog or ten million from the same installation. http://wordpress.org/

IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Coremetrics, a leader in web analytics software. Coremetrics, a privately held company based in San Mateo, CA, will expand IBM's business analytics capabilities by enabling organizations to use a cloud-based delivery model to gain real-time insight into consumer interactions internally and through social media networks to develop targeted marketing campaigns. Financial terms were not disclosed. By acquiring Coremetrics, IBM will be able to deliver new business analytics solutions, with the web analytics capabilities clients need to help measure the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns. In addition, Coremetrics software complements IBM's existing software and services portfolio of offerings from WebSphere, information management and business analytics and optimization. Upon closing, the company will become part of IBM's application and integration middleware portfolio which provides the backbone of transaction processing on the Web. Consistent with IBM's software strategy, IBM will continue to support and enhance Coremetrics' technologies and clients while allowing them to take advantage of the broader IBM portfolio. Coremetrics' approximately 230 employees will be integrated into IBM. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2010, subject to regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. http://www.ibm.com http://www.coremetrics.com/

Saba has announced the Saba Collaboration Suite, a real-time collaboration and enterprise business networking solution designed to enable social learning and collaborative performance management. Saba Collaboration Suite infuses real-time collaboration and enterprise business networking capabilities into learning and performance management people processes. Saba Collaboration Suite combines Saba Live, an enterprise business networking offering, and Saba Centra, an enterprise web conferencing solution. Saba Live will integrate Saba's person profile, and will include embedded competency-driven expertise, Twitter-like performance feedback, blended learning, and workplace analytics. Features include real-time communication capabilities such as instant messaging, video-enabled channels, VoIP-enabled online meetings, and web conferences. Saba Dynamic Network Analysis (DNA), is a workplace analytics platform for visualizing connections between people and resources to provide strategic organizational insight. www.saba.com

LBi Lost Boys and GX Software have pooled their resources in the establishment of a Competence Center within Lost Boys for GX applications. GX is a Dutch software provider in the field of Web Content, Web Traffic and Visitor Conversion management. To better anticipate the demand for customer service, GX and Lost Boys have invested in a central "Competence Center" for GX Software applications. GX and Lost Boys will both contribute expertise and manpower. Similarly, the two companies will both make use of the Competence Center when serving the market. The Competence Center is situated in the office of Lost Boys in Amsterdam. http://www.gxsoftware.com http://lbi.lostboys.nl

Cisco announced new and enhanced collaboration solutions designed to help workers to connect to the right people and access and share content remotely. Cisco announced that Cisco Quad, an enterprise collaboration platform will be available later this year via native iPad and iPhone applications. Cisco also unveiled a new Cisco Prosumer Video solution which integrates Cisco FocalPoint, an online video workspace with a business-class Cisco Flip MinoPRO camcorder. Finally, Cisco announced that Cisco WebEx Connect IM is now available across browsers. Together, these three collaboration solutions offer a secure, manageable collaborative environment with video, real time instant messaging (IM) and social networking capabilities. Cisco Quad highlights include: the ability to search across content within the organization, as well as locate people and expertise; Mobile Quad applications optimized for the Apple iPad and iPhone; Integratation with content management systems such as Microsoft SharePoint and Documentum, as well as with voice and video business communications solutions; and every Quad user will receive a Cisco Show and Share license granting video authoring, posting, publishing and editing capabilities. Quad will be available on a limited basis, beginning in Cisco's first quarter of fiscal year 2011, in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia/New Zealand. The Cisco Prosumer Video solution highlights include a new online video workspace, FocalPoint, and a new business-class four-hour Flip MinoPRO camcorder. FocalPoint delivers cloud-based management, sharing and editing capabilities and provides an easy way for organizational teams to interact with their video content. Cisco FlipShare software, preloaded on the camcorder, allows users to edit, store and manage video content locally on their workstation before sharing it with the organizational team via FocalPoint. The software client uses an encrypted upload protocol to enable confidential content delivery, while FocalPoint adopts SSL (Secure Socket Layer) for highly secure Web sessions and data protection. The Cisco Prosumer Video solution is part of the Cisco collaboration portfolio and will be available through Cisco channel partners beginning in August. The newest version of Cisco WebEx Connect IM lets users access their contact lists and send instant messages via a browser-based IM client, making the solution accessible from any computer without the need for a client download. The Windows client for Cisco WebEx Connect IM is now localized for French, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese. Server-side IM logging allows organizations to capture logs of all IM traffic for efficient regulatory compliance. Customers who are already archiving email can use their existing infrastructure. Building on Cisco's acquisition of Jabber, customers looking to add presence and chat capabilities to their Web applications can do so with Cisco's AJAX XMPP library, for developing Web applications and portal integrations. These tools were used in building presence and chat capabilities into Cisco Quad. http://www.cisco.com/

Across Systems, supplier of independent linguistic supply chain technology, partners with Gilbane Group in a Webinar on the integration of content management system technology with translation management on Thursday, June 24 at 10 am PDT/1:00 pm EDT. The one-hour Webinar, entitled “The Integration Calculus: CMS + TMS = Turbo-accelerated Creation of Multilingual Product Documentation,” will include a case study presentation by Frank Erven, a language technology consultant and technical writer from Voith Turbo, a leading German industrial manufacturer serving paper, energy, mobility, and service markets. In 2006 Voith’s translation needs had grown by almost 80 percent. The company recognized the quality threat and risk of delay imposed by the volume increase; the need for a professional translation management system that could save time and improve the quality of documents became obvious. In this webinar, Voith shares its formula for success with multilingual product content creation and delivery. By integrating its content management system, Schema ST4, with Across Systems‘ translation management technology, the company now initiates and controls workflows automatically. Furthermore, the company was able to gain a continuous process from source text creation to multilingual document output, which saves it as much as 55 percent over its previous costs. The session will be moderated by Mary Laplante, vice president and lead analyst of Gilbane Group. Attendees to the Webinar will learn how content management, translation management, and smart content drive customer satisfaction. Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/922916738

Collecta, the streaming real-time search company, announced that it has secured $4.7 million in additional funding by new investor Dace Ventures, joining with existing investors True Ventures and other individuals. Collecta will use the capital to accelerate in delivering the real-time web, with particular focus on building out the team, expanding content distribution partnerships with publishers looking to increase their reach, and enriching the level of engagement and time spent on their sites. Collecta flows customized data to partners through widgets, APIs, and its Site Search Platform. Data flowing through Collecta can stream real-time content and real-time searches. The company is moving its headquarters to Los Angeles in order to better take advantage of the vibrant media presence in the area -- further emphasizing Collecta's focus on strategic and business partnerships with publishers and online content providers. Collecta's real-time platform is based on the open messaging standard XMPP, and is capable of shooting information instantaneously in a continuously updating stream of results. The platform brings real-time content from a network of more than 15 million content sources -- including Twitter, WordPress, MySpace, Examiner.com, Flickr, The Associated Press, CNN, Reuters, MySpace, and more. http://www.collecta.com/

EPiServer, a provider of platforms that drive online engagement, announced the general availability of EPiServer Commerce. With this launch, the company challenges companies in the retail and B2B vertical markets to rethink the way they currently engage customers as they sell online. EPiServer advocates an integrated e-commerce platform of content, commerce, community and communications. The goal is for businesses to create online relationships with customers, in order to better understand customer behavior and identify improvements to visitor processes that turn website “browsers” into “buyers”. Combined with the extensible EPiServer CMS content management system and EPiServer Community platform, .NET web developers can rapidly build and deploy online stores, including multi-language, multi-currency, and multi-channel capabilities. Marketing tasks are streamlined through a single easy-to-use interface and new capabilities to correlate visitor feedback and experience with store operation and order status, at every step of the process.

Dassault Systèmes, a developer of 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, and Exalead, a provider of Search Platforms and Search-Based Applications (SBA) for consumer and business users, announced that Dassault Systèmes acquired the French company Exalead for approximately €135 million (~$162 million). http://www.3ds.com/ http://www.exalead.com 

Now available in English, French, and German, MathType 6.6 for Windows works with over 350 applications and websites. With MathType 6.6 you can enhance the conversation with your colleagues and students online by adding equations to emails, forums, and wikis. MathType 6.6 is designed to copy math from one app or website to another. MathType 6.6 takes full advantage of Windows 7's new Math Input Panel, which provides support for handwritten math recognition. MathType 6.6 works on Windows 7, Vista, XP, and 2000 operating systems. http://www.dessci.com/ 

MultiCorpora has announced the release of MultiTrans Version 4.4 R2. It introduces eMultiTrans, an turnkey SaaS enterprise solution that requires no software installation and is hosted by MultiCorpora. Without purchasing a MultiTrans license, the new Fetch from Web functionality enables authors, employees and contractors working within MS Word to query and locate matches in contextual translation memories and terminology databases. Key MultiTrans integrations with TDA, MyMemory and Google Translate facilitate online collaboration and access to external content. The MultiTrans content management interface transforms existing content/web management systems into veritable global management systems. Some key new features with MultiTrans Version 4.4 R2 include: terminology management enhancements, a new TermBase Web user interface, alignment algorithms and a new XLIFF editor designed to look like MS Office 2007. http://www.multicorpora.com/

The latest generation of Tiki is now available. This version, release 5.0, includes 3129 code contributions by more than 40 members of the Tiki community and features new and improved functionality, including: Shopping cart, group subscriptions and payments; Workspaces & perspectives: for efficient partitioning of large projects, with permission based dynamic content & preference filtering; web-conferencing integration (audio/video/chat/screensharing); WebDAV access to file galleries; Performance improvements; Advanced rating and scoring system;Improved translation/multilingual support - i18n; Spreadsheet now using jQuery; New themes (skins) and more. http://doc.tikiwiki.org/

Attunity Ltd., a provider of real-time data integration and event capture software, introduced the Attunity PowerPivot Connector for Oracle, a dedicated for making Oracle data available in Microsoft PowerPivot. In addition, Attunity announced the availability of additional certified connectors that enable PowerPivot users to access data from many heterogeneous sources. PowerPivot lets business users create managed self-service BI solutions without relying on IT resources. The Attunity PowerPivot Connector for Oracle is optimized for loading large volumes of Oracle data into PowerPivot. The connector delivers specific performance optimizations shownn in lab benchmarks to perform up to 50% faster than other connectors. Going forward, the connector will be part of the Attunity PowerConnector Series, which also includes the Attunity high-speed connectors for Oracle and Teradata that Microsoft chose to include with SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (SSIS). Now generally available, PowerPivot customers can download a free trial of the connector on the Attunity website. http://www.attunity.com

Sajan, Inc., a provider of global language services and cloud-based translation management software, announced the release of GCMS Authoring Coach for PTC Arbortext Editor.  GCMS Authoring Coach brings multilingual translation memory to the Arbortext Editor desktop, providing the reuse of previously translated content. Authoring Coach for Arbortext Editor is the newest member of the GCMS product family, an enterprise translation management system designed to facilitate the centralization, visibility and optimization of corporate translation management projects.  By integrating with Arbortext Content Manager, Sajan GCMS automates many translation management tasks.  At the same time, GCMS Analytics, provides metrics and process visibility to translation managers. http://www.sajan.com  http://www.ptc.com/

Two additional Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 standards were recently approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as American National Standards (ANS): Context-Inspired Component Architecture (CICA) Technical Specification and XML Schema Syntax Representation (X12.7); and CICA Design Rules and Guidelines (X12.71). CICA's syntax-neutral message development architecture produces standards that solve the problem of incompatible XML documents, especially those used for business-to-business exchanges. Vendors integrating predictable CICA components into their applications benefit by knowing that simple generic data, such as a name, is always constructed in the same pattern. When inserted into a business process model, the components acquire specific meaning, such as purchaser name or patient name. During development, ASC X12 members have access to CICA’s reusable component repository and use the content to construct interface standards. The components satisfy business requirements that are common across industries, with the ability to provide a single industry focus to generic concepts. In addition to components, the repository includes over 30 cross-industry approved XML business messages for Finance, Government, Insurance and Transportation. The repository supports several standards development functions: Automated XML schema generation;·End user documentation;·Flexible reporting capabilities;·Data retrieval from messages to individual components;·Data entry and maintenance. Application vendors, industry trade association members, value added networks, clearinghouses, and individuals interested in standardized XML messaging benefit from an understanding of the foundation upon which the next generation of ASC X12 messaging standards is being built: ANS X12.7 defines CICA and provides rules for constructing schemas; and ANS X12.71 establishes guidelines for CICA development and maintenance, assisting new and experienced users working with the architecture. www.x12.org

Dassault Systèmes, a developer of 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions announced an OEM agreement with Exalead, a global software provider in the enterprise and Web search market. As a result of this partnership, DS will deliver IP discovery and PLM enterprise search capabilities within DS’s ENOVIA V6 solutions, allowing users to find and act on information more quickly while developing new products. The Exalead CloudView OEM edition is dedicated to ISVs and integrators who want to embed search capabilities. Built on an open, modular architecture, Exalead CloudView uses advanced semantic technologies to automatically analyze, categorize, enhance and align data. Dassault Systèmes PLM users will benefit from its Exalead-empowered ENOVIA V6 solutions to handle large data volumes available for real-time search and intelligent navigation. Non-experts will have the opportunity to access PLM knowledge in scalable online collaborative environments. Moreover, PLM creators and collaborators will be able to find IP from any generic, business, product and social content and turn it into actionable intelligence. http://www.3ds.com/ http://www.exalead.com

Pivotal Information Technology (Pivotal IT), a leading technology consulting and service company announced that it has formalized its agreement with eZ Systems (eZ), the global company that provides solutions for the Content Management Ecosystem. The agreement brings together eZ Publish Premium and Pivotal IT technology consulting and program management services to form a new offering for customers. In the partnership, Pivotal will manage the requirements, program management and delivery that will help drive new customer opportunities and revenue for their respective clients. http://www.pivotal-it.com/ http://ez.no/

Exalead, a provider of information access solutions and search-based applications for the enterprise and on the web, announced that Yellow Pages Group (YPG), Canada's largest performance media and marketing solutions company, selected and deployed Exalead Cloudview to collect customer sentiment information for YPG's Urbanizer iPhone application. Urbanizer enables consumers to discover restaurants in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Ottawa based solely on their mood and social networks. For example, users can choose from a selection of pre-defined moods such as "romantic dinner" and "hipster snack" or use Urbanizer's equalizer function to create a custom mood based on combinations of cuisine, ambiance and service categories. Exalead's CloudView Search-based Application platform is embedded into the Urbanizer application architecture and uses semantic extraction capabilities to distill sentiment from unstructured web data from consumer comments posted to Urbanizer. Urbanizer is now available for download in the iTunes App Store as a beta version in English and French. Future versions will see cities added based on user votes as well as categories expanded to include nightlife, shopping, activities and events. http://www.exalead.com/

Endeca Technologies, Inc., a search applications company, announced that it has joined the PTC PartnerAdvantage Program to provide a direct integration between PTC Windchill and the Endeca Information Access Platform (IAP). With Endeca, PTC Windchill customers will be able to utilize Endeca Search Applications to support daily decisions of their workflows. Example applications include finding inventory or cost for a part, identifying approved suppliers, or understanding outstanding warranty claims. Endeca’s manufacturing solutions are aimed at the integration of data from numerous source systems into a single index, regardless of format, structure, and underlying data models.  Powered by Endeca’s MDEX Engine technology, it integrates navigation, aggregation, querying, and analysis of data from PLM, ERP, Spend Management, supplier relationship management product catalogs, and other business data systems.  http://www.endeca.com/ http://www.ptc.com/

Open Text Corporation has announced an expanded family of social media offerings aimed at enabling businesses to apply social media to solve business challenges.  Open Text aims to help drive productivity within the enterprise with social media solutions that let users create profiles, follow co-workers and generate news feeds, or collaborate on projects.  With the new and enhanced capabilities, attention was paid to ease of use for business users and application to real challenges, along with continued full support for Open Text’s core competence in information governance and control.  Offerings now include: Open Text Social Communities – Formerly Vignette Community Applications and Services, Open Text Social Communities is an enterprise social media solution for engaging with customers, employees, and partners. As part of a broader marketing and CRM strategy, social media can give companies greater market insight, improved market engagement and, more importantly, significant improvements in customer satisfaction and retention. Enhancements in the latest release support rapid creation of socially enabled websites along with social microsites that combine Web 2.0 functionality, with analytics and social search. Now part of Open Text ECM Suite, Open Text Social Communities consolidates social applications, such as video galleries, photo galleries, slideshows, comments, ratings, forums, blogs, wikis, download management, event management, and idea management with user profiles, microblogging, social bookmarking, and group and moderation support. http://www.opentext.com

The SPARQL Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of  "SPARQL 1.1 Federation Extensions," which defines extensions to the SPARQL Query Language to support distributed SPARQL query execution. The group also published 5 updates, listed below. The group seeks feedback, particularly on open issues identified in each document. Features: SPARQL 1.1 Query adds support for aggregates, subqueries, projected expressions, and negation to the SPARQL query language; SPARQL 1.1 Update defines an update language for RDF graphs; SPARQL 1.1 Service Description defines a vocabulary and discovery mechanism for describing the capabilities of a SPARQL endpoint; SPARQL 1.1 Uniform HTTP Protocol for Managing RDF Graphs describes the use of the HTTP protocol for managing named RDF graphs on an HTTP server; SPARQL 1.1 Entailment Regimes defines conditions under which SPARQL queries can be used with entailment regimes such as RDF, RDF Schema, OWL, or RIF. http://www.w3.org

ADAM Software has announced a new partnership for providing complementary services with MRMLOGIQ. MRMLOGIQ is a marketing efficiency company that provides unparalleled business integration services and expertise in the application of marketing technology. MRMLOGIQ will provide ADAM customers with services that will help them use the software as well advice to improve their operations. http://www.adamsoftware.net/ http://www.mrmlogiq.com/

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) unveiled a new digital viewer technology that enables print publishers to create digital versions of their magazines. This new publishing software was developed with input from Condé Nast’s WIRED magazine, a publication that recently debuted a digital edition for Apple iPad, utilizing the new digital viewer technology. WIRED’s June issue Reader application, now available through the Apple iTunes App Store, is built using Adobe’s digital viewer software. The WIRED Reader allows readers to experience video content, slide-shows, 360 degree images and rotate content in vertical and horizontal modes. Readers are able to experience the design fidelity of a print magazine, with the dynamic interactivity of digital media. Adopting this new digital magazine medium, publishers have the opportunity to expand their advertising inventory and by reaching readers in new ways, increase circulation and deliver incremental digital revenue. Adobe plans to deliver software on Adobe Labs that will help publishers to transform InDesign CS5 layouts into applications like WIRED Reader. Because this digital magazine solution integrates with Adobe Creative Suite 5, publishers can leverage their existing workflow investments and designer skills. The WIRED Reader can be downloaded from Apple iTunes App Store and costs US$4.99. To learn more about the Adobe’s digital publishing platform for magazines, eBooks and newspapers go to: http://www.adobe.com/go/digitalpublishing