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To accelerate the development of HTML5 tools, Sencha, a provider of HTML5 frameworks and tools for desktop and mobile application developers, has completed a $15 million series B round of funding. Sencha raised $14 million funding in June, 2010. Additionally, the company also announced the public beta launch of Sencha.io, its new HTML5 mobile cloud service. The service will allow Sencha app developers to build “shared experiences” in the browser, without having to write server code or manage hosting. http://www.sencha.com/

Box.net announced it closed $81 million in funding from a mix of investors including NEA, Bessemer Venture Partners, Salesforce.com, SAP Ventures and existing investors. As revealed on their company blog, Box has aspirations to compete with Microsoft's Sharepoint. Box is currently available on most mobile platforms, while SharePoint is currently tied to Windows Phones. Yet Box also lacks the full array of content management features that an enterprise user may currently need/use from Sharepoint. http://box.net/

Texthelp Systems, provider of literacy software solutions, today announced the release of their new Suite of Web Apps. The Texthelp Web Apps work within browsers on iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, and other mobile devices as well as PCs and Macs. The Apps include: Read&Write Web, eBook Reader for Bookshare eBooks, Speech, and Dictionary. With the proliferation of iPads and other mobile devices, schools and colleges are looking for Assistive Technology (AT) solutions that allow their students to use these devices at school and at home to access digital content. Read&Write GOLD users can now benefit from access to familiar support features, including Read Aloud with dual color highlighting, Dictionary, Translator, and Study Skills. http://www.texthelp.com/

The recently launched 3M Cloud Library now uses the 3M Cloud-ID, for its login process. The 3M Cloud-ID uses a patron's existing library barcode and PIN to authenticate the patron and allow checkout of eBooks from the 3M Cloud Library, as opposed to using a library ID/PIN for authentication and a separate third party ID/PIN as used by existing eLending providers. 3M Cloud-ID streamlines the user experience by leveraging the credentials a patron already has from the library, making it simple for library patrons to navigate the system, typically with minimal to no assistance from library staff. The 3M Cloud Library offers a growing catalog of material, with new publishing agreements signed with ABC-CLIO, Baker Publishing Group, John Wiley & Sons, Quayside Publishing Group (Fair Winds Press, Quarry Books, Zenith Press and other imprints), Skyhorse Publishing and Workman Publishing. To date, more than 40 publishers have joined the system including HarperCollins, IPG and Random House, bringing the total 3M Cloud Library offering to more than 100,000 titles. The 3M Cloud Library has also added four new beta sites in recent months, with library staff soon to begin training on the system. http://www.3m.com/

eFileCabinet, Inc., a global provider of enterprise content management solutions (ECM), announced the release of eFileCabinet Online, a Cloud-based version of its document management solution. Document management seekers can now select how they would like the product delivered: client/server based or the new Software as a Service (SaaS) model. Like eFileCabinet Desktop, the document management solution parallels the physical file cabinet in digital format and provides users with a central repository to capture, manage, protect and share their business files. Since eFileCabinet Online is a SaaS model, users are not tethered to their local network and can access all of their files anywhere they have an Internet connection. http://www.efilecabinet.com

SpringCM announced the latest release of its cloud enterprise content management platform. Highlights of the release: New collaboration features help teams managing tasks and content to stay on the same page, including project activity streams; notifications when projects are started and tasks are assigned; New SharePoint Web Parts make it easier to provide relevant content from SpringCM right within department or project SharePoint sites; Support for Microsoft's cloud service, SharePoint Online for Office 365; and customers can view the contracts through the SpringCM interface while executives can access the contracts through SpringCM Mobile for iPad. http://www.springcm.com/

Docusign has announced Docusign for Salesforce, which allows users to enter data, initial, date, and sign contracts online, all while updating accounts automatically. Most document types are supported, and processes such as identity management/user authentication, forms/data collection, workflow automation, and storage are provided. Key aspects include: Connect with Documents in the Cloud; Single Sign On with your Salesforce Password; Mobile In-Person Signing; and Share Your Deals with Salesforce Chatter. http://www.docusign.com/ http://www.salesforce.com/   

CrownPeak, the Web Content Management (WCM) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution provider, and Magus, the SaaS website quality and compliance monitoring provider, announced a partnership making the Magus ActiveStandards website governance platform available with the CrownPeak Cloud Web Content Management (WCM) System. The combined offering is a complete SaaS solution that gives the ability to allow more business users to publish content across multiple digital channels while protecting the brand by ensuring compliance with corporate, legal and regulatory standards. Online marketers are able to implement these initiatives in the cloud and receive the capability to quickly and easily deliver content to mobile devices, target content based on browsing behavior, integrate analytics into a content management environment and target content for authenticated site visitors and more when using the CrownPeak Cloud WCM System with the ActiveStandards compliance platform. The CrownPeak Cloud WCM System is a configurable solution that allows one to add, update and manage external content and make styling changes as quickly as eBusiness strategies demand. IT departments can maintain control of the infrastructure while giving Marketing the ability to serve visitors with the right content at the right time. The CrownPeak solution offers pre-integrated frameworks, the ability to deliver Cloud WCM globally without replicating IT infrastructure, a platform agnostic solution to import, export and publish data through standard protocols and formats. http://www.crownpeak.com/ http://www.magus.co.uk/

Microsoft announced Microsoft Office 365 is now available in 40 markets. Office 365 offers a range of service plans for a monthly price from $2 to $27 per user per month. With Office 365 for small businesses, customers can be up and running with Office Web Apps, Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Lync Online and an external website quickly, for $6 (U.S.) per user, per month. These tools put enterprise-grade email, shared documents, instant messaging, video and Web conferencing, portals and more at everyone's fingertips. Office 365 for enterprises has an array of choices, from simple email to comprehensive suites to meet the needs of midsize and large businesses, as well as government organizations. Customers can now get Microsoft Office Professional Plus on a pay-as-you-go basis with cloud-based versions of the business communications and collaborations services. Office 365 for small businesses and Office 365 for enterprises are available now. http://www.office365.com

Box.net announced new integration with Google Docs. Box users can now create, edit and concurrently edit with Google Docs. In the announcing blog post, doubt was expressed by Box.net over Microsoft opening Office 365 to 3rd party developers like themselves, and thus implies that this integration with Google will be the focus of the Box.net platform for the foreseeable future. http://www.box.net/