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Adobe Systems Incorporated announced that it has acquired EchoSign, a leading Web-based provider of electronic signatures and signature automation. EchoSign's electronic signature solution will be a key component of Adobe's document exchange services platform. The EchoSign solution will be integrated with other Adobe document services including SendNow for managed file transfer, FormsCentral for form creation and CreatePDF for online PDF creation. The EchoSign electronic signature solution automates the entire signature process from the request for signature to the distribution and execution of the form or agreement. The EchoSign service includes a rich set of APIs for incorporation with company-specific solutions to improve the process of sending, tracking and signing digital documents. EchoSign is based in Palo Alto, Calif. with a sales presence in the U.K. and Germany. The founders of EchoSign and all full-time employees will join Adobe. http://www.adobe.com http://www.echosign.com/

Nuxeo, the Open Source Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform company, released a new version of Nuxeo Document Management and Nuxeo Enterprise Platform today. Nuxeo DM 5.4.2 offers a host of usability and social features to make the user experience even smoother and more streamlined. Key contributions highlight the value of community involvement in the strategy of continuous innovation for the Nuxeo platform. The release of Nuxeo DM 5.4.2 and its underlying platform, Nuxeo EP, demonstrates execution on a vision of ongoing innovation, community engagement, and open standards support, delivered to content management application architects and developers. Driven by community feedback, many of the new features and enhancements improve usability of the application, using state-of-the-art technologies and standards, such as OpenSocial, OAuth, HTML5, WebDAV, and CMIS. The new WSS connector was contributed by Nuxeo partner Gagnavarslan, an ECM solution provider in Iceland. The Nuxeo and Gagnavarslan teams collaborated to integrate this new component after passing the Nuxeo QA process. With this connector, the Nuxeo repository can be mapped as a drive under MS Windows or Mac OS X. Other contributions include ongoing enhancements for the OpenSocial integration from customer Leroy Merlin. It now supports the GWT OpenSocial container, making the dashboard faster, and providing more gadgets and layout options. In addition, the Nuxeo platform is now completely integrated with OpenSocial and fully supports OAuth, allowing for external gadget integration in Nuxeo DM, and the use of Nuxeo DM gadgets in external containers, such as iGoogle. OAuth support ensures control of which services are used and the scope of data shared between applications. While the GWT container is well equipped to manage dashboards, a new light OpenSocial JavaScript Gadget container offers a quick and easy way to add an OpenSocial gadget to a content template in Nuxeo DM. Other highlights of Nuxeo EP and DM 5.4.2 include: HTML 5 Drag'n'Drop; New system properties for the CMIS interface; Improved User Interface layout; Content Views; and Facets. Nuxeo DM 5.4.2 is available with no license charge, download options include an installable application for Windows, Linux or Mac environments, as well as a pre-configured virtual appliance for VMWare or VirtualBox-compatible environments. Nuxeo DM can also be previewed instantly with an online trial version. http://www.nuxeo.com

Adeptol, a provider of document viewing technology, announced the release of a new product– Lite Document Viewer, a viewer optimized for viewing scanned documents & images such as TIFF and PDF files. Lite Document Viewer’s name is derived from its "light weight" architecture and is a browser based viewer requiring no client side installs or setups. The document viewer runs right within the browser and requires no Active X Controls, Applets or Flash and comes with no dependencies on browsers. The viewer can run within any browser and offers extensive control over images within a web browser. Adeptol Document Viewer can be installed on Windows or Linux or Sun Solaris on server side and even runs on mobile phones and tablet devices such as iPad, iPhone, Android, Blackberry etc. The viewer offers control over the end-user’s viewing experience and comes with features such as thumbnail views, watermarking, advanced zoom controls along with image handling controls. The new Document Viewer is available for download immediately for the existing and new customers. http://www.ajaxdocumentviewer.com/

SpringCM announced the latest release of its cloud enterprise content management platform. This latest release features new case management capabilities, helps SpringCM customers deliver more consistent execution, enhance team productivity and increase management visibility of key business processes. In addition, mobile support for iPad uses intuitive-gesture interface, but also gives access to cloud capabilities such as full-text search of corporate-content repositories. Other highlights include: Enhances quality-of-service and compliance with defined rules; Provides a status view to all case participants to improve team and customer communication; Faster responsiveness to objectives and process changes; Enables more effective internal collaboration on cases; Improves communication with customers and other service requesters; and it requires minimal IT resources. http://www.springcm.com/

Box launched ECM Cloud Connect to help enterprises leverage their investment in on-premise ECM systems by linking them to Box's cloud content management platform, facilitating broader employee adoption, easy external collaboration, and content access from any mobile device. ECM Cloud Connect enables organizations to move content seamlessly and automatically between on-premise solutions and Box's cloud platform. ECM Cloud Connect links Box to more than 40 other systems, including Microsoft SharePoint and EMC Documentum. Additionally, Box announced integration and consulting support from Armedia, BPA Technologies, ConvergePoint, and ZSL. Designed by EntropySoft and available as an addition for Box Enterprise customers, ECM Cloud Connect also enables organizations to use an on-premise system to ensure compliance to corporate records management and archiving policies for content stored in Box. With ECM Cloud Connect, existing and future Box customers can synchronize content between Box and a selection of 40 on-premise ECM systems, trigger automatic content archiving from Box to on-premise ECM systems, and transfer content from on-premise ECM systems to Box, or vice versa. http://www.box.net, http://www.entropysoft.net

Wordpress has announced the latested release of it's blogging platform, featuring a redesigned linking workflow (easing links to existing posts and pages), an admin bar with hotlinks to common dashboard functions, and a pared down writing interface that hides seldom-used panels by default, and a refreshed blue admin scheme (optional). New features aimed at Developers include a new Post Formats support which allows for portable tumblelogs with different styling for different types of posts, as well as new CMS capabilities like archive pages for custom content types, a new Network Admin, an overhaul of the import and export system, and the ability to perform advanced taxonomy and custom fields queries. http://wordpress.org

Adobe Systems Incorporated introduced the Adobe Acrobat X software family – Acrobat X, Reader X, the Acrobat X Suite and new document exchange services at Acrobat.com. Acrobat X features new guided Actions to simplify multi-step document preparation and publishing processes as well as customization capabilities in PDF Portfolios to unify multiple file types into a presentation. Integration with Microsoft SharePoint encourages consistency of PDF documents across the enterprise, and the re-use of content is now easier with an improved function for exporting to Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. New Acrobat X Features include: Automate routine, multi-step tasks with new guided Actions and share them with coworkers and collaborators; Change how users view and interact with content and its context with PDF Portfolios using new layouts, visual themes and color palettes; Synergy between Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Acrobat  for creating more dynamic communications; Capture, edit and combine digital content right from the desktop; Microsoft SharePoint integration; Check-in, check-out PDF files for reviewing and editing shared documents; Streamline the process for deploying, configuring and managing updates and conform to ISO standards; ans well as the ability to display the most commonly used tools in one pane with the updated user interface. New in Adobe Reader X: Commenting is now available in Adobe Reader X, with Sticky Notes and Highlighter tools available to all users; Expands PDF access to mobile devices with free Adobe Reader X for Android, Windows® Phone 7 and Blackberry Tablet OS; and safer viewing of PDF files with new Protected Mode security capabilities in Reader X. www.adobe.com

Solimar Systems, Inc., a global provider of production printing and secure document delivery solutions, announced the release of a new version of Solimar Print Director Enterprise (SPDE) that is compatible with Windows 7. Solimar has released SPDE 7.1, which contains support for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 operating systems. In addition to Windows 7 support, SPDE 7.1 offers a new conversion from PDF to AFPDS. The PDF::AFPDS(OC) emulation module leverages PDF containers within AFPDS data streams to enable high speed conversion and optimized file sizes for those organizations with advanced AFPDS workflows that need to leverage PDF as a data source. SPDE 7.1 also offers software-based product licensing for clients running in virtualized environments. Solimar has a variety of product licensing options to meet the various requirements of customers. In addition to the standard production license, other license types designed for productivity while providing economy for clients: Test license is used to trial new features in a non-production setting; Development license is used to safely compose and test new configurations outside of the production system; and Disaster recovery license is used to activate backup systems that will be used in case of emergency. http://www.solimarsystems.com/

DLI.tools Inc. and Innovative Ideas Unlimited Inc (IIUI) jointly announced the release of IIUI's Records Manager Express solution as an integrated records management module for DOCOVA Document Manager, the popular Document Management platform for IBM Lotus Domino environments. The joint effort provides IBM Lotus Domino and DOCOVA customers with a solution for records, document and content management. IIUI's Records Manager Express module provides DOCOVA with DoD 5015.2 certified records management capabilities and software to provide compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, and FDA 21 CFR Part 11 regulations. Additionally, full auto-filing rules, records retention and disposition schedules can be maintained and managed without requiring any programming knowledge for Records Managers. The IIUI Records Manager Express module is available for purchase from IIUI, DLI.tools and any DOCOVA Business Partner. See and hear DOCOVA live at the upcoming MidWest Lotus Notes User Group, the I AM Lotus User Group (August 2010), the Irish Lotus Notes User Group (November 2010) and the Netherlands Lotus User Group (Autumn 2010). http://www.dlitools.com http://www.iiui.com/

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/