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Alfresco, the open platform for social content management, and WeWebU Software AG, the maker of OpenWorkdesk, have announced their global technology partnership. Together, they are offering the Open Source alternative for transactional content management: WeWebU OpenWorkdesk on Alfresco. WeWebU integrated their OpenWorkdesk suite of composite content applications seamlessly into the Alfresco platform using CMIS (Content Management Interoperability Services). Both, Alfresco and WeWebU, are involved in further developing the CMIS standard as active members of the OASIS CMIS Technical Committee. WeWebU OpenWorkdesk is the first choice of many organizations for transactional content management where maximum throughput and efficiency are key requirements. http://www.alfresco.com http://www.wewebu-software.com/

Kentico Software, the Web content management system vendor and E-Commerce solution vendor, announced a strategic partnership with Avalara, a leading provider of fully automated, up-to-date sales and use tax compliance solutions. http://www.kentico.com http://www.avalara.com

Bridgeline Digital, Inc., a developer of web engagement management software and interactive technology solutions, announced the release of iAPPS V4.5. The enhancements in iAPPS V4.5 are focused on extending the eCommerce capabilities of the iAPPS Product Suite through expansion of the B2B functionality within iAPPS Commerce. Additionally, with the implementation of ISYS Search Software, the iAPPS Product Suite now benefits from a more advanced search solution than previously existed. Bridgeline's iAPPS Product Suite is a SaaS solution that unifies Content Management, e-Commerce, e-Marketing, and Analytics capabilities. With the release of iAPPS 4.5, the retail eCommerce capabilities of iAPPS Commerce have been extended to handle the intricacies required of a B2B platform. Enhancements to Order Workflow now enable configurable business rules around orders and make it possible for iAPPS to call out to ERP or other back office systems to determine if an order can be processed. With eCommerce platforms, the sell-side user experience is frequently the focus, especially when it comes to B2B. iAPPS Commerce now offers enhanced abilities for online shoppers to rate products and post comments on product pages while store owners still maintain control. iAPPS Commerce includes a Comments Awaiting Approval workflow that enables review of comments before they go live on the site. The built-in search capabilities of the iAPPS Product Suite benefit from new integration of ISYS Search Software and can deliver search results across all iAPPS products. Comments within iAPPS Content Manager can now be edited and their status changed at anytime. With the release of iAPPS v4.5, Bridgeline continues to provide the scalability, flexibility and features organizations need to manage and optimize their websites and control their brands online. Bridgeline offers all products within the iAPPS Product Suite in either a monthly subscription (SaaS) fee or traditional perpetual license option. http://www.bridgelinedigital.com/

WebCollage, Inc. a developer in online content publishing, announced the release of the interactive tour builder within the WebCollage content publishing application, Content Publisher. The interactive tour builder allows one to design, build and publish interactive product demos with existing assets directly onto their retail partner's product pages. Manufacturers can build then syndicate product demonstrations across their retail channel. Content Publisher's new interactive tour feature is designed for marketing personnel to create interactive tours using existing assets staying within the Content Publisher application. The Content Publisher platform lets end users design and then syndicate the entire interactive tour, complete with tabs, buttons and call outs directly to their retail partner's websites. Content Publisher is designed with an intuitive user interface that integrates with WebCollage's patented syndication platform. The SaaS solution gives end users control of what and when to syndicate, to which retailer and how many and when to update. http://www.webcollage.com/

ModusLink is making available additional, prepackaged, transaction-based Entitlement Management Solutions to support the demand for digital content offered by business to consumer (B2C) organizations. ModusLink's Entitlement Management Solutions are designed to increase and protect revenue, as well as prevent unauthorized use, access or dissemination of software, digital content or intellectual property (IP). ModusLink's Entitlement Management Solutions are a flexible, integrated set of offerings that act as a gatekeeper to control access to content rather than securing it from unauthorized usage. Key features include media asset management, time- and contract-based automation of subscription renewals and expiration notifications, digital activation of software and hardware capabilities as well as digital and physical product and content delivery. In addition to entitlement services, ModusLink's B2C Entitlement Management Solutions are prepackaged with Web store, shopping cart, catalog, financial management and digital delivery functionality. The solutions include: ModusLink Subscription allows clients to create, maintain, update and renew subscription-based activities, features and products; ModusLink Activation enables clients to turn a product on or off, and to enable or disable product features; and ModusLink Upgrade gives the ability to generate offers to existing customers to upgrade a current product, feature or service. ModusLink continues to support entitlement functionality through its Enterprise Entitlement Solution, which provides comprehensive support for management and control of digital content on a large scale. Typically deployed by B2B companies, the offering is capable of handling high volume and increased complexity such as selling through system integrators (SIs) and value added resellers (VARs). All of ModusLink's Entitlement Management Solutions can be integrated with ModusLink's e-Business Suite of Solutions, providing a range of services from the shopping cart, contact center support, customer loyalty programs and more. http://www.moduslink.com/

SEOTOASTER is a bundle that combines a web content management system, integrated shopping cart software, a sale/b2b e-commerce quoting engine, with automated SEO. The new shopping cart is coupled with a search engine optimization feature set. SEOTOASTER integrates the Paypal payment system for credit card processing and can also configure any number of desired additional payment gateways. SEOTOASTER also offers an integrated quote management engine for e-commerce merchants who require offline interaction to close sales. B2C or B2B merchants like car dealers, equipment vendors, or those who sell luxury items or high-end appliances will appreciate the new quoting engine. The quoting engine requires a single click configuration and, coupled with the shopping cart, handles the intake of quote requests, status displays, and flexible processing. Capabilities include  creation and emailing of PDF quotes to the prospective clients with an integrated online payment button, and quote creation from scratch over the phone by internal staffers. Clients can further enhance SEOTOASTER's existing marketing feature set with an optional SEO Samba subscription, which provides the ability to market from a central interface for multiple websites hosted worldwide. SEO Samba provides simple solutions to clients and automatically executes on-site SEO techniques and provides access to automated off-site link building tactics; distributes your information to web, RSS directories, and specialized search engines such as Google News; distributes unlimited optimized press releases automatically; it is priced at $99 per month. SEOTOASTER is also available as a turnkey e-commerce website builder hosted service, with nightly backup, automated software revision and support for $25/month. http://www.seotoaster.com/

Endeca Technologies, Inc., a search applications company, and hybris, a vendor of multi-channel commerce and communication software, announced Endeca Multichannel Commerce with hybris, bringing together Endeca's user experience and contextual merchandising capabilities, with the configurable hybris eCommerce Platform and built-in Product Content Management (PCM) system. Leveraging a partnership announced in late 2009, Endeca Multichannel Commerce with hybris unifies previously separate core commerce components that require the most integration -- Endeca search, browse, merchandising with hybris eCommerce, WCMS, PIM, DAM, and print -- into a single architecture. The result is a solution that addresses online retail business needs flexibly. At the heart of Endeca Multichannel Commerce lies the hybris PCM, the basis for the flexibility and configurability of the hybris eCommerce Platform, which allows it to map to business structures and processes dynamically. The hybris eCommerce Platform provides a configurable, open-standard software package that allows the mapping of sales and order management, synchronizes sales channels efficiently, and provides retailers and manufacturers with a solution that manages the entire sales cycle. The user experience and merchandising capabilities of Endeca Multichannel Commerce with hybris are built on patented Endeca MDEX Engine technology, a new class of technology optimized for helping shoppers explore content, regardless of its source or format. http://www.endeca.com/ http://www.hybris.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.

Celerant Technology recently completed the integration of its content management system (CMS). The Celerant CMS was designed to simplify the task of editing web content, allowing updates to be made quickly with little technical knowledge. Celerant Technology provides a multichannel solution for retail organizations; from point of sale, inventory management, warehousing, E-Commerce and more. The integrated CMS can maintain the content of E-Commerce sites, such as news articles, press releases, images, and videos. Blogs can be created which can feature related products that link back to product pages. Brand pages can be created with customized headers allowing users to increase that brand’s relevance on the web while improving SEO. http://www.celerant.com/

Townnews.com, a publishing technology developer, has announced the release of Total CMS. BLOX Total CMS integrates articles, videos, photos, graphics and other content into a single system. BLOX allows editors, web masters or others designated by the newspaper to place programmable and movable blocks of content any place on a web site. The blocks can be moved by newspaper staff members, or can be programmed to move, appear or disappear at designated times and dates. Each block can be programmed to pull in text, photos, videos, graphics, HTML documents, related links and portable document files. Smart blocks can change structure or design in response to the type of content they are fed (video versus text, for example). BLOX CMS is integrated with features such as an interactive calendar, blogs, Social Marketplace, online Yellow Pages, classifieds and more. All the content is managed in a centralized database, and content can be shared between other newspapers on BLOX CMS. Total CMS allows the content to be flowed into InDesign templates. BLOX CMS contains its own word processor and photo editor that can be linked with commercial word processors and photo editors. Total CMS is integrated with a new Social Marketplace solution, which merges business information (default business listings as well as detailed profiles) with user-generated content (videos, photos, etc), calendar information and advertising content (both display and classified) – all under a single sign-on. BLOX Social Marketplace allows businesses and members of the public – if granted permission by the newspaper – to manage commenting, advertising, content and reviews on business profile pages. http://townnews.com