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Nuxeo, the Open Source Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform company, announced a technology alliance with Hippo, a vendor of commercial Java Open Source Web Content Management. The two companies have built an ECM/WCM connector based on the OASIS CMIS (Content Management Interoperability Services) standard. Both Nuxeo and Hippo are open source, Java-based, CMIS-compliant platforms. The Nuxeo/Hippo connector benefits from a high degree of flexibility and ensures that content coming from other sources within the organization can be integrated into both platforms. Based on the CMIS standard, the connector allows for content from a Nuxeo-based ECM application to be accessible on a Hippo-based website. This eliminates the need to duplicate the information, and maintains the content history, validation workflow, versioning, and associated metadata. The connector is currently available as a service offering. http://www.nuxeo.com http://www.nuxeo.com http://www.onehippo.com/

SaaS content management system (CMS) Granite Horizon In The Cloud now provides enhanced mobile features as well as a new search engine (SEO) optimization tool. In The Cloud (ITC) subscribers now can easily deploy mobile apps to make use of their content in ways optimized for iPhone, iPad, and other mobile devices. Thanks to its new application programming interface (API), the information stored in the CMS can be consumed in attractive apps. A "canonical link" feature was introduced today as well. The CMS allows content to appear in multiple locations (for example, on the mobile version of the site as well as the main version). Other features deployed include an enhancement to the editorial interface and an improvement to the workflow system. http://granitehorizon.com

Ingeniux Corporation, a provider of web and social content management software for web, tablet, and mobile devices, announced the release of the Ingeniux Mobile Web Portal and new mobile solution packages for Ingeniux customers. To help large web publishers meet the needs of mobile users, Ingeniux has developed a range of new multi-channel content publishing solutions. The Ingeniux Mobile Portal is a new solution for Ingeniux CMS users that provides a flexible mobile website solution for smart phone users. It includes mobile channel publishing for multiple content types, including Ingeniux CMS content, syndicated content (ATOM or RSS), and third-party services like Google Maps, Twitter and Facebook. With the addition of the Ingeniux Cartella community server, mobile portal publishers can provide secure content, deploy digital lockers, and personalize services for end users. http://www.ingeniux.com

e-Spirit AG has added the open source Liferay Portal to their range of possibilities for integration of the FirstSpirit content management system into enterprise portals. The module was developed in cooperation with e-Spirit’s technology partner USU. Integrating FirstSpirit in Liferay will allow organizations to create employee portals that combine Enterprise 2.0 functionality, IT applications, content and collaboration. Organizations will also be able to provide their employees with access to Web 2.0 functions such as forums, blogs and wikis and offering them a platform to efficiently organize collaboration and share information beyond individual departments. The new module will be available in May. http://www.e-spirit.com http://www.liferay.com/

OpenText has released portal software designed to let customers to create flexible and personalized social, content, and customer-centric sites. The portals, available as part of the developer's OpenText Portal 8.1.1 software, let users mashup content from Microsoft SharePoint, OpenText Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Suite, and other sources, into one personalized interface for intranets, extranets, and customer-facing Web sites. OpenText Portal, formerly Vignette Portal, lets business users travel across different applications, creating and managing folders and documents within their workspace. The developer incorporated secure social media capabilities including wikis, forums, and discussions, and users can engage in microblogging, follow coworkers, share content, and locate subject-matter experts. OpenText Pulse gives employees a view into colleagues' activities, making them more productive and simplifying collaboration via Facebook-like status updates. The developer took the wraps off three new portlets: An activity feed, navigation, and federated search portlet. OpenText's activity feed portlet gives users access to OpenText Pulse's social collaboration tools, designed to help colleagues stay current on associates' activities, availability, and expertise. Employees easily can communicate changes to projects, timelines, and bottlenecks, according to OpenText. With the navigation portlet for Content server, workers receive a snapshot picture of the content they are working on, one that spans multiple repositories. Lastly, employees can use the federated search portlet to submit either basic or advanced searches across multiple content server file systems, databases, or applications to locate search results in one view. http://www.opentext.com/

Diversified Global Graphics Group (DG3) announced the availability of its proprietary XBRL viewer integrated into FundInSite summary prospectus and shareholder report document solution. The XBRL viewer was developed internally and is integrated into the summary prospectus viewing experience. In addition the viewer can be installed on client servers for use by fund companies that host their own documents. The viewer has the following features: Customizable viewing experience designed by the fund company; Risk and return category hyperlinks for fast navigation at the top of each instance; Printer friendly and "zoomable" for larger type; Exportable to Microsoft Excel; Downloadable XML for use in other XBRL viewers; Display in the same window or a pop-up window; Automatically adopts new schemas from the SEC; Permanent database of XBRL documents; and Instant availability if DG3 provides XBRL tagging service. DG3 provides full service marketing and compliance communications for fund companies, including document preparation, production and distribution services. In addition, DG3 provides advanced compliance management systems as a service. These services combined with the launch of the proprietary XBRL viewing technology gives fund companies an option for fulfilling their disclosure requirements. The XBRL viewer is integrated into FundInSite, which provides the following features: Marketing appeal and user friendly for fund shareholders; a single source, proprietary and wholly owned solution; Immediate availability of documents; No customization fees; Rapid availability of new micro-sites; and an unique usage analytics engine. http://www.dg3.com/

Harvard University has rolled out the latest release of OpenScholar, an open-source web content management (WCM) program geared for the academic community. OpenScholar's aim is to make building and customizing Web sites simple and straightforward for academics who aren't necessarily tech-savvy. There are currently two versions of the software: one for scholars to create a personal Web site and one for researchers to build a project Web site. Though faculty members often have Web sites created for them by their department's staff, OpenScholar was created to help academics make (and manage) their own Web sites by automating processes. Once installed researchers can register online to create their own Web site, selecting the features they want from OpenScholar's menu of options, which is tailored for professors. For faculty who are building personal Web sites, the available plug-ins include pages that display their curriculum vitae, a list of courses they teach, and a list of publications that can be downloaded. The software's project version offers similar options, such as pages for publications, presentations, and a list of people who are part of the research team. OpenScholar began as a Harvard-only project in May 2009, but because the feedback was so positive, the software was made open-source and available universally through Drupal. Since OpenScholar's first release last fall, OpenScholar has received tweaks based on comments from the Drupal community and the ~200 members at Harvard who tried/use it. The project team is also planning to release a version of the software for departments in the fall. http://openscholar.harvard.edu

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/

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/