MINT Communication Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Oshap Technologies Ltd. and a provider of Enterprise Application Integration solutions to the financial services industry, announced support for XML. Financial institutions are adopting XML as a new standard because its flexible structure can simplify and speed the process of integrating and transmitting complex financial information between banks, securities firms, and clearing networks. The MINT/Rule Manager Module allows users to import and export XML metadata, and to integrate the data with other financial applications and industry standards like FIX and SWIFT, avoiding the time and cost for manually re-defining and transforming message formats. www.mintech.com
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POET Software Corporation announced the completion of a $9.9 million financing round. POET Holdings, Inc., the parent company for the POET group, received $6 million in equity investments in exchange for “Preferred Series D” shares in December 1998 from both new and existing investors. New investors include Private Equity Bridge Invest Ltd.(PEBI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Private Equity Holding AG of Zug, Switzerland, and the German Technologie-Beteiligungs-Gesellschaft bmH (“tbg”). Previous investors who also participated in the “Preferred Series D” financing are European Technologieholding, Sigma Partners, El Dorado Ventures, INNOVACOM I, Atlas Venture Europe Fund BV, and Lawrence Owen Brown. In addition, tbg invested $3.9 million through a convertible long-term note. www.poet.com
QuickStream Software, Inc. announced three new interfaces to its Java-based DocCentral document management system. The QuickStream Developers Kit (QDK), Open Document Management API (ODMA) and HTML Interface are available for beta testing with a scheduled commercial release in March. Providing a base for the other interfaces, the QDK allows the creation of custom functions on top of the DocCentral application. The QDK is a set of simple Java functions that can be integrated into Java applications and Java applets. Developers can use the QDK to create customized features and incorporate them into DocCentral. Individually, the DocCentral server software is $2,950.00, the Java-based Director client is $495.00 and the HTML-based Associate client is $49.95. The small work group twenty-five user bundle includes Java server software, four Director clients and twenty-one Associate clients for $4,995.00. The large work group fifty user bundle is $8,995.00 and includes Java server software, ten Director clients and forty Associate clients. QuickStream also offers a “Get Started” bundle that can be downloaded from its website at www.quickstream.com
LexiQuest, Inc., announced a strategic reseller agreement with Verity, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement Verity will resell LexiQuest technology and products through the Verity sales force. The agreement gives Verity customers access to LexiQuest’s linguistic technology. The LexiQuest technology allows people to use everyday language to create search requests for Verity Knowledge Retrieval systems. These two technologies combine to give many types of users with different levels of skill and training tools to achieve results across a broad array of information resources. Because the LexiQuest technology includes a customizable linguistic knowledge base, it can be tuned to understand language that is specific to a given industry or discipline. The technology provides an intelligent linguistic interface that is easy for non-researchers to use. www.verity.com, www.lexiquest.com
Sequoia Software Corp. and Impact Innovations Corp. (IMPACT) today announced formation of a strategic marketing and development agreement. The relationship will enable Impact Innovations, a VAR and integrator of information technology, to resell and create new product packages with Sequoia Interchange98 (i98) or to use it in integration projects. Under the licensing agreement with Sequoia, IMPACT will be a direct distribution channel for Interchange98 providing training, technical support, marketing and sales. The agreement takes effect immediately. i98 provides a distributed XML and document repository, data distribution and replication services, XML publishing, XML data entry, standardized security, and workflow with content-based routing. www.sequoiasw.com, www.iiginc.com
Sterling Commerce, Inc., a provider of business-to-business electronic commerce software and services, announced, in conjunction with Ariba Technologies, its plans to support cXML. cXML is a proposed open industry standard for electronic commerce that reduces online business costs by facilitating the exchange of content and transaction information over the Internet between buyers and suppliers. cXML provides another method for companies, such as Sterling Commerce customers, to automate business processes, both internally and via commerce communities. www.sterlingcommerce.com
SoftQuad Software Inc., announced new value-added tools for HoTMetaL Application Server, its low-cost solution for deploying e-commerce, customer service and personalized content applications. These tools–Quick Apps and Power Parts–are pre-built mini-applications that are ideal for end-users and developers alike, enabling them to increase the functionality of their sites with drag-and-drop ease. Quick Apps and Power Parts are available at no charge via SoftQuad Software’s new web site, www.hmfx.com. HoTMetaL users can access these sophisticated tools via the HoTMetaL Resource Manager. Once loaded into the Resource Manager, users just drag and drop to add the mini-applications to their web sites. Absolutely no programming or testing is required. Power Parts are building blocks that enhance a Web site’s productivity instantly. They are also developed using Miva scripts, and are accessed through the HoTMetaL Resource Manager. Power Parts include a Mail-to form, a banner ad rotator and statistical analysis tool, and a robust password protection system with the ability to add and delete users, create and change passwords, and more. To add Power Parts to a site, users just select one from the Resource Manager, define a few parameters and settings, and then insert it onto their site. www.softquad.com
Quest Software, Inc. announced a new release of its Vista Plus Report-Based Information Management (RBIM) solution. Vista Plus 4.1 provides enhanced report management as well as electronic document management capabilities. A client/server-based solution, Vista Plus automatically captures, stores, indexes, and distributes mission-critical report data of any Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions. www.quests.com
