Oracle announced the immediate availability of new XML components, so they now
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Transparent Language, Inc., announced the launch of FreeTranslation.com, a free website designed to translate text and foreign language web pages from English to Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese, as well as to English from Spanish, French and German. FreeTranslation.com uses the TranscendRT natural language translation engine. FreeTranslation.com is a straightforward site for rapid translations where users can obtain the meaning or “gist” of foreign language text and web pages. Users log onto www.FreeTranslation.com and type or paste text directly into a translation box, select a language from the pull-down menu to translate the text to, and then simply click the “translate” button. The translation is completed within seconds. Similarly, web pages are translated by typing or pasting the URL of the web page to be translated, selecting the language for translation and clicking the “translate” button. The translated web page text is displayed while retaining the site’s original formatting and graphics. Collaborating with FreeTranslation.com Transparent Language is interested in working with other companies to bring translation capabilities to their web sites. Any company interested in discussing a possible collaboration with FreeTranslation.com should e-mail Transparent Language at links@transparent.com. www.transparent.com.
Marimba, Inc. announced the release of DocService, a new application which automates targeted document delivery across corporate intranets, extranets and the Internet. DocService makes it easy for corporations to deliver single documents to single recipients or hundreds of documents to thousands of recipients, all within a managed and organized infrastructure that supports automatic document updating. By making documents easier to distribute and update, DocService helps enable companies to reduce administrative expenses, enhance communications and productivity, and improve customer service. DocService is the first release in a planned portfolio of Marimba applications designed to provide a complete, out-of-the-box solution for a specific Internet Services Management (ISM) challenge. DocService is designed to provide automatic, targeted, bandwidth efficient delivery of documents to recipients, both inside and outside the corporation. Current document delivery mechanisms, such as email, Web servers, document management solutions, or hard copy, each have advantages in specific situations, but they typically lack DocService
Softshare announced ecSuite, a suite of e-commerce products that provides range of solutions addressing the needs of organizations from the small, home-based business to the large enterprise. Softshare’s ecSuite provides a total Internet e-commerce environment and, when combined with the Softshare Network, a traditional EDI solution. The entry-level product for the small business is Softshare Vista 2.0 Standard Edition. Softshare Vista is a 32-bit Windows-based desktop EDI application that enables trading partners to electronically create and exchange business documents such as purchase orders, invoices and advance-ship notices. Standards supported include traditional EDI such as ANSI X12, UN/EDIFACT, as well as XML and XSL. Communications are SMTP and POP3 based. Softshare Vista 2.0 Standard Edition is priced at $295 for the single user. Softshare Vista 2.0 Professional Edition adds S/MIME security, advanced document tracking, event-driven document management, trading partner management, multiple mailbox support and direct integration with Softshare’s universal data translator, Softshare Delta. The Professional Edition is priced at $995 and includes a five-user license. Softshare Delta is a data translator capable of mapping both to and from EDI, flat file (from both fixed-width and delimited), XML and OLE DB data sources. Delta also supports mapping to free-form text documents, such as HTML, to aid in Web and Internet integration. www.softshare.com.
Seacrest Development Corporation announced that an agreement has been reached to acquire Imagen Technologies, Inc. for $450,000. Currently, Imagen specializes in e-mail invoicing interfaces, with a core AXML technology utilizing XML to offer advanced invoicing capabilities in its new Invoy product. Seacrest’s acquisition is subject to regulatory approval by the Vancouver Stock Exchange, an independent evaluation of Imagen, a $300, 000 cash payment and $150,000 in stock. www.imagen.com
PHT Corp. announced the development of Version 4.0 of its PlexxNet Clinical Network, a web-based, paperless system for direct data capture, data and trial management that supports the full life cycle of clinical trials. This newest version of PlexxNet, with delivery expected in the fourth quarter, is the first system in the clinical trials industry to use XML to enable increased data interchange, archiving, storage, and management. To help define the prototype model for use of XML in clinical trials data capture, PHT has formed a strategic partnership with Lincoln Technologies, Inc., a Boston-area consulting firm led by Chan Russell and David Fram, who developed the first version of Clintrial. PHT and Lincoln Technologies are jointly developing a new DTD for the clinical trials market. In turn, PHT and Lincoln will make the DTD available to the clinical research industry to begin the development of an open and broad XML-based standard for clinical research. www.phtcorp.com
SAP AG announced its endorsement of eConcert, the multipartner implementation of RosettaNet’s electronic commerce standards. As one of the enterprise business software solution members of the managing board of the RosettaNet global electronic commerce standards consortium, SAP says it is committed to implementing RosettaNet XML-based Partner Interface Processes (PIP) to help further extend the current Internet commerce capabilities of its 20,000 customers worldwide by RosettaNet’s Feb.2, 2000, industry readiness target date. www.sap.com.
J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP announced that IBM Corp. would participate on the technical committee for the recently announced Internet-based protocol FpML (XML-based financial products markup language), a specification for electronic dealing and information sharing of financial derivatives. The two firms also announced that IBM would help create FpML seminars for technical and financial services professionals worldwide. The FpML standard, announced last week by J.P. Morgan and PricewaterhouseCoopers, enables Internet-based electronic dealing and information sharing of financial derivatives, initially focusing on interest rate and foreign exchange products. The FpML standard, which will be licensed freely to the technical and financial markets, is based on XML and will allow the Internet-based integration of a range of services, from electronic trading and confirmations to portfolio specification for risk analysis. For more information on the FpML seminars or the FpML standard, see www.fpml.org.
