Infodata Systems Inc. announced that James W. Myers has been named to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Steve Samowich, President and CEO of Infodata, made the announcement. Prior to joining Infodata, he was Executive Vice President and General Manager at DynSolutions, Inc., a subsidiary of DynCorp, Reston, Va. Prior to DynSolutions, Myers was co-founder and president of Vantage Technologies, Inc. www.infodata.com
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Multicosm Inc. announced version 1.5 of Refindment for Excalibur RetrievalWare 6.7 and a worldwide reseller agreement with Excalibur Technologies.Refindment’s theming and summarization features enables users to create a virtual web of related information that is linked by concept. Refindment version 1.5 features faster theme extraction, an easier to use interface, and tighter integration with RetrievalWare. When used with Excalibur RetrievalWare, Refindment helps to rapidly analyze hundreds of documents and extract the dominant concepts in less than a minute, then stores the resulting concepts in a master index. It summarizes each of the found documents and dynamically attaches hyperlinks to the primary themes in the summaries — allowing a user to jump immediately to the parts of the source document where those themes are mentioned and bypass irrelevant information. Hyperlinks are dynamically inserted into the full documents as well, enabling users to surf through their search results based on shared concepts instead of continually returning to the results list. Refindment is available immediately from Multicosm and is planned for Q4 availability by Excalibur for Excalibur RetrievalWare 6.7. www.multicosm.com
Informatica Corporation and Viador Inc. announced a joint partnership to develop a single, end-to-end, Web-based architecture to provide global businesses with access to critical enterprise data assets. The jointly developed solution, which initially will be targeted at emerging e-business applications, will feature two products for integrating and accessing enterprise data: Informatica’s data-integration platform, anchored by the PowerCenter data-integration hub, and the Viador E-Portal Suite, an enterprise portal that allows users to securely search, access, and distribute business information from any source via a single, personalized view. The Viador and Informatica integration effort will exploit the capabilities of XML. The two company’s products can already exchange metadata through the use of Informatica’s MX (metadata exchange) interface, the data warehousing industry’s first viable solution for exporting metadata to business intelligence reporting and query tools, and enterprise portals. The planned integration of Informatica and Viador products is a logical next step as XML takes center stage and becomes a widely accepted language for exchanging data and metadata among a whole of new class of Web- and e-business-enabled applications. The PowerCenter data-integration hub consolidates data from any source, including ERP systems from SAP and PeopleSoft, and delivers it and the underlying metadata to a data warehouse, data mart or operational data store (ODS). The data can also be written to message queues, flat files and XML files. www.informatica.com, www.viador.com
Engage Technologies, Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AdKnowledge Inc, in an all stock transaction valued at approximately $193 million. By integrating Engage’s profile based targeting, AdKnowledge customers will be able to target and analyze campaigns based on profiles of their target audience. AdKnowledge has become a widely used source for marketers targeting online advertising. To date, nearly all such targeting has been based on content specific ad buying. With Engage, AdKnowledge will be able to broaden its offering to include profile based targeting to its customers. Under the terms of the merger and contribution agreement, CMGI will initially acquire control of AdKnowledge through the issuance of approximately $170 million of CMGI common stock, followed by a contribution of AdKnowledge shares held by CMGI and AdKnowledge shareholders to Engage in exchange for approximately $193 million of Engage common stock. The transaction, which will be accounted for as a purchase, is subject to certain conditions, regulatory approval and the shareholder approval of Engage and AdKnowledge. AdKnowledge, which recently filed its S-1 with the SEC, is privately held and will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Engage. The transaction is expected to be completed in late 1999 or early 2000. www.adknowledge.com, www.engage.com, www.cmgi.com.
Document Technologies, Inc. (dTech) announced that Todd K. Andersen has joined the company as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Andersen began his career as a Marketing Manager with General Mills, then spent over 5 years as a Management Consultant with McKinsey & Company. Most recently, he spent 2 years as the CEO of Oriental Emporium Ltd. in Singapore. Todd will take over the daily management of the company to allow the current President, Scott A. Theis, to focus on continuing technology development. Mr. Theis will take the title of Chairman and Charles D. Weeden will move from Chairman to Vice Chairman. www.dtech-net.com
Tumbleweed Communications Corp. announced IME Developer, a product that enables enterprise developers and systems integrators to create customized, integrated, secure communications applications that run on the Tumbleweed Integrated Messaging Exchange (IME) platform. In addition, the company announced the Tumbleweed Developer Program, created to certify and provide support for developers who build and deploy secure communications applications in enterprises. Developers can use IME Developer to integrate secure communications applications with legacy data and systems, to customize the look and feel of those applications, and to develop new features and functions to run on the Tumbleweed IME platform. Tumbleweed IME is a software and services solution that leverages existing e-mail systems and networks to create a new e-business communication channel. With IME Developer as a resource, developers can rapidly create online applications optimized for e-business. www.tumbleweed.com
Webridge, Inc. announced the signing of a technology alliance agreement with AGENCY.COM. The alliance will allow Webridge’s Express applications for e-commerce, partner relationship management and knowledge portals to be offered to AGENCY.COM clients. In addition to recommending and deploying Webridge solutions for clients, AGENCY.COM has launched its corporate knowledge management portal built on Webridge’s Express Framework. The intranet site, which is the central repository for the storage and retrieval of AGENCY.COM knowledge assets, is based upon the concept of “rooms,” which are information portals centered around well-defined topics or classifications. Rooms will provide the foundation for organizing all of the Intranet content and for creating communities of people who share information, common interests, and needs with one another. www.agency.com, www.webridge.com
Verity, Inc. announced the promotion of Anthony J. Bettencourt III to president and his election to its Board of Directors. Bettencourt joined Verity two years ago, and has served as Verity’s senior vice president, worldwide sales and product marketing for the past eighteen months. With nineteen years of high-tech sales and marketing experience, Bettencourt will now be responsible for all of Verity’s sales, marketing, professional services and product development activities. Bettencourt will continue to report directly to Gary J. Sbona, Verity’s chairman and CEO. Verity also announced the promotion of Joseph J. Lawless to the position of vice president, North America and Rest of World Sales. Lawless joined Verity in July 1996, and most recently served as vice president, Eastern Sales Region. www.verity.com
