Percussion Software’s XSpLit, a free utility for converting HTML into XML and XSL, is now available at www.percussion.com/xsplit. XSpLit meets the demands of organizations that need a simple and effective way of transforming thousands of Web-based HTML pages into XML for e-commerce and other applications. With XSpLit, developers can create the XML and XSL equivalents of their HTML pages without investing a lot of time learning XML or writing the pages by hand. This patent-pending technology is a key component of Percussion’s XML Data Server product, Rhythmyx, which dynamically serves structured data from relational databases into Web pages. Rhythmyx is one of the first products that makes use of XSL in a production environment and helps organizations benefit from XML today. Percussion XSpLit V1.0 is free for personal use. Companies wishing to license the product for bundled distribution with their offerings should contact Percussion Software for terms and conditions. The utility runs on Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0. www.percussion.com
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Media-Bridge Technologies, Inc. introduced a full suite of solutions to help leading retailers, catalog businesses and media companies connect customers and brands across media. Media-Bridge enables businesses to manage content and promotions across virtually any media – print, the Web and e-mail. Powerful multi-channel marketing functionality combines with advanced content management and workflow to deliver the retail, catalog and publishing industries sophisticated one-to-one marketing capabilities and streamlined workflows regardless of chosen delivery media. Through partnerships with Vignette, Engage, Retek, Quebecor, Adobe Systems, Breakaway Solutions and other technology powerhouses, Media-Bridge is now able to meet a wide range of complex e-marketing and content management needs. Media-Bridge helps its customers create closed loop marketing environments with solutions that link legacy product and customer databases to Media-Bridge’s promotion planning and content management systems. Merchants, creative staffs, and publishers are able to create targeted promotional campaigns based on customer profile information to drive multiple media channels. Media-Bridge is a new company formed with the recently announced merger between Cascade Systems, Inc. and UK-based MidSystems Technology Inc. Media-Bridge offers three industry solutions that can be customized to specific customer requirements. The Media-Bridge retail industry solution is comprehensive, allowing retailers to create sophisticated media marketing plans, efficiently produce Web, e-mail and traditional print campaigns, and incorporate advanced e-commerce and e-publishing technology. The company’s catalog industry solution enables catalog businesses to develop targeted catalogs and personalized promotions for Internet and print by integrating product data and customer profile information. These tools achieve dynamic interactive marketing online – enabling businesses to realize the dream of one-to-one marketing. Key features of the Media-Bridge catalog industry solution include: Access to all relevant product data, customer and marketing data; Tools that support coordinating customer and product data with real-time collaboration between merchants and content creators; Support for whatever combination of delivery media will provide the best return while maintaining consistent branding; and an architecture ready to support future delivery media. Finally, Media-Bridge enables publishers to re-position their trusted brand in the interactive age and build strong relationships with their advertisers and customers. Media-Bridge gives publishers the ability to publish any time, for any target audience, on the Web or in print.www.media-bridge.com
Rogue Wave Software announced the release of Nouveau 2.0. Nouveau supports Windows DNA 2000 and SOAP to give developers the ability to build applications using mixed CORBA, COM, Java, RPC and XML technology, and to access and distribute CORBA services via the Internet. Rogue Wave’s Nouveau 2.0 is available immediately on Microsoft Windows NT and available soon with support for Linux, Sun Solaris, and other popular UNIX platforms, through Rogue Wave Software and its sales channel. Pricing for Nouveau starts at $3600 plus deployment. www.roguewave.com
edocs announced XMLDirect. XMLDirect enables the rapid deployment of applications that transform legacy bill, statement, trade confirmation and other transactional document data directly into XML without the need to write programming code in languages such as C++, Java, or Perl. XMLDirect builds on edocs’ BillDirect platform, which is a complete, off-the-shelf software solution that transforms transactional content into personalized, interactive communications for enabling customer care and marketing via the Internet. With XMLDirect, companies can quickly and easily transform transactional document data into highly structured XML formats, while simultaneously generating XSL format stylesheets. XML format stylesheets can contain business rules that enable XML/XSL -ready applications to intelligently process the XML format information. This simplifies the process of using XML format data within a variety of XML-ready applications, including secure content distribution systems, Internet billing applications, data mining and customer intelligence systems. www.edocs.com
ScanSoft, Inc. and Caere Corp. jointly announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement whereby ScanSoft will acquire Caere in a transaction valued at more than $140 million. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of April, subject to the approval of the stockholders of each company. Under the terms of the definitive merger agreement, which was unanimously approved by the Boards of both companies, the holders of Caere common stock will receive $4 in cash and $7.75 in ScanSoft common stock. The number of ScanSoft shares received by each Caere shareholder will be deter
IT FACTORY announced that Documentaal will integrate its BowTie software with IT FACTORY’s ITF Business Suite. BowTie will enable ITF Business Suite users to achieve greater levels of productivity in mixed Lotus Notes-Microsoft environments, and allow Notes applications designers to make greater use of Lotus Notes/Domino as an enterprise application platform. Specifically, BowTie capabilities such as the ability to automatically attach and detach Microsoft Office documents in Lotus Notes and launch the desired Microsoft Office application for document manipulation and editing will be integrated into ITF Business Suite modules, including ITF Sales Force Automation, Human Resources, and Office Automation. BowTie works with any combination of Microsoft Office 97 and 2000, Lotus Notes R4.5, R4.6 and R5 on Windows 95, 98 and NT platforms. Support for BowTie within the ITF Business Suite will be available in February 2000. Pricing for BowTie support within the ITF Business Suite has not been set. www.itfactory.com, www.documentaal.nl
Idiom, Inc. and Interwoven, Inc. announced a partnership to promote their complementary solutions, WorldServer and TeamSite respectively. Additionally, the companies’ development organizations will work closely to leverage the open architectures and, to further the integration of both products to enable customers to bring globalized Web sites into operation faster. The combination of WorldServer and TeamSite will allow Interwoven customers to rapidly scale their Web operations for conducting global eBusiness. The combined solution facilitates a synchronized global Web strategy and a coordinated Web team, providing structure and process to the collaboration among site managers, Web application developers, content contributors, translators and editors around the world. www.interwoven.com, www.idiominc.com
Hewlett-Packard Company and Bluestone Software announced an agreement to integrate Bluestone’s XML Suite Integration Server into HP Changengine, a business-process management system, to enable more flexible and dynamic B2B trading. This integration will allow B2B communications to make use of XML data formats and enable the entire business process to be managed by HP Changengine software, while taking advantage of Bluestone’s scalability, fault tolerance and open standards design. Collaborative processes between businesses will be made possible and will help fuel growth in online B2B trading. Even the smallest suppliers will be able to participate. Joint management of promotions will be made easier, orders will be able to be placed online, forecasts agreed to and monitored automatically, and sales data shared immediately. www.hp.com, www.bluestone.com
