IBM unveiled the IBM Content Manager, an offering that helps companies manage the exploding amount of digital information now facing organizations in the e-business world. Content Manager offers a complete, integrated portfolio for database management, content management and business intelligence. IBM Content Manager helps companies make the most of their information, no matter the form. IBM Content Manager leverages IBM’s experience in rich media and document management technologies. It enables corporations to electronically manage, protect and share critical business information, in any format, including XML and HTML. Images, audio and video, computer generated output and business documents can now be securely shared electronically – a crucial step in the e-business transformation. Additionally, it can search across a variety of content and data repositories such as production imaging, computer-generated output, document management and multimedia repositories, delivering a unified search result. The IBM Content Manager, when combined with the recently announced IBM Enterprise Information Portal, provides a single point of access and integration for IBM and non-IBM data and content stores helping customers truly leverage the vast amounts of information across their business. IBM Content Manager is currently available shipping with support for IBM AIX and Microsoft Windows NT platforms. Pricing starts at $15,000 per workstation server and $2,000 per concurrent user. www.ibm.com/software/data/cm
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NCompass Labs announced the launch of NCompass Resolution 3.0, the out-of-the-box, Microsoft-centric Web content management solution that integrates site design, content authoring, publishing and site management. Resolution 3.0 extends the capabilities of version 2.1 to speed deployment and simplify distributed content management for worldwide e-business applications. The new release’s highly visual browser-based authoring empowers non-technical users to create, manage, publish, and archive rich content while the open, object-oriented API permits rapid customization and integration of Resolution’s Web content management capabilities. Resolution 3.0 is designed to integrate with an organization’s existing infrastructure and allow content owners to be fully engaged in Web and e-business initiatives. Its new Web Client eliminates the installation and maintenance of desktop authoring software while allowing non-technical authors to use their browser interface and common desktop applications, such as Microsoft Word, to create Web content. Support for all of the world’s major languages and time zone synchronization permit authors around the world to easily contribute up-to-date content regardless of their geographic location. The Resolution 3.0 Publishing API permits ready customization of the authoring interface and supports personalized, on-the-fly delivery of audience- appropriate content. New page version archiving and audit trail features permit rapid review of all site changes. Resolution 3.0 will be generally available March 31. www.ncompasslabs.com
Jacada Ltd. announced Jacada Wireless, a suite of solutions enabling wireless devices to quickly and easily integrate with existing applications. Jacada provides a complete software infrastructure to rapidly transform business critical systems into e-business solutions and to empower enterprise developers to build Internet applications. Jacada Wireless supports any WAP enabled device such as mobile phones, as well as PDAs such as the Palm VII. The newest addition to the Jacada product family bridges the gap between a company’s mobile employees, partners and customers with its core enterprise applications. Using Jacada Wireless, any mainframe or AS/400 application can be delivered to WAP-enabled or Palm devices providing mobile users controlled access to valuable business applications and data. Jacada Wireless allows organizations to leverage existing business logic and data without requiring modifications to, or any special knowledge of, existing application code or data structures. Jacada Wireless automatically produces wireless markup language (WML) and HTML code that is interpreted by the wireless device. Jacada Wireless is based on the same e-business infrastructure software that supports Jacada’s current offerings including Jacada for Java, Jacada for HTML and Jacada Connects. www.jacada.com
Adobe Systems Incorporated announced new versions of Adobe FrameMaker and FrameMaker + SGML software. New features offered in the FrameMaker 6.0 applications include enhanced web support and improved book management capabilities. Sophisticated XML output functionality and integration with Adobe Acrobat and AdobeGoLive provides a complete print-to-web, multichannel publishing solution. Multichannel publishing allows FrameMaker users to publish content to a variety of mediums-web, CD-ROM, print-utilizing leading technologies such as XML, HTML and PDF. FrameMaker 6.0 + SGML offers the same functionality as FrameMaker 6.0 with additional support for SGML, a required format for documentation in some industries. Along with FrameMaker 6.0, Adobe offers FrameViewer 6.0 software, an online viewer for electronic FrameMaker documents. In FrameViewer, the cross-references, indexes, and tables of contents that were created in FrameMaker automatically become hypertext links making document navigation easier. Users of FrameViewer can also add annotations to documents which can even be marked “public” or “private.” Using Adobe GoLive software, and most other HTML editors, documentation specialists can generate cascading style sheets to create a consistent look and feel across all media, including paper or the web. With integration into Adobe Acrobat 4.0.5, FrameMaker 6.0 provides support for export to Adobe PDF. Adobe FrameMaker 6.0 software for Windows 98 and WindowsNT 4.0, Macintosh 8.5, 8.6 or 9.x, and Unix are expected to be available in Spring 2000 in the U.S. and Canada. French, German and Japanese versions are expected to be available shortly after the U.S. and International English versions. The U.S. version of FrameMaker 6.0 is expected to sell at an estimated street price of U.S. $799 for Mac and Windows platforms, and $1,329 for the UNIX personal version. The U.S. version of FrameMaker 6.0 + SGML is expected to sell at an estimated street price of U.S. $1,449 for Mac and Windows and UNIX personal version. The U.S. version of FrameViewer is expected to sell at an estimated street price of U.S. $49. FrameMaker will be available through adobe.com and Adobe’s standard distribution channels. www.adobe.com/products/framemaker
Arbortext, Inc. announced their product support of the W3C’s Recommendation for XHTML 1.0. Available in Arbortext software products, this support provides customers a way to reformulate HTML 4 as XML. XHTML 1.0, a W3C Recommendation, allows authors to create Web documents that can be processed by XML-enabled software while still working with current HTML browsers. With XHTML 1.0, XML’s promise of being able to mix and match known HTML 4 elements with elements from other XML languages is extended to more application domains including wireless devices and eBooks. Available immediately, XHTML support can be downloaded from www.arbortext.com. All Arbortext customers are eligible to receive this at no charge as an update from the Arbortext Support Web site. Adept version 8.0 and above and all versions of Epic support this update. www.arbortext.com
ASP fourthchannel announced its support of XML business documents as a means of exchanging data with other applications and technologies. fourthchannel customers can now leverage XML to integrate their Internet commerce solution with their back-office applications, and those of their partners; XML connectivity also increases the product’s attractiveness for licensing to OEM distribution partners. fourthchannel also announced its integration with XML Connect, a new product from OnDisplay Inc. that enables the secure and reliable exchange of XML business documents. www.fourthchannel.com, www.ondisplay.com
Interface Systems announced that its L2i products will support WAP via WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HDML (Handheld Device Markup Language). The Company said its MyCopy software will be the first L2i application to take advantage of the emerging wireless technology, which will enable brokerage firms to deliver information contained in confirms, margin calls and other documents to their clients via wireless devices. Interface Systems, Inc.’s Legacy-to-Internet (L2i) technology allows any Internet application to access and make full use of information stored on legacy systems. The company specializes in Internet bill presentment and payment, as well as electronic delivery of statements and other legacy content to the Internet, fax, email, and other destinations. Interface helps its customers extend the life, the reach, and the value of their existing information systems. www.intface.com
Pageflex, Inc., a subsidiary of Bitstream, announced that it has entered into a worldwide license agreement with Hewlett Packard Company. Under the agreement, HP will license Mpower, Pageflex’s XML-based marketing on demand solution. Pageflex Mpower gives enterprise organizations the ability, from a Web browser, to design and produce customized marketing communications on demand. Mpower enables them to transcend the limitations of “one size fits all” communications by tailoring messages to an audience, whether that’s a group or a single individual. Mpower incorporates Pageflex’s NuDoc XML page layout engine to generate print output documents on-the-fly. www.pageflexinc.com
