infoShark, inc. announced that its Commerce Accelerated Relational Data (CARD) Schema has been accepted by Microsoft’s BizTalk Framework. infoShark’s CARD schema is unique in that it enables the bi-directional exchange of relational data over the Internet. The schema provides all the necessary information to recreate relational databases and populate them with their data via the Internet. Terabytes of health and financial records, pricing information, sports scores and personnel records are stored in databases around the world. CARD schema provides a simple mechanism for specifying the price of individual data points (the data found within a given row and column). It is infoShark’s vision that this schema would further facilitate the extraction, transformation, and loading of data across various web-enabled products. CARD schema is currently available for use by developers of e-commerce software at www.biztalk.org. Today 17 different companies have referenced the schema for their own use. www.infoshark.com
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Bristol Technology Inc. announced eXactML, a new software product that allows software developers to accelerate the implementation of XML in eBusiness applications. eXactML, Bristol’s first entry into the eBusiness market space, enables C++ applications to speak XML in minutes rather than days. eXactML simplifies the task of adding XML to applications by generating object-oriented interfaces for reading and writing valid XML content based on any DTD or schema. eXactML drastically reduces the time and expertise needed to support XML, while improving application quality. eXactML Version 1.0 is currently available for C++ code generation. The eXactML executable runs on Windows platforms; the resulting source code can be compiled on Windows, Sun Microsystems Solaris, and Red Hat Linux. Introductory pricing is $495 per developer. www.bristol.com
UK-based Jingo has just launched an independent European dial-up WAP gateway. The WapWorld.Net gateway puts information at your fingertips and already has thousands of users dialing in daily for news and information. The initial content consists of news, weather and features such as horoscopes and jokes. The content is being developed in-house at Jingo by an experienced editorial team and is set to expand massively over the coming months. Jingo has developed independent software solutions to drive WapWorld and to deliver Internet services to users. The WAP gateway has been pre-installed on all Nokia 7110 WAP phones sold through The Carphone Warehouse.
LanguageWare.net has created a wholly-owned, U.S. subsidiary, WholeTree.com Inc., to provide LanguageWare.net’s Internet language technology services with proprietary solutions for enhancing business between U.S. and Asian markets. Products and services to be offered under the subsidiary name, WholeTree.com, include: multilingual Web site development, integrated customer support solutions that translate foreign correspondence, and unique, proprietary technology that enables customers to search, display and print information from a Web site database in any language regardless of the source language used by the company to store the information. www.languageware.net
Sequoia Software Corporation announced its support for Microsoft’s BizTalk Framework, and that its application for deploying interactive EIPs, Sequoia XML Portal Server (XPS), is compliant with the BizTalk 1.0 specification. BizTalk compliance provides benefits to systems administrators integrating Sequoia’s XPS with their legacy systems by reducing the effort required to transport information between disparate systems. With the BizTalk framework in place, administrators are able to more easily connect their various applications within XPS. BizTalk speeds data exchange by aiding in the transportation of data from legacy systems to XPS. At the same time, it reduces the time and complexity involved in building software connectors linking legacy systems and XPS. Sequoia XPS 2.0 with BizTalk 1.0 compliance is available immediately. www.sequoiasoftware.com
Verity, Inc. announced an integrated package of software and services to enable customers to easily integrate the Verity K2 Toolkit with Vignette StoryServer. The QuickStart program provides customers with a straightforward integration of Verity’s scalable K2 toolkit and StoryServer. The program, priced at $30,000, includes two weeks of Verity consulting services. The integration is StoryServer version-number-independent and is transparent to any pre-existing search software. Use of the familiar Vignette user interface reduces the need for retraining of administrative staff. The QuickStart program is available now from Verity. www.verity.com
Vignette Corporation announced a partnership that will result in a third party solution built specifically for Vignette’s e-business platform. Vignette will resell WorldServer for Vignette, a customized version of Idiom’s WorldServer Web globalization product for building and maintaining a multilingual and multicultural e-business. The WorldServer for Vignette product will allow Vignette customers to increase the value of their e-business applications by expanding their Web presence to global markets. The partnership also immediately extends Idiom’s distribution channel, furthering the company’s position as the leading vendor for Web globalization solutions. Idiom’s globalization approach will help Vignette customers leverage their current StoryServer applications seamlessly across their global locations and global Web teams. WorldServer for Vignette will be available in March 2000 directly from Vignette Corp. with prices starting at $35,000. www.vignette.com
IT FACTORY announced the acquisition of Corporate Image Software (CIS) and plans to integrate CIS’s advanced e-business functionality for Notes/Domino into the IT FACTORY Notes development environment. Key strategic technologies include XML, CyberCash and SET components for Notes/Domino. This is the first in a series of planned acquisitions for IT FACTORY which are intended to consolidate complementary e-business technologies and services around IT FACTORY’s collaborative e-business solution offering. As part of this acquisition strategy, the Company is actively seeking systems integrator candidates and ISVs in the collaborative business-to-business solutions market. www.itfactory.com
