Month: October 2001 (Page 6 of 8)

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced Adobe InCopy 2.0, an editorial application built on Adobe InDesign architecture. InCopy software is designed for writers, editors and copy fitters working in cross media publishing environments. New features include support for XML, enhanced editing tools such as dynamic spell check, and an improved user interface that lets users work on multiple views of a story simultaneously. InCopy 2.0 provides writers and editors with the ability to create, import, edit and export stories in XML format. Because InCopy and InDesign share the same XML support, stories created in InCopy can be imported directly into InDesign. This separation of form and content also allows InCopy to create editorial content that can be used for many different media types in any type of workflow. Several new editing tools provide professional writers and editors a more streamlined editorial creation process. Adobe InCopy 2.0 will be available to system integrators as part of an integrated solution in the second (calendar) quarter of 2002. InCopy will be available solely through the Adobe InDesign system integrator channel. Pricing will be determined by the integrators based on individual installations. www.adobe.com

Merant announced that it has signed a reseller agreement with Macromedia, Inc. Under terms of the agreement, Merant will bundle Macromedia Dreamweaver 4 or Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 with Merant PVCS Content Manager 2.0. Through WebWebDAV support, FTP integration, and “drag-and-drop” access to more than 40 pre-built Content Manager components and objects within Dreamweaver, PVCS Content Manager 2.0 provides customers with a dynamic content management solution. PVCS Content Manger ensures tight integration with Dreamweaver through product extensions including pre-built components such as authentication, syndication, personalization and dynamic date and document contribution. The pre-built components enable Web sites to be up and running quickly. This integration means Web designers can remain in the Dreamweaver environment and check assets in and out directly. PVCS Content Manager 2.0 addresses both enterprise and departmental content management requirements with one product. www.merant.com

Webcom Limited announced that it has strengthened its content management offering through the acquisition of Compelis Corporation in order to deliver complete e-publishing solutions for its customers. Webcom now offers its customers a solution including content creation and conversion, storage, management, manufacturing and distribution of published materials for print and new media. Webcom’s solutions allow customers to take advantage of web-based custom publishing, print-on-demand and e-book distribution. With the ability to deliver content via new media channels – including the Internet and CD-ROM, Webcom is a single-source provider of integrated communications solutions. A specific advantage to Catalog publishers, Webcom’s Content Management includes the aggregation of industry databases. www.webcomlink.com

Easypress Technologies announced the availability of the Atomik 2.0 Demo version, its QuarkXPress-to-XML software. Atomik 2.0 enables users to easily repurpose QuarkXPress content for the Web and other digital media. The content is exported in XML. Atomik also supports automated image extraction and the extraction of tabular data into XML. The Atomik 2.0 Demo version is available immediately for download, Users can select from several versions of the download including full and minimised demonstration options. www.easypress.com

Stellent Inc. announced it has added support for the IBM DB2 relational database and the IBM AIX operating system to its Stellent Content Management system. With these additions, Stellent now offers support for its content management system on IBM’s AIX, DB2 and WebSphere Application Server platforms. www.stellent.com

YellowBrix and Active Data Exchange announced a new partnership to offer publishers a more efficient means of delivering customized and targeted information to their subscribers. Under the terms of the agreement, YellowBrix’s ArchiText content infrastructure technology will be integrated with Active Data Exchange’s Active Data Syndicator. Active Data Syndicator enforces “business rules” assigned to content by producers and distributors. For example, Active Data Syndicator manages intellectual property rights and subscription authentication for content producers, ensuring that only authorized clients are able to display the syndicated information. Concurrently, YellowBrix’s ArchiText technology serves as an advanced aggregation, classification and linking technology, allowing customers to organize content more effectively and deliver the relevant information to each end user in a customized format. www.yellowbrix.com, www.activedatax.com

NextPage Inc. introduced Matrix, a new software application that utilizes the company’s peer-to-peer architecture to streamline the way companies complete large-scale transactions for business. NextPage Matrix is an enterprise peer-to-peer application that allows users to share knowledge and expertise in context of a business process. With Matrix, users can create a collaborative workspace, where they can instantly access information, people and best practices located within the company or distributed across external organizations, such as customers, third-party partners or suppliers. While working on a project or transaction in the workspace, distributed teams can interact, calendar, plan and generate new ideas. Once a project is completed, the successful steps of that project can be archived, shared and repeated by other peers within the collaborative Peer-to-Peer Business Network. www.nextpage.com