Inktomi Corp. announced significant enhancements to the Inktomi Search/Web service, providing its customers with a more advanced software infrastructure for delivering highly relevant, comprehensive search results to Internet users. Inktomi now incorporates new relevance modeling, content blending and Internet crawling technologies into its Web search platform to offer users continually enhanced search relevance, easier access to the most accurate search results from multiple content sources and a fresher, broader search index. Built upon Inktomi’s core relevance and link, text and click analysis technologies, the enhanced relevance modeling also measures statistically significant samples of search results and compares them with human judgment. Inktomi offers new content blending capabilities that combine query results from disparate databases, serving the most relevant results up front. Content blending allows directory categories, standard Web pages and other premium content to be ranked in order of relevancy without being segmented by file type, making it easier for users to find the link they want. Inktomi’s new distributed crawling architecture scans the Web more frequently, revisiting missed content and refreshing updated pages more often. Inktomi recently announced it is also working directly with content providers to ensure its database has the most current collection of Web documents, including hard to crawl pages such as those containing XML or dynamic content. www.inktomi.com
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Enfish Technology, Inc. announced the launch of Enfish Onespace Version 3.0. Version 3.0 of Enfish Onespace enhances the Microsoft Windows operating system by adding a customizable desktop that is automatically personalized for each user as it installs. Enfish Onespace creates a cross-referenced index that gives users easy access by subject to all their e-mail, tasks, appointments, favorite websites, contacts and documents in one secure, convenient place. The major functional areas of Enfish Onespace have been separated into easy-to-use modes, which are represented by toolbar buttons on the top of each page. Selecting one of the modes will take users to specific areas that will help them get the most out of Enfish Onespace. Each mode now features an action bar to enable users to quickly share, or respond to, an item. Performance has been greatly improved with faster loading of the application and pages. An improved architecture refreshes data as it changes, creating a more seamless environment. Users can select their preferred search engines for Internet-based searches. Users can retrieve email addresses and send correspondence quickly and easily with a new Rolodex feature that brings instant access to important contact information. Enfish has added several shortcuts to version 3.0 to make sending e-mail even easier, including an action button on top of every page for sending, and a mail drop-down arrow displaying all contacts for quick and easy selection. Enfish Onespace Version 3.0 is available from select partners and the Enfish web site. Enfish Onespace was initially available as a free download from the company’s web site. With the release of the enhanced Version 3.0, Enfish Onespace will now be available for $69.95. Current users of Enfish Onespace will be given the opportunity to upgrade to Version 3.0 at no charge. Enfish works with partners to customize Enfish Onespace for specific companies and integrate Enfish Onespace with enterprise portal and Customer Relationship Management solutions. www.enfish.com
Hiawatha Island Software, Inc. released Hi-Search, a metadata-only search engine technology that yields significantly faster and more accurate matches than today’s full text search engines. Hi-Search operates independently or in conjunction with full-text search engines and portals. It is the first search tool to provide database-like, “fielded” searches for all metadata- and XML-packaged documents on a network, an intranet or the Internet. Key features of Hi-Search include: Rapid Fielded Search; Support for Web Documents, Microsoft Office Documents, & XML Packages; Automated Scheduling; HTML Index Builder; XML Catalog Builder; and Web Search Interface Support. Hi-Search Server pricing starts at $2,995.00. GSA pricing is available. A Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) is also included. Hi-Search Server requires Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (service pack 4 or greater) or Windows 2000. Minimum hardware requirements are a PC with Pentium 75 MHz (or equivalent) or greater; Pentium II 500 MHz processor or better recommended; SVGA (256 color) graphic display capability. www.hisoftware.com
J.D. Edwards & Company announced the limited general availability of Content Manager, a tool that allows enterprises to manage multi-lingual content with standard desktop tools like Microsoft Office. Content Manager allows “single sourcing” – creating a single content repository that can be used by a company’s network of offices, partners and customers anywhere in the world. Slated for general availability this spring, Content Manager expands on the existing enterprise content management technology with three unique features: The product allows different departments to share and reuse content components, not just whole documents, for multiple output formats such as print, web and CD-ROM; Content Manager uses Microsoft Office to manage content components; and Content Manager is designed to facilitate multi-lingual content development and publishing. With its Microsoft partnership, J.D. Edwards’ Content Manager provides immediate user-friendliness and content adaptability. The product’s architecture is geared to work with translation technologies such as Trados Inc., leveraging memory and terminology translation tools that result in significant cost savings. Content Manager, part of J.D. Edwards’ knowledge management offerings, features data-based content with flexible metadata, intelligent searching, check-in/check-out of content, output to compound documents and HTML for web content, content relationship management, link management, revision and version control, configurable workflow and integrated translation strategy. Content Manager is also designed to integrate with existing information workflow processes for maximum efficiency. www.jdedwards.com
NCompass Labs Inc. announced the release of NCompass Resolution version 4.0,and Resolution Content Connector for Microsoft Commerce Server 2000. Version 4.0 extends Resolution’s capabilities by enhancing Resolution’s scalability, versioning and site-maintenance features. Key Resolution 4.0 enhancements include: a new dynamic server clustering feature that allows multiple NCompass Resolution servers to be clustered; extensible object properties and content meta tagging; significantly improved team collaboration with the ability to track content, object and code revisions on all site pages; expanded archiving to include dynamic site archiving to increase site management; and integration with Microsoft .NET – Resolution 4.0 integrates fully with Microsoft’s .NET enterprise servers including Commerce Server 2000, Windows 2000 Advanced Server and SQL Server 2000. Resolution 4.0 is available on March 31, 2001. Resolution Content Connector enables enterprises to use the full functionality of NCompass Resolution to manage Web content for e-commerce sites built using Microsoft Commerce Server 2000. The out-of-the box integration between Resolution’s automated content publishing, workflow and content-sharing capabilities and Commerce Server’s product catalog, profiling engine, transactional processing, shopping cart, and Business Desk application allows businesses to quickly deploy powerful e-commerce sites. Content Connector offers full-featured content authoring, versioning, deployment, templating, workflow, site management, wireless device support, an open COM-based API and more. www.ncompass.com
Lightspeed Interactive, Inc. introduced iENGINE, a new XML-based platform. With this platform, Lightspeed enables companies to access, maintain and dynamically deliver personalized, up-to-the-minute content to anyone – anytime – anywhere. Lightspeed combines their iENGINE with their interface design to provide a rich user experience. Lightspeed’s platform differentiates itself by allowing an organization to dynamically deliver content to a broad range of delivery mechanisms, such as Web, print, CD-ROM, or wireless through a common platform, increasing company productivity and reducing business costs. Lightspeed Interactive has developed and delivered personalized Internet software solutions targeted at sales support, e-learning, e-commerce, vertical portals, product marketing and product support for large, blue chip technology companies. www.lspeed.com
Openpages, Inc. announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with KPMG Consulting, Inc. The two companies have formed a global partnership to provide enterprise content management solutions to KPMG Consulting customers worldwide. The partnership pairs KPMG’s Consulting experience in Internet-based business solutions and systems integration with Openpages’ enterprise content production products. The worldwide partnership will help companies conducting e-business obtain a long-term competitive advantage through automating the enterprise content production process – empowering users to more efficiently manage content assets and deploy content to Web sites, print and wireless channels. To speed the roll-out of such joint implementations, Openpages and KPMG Consulting will collaborate on extensive training for KPMG Consulting professionals and establish a practice around ContentWare specialization for the design and implementation of content management solutions. ContentWare will be deployed at KPMG’s U.S. Solution Centers in Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colo.; Liberty Corner, N.J.; Mountain View, Calif.; and McLean, Va. and the Openpages practice will be rolled out worldwide. www.kpmgconsulting.com; www.openpages.com
Glides Inc. announced that iLanguage will become an integrated translation provider for Glides’ UniSite customers. As a result of the partnership, iLanguage translators will become fully integrated into UniSite’s XML-based automated workflow process, which manages the editing, review, translation and Web content publishing process. Based in Los Angeles, iLanguage specializes in translating to and from English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean for eCommerce, news, finance, entertainment, sports, and other Web sites. The partnership combines Glides’ UniSite workflow and content management software service with iLanguage’s translation and localization capabilities. UniSite’s workflow manages the entire translation process, including automated content exchange with translators at iLanguage. By delivering content directly to iLanguage’s translation workbenches, Glides’ XML-based workflow ensures the highest level of transparency, consistency and accuracy for Glides’ clients. www.ilanguage.com; www.glides.com
