SDL International has announced a new release of Enterprise Translation Server, Version 5, with advances in linguistic and user functionality. Enterprise Translation Server Version 5 will ship with updated rules and dictionary files for all language directions. SDL has also made significant improvements to the foreign-language to English modules, particularly, French/English, Spanish/English, Italian/English and Portuguese/English. In addition, core dictionaries have been considerably expanded, particularly bi-lateral English/French, bi-lateral English/German, English/Spanish and Portuguese/English. More than 12,500 additional entries have been included within the core dictionaries, together with more than 1,000 new core phrases. SDL has also completed a cycle of the most thorough linguistic regression testing that the engine has seen since in recent years. Administration and translation privileges are now assignable by username and password or by IP address, with tracking of usage possible per user and per language direction. www.sdlintl.com
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Quiver, Inc. and NextBrick, announceda strategic partnership enabling NextBrick to resell and integrate Quiver’s unique information management products. NextBrick will use Quiver products for its client solutions addressing knowledge management, corporate portal and application integration initiatives. In particular, Quiver’s QKS Classifier will be used to organize unstructured and structured data into an intuitive, browse-able structure for the most effective information management. NextBrick clients will have the opportunity to utilize Quiver’s unique categorization and taxonomy platform to create, populate, and maintain intuitive, drill-down directories within any existing or planned information management initiative. QKS Classifier works with existing systems through open APIs and XML output to easily integrate alongside any portal, content management, search, or application currently deployed. www.quiver.com/products
Hummingbird Ltd. unveiled Hummingbird Enterprise, an integrated EIMS that helps
customers manage the entire lifecycle of their business content with a 360(degree) view of their knowledge assets. Hummingbird is unveiling new versions of its portal, document management, business intelligence, records management, imaging, workflow and collaboration solutions that will feature security, integration and a consistent look-and-feel. The company is delivering a new simple and consistent product brand. The new solution names are: Hummingbird Portal, Hummingbird DM, Hummingbird BI, Hummingbird ETL, Hummingbird KM, Hummingbird RM, Hummingbird Imaging, Hummingbird Web Publishing, Hummingbird DM Workflow, and Hummingbird Collaboration. www.hummingbird.com
Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the immediate availability of Adobe GoLive 6.0 software. With the new Adobe Web Workgroup Server, GoLive Dynamic Content authoring, and Web layout tool all in one package. The Workgroup server included in GoLive 6.0 enables teams to collaborate on projects and effectively manage Web and cross-media assets. New Dynamic Content authoring capabilities and native support for ASP, JSP and PHP lets designers easily configure a Web site to support data-driven transactions for e-commerce. GoLive 6.0 offers Web and cross-media professionals integration with Adobe’s professional design products, including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and LiveMotion. XML support enables content to be re-purposed from print to Web, while new wireless authoring capabilities offer developers the ability to design, preview and deploy wireless content directly from GoLive. QuickTime 5.0 editing and SMIL support for RealOne Player are included. GoLive 6.0 is available in the United States and Canada for an estimated street price of US $399. Registered users of GoLive may upgrade for an estimated street price of US $99. GoLive 6.0 also will be available in a bundle with LiveMotion 2.0 at the estimated street price of US $449 in the United States. www.adobe.com/golive
FatWire Software announced FatWire Spark pCM, a low-cost content management product for portals. Spark will exist as an integrated, portlet interface for BEA WebLogic Portal. Spark portal Content Management (pCM) will include basic CM functions including: workflow, a “to do” list, simplified user and group management, basic search functionality, rollback, and a function to automatically generate content management interfaces for business users. Spark will run on the BEA WebLogic Portal. FatWire’s Spark will start at $25,000, and will be available spring 2002. FatWire’s Spark can easily be upgraded to a complete dynamic content management solution. The cost-effective product is dedicated to meet the needs of small to mid-size pCM projects. www.fatwire.com
Stellent, Inc. announced the release of its portal applications, or “portlets,” for the BEA WebLogic Portal, a platform that simplifies and customizes access to information, applications and business processes by providing portal foundation services, personalization and interaction management, intelligent administration and integration services. Stellent’s portlets enable businesses to deploy content-rich enterprise portals and give users access to content as well as a wide range of Stellent Content Management features from the BEA portal platform. Stellent offers five portlets for the WebLogic portal interface: Content Portlet offers users direct access to business content that has been defined by the portal developer; Contribution Portlet enables users to submit content created in native applications for automatic publishing to the portal; Search Portlet enables users to find content using metadata or full text searches; Personal Searches Portlet provides users easy access to searches previously executed via the search portlet; workflow Inbox Portlet provides users direct access to their workflow inboxes for the review and approval of content. www.stellent.com
Easypress Technologies announced the release of Atomik 3.0, the latest version of its QuarkXPress-to-XML software. Atomik 3.0 adds a range of new features that facilitate fast, efficient and intelligent cross-media publishing. For the
first time, Atomik 3.0 is also available as a developer edition. The centrepiece of the new version of Atomik is it’s handling of character-level content in QuarkXPress. Whereas previous versions identified and extracted content into XML at a paragraph level, Atomik 3.0 now enables content to be identified at both a paragraph and character level. Character-level content, such as an email address, telephone number or person’s name within a paragraph, can easily be extracted into separate XML tags. Atomik 3.0 is available direct from Easypress Technologies and Atomik resellers and system integrators worldwide. The suggested retail price for Atomik 3.0 is
Artesia Technologies unveiled the latest version of its TeamToolz Marketing Resource Management hosted service. This release offers new features including built-in reporting capabilities, enhanced calendar functionality and overall application performance enhancements providing the user with improved process efficiency saving time and reducing expenses. Specific enhancements in TeamToolz 4.3 include: Intelligent permission-based reports that show the real-time status of chosen marketing projects and their associated deliverables; Calendar view can display projects specific to individuals; and numerous performance enhancements. www.artesia.com
