Month: July 2002 (Page 4 of 6)

Engage, Inc. announced that it has entered into a joint marketing agreement and systems integration initiative with T4G Limited. T4G’s expertise includes strategic planning, infrastructure deployment, application development, interface design/communications, knowledge management, merchandise planning, business intelligence, content services and multi-channel information delivery in a diverse range of complex environments. T4G will augment and extend Engage’s advertising production solutions to companies serving a broad range of promotional product markets, particularly in the retail and catalog markets. T4G provides content management and production workflow expertise to drive down the cost per SKU for retailers to improve a company’s R.O.I. for multi-channel retailing. www.engage.com, www.t4g.com

Altuit Inc. announced the immediate availability of Hemingway Enterprise. Altuit now offers a licensed version of Hemingway for onsite installation. With Hemingway Dynamic Site Evolution, companies can react instantly to new internal initiatives, customer demands, or competitive pressures. Hemingway is available either as an ASP service or as a licensed software server. Hemingway Enterprise configurations start at $20,000. Hemingway Professional ASP service starts at $480 per year. www.altuit.com

Vignette Corp. announced new versions of its enterprise content adapters to integrate enterprise content from PeopleSoft 8 and Siebel 7 applications into Vignette content management solutions. Integrations with Vignette content adapters are created in a graphical design environment. The intelligent adapters automatically discover and expose object models and processes to developers in real time and enable the two-way exchange of content contained in application repositories. The new enterprise adapters include support for Solaris, Windows, AIX and HP-UX. In addition, the new adapters expand integration with EAI tools and frameworks such as MQSeries, J2EE, XML schemas and Web services. More than 50 content adapters are available for a wide variety of content sources, including desktop authoring tools, XML, enterprise applications such SAP R/3 and J.D. Edwards, content repositories, HTTP, FTP, EDI and RosettaNet. www.vignette.com

Equilibrium announced that MediaRich Image Server integrates with Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server to create a digital asset management (DAM) solution. Equilibrium MediaRich is server-based imaging software that automates the production and deployment of visual content to the Web, print and smart devices. By integrating the open architecture of MediaRich Image Server with Microsoft SharePoint, companies are able to maintain revision control for a single high-quality image, create derivatives on-demand, and deliver consistent brand assets across multiple channels. MediaRich extends SharePoint’s search capabilities with previews and zooms, establishes approval workflows to streamline production and delivery, and allows access and modification to images in a self-service portal. www.equilibrium.com

Newton Interactive, Inc. announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Interwoven to support their clients’ content management solutions. Newton Interactive specializes in strategic planning, design, development and implementation of content management systems, technology, e-Learning and marketing solutions, and often works with third-party vendors to offer a solution for its pharmaceutical clients. As part of their Interwoven consulting partner agreement, members of the Newton development staff have completed Interwoven’s certification program. www.newtoninteractive.com, www.interwoven.com

Oracle debuted the Oracle Collaboration Suite, which is built upon Oracle’s software infrastructure. The Suite will include calendar, conference capabilities, email, files, voicemail and workflow – centralized and protected in a database with universal access through Microsoft Outlook, any web browser, voice, wireless devices and fax. Oracle is also introducing additional capabilities including integrated voice access and voicemail as well as Ultra Search capabilities, which gives users the ability to search in one place for any document, email, voicemail or other communication using dates, words or phrases. The Oracle Collaboration Suite will include the clustering and high availability technology from the Oracle9i Database with Real Application Clusters and Oracle9i Application Server. Oracle Collaboration Suite will offer embedded Oracle database technology to store files, messages and user information, and embedded technology from Oracle’s application server to provide a Web server, directory services, and single sign-on capabilities. The introductory price for a perpetual license of Oracle Collaboration Suite is $60 per named user, including voice support and regardless of the number of devices an individual uses to access information. Oracle will also offer Oracle Collaboration Suite as an annual subscription service at $15 per named user and as an outsourced service for an additional $10 per month per named user. www.oracle.com

FileMaker announced its enhanced FileMaker XML Central to jump-start developers’ and power-users’ ability to create data exchange and application integration solutions. Featured on FileMaker XML Central is the new FileMaker XSLT Library, consisting of freely downloadable XSLT stylesheets. Each stylesheet translates XML grammars, so FileMaker can exchange data with a large and growing number of other applications. Eight XSLT stylesheets are included with the new FileMaker Pro 6 software, and more than 40 are available in the Library. That number is expected to grow as developers contribute stylesheets they create. In addition, some of the Library’s stylesheets enable FileMaker to import data from Microsoft SQL Server, import Web data, export to Microsoft Excel, and export data in scalable vector graphics (SVG) format. www.filemaker.com