Magic Software Enterprises and Software AG in Germany announced a partnership to enable XML connectivity for iSeries applications. By combining Magic eDeveloper with the Software AG’s Tamino XML Server, the companies provide a technological environment for building and enabling iSeries applications to take advantage of XML and cross-platform data transfer. In addition, existing iSeries applications can be upgraded, modernized and XML-enabled, increasing the value and life span of existing applications. Magic eDeveloper enables developers to directly access and manipulate XML data and instantly assemble Web Services utilizing its new Web Services Assistor for Web Services Description Language (WSDL) operations. www.magicsoftware.com, www.softwareag.com
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iPhrase Technologies, Inc. and eFORCE announced an agreement to jointly market their combined solution. iPhrase will leverage eFORCE’s to further expand its reach into several vertical markets in which iPhrase is already established: financial services, retail, the service provider industry and technology and manufacturing. eFORCE’s has a standardized approach for delivering enterprise content management, customer relationship management, corporate portals, supply chain, enterprise application integration and business intelligence within a set timeframe and price. Each of these areas represents solution opportunities for iPhrase’s self-service search capabilities, particularly in the areas of enterprise content management and corporate portals. eFORCE will also work jointly with iPhrase to bring BEA Portal related offerings to market. www.iphrase.com, www.eforceglobal.com
iUpload is now delivering version 3.0 of its solution to new and current subscribers. New features in iUpload 3.0 speed up and simplify site development and maintenance, reducing or eliminating the requirement to involve the webmaster in the content authoring process. With version 3.0 tools like cascading style sheet support, enhanced WYSIWYG editing and content type additions to further simplify authoring, Web designers can empower contributors to easily create content, while flexibly controlling the look and feel for a site. In addition, with iUpload’s enhanced asset management, administrators can easily manage images, files, links and other assets for reuse throughout the organization’s web venues. For current iUpload suscribers, migration will occur automatically the first time they login to the application. All features of version 3.0 are fully backward compatible with the previous version of iUpload. iUpload version 3.0 is available immediately directly from iUpload and its partners. Subscription-based pricing is dependent on the number of users and starts at $400 per month. www.iupload.com
Authentica, Inc. announced a technology integration alliance with Matrix Logic Corporation. The companies will integrate Authentica’s content security software into Hummingbird document management systems and eRoom digital collaboration environments. This integration effort will bolster the content security for Hummingbird DM (formerly PC DOCS) and eRoom by adding a level of access control, encryption, and revision and auditing controls for content and information assets shared outside corporate boundaries. The integration of Authentica’s content security software with Hummingbird DOCS Open, PowerDOCS and DM 5, will enable users to securely share documents with business associates and customers outside of the DOCS environment and across the internet. For eRoom environments, users will now not only control who has access to the meeting room itself, but they will also be able to continuously protect the business information exchanged in that meeting room. www.matrix-logic.com, www.authentica.com
Convera announced the availability of Visual RetrievalWare 5.0. Visual RetrievalWare 5.0 now features support for more than twenty of the most widely used image and video formats. New image formats supported include PCX, PNM, SGIRGB, TGA and XPM. TYS has been added to the list of supported video formats, which also includes AVI, FIT, MPEG2, PIT, QT and SMJ. Visual RetrievalWare 5.0 is now available on Darwin, FreeBSD and NetBSD platforms. Visual RetrievalWare can also run on Linux, Solaris and Windows. New APIs included in Visual RetrievalWare 5.0 are an Associative Memory API for memory management and Time Code conversion support for common frame representations such as microseconds, frames, NTSC and non-drop. System Performance Enhancements: New enhancements include MPEG decompression performance and image format support, added support for QuickTime 5 and an upgrade to Tcl/Tk 8.4a4. Visual RetrievalWare 5.0 features enhancements for automatic video clip indexing and fuzzy search. www.convera.com
Vivisimo, Inc. added two new products to its software portfolio: the Content Integrator and Enterprise Publisher. These join Vivisimo’s Clustering Engine which automatically organizes search or database query results into meaningful hierarchical folders. The company’s Clustering Engine interfaces with any search engine or document database to transform long lists of search results into categorized information, on-the-fly, without pre-processing the source documents. The Vivisimo Content Integrator combines with the Clustering Engine to integrate search/database query results from multiple sources. The Vivisimo Enterprise Publisher, a stand-alone document clustering product, automatically clusters document collections into categories that are intelligently selected from the words and phrases contained within the documents themselves. It publishes the organized content in a PC folders-style interface.
Ancept, Inc. and The Fantastic Corporation announced a strategic alliance to deliver integrated solutions based on IBM Content Manager and the IBM Digital Media Factory. By integrating Ancept Media Server, a DAM solution designed to centrally manage vast collections of media, with Fantastic’s Content Delivery Network products companies have the ability to effectively and securely store, manage, protect and distribute digital video, audio, imagery and text-based information. The partnership exploits the IBM Content Manager infrastructure and is synchronous with the IBM strategy for delivering leading digital media creation, management and distribution solutions. www.Ancept.com, www.Fantastic.com, www-3.ibm.com/software/data/cm/
Mainline Information Systems Inc., an IBM solutions provider, along with Grey Zone announced a worldwide strategic alliance to deliver a Linux solution. This alliance combines the Grey Zone’s Extranet applications software with Mainline’s ability to design, sell, implement, and support complex computing environments. Grey Zone’s SecureZone 5 combines all the essential features required of Extranets, such as access control, content management, personalization, and presentation. This solution provides a foundation for corporate intranets and public web sites, and can be deployed across the full line of Linux-readied IBM eServers. www.greyzone.com, www.mainline.com
