Month: September 2002 (Page 4 of 6)

WebWare Corporation announced the introduction of the WebWare Product Launch Solution. Based on WebWare MAMBO digital asset management technology, the Product Launch Solution is an outsourced service hosted by WebWare that reduces the time it takes for a company to bring a product to market. The solution is completely web-based. The Product Launch Solution enables secure digital distribution over the Internet of both in-process and ready-to-use marketing collateral to global recipients in advance of a launch. Such items might include video and audio content, 3-D graphics and compound documents such as data sheets, sales presentations, marketing white papers, official logos, product shots, print advertisements (in multiple sizes and formats), product messaging, and marketing support materials. The solution features: Cross-media support for managing multiple media and production file types; Simple file upload and cataloging process; High-availability, enterprise security; full back-up; and Rapid ramp-up with minimal organizational distraction. This is the first in a series of WebWare Business Solutions planned by the company. Pricing and availability will be announced shortly. www.webwarecorp.com

Documentum announced Documentum 5, the latest version of its ECM platform. The Documentum 5 platform offers: Enhanced usability and deployability to enable widespread adoption of content management; Expanded enterprise collaboration that can be extended to any business process; Fixed content management, to manage images, reports and records; Advanced trust, security and compliance services to provide protection of content assets; and a standards-based development environment for easy application development. Documentum 5 offers unified content services for enterprise document management (EDM), web content management (WCM), digital asset management (DAM) and now fixed content management (FCM) — records, reports and scanned images — in a single, integrated platform. www.documentum.com

EMC Corporation and Documentum announced they have completed integration between Documentum’s ECM platform and the EMC Centera Content Addressed Storage (CAS) solution. The two companies also announced plans to provide Documentum 5 with extended fixed content management (FCM) features based on Centera. EMC Centera is an online storage architecture specifically designed to address the unique storage requirements of fixed content, such as photos, videos, audio, graphics and web content. Centera integration with Documentum’s ECM platform provides a total solution for managing, distributing, exchanging and storing large volumes of content across an entire enterprise. www.EMC.com, www.documentum.com

Grey Zone Inc. announced the immediate availability of SecureZone 5 for Apple’s Xserve and Mac OS X Server version 10.2. Grey Zone’s solution offers Xserve users essential features required of Extranets, such as access control, content management, personalization, and presentation. Grey Zone’s software is an end-to-end solution that provides a foundation for extranets as well as corporate intranets and public web sites. www.greyzone.com

Atomz announced numerous enhancements to its Atomz Publish and Atomz Search applications. Among the enhancements announced by Atomz is support for Macromedia Flash content, including Macromedia Flash MX, within Atomz Search. Atomz Search supports the indexing and crawling of Macromedia Flash content and applications. Other enhancements announced by Atomz include: Advanced Phrase, Acronym and Synonym Support (Atomz Search); Advanced Template Management (Atomz Publish). Related Content Display (Atomz Publish and Atomz Search); Forms-Based Authentication (Atomz Search); Advanced Search Templates Management (Atomz Publish and Atomz Search); Time-To-Search Display (Atomz Search); and Media Manager (Atomz Publish). www.atomz.com

Artesia Technologies unveiled TEAMS, version 4.4. The new version’s enhancements for collaboration and workflow are designed to redefine the definition of an asset through the inclusion of new information capturing the entire lifecycle of the asset. The core features of TEAMS 4.4 are newly integrated Asset-centric workflow capabilities that enhance the collaborative aspects of Artesias enterprise architecture for managing digital assets. This includes the ability to immediately determine where an asset has been used throughout its history, who has participated in its usage, review or licensing, and the nature of these projects or processes that have utilized the asset in one form or another. Organizations are able to eliminate the need for the separate, proprietary workflow tools associated with each production processes. By embedding many aspects of workflow within the asset itself, where it resides alongside other attributes governing format, rights and permissions, and other business information, TEAMS 4.4 can ensure that this information is readily available and actionable not only to the specific user and their co-workers. www.artesia.com

Element K announced KnowledgeHub Web Services, a capability providing a solution for the integration of e-learning services with enterprise business applications. This integration enables clients to provide e-learning services as part of their larger company business environment and leverage existing enterprise applications and technology investments. Through Element K’s new KnowledgeHub Web Services, Element K’s hosted e-learning solution can be easily and rapidly integrated with both web applications and core “behind-the-firewall” business functions such as ERP, learning management, and HR systems. KnowledgeHub Web Services enables clients to automate administrative activities such as student management and content assignment, and provides services for remote authentication and other integration points. www.elementk.com/downloads/webservices_whitepaper.pdf