Inktomi Corp. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Quiver, Inc. The addition of Quiver’s portfolio of categorization and taxonomy software will further strengthen Inktomi’s enterprise information retrieval solutions. The total purchase price of this transaction will be approximately $12 million in a combination of common stock and cash. With the addition of Quiver, Inktomi can deliver information management solutions that provide both search capabilities and the ability to accurately arrange information into taxonomies. www.quiver.com, www.inktomi.com
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Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) announced that the presentation of search results from AlltheWeb.com can be completely customized with the AlltheWeb Alchemist tool. AlltheWeb now allows technically-minded users to create a customized look and feel for web, multimedia, news, and categorized search results from AlltheWeb via user-defined cascading style sheets (CSS). AlltheWeb Alchemist displays web search results in basic HTML code. Searchers can view these results in this basic format, or customize the results view via their own pre-defined CSS file, allowing the user to control virtually all aspects of result presentation for the various search catalogs and other elements on the page. Users can share their design by sending a link to the style-sheets so that their friends may have the same search experience. As this is a beta technology, no formal support from FAST is provided and FAST is not responsible for any style sheets created by third parties. www.alltheweb.com/alchemist
Stratify, Inc. announced the availability of the first in a suite of integration adapters that brings taxonomy and categorization capabilities to portal environments. The Stratify Portal Adapter for BEA and the Stratify Portal Adapter for Plumtree utilize the Stratify Discovery System’s Web services APIs to provide direct access to enterprisewide taxonomies that are automatically generated and managed by the Discovery System. The Stratify Portal Adapter suite is based on a set of Web services (SOAP, WSDL) and Java APIs. The Stratify Portal Adapter suite can communicate with other BEA Portlets and Plumtree Gadgets, classify designated documents or selected information in real-time, and provide users related topics and associated documents. Similarly, the Stratify Portal Adapters can provide real-time document classification, content management or publishing workflow applications within the portal. www.stratify.com
Innodata Corporation announced a new partnership alliance with Ontopia, providers of Ontopia Knowledge Suite, a software solution based on Topic Maps. Under the terms of this alliance, Innodata’s Systems and Training Division, ISOGEN International, will become a certified integrator of the Ontopia Knowledge Suite for customers based in North America and Europe. www.ontopia.net, www.innodata.com, www.isogen.com
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
