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
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divine, inc. announced divine Content Server for Portals, an offering for deploying content management capabilities in enterprise portal initiatives. Customers can expand their use of divine Content Server by adding additional CPUs, with no migration or software upgrade required to start using the capabilities of Content Server across new initiatives. The divine Content Server for Portals special offering provides a complete portal content management solution for a bundled price of $25,000 per CPU. The bundle includes the divine Content Server platform for dynamic delivery of content, the Content Server Direct application for content contribution, workflow and revision tracking, and sample portlets for portal platforms such as IBM, BEA, Sun, Plumtree, Epicentric and SAP. www.divine.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
Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of the beta version of Microsoft Content Management Server 2002. Part of the Microsoft .NET Enterprise Server family, including BizTalk Server, SharePoint Portal Server and Commerce Server, Content Management Server 2002 will offer support for XML Web services, enhanced content authoring and site deployment capabilities, and provide developer support through its integration with Visual Studio .NET and support for ASP.NET. Content Management Server 2002 adds direct publishing from Word, .NET and XML Web services support, an application development environment, faster time to deploy, and standards-based interoperability. Developers and customers can find the beta version of Content Management Server 2002 immediately available for download. Content Management Server 2002 is scheduled to be released by the end of this year. www.microsoft.com/cmserver/
Mohomine Inc. announced the availability of mohoClassifier v2.3 (mC). The software is targeted for use in intelligence community applications. mC reviews text information in emails, file systems, intranets and extranets, including the Internet, and provides automated document classification and routing based on recognized patterns in the document as a whole. It reports on user-definable properties such as topic, country source, subject, and tone/urgency of the author, among others. The classifier can make fine-grained distinctions between categories, and can ascertain both text and numbers. Designed from its inception to be embedded in large-scale enterprise and intelligence community applications, mohoClassifier v2.3, is a server-based modular solution that is integrated into other applications. The software can be embedded in applications for portals, content management systems, business process management and security as well as Web-enabled applications and Web services environments. An evaluation version for enterprises of the mohoClassifier v2.3 may be requested. www.mohomine.com
Corel Corporation announced the upcoming availability of Corel Ventura 10. Corel Ventura 10 provides tools designed specifically for the creation and publishing of highly-formatted and visually-rich business documents. With the addition of a number of new features including XML import, Corel Ventura 10 enables enterprise customers to re-use all forms of content. When used in conjunction with an XML editor such as Corel XMetaL, Corel Ventura 10 can be used for combining and transforming an organization’s information, data and graphics into manageable, structured business documents. Other new features include Table Tags, Publish to PDF, Integrated Preflight Engine, and Enhanced Graphics Capabilities. Corel Ventura 10 will be available in September 2002 at the suggested retail price of US$699. Registered customers of Corel Ventura 7 or 8 may purchase Corel Ventura 10 at the special upgrade price of US$249. www.corel.com
XyEnterprise and Corel Corporation announced an ongoing partnership to deliver an integrated XML content creation and high-volume publishing solution for enterprise customers. This integrated solution enables customers to use Corel XMetaL for XML content creation and leverage the high-volume “assemble and publish” capabilities of XyEnterprise XML Professional Publisher (XPP). The Corel XMetaL interface simplifies the XML creation process by providing an environment similar to a standard word processor. Through the integration, XML content is sent directly to the XPP high-speed composition engine to produce high-quality postscript and PDF output. www.corel.com, www.XyEnterprise.com
