Canto has started to deliver the Workgroup and Single User Editions of the current version 5.5 of its Digital Asset Management Solution Cumulus. The presently available upgrades of the Workgroup and Single User Editions include: improved IPTC support, Palette View Mode and the integrated file format conversion functionality. Users working with the Workgroup Edition in cross platform environments benefit from the Server/Client Asset Transfer, as it reduces system requirements to the installed network software. Administrators also benefit from Remote Admin that allows administration of the Cumulus Server via any standard Internet browser. Version 5.5 offers new opportunities for users managing a large amount of image documents. Due to the improved IPTC support they can write modified metadata directly back into the original file. Also, previews are now generated much faster, especially TIFF documents. Customers using the Web Publisher Option at the same time are recommended to update it to the 5.0.6 version, also now available. www.canto.com
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I.C. Axon Inc. announced it has signed an alliance agreement with Interwoven Inc. Under this agreement, I.C. Axon will become a Consulting Partner, and will provide a range of value-added services for eBusiness initiatives for healthcare companies and organizations based on Interwoven’s Content Infrastructure product suite. These new services will allow I.C. Axon to give its customers more power to control, change, and manage web content on a large scale. Additionally I.C. Axon will be able to design, develop and deliver specialized solutions that capitalize on the features offered by Interwoven products. With this agreement, I.C. Axon foresees opportunities in developing standardized SCORM, AICC and IMS compatible learning content-management systems (LCMS) created with Interwoven technology. www.interwoven.com, www.icaxon.com
Vignette Corp. announced the general availability of Vignette V6 MultiSite Content Manager (VMCM), an extension to Vignette V6 Content Suite that enables organizations to manage content on multiple sites and portals within an organization via a single application. By offering centralized control and delegated administration capabilities, VMCM helps organizations push content management responsibilities to a diverse set of users, including technical and business functions. The Vignette V6 MultiSite Content Manager can integrate with portal servers from companies such as BEA Systems Inc., IBM Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. With delegated administration, business users throughout the organization can develop “cloned” sites, or subsites, that reuse content from the original site while offering a more distinct, relevant environment for site visitors. The Vignette V6 MultiSite Content Manager is currently available and shipping to customers. www.vignette.com
Sageware announced the 1.5 version of its Content Tagger. By shipping pre-defined categories with the product, Sageware allows customers to quickly deploy a tagging solution without having to define their own taxonomy or ‘train’ the system with large amounts of sample content. The Content Tagger compares text-based information (documents, news feeds, web pages) to a set of Sageware categories to determine what information should be delivered to the user. Sageware’s categories are made of user defined, XML-compliant components and very explicitly determine that content should be categorized. Thousands of components exist in inventory allowing Sageware to quickly assemble the categories needed to meet each customer’s unique content management needs. The 1.5 version of Sageware’s product also includes an open API and ‘User Review’ module that allows for easy integration with content and document management systems. The ‘user review’ module allows individuals to easily modify the results of categorization prior to updating the content or document management system repository. www.sageware.com
SDL International announced a partnership with Obtree Technologies UK Ltd. The partnership will combine SDL’s ‘SDLWebFlow’ specialist multilingual Workflow and Translation Memory software, with Obtree’s content management system, enabling businesses to compete on a global level by automatically translating and adapting web site content to any global region in the local language. SDLWebFlow supports integrated multilingual applications such as corporate intranets, extranets and portals and enables global companies. www.sdlintl.com
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has issued XML-Signature Syntax and Processing (XML Signature) as a W3C Recommendation. While there are technologies one can use to sign an XML file, XML Signature brings two additional benefits. First, XML Signature can be implemented with and use many of the same toolkits one is using for XML applications. In this way, no additional software is required. Second, XML Signature can process XML as XML instead of a single large document. This means multiple users may apply signatures to sections of XML, not simply the whole document. XML Signature permits both the original form and user’s entries to be independently signed without invalidating the other. XML Signature is tailored to XML processing, but it can be used to sign any data, such as a PNG image. Participants in the joint IETF/W3C Working Group included Accelio, Baltimore, Capslock, Citigroup, Corsec, Georgia State University, IAIK TU Graz, IBM, Microsoft, Motorola, Pure Edge, Reuters Health, Signio, Sun Microsystems, University of Siegen, University of Waterloo, VeriSign Inc., and XMLsec. www.w3.org
Infodata announced a licensing agreement of AnnoDoc, its collaboration and annotation tool, into Documentum’s enterprise content management platform. With the integration of AnnoDoc into Documentum’s product line, companies will be able to have teams of people create, assemble, and view individual annotations on complex documents over the web, and then track and audit those changes throughout the lifecycle of the document while using Adobe Acrobat in a Documentum environment. According to the terms of the agreement, AnnoDoc will be included on the Documentum Third Party Products price list, which is comprised of third party products that are complementary to the Documentum offering. Documentum, Infodata, and Adobe will each be marketing AnnoDoc to their customer base. www.infodata.com, www.documentum.com, www.adobe.com
Pindar Systems announced Agility, an enterprise catalog commerce server that will enable B2B and B2C companies fast, creative development of complex catalogs and promotions across print, online and supply chain channels. Agility is a comprehensive product information management system built with a J2EE-compliant Web application server architecture for fully integrated catalog development – across sales channels; among in-house merchandising, marketing, creative and production teams; between domestic and international company divisions and brands; and in collaboration with both supply and sell-side trading partners. Available modules include Agility Workflow, Agility Content Gateway, Agility XML Importer and XML Exporter, Agility Table Wizard, Agility Whiteboarding, Agility PDF Generator, Agility Supplier Gateway and Production Advisor for Agility. Pindar System’s Agility can be deployed across Microsoft Windows, Web or the new Apple Macintosh OS/X platforms. It runs on Sun SPARC Solaris 7.0 and Intel NT 4.0 (and greater) servers. Supported application servers include BEA Weblogic and IBM Websphere (later this year). Supported enterprise databases are Oracle 8i and 9i and Microsoft SQL 2000. www.pindarsystems.com
