iManage, Inc. announced a new partnership with Kofax that will bring scanning capabilities to users of the iManage WorkSite suite. iManage has also joined the Kofax Technology Alliance Program. Ascent Capture will be tightly integrated with iManage WorkSite to provide users with a complete, out-of-the-box capture and collaboration solution. Ascent Capture automates the capture of information from documents and forms and delivers retrievable information into business applications. Documents scanned with Ascent Capture will be delivered automatically into iManage WorkSite, capturing the information alongside all project work within the repository — such as emails, spreadsheets, reports, etc. — keeping all content in context and readily available for access, editing, collaboration or completion. www.kofax.com, www.imanage.com
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EasyAsk announced EasyAsk Enterprise 9, a platform for unifying all forms of enterprise content and enabling information access across commerce, service and decision support activities. EasyAsk Enterprise 9 delivers information quickly, regardless of format or location. Users can be guided through dynamic navigation, or they may use an advanced natural-language interface to go directly to the content they seek. EasyAsk Enterprise 9 offers three different components. EasyAsk Decision Advisor provides enterprises with an internal solution for harnessing real-time information from multiple sources. It provides novice to expert business users access to information contained within and reports generated from BI platforms. EasyAsk Service Advisor facilitates a variety of enterprise information access for customer self service and call centers and within enterprise portals. For online B2C commerce and catalog merchants and B2B manufacturers and distributors, EasyAsk Commerce Advisor enables their customers to quickly find and browse through merchandise and catalogs that meet their specific criteria. www.easyask.com
ATG announced the general availability of ATG 6.1. ATG 6.1 contains a variety of new capabilities including an upgraded Web content management solution, integration with industry leading application servers, and enhancements to ATG’s innovative Scenario Personalization technology. ATG has upgraded its Web content management solution, ATG Publishing, with several features for companies utilizing database-driven Web applications such as portals, commerce and self-service. ATG 6.1 offers tighter integration with Web application servers including IBM’s WebSphere 5.0 and others. New capabilities enable customers to automate business processes in the same manner as ATG’s Scenario Personalization allows customers to automate customer interactions on the Web. With the new workflow functions in ATG 6.1, companies can automate repetitive manual business processes. Industry compliance issues, sales and marketing automation, customer and employee service management, and other highly complex processes can be automated through application workflow. www.atg.com
Stellent, Inc. announced the release of Stellent Content Management 7.0. Stellent Content Server now supports document management, Web content management, records management, collaboration and digital asset management applications from a single server, and features a new common GUI and common APIs. Version 7.0 leverages Stellent’s core platform to offer built-in records management functionality that enables users to manage disposition and retention schedules for electronic and physical records. In addition, Stellent Content Management 7.0 will comply with the U.S. DoD 5015.2 standard. Stellent Content Management 7.0 includes a new, optional, high-volume repository that supports large volumes of content for imaging and digital asset management applications. Version 7.0 also offers workflow support for business processes to enable users to route forms, scanned documents and images through workflows. Additional features include: a simplified workflow interface, schema management, image conversion, directory rollover, enhanced enterprise management, expanded XML functionality, and a simplified pricing model. www.stellent.com
Altova Inc. announced the availability of XMLSPY 2004 integrated with Microsoft’s Visual Studio .NET versions 2002 and 2003. The new integration of XMLSPY 2004’s XML development tools and utilities, directly within Microsoft Visual Studio .NET will enable the Microsoft developer community to build XML-enabled software applications for the Microsoft platform. The XMLSPY 2004 integration for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET is included in both XMLSPY 2004 Professional Edition and XMLSPY 2004 Enterprise Edition which retail for $399 and $990 (USD) per installed user. Volume discounts, Support and Maintenance, upgrade pricing, and concurrent licensing options are available, see Altova’s online shop for complete price list. www.altova.com
ClearForest Corp. and Ness Technologies have partnered to develop comprehensive business intelligence solutions for the Life Science industry. The partnership will combine ClearForest’s content extraction and analysis software with Ness’ 17 years of expertise delivering IT solutions to Life Science companies. The partnership is focused on applying text mining and other advanced knowledge management capabilities to clients’ strategic initiatives in drug discovery, clinical development optimization, competitive and business intelligence. In addition to joint product development and implementation, ClearForest will provide Ness with extensive technical, marketing and sales resources to ensure successful integration and implementation with its Life Sciences and other customers. www.clearforest.com, www.ness.com
WHITTMANHART announced that it has formed an alliance with ATG. The companies are developing customer self-service solutions that combine WHITTMANHART’s portal and content management implementation experience with ATG’s portal and publishing solutions. ATG Publishing provides an interface for creating product catalogs, posting updated knowledge base articles, and designing targeted e-mail marketing campaigns. Combined with the ATG Portal, WHITTMANHART and ATG will deliver solutions for self-service and collaboration. www.whittmanhart.com, www.atg.com
RedDot Solutions announced that it has partnered with Logicworks to provide customers with a new hosted content management solution based on RedDot’s product, RedDot Content Management Server (CMS) 5.0. The joint offering delivers enterprise-class CMS functionality at a fixed monthly cost to small to medium-sized businesses. Logicworks’ infrastructure will provide value-added services that enable secure hosting, operating system patching, rapid development and deployment, upgrades, management and flexible finance options. Terms of offering are based on 12 and 24 months with option to convert to a perpetual license. The RedDot/Logicworks hosted solution is created for organizations with fixed budgets that need a full content management system or are limited with hardware resources. Logicworks’ managed infrastructure supports RedDot CMS implementations with a dedicated server(s), operating system and connectivity, 24×7 monitoring, failover & redundancy options, back-up and recovery. www.logicworks.net, www.reddot.com
