Obinary has released Magnolia 1.1, an update to its free Java-based Enterprise Content Management System. Magnolia 1.1 includes an improved caching mechanism that works seamlessly and automatically to deliver performance for dynamically created web pages, while maintaining full authentication mechanisms. New sample templates demonstrate the use of server side image resizing. This allows storing images independently of their display dimensions. The same source image can thus be displayed in several sizes, for example to have thumbnails and “show detail” functionality. Numerous small interface improvements and a streamlined and renamed core API further enhance the ease-of-use of Magnolia. All documentation has been updated to reflect the new API. Magnolia installers and updaters are available for all major operating systems. Magnolia can be installed quickly on all common operating-systems (JDK 1.4.1 required) and is available free of charge at www.magnolia.info, www.obinary.com
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Context Media, Inc. announced that its Interchange Suite content integration software provides additional support for multiple IBM platforms. Context Media Interchange Suite is now powered by IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM Tivoli Directory Server and IBM DB2 Information Management platforms. Context Media also announced that it has integrated Interchange Suite with IBM DB2 Content Manager and WebSphere Portal, allowing customers to directly import data from third party content management systems onto their desktops through WebSphere Portal or Context Media user interfaces like Intershare, a Windows based client that acts like a shared drive within any desktop application. Context Media also announced that it has expanded its relationship with IBM by joining the IBM Value Advantage Plus (VAP) partner program to drive joint solutions into the small and medium business (SMB) marketplace. Interchange Suite, powered by IBM WebSphere Application Server, DB2 Universal Database and IBM Tivoli Directory Server, is currently available. www.contextmedia.com
DataPower Technology, Inc. along with Accordare announced a partnership aimed at easing the creation and ongoing maintenance of XML-based trading partner connections. The agreement combines Accordare’s Reflector and DataPower’s XS40 XML Security Gateway to provide an intelligent e-business mediation point. The combined offering delivers “no-coding” XML security, eases coping with mismatched XML business document formats, detects common business process protocol interoperability errors, helps debug disagreements over security and standards specifications, and overcomes other obstacles to launching and maintaining electronic business connections. By combining Accordare’s Reflector and the DataPower XML Security Gateway, a “drop-in” network device purpose-built to provide complete XML Web services security and wirespeed XML performance, enterprises can now eliminate these barriers and get business-to-business transactions flowing “live” in record time. www.datapower.com, www.accordare.com
Venetica announced the availability of a Content Bridge to IBM DB2 Content Manager OnDemand, enabling customers to leverage distributed content stored in statements, invoices and other formatted computer output on behalf of enterprise initiatives such as customer service, regulatory compliance and supply chain management. This announcement is part of an ongoing relationship in support of IBM technology. With VeniceBridge, IBM customers can build enterprise-spanning business applications on the WebSphere platform that provide access to content throughout the organization and leverage business processes defined across multiple business units. These solutions can use a combination of IBM DB2 Content Manager and Lotus Domino.Doc for managing and archiving critical digitized content, Lotus Notes for collaborative information and knowledge management, IBM WebSphere MQ Workflow for enterprise-wide business processes, and other disparate non-IBM systems being used to manage content and processes across the organization. Venetica’s technology has been deployed in IBM customer environments on multiple IBM operating systems including AIX, Linux and zOS. www.venetica.com
iPhrase Technologies, Inc. announced the acquisition of Banter Systems, Inc., a provider of automatic classification software used to understand unstructured content and informal communications. iPhrase acquired Banter in an all-stock transaction. The deal doubles the size of iPhrase’s engineering team. iPhrase acquired all of Banter’s technology assets, customers, partner relationships and employees, including Banter’s Israeli-based research and development team. The acquisition has closed and Banter’s integration into iPhrase is underway. iPhrase will maintain its current Cambridge, Massachusetts headquarters. The unified company now has a position in both the enterprise search and e-Service enablement market. The acquisition allows iPhrase to extend its NLP support from web based interactions to e-mail, chat and secure messaging, adds automated classification capabilities, and extends its partner coverage from the Web Infrastructure segment into the CRM market. www.iphrase.com
Cardiff Software Inc. and Relizon announced a strategic alliance to deliver business process automation solutions for Relizon’s customers. The integration of Cardiff’s eForm solutions with Relizon’s end-to-end business process design and management will provide productivity gains from the enterprise-wide document management process. The Relizon-Cardiff solution development will center on Cardiff’s LiquidOffice, a Web-based eForm automation solution for creating, deploying and automatically managing the routing, tracking and approval processes for electronic forms. LiquidOffice’s automation of internal and external forms helps organizations increase efficiency and productivity, while its use of XML, HTML and PDF ensure enterprise connectivity with database, ERP, accounting and back-office applications. www.relizon.com, www.cardiff.com
Adobe Systems Incorporated shipped Adobe FrameMaker 7.1 software, the upgrade to its enterprise authoring and publishing solution. Importing and migrating technical documents into FrameMaker 7.1 is now easier and faster. With the Conditional Text feature, authors can maintain different variations of a document in a single XML source file. The variations can be controlled and previewed for print and PDF, and can be utilized in XML transformations downstream. Users can also now manage cross-references between XML files. Both features provide greater flexibility in managing and delivering content in XML. Windows users can expand on previous projects by migrating technical documents created in Adobe PageMaker (versions 6.5-7.0) and QuarkXPress (versions 3.3-4.1) directly into FrameMaker 7.1. SVG can be used as a single source for publishing vector graphics in printed materials, Adobe PDF, or on the Web. FrameMaker 7.1 for Windows and Sun Solaris is now available in the United States, Europe and Canada. FrameMaker 7.1, desktop version, for Windows is US$799 for the full version and $199 for the upgrade. On Sun Solaris, the full version is $1,329 and $279 for the upgrade. For Macintosh users, FrameMaker 7.0 is still available for both Mac OS 9 and OS X Classic. www.adobe.com
Stellent, Inc. announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Optika Inc. an enterprise content management (ECM) provider of imaging, business process management (BPM), collaboration and records management software, for $10 million in cash, approximately 4.1 million shares of Stellent common stock and the assumption by Stellent of Optika’s outstanding options. Based on Stellent’s stock price as of Jan. 9, 2004 and including the value of the options to be assumed, the transaction currently is valued at approximately $59 million. Immediately after the transaction, the former stockholders of Optika will own approximately 16 percent of the outstanding shares of Stellent common stock, and Stellent shareholders will own approximately 84 percent of the combined entity. The combined company will have an annual revenue run rate of approximately $100 million, and a cash and marketable securities position of approximately $70 million. Combined with Stellent’s Universal Content Management architecture, Optika’s product line will enable Stellent to provide customers with a suite of solutions to manage both collaborative, consumption-oriented content as well as content generated and circulated during complex business transactions. In the short-term, Stellent plans to integrate the product lines via Web services. Longer-term plans call for the product lines to be integrated utilizing Stellent’s universal content repository. www.stellent.com, www.optika.com
