Snapbridge Software announced Snapbridge XStudio Pro 2.0, an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for developing and managing XML schemas, XSLT stylesheets and scripts. XStudio Pro 2.0 supports flexibility and portability and offers an environment for XML and XSLT development. XStudio Pro 2.0 integrates with Snapbridge FDX Information Server and FDX XML Server product lines. Through the use of XStudio Pro 2.0 and FDX XML Server, developers can develop mission-critical information integration and management applications. Snapbridge XStudio Pro 2.0 capabilities include the ability to: create, validate, convert, and manage XML schemas, XML files and DTDs; create and debug complex XSLT stylesheets; and create and manage scripts to choreograph the integration and publication of XML, HTML, and Web Services assets. XStudio Pro 2.0 starting price is $399 USD per seat and can be downloaded at www.snapbridge.com/downloads
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SealedMedia Inc. announced version 3.2 of its document security solution for enterprises. The new release adds deployment, administration and management functions making the handling of secure, sealed documents and email simpler for users and more flexible for groups to use across the extended enterprise. Version 3.2, which is now generally available. New characteristics of SealedMedia 3.2 make interfacing with other enterprise applications easier, offering smoother deployment, management and administration of applications as well as usability improvements for sealed documents. For instance NT Authentication provides users with single sign-on functionality and support for LDAP, and Active Directory keeps user names and passwords consistent across applications. Integration with Documentum eRoom (Sealed eRoom) enables secure web-based collaboration on projects involving confidential information. SealedMedia 3.2 ensures that digital information remains persistently protected within the eRoom itself and extends the security and audit capabilities to files wherever they are even on remote desktops. www.sealedmedia.com
IXOS Software AG announced that its IXOS DocuLink Repository Manager 1.0 has received integration certification with the SAP NetWeaver, SAP’s integration and application platform. DocuLink Repository Manager enables SAP business content that is archived within the IXOS Enterprise Content Repository (ECR) to be integrated with live content from Knowledge Management within the SAP Enterprise Portal solution. It gives organizations greater control over their business content and allows them to implement full-text search, classification and collaboration scenarios by re-using the generic Knowledge Management services offered by SAP on top of a heterogeneous repository landscape. www.ixos.com
Triplehash has released SiteBreeze, a cross-platform desktop-based content management system that creates static HTML websites based on one or more templates. Users can insert images directly from digital camera media, without needing to manually resize and recompress them beforehand to make them “web ready”. A built-in scripting language gives the user the ability to create links that adapt as the content of the website changes. Being desktop-based, the content can be changed offline, and published later, so that dial-up users are not excluded from benefiting from content-management systems. SiteBreeze can be used to create multi-lingual, multiple-version websites. The built-in editor allows side-by-side translation of articles, and custom variables allow for easy changing of copyright notices, tentative dates and so on. The integrated Todo list assists in keeping track of tasks related to your site. Because SiteBreeze generates HTML sites, it works on all web servers. You don’t need to set up any server software. SiteBreeze costs $145(US) for a single-user license, $130 per user for two licenses, and $95 per user for 3 or more licenses, with a source-code license available for $1500. SiteBreeze comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Evaluation copy available on request. www.triplehash.com
Open TextCorporation introduced an online community of practice for government customers, giving them an always-open forum to share ideas and best practices for applying Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software in government. The community, which is based on Livelink, allows Open Text to use its own technology and expertise in collaboration to establish closer relationships with customers. Open Text hosts the forum in a Livelink community workspace which provides collaboration tools, such as a Weblog and community polls, so members can share opinions and ideas. Using the browser interface or e-mail, community members can share documents, articles, presentations, URLs, media files and other materials of interest to members. The community contains information on new technology, training and user adoption, government IT standards and requirements, government technology events and webinars, and Livelink product updates. Other tools allow users to rate content shared in the forum and receive e-mail alerts when new information is added to the site. www.opentext.com/government
Modulo Systems and IXIASOFT announced a new VAR partnership to provide an XML archive and retrieval system to the publishing market by embedding IXIASOFT’s TEXTML Server at the heart of Modulo’s solutions. TEXTML Server will provide its native XML database and indexing technology as an archive repository and search engine within Modulo’s suite of products. As part of the partnership, Modulo will also provide custom development services for clients wanting to leverage IXIASOFT’s XML technology. www.modulosystems.com, www.ixiasoft.com
Microsoft Corp.announced the addition of the XML schema used by Microsoft Office Visio 2003, DataDiagramML, to the Microsoft Open and Royalty-Free Office 2003 XML reference schema program announced in November 2003. Through the Microsoft documentation and a royalty-free license, customers and partners can take advantage of the XML schema in its diagramming and data visualization tool. The availability of the Visio schema provides a complete and W3C-compliant description of the Visio XML file format, enabling organizations to access information captured in their Visio diagrams and use it with other XML-enabled applications, such as CRM and ERP systems, as part of their business processes. Customers and partners interested in obtaining documentation on the DataDiagramML schema can download it, as part Microsoft’s royalty-free licensing program, from the Microsoft Office Developer Center on MSDN. www.microsoft.com
Inmedius, Inc. announced a strategic partnership with Vektas Ltd, Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Inmedius will be the first company to distribute and support Vektas professional authoring tools, including their new Warrior application that is compliant with the S1000D Technical Publications Specification (also referred to as AECMA), throughout North America. The partnership begins with the immediate availability of Vektas products, Warrior, Armada and ARK, in the United States and Canada through Inmedius. Additional product capabilities and enhancements will emerge throughout 2004. www.vektas.com, www.Inmedius.com
