Captiva Software Corp. announced it has signed a software licensing agreement with FileNet Corp. FileNet will use Captiva’s PixTools/Scan and PixTools/View products and bundle Captiva’s ISIS scanner drivers within its products. With PixTools’ Scan and View products and the bundling of ISIS, FileNet has the ability to support new scanners and evolving features such as support for color images, multiple data streams and distributed scanning. The ISIS technology also ensures support for a variety of industry scanners. PixTools/View toolkit is a full-featured API that provides all the necessary image viewing and printing functions including image display, rotation, scale, scale-to-gray and annotation. PixTools/Scan toolkit supports ISIS, driving peak performance from every scanning device and providing access to the full range of available scanner features. www.filenet.com, www.captivasoftware.com
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Captovation announced direct integration support between their eCapture software, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. With eCapture’s integration, SharePoint users can scan and index paper documents directly into a SharePoint repository. The integration is facilitated through an eCapture Data Provider (EDP) which transfers document images from eCapture and places them into a SharePoint repository. The eCapture component’s ecIndex, ecAutoFile Server, ecCommit Server, ecImport Server, ecNet Server and Captovation Check Capture are all capable of performing a document commit (archive) into SharePoint. Captovation’s direct integration support for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 utilizes Web Services to link eCapture users with a SharePoint Portal Server system. XML is used to structure the data between an eCapture system and SharePoint. The integration includes a SharePoint Template Manager, which allows an administrator to define field mappings between eCapture and SharePoint. On a per template basis, an administrator specifies the URL of a SharePoint Portal Server. After connecting, the SharePoint Template Manager retrieves all available user lists and respective field names. The administrator then correlates field names in SharePoint with available fields in eCapture. Upon commit, the images are converted to either Multiple Page TIFFs or PDFs. www.captovation.com
SAP AG and Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the joint delivery of Interactive Forms based on Adobe software as part of the SAP NetWeaver open integration and application platform. The solution is available today with mySAP Business Suite. The offering is aimed at automating and streamlining paper-based communications that companies rely on to increase business agility. Both will sell, support and provide implementation services for the delivery of Interactive Forms in mySAP Business Suite. With the availability of Interactive Forms, SAP customers will be able to further enhance data capture and streamline the dissemination of business-critical form processes. Whether government to citizen, business to business, or business to consumer, SAP customers can reach a much broader set of users inside and outside the firewall using Interactive Forms. www.adobe.com, www.sap.com
Arbortext, Inc. announced it is shipping Arbortext 5.0, its latest product release that expands the publishing software suite’s functionality and ease of use. Arbortext 5.0 features four major new products and many enhancements, including: Styler, a new development tool that allows designers to create stylesheets to drive automated publishing from a “single source of style” to print, PDF, Web, HTML Help, and wireless devices; Contributor, a Web-based XML editor that runs in a browser and requires no desktop installation. Contributor provides simplified XML editing; Companion, an add-in for Microsoft Word 2003, Companion simplifies the development of XML authoring applications for Word; and DCAM, an optional component of Arbortext’s E3 publishing server that lets authors create and manage the hundreds or thousands of inter-document and intra-document links that typically exist in a large collection of information, and it supports the publishing of dynamic documents that contain links. www.arbortext.com
Ricoh Corporation introduced GlobalScan frameworks for Documentum and Interwoven Worksite for use with existing Ricoh Aficio Multifunctional Products (MFPs). Using Ricoh’s Aficio MFP combined with GlobalScan Sever software and the framework to Documentum, paper-based documents can be scanned for delivery to the Documentum doc-base. By combining Ricoh MFPs, GlobalScan and the Interwoven WorkSite frameworks, users can convert paper documents into a variety of file formats including PDF, Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint. They can then distribute electronic files directly to worksite databases with a single scan. www.ricoh.com
SchemaLogic and Meta Integration Technology announced they have formed a technology alliance where SchemaLogic customers will be able to utilize over 50 additional adaptors to create a shared, cross-system, “active” metadata repository. Meta Integration Model Bridge connects to databases or information models from IBM, Oracle, Sybase, SAS, Business Objects, IBM Rational, Computer Associates, OMG and W3C. SchemaLogic provides a framework for shared metadata based on an active repository, a unified information model, collaborative change management with impact analysis, notification and approval, plus the synchronization of approved changes to subscribing systems using XML, SOAP and Web Services. This provides a holistic view of information assets including content, data and XML: who is responsible for each asset, how they’re organized (structure and semantics) and the relationships among them. Information architects, database analysts, content system managers and developers can see and control metadata definitions, taxonomies, hierarchical lists and vocabularies in one repository, available throughout the enterprise. www.metaintegration.com, www.schemalogic.com
Centra Software, Inc. announced a series of enhancements to its core software platform, Centra 7. Centra 7 version 7.1 features greater integration for contextual collaboration with Microsoft Office, provides integration with Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN), streamlined pre- and post-meeting attendance and management capabilities, enhanced Knowledge Center reporting, increased enterprise-class administration features and enhanced branding capabilities. Created to support Centra’s four solution sets, Enterprise Application Rollouts, Sales Effectiveness, Collaborative Learning and Customer Acquisition, Centra 7 version 7.1 lets users monitor the progress of application training programs, facilitates project team meetings and provides a way for sales people to conduct customer meetings and online demonstrations. High-touch events like Centra-powered online Web seminars are now easier to setup, attend and record. Centra 7 version 7.1 makes it easier for learners to build their own blended learning programs. www.centra.com
QRS Corporation announced QRS QuickSync, a solution designed for retail suppliers that need to syndicate their item information to data pools such as QRS Catalogue, which can then publish that data to UCCnet services. QRS QuickSync is part of QRS’ data synchronization solution suite, which includes QRS IMPACT and QRS Catalogue. QRS QuickSync is pre-configured to meet the needs of retail suppliers. The solution offers an introduction to a complete enterprise product information management solution, such as QRS IMPACT. QRS QuickSync syndicates product data to data pools such as QRS Catalogue. If the supplier needs to publish product data to UCCnet services, QRS Catalogue can then publish that data to UCCnet services. QRS QuickSync features include a flexible data model, data cleansing and normalization capabilities, product information in multiple formats, integration with existing internal systems and applications. and an option to syndicate to UCCnet services via QRS Catalogue Release 4.0. www.qrs.com
