Documentum announced the availability of the EMC Content Archiving and Retrieval Solution (CARS) with Documentum to help customers meet evolving requirements of internally and externally mandated compliance initiatives. CARS with Documentum enables organizations to intelligently manage and store large volumes of content. Using CARS with Documentum, organizations can capture, manage, store, archive and ultimately dispose of all types of content, such as clinical trial information, loan applications, insurance claims, x-rays, purchase orders and hardcopy, document-based business records, while making it readily available, secure and re-usable. An EMC Solution, CARS with Documentum integrates the Documentum Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform with EMC networked storage platforms and services to address various storage requirements at different stages of the information lifecycle. With this solution, customers can ensure that only highly valued content that must be immediately accessible or frequently accessed is stored on high-performance storage, while archived content with limited and infrequent user access is moved to EMC Centera content addressed storage (CAS) for long-term retention. www.emc.com, www.documentum.com
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Vasont Systems introduced its new subscription option for its Vasont Content Management System. This new payment option provides organizations with a way to take advantage of the Company’s Vasont Content Management System while avoiding the capital budget process. Organizations pay a monthly fee to use Vasont over a 24-month period, offering them a convenient and cost-effective alternative to other content management systems that require a large upfront investment for the software. With this new subscription offering, organizations gain access to all of Vasont’s features and functionality, allowing them to create, manage and repurpose their highly complex content, including technical documentation, users’ manuals, and reference materials, to print, Web, CD-ROM, and wireless formats. Additionally, this payment option facilitates scaling the system to any number of seats and provides full software support and upgrades. www.vasont.com
Jalios, a spin-off of Bull and INRIA, unveiled JCMS Portal Connector 1.0. With JCMS content can now be incorporated in and distributed from all JSR168-compatible infrastructure portals. Companies that have deployed application portals, either on the Internet or within their Intranet, can offer their users, via JCMS, management of the content production cycle and documents within multiple work spaces, rights management and delegation, collaborative publishing, content categorization, and groupware tools. Information management applications can be transparently integrated in portals alongside corporate applications: human resources, CRM and other Enterprise Resource Planning solutions. JCMS Portal Connector supports all JSR168 compatible infrastructure portals, such as BEA WebLogic Portal, IBM Websphere Portal Software Solution and Sun ONE Portal Server. The JCMS Portal Connector 1.0 license is priced at just Euro 5,000 excluding VAT. www.jalios.com
Kentico announced an upcoming product called Kentico CMS for ASP.NET. The new product aims to become the most affordable CMS for ASP.NET professionals. Kentico CMS was designed for Web developers who deliver Web sites for their customers or their companies. Its architecture combines SQL, XML and ASP.NET into one metadata-driven solution. Kentico has also announced two programs: a Beta-Testing Program for developers who want to participate in beta testing, and a Solutions Partner Program for software companies and Web development consultants that decide to use Kentico CMS for delivering custom solutions to their customers. Kentico plans to release the beta version in June 2004. Product pricing will start at USD $499 per Web site. The development license will be free. www.kentico.com
FatWire Software announced that it has expanded its integration with the Sun Java System Portal Server through its latest release of Spark 6 pCM (portal Content Management) for Sun. FatWire has also deepened its integration with Sun through its Reference Architecture for enterprise solutions that now utilizes FatWire Content Server 5.5 applications. FatWires Spark 6 uses the Sun Java System Identity Server user and group management for single sign-on authentication and authorization and supports JSR 168. Spark can be installed quickly, features content management and document management interfaces, and installs with four pre-built delivery portlets for job postings, corporate communications, documents and advertisements. Spark 6 pCM is available now at $25,000 per server. www.fatwire.com
Tripos, Inc. and Crown Partners LLC announced the formation of a strategic relationship combining Crown Partners’ enterprise content management solution with Tripos’ electronic notebook offering. The relationship strengthens the Tripos Electronic Notebook solution by including workflow, collaboration and content management technologies from Documentum, and provides the electronic notebook with support for intellectual property issues involved in the research and development life cycle. www.crownpartners.com, www.tripos.com
Stellent, Inc. announced new features and functionality for Stellent SmartCabinet, a Web-based application that provides paper-intensive real estate companies and corporations with a platform to share and access leases, franchise contracts, insurance policies, amendments and architectural drawings. The enhanced SmartCabinet application now offers real estate users more advanced contribution, customization, control, comprehension and collaboration features. The SmartCabinet solution also provides real estate users more control over how and when internal and external parties access the solution. For collaborative, team-based initiatives, Stellent offers the SmartCabinet Advanced Collaboration module that allows users to define and manage projects in a “virtual deal room” setting. Stellent SmartCabinet is available either as an installed software package or as a rented, hosted service. Hosted service pricing is based on number of users, amount of storage used and a monthly access fee. Customers can purchase the SmartCabinet Advanced Collaboration and SmartCabinet Advanced Workflow modules as add-on features. www.stellent.com/realestate
DocSoft is currently developing a multi-format conversion engine that will convert Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). The primary purpose of this software will convert CGM to SVG, but support for conversion of other formats to SVG will be available as well. The software will also have a developer’s license and API available for integration with other software. The software is designed to run using Microsoft’s .NET Framework, and will allow for batch processing of conversions. The software is currently undergoing beta testing and will be released in September 2004. DocSoft is currently seeking qualified beta testers. www.docsoft.com
