Open Text Corporation said it will acquire Artesia Technologies, Inc. “Close of the transaction is imminent.” The acquisition expands Open Text’s rich media integration and management capabilities as part of its ECM suite, and provides a platform from which to address the content management needs of media and marketing professionals. Artesia provides customer organizations and their marketing and distribution partners with the ability to easily access and collaborate around a centrally managed collection of digital media elements. Applications include: Production Asset Management – Content reuse and collaboration at the center of creative process for digital media content; Brand Asset Management – Control over and reuse of the digital media elements used in marketing campaigns; Distribution Asset Management – Streamlining the distribution of digital media and digital marketing materials to the supply chain; and Rich Digital Media Asset Management – Enhances content management and collaboration by extending search, retrieval, viewing and analysis to rich digital media content and its associated metadata. The transaction is not material to the financial results or operations of Open Text. The acquisition will be discussed during Open Text’s fourth quarter earnings conference call, scheduled for Tuesday, August 31, 2004. www.opentext.com, www.artesia.com
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Endeca announced the immediate availability of Endeca ProFind 4.5, a new version of the company’s enterprise search and navigation platform. Endeca ProFind combines search, Guided Navigation and Content Spotlighting capabilities to help organizations integrate and take advantage of structured, semi-structured and unstructured enterprise data. Endeca ProFind 4.5 includes several new features designed to improve relevancy, customize the discovery process and further simplify administration and management. These features include: personalization, a seach application wizard, expanded relevancy ranking capabilities for unstructured data, enhanced classification and taxonomy management, new administration tools, and a new web-based interface to simplify administration and maintenance of Endeca implementations. Endeca also announced immediate availability of Endeca InFron 4.5, a new version of their commerce search, navigation and merchandising solution. www.endeca.com
Tablus, Inc. announced the latest version of their content security solution, Content Alarm 1.1. Content Alarm monitors all outgoing traffic at the network perimeter and accurately identifies sensitive content leaving the network in email or email attachments, HTTP posts, FTP transmissions and other traffic protocols. Content Alarm employs an advanced Linguistic Analysis Engine to determine if data leaving the network matches any content that has been designated as protected. Because Content Alarm monitors content transmission instead of document access, it can detect a wide range of violations, e.g., if paragraphs of a strategic plan are pasted into an outgoing email message. Content Alarm looks at all traffic exiting on multiple protocols, not just email. Completely non-intrusive and transparent to end-users, Content Alarm tracks email attachments, FTP file transfers, HTTP posts and more. Sophisticated policy tools support audits of all or only selected activities. For example, certain transactions, such as data transmissions to a specific destination can trigger an audit. Content Alarm 1.1 is currently available. www.tablus.com
GlobalSight Corporation announced that it has entered into agreement with enterprise content management software provider, Mediasurface, for integrating end-to-end Web content creation into GlobalSight’s Ambassador product. The new functionality will be sold as an add-on module to Ambassador. This joint global content management solution combines localization automation software with Web content development and management technology. While Ambassador will continue to integrate with other content management solutions, organizations that have not deployed a CMS now have the option of deploying a fully integrated end-to-end environment that enables authoring and multilingual content management. www.mediasurface.com, www.globalsight.com
GlobalSCAPE announced the release of CuteFTP Server, a software application that allows individuals to host their own FTP servers from home. A free 30-day trial of CuteFTP Server is available immediately and it has a standard list price of $49.99 per single-user license. The professional version, SecureFTP Server, is available for businesses and has a standard list price of $349 per single-user license. www.globalscape.com
Surety, LLC announced a partnership with Documentum that will enable companies to protect their intellectual property, defend evidence in court and comply with regulatory mandates by validating their electronic records. The combined solution will enable customers, third-party auditors and government regulators to prove the date and time and content integrity of any object created in the Documentum Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform independent of an organization’s internal system controls. As part of the partnership, Surety will build an integration of its AbsoluteProof data integrity solution with the Documentum ECM platform, and will make the combined solution available to companies in the pharmaceutical, legal, and government markets. www.documentum.com, www.surety.com
Interwoven, Inc., Kofax, and BCS Systems announced the companies have teamed to offer an enterprise information capture and collaborative document management solution. BCS Advanced Capture integrates Kofax Ascent Capture, Interwoven’s content management capabilities, and any enterprise business application to maximize access to important documents within the business context. It also provides visibility of information subject to regulatory compliance initiatives. With BCS Advanced Capture, Interwoven users are provided with the ability to capture documents and contextual metadata, apply web navigation elements and place the documents in the ECM repository. Advanced Capture also works with many multi function centers to provide distributed transaction capture across the enterprise. Upon arrival to the Interwoven repository, documents can be assigned to pre-defined workflows and routed to appropriate business processes. Ascent is a modular application that can be used right out-of-the-box to meet the needs of a specific department, or expanded to meet the complex needs of a high-volume enterprise. Ascent can extend the basic application to handle complex forms processing tasks, as well as information capture directly from remote offices. HostConnect integrates ERP, CRM, line of business and mainframe applications with Interwoven WorkSite MP. Additionally, Object Bundler provides clients with a regulatory compliance application that can provide a virtual electronic snapshot of business documents. www.kofax.com, www.bcssys.com, www.interwoven.com
Verity Inc. announced the availability of Verity TeleForm release 9.0, the latest version of the company’s high volume content capture solution. Verity TeleForm is a software solution that replaces manual data entry with paper-to-digital processing. This is the first TeleForm release under the Verity corporate banner since the company completed its acquisition of Cardiff Software. The new enhancements are: Microsoft SQL-Verity TeleForm integration; Support of Microsoft VBA to facilitate customization of application-specific business rules; Security enhancements that include expanded Microsoft LDAP support, password-protected PDF file exports, and strengthened protection for file transfers; Simplified troubleshooting and support through TeleForm’s modules for Reader and AutoMerge Publisher that can now be handled as Windows services; and Improved recognition and throughput from higher performing RecoFlex multi-engine recognition technology. TeleForm is available in three product families, TeleForm Desktop, TeleForm for Workgroup, and TeleForm Enterprise. www.verity.com
