WM-data joined IBM’s ISV Advantage Initiative, a program designed to provide independent software vendors (ISVs) with technical and marketing support to help meet the specific information technology needs of small and medium businesses (SMB) and public sector customers. Enabling jContentM on IBM’s middleware; WebSphere Portal, WebSphere Application Server, DB2 Universal Database and IBM eServers running Linux will help WM-data offer the market a Content Management Solution. The Content Management system jContentM contains all the functionality needed to build and maintain a constantly changing website. The system enables business users to create and approve documents, get them to the Web faster and keep a dynamic inventory of the content. WM-data will also work closely with IBM to expand its visibility in target vertical industries through various co-marketing and sales activities for Content Management Solutions. www.ibm.com, www.wmdata.com
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Open Text Corporation announced a new Livelink solution which integrates with PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial Management 8.8 to improve invoice handling and reduce processing costs for customers. The Open Text solution, called Livelink for Accounts Payable, applies Livelink’s workflow and document management tools to facilitate the processing and tracking of invoice documentation. Livelink for Accounts Payable offers a complete solution that includes flexible workflow to manage invoice routing, document management capabilities and data capture technology. The solution also provides data entry with document imaging, optical character recognition, and “heads-up” data entry, in which online guides give users a way to enter invoices. Once an invoice is approved, Livelink for Accounts Payable automatically provides invoice data to users creating invoices in PeopleSoft. www.opentext.com
XyEnterprise announced a new adapter which integrates Microsoft InfoPath with XyEnterprise’s Content@ content management software. The adapter enables the use of InfoPath as a customizable interface to Content@’s XML content creation, editing, and re-use capabilities. The Content@ adapter to InfoPath provides a form-based interface based on Microsoft Office technology, then stores and manages the content from the form in XML in the Content@ system. All other standard Content@ features, such as workflow, re-use, version control and multi-channel delivery are available to users through the adapter. The Content@ InfoPath adapter is available for early adopters now. www.xyenterprise.com
iMarkup Solutions has released iMarkup Server v5. The iMarkup Server is a web-based software solution providing document management, workflow automation, electronic forms processing, and document imaging. The eForm builder integrated into Microsoft Word makes is for organizations to move their manual paper based forms into an automated web-based eForm. The iMarkup Server transforms your document based information into knowledge assets by providing storage, categorization and search technologies. It provides users with an way to manage, distribute, locate, collaborate on, annotate and review documents and digital content. It supports users in all stages of the document lifecycle. The iMarkup Server is an “out of the box” product that is easy to install and administer.
www.imarkup.com
Systems Alliance, Inc. announced the addition of a Content Import Toolset (CIT) to SiteExecutive, the company’s Web Content Management System. With CIT, SiteExecutive can now migrate web content from pre-existing sites in an automated way. CIT reduces the need for manual content conversion efforts while increasing the speed and precision with which sites can be enhanced and maintained. CIT crawls an existing website and imports content in virtually any format, including all binaries such as images and PDFs while maintaining all links to keep site structure integrity. CIT allows specification of content within particular sections and pages of the site, providing a customized or phased approach to the conversion process. Analysis reports provide feedback on the status of the migration. Templates and styles are then applied to the newly-migrated content. The Content Import Toolset is available immediately through SiteExecutive. www.systemsalliance.com
Ipedo announced an enterprise Beta Test Program for the Ipedo XML Intelligence Platform (XIP), which helps organizations integrate and leverage their information assets. Ipedo XIP integrates and manages information from disparate, complex data sources and enables real-time business decisions. The Beta Test Program, which begins the week of October 11 and runs through November, has been designed to allow select customers and partners to provide feedback and influence product direction on Ipedo XIP. The program will also feature an extensive set of tests with BI and reporting tools. The Ipedo XML Intelligence Platform is a combination of information integration and intelligence technology. The software platform uses advanced XML techniques to extract and manage business critical data from disparate data sources, regardless of format. Ipedo expects that the product will be commercially available in the fourth quarter of 2004. A limited number of customers and partners will be selected for inclusion in the testing. www.ipedo.com
Borland Software Corporation and Vignette Corp. jointly announced a relationship and combined solution designed to help organizations accelerate the creation of portlets with custom functionality, improve the design and quality of Web interfaces, and consolidate management of disparate portlet functionality across the enterprise. The solution will consist of a portlet creation plug-in for Borland JBuilder 2005 and the Vignette Application Portal Borland Developer Edition. This wizard-based solution is designed to help developers create custom portlets based on JSR 168. Borland and Vignette also are working together on marketing programs and events promoting JBuilder 2005 and the Vignette Application Portal. The companies intend to collaborate on software application bundles for enterprise customers that Java and need to aggregate and publish extensive data sets and information. The Vignette Application Portal and Borland JBuilder 2005 are both available and shipping today. The JBuilder 2005 and Vignette Application Portal Borland Developer Edition bundle will be widely available in September. www.vignette.com, www.borland.com
9/14/04
Content Management Conferences in Boston brings together the largest collection of leading industry analysts, technologists, and enterprises that have successfully deployed content management technologies
Contacts:
Joy Blake Scott
Longleaf Public Relations
joy@longleafpr.com
Jeffrey Arcuri
Lighthouse Seminars
781-821-6634
jarcuri@lighthouseseminars.com
Cambridge, MA, September 14, 2004. The Gilbane Report and Lighthouse Seminars announced an unparalleled combination of expert faculty for the Gilbane Conference on Content Management to be held at the Westin Copley in Boston, November 30 – December 2, 2004.
The conference program is entirely focused on content technologies, and includes 27 educational sessions covering today’s most critical issues for businesses planning or implementing a content management strategy. The program is organized into 6 tracks so attendees with specific interests can easily organize their itinerary. The tracks are: Content Management, Enterprise Search & Knowledge Management and Collaboration; Document & Records Management; Enterprise Information Integration; Digital Asset Management; and Content Technology Works Best Practices and Case Studies. In addition, there are 3 half-day intensive workshops on: “ Web Content Management Systems: Principles, Products & Practices”, “Content Technology Choices for Technical Communicators”, and “Enterprise Search – Principles, Players, Practices, & Pitfalls”.
The conference faculty consists of 65+ speakers carefully chosen for their expertise and communication capability, and is comprised of analysts, consultants, and practitioners from many vertical industries who have successfully implemented content technology applications . In addition, there are technology experts from content technology suppliers.
Leading analysts and consultants from Robert W. Baird & Co., IDC, InfoWorld, Ovum, Delphi, Yankee Group, InfoTrends/CAP Ventures, CMSWatch, the Gilbane Report, and many others, will provide insight on technology and market trends and tell you how to get started on a successful project.
Well-known authors and practicing consultants, including Bob Boiko, (“The Content Management Bible”), Ann Rockley (“Managing Enterprise Content: A unified Content Strategy”), Bill Trippe (“Digital Rights Management: Business and Technology”), Lynda Moulton (“ Data Bases for Special Libraries: A Strategic Guide to Information Management”) and many others will be on hand to share their expertise with attendees.
IT and business executives from WGBH, Hewlett Packard, BBC, University of Buffalo, Lexis/Nexis, Sesame Workshop, IDX Systems, Analog Devices, CMP Media, J. & W. Seligman, Grand Circle Travel, RC Hagen, and others will share their experiences in successfully deploying content technology in their enterprises.
“Content management technologies need to be core components of most enterprise applications today.” said Frank Gilbane, Conference Chair, “But there is such a broad array of content technologies and a lack of experience integrating them that businesses have been rightfully cautious. That is why it is critical to share successful examples of content technology deployments, and to provide a well-balanced and critical analysis of the technologies and issues. By bringing together experts from all industry constituencies, we can ensure attendees are well-informed and prepared for success.”
The conference program and faculty listing is available at www.gilbane.com/CM_conference_program_Boston_04.html.
Sponsors of the Gilbane Content Management conference in Boston include EMC Documentum (NYSE:EMC), GMC Software, Interwoven (NASDAQ:IWOV), Open Text ( NASDAQ:OTEX), and Stellent (NASDAQ:STEL). For a complete list of sponsors and exhibitors-to-date see https://gilbane.com/CM_conference_Boston_04.html
About Bluebill Advisors, The Gilbane Report
Bluebill Advisors, Inc. serves the content management community with publications, conferences and consulting services. The Gilbane Report (www.gilbane.com) administers the Content Technology Works™ program disseminating best practices with partners Software AG (TECdax:SOW), Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW), Artesia Technologies (Open Text – NASDAQ:OTEX), Atomz, Context Media, Convera (NASDAQ:CNVR), INSCI (OTCBB:INSS), Trados, Vasont, Venetica, and Vignette (NASDAQ:VIGN).
About Lighthouse Seminars
Lighthouse Seminars’ events cover information technologies and “content technologies” in particular. These include content management of all types, digital asset management, document management, web content management, enterprise portals, enterprise search, web and multi-channel publishing, electronic forms, authoring, content and information integration, information architecture, and e-catalogs. http://www.lighthouseseminars.com
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