E Solutions Corp. announced the launch of E-CMS, an electronic content management solution designed to give small businesses greater control over their web sites. Employees with just word processing and Internet browser experience can use E-CMS to quickly change their company’s web site content, post news articles, alter the content’s size and color, add graphics and hyperlinks, or add and delete pages, all while maintaining the look and feel of the original web site. Users pay a one-time fee based on the number of pages in the web site. E Solutions also offers training for the site administrator and content administrators. www.esnet.com
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Endeca announced the immediate availability of Endeca ProFind 4.6, a new version of its enterprise search, Guided Navigation and Content Spotlighting platform. The new software features Rich Site Summary (RSS) support for custom alerting and Web Services and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) support for system-to-system integration and customization. RSS support allows users of Endeca applications to create custom alerts and have them delivered as RSS feeds or via e-mail systems. RSS-enabled Endeca applications provide customers with a tool to deliver online content through a real-time, opt-in delivery mechanism. Endeca has added support for XML-based Web Services standards including SOAP and Web Services Description Language (WSDL). New time/date rules enhance business user control over Content Spotlighting. In addition to expanded phrase relevance ranking modules, new automatic phrase handling capabilities enhance the accuracy and relevancy of search results for multi-word queries. New content adapters for Microsoft SharePoint and Stellent content management offerings help ease application development and speed time-to-market. www.endeca.com
Authentica, Inc. introduced Authentica Secure Office Version 2.0 to deliver policy automation and enforcement and tight Microsoft Office integration to speed and simplify ERM deployments. It helps organizations manage risk and protect sensitive content while allowing users to collaborate within the enterprise and externally with partners and other associates. Authentica Secure Office lets information owners track and audit document activity and change policies centrally or within the desktop environment for the lifecycle of the content. A continuous audit trail reflects all document activity so organizations always know how information is being accessed and used. Authentica Secure Office will be available in December 2004 with pricing beginning at $50,000. www.authentica.com
Open Text Corporation said it is launching a new collaboration platform that will create a new way to work online. Called Livelink Touchpoint, the solution unifies Web conferencing, blogs, team workspaces, Instant Messaging and the ability to see the online presence of others into a single, seamless interface – a complete contextual collaboration platform to make communication and online work easier. Livelink Touchpoint is the first of many solutions to be based on Open Text’s new services-oriented development platform, called the Livelink ECM Services Architecture, also announced. Livelink Touchpoint is designed to better match the dynamics of human interaction, while eliminating the need for users to switch between applications to use different collaboration tools. For example, a user can see the presence of a co-worker online, Instant Message that person, then, with one click and within the same interface, quickly escalate that interaction into a Web meeting where the two can share documents or “white board” ideas. If necessary, the two can involve others and create a team workspace for an ongoing project. All collaboration occurs within the Livelink Touchpoint interface, with only a single click needed to add tools as the interaction progresses. Livelink Touchpoint also offers access to electronic content throughout the organization so users can easily access the information they need as they work with others online. Over the next year, Open Text will add new capabilities to further develop Livelink Touchpoint as a core collaboration interface for the Livelink ECM suite. Future enhancements include video, voice and mobile device integration. www.opentext.com/touchpoint
Justsystem announced the availability of a preview version of xfy technology, a new platform for creating, integrating and expressing XML-based applications. xfy introduces an intension-oriented document handling paradigm that enables the re-use of functional modules among several applications. Specifically, xfy’s basic architecture supports a direct relationship between source and presentation vocabularies, creating a true semantic basis for XML. This mapping is made possible by xfy’s Vocabulary Connection technology. The Vocabulary Connection technology also eliminates the need to develop application-specific modules for XML interpretation by supporting the use of easy-to-integrate plug-ins to streamline the application development process. xfy’s architecture, which is able to process many different types of XML documents as true compound documents, is targeted at a sophisticated enterprise IT landscape. Furthermore, a user or developer can easily define and construct an optimal application environment for his or her own needs. Starting today, a preview version of xfy technology can be downloaded at www.xfytec.com, www.justsystem.com
FatWire Software announced the rollout of CS Express, designed specifically to allow FatWire’s reseller channel to offer an enterprise-class Web content management (WCM) solution to small and mid-sized organizations. CS Express has all the capabilities of FatWire’s flagship product, Content Server. CS Express supports FatWire’s channel program. To help ensure that its channel partners are successful, FatWire allows its resellers to register and protect ownership of their sales opportunities, and provides incentives to its sales force for selling cooperatively with partners. CS Express provides the capabilities of FatWire Content Server for managing a single domain or URL. It includes:
Engage allows business people to personalize the site and marketers to deliver targeted campaigns on the Web; DocLink lets business users create and manage business documents within the Windows Explorer interface; Integration with MS-Word; and FirstSite FatWire’s quick-start tools, templates, and best practices for deploying a new site. Also included with CS Express are three days of on-site consulting for knowledge transfer and implementation planning, along with the first year of maintenance & support, including software updates and basic technical support. www.fatwire.com
Context Media, Inc. announced the immediate availability of Context Media Interchange Suite 4.2. The new edition of Interchange Suite provides out-of-the-box integration with a wide array of content repositories, including homegrown systems and those supplied by vendors. The capability, which is made possible through Context Media’s development of the Configurable Content Pipeline (CCP), is part of Context Media’s ongoing strategy to leverage open standards and an SOA (Services Orientated Architecture) to make digital content more accessible to end users and partners within and beyond the enterprise. CCP is provided as a core component of Interchange Suite 4.2. As with previous versions of Context Media Interchange Suite, version 4.2 is built on Web services standards and supports current Java Service Requests (JSR) 168 and 170. The CCP is available for a wide array of systems including: IBM DB2, Content Manager Portfolio and Lotus Workplace Web Content Management, Informix, Oracle, Vignette, Documentum, Quark, Adobe, Artesia, Interwoven, Media Bin, Convera, FatWire, Virage, Microsoft SharePoint, Stellent, Canto, and Google. Multi- and Bi-Directional Content Integration Enables clients to reuse integration “pipelines” to move content for multiple purposes, such as consolidation from several repositories, batched movement of content from one system to another, or delivery of content from multiple repositories into multiple applications. Interchange Suite 4.2 includes enhanced out-of-the-box internationalization capabilities. www.contextmedia.com
ClearStory Systems announced the release of Radiant Enterprise Media Server (EMS), a media services platform that provides core functionality for managing the full range of enterprise content, from rich media to documents. Radiant EMS provides a foundation for developing solutions such as digital asset management, video management, document management, and marketing content management. Built on a J2EE, service-oriented architecture (SOA), EMS offers a modern, flexible platform for integrating enterprise content – business documents, rich media, graphics and other digital content – into business workflows, processes and applications. The first release of the product offers specialized functionality specific to managing rich media content. Radiant EMS is designed to meet the needs of enterprise content management, taking into account both the evolution of digital asset management features as well as operational needs for system integration, collaboration, and business process management. EMS also provides tools and frameworks for rapid user interface assembly and vertical application deployment. ClearStory will be releasing additional applications running on the EMS platform in early 2005. The new solutions will be available either as installed software or as a fully hosted ASP service. The Radiant Enterprise Media Server platform is certified for the BEA WebLogic and JBoss application servers and on the Oracle 9i database. The platform and software development kit is shipping today. EMS can be deployed as a stand-alone product or can be incorporated as part of a comprehensive, enterprise-wide content management strategy. www.clearstorysystems.com
