Universal Conversion Technologies (UCT) announced the release and availability of version 3.0 of their Data Conversion Architecture (DCA) product. DCA 3.0 is designed specifically for the conversion of large legacy system record files to XML-based systems. The target XML systems can include any XML schemas, including the ACORD XML standard schemas. DCA 3.0 offers two strategies for converting legacy records to XML. Users can import an entire XML schema as a target (or any manageable subsection of a schema) and can map from their existing legacy system records. Users can also choose to create one-to-one mappings of individual XML elements. After mapping is completed, DCA 3.0 automatically generates the conversion programs to convert legacy system data into XML streams, which can be fed to the target system through the DCA browser. DCA 3.0 includes enhanced record definition and XML schema management, with the ability to view, download, and export record definitions and XML schemas. When DCA automatically creates a datamap, insurers can now determine whether the map is a standard map, a balance map or a special-purpose map. www.uctcorp.com
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Vignette Corp. announced initial availability of Vignette Application Portal 7.0, part of the Vignette V7 family of products. Vignette Application Portal 7.0 has been certified by Vignette on the Sun Microsystem’s Test and Compatibility Kit (TCK) for compliance with the recently adopted JSR 168 portlet interoperability standard. In conjunction with its support for JSR 168, Vignette will provide plug-ins for integrated development environments (IDE) to provide developers with a seamless experience when deploying IDE-developed JSR 168 portlets within Vignette Application Portal 7.0. In addition, the latest release of Vignette Application Portal provides enhanced localization of portal administrative consoles and multibyte support for compliance with Section 508, enabling disabled administrators to easily manage portal sites, and i18N, allowing diverse administrators in multidialect regions to access a shared portal console that is localized for each individual administrator’s dialect. www.vignette.com
Open Text Corporation said it is introducing new software tools for corporate governance compliance, including the ability to upload information from internal controls databases, such as Deloitte’s Risk and Controls Knowledgebase or RACK. The new features for Livelink for Corporate Governance include an XML-based bulk import loader, which uploads internal controls information from Deloitte’s RACK as well as other databases that produce Excel or XML representations of control structures. Once internal controls data is uploaded into Livelink, project teams can use the data in the workspace to create, manage and monitor procedures for each area where internal controls are needed. The workspaces provide workflows and checklists for each control; process documentation; audit practices; risk mitigation and issue remediation plans; policy documents; and records of a company’s assessments of its controls. Other new features Open Text is introducing for Livelink for Corporate Governance include Risk Register and Collaborative Document Review. www.opentext.com
Nstein Technologies announced it has joined the Cognos Partner Program (CPP) as a Technology Partner. Cognos has created a network of companies dedicated to best practices in business intelligence and enterprise planning. By combining Nstein’s technology solutions to Cognos’ current offering, organizations will be able to explore their vast amount of unstructured data and apply transformations to their data to produce new insights. These insights can be analytical or predictive, and may support decisions as well as automation. Nstein’s technology is easy to integrate within a corporate performance management system to perceive trends and produce key business performance indicators and other management metrics. www.nstein.com, www.cognos.com
Astoria Software announced a partnership with Data Conversion Laboratory where Astoria will now resell DCL’s data conversion services. Astoria and DCL share a common vertical market focus in commercial technical documents, government, military and publishing. Customers utilize Astoria’s native XML-content repository and applications to manage the authoring-to-publishing content lifecycle for structured content, along with DCL’s data conversion services for the migration of legacy data. Astoria’s content repository and software applications provide the authoring-publishing process with granular control of content that enables reuse, revision, and repurposing of complex content. DCL’s data conversion process allows clients to integrate existing content assets into the XML content environment regardless of format. www.dclab.com, www.astoriasoftware.com
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The conference program is entirely focused on content management technologies, and includes 26 sessions and tutorials covering today’s most critical issues for businesses planning or implementing a content management strategy. The conference faculty consists of 40+ speakers carefully chosen for their expertise and communication capability, and is comprised of a combination of (75%) analysts, consultants, and enterprise executives, and (25%) technology suppliers.
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Interwoven, Inc. announced the availability of WorkSite 8.0, a platform designed specifically for matter centric collaboration in law firms. WorkSite 8.0 allows law firms to effectively consolidate all relevant content for any given matter — documents, e-mails, billing information, and contacts — in a single electronic matter file that can be accessed globally. This is the first major WorkSite release after the merger of Interwoven and iManage. WorkSite 8.0 incorporates “matter centric collaboration” (MCC), a user-centric design which enables lawyers and other professional services practitioners to do in the electronic world what they have done for more than 100 years in the physical world. MCC creates the electronic equivalent of a case file by consolidating documents, e-mails, billing, contacts, and all other relevant content for any given matter in a single integrated file that is accessible both internally and externally across departments and locations. www.interwoven.com
Ektron Inc. announced product integrations with Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003. The company’s content management solution, CMS300, and the editor tool, Ektron eWebEditPro, will now work within SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Organizations can leverage their investment in SharePoint to support intranets and extranets, while gaining a content editor and a CMS to enhance their content, workflow and overall presentation of Web-based information. The integration of Ektron eWebEditPro means SharePoint users take advantage of Ektron’s robust HTML authoring capabilities to create and modify content. eWebEditPro has an browser-based user interface and a customizable toolbar, simplifying content creation while hiding HTML creation from business users. The integration of Ektron CMS300 into Sharepoint means organizations can create information feeds into SharePoint out of the CMS300 content repository, and edit SharePoint content with the built-in eWebEditPro editor. Ektron has developed nine drag-and-drop Web Parts, or components; such as list summaries, search and calendar functions that can be used in SharePoint to optimize information sharing. Users can easily pull content authored and managed in CMS300 into SharePoint and share it with others. www.ektron.com
