Insightful Announced InFact 3.0. InFact 3.0 delivers a new interactive text query language that enables users to execute custom, flexible, and complex searches from a simple Web interface. Other new features in InFact 3.0 include more precise and expressive linguistic data representations, improved scalability, and the ability to integrate an external “dictionary” of terms – often called a proprietary ontology – for rapid customization to address unique problems of specific vertical markets. InFact is designed to enable professional analysts and researchers to uncover facts and relationships within text documents. InFact reads every sentence in every document and is designed to develop a deep understanding of each statement it encounters. InFact tabulates the main sense or action of each sentence, determines who is driving the action, identifies the target of the action, and recognizes all entities that are affected or linked to the action. It also identifies modifiers of the action that may add insight, such as the date or location. Using linguistic data structures, InFact then compares ideas and events across document sources and databases. InFact is able to read thousands of pages in minutes, and to produce a “spreadsheet of ideas”. InFact is available for Sun Solaris servers. InFact can be deployed on any desktop that can run a Web browser such as IE, Netscape, or Mozilla. www.insightful.com
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SwiftView Inc. unveiled SwiftConvert, a product that converts documents and drawings from PCL, HPGL, or TIFF data formats into PDF, PostScript, PNG, text or other formats. SwiftConvert produces high quality images, avoiding errors introduced by vector conversions, and converts PCL to PDF at up to 3,000 pages per minute. An API lets makes it easy to embed SwiftConvert into applications and workflow processes. SwiftConvert combines conversion with searching, indexing, and other functions. Example 1: Zoom in on part of a CAD drawing and convert just that selection to PDF. Example 2: Find, extract, and convert individual bills out of a large PCL billing run for automated Web bill presentment. www.swiftview.com/swiftconverter
I spent some time updating my eForms Resources page, which I have also reformatted and moved to a new location. I used the latest version of Onfolio, which has a few nice new features, including support for Firefox (yes!) and a tool for automatically creating an RSS feed.
One new resource I listed is a blog by Christophe Dumonet, General Manager of the company Unique World Software, developer of InfoView, the InfoPath web viewer that converts InfoPath forms to a form suitable for the Internet.
Nacio Systems Inc., a California-based hosting service provider announced a partnership with Ektron, Inc., to provide a fully managed hosting solution for Ektron’s content management (CMS) customers. By partnering with Nacio, Ektron will be able to offer its customers the Ektron CMS product line in an ASP-environment. www.ektron.com, www.nacio.com
Macromedia announced the immediate availability of a Macromedia Web Publishing System update that includes Macromedia Contribute 3.1 and Macromedia Contribute Publishing Services 1.1. WPS provides everything an organization needs to affordably build and manage intranets and public-facing websites. The WPS update offers users additional enterprise control and oversight features as well as expanded web services connectivity and extensibility solutions. The WPS update supplies a host of enhancements and capabilities, along with Really Simple Syndication (RSS) activity feeds and deployment management. Administrators can now customize WPS to receive notifications about website changes in any RSS reader. Sub-site management gives enterprise administrators the ability to distribute administrative tasks to employees while maintaining complete, granular control over websites and users. Other new features include an enhanced LDAP/AD connectivity interface, Macromedia Breeze integration, staging-to-live deployment, and streamlined document publishing. Current users of WPS can download the free English update. Volume discounts and government and education licensing are also available. www.macromedia.com
3/22/05
“Making the Most of Compliance” session to help attendees take expenditures on compliance and turn them into real, measurable added value
Visit Free Technology Showcase to see Latest Content Management Solutions from Interwoven, Open Text, macromedia, Hummingbird, Blast Radius, Quark and Many More
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Cambridge, MA, March 22, 2005. Lynn Brewer blew the whistle at Enron. Carole Switzer is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG), a not for profit organization established to develop a common framework for effective management of corporate compliance and ethics programs. Michael Evans works with Ernst & Young to implement compliance and governance systems. All three of these prominent experts will participate in a free panel discussion titled, “Making the Most of Compliance” on Tuesday, April 12 th at 11:00 a.m. as part of the Gilbane Conference on Content Management, taking place April 11-13 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
In this session, Gilbane Report Senior Editor Bill Zoellick asks these prominent experts how companies can build effective compliance programs. Focusing not just on technology, but on the broader governance framework, this discussion will help attendees think more deeply and broadly about stages of compliance program maturity and about where their programs can and should be headed. The expert panel will take particular care to help attendees address questions such as where to focus resources, what the program should involve, and how to tie different compliance initiatives together into a single coherent, sustainable component of a company’s activities. For more information on this session, visit: https://gilbane.com/San_Francisco_05_program.html
“With all the focus on compliance deadlines, it is easy for companies to fall into the trap of treating internal control and governance issues as some kind of special project, like another Y2K initiative,” says Zoellick. “The trouble is, compliance is never ‘over;’ companies need to invest in systems and create processes to sustain this effort year after year. Perhaps even more important, treating compliance as a “project” can cause companies to miss out on the substantial benefits that come from improved internal controls. The focus for this discussion, with these experienced panelists, is to help companies shift from ‘compliance as a burden’ to ‘internal control as an opportunity.’”
In addition to the conference sessions and free keynotes, attendees can attend a free technology showcase to gain expert insight and get a hands-on understanding of the latest information and content management innovations. Exhibitors in the showcase represent enterprise and web content management, digital asset management, document management, enterprise portals, enterprise search, content & information integration, collaboration, authoring, and more. There is no charge to visit the Exhibit Hall; however, a registration badge is required for admittance. On-site registration is available for exhibit-only visitors.
This event brings together 750 thought leaders and practitioners to provide attendees with actionable advice, techniques, best practices, and case studies to help understand and successfully implement content technologies critical to their businesses.
The Gilbane Conference on Content Management is unique in that the majority of its conference sessions are delivered by industry analysts and researchers to offer attendees a neutral and balanced market perspective related to content technologies and trends. The program is organized into five technology-specific areas: Content Management, Enterprise Search & Knowledge Management, Content Technology Works (case studies), Document & Records Management & Compliance, and Enterprise Information Integration.
About Bluebill Advisors, The Gilbane Report
Bluebill Advisors, Inc. serves the content management community with publications, conferences and consulting services. The Gilbane Report administers the Content Technology Works™ program disseminating best practices with partners Software AG (TECdax:SOW), Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW), Artesia Technologies, Atomz, Astoria Software, ClearStory Systems (OTCBB:INCC), Context Media, Convera (NASDAQ:CNVR), IBM (NYSE:IBM ), Idiom Technologies, Mark Logic, Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX), Trados, Vasont, and Vignette (NASDAQ:VIGN). www.gilbane.com
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
As we reported in our news pages today, Socialtext has added functionality and repackaged their product line to appeal to a range of small to large enterprises. One of the things we are collecting in our survey on enterprise blog and wiki use is size of enterprises using them. We don’t have nearly enough data to say anything meaningful yet, but so far it is a fairly even spread based on company size. We’ll be keeping the survey open for awhile, and it is very short (5 multiple choice questions), so tell us what your organization is doing or planning with blog, wiki, and RSS technology.
Socialtext has relaunched its product line to provide greater focus on the broad enterprise market. Socialtext has aligned its offerings according to its three primary market segments: Socialtext Enterprise, for businesses that are looking to leverage their existing investments in enterprise systems for scalability, security and reliability as the enterprise strength, wiki simple solution; Socialtext.net, for small-to-medium size businesses looking for quick and simple collaboration; and Socialtext.org, for non-profit organizations, academic institutions and internet communities. Socialtext Enterprise, which is available in appliance or hosted service options, comes with a number of different features required for enterprise use including enterprise-class backup, monitoring and storage, directory integration, security, and easy migration between intranet and secure extranet uses. Both Socialtext Enterprise and Socialtext.net also offer integrated email, IM and weblogs. Socialtext also released a new interface and new email integration features. Users can simply ‘CC to wiki’ to communicate with groups, including sharing attachments, routing email to a wiki page, category or weblog post. Socialtext also supports Kwiki. Socialtext Enterprise is available in both Appliance and Hosted Service options for $40 per user per month. Socialtext.net, is available for $10 per user per month. A Starter Package for 5 users for one year is $495. Socialtext.org, is available for $5 per user per month for qualified non-profit organizations. A Starter Package for 5 users for one year is $245. www.socialtext.com
