Mobius Management Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOBI) announced version 2.2 of ViewDirect Total Content Integrator, a Web services-based facility for cross-repository, cross-platform access to content in any format from any source. The new release expands access by adding packaged adapters to IBM DB2 Content Manager OnDemand, EMC/Documentum, Microsoft SharePoint, and SQL Server, as well as a software development kit (SDK) that enables fast development of adapters to any content source, including in-house and other custom-built repositories. Previously released adapters provide access to FileNet content as well as file systems, databases, e-mail archives, Web sites, search engines and Mobius’s own ViewDirect TCM repository. Adapters simultaneously translate and pass queries from the user to multiple content sources and deliver the requested content back to the user. Functionality includes: Enterprise Query: Enables a user to locate and retrieve content from any repository along with content from other sources with a single search; Index Mapping: Maps unique index names and formats in one repository to indexes in other repositories; Content Delivery: Delivers content to a Web browser, a desktop application or a viewing client like Mobius’s DocumentDirect for the Internet. http://www.mobius.com
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Percussion Software introduced version 2.5 of Lyrix, its Lotus Domino content integration product. Lyrix 2.5 now allows organizations to transform Domino content to standard document formats, such as Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, xHTML and XML. This allows organizations to reuse Domino content in corporate applications that accept these formats. For example, using Lyrix, Domino content can be easily archived in centralized document repositories, made available for access in corporate portals or transferred to a company’s Web site. Version 2.5 will be available next month. Lyrix 2.5 also provides programmatic, bi-directional access to Domino content using the product’s Web services API. This enables real-time access to Domino content, automatically transforming Domino attributes – Rich Text, embedded images, doc links, attachments, etc. – into XML and XHTML. Business users can continue working with Domino as they always have, while simultaneously reusing the Domino content in other enterprise applications. http://www.percussion.com
LexisNexis U.S. announced the release of LexisNexis Total Search v. 3.1, the company’s integrated search tool for the legal industry and practitioners of law. LexisNexis Total Search is an integrated search service that applies the precision of LexisNexis searching capabilities and the exclusive authority of Shepard’s Citations Service to the collective expertise that is often buried deep within internal document collections. One search finds existing internal pleadings, depositions, memos, deal documents and motions together with cases and codes, news and business sources, and analytical content all through the familiar lexis.com service user interface. This latest version of LexisNexis Total Search includes: advanced and automated document filtering which allows administrators to set up filters based on document metadata, the ability to schedule multiple start/stop times for each document source, the ability to choose which metadata fields appear as categories in a search drilldown, and improved and simplified product installation. http://www.lexisnexis.com
Antarctica Systems Inc. (ASI) announced the signing of a technology partnership agreement with Business Objects (NASDAQ:BOBJ) (Euronext Paris ISIS code: FR0004026250 – BOB). Antarctica is now a member of the Business Objects Technology Partner Program and the two organizations will pursue joint technical, sales and marketing activities. Antarctica’s Visual Net software offers Business Objects customers a user interface that provides for enhanced visual representation of complex data. Visual Net uses relative image sizing and color-coding to more easily spot trends, outliers, and areas of focus that may not be apparent with typical charting and graphing techniques. Antarctica complements the performance management and enterprise reporting capabilities of Business Objects by allowing a user to launch a Visual Net object from a performance management dashboard, explore and investigate an issue, and then capture results within Crystal Reports. With a visual interface, users can see both summary and detail information in context as well as visually filter large amounts of information. http://www.businessobjects.com,
PicoSearch introduced a new service plan for large scale Internet retail and enterprise web sites. The new Platinum service plan is designed to support web sites from tens of thousands to millions of pages with greater control over searchable content. The Platinum plan also offers optional categorization and taxonomy management features that equip large scale web sites with a navigation tool for directing site visitors to the most relevant information. PicoSearch handles all the back-end work necessary to host and maintain a site search system. Its technology is capable of processing searches of unlimited page volumes. The new PicoSearch Platinum service plan gives customers the option of adding unique categorization and taxonomy features. This search functionality allows customers to define a set of topics that allow site visitors to drill deeper into online content to find exactly what they are looking for within specific pre-set categories. The PicoSearch Platinum service plan also offers the option of utilizing XML to deliver search result feeds rather than HTML to allow customers to control the manner in which results are presented and tailor the search result page to suit their needs. The PicoSearch Platinum Service Plan is available today starting at under $10,000 per year. http://www.picosearch.com
Endeca and Oculus Info Inc. announced a new technology partnership to bolster Endeca’s search, navigation and analysis products with Oculus’ information visualization capabilities. Starting with Endeca Latitude, Endeca’s new information access and analysis solution, Oculus will provide information visualization to help users analyze and drill into customer, market, sales and other aggregate and transactional data. The combination exposes details and “the big picture” in a single, comprehensible view. As a result, anomalies and patterns in data can be shown that provide insight not possible with tables, dials and dashboards. The combined offering from Endeca and Oculus lets users move through an analysis fluidly, with context. Oculus’ visualization capabilities allow large amounts of complex information to be conveyed in an intuitive, easy to understand, easy to use manner. Rather than getting lost in successive levels of drill-down, visualization helps reveal areas of sparse data and dense data, thereby assisting users find pertinent information. http://www.oculusinfo.com, http://www.endeca.com
Ocelluz AS, a new company with technology for the search market, has publicly
launched with a number of new customers. Founded in 1999, Ocelluz is a privately owned Norwegian company that has been developing its technology in ‘stealth mode’ until today. The company’s technology allows any Enterprise to search for
‘hidden data’ locked inside any SQL (Structured Query Language) database, using a point-and-click interface. Using the Ocelluz technology, it is now possible to search across multiple SQL databases using a ‘type and click’ search box in virtual real-time. Ocelluz technology is immediately available for license.
GlobalSCAPE (OTCBB:GSCP), announced the release of Enhanced File Transfer (EFT) Server 4 and DMZ Gateway 1, as part of its enterprise secure file transfer solution. EFT Server manages and secures Internet file transfers using industry standard protocols. DMZ Gateway resides in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and brokers all inbound communications between external clients and EFT server, eliminating the need for data storage or authentication in the DMZ. EFT Server 4 helps customers achieve regulatory compliance with acts such as HIPAA, U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley and Gramm-Leach Bliley security standards by providing security functionalities such as secure authentication, secure data transfers, secure storage, and advanced encryption and signing. EFT Server 4 and DMZ Gateway 1 are available today. http://www.globalscape.com
