KnowNow, Inc. announced that its new KnowNow eLerts service is now available as a hosted solution for businesses. The KnowNow eLerts service, which instantly notifies users about changes in information as soon as it happens, can be used as part of an overall marketing and branding campaign to more effectively communicate and update employees, customers and partners. Businesses can securely deploy this service for internal and extranet use with proprietary data or communications. For employees and partners, access to KnowNow eLerts means that time sensitive information can be received immediately from internal or external sources. Whether from websites or enterprise systems, transactions and CRM data arrives as it changes. Companies can push wanted information directly to customers, such as promotions, news, policy changes, new offerings and events.
Month: October 2005 (Page 6 of 9)
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced Adobe InDesign Server CS2, which enables system integrators and third party developers to build automated, design-driven publishing solutions. Built on the same code base as Adobe InDesign CS2, their design and layout program, Adobe InDesign Server CS2 brings high-end composition and graphics support to a server platform, allowing Adobe partners to introduce automation and design quality to editorial workflows, collateral creation, data-driven publishing and template-based Web publishing solutions. InDesign Server CS2 offers programming capabilities via scripting, C++, or SOAP. InDesign Server CS2 delivers output capabilities, built-in language support, scripting DOM (document object model), and SDK as Adobe InDesign CS2 software. Additional features include support for multiple concurrent instances, error capturing, and server operating system support for Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server, or Mac OS X Server, version 10.3.x and 10.4.x. InDesign Server CS2 solutions will be available through third parties as a component of automated publishing solutions designed and built by system integrators and developers. Currently, as part of a pilot program for InDesign Server CS2, Cacidi, the Peter Schmidt Group, Managing Editor Inc. (MEI), Sansui Software, SoftCare Software-Service GmbH, XMPie Inc., Wave2 Media Solutions Limited, and WoodWing Software are building and deploying solutions. Adobe InDesign Server CS2 will be available to qualified Adobe developer partners in Fall 2005. http://www.adobe.com
X-Hive Corporation announced the general availability of X-Hive/DB version 7.0. Key new features of X-Hive/DB 7.0 include: path indexes that allow more detailed specification of what nodes to index and also allow multiple values to be used as index keys; improved Lock acquisition priority and deadlock victim selection; and compliancy to the current XQuery Working Draft from the 15 September 2005 and the related specifications (XQuery & XPath functions, XQuery & XPath Data Model, etc.); versionable BLOBs; and XQuery update statements. X-Hive/DB 7.0 is now commercially available on the X-Hive Corporation Web site. A 30-day free evaluation version may also be downloaded from the Web site. X-Hive has published the results of the W3C’s XQTS XQuery test.
DocuLex, Inc. announced the release of Version 7.1 of Desktop Search for electronic document search & retrieval for all document management requirements. The program rapidly searches existing and imported files on local network servers or CD-ROM, utilizing the user’s desktop PC. The program offers over two dozen indexed, full-text and fielded data search options, with most searches taking less than a second, even across large databases. Thorough search capabilities include Boolean, phrase, phonic, numeric, proximity & direct proximity, fuzzy algorithm, concept/synonym/thesaurus and macro-frequency, by individual or combined search types. DocuLex Desktop Search indexes Microsoft Outlook messages, along with automatic attachment search support including an all hit-highlighted display feature.
Marqui, Inc. announced it has added a corporate blogging module to its Web-based suite for marketers. Marqui designed its blog module specifically for business users, adding features such as enhanced trackback management, approval-based workflow and a flexible architecture that allows for reader surveys. The blog module is an extension of Marquis Web-based software suite, which helps organizations simplify and automate a wide range of marketing communications initiatives, such as e-mail campaigns, newsletters, Web sites, RSS and more. With Marqui, businesses get browser-based access to one application that provides content management, business process management, subscriber e-mail campaign management, and measurement capabilities. Marqui’s suite is based on the software-as-a-service model. The module features approval-based workflow, which means companies can exercise some control over the information that gets published to the corporate blog, so companies concerned about disclosure or regulatory compliance can involve communications or legal professionals in the approval process. Marqui delivers comment moderation, and enables companies to manage trackback spam. Users have the option to approve trackbacks before they are posted to the site. Organizations also have the option to invite blog readers to do more than just fill out a simple comment box. For example, companies can easily customize the commenting system to solicit feedback on specific questions or conduct brief surveys to help with market research. This includes adding Technorati tags or even integrations with FeedBurner. Marqui’s blogging module is available immediately and can be purchased as a stand-alone solution or bundled with the rest of the Marqui suite. Subscriptions start at $2,500/year (USD). http://www.marqui.com
BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAS) and Day Software announced that they have entered into a technology alliance to deliver a JSR 170 compliant connector for BEA WebLogic Portal. The Day repository connector is designed to enable BEA WebLogic Portal to interact with enterprise content repositories, such as Day’s Content Repository Extreme (CRX), that are compliant with the new JSR 170 industry standard. , http://www.bea.com
Information Week has published some research on Enterprise Content Management (ECM) spending, and the numbers are impressive indeed. 186 business-technology professionals were asked to comment on spending trends in ECM, and 45% said ECM-related spending will increase over 2004 and 24% said it would be equal to 2004. Only 16% said spending would be lower than 2004, with the remaining 15% saying they did not know.
Moreover, nearly one-third of surveyed companies said they will spend more than $500,000 on content management technology and services this year.
Not surprisingly, compliance seems to be the driving factor.
More than half (52%) of respondents say that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has led them to adopt enterprise content management. The law, which requires companies to document and test internal controls over financial reporting, has challenged companies to move beyond spreadsheets toward building dedicated repositories for collecting information on internal processes… Electronic-records-retention laws also were cited by 52% of respondents as driving adoption of enterprise-content-management systems, followed by intellectual-property and copyright protection (48%), customer privacy (36%), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (32%).
While we don’t do market research, these numbers certainly reflect what we have been hearing and seeing in the marketplace. Organizations are actively looking at and buying ECM solutions, and the focus is often on document management, records management, and compliance. At the same time, we see a lot of activity outside of compliance-driven applications, such as in product support applications where globalization and enhanced customer experiences seem to be driving the work.
Liaison Technologies announced the release of Liaison Enterprise Content Director 5.0. Major enhancements in version 5.0 include support for role-based display preferences, dynamic linking to nested repositories, Ontology data-type overrides and enhanced image and binary content capabilities. Liaison Enterprise Content Director permits disparate IT systems to pull information from constantly updated data pools maintained by Liaison Technologies, using industry standards such as UCCnet, papiNet, CIDX and XML technology to ensure accurate data synchronization. http://www.liaison.com
