Year: 2005 (Page 84 of 95)

Fast Search & Transfer ASA (FAST) announced that Siebel Systems, Inc. has entered into an OEM licensing agreement for FAST InStream search technology. The FAST agreement with Siebel Systems, Inc. is based on software license, maintenance fees, and professional services. www.fastsearch.com

WebSideStory, Inc. simultaneously announced an agreement to acquire Avivo Corporation, a California corporation doing business as “Atomz,” and the launch of a new suite of integrated services for online marketing professionals. Upon completion of the merger, WebSideStory will combine Atomz’s hosted site search and web content management applications with WebSideStorys HBX web analytics service to create the a suite of integrated, on-demand digital marketing applications. WebSideStory’s Active Marketing Suite will also include a keyword bid management product, scheduled for release this summer. The Active Marketing Suite will offer a single, shared environment in which businesses can optimize their online performance across multiple marketing channels, while reducing their vendor management costs. The Active Marketing Suite will include: HBX Analytics an on-demand web analytics service; Bid an on-demand keyword bid management product; Search an on-demand web site search application, and Content Manager an on-demand web content management solution. WebSideStory will issue approximately 3.1 million shares of common stock and options to purchase common stock and will pay approximately $4.3 million in cash, in exchange for the outstanding capital stock and options of Atomz. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is subject to customary closing conditions. www.atomz.com

Canto announced the release of Canto Cumulus 6.5. Cumulus 6.5 supports an enhanced built-in user management module, LDAP directory servers as well as a new authentication API. User authentication can be based on passwords stored in the built-in authentication method or an LDAP server, on system passwords (e.g. domain passwords), and with the new authentication API, on any other authentication system. To simplify the Administrator’s task Cumulus 6.5 introduces the Server Console, a centralized administration tool for the Workgroup Server Solutions and Cumulus Enterprise. Enhancements have been made to the permissions management in the User Manager. It is much easier to use, comes with a performance boost, and allows the setting of permissions, even on the Sets. These include View Sets, Assets Handling Sets and also Metadata Templates. Actions and Metadata Templates have been introduced in all versions of Cumulus 6.5. The ‘Quicksearch’ function is now customizable and queries can now be selected from the toolbar by a mouse-click. Version 6.5 will also find duplicates and records of which the assets are missing. These functions will keep users’ catalogs up-to-date. Cumulus 6.5 Single User, Workgroup (Server Solutions) and Enterprise are immediately available in English, German, French and Japanese. Server versions for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and Solaris, and Client and Single User versions for Mac OS X and Windows are offered. www.canto.com

Inxight Software, Inc., announced the general availability of Inxight ThingFinder Advanced, which extends the power of Inxight’s entity extraction by enabling the definition of custom, pattern-based entities. Out of the box, the original Inxight ThingFinder automatically identifies and extracts 27 key entities – such as people, dates, places, companies or other things – from any text data source, in multiple languages. Using Inxight ThingFinder, developers can maximize and extend the value of their applications by enabling end-users to find the most important pieces of information within large volumes of documents. The new Inxight ThingFinder Advanced is an add-on module that extends ThingFinder’s power by allowing users to define custom patterns of tokens in regular expression syntax. Enriched with deep understanding of natural language, ThingFinder Advanced can extract such custom entities as date/timestamps, chemical compound names or formulae, serial or part numbers, internal project codes, etc. ThingFinder Advanced supports discovery of entities and languages not supported out of the box. The 20 languages ThingFinder Advanced currently supports include: Arabic, Bokmal, Danish, Dutch, English, English MTF, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Nynorsk, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, and Traditional Chinese. More languages are planned for a future release. Inxight ThingFinder Advanced is generally available now. www.inxight.com

Workshare introduced their next generation of document lifecycle compliance technology for corporations, professional services firms and the public sector. Workshare Professional Release 4 (WP4) works in-line with Microsoft Office and safely controls the flow and auditability of document events inside and outside the perimeter across email servers, portals and repositories. WP4 introduces 97 new features including: Always On Audit, Dynamic Document States, Secure Conditioning, Email Synchronization, Policy-based Security, Report Wizard, One-click PDF conversion, DeltaView Accept and Reject, Delegate Authorization, Microsoft SharePoint Integration, Documentum Integration, and Expanded Standards Support. WP4 is available in three editions: WP4 for Outlook, WP4 for Notes and WP4 for GroupWise. All are US $349 per seat for a perpetual license with volume discounts. Term licensing is also available. Supported integration options include Microsoft SharePoint, Interwoven, Hummingbird and Documentum. WP4 for Outlook, with Interwoven and Hummingbird options, is available immediately. WP4 for Notes and WP4 for GroupWise will be released in March 2005. All remaining integration options will be available in March 2005. All Workshare 3 customers on a current software service subscription will receive Workshare Professional at no additional charge. www.workshare.com

eCopy, Inc. announced the eCopy Connections Alliance Program (eCAP). The Program enables independent software vendors (ISVs) to create software integration between their enterprise applications and eCopy’s document scanning services operating on a range of multifunction peripherals (MFPs) and scanners. eCopy’s software, coupled with a scanner or digital copier, enables organizations to transform paper documents into electronic documents. Using eCopy, organizations can provide open access to scanning that connects to enterprise applications, such as document management, e-mail, and fax. eCAP is part of an eCopy program called The Paper Connection, which is designed to make it easy for any office worker to integrate paper-based information into enterprise applications, such as enterprise content management (ECM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and e-mail. The Paper Connection complements information lifecycle management (ILM) and addresses the challenge of distributing, managing, accessing, and protecting paper-based information. Connectors that provide integration to the eCopy Open Platform are currently available for ECM applications from EMC, Interwoven, Hummingbird, and Open Text. www.ecopy.com

Quark Inc. announced a strategic alliance with DeskNet Inc., a provider of enterprise customer communications software to financial services organizations. This new partnership enables organizations with regulatory obligations, such as financial services, to deploy a single platform that supports the on-going convergence of compliance requirements with marketing’s strategic objectives. This platform automates the creation and distribution of all transactional, sales, marketing and educational materials on demand. By adding Quark Dynamic Document Server to DeskNet’s ContentWelder platform, the solution will furnish customers with the ability to leverage the QuarkXPress design community while ensuring centralized business, branding and compliance logic. Additionally, the distributed layout and tagging of complex documents is easily validated with immediate testing available through the centralized platform, a feature for global companies that market locally yet must comply with broad branding and compliance guidelines. www.desknetinc.com, www.quark.com