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Xythos Software and Softricity announced they will join each other’s certified technology programs as part of a solution to deliver web-enabled content management and collaboration with application virtualization and on-demand streaming. , http://www.softricity.com

EMC Corporation unveiled EMC Documentum Archive Services for Email and EMC Documentum Archive Services for Reports software. The new products leverage capabilities from the EMC Documentum content management technology and are based on a unified archiving platform. Through EMC products including Archive Services for Email and Archive Services for Reports, EMC’s unified archiving platform will enable customers to employ a common set of services for collecting, retaining, migrating, securing and discovering all types of information to be better equipped to search and retrieve information for compliance and legal discovery, and content re-use. EMC Documentum Archive Services for Email captures and archives all incoming and outgoing e-mail messages to ensure compliance with regulations and internal e-mail policies. Enhanced compliance capabilities enable customers to validate email compliance to regulators and the courts. In the event of litigation, investigators can search the archive and deliver high volumes of messages quickly, accurately and with assurance that the chain of custody is intact. Together, Archive Services for Email and EMC EmailXtender comprise EMC’s complementary set of e-mail archiving software. EMC Documentum Archive Services for Reports captures large volumes of computer-generated reports from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, invoices, statements, bills, as well as system-generated content from wireless devices, debit cards and web services. The content is converted into ISO-standard PDF-A format for long-term preservation, retention policy management and lifecycle-managed storage. EMC’s unified archiving software platform is supported by the full range of EMC’s storage systems, including EMC Centera content addressed storage (CAS), EMC CLARiiON and EMC Symmetrix storage systems as well as non-EMC storage platforms. EMC Documentum Archive Services for Email and EMC Documentum Archive Services for Reports are available immediately. EMC Documentum Archive Services for SAP has been available since May 2005. Prices vary by configuration.

Interwoven, Inc. (Nasdaq: IWOV) and SDL International (London Stock Exchange: SDL) announced that they have entered into a partnership to deliver a joint solution for global customer experience management. Powered by a combination of software, process management, and best practices, the solution enables multinational companies to increase their customers’ loyalty and satisfaction in markets around the world. Interwoven and SDL aim to empower enterprises to provide an optimal customer experience worldwide by unifying companies’ global information lifecycles, from authoring to content management to localization to publishing. Enterprises can deliver global content efficiently and responsively through the integration of Interwoven content management, content intelligence, digital asset management, and multi-channel publishing capabilities with SDL translation management, authoring assistance, and language services. Additionally, approved messaging and content is made available across multiple languages and channels, enabling simultaneous product and campaign launches on a global scale. The Interwoven-SDL solution for global customer experience management is available now. http://www.sdl.com,

The Conference on Enterprise DRM at Gilbane San Francisco is the first event devoted exclusively to DRM for corporate applications. The conference, chaired by Bill Rosenblatt of DRM Watch, will be a unique opportunity to explore DRM technologies and how they apply to a wide variety of business environments and technology architectures; several vendors will be on hand to demo their solutions. The program will include several case studies of Enterprise DRM deployments in such applications as financial services, human resources, high-tech manufacturing, and distance learning. The program will also feature leading analysts, including Rosenblatt, Jarad Carleton of Frost & Sullivan, and Trent Henry of Burton Group who will present a framework for analyzing Enterprise DRM solutions. Executives from Enterprise DRM vendors, including Adobe, Cloakware, EMC/Authentica, Essential Security Software, Fasoo.com, Intelligent Wave, Liquid Machines, SealedMedia, and WorkShare will offer insights into technology and the market. The conference will feature panel discussions on technology issues such as Enterprise DRM for mobile devices, secure inter-enterprise collaboration, and integration of Enterprise DRM with content management. DRM Watch and Gilbane readers can get a special $100 discount off the eDRM conference price of $495 by registering online with discount code “drmwatch”.

Hot Banana Software Inc. announced the availability of Hot Banana Version 5.4. The upgrade is focused on new Web Content Management functionality and the further integration of multiple eMarketing modules to help give marketing users a single platform from which to manage their Web site content and eMarketing campaigns. Administrators can now assign and manage tasks to groups of users to specific sections of the Web site, and the workflow can now be configured and managed more closely to the organizations’ business processes. Agencies and organizations managing multiple Web sites are able to apply and manage multiple design templates across multiple Web properties. The Digital Asset Manager can be opened in either a file or thumbnail viewer, this combined with enhanced file folder and sub-directory management of digital assets now offers a more simplistic Digital Asset Management process for non-technical users. Additionally, multiple assets can be mass uploaded and advanced search can be conducted on all assets. All aspects of Landing Page creation and management are now looked after by Hot Banana. Landing Pages have built-in lead tracking from multiple lead sources (search engines, affiliates, email campaigns etc.), A/B testing with click and conversion stats, multi-step form builder for conversion best practices, Web analytics, scenarios, report integration, and design template management. eMarketing campaigns can now capture Landing Page form data and passing it directly into salesforce.com. Data from multiple sources can be passed directly to a Web page to auto-populate and personalize Landing Page forms so personal information can be delivered to unique Web page visitors. Hot Banana now has a complete event registration process available. The event management process includes, custom event landing page, multi-step registration form builder, email confirmation, registrant database, attendee name labels, email event reminders, billing, invoicing, and management reporting. Hot Banana Version 5.4 is available immediately as licensed software, or as a Service (SaaS) solution.

Managing Editor Inc. (MEI) announced the immediate availability of K4 Publishing System version 5.6. The latest version of this editorial system accelerates the production process for publishing workflows using Adobe InDesign and Adobe InCopy by adding built-in integration with Adobe InDesign Server. The release also improves interoperability with other systems and incorporates new features. With its multilevel security controls and customization options, K4 supports a transparent and fast production workflow for individual workgroups or entire publishing enterprises. InDesign Server integration provides K4 5.6 with a layout rendering engine that speeds up the process of checking in items and enables the system to offer PDF previews of every page for saving, commenting and printing. Every standard K4 Publishing System comes bundled with Adobe InDesign Server CS2, designed specifically to enable tasks like background generation of page proofs for viewing over the Web. Customizable change controls allow administrators to disable editing functions in InDesign or InCopy by category of user. This new feature prevents for accidental document modifications or user errors. K4 also features an optional new Revision Manager plug-in to allow users to compare the differences between versions of InCopy files and easily keep track of revisions. K4 DropFolders offers automated batch check-in of images, ads, text files or any other type of content and metadata into K4 from pre-defined directories that can be fed from an asset management system or content repository. K4’s new Caption&Credit feature can capture caption and credit information for images as metadata, logically link this data to the image on the InDesign page, and dynamically create caption and credit frames on the page based on publication-defined parameters. All information is automatically adjusted if the image frame is moved or resized, speeding page layout and reducing errors. After an issue is closed out, a list of placed images, with their caption and credit metadata, can be exported for statistical purposes. K4 5.6 also includes updated K4 XML-Exporter version 1.2, which can automatically provide publication data as XML to feed archiving and Web publishing solutions and generate all the metadata on images, text and other objects in the issue. K4 version 5.6 and XML-Exporter version 1.2 are available from MEI and its distribution partners. All K4 customers are eligible to receive a free upgrade to version 5.6 and can purchase or upgrade XML-Exporter version 1.2 as an option. http://www.maned.com

Metastorm, a provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software for modeling, automating, integrating, and improving both human and system-based processes, announced that it has strengthened its relationship with Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ:IWOV) through a formal technology partnership and the development of a packaged integration adaptor that is fully supported by both companies. Joint customers can take advantage of the integrated solution to seamlessly combine process flows and content to gain greater control of business processes and visibility into the underlying content. The integration of Metastorm BPM with Interwoven’s WorkSite document management software provides the ability to access, manage, and store documents from one of three interfaces – Metastorm BPM, Interwoven WorkSite, or Microsoft SharePoint. ,