Verity Inc. announced the availability of Verity Collaborative Classifier 1.0, taxonomy and classification management software that enables distributed subject matter experts to collaborate with corporate librarians and knowledge engineers in real-time to organize information around specific business roles and requirements. Verity Collaborative Classifier provides comprehensive, flexible taxonomy development, taxonomy rollout and taxonomy maintenance capabilities. Capabilities include workflow-based collaboration to allow taxonomy and classification management to be distributed to assigned subject matter experts, as well as to knowledge engineers who know and understand taxonomy development; and automatic classification and publishing capabilities that leverage domain expertise to keep taxonomies up-to-date. Verity Collaborative Classifier’s platform-independent, Web-based architecture allows taxonomy management functions to be distributed, and can be installed alongside any Verity K2-equipped application. www.verity.com
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Adobe Systems Incorporated announced that it is collaborating with the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) to extend the capabilities of IPTC metadata through use of the Adobe XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform). XMP is a specification expressed in XML that provides a standardized framework to capture and manage metadata. Photographers and news services use IPTC metadata schemas to embed identifying characteristics such as captions, credits, location and time and dates within digital photos and scans. This information can be read by content management systems to review and identify photos they want to publish to accompany a story. Adobe and IPTC also announced plans to develop future implementations that will be accessible via the Adobe Creative Suite and related point products through a customizable metadata user interface. The XMP software development kit, which allows software developers and system integrators to build support for XMP into their products free-of-charge, is available under Open Source license from Adobe. The SDK and additional information about XMP is available at www.adobe.com/xmp.
Sarvega, Inc. announced the Sarvega XML Context Router, a product to enable loosely coupled multi-point XML Web Services across wide area networks (WANs). The Sarvega XML Context Router is an XML appliance to route XML content at wire speed based on deep content inspection, supporting publish-subscribe (pub-sub) models while providing secure and reliable delivery guarantees. With Sarvega XML Context Routers, users can create complete overlay XML mesh networks, as the XML Context Router provides secure delivery of asynchronous messaging for web services within and outside of the enterprise. It also delivers “Gigabit performance” for XPath-based routing driven by XML routing tables based on support for both XPath 1.0 and XPath 2.0 and, in future, XQuery. The Sarvega XML Context Router is currently in trials with carrier and government customers and will be commercially available in the fall. Additionally, Sarvega will offer PCI/PCI-X cards with Gigabit-level performance in the fall. www.sarvega.com
Actuate Corporation announced Actuate 8, a real-time Enterprise Reporting Application Platform with integrated EII. The on-demand data access capabilities of EII in combination with the new version of Actuate’s Enterprise Reporting Application Platform allow organizations to gain real-time operational visibility. Actuate leverages EII technology that the company acquired through its acquisition of Nimble Technology to provide the ability to deliver dynamic information to users in the formats they expect — dashboards for executives and line managers, real-time web reports for customer service employees, spreadsheets for sales representatives and finance professionals, and personalized cubes for business analysts. Actuate 8 extends the data warehouse by providing users with on-demand access to information integrated from varied and disparate sources including ERP and CRM applications, data warehouses, legacy systems as well as XML and ODBC-based data sources. Actuate 8 includes a unified metadata layer which improves the overall accuracy of information analysis and is accessible by all products within Actuate’s platform. Actuate 8 will be available as a limited production release on June 30th and will be generally available in July. Pricing for Actuate 8 starts at $500 per named user. www.actuate.com
MultiCorpora R&D Inc. announced the release of version 3.6 of MultiTrans, their software platform for translation support and language management. MultiTrans enables translators and language professionals to search and retrieve examples of text translations of any length from existing multilingual content. The MultiTrans centralized platform links all participants in the language management value chain, including authors, translators, terminologists, reviewers and content readers, to one central repository of information, eliminating duplication and rework and shrinking content delivery cycle time. New and improved capabilities introduced in MultiTrans 3.6 include: Expanded Web Browser Based Terminology Management, Distributable Project Reference Packages, an expanded API, and several Terminology Management Enhancements, including additional administrator control over user security, support for independent web and terminology application servers, enhanced terminology capture from within the translation process, integration with 3rd party terminology banks, and enhanced ability to apply mass terminology bank changes. www.multicorpora.com
Vignette Corp. has added native support for the Apple Macintosh browser to Vignette content management solutions, which when combined with existing Mac support in Vignette’s portal products positions the company to provide enterprise content management solutions to higher education institutions. With the addition of support for the Mac browser to complement existing support for Windows, Linux, Java and Microsoft .NET, Vignette continues to support heterogeneous IT environments. www.vignette.com
Conviveon Corp. announced the U.S. release of WebXML Connect, an “affordable website content management tool that turns almost everyone in a company, from chief executive officers to department heads into webmasters.” Conviveon provides software products for non-technical users to create, share, manage and present web content to any users, anywhere, at any time. www.conviveon.com
SilkRoad Equity, LLC. announced the acquisition of privately held Pendulab, a provider of Enterprise Chat, Marketing and Collaboration solutions, in an all-cash transaction. Financial details were not disclosed. Pendulab will partner immediately with SilkRoad technology, inc., another SilkRoad Equity company, to integrate its solutions into SilkRoad technology’s Collaboration Management Suite of Applications. The Pendulab acquisition now adds Chat Blazer Enterprise and AffiliateShop to the suite. ChatBlazer enables real-time communication via live chat, instant messaging and corporate/enterprise IM, voice conferencing, voice over IP, video and other forms of rich media, with full multi-client capabilities around HTM, Java, and Flash. AffiliateShop provides an affiliate program management system, customer support solution, and an ad tracking ROI toolkit. www.silkroadequity.com, www.silkroadtech.com, www.pendulab.com
