Adobe Systems Incorporated shipped Adobe FrameMaker 7.1 software, the upgrade to its enterprise authoring and publishing solution. Importing and migrating technical documents into FrameMaker 7.1 is now easier and faster. With the Conditional Text feature, authors can maintain different variations of a document in a single XML source file. The variations can be controlled and previewed for print and PDF, and can be utilized in XML transformations downstream. Users can also now manage cross-references between XML files. Both features provide greater flexibility in managing and delivering content in XML. Windows users can expand on previous projects by migrating technical documents created in Adobe PageMaker (versions 6.5-7.0) and QuarkXPress (versions 3.3-4.1) directly into FrameMaker 7.1. SVG can be used as a single source for publishing vector graphics in printed materials, Adobe PDF, or on the Web. FrameMaker 7.1 for Windows and Sun Solaris is now available in the United States, Europe and Canada. FrameMaker 7.1, desktop version, for Windows is US$799 for the full version and $199 for the upgrade. On Sun Solaris, the full version is $1,329 and $279 for the upgrade. For Macintosh users, FrameMaker 7.0 is still available for both Mac OS 9 and OS X Classic. www.adobe.com
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Cardiff Software Inc. and Relizon announced a strategic alliance to deliver business process automation solutions for Relizon’s customers. The integration of Cardiff’s eForm solutions with Relizon’s end-to-end business process design and management will provide productivity gains from the enterprise-wide document management process. The Relizon-Cardiff solution development will center on Cardiff’s LiquidOffice, a Web-based eForm automation solution for creating, deploying and automatically managing the routing, tracking and approval processes for electronic forms. LiquidOffice’s automation of internal and external forms helps organizations increase efficiency and productivity, while its use of XML, HTML and PDF ensure enterprise connectivity with database, ERP, accounting and back-office applications. www.relizon.com, www.cardiff.com
iPhrase Technologies, Inc. announced the acquisition of Banter Systems, Inc., a provider of automatic classification software used to understand unstructured content and informal communications. iPhrase acquired Banter in an all-stock transaction. The deal doubles the size of iPhrase’s engineering team. iPhrase acquired all of Banter’s technology assets, customers, partner relationships and employees, including Banter’s Israeli-based research and development team. The acquisition has closed and Banter’s integration into iPhrase is underway. iPhrase will maintain its current Cambridge, Massachusetts headquarters. The unified company now has a position in both the enterprise search and e-Service enablement market. The acquisition allows iPhrase to extend its NLP support from web based interactions to e-mail, chat and secure messaging, adds automated classification capabilities, and extends its partner coverage from the Web Infrastructure segment into the CRM market. www.iphrase.com
Captiva Software Corp. announced the availability of InputAccel and InputAccel Express versions 5.1, which offer new features to streamline the capture and transformation of paper documents into electronic content. Version 5.1 include new export modules to transfer electronic documents into enterprise applications provided by IBM, Microsoft, Interwoven and SAP. Enhancements to InputAccel 5.1 include: Microsoft SharePoint Export, IBM Content Manager CommonStore for SAP Export, Interwoven WorkSite Export, increased functionality for existing exports such as Documentum 5.2 and eiStream 6.0, and support for the latest scanner drivers and Windows 2003 Server. New InputAccel Express 5.1 features include: integration with Microsoft’s SharePoint, support for exporting to FileNET and OpenText ECM systems via a wizard, color image processing, 2D barcode (PDF-417) support, the utilization of InputAccel’s Administrator module, and support for the latest scanner drivers and Windows 2003 Server. www.captivasoftware.com
NetXposure launched the enhanced edition of Image Portal X, a Web-based digital asset management (DAM) solution that centralizes, processes and leverages companies’ digital assets. The latest Image Portal X version further streamlines asset usage with major functionality additions from InCaddy, the Adobe InDesign software plug-in, to enterprise-wide integration capabilities. Running on the Mac OS X platform, the solution is built on NetXposure’s Exogen Application Framework, designed to support complex Web-based content management applications. Image Portal X makes asset usage a comprehensive yet simple enough task manageable by trained designers or non-technical users. LDAP support is available to link a company’s contact database with Image Portal’s permission-based access control features. Also new to Image Portal X is the Web Services ability. www.netx.net
Open Text Corporation introduced new capabilities that give customers a complete solution for managing electronic and paper-based forms. The new features enhance Livelink eForms Management, Open Text’s integrated forms solution for Livelink. Livelink eForms Management makes it easy to design and produce forms that can be used in both electronic and paper formats. Livelink can then rapidly disseminate these forms, capture and reuse the entered information, and track each step in the overall process, including electronic authorizations. The new capabilities include: An integration between Cardiff TELEform, a solution for automated online forms processing and Livelink eForms Management; New XML features, so that forms originating from outside of Livelink can be managed using Livelink eForms Management; Integration between Livelink eForms Management and Livelink eSign; Support for additional form formats within Livelink, including HTML, PDF, and MS InfoPath; Additional data collection flexibility including point and click configurable output to JDBC and ODBC compliant databases; Enhanced expression builder for point-and-click design of complex form field relationships and calculations; and support for Open Text’s latest version of Livelink–version 9.2. www.opentext.com
emagiC CMS ASP offers the emagiC Site & Content Management system, developed by Emagine, as a service for a fixed monthly fee. The fee covers the use of the software, but also the hosting, back-ups and maintenance. Emagine or one of its partners can implement the graphical design. emagiC CMS ASP starts at 80 euros per month. The biggest advantage is no upfront investment in soft- or hardware, as this is all covered by the emagiC ASP program. Emagine continues to work closely together with web developers and e-business integrators in Belgium and abroad who offer the emagiC CMS to their customers, but for the ASP edition, Emagine also co-operates with hosting providers who integrate emagiC CMS in their offering. www.emagiC-CMS.com
Sparta Systems, Inc. and Open Text Corporation announced the integration of Livelink and TrackWise to give pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device customers a flexible integrated solution to manage quality issues and related documentation in the drug and device testing, development, and manufacturing processes. The TrackWise/Livelink integration ties together all documentation and other content associated with specific quality issues — CAPA, change control, audits — being managed and tracked. The integration enables customers to perform many Livelink electronic document management functions, such as check in and out, version control and content search, directly from the TrackWise interface. The integrated offering will be available at the end of January with version 6.0 of TrackWise, and version 9.1 or higher of Livelink. www.sparta-systems.com, www.opentext.com
