Factiva and Verity Inc. announced an agreement to integrate a set of Factiva’s industry-specific taxonomies with Verity’s intellectual capital management software, K2 Enterprise. In addition, customers can gain access to Factiva’s collection of nearly 8,000 content sources. Factiva will offer its content and taxonomy expertise, including strategy and implementation adaptable to the specific needs and rules of an organization – for use with Verity’s intellectual capital management solution, K2 Enterprise. Factiva will offer its general business taxonomy for companies, industries, regions and subjects, as well as its recently announced specialized pharmaceutical and healthcare taxonomy. Factiva Client Solutions, including its taxonomy specialists, will now be available to assist with Verity implementations. www.factiva.com, www.verity.com
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Adobe Systems Incorporated shipped Adobe InCopy CS, a full-version upgrade to the professional writing and editing program that integrates tightly with Adobe InDesign CS and the new Adobe Creative Suite. InCopy CS has a new editorial workflow technology that allows writers, editors, and designers to work simultaneously on the same InDesign CS document, InCopy CS streamlines editorial revision and review cycles, reducing the amount of time it takes to get a publication to press. Previously only available through systems integrators and third-party developers servicing large publishing enterprises, Adobe InCopy CS will now also be sold directly from the Adobe store. In-line notes and change tracking tools let editors review and collaborate more closely, while support for XML allows InCopy CS to integrate into cross-media publishing workflows. InCopy CS for Mac OS X version 10.2, Microsoft Windows 2000, and Windows XP is available in the United States and Canada for an estimated street price of US $249 for all platforms. InCopy will also be available through Adobe-authorized system integrators. www.adobe.com
ActiveState announced the release of Visual XSLT 2.0. Visual XSLT now ships with ActiveState’s debugger, enabling developers to test XSLT code embedded in other applications or libraries built for the Microsoft .NET Framework without the need for special instrumentation or access to source code. Also new, the Visual Schema Mapper allows programmers to build transformations of XML files in a drag-and-drop interface, without writing code or employing XML schemas. In addition, Visual XSLT will support Microsoft’s next major version of Visual Studio .NET, code named “Whidbey”. ActiveState Visual XSLT combines the familiar Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 integrated development environment with XSLT-specific debugging and editing features and an interactive tool for building and testing XPath expressions. Visual XSLT licenses are $295. The program is also offered as part of the ActiveState Open Source Language Suite for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 – a bundle of Visual Perl, Visual Python, and Visual XSLT-for $495. Upgrades are $99.95 for current users. www.ActiveState.com
FormScape announced the next generation of its document management product suite – FormScape V3, a single source for multi-channel document management and distribution capabilities. With enhancements including automated failover and logging for reliability, faster database performance for complex high-volume production systems, broader integration across systems, expanded XML support, and new user interfaces and objects, FormScape V3 delivers a lower total cost of ownership. FormScape V3 is sold exclusively through a network of more than 50 channel partners world wide. FormScape V3 is immediately available world wide. www.formscape.com
Sirsi Corporation announced a technology partnership with Openly Informatics, Inc. Sirsi has selected Openly Informatics OpenURL linking technology as the core engine for Sirsi Resolver, Sirsi’s solution for OpenURL resolution and linking. Offered as a standalone product and integrated with Sirsi Rooms Context Management Solutions, Sirsi Resolver can be configured to work with all of Sirsi’s online products including iBistro, iLink, Web2, and the new Sirsi SingleSearch. Using information provided by these searching tools, the Openly engine powers Sirsi Resolver to provide deep-linking access to full-text content for tens of thousands of journal articles and online services for books and all other bibliographic formats. www.openly.com, www.sirsi.com
Hitachi Data Systems and IXOS Software AG announced a worldwide software development and distribution agreement. Hitachi Data Systems will provide IXOS’ archiving and enterprise content management software to its customers and will integrate IXOS’ products into Hitachi’s storage management software suite. The first result of this relationship is Hitachi Data Systems’ new e-mail archiving solutions, also introduced. Delivered by Hitachi Data Systems’ Global Solutions Services division and powered by IXOS-eCONserver software, e-mail archiving is available in two versions: Message Archive for Compliance, and Message Archive for E-Mail. IXOS’ software will provide Hitachi Data Systems with the ability to associate meta data with stored content, enabling content to be located and retrieved based on standard document attributes, regardless of location. These attributes can include creation date, author, recipient, subject or indexed terms in a document. www.hds.com, www.ixos.com
IBM announced new simplified, full-functioned content management systems designed for the mid-market customer, with support for major Linux platforms, tighter integration with IBM’s software portfolio, and enhanced records management and information archiving capabilities. IBM DB2 Content Manager Express is available as of October 14, 2003. It is priced at $9,375 per server and $1,063.00 per concurrent user. IBM DB2 Content Manager for Linux is available as of October 21, 2003. It is priced at $29,000 per Server and $2,500 per concurrent user and is available for RedHat, SuSe, and United Linux. IBM DB2 Records Manager version 3 is available as of September 9, 2003, and is priced at $24,000 per server and $250 per concurrent user. Though optimized for Windows 2000, applications running on any platform can be enabled to run on the Records Manager. IBM DB2 CommonStore for SAP will be available on October 31, 2003. It is priced at $29,000 per Server and $244 per Named User. IBM DB2 CommonStore for Exchange Server and Lotus Domino will be available on October 31, 2003. It is priced at $29,000 per Server, $30 per Registered User and $12,500 per Gateway. www.ibm.com/software/data/cm
The Gilbane Report has formed Lighthouse Seminars, LLC in partnership with Exgenex to expand its conference business. Lighthouse Seminars will develop targeted events focused on content technology and industry trends, and will provide focused, content-rich and independent events that businesses are looking for by combining in-depth IT management discussions with best practices and case studies developed under the auspices of the Gilbane Content Technology Works initiative. Gilbane conferences produced by Lighthouse Seminars initially include: March 24 – 26, 2004 at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles, focused technology and solutions for managing data-rich content, such as information associated with complex products found in aerospace and defense, and media-rich content, such as digital assets used in training, brand marketing, and media and entertainment applications; and October, 2004 in New York City, focused on content technology for financial service applications and marketing operations. The Gilbane Report will continue to work with existing conference partners, including Seybold Seminars, who produces the Gilbane Conference on Content Management at Seybold San Francisco, IDEAlliance, AIIM, and TechnoForum/Reed. www.lighthouseseminars.com, www.gilbane.com/CM_conference_LA_04.html, www.exgenex.com
