Canto announced Cumulus Video Suite 1.0.1, an Option for the Cumulus Enterprise product line to efficiently manage and distribute videos assets. Due to shot boundary detection technology Video Suite can create records for each shot in the video, which can be annotated with additional metadata. Cumulus Video Suite even supports streaming for viewing video files over the Internet for corporations where secure distribution of training, sales and marketing videos is a pressing concern. Version 1.0.1 now offers WMV support and has added features for the Mac OS X platform that were previously only available to Windows users such as the automatic shot detection based on cuts and effects. Users can create a secure video repository, catalog entire movies and individual video shots, view previews and thumbnails for cataloged videos and shots, edit shot boundaries, and add metadata to video files or individual video shots. Video Suite is an add-on module that expands the functionality of Cumulus Enterprise 6.6 (or higher). Video Suite is available at $4995 from Canto Sales and Canto Certified System Integrators (CCSI). http://www.canto.com

Typefi Systems Inc. has announced version 2.7 of its product, the Typefi Publishing System. The latest version comes in two flavors: Typefi Print for centralized document creation and branding, and Typefi Publish for workgroup collaboration around long document and book production. The Typefi scriptless composition engine automates the publishing of a wide array of document types without the need for expensive template coding or manual page layout. Typefi Print allows companies to automate the creation of brand and regulatory compliant documents, and allows any employee to create personalized materials on-demand. The Typefi Publishing System automates all page layout and application of fonts, colors, inline images, illustrations, and other richly formatted elements including sidebars and floating elements. With Typefi Print, any user can leverage existing design assets to create professional marketing and product launch materials directly from their desktop. Typefi Publish automates the creation and production of complex documents and books. Revision cycles are reduced with a web-based interface that allows authors, designers and editors to collaborate on projects. All content and design elements are stored in an XML-based repository that allows for easy republishing and repurposing of content. Typefi Publish allows for roundtrip editing between source documents, XML content and finished InDesign templates to ensure complete revision control. http://www.typefi.com

Open Text Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSX: OTC) announced a major expansion of its suite of email management solutions, with new compliance features that will help customers meet email regulations in industries, such as financial services, as well as address internal requirements for email monitoring. The new capabilities include tools for capturing samples of inbound and outbound emails from massive volumes of daily messages, administering review processes and managing audits for regulators. Open Text is offering the new features as part of Livelink ECM Email Monitoring, one of two solution sets Open Text offers for managing email in Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes. Customers can also use the solution for internal purposes to automate managers’ reviews of employee emails. For example, on a scheduled basis, the solution can capture outbound emails on sales quotes to help ensure adherence to internal policies or to measure performance. Among the new features are a variety of options for gathering samples of emails. Customers can schedule one-time or recurring reviews; specify the amount of content to gather; and define specific search criteria, including inclusive or exclusive keywords, users, dates, domains and record classifications. Comprehensive auditing capabilities help customers demonstrate successful audits to regulators through detailed audit logs. The solution also offers a dedicated workspace for administrators, reviewers and auditors. http://www.opentext.com

Avenue A | Razorfish, an operating unit of aQuantive, Inc. (Nasdaq:AQNT), announced it has joined the Google Enterprise Professional program, which helps customers get more value out of their Google enterprise search deployments. The partnership is to enhance Avenue A | Razorfish’s Enterprise Solutions practice dedicated to the design and development of user-centric enterprise intranets, extranets and partner portal solutions. Avenue A | Razorfish has already begun implementing Google’s enterprise search products for clients in the U.S. and the U.K.

Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) and SirsiDynix announced an OEM partnership to enhance the search capabilities of SirsiDynix Rooms. Rooms will be integrated with FAST InStream, an OEM-specific enterprise search solution. Rooms is a Web solution that enables library users to discover and gather information according to subject area and then present that content in virtual spaces or “rooms.” SirsiDynix will incorporate FAST’s enterprise search solution into SirsiDynix Rooms, providing a search and research capability to libraries, academia and consortia in library settings as well as community Web sites. http://www.sirsidynix.com, http://www.fastsearch.com

Optaros Inc., an open source software consulting and integration firm, announced an alliance agreement with Alfresco, an open source alternative for enterprise content management. The partnership will combine Optaros’ assembly methodology and expertise to plan, architect, integrate, and implement solutions with Alfresco’s open source technologies to solve enterprise document management challenges. In addition to sharing information to serve client needs, Optaros and Alfresco will plan activities in the U.S. and Europe to provide information to organizations looking to learn more about open source and content management solutions. http://www.optaros.com,