Authentica, Inc. introduced Authentica Secure Office Version 2.0 to deliver policy automation and enforcement and tight Microsoft Office integration to speed and simplify ERM deployments. It helps organizations manage risk and protect sensitive content while allowing users to collaborate within the enterprise and externally with partners and other associates. Authentica Secure Office lets information owners track and audit document activity and change policies centrally or within the desktop environment for the lifecycle of the content. A continuous audit trail reflects all document activity so organizations always know how information is being accessed and used. Authentica Secure Office will be available in December 2004 with pricing beginning at $50,000. www.authentica.com

Open Text Corporation said it is launching a new collaboration platform that will create a new way to work online. Called Livelink Touchpoint, the solution unifies Web conferencing, blogs, team workspaces, Instant Messaging and the ability to see the online presence of others into a single, seamless interface – a complete contextual collaboration platform to make communication and online work easier. Livelink Touchpoint is the first of many solutions to be based on Open Text’s new services-oriented development platform, called the Livelink ECM Services Architecture, also announced. Livelink Touchpoint is designed to better match the dynamics of human interaction, while eliminating the need for users to switch between applications to use different collaboration tools. For example, a user can see the presence of a co-worker online, Instant Message that person, then, with one click and within the same interface, quickly escalate that interaction into a Web meeting where the two can share documents or “white board” ideas. If necessary, the two can involve others and create a team workspace for an ongoing project. All collaboration occurs within the Livelink Touchpoint interface, with only a single click needed to add tools as the interaction progresses. Livelink Touchpoint also offers access to electronic content throughout the organization so users can easily access the information they need as they work with others online. Over the next year, Open Text will add new capabilities to further develop Livelink Touchpoint as a core collaboration interface for the Livelink ECM suite. Future enhancements include video, voice and mobile device integration. www.opentext.com/touchpoint

Justsystem announced the availability of a preview version of xfy technology, a new platform for creating, integrating and expressing XML-based applications. xfy introduces an intension-oriented document handling paradigm that enables the re-use of functional modules among several applications. Specifically, xfy’s basic architecture supports a direct relationship between source and presentation vocabularies, creating a true semantic basis for XML. This mapping is made possible by xfy’s Vocabulary Connection technology. The Vocabulary Connection technology also eliminates the need to develop application-specific modules for XML interpretation by supporting the use of easy-to-integrate plug-ins to streamline the application development process. xfy’s architecture, which is able to process many different types of XML documents as true compound documents, is targeted at a sophisticated enterprise IT landscape. Furthermore, a user or developer can easily define and construct an optimal application environment for his or her own needs. Starting today, a preview version of xfy technology can be downloaded at www.xfytec.com, www.justsystem.com

FatWire Software announced the rollout of CS Express, designed specifically to allow FatWire’s reseller channel to offer an enterprise-class Web content management (WCM) solution to small and mid-sized organizations. CS Express has all the capabilities of FatWire’s flagship product, Content Server. CS Express supports FatWire’s channel program. To help ensure that its channel partners are successful, FatWire allows its resellers to register and protect ownership of their sales opportunities, and provides incentives to its sales force for selling cooperatively with partners. CS Express provides the capabilities of FatWire Content Server for managing a single domain or URL. It includes:
Engage allows business people to personalize the site and marketers to deliver targeted campaigns on the Web; DocLink lets business users create and manage business documents within the Windows Explorer interface; Integration with MS-Word; and FirstSite FatWire’s quick-start tools, templates, and best practices for deploying a new site. Also included with CS Express are three days of on-site consulting for knowledge transfer and implementation planning, along with the first year of maintenance & support, including software updates and basic technical support. www.fatwire.com

Context Media, Inc. announced the immediate availability of Context Media Interchange Suite 4.2. The new edition of Interchange Suite provides out-of-the-box integration with a wide array of content repositories, including homegrown systems and those supplied by vendors. The capability, which is made possible through Context Media’s development of the Configurable Content Pipeline (CCP), is part of Context Media’s ongoing strategy to leverage open standards and an SOA (Services Orientated Architecture) to make digital content more accessible to end users and partners within and beyond the enterprise. CCP is provided as a core component of Interchange Suite 4.2. As with previous versions of Context Media Interchange Suite, version 4.2 is built on Web services standards and supports current Java Service Requests (JSR) 168 and 170. The CCP is available for a wide array of systems including: IBM DB2, Content Manager Portfolio and Lotus Workplace Web Content Management, Informix, Oracle, Vignette, Documentum, Quark, Adobe, Artesia, Interwoven, Media Bin, Convera, FatWire, Virage, Microsoft SharePoint, Stellent, Canto, and Google. Multi- and Bi-Directional Content Integration Enables clients to reuse integration “pipelines” to move content for multiple purposes, such as consolidation from several repositories, batched movement of content from one system to another, or delivery of content from multiple repositories into multiple applications. Interchange Suite 4.2 includes enhanced out-of-the-box internationalization capabilities. www.contextmedia.com

ClearStory Systems announced the release of Radiant Enterprise Media Server (EMS), a media services platform that provides core functionality for managing the full range of enterprise content, from rich media to documents. Radiant EMS provides a foundation for developing solutions such as digital asset management, video management, document management, and marketing content management. Built on a J2EE, service-oriented architecture (SOA), EMS offers a modern, flexible platform for integrating enterprise content – business documents, rich media, graphics and other digital content – into business workflows, processes and applications. The first release of the product offers specialized functionality specific to managing rich media content. Radiant EMS is designed to meet the needs of enterprise content management, taking into account both the evolution of digital asset management features as well as operational needs for system integration, collaboration, and business process management. EMS also provides tools and frameworks for rapid user interface assembly and vertical application deployment. ClearStory will be releasing additional applications running on the EMS platform in early 2005. The new solutions will be available either as installed software or as a fully hosted ASP service. The Radiant Enterprise Media Server platform is certified for the BEA WebLogic and JBoss application servers and on the Oracle 9i database. The platform and software development kit is shipping today. EMS can be deployed as a stand-alone product or can be incorporated as part of a comprehensive, enterprise-wide content management strategy. www.clearstorysystems.com

Factiva, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company, announced the availability of a new suite of solutions for Microsoft Office 2003 and SharePoint Products and Technologies. The new solution pack for Microsoft Office 2003, Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 enables information workers to easily find, organize, read and act on business news and information from inside their most used applications. Factiva has released two new Web Parts for SharePoint Products and Technologies. Track Web Part allows groups to view news about specific interest areas, while iWorks provides an innovative search tool for information workers that utilize Factiva’s XML platform and extensive indexing to tailor results. It can also be used in the Office 2003 Research Task Pane. Factiva has developed a new tool to make it easy for a company’s portal administrator to facilitate news delivery into SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Using embedded Smart Tags, Factiva users can get more information about a company directly from any Office 2003 document. The new Factiva Toolbar makes it easy for Factiva customers to search the rich Factiva archive of 9,000 global sources. www.factiva.com

ObjectWeb, the international not-for-profit consortium dedicated to open-source infrastructure software, announced the extension of its roster of open-source projects with 3 Java middleware components for business integration: Byline content management system; eXo Platform enterprise portal; MOBE business process execution engine. With over 50 active open-source projects, ObjectWeb is federating the development of commercial grade middleware components and tools, including JOnAS – J2EE 1.4 application server; Bonita, Shark, JaWE – workflow utilities; JORAM – message-oriented middleware. The 3 new projects Byline, eXo Platform and MOBE complement ObjectWeb’s open-source middleware offering with software providing high level features for business integration. These projects were initially developed by ObjectWeb member companies in the framework of commercial offers and recently contributed to ObjectWeb code base. eXo Platform is an open-source enterprise portal solution built on the top of the Java Server Faces (JSF) web layer, and implements the portlet API (JSR 168). eXo Platform has been contributed to ObjectWeb by the new consortium member eXo Platform SARL. MOBE (MidOffice BPEL Engine) is a business process execution engine compliant with the OASIS standard BPEL (Business Process Execution Language). www.objectweb.org