Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) announced an OEM partnership with ClearStory Systems. As part of this agreement, FAST InStream, an OEM enterprise search solution developed specifically for independent software vendors (ISVs), will be integrated with ClearStory’s Radiant Content Suite. The integration of FAST InStream with ClearStory’s Radiant Content Suite will enable enterprise-scale search capabilities – enhancing the value of ClearStory’s platform for integrating rich media and business documents into a multitude of business-critical environments. By integrating FAST InStream with ClearStory’s suite of solutions, companies can enjoy full text indexing and search capability across repositories. Radiant MailManager, ClearStory’s e-mail active archiving solution, is scheduled for release in December 2004. FAST InStream is an integral component of the product, providing search capability with training-based analytics to ensure accurate policy management and review of enterprise e-mail, based on both message and attachment content. www.clearstorysystems.com, www.fastsearch.com

Context Media, Inc. has joined IBM’s ISV Advantage Initiative, a program designed to provide independent software vendors (ISVs) with technical and marketing support to help meet the information technology needs of the small and medium business (SMB) market. As part of the agreement, Context Media’s Interchange Suite for content integration has integrated with IBM’s Content Manager Portfolio to allow SMB customers to more quickly and easily access digital content stored throughout their networks. Context Media’s Interchange Suite software is built on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) model, enabling SMB organizations to integrate multiple content repositories to improve the creation, sharing and distribution of content between customers, prospects and partners. Combined with IBM’s WebSphere and Content Manager Portfolio, the solution provides organizations with the ability to fully exploit the value of content in order to greatly improve efficiencies and expand revenue streams. Context Media will also work closely with IBM to expand its visibility in target vertical industries through various co-marketing and sales activities. www.contextmedia.com

Infostoria Inc. launched the Infostoria Content Integrator beta program. Infostoria Content Integrator is a service-oriented content integration and management solution that helps enterprises take control of business critical content regardless of where it is stored. The system provides a single point of access to documents, reports, presentations, marketing materials, images, video and other types of digital content stored in a long list of content management systems and business applications. Content can be stored on departmental servers, mainframe computers, or individual employee desktops. Infostoria Inc. offers a content integration solution built natively on the principles of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web services. Individual digital assets are wrapped in XML and mapped to Web services that can be accessed from business applications, enterprise portals, or business processes running on many different platforms. Enterprise content stored in distributed and disparate content repositories is automatically indexed and registered in the Infostoria content directory where it can be discovered by applications. Once content is discovered, it is accessed directly through Infostoria content integration agents. The agents are also responsible for maintaining the content directory in synch with the distributed content repositories. Customers interested in joining the Infostoria Content Integrator beta program are encouraged to do so by filling out a form on the company Web site at www.infostoria.com

Infodata Systems Inc. announced it has partnered with IBM as both a technology partner and an ECM solutions provider. Activation as a business partner will enable Infodata to expand joint sales and marketing efforts with IBM to target customers who need to deploy ECM technologies that enable regulatory compliance. Infodata delivers proprietary middleware applications, by means of a Content Management Services Layer (CMSL), that is integrated with IBM compliance offerings. The combined solutions are designed to reduce the complexity of bringing content together with its associated critical business processes and result in fostering compliance and securing the management of content across its lifecycle. www.infodata.com

Vignette Corp., Sun Microsystems, and DaimlerChrysler Consult Graz (DCCG) GmbH, a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler, announced a collaboration to provide smart enterprise services that deliver complete information lifecycle management applications, infrastructure and services. Organizations – from multinational enterprises to small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) – will be able to utilize facilities at DaimlerChrysler Consult’s earthDATAsafe center for organizational security in Austria to design, evaluate and optimize proof-of-concept ECM solutions consisting of Vignette content management and portal software based on an infrastructure of Sun’s Solaris OS based systems, storage and software products. This facility can be used remotely or through on-site visits and will be based on Sun’s iForce Solution Center program. The alliance will focus initially on serving customers in Central Europe, with a view to leverage expertise from the partner consortium to expand the offering worldwide. http://sun.com, www.dccg.at/dccg_en, www.vignette.com

Autonomy Corporation plc announced the launch of IDOL Enterprise Desktop Search with Active Folders. IDOL Enterprise Desktop Search delivers Autonomy’s IDOL technology to the corporate desktop by bringing together a wide variety of information ranging from office documents, email, websites, news and multimedia content from multiple locations including corporate networks, the web, the desktop and local data sources. IDOL Enterprise Desktop Search is an integrated tool that uses implicit query, working proactively with users on the corporate desktop to understand the information they require and bring it to them at the right time and in the right context. Using contextual matching, Active Folders understand the themes within any set of data and then automatically populate the folder with related information, regardless of its storage location, as soon as it becomes available in order to keep users right up to date. User flexibility allows users to create Active Folders implicitly or explicitly either by clicking on a document they are currently viewing or assigning keywords or phrases. Active folders allow users the facility to view and interact with corporate information offline. Security features including advanced authentication procedures which enable an administrator to disable a remote Active Folder if authentication is not received, (for example, in the case of a stolen or lost laptop), and SSL encryption are employed in order to safeguard all corporate assets. www.autonomy.com

Join the Gilbane Report’s Mary Laplante and Alison Toon from Hewlett-Packard Company in a webinar on content globalization on Thursday, December 9, 1:00 pm EST. Learn how HP populates its global websites with product content in 26 languages with a centralized enterprise globalization architecture that reduces costs, increases revenues, improves customer satisfaction, and enhances HP’s brand value. Sponsored by TRADOS. www.trados.com/event.asp?page=1616

Entrust, Inc. announced the Entrust Entelligence Content Analysis Toolkit designed to automatically sort and categorize large volumes of data for compliance and content management applications through artificial intelligence content analysis technology. The Entrust Entelligence Content Analysis Toolkit helps developers integrate contextual analysis capabilities such as auto-categorization or summarization into a wide variety of applications. Exposing a high-level set of APIs, the toolkit can help enable integration within C++ or Java environments. The Entrust Entelligence Content Analysis Toolkit combines Auto-Categorization, Summarization, and Search. Filters analyze content and match it to a pre-defined library of concept patterns. Entrust can provide filters as a set of policy modules or concept libraries, or they can be customized with a policy editor. The editor supports the development of relational and hierarchical concept definitions with customized thresholds. The Entrust Entelligence Content Analysis Toolkit leverages the same technology found at the core of the Entrust Entelligence Compliance Server, the Linux-based appliance designed to automatically scan incoming and outgoing e-mail for compliance with government or corporate regulations. The Entrust Entelligence Content Analysis Toolkit is now commercially available. www.entrust.com