Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) announced FAST InStream, an OEM enterprise search solution developed specifically for independent software vendors (ISVs). Based upon FAST’s Enterprise Search Platform (FAST ESP). Supporting both structured and unstructured data, FAST InStream provides value across all types of software applications, including: Enterprise Portals, Content and Document Management systems, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions, Business Intelligence (BI) suites and applications, and Storage and Archiving solutions. www.fastsearch.com

WM-data joined IBM’s ISV Advantage Initiative, a program designed to provide independent software vendors (ISVs) with technical and marketing support to help meet the specific information technology needs of small and medium businesses (SMB) and public sector customers. Enabling jContentM on IBM’s middleware; WebSphere Portal, WebSphere Application Server, DB2 Universal Database and IBM eServers running Linux will help WM-data offer the market a Content Management Solution. The Content Management system jContentM contains all the functionality needed to build and maintain a constantly changing website. The system enables business users to create and approve documents, get them to the Web faster and keep a dynamic inventory of the content. WM-data will also work closely with IBM to expand its visibility in target vertical industries through various co-marketing and sales activities for Content Management Solutions. www.ibm.com, www.wmdata.com

Open Text Corporation announced a new Livelink solution which integrates with PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial Management 8.8 to improve invoice handling and reduce processing costs for customers. The Open Text solution, called Livelink for Accounts Payable, applies Livelink’s workflow and document management tools to facilitate the processing and tracking of invoice documentation. Livelink for Accounts Payable offers a complete solution that includes flexible workflow to manage invoice routing, document management capabilities and data capture technology. The solution also provides data entry with document imaging, optical character recognition, and “heads-up” data entry, in which online guides give users a way to enter invoices. Once an invoice is approved, Livelink for Accounts Payable automatically provides invoice data to users creating invoices in PeopleSoft. www.opentext.com

XyEnterprise announced a new adapter which integrates Microsoft InfoPath with XyEnterprise’s Content@ content management software. The adapter enables the use of InfoPath as a customizable interface to Content@’s XML content creation, editing, and re-use capabilities. The Content@ adapter to InfoPath provides a form-based interface based on Microsoft Office technology, then stores and manages the content from the form in XML in the Content@ system. All other standard Content@ features, such as workflow, re-use, version control and multi-channel delivery are available to users through the adapter. The Content@ InfoPath adapter is available for early adopters now. www.xyenterprise.com

iMarkup Solutions has released iMarkup Server v5. The iMarkup Server is a web-based software solution providing document management, workflow automation, electronic forms processing, and document imaging. The eForm builder integrated into Microsoft Word makes is for organizations to move their manual paper based forms into an automated web-based eForm. The iMarkup Server transforms your document based information into knowledge assets by providing storage, categorization and search technologies. It provides users with an way to manage, distribute, locate, collaborate on, annotate and review documents and digital content. It supports users in all stages of the document lifecycle. The iMarkup Server is an “out of the box” product that is easy to install and administer.
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Systems Alliance, Inc. announced the addition of a Content Import Toolset (CIT) to SiteExecutive, the company’s Web Content Management System. With CIT, SiteExecutive can now migrate web content from pre-existing sites in an automated way. CIT reduces the need for manual content conversion efforts while increasing the speed and precision with which sites can be enhanced and maintained. CIT crawls an existing website and imports content in virtually any format, including all binaries such as images and PDFs while maintaining all links to keep site structure integrity. CIT allows specification of content within particular sections and pages of the site, providing a customized or phased approach to the conversion process. Analysis reports provide feedback on the status of the migration. Templates and styles are then applied to the newly-migrated content. The Content Import Toolset is available immediately through SiteExecutive. www.systemsalliance.com

Ipedo announced an enterprise Beta Test Program for the Ipedo XML Intelligence Platform (XIP), which helps organizations integrate and leverage their information assets. Ipedo XIP integrates and manages information from disparate, complex data sources and enables real-time business decisions. The Beta Test Program, which begins the week of October 11 and runs through November, has been designed to allow select customers and partners to provide feedback and influence product direction on Ipedo XIP. The program will also feature an extensive set of tests with BI and reporting tools. The Ipedo XML Intelligence Platform is a combination of information integration and intelligence technology. The software platform uses advanced XML techniques to extract and manage business critical data from disparate data sources, regardless of format. Ipedo expects that the product will be commercially available in the fourth quarter of 2004. A limited number of customers and partners will be selected for inclusion in the testing. www.ipedo.com

Borland Software Corporation and Vignette Corp. jointly announced a relationship and combined solution designed to help organizations accelerate the creation of portlets with custom functionality, improve the design and quality of Web interfaces, and consolidate management of disparate portlet functionality across the enterprise. The solution will consist of a portlet creation plug-in for Borland JBuilder 2005 and the Vignette Application Portal Borland Developer Edition. This wizard-based solution is designed to help developers create custom portlets based on JSR 168. Borland and Vignette also are working together on marketing programs and events promoting JBuilder 2005 and the Vignette Application Portal. The companies intend to collaborate on software application bundles for enterprise customers that Java and need to aggregate and publish extensive data sets and information. The Vignette Application Portal and Borland JBuilder 2005 are both available and shipping today. The JBuilder 2005 and Vignette Application Portal Borland Developer Edition bundle will be widely available in September. www.vignette.com, www.borland.com