Davisor, a developer of Java-based data visualization, conversion and presentation tools, has introduced two new Java- and XML-based products, which enable companies to convert legacy documents from different sources into XML, and to publish fully personalized materials by merging dynamic information into these legacy documents. The new Offisor Transformations allows companies to convert their legacy documents into several different output formats. Offisor Transformations converts Offisor XML outputs into HTML, XHTML, XSL-FO (PDF), RTF and DocBook. With Offisor Transformations companies can now produce different types of demanding outputs from their legacy data. Offisor Transformations is used together with Offisor, which converts legacy documents fully into XML. Davisor has released Offisor 3.0, which now converts also PowerPoint documents into XML, in addition to Word and HTML documents and images contained in them. With Offisor 3.0, companies can fully access their document archives containing valuable data in different formats, and search for the information they need. Offisor Transformations can then be used to publish the documents both on- and off-line and in print. Davisor Offisor and Transformations can be used to create e.g. personalized marketing materials, offers, order confirmations, invoices etc. from Word templates and dynamic data coming from different sources. Offisor can be either embedded into any pure Java application or used independently with command line applications. Davisor Offisor 3.0 and Offisor Transformations are available today. www.davisor.com

CrownPeak Technology rolled out a new program offering state, county and local government entities up to a 33 percent discount on its Advantage CMS content management software – and announced it is offering additional bundled services to all government agencies, designed to meet their unique accessibility and design compliance needs. CrownPeak has developed specific bundled services to ensure compliance with accessibility, design and archival standards. CrownPeak can guarantee consistent compliance with Section 508 of the Americans With Disabilities Act, which requires Web sites to be accessible to blind and low-vision visitors. A template system enforces design and navigational standards throughout all Web pages. The company’s versioning and content monitoring tools enable government organizations to come instantly into compliance with data archive regulations, as they are established and modified. CrownPeak’s special pricing extends to billing terms for government agencies, under which the company will agree to amortize upfront service fees over the first year or even 18 months of a contract. CrownPeak is certified for purchase through GSA and many state purchasing mechanisms. www.crownpeak.com

Kanisa Inc. and Knowlysis announced a strategic partnership. The alliance enables Kanisa’s customers to leverage Knowlysis’ years of knowledge management, data analysis, content conversion and Web publishing experience to improve customer service. In addition to standard Kanisa implementation services, Knowlysis will provide Kanisa’s rapidly growing customer base with highly specialized knowledge management consulting, including Best Practices for Legacy Content, Optimization of Knowledge Ontologies, and Automated Content Feeds. www.kanisa.com

RedDot Solutions announced the release of RedDot Live Server. The latest extension of RedDot’s enterprise content management solution, RedDot Live Server gives businesses the ability to securely deliver targeted online content to customers, partners and employees without affecting other critical systems. The modules available with RedDot Live Server include RedDot Live Server Personalization Manager, RedDot Live Server Application Portal, RedDot Live Server Application Framework, RedDot Live Server Web Service Connector, RedDot Live Server Open API, RedDot Live Server Search Engine, and RedDot Live Server Portal Integration. www.reddot.com

Venetica announced general availability of its Content Bridge for Hummingbird Enterprise DM. This announcement is part of an on-going sales and marketing partnership with Hummingbird Ltd. The Content Bridge for Hummingbird DM enables users to perform federated searches across DM and other repositories, copy content from other systems into Hummingbird and access content from other systems as part of a Hummingbird business process. Venetica’s integration will also enable users to access Hummingbird content from enterprise business solutions, such as Siebel, and enterprise portals, including BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere and Oracle. VeniceBridge enterprise content integration capabilities can also be integrated into Hummingbird Enterprise RM to apply enterprise-wide records management for distributed content. www.hummingbird.com, www.venetica.com

Convera Corporation announced the execution of a reseller agreement with Tornado Technologies, a Taiwan-based information retrieval platform provider. Tornado Technologies will resell Convera’s RetrievalWare software to its base of customers for its Information Retrieval Management System (IRMS). Tornado’s IRMS solution is best known for linking and integrating internal data sources within the growing Asia Pacific manufacturing sector. By localizing the RetrievalWare user interface and adding other modifications, Tornado Technologies is also strategically adapting Convera’s search technology for the expanding Chinese market. The Taiwanese company is also reselling RetrievalWare to the semiconductor, telecommunications, manufacturing, and government sectors in the broader Asia Pacific region, with Taiwan and China among the first countries targeted. www.tornado.com.tw, www.convera.com

Interwoven, Inc. announced that it will release a version of its TeamSite content management software for the Linux platform. TeamSite will join Interwoven OpenDeploy and Interwoven WorkSite MP on the Linux platform. The initial release of TeamSite for Linux, a Workgroup Edition, will help ensure a low total cost of ownership for departmental solution deployments such as employee self-service, portals and intranets. Interwoven TeamSite for Linux supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3. A license for the Workgroup Edition, which encompasses five websites and 100 users, starts at $49,000. General availability is scheduled for September 2004. www.interwoven.com

Verity Inc. announced the availability of Verity Ultraseek release 5.3. This latest release incorporates: Page Expert to recognize patterns in HTML pages, so that the spider indexes only the relevant content, and skips over navigation, menus, advertisements and common template-generated text; Relevance Tuning and Editorial Control Options to fine-tune search results to match information structure of the documents and end-user needs; Multi-Spider to allow the spidering technology to make multiple simultaneous HTTP requests to a single host, enabling users to get access to new and updated content quickly; Weblog Update to ensure that new entries are searchable by accepting notification whenever new content is published to selected blogs; Enhanced Secure Search to ensure only those documents that a user is authorized to view will appear in the results lists; and Expanded Platform Support to include Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and SUSE Linux 8.0. www.verity.com/ultraseek