Inmagic, Inc. announced a strategic reseller partnership with Visard Solutions, Inc., a specialized document management and service provider. Visard will offer Inmagic solutions to provide management of an organization’s critical content in general and in particular as the replacement solution for their customers who need to migrate from the proprietary Edibase software
that is currently being phased-out. Using Inmagic solutions, current Edibase customers will be able to: perform full indexing of any document format in real-time, integrate with other applications, databases, etc., use Web design capabilities, and aggregate, classify, and disseminate internal and external content. In addition, Visard is the first bilingual partner of Inmagic, Inc. in Canada and will be providing the full Inmagic portfolio of Content Management Solutions in French and English to their constituents in the French-speaking provinces of Canada. www.inmagic.com, www.visard.ca

Xenos Group Inc. announced the release of version 1.2 of d2e Vision. Two new major components are now available — one for processing Xerox Metacode/DJDE input printstream files and one for generating HTML/CSS output for web presentation. These complement the existing capability to process IBM AFP printstreams and generate PDF, Image, TIFF, AFP and XML output formats for e-business applications such as web-based customer statement presentment. Among other product features, two PDF output enhancements were also added: linearization of PDF files to enable faster viewing across the web of the first pages in a document while the rest of the file downloads, and Standard Acrobat 128-bit encryption for document security and fraud protection. d2e Vision v1.2 processes AFP and Metacode/DJDE input printstreams and generates AFP, HTML/CSS, Image (PNG, JPEG), PDF and TIFF output. d2e Vision is available on Windows NT/2000/XP, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris and IBM z/OS (under Unix Systems Services). www.xenos.com

The Unicode Consortium announced the release of new versions of the Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR 1.1) and the Locale Data Markup Language specification (LDML 1.1), providing building blocks for software to support the world’s languages. This new release contains data for 247 locales, covering 78 languages and 118 countries. There are also 36 draft locales in the process of being developed, covering an additional 17 languages and 7 countries. To support users in different languages, programs must not only use translated text, but must also be adapted to local conventions. These conventions differ by language or region and include the formatting of numbers, dates, times, and currency values, as well as support for differences in measurement units or text sorting order. Most operating systems and many application programs currently maintain their own repositories of locale data to support these conventions. But such data are often incomplete, idiosyncratic, or gratuitously different from program to program. The Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) provides a general XML format for the exchange of locale information for use in application and system software development, combined with a public repository for a common set of locale data in that format. In this release, CLDR 1.1 contains roughly 50% more data than CLDR 1.0: adding many translated terms for languages, scripts, countries, currencies, and time zones. It also improves collation for a number of languages in Eastern Europe, and adds stand-alone month data for Slavic languages and Greek, and narrow month/day names for quite a number of languages. The LDML 1.1 adds new formats for narrow and stand-alone month and day names (used in online calendar applications), and POSIX compatibility fields. www.unicode.org/cldr/

INSCI Corp. announced the release of its ESP+ Solutions Suite 3.0, the latest version of the Company’s software. Designed to help large enterprises capture and store mission-critical documents long term, this newest version has enhanced capabilities for managing a broader range of content, with functionality for repurposing compliance documents for customer communications initiatives. Among its new features are: Expanded records management functionality in support of EMC Centera, Compliance Edition; Enhanced content delivery functionality including automated marketing templates, bounce processing, and access tracking for proof of receipt; Desktop application content capture, enabling Microsoft Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and other content to be archived and preserved; Image capture of ID cards, paper-based documents, and other documents that must be preserved and easily retrieved for compliance; Java-based Web portal integration tools; and a Web-deployable desktop client. Also available in 3.0 is an enhanced ESP+ Messenger module, INSCI’s automated content delivery solution. The ESP+ Solutions suite is available today from INSCI and selected VAR dealers. www.insci.com

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced it has extended the Adobe Intelligent Document Platform with new software that delivers document services technologies to help organizations automate business processes. The new server software, named Adobe LiveCycle, delivers document services to integrate manual processes into enterprise applications. The platform consists of three components: The intelligent document, document services and the universal client. Intelligent documents combine XML and business logic with PDF to move data to and from back-end systems using document services from Adobe. Adobe’s document services deliver document generation, collaboration, process management and document security and control capabilities for integrating intelligent documents into enterprise applications. The universal client is Adobe Reader. Adobe also announced two new document services that are available through Adobe LiveCycle software. The new services are process management and document control and security. The process management service gives customers the ability to design, initiate, modify and enable people to participate in processes on or offline. The document security and control service enables them to apply persistent document security features across the extended enterprise. Adobe LiveCycle software is available immediately. It can be purchased as a stand-alone offering, by CPU or by user. www.adobe.com/enterprise

Dialog said that it is now offering DialogLink 4.0, an upgraded version of its software package for information professionals. DialogLink 4.0 adds XML output, new post-processing tools and e-linking capabilities to create reports, distribute information across an enterprise and access electronically published scholarly articles. The new features enable users to better integrate information retrieved from the Dialog service into management reports and corporate intranets and portals. DialogLink 4.0 preserves the commands used in previous versions of DialogLink, but enhances them with greater functionality. With DialogLink 4.0 all content searched and retrieved on the Dialog service is now available in XML. New post-processing tools allow text and data found in retrieved documents culled from any Dialog database collection to be exported into business applications, such as Microsoft Word and Excel. DialogLink 4.0 offers the ability to link to materials outside of the Dialog online system. www.dialog.com

PureEdge Solutions Inc. introduced PureEdge Quick Start for Government. Quick Start for Government is a package of affordably priced PureEdge software and professional services that enables state, local and federal governments to quickly deploy PureXML e-forms solutions such as online grants applications. www.pureedge.com

Mediasurface and CIBER have announced a partnership agreement. The partnership includes a joint market approach for the strategy, implementation and integration of content management, knowledge management and e-commerce solutions. The partnership is focused on expanding across the international marketplace. CIBER is striving to create a distinct profile as an international provider of enterprise content management solutions. Mediasurface and CIBER will be working together on both marketing and sales activities. www.ciber.com, www.mediasurface.com