Mondosoft has announced that a new Wizard application, designed to transform the way small and medium businesses (SME) use the internet, will be available on December 2, in conjunction with the release of Microsoft’s new Content Management System Standard Edition (CMS SE). The Wizard, jointly-developed by Microsoft Gold Partner cScape Ltd (London) and Mondosoft (Palo Alto, Calif. and Copenhagen), provides a cost-effective way to build and maintain a professional website without the need for any training in web development. Designed to plug into Microsoft’s new CMS SE and including a Mondosoft search engine, the Wizard will retail at $3,365. Small charities which require a content managed site will receive a substantial discount on Microsoft’s CMS SE product. The Wizard is available through www.mcmswizard.com, which is also the support site for the product. An enhanced version of the Wizard is being created specifically for web development agencies as a core solution to build on and enhance for clients seeking a more sophisticated web presence. This version will be released in 2004. www.mondosoft.com

BroadVision, Inc. announced a strategic alliance with Feith Systems. The agreement with Feith is part of BroadVision’s Net-Centric Collaborative Environment, a strategic initiative focused on forming alliances with technology companies to deliver a comprehensive collaboration portal optimized for government. Feith Systems helps government agencies move from paper-based systems to electronic environments that comply with DoD records management standard 5015.2. Certified for Chapters 2 and 4, both classified and unclassified documents can be addressed. Under terms of the agreement, BroadVision and Feith will identify and pursue joint business opportunities in the federal marketplace, principally those involving records management programs. The companies also intend to establish cross-functional business development and technology teams to focus their core competencies on existing and emerging opportunities, identify process improvements and exchange best practices. www.feith.com, www.broadvision.com

obinary released their Magnolia Content Management System (CMS), a J2EE-deployable and Java-based CMS which has been built from the ground up to support Java Content Repositories (JCR). The main goal of Magnolia is to make content management easy. Magnolia is platform-agnostic and uses Java, XML, JSP, JSTL and a custom tag library to achieve optimal implementation times. Magnolia can be installed “within 10 minutes” on all common operating-systems and is available free of charge. www.obinary.com

Interwoven, Inc. unveiled their new vision, “Content Networks.” Content Networks anticipates future content challenges and prescribes a path to prepare and meet those challenges in the coming years. Content Networks will address: seamless access by mobile knowledge workers, democratization of decision-making around applications, and harnessing a Service-Oriented Architecture. Interwoven is aligning itself with other technology leaders for complete end-to-end enterprise standardization, including IBM, Intel, Microsoft, SAP and others, on both the concept and implementation of Content Networks. www.interwoven.com

CambridgeDocs announced its .NET API for incorporating unstructured content, including PDF files and other popular file formats, into custom .NET applications. The .NET API provides access to the content transformation capabilities of the xDoc Transformation Engine (XTE), which is the heart of the CambridgeDocs XML Content Backbone. The .NET API allows for submission of individual or batch files for processing of unstructured files and allows custom applications to include the content from these documents as part of its input, workflow and output. The .NET API is available to all purchasers of the CambridgeDocs xDoc Content Transformation Server (xCTS). The .NET API allows organizations to syndicate unstructured content as XML via a Web Services architecture. www.cambridgedocs.com

Astoria Software and Arbortext announced they have entered into a partnership agreement to provide the aerospace industry with automated publishing applications. The initial solutions provide software to produce flight operations manuals and electronic flight bags. The combination of Astoria’s content management software and Arbortext’s XML-based authoring and automated publishing technology enables both commercial and defense aerospace customers, to build a single source for content that can be automatically assembled and published for any audience in any medium. For example, airline operators can automate the process of combining flight operations content with the highly customized data of a particular airframe and publish tailored documentation specific to a particular aircraft. www.astoriasoftware.com, www.arbortext.com

Gilbane Report to Host Open Webinar Series on Content Technology Best Practices
11/18/03

Bristol-Myers Squibb, Mattel and Unisys to share strategies that work in first installment of ongoing webinar series.

Contact: Sebastian Holst
sebastian@gilbane.com
+973 5 GET CMS (+973 543 8267)

Cambridge, MA , November 18, 2003. The Gilbane Report announced that it will host an ongoing webinar series on content technology best practices as told from the enterprise consumers’ perspective. The series complements the popular Gilbane Report conferences and publications and further extends the Gilbane Report community. “This webinar series is the first public work to come from the Content Technology Works™ Program (CTW) announced in September,” said Frank Gilbane, Founder of The Gilbane Report. “These online events provide our audience with direct access to leading enterprises that are making content technology work today. Regardless of your background, everyone can learn from the success of others.”

The first seminar, “Content Categories That Work”, will be held on Dec. 16, 2003 at 12:30PM EST .

To register, visit http://gilbane.raindance.comselect “View Scheduled Events” and then the “Register” icon.

Learn how three companies, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Mattel and Unisys, make sense of the content technology world for the benefit of their organizations, partners and customers. Other scheduled webinar topics include “Tips and Techniques for Adoption” and “Measuring Value, Managing Expectations.” For more information on The Gilbane Content Technology Works Program, visit www.gilbane.com/technology_works.html. “If you have ever been confused by analyst jargon or vendor-centric presentations, this webinar series offers an antidote,” said Sebastian Holst, Senior Editor of The Gilbane Report. “In fact, all material from the CTW program is jargon-free, authentic and opinionated because it comes straight from the enterprises that are making this technology work. Unfettered and complimentary access to this high quality content is made possible by our partners: Software AG, Sun Microsystems, Atomz, Artesia Technologies, Convera, Context Media, INSCI/WebWare and Vignette.”

About Bluebill Advisors and The Gilbane Report

Bluebill Advisors, Inc. ( www.bluebilladvisors.com) serves the content management community in three distinct ways: publications, industry conferences and professional services. Our publications include The Gilbane Report, a content technologies industry standard with thousands of subscribers in 85 countries and a public portal at www.gilbane.com. Our conference business is in conjunction with our subsidiary, Lighthouse Seminars ( www.lighthouseseminars.com), and our partners Medialive International, AIIM International, IDEAlliance and TechnoForum. Services include management consulting, marketing services and implementation strategies for enterprise users, technology vendors, investors and analysts.

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INSCI Corp. announced the release of WebWare ActiveMedia 5.0: the latest version of its digital asset management (DAM) software. The newest version adds new capabilities for compound document support, providing management for QuarkXPress files including the ability to ingest, version, and maintain links between an Xpress document and all linked files. Identical handling is available for files created by Adobe InDesign, Adobe PhotoShop, and HTML files and their associated images and links. With the new ActiveShare folder and file sharing features, ActiveMedia 5.0 users can collaborate with other registered users. ActiveMedia 5.0 includes a new feature that enables users to email links of archived files to recipients inside or outside a firewall. Interoperability has been extended by the expansion of the ActiveMedia SOAP APIs, adding over 65 individual methods to support the development and extension of ActiveMedia’s functionality and interoperability. INSCI also announced the debut of its WebWare TransMedia Express service, an outsourced service enabling Adobe InDesign desktop publishing software users to automate the conversion of QuarkXpress documents into Adobe InDesign files. www.webwarecorp.com, www.insci.com