Interwoven, Inc. announced broad support for the Microsoft .NET platform and its programming model, the .NET Framework. Interwoven’s recently announced ContentServices 2.0 SDK (CS SDK) is a Web Services toolkit that interoperates with the .NET Framework. ContentServices 2.0 supports WSDL 1.1 and provides these files for developers to integrate content management into packaged applications such as portals, CRM, ERP, and custom applications. .NET developers can access Interwoven Content Services with Visual Studio .NET. Future releases of Interwoven ContentServices will expose the entire Interwoven product line as a layer of Web Services that can be used in any .NET initiative. They will enable point-and-click as well as custom integrations with .NET-based portal servers such as SharePoint, and will support the recently ratified Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) specification in order to support .NET servers. www.interwoven.com

eiStream, Inc. announced the acquisition of electronic document management and workflow provider Lexign, Inc. Lexign markets two products: Keyfile, a document management and imaging repository that was developed in 1989; and Flow, a Microsoft Exchange-based workflow automation tool. Lexign offers document tracking, management, organization and version control. The Keyfile client interface offers the look and feel of a Microsoft Windows desktop or a Web browser, depending on user preference. The Keyfile Document Server (KDS), an object database, serves and stores documents and implements business processes. Lexign Flow is a business tool that automates mission-critical business processes regardless of complexity. It may be deployed in a single department, across an enterprise or in business-to-business environments. Lexign was founded in July 2001 with the merger of icomXpress (formerly Keyfile), thinkXML and E-Lock Technologies. www.eistream.com

XML Global Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell all of its business assets to Xenos Group Inc. Xenos will acquire XML Global’s intellectual property, customer relationships, and operating assets and will retain most employees. The terms of the transaction call for Xenos to pay $1,250,000 and to issue 1,000,000 shares of common stock to XML Global in exchange for the purchased assets, including the GoXML eBusiness product line. Xenos will provide a price guarantee on the Xenos shares to XML Global such that Xenos under certain conditions may make additional cash payments to XML Global, not to exceed C$1,340,000, in the event that Xenos shares are trading below C$3.50 prior to the anniversary date of the closing. The parties hope to be able to consummate the purchase and sale by the end of December 2003. Xenos and XML Global have entered into a co-marketing agreement allowing Xenos to market and sell XML Global’s products and services pending completion of the acquisition. www.xenos.com, www.xmlglobal.com

Moreover Technologies announced it has launched a real-time weblog search tool for the enterprise. The product harvests information from over 25,000 hand selected, business-critical weblogs. To overcome the issue of the variable quality of blog content the team of human editors at Moreover Technologies assigns each blog a ranking that corresponds to the reliability, integrity and caliber of the blog thus enabling users to instantly identify high value information. Additionally, each blog is tagged with a wide range of metadata including, but not limited to, the number of incoming and outgoing links to it as well as the blog’s status in the wider blogging community. The aggregated blog information is also available to users as pre-configured or customized topical ‘feeds’. Blog content will also be made available via Moreover’s ci-metabase product — a complete and constantly updated XML feed of all information harvested by Moreover — allowing a completely customized solution for the enterprise. www.moreover.com

Xyleme and Inxight Software Inc. announced that they have signed an OEM deal and a VAR agreement. Xyleme will integrate Inxight’s LinguistX product into its XML repository and will distribute both Inxight ThingFinder and Inxight Summarizer. The integration of Inxight LinguistX with Xyleme Zone Server allows a technical evolution to the Xyleme solution. The new edition will take the name Xyleme Zone Server Lx, referencing the linguistic functionality made possible by integrating Inxight software. Integrating Inxight LinguistX has reduces the size of the index by about 20%, improves response precision for selected complex queries, and provides support for an extended collection of natural languages. In addition to English and French managed by the Xyleme Zone Server Classic edition, Xyleme Zone Server Lx will be able to manage Danish, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. Inxight and Xyleme also reached an agreement that will allow Xyleme to distribute Inxight ThingFinder and Inxight Summarizer. www.xyleme.com, www.inxight.com

iManage, Inc. announced a new partnership with Kofax that will bring scanning capabilities to users of the iManage WorkSite suite. iManage has also joined the Kofax Technology Alliance Program. Ascent Capture will be tightly integrated with iManage WorkSite to provide users with a complete, out-of-the-box capture and collaboration solution. Ascent Capture automates the capture of information from documents and forms and delivers retrievable information into business applications. Documents scanned with Ascent Capture will be delivered automatically into iManage WorkSite, capturing the information alongside all project work within the repository — such as emails, spreadsheets, reports, etc. — keeping all content in context and readily available for access, editing, collaboration or completion. www.kofax.com, www.imanage.com

EasyAsk announced EasyAsk Enterprise 9, a platform for unifying all forms of enterprise content and enabling information access across commerce, service and decision support activities. EasyAsk Enterprise 9 delivers information quickly, regardless of format or location. Users can be guided through dynamic navigation, or they may use an advanced natural-language interface to go directly to the content they seek. EasyAsk Enterprise 9 offers three different components. EasyAsk Decision Advisor provides enterprises with an internal solution for harnessing real-time information from multiple sources. It provides novice to expert business users access to information contained within and reports generated from BI platforms. EasyAsk Service Advisor facilitates a variety of enterprise information access for customer self service and call centers and within enterprise portals. For online B2C commerce and catalog merchants and B2B manufacturers and distributors, EasyAsk Commerce Advisor enables their customers to quickly find and browse through merchandise and catalogs that meet their specific criteria. www.easyask.com

ATG announced the general availability of ATG 6.1. ATG 6.1 contains a variety of new capabilities including an upgraded Web content management solution, integration with industry leading application servers, and enhancements to ATG’s innovative Scenario Personalization technology. ATG has upgraded its Web content management solution, ATG Publishing, with several features for companies utilizing database-driven Web applications such as portals, commerce and self-service. ATG 6.1 offers tighter integration with Web application servers including IBM’s WebSphere 5.0 and others. New capabilities enable customers to automate business processes in the same manner as ATG’s Scenario Personalization allows customers to automate customer interactions on the Web. With the new workflow functions in ATG 6.1, companies can automate repetitive manual business processes. Industry compliance issues, sales and marketing automation, customer and employee service management, and other highly complex processes can be automated through application workflow. www.atg.com