Ektron released Ektron CMS300 version 3.0. This version of Ektrons XML content management solution includes a new online image editor, Ektron WebImageFX, (a full-featured browser-based tool for image manipulation,) along with new Calendar and Forms Modules. WebImageFX delivers functionality similar to commonly used Windows-based graphics applications (blur, brightness, sharpen, crop, erase, draw, rotate/flip, zoom, lines, shapes, text, etc.) With Ektrons Calendar Module and Forms Module, users can create, use and manage an unlimited number of event calendars or forms within Web sites or browser-based applications. Calendar presentation parameters can be specified (height and width, viewable weekend dates, etc.,) and colors and fonts can be controlled by stylesheets. Hyperlinks are added to content within the calendar. The Forms Module delivers a new forms toolbar built into Ektron eWEP+XML. Users can create forms-based interfaces with any number of elements (drop down lists, check boxes, radio buttons, text area fields, etc.) Developers add a calendar or form by inserting a single tag into a Web page. www.ektron.com

jCatalog Software AG announced a strategic relationship with Commerce One. The relationship establishes Commerce One as a global reseller for the jCatalog BuyFast solutions for procurement, MarketFast solutions for marketplaces and SellFast solutions for manufacturers and suppliers. jCatalog Software AG is a developer of catalog management, product information management (PIM) and cross media catalog publishing software. www.jcatalog.com, www.commerceone.com

Documentum announced the availability of the latest versions of its web-based collaboration products, Documentum eRoom 7 and Documentum eRoom Enterprise 7. The eRoom products are collaboration applications that can be adapted to and integrated with other enterprise systems to enable team collaboration. eRoom 7 is a standalone product. eRoom Enterprise 7 leverages deeper integration with the Documentum ECM platform, to enable content and collaboration services to interoperate under a common workflow. eRoom Enterprise 7 provides a unified content repository for centralized control, retention and reuse of collaborative content and process management technologies. Enhancements to eRoom Enterprise 7, available in the fourth quarter, will add deep structured process and workflow collaboration features. Documentum eRoom 7 is available immediately in English, with French and German versions available in early September. eRoom Enterprise 7 is also immediately available, with additional functionality available in the fourth quarter of 2003. www.documentum.com

S&T Professional Resources Group, LLC, and Metavante Corporation announced the signing of an agreement to allow Metavante to market S&T’s eBusiness Content Manager (eBCM), to its clients. eBCM is a “turn key” web-based content management system, which allows companies to publish all types of documents, automate forms routing, create customized department web pages and manage their organization’s Intranet with virtually no programming experience. eBCM also integrates additional workflow solutions such as company procurement, time and attendance and cash settlement allowing medium-to-larger-sized companies to automate other labor intensive business processes. www.stbank.com, www.metavante.com

Datox has signed an integrator agreement with the UK based company Easypress Technologies. Atomik Xport, a product of Easypress Technologies, is a solution for converting QuarkXPress files into rich XML content. Datox will provide turnkey solutions based on Easypress Technologies’ products to press editors who
want to generate new revenue from their QuarkXPress print content. With Atomik Xport, any content from a QuarkXPress page (text, tabular data or images) can be converted into XML. The content is extracted without the need for manual intervention and can either be published directly on the web or stored in an archive system for future re-use. www.datox.fr, www.easypress.com/products/atomik

Canto announced that Web Publisher Pro 1.0.2 and Internet Client Pro 1.0.2 are available immediately. Web Publisher Pro a tool for publishing and marketing your digital assets on dynamically generated Web pages to the Web. Internet Client Pro enables users to upload images and other documents into Cumulus catalogs and edit metadata. This can be done with a standard Web browser. Canto’s technology is based on Cumulus Java Classes and JSP technology. Web Publisher Pro is an add-on Option for the Cumulus Workgroup and Enterprise Editions; Internet Client Pro is included with the Cumulus Enterprise Edition. Cumulus Web Publisher Pro 1.0.2 and Internet Client Pro 1.0.2 are updated releases in which various bugs have been fixed. With these releases, Cantos Cumulus Web Publisher Pro and Internet Client Pro are now more stable and efficient across all platforms for which they are developed. Both updated options are compatible with IBM WebSphere. Web Publisher Pro 1.0.2 and Internet Client Pro 1.0.2 are immediately available with English, German, French and Japanese user interfaces on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and Solaris. Updates of Web Publisher Pro to Web Publisher Pro 1.0.2 and Internet Client Pro to Internet Client Pro 1.0.2 are free of charge. www.canto.com