Hummingbird Ltd. announced the acquisition of Key Automation Nederland B.V. and its affiliate Dispro B.V. (herein referred to as “Key Automation/Dispro”) privately held distributors and integrators of document management solutions in the Netherlands and Benelux. Key Automation/Dispro are long standing Hummingbird partners in the deployment and integration of Hummingbird products. While their expertise spans multiple industries, Key Automation/Dispro is mostly recognized in the government sector for document, records and correspondence management solutions. Key Automation/Dispro provide product integration, deployment, implementation and educational services that deliver single source point of support to manage the entire life cycle associated with enterprise information management solutions. www.hummingbird.com

The World Wide Web Consortium released XPointer as a three-part W3C Recommendation. The “XPointer Framework” is an extensible system for identifying regions in XML documents which provides for multiple addressing schemes. The “element()” scheme allows basic addressing of XML elements in terms of a document’s tree structure. The “xmlns()” scheme is used to interpret namespace prefixes in scheme names and pointers. www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-xptr-framework-20030325/

DiamondSoft Inc. and Artesia Technologies announced the integration of Diamondsoft’s Font Sense technology into the Artesia TEAMS Creative Client. Font Sense enhances the Artesia TEAMS digital asset management solution by identifying and recording critical information about fonts used in digital content, thus preventing workflow interruptions that may occur due to missing fonts or incorrect font usage. When ingesting files, the TEAMS Creative Client can now automatically extract and store the Font Sense identification provided by Font Reserve Server as metadata in TEAMS. If a user needs to reprint an asset — perhaps years after its creation — the correct fonts are always available via Font Reserve Server, eliminating wasted time spent searching for the correct font. Additionally, when assets must be sent to a third-party collaborator or partner, fonts can be collected and automatically attached to the content upon export from Artesia’s TEAMS. www.artesia.com. www.fontreserve.com, www.diamondsoft.com

WebWare Corporation announced the introduction of WebWare ActiveMedia Access, an enterprise-ready digital asset management system for under $50,000. ActiveMedia Access is engineered for the enterprise but designed for the needs of the workgroup. It enables enterprise workgroups, creative agencies, video post-production facilities, and similar environments to create a digital library for rich media: key graphics, layouts, illustrations, slide presentations, and video. ActiveMedia Access is built on the web services-based ActiveMedia 4 content management engine. ActiveMedia Access lets project managers assign sophisticated business rules to a company’s digital assets at the workgroup level without the need for database administrators or outside professional services. It also allows authorized users to access, approve, track, audit, and transform product and marketing content instantly and securely over the Internet. ActiveMedia Access runs on Microsoft Windows 2000 and SQL Server, or Sun Solaris. It is available as both an installed software solution or a fully hosted service. www.webwarecorp.com

SmartPath Inc. announced a strategic partnership with MediaBin Inc. The integration of SmartPath’s MRM (Marketing Resource Management) solution with MediaBin’s DAM (Dogital Asset Management) solution provides comprehensive functionality to support production and project management initiatives for all marketing activities. This integration will offer large marketing organizations the capabilities they need to speed marketing campaigns and product launches while increasing efficiencies and reducing costs. www.smartpathinc.com, mediabin.com

eMeta Corporation announced the availability of the eRights Suite. The eRights Suite provides the infrastructure, applications and insight necessary to secure and sell digital assets and services. The new Suite enables enterprises to create, control and commercialize digital offerings that are synchronized to specific business needs and models, assets and audiences. The eRights Suite is composed of RightAccess 3.0, RightCommerce 3.0, and RightServices 1.0. RightAccess provides the infrastructure necessary to protect and manage access to digital assets and services. Offering advanced authentication and authorization, delegated administration, and metadirectory features. RightCommerce contains packaging, pricing, customer care, billing and payment applications. RightServices provides a solution for the protection and commercialization of those assets, and is optimized for non-traditional online assets such as software services and software code. RightCommerce may be integrated with Content Management, CRM, and DRM systems. www.emeta.com