An experimental programming language now available for testing transforms documents and data between specific formats so that documents can be read no matter what application or device is used. It’s posted on a site that is jointly managed by Xerox Corporation and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for programmers and software developers who want to try out software from both commercial and academic research centers. The new language, called Circus-DTE, is a research project developed at the Xerox Research Centre of Europe in Grenoble, France. XRCE scientists believe that Circus-DTE could be especially useful when there are multiple document transformations, such as document content processing, Internet publishing, publishing on handheld devices and database-to-XML conversions. For example, processing a customer order requires a series of transformations — data must be input into applications that check inventory and availability, that prepare shipping documentation, that generate an invoice, that process payments and perhaps even publish to the Web so a customer can track progress online. Software developers and programmers wishing to check out Circus-DTE or any of the other technologies can download them from www.alphaAve.com. www.lac.rit.edu, www.parc.com
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Macromedia, Inc. announced the immediate availability of Macromedia JRun 4 for Mac OS X. Macromedia JRun 4 takes advantage of Mac OS X to deliver a fast and reliable server platform for J2EE applications. JRun 4 simplifies and speeds Java application delivery with a focus on affordability, developer productivity, and easy management and administration. In addition, Macromedia announced that the developer edition of Macromedia ColdFusion MX for J2EE Application Servers now supports Mac OS X. ColdFusion MX for J2EE Application Servers adds ColdFusion scripting capabilities to J2EE application servers (from BEA, IBM, and Sun) including JRun 4 for Mac OS X. New Mac OS X support for the developer edition enables Macromedia Studio MX developers to both create and test ColdFusion MX applications on the Mac OS X platform. Macromedia JRun 4 for Mac OS X is priced at $899 per processor. The free developer editions of JRun 4 for Mac OS X and Macromedia ColdFusion MX for JRun are available for immediate download. www.macromedia.com
iManage, Inc. announced its new OEM program that enables independent software vendors (ISVs) and application service providers (ASPs) to quickly bring to market tightly integrated, private-labeled applications from iManage, including document management, collaboration, knowledge management and portals. The program targets ISVs and ASPs offering new content-rich applications such as eLearning, contract management, supplier relationship management (SRM) and product lifecycle management (PLM). Under the OEM program, partners can quickly add scalable and secure collaborative content management features including document version control, event notification, foldering, check-in/check-out, audit trails, integration with desktop applications and search and retrieval. iManage Worksite MP is an enterprise class, multi-platform, J2EE compliant Java-based solution, based on standards such as XML/XSL. WorkSite MP operates across Windows NT, Linux and Solaris platforms. www.imanage.com
Finjan Software announced that it has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Alchemedia Technologies. Alchemedia’s complementary product offerings will provide customers with enhanced functionality to meet their content security needs. Alchemedia is a provider of Enterprise Digital Rights Management (EDRM) software to the automotive, energy, pharmaceutical, aerospace, financial services and government markets. Customers will have greater proactive security control over their mission critical content. Finjan purchased all of Alchemedia’s intellectual property and assets, including operating assets, property and customers. The core asset of the acquisition was Alchemedia’s product, Mirage Enterprise 3.1, which enables users to view and collaborate on documents while the data included in those documents is shielded from all avenues of digital redistribution. www.finjan.com
Mirror Image Internet announced the availability of instaContent Stream, the newest edition to the company’s suite of instaContent Global Distribution Services. The enhanced instaContent Stream offering provides multimedia management and delivery capabilities that enable users to publish, manage, deliver and analyze high-quality multimedia presentations. By leveraging Mirror Image’s Content Access Point (CAP) network to regionally store and deliver multimedia, instaContent Stream provides businesses with the ability to deliver rich, continuous multimedia to users, regardless of location or Web traffic fluctuations. Mirror Image’s solution eliminates the need to install additional internal architecture, reduces bandwidth and storage requirements, and includes media file support for multiple delivery platforms, including RealNetworks, Windows Media and QuickTime. www.mirror-image.com
Atomz announced that a Web site content editor is now available for the Macintosh platform, allowing Macintosh users to contribute content to their company Web sites using Atomz Publish. Atomz said the WYSIWYG Rich Text Editing Interface is now a standard option for all Atomz Publish customers. With the addition of Macintosh support, Atomz Publish customers can now support end users who use either Macintosh, Windows, or both. For example, content authors could use their Macintosh at home and then their Windows PC at the office to contribute or edit content. Customers can use: the Macintosh WYSIWYG Rich Text Editing Interface designed for Internet Explorer 5.2 and higher on Mac OS X v10.2; a Windows WYSIWYG Rich Text Editing Interface; a free-form HTML editing interface; and a text-Only content contribution field. www.atomz.com
RealObjects released their latest WYSIWYG Java applet editor, edit-on Pro 3.0. edit-on Pro 3.0 offers an improved spectrum of on-line editing functions, to make the process of updating professional web material more dynamic. The new edit-on Pro 3.0 offers the following feature enhancements: Support of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Creation and editing of style sheets, API for import/export of styles and style sheets, Support for read-only elements and read-only areas, editing of template-based documents, Custom XML tags, Native XHTML data format, filtering of imported or pasted HTML-Code via TIDY from W3C (on client or server), Support of ALIGN attribute, e.g. text will flow around images, Redo/Undo and Search/Replace functions, Copy/Paste of rich text format from Microsoft Word, Excel (tables) and IE – only when using the SUN JRE 1.4.1 on Windows platform. This feature can be enabled/disabled using a parameter, LiveConnect emulation for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, and more. edit-on Pro ActiveX add-on available as an option, i.e. edit-on Pro 3.0 functionality based on Microsoft’s IE DHTML editing control. The ActiveX based editor will have the same look-and-feel and API as the edit-on Pro 3.0 applet. The add-on will be officially released in February 2003. www.realobjects.de
Interwoven, Inc. announced that it is recruiting value-added resellers (VARs) to offer their expertise in selling and servicing content management solutions to a range of new markets throughout North America. With this new channel launch, Interwoven is expanding its partner program to include VARs that will reach mid-market organizations, enterprise departments and specific vertical industry customers requiring affordable content applications and solutions for their Internet-based requirements. www.interwoven.com
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