Workshare announced the release of Workshare DeltaServer 1.0. Workshare DeltaServer is an evolution of Workshare DeltaView, the company’s document comparison software. The new product makes Workshare DeltaView’s comparison technology available in a server-based application. Workshare DeltaServer 1.0 is an application that organisations can deploy for comparisons of Microsoft Word documents. Designed to manage the creation and distribution of comparison documents, Workshare DeltaServer can be integrated with any major application used for document storing and sharing. With Workshare DeltaServer, a comparison document is created which details and highlights all content changes that take place between Microsoft Word document versions. In addition to the creation of the comparison document, Workshare DeltaServer produces detailed document comparison information regarding file input and change statistics. Once created, the comparison document can be saved to the desired repository as a txt, html, doc or pdf file to then be viewed, shared or archived. www.workshare.com
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Interwoven Inc. has released a universal code and content distribution solution powered by a new version of Interwoven OpenDeploy. Available for the first time as a stand-alone offering, the new solution delivers a secure and automated way to simultaneously distribute code and content for Internet-based applications across a worldwide corporate network. The stand-alone offering can be used in conjunction with Interwoven TeamSite software as well as other content and code management software products. To broaden the number of distribution points for OpenDeploy, Interwoven has deepened relationships with Network Appliance and Akamai Technologies. Customers using OpenDeploy can integrate their content management with their content distribution requirements. This will enable users to distribute their content, applications and Web services code directly into a Network Appliance NetCache, or into EdgeSuite — Akamai’s global Content Distribution Service. Interwoven OpenDeploy 5.6 is available immediately. www.interwoven.com/products/content_distribution
Documentum announced the availability of Documentum eRoom Enterprise. eRoom Enterprise extends the Documentum ECM platform with a user-friendly work environment that can be quickly deployed, enabling content-centric and collaboration-centric processes and applications. Project teams can work together in virtual workspaces, and resulting collaborative content can be captured, stored, later referenced and integrated with other enterprise content and processes. With eRoom Enterprise, Documentum ECM customers can collaborate as they create, manage, share distribute and archive content, and existing eRoom customers can take advantage of Documentum’s ECM capabilities, to search, review, share, reuse and archive content created and saved within all eRoom team environments. eRoom Enterprise’s structured, ad hoc and real-time collaboration features help organizations to unify, streamline and leverage collaborative efforts and collective knowledge. www.documentum.com
Altova Inc. announced the availability of ready-to-use templates for the Research Information eXchange Markup Language (RIXML). The new RIXML templates, in conjunction with AUTHENTIC 5’s recently announced free software licensing model will enable faster adoption of XML content editing for the financial community based on the RIXML standard. The RIXML standard was developed by RIXML.org, a consortium committed the development and implementation of a standard for investment research. RIXML provides a structure for breaking down and classifying investment research so that users can access investment research in a customizable format through standard filtering criteria. Currently, financial services firms that publish research are using their own proprietary solutions. Therefore, this industry-wide standard facilitates a smoother exchange of information from producer to consumer, whether the information flows directly or via a third-party aggregator or vendor. www.altova.com
Microsoft Corp. announced plans for Windows Rights Management Services (RMS), a technology for Windows Server 2003 that will give organizations advanced ways to help secure sensitive internal business information including financial reports and confidential planning documents. Windows Rights Management Services will work with applications to provide a platform-based approach to providing persistent policy rights for Web content and sensitive corporate documents of all types. Beta code for Windows Rights Management Services will be broadly available in the second quarter of 2003. Using Windows Rights Management Services, applications such as information portals, word processors or e-mail clients can be built so that users will be able to easily designate both who can have access to specific content and what kinds of access rights they can have. Rights and policy are managed by the server, while clients running RMS-enabled applications allow users to apply rights with a click of a button. In addition, enterprises can enforce policy broadly and reliably by centrally delivering templates that automate the process for example, making the policy around what constitutes “company confidential” uniform and easy to manage. Because Windows Rights Management Services technology is an ASP.NET Web service built on the Microsoft .NET Framework, it can interoperate with business processes via Web services. RMS technology uses XrML (Extensible Rights Markup Language). Microsoft will release two software development kits in the second quarter of 2003. www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/rm
Plumtree Software announced the availability of the Plumtree Extranet Portal Package. This package currently includes the Plumtree Corporate Portal with Plumtree Search, Plumtree Content Server and Plumtree Collaboration Server, and a framework for integrating charts and graphs from Microsoft Excel. Customers of the Plumtree Extranet Portal Package also receive one week of professional services, training, and the first year of maintenance and support. The Plumtree Extranet Portal Package is currently priced with the following options: $50,000 for 1,000 external users; $90,000 for 5,000 external users; $90,000 for unlimited anonymous users; $100,000 for 1,000 external users and unlimited anonymous users; or $140,000 for 5,000 external users and unlimited anonymous users. www.plumtree.com
Altova Inc. announced that their XML document editor product, AUTHENTIC 5, will now be offered to the public through a free software license. AUTHENTIC 5 is a customizable, light-weight, and easy-to-use XML document editor, that allows business users to create and edit content through a web-enabled interface that resembles a word processor. AUTHENTIC 5 features full support for standard internet protocols and file transfer interfaces, including WebDAV, HTTP; a browser plug-in that enables a business user to access and edit XML content on the Web, spell checking capabilities in 14 languages including a medical & legal dictionary, real-time document validation, built-in templates for over 15 industry standard XMLcontent formats including NewsML, NITF, DocBook, and more. AUTHENTIC 5 can be used in conjunction with XML content repositories, including OracleXML DB, Microsoft CMS 2002 via the AUTHENTIC Content Management Server Placeholder Control Edition, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Software AG Tamino Server, IXIASOFT TextML Server, XML Global GoXML DB, Lightspeed Interactive Astoria, X-Hive/DB, iLevel Software Insite Server, NeoCore XMS, and others. www.altova.com/download
Interwoven, Inc. has been issued a U.S. Patent for its “System and Method for Website Development,” the core technology within its content management product, Interwoven TeamSite software. Patent (#6505212) describes Interwoven’s method of using branches, workareas, staging areas, and editions to develop and manage content and all revisions. This patent includes 13 claims covering, among other things: A system for asset management comprised of multiple workareas, each configured to maintain a virtual copy of content as it would appear when published; A staging area; Branches and sub-branches (for different projects or initiatives) that contain individual workareas, staging areas, and editions; The use of a hierarchical file system and an object repository for representing and hosting content and its structure; Virtualization of all content regardless of location as well as Web and application servers; And the combined concepts of file history, versioning, comparison, and merging as it relates to content, provide an archive of all individual changes as well as collections of changes so they can be versioned and audited. www.interwoven.com/products/patents.html
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