Day Software announced availability of Communique 3.5, the newest version of their content management product. Communique 3.5 Application Services provide out-of-the-box capabilities for Content Management, Portal Management, Graphics and Digital Asset Management, Business Process and Workflow. Day’s Content Management capabilities provide design templates and wizards, consistent separation of design and content, separate design worlds for corporate design information and inheritance of design to sub pages. The Communique 3.5 Graphics and Digital Asset Management capabilities provide a browser-based, Photoshop-like environment. Communique 3.5 Content Services include capabilities for federated search, virtual versioning, security/access control, single sign-on, observation, indexing and serialization. Connection Services allow enterprises to leverage the content stored in enterprise systems like SAP R/3, document and file storage systems like Lotus Notes and security systems like LDAP. Communique 3.5 is a Java application and runs inside J2EE application servers or as a servlet with Web servers. Support for application servers includes IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, SunONE, Oracle 9i and ATG Dynamo. www.day.com
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iManage, Inc. announced the release of Report Manager for WorkSite. The new product adds fully integrated enterprise report management (ERM) functionality for the storage and retrieval of computer-generated documents to the company’s collaborative content management application suite. With iManage’s integrated document management, collaboration, portal access, workflow, and knowledge management suite, end users can view and collaborate on COLD (Computer Output to Laser Disk)/ERM content, including enterprise reports, computer generated invoices, credit memos and statements, as well as business transactions represented by XML or SQL data. Integration with iManage WorkSite enables customers to extend ERM capabilities across transactions generated by customer line-of-business systems that range from in-house developed software to packages from ERP/CRM vendors including Baan, JD Edwards, Onyx, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP and Siebel. The replacement of outdated archiving methods with reliable, real-time access to documents, including online query and retrieval capabilities, enables productivity gains and better customer service. Report Manager for Worksite and Worksite MP will be available in Q4 2002. iManage Report Manager is powered by Acartus. www.imanage.com, www.acartus.com
Vignette Corp. announced an expansion of its existing strategic alliance with IBM Corp. to include solutions that will help companies better manage the content of their corporate intranets. Under terms of the expanded agreement, Vignette has become a certified Web content management business partner for IBM’s Dynamic Workplaces initiative. The new initiative is designed to offer a broad set of intranet-based collaborative technologies, such as e-meetings, e-learning, eHR and instant messaging. As a part of this announcement, Vignette is debuting Vignette for IBM Dynamic Workplaces, a configuration of its content management application that is tightly linked with IBM’s Dynamic Workplaces offering. Vignette will also offer integration with IBM’s Content Management software in the fourth quarter of this year. www.ibm.com/partnerworld/developer, www.vignette.com
Stellent, Inc. announced Stellent Content Management Version 6 is now localized in English, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish, enabling users to interact with the Stellent system in their native languages. Users can choose their language preference when they create user profiles in the Stellent Content Management system, and the Stellent Content Server then automatically presents the interface in the preferred language. Stellent also announced new content contribution functionalities. The new Stellent Drive module enables users to contribute content to offline folders and extends Stellent’s WebDAV content contribution functionality to non-WebDAV applications, such as Framemaker, Photoshop, AutoCAD and Microsoft Office `97. This extension simplifies the content check-in and check-out process by enabling users of non-WebDAV applications to contribute content directly to Stellent and also access content managed by Stellent. www.stellent.com
McObject has released an XML interface for its eXtremeDB in-memory database system. The eXtremeDB XML interface enables data exchange between eXtremeDB and other XML-enabled systems, and provides a simplified means for updating underlying database structures. McObject has created a freely downloadable example program demonstrating the integration of the eXtremeDB embedded XML interface and Web Services through SOAP interfaces. eXtremeDB XML supports the W3C XML specification but stores its contents in the eXtremeDB binary format, applying eXtremeDB’s efficient in-memory storage methodology to the imported data. Stored objects retain eXtremeDB’s compact layout, as well as its fast and predictable search methods and updates. With eXtremeDB XML, the database still reads and writes XML in the context of transactions. www.mcobject.com
Equilibrium announced the availability of Equilibrium MediaRich Server for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Servers enterprise-wide search, document management and workgroup collaboration environment. The resulting digital asset management solution generates thumbnail previews during search results regardless of the original file format, adds zoom and pan functionality, and provides automated image editing, conversion and delivery for one or multiple images. Equilibrium MediaRich for SharePoint Portal Server allows corporations to maintain revision control for a single high-quality asset, create derivatives on-demand, and deliver consistent brand assets for the Web, print, wireless and Microsoft Office applications with accurate color profiles. Equilibrium MediaRich Server for SharePoint Portal Server is now available worldwide. In North America, the product sells at the standard retail price of $3,999 for the server and a five-seat license. For corporate pricing discounts, please contact Equilibrium. www.equilibrium.com
Autonomy Corporation plc announced a new strategic OEM relationship with BEA Systems. Since 2001, BEA Systems has included Autonomy’s technology with its BEA WebLogic Portal to provide their customers information aggregation, retrieval and knowledge management capabilities. Under the new OEM agreement, BEA will embed Autonomy’s technology into its WebLogic Portal. In addition, the agreement allows BEA to expand the reach of information retrieval to external sources including relational databases and the Web. Autonomy technology is used within BEA WebLogic Portal 7.0 to automate the aggregation, analysis and retrieval of both structured and unstructured information from multiple sources. www.autonomy.com
Ektron, Inc. has launched Ektron CMS300. This browser-based system offers content management capabilities with WYSIWYG XML editing functionality. Ektron CMS300 delivers the same features found in Ektron’s other content management solutions, including intuitive work areas for contributors and administrators, scalable workflow, an advanced permissions model, and an Explorer-like content folder design. It includes the browser-based WYSIWYG XML editor, Ektron eWebEditPro+XML. Ektron CMS300 runs on Microsoft Windows servers, and works with several Web application servers including Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP), ASP.NET, Macromedia ColdFusion or PHP. Ektron CMS300 is priced at US$4,999 to $19,999. www.ektron.com
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