TopicalNet, Inc. has agreed to purchase substantially all of the assets of Lightspeed Interactive, Inc. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The new company will be named LightSpeed Software, Inc. Lightspeed Interactive is the fifth company TopicalNet has acquired since April 2001 in its strategy to assemble a complete, automated content acquisition, content management, collaboration and delivery product for mid-market customers. It started by acquiring Internet Profiles Corporation (I/PRO) in April 2001 for its online audit and analytics capabilities. In October of 2001 TopicalNet purchased Collectively Sharper and its content integration technology, followed in December by Teralytics and its tools dedicated to analyzing customer interaction data. In June of 2002, TopicalNet purchased Wego Systems and its ReadyPortal portal development and collaboration product. By combining Lightspeed Interactive’s content management products with TopicalNet’s XML based Search, Classification/Metadata, Portal/Collaboration and Analytics technologies, customers manage both internal and external content from research and acquisition through the creation, delivery, collaboration and repurposing process. The corporate headquarters will be relocated from Woburn, Mass. to San Francisco. www.TopicalNet.com
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TRADOS announced the general availability of TRADOS GXT v.5.2. With TRADOS GXT, TRADOS extends its suite of language technology with a new enterprise platform that minimizes the cost and streamlines the process of globalizing enterprise content. TRADOS’ GXT solution provides a collaborative framework for sharing and storing language assets and automating the associated business processes of updating and adapting multilingual content for worldwide markets. The new system simplifies the globalization of enterprise Web sites, product documentation, marketing collateral, product catalogs and content in databases and content management systems. www.trados.com
divine, inc. announced that it has signed a reseller agreement forming an alliance with MediaBin Inc. divine will offer MediaBin’s Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution to enable divine content management users to leverage rich media assets through divine Content Server. While divine Content Server can store, archive and deliver all forms of digital assets, the MediaBin Digital Asset Management system expands this capability by enabling business users to modify, transform and compile graphics for use within Web sites or other applications without requiring the assistance of creative professionals. MediaBin software enables dynamic resizing and other manipulations of digital images, photographs, graphics, logos, video, Quark files, and other rich media. The MediaBin capabilities complement divine multimedia-based products that include divine Showcase and divine Truelook. The combination of divine Content Server and MediaBin enables real-time previewing of both images and content as they will appear on the published site. www.divine.com
Inktomi Corp. announced an integration between Inktomi Enterprise Search software and Microsoft Content Management Server. The integration enables Inktomi Enterprise Search to index and retrieve Web content managed by Microsoft Content Management Server. Inktomi Enterprise Search integrated with Content Management Server closely aligns the content development and retrieval processes. This integration allows Inktomi to instantly crawl and index content and associated metadata published and managed by Microsoft Content Management Server, providing users with real-time access to information. Microsoft now offers customers and systems integrators an evaluation copy of Inktomi Enterprise Search as part of its Internet business solution kit, which includes Microsoft Content Management Server. Inktomi Consulting services are available to optimize the deployment of Inktomi Enterprise Search software with Microsoft Content Management Server to meet each customer’s unique needs. www.inktomi.com
Arbortext, Inc. announced it has entered into a Co-Marketing Alliance with Software AG, Inc. to immediately begin marketing a completely native XML system for the creation, management and publishing of complex business and technical documents. Through this alliance, Arbortext and Software AG are utilizing X.Systems’ GEMt product, a content management system that integrates Arbortext’s Epic XML authoring and publishing software with Software AG’s native XML server, Tamino. GEMt, based on software developed by X.Systems, integrates with Tamino and brings native XML content management together with X.Systems’ focus on productivity in the information life cycle. www.softwareagusa.com, www.arbortext.com
Ipedo introduced Ipedo XML Views, an integration technology that unifies information management for portals, custom Web applications and Web services initiatives. Integrated into its Ipedo XML Database and Ipedo Integration Manager, XML Views expands the reach of corporate information resources. Ipedo XML Views are virtual, real-time snapshots of information from external XML and non-XML sources presented in XML to simplify integration tasks in applications. Once constructed, XML Views can be manipulated using XML query and transformation standards, and multiple XML Views can be combined to create information composites tailored for specific applications. Ipedo’s XML Views technology provides virtual connections to remote information sources for quick, easy access, whether structured data from databases or unstructured Web content. The XML Views architecture works across existing relational databases, content management systems and Web Services, and can be tailored using an adapter development kit. The all-Java design includes support for JDBC, JMS, and SOAP, and can be deployed in conjunction with J2EE application servers such as BEA WebLogic or IBM WebSphere. www.ipedo.com
Documentum announced the introduction of an ECM Solution for Life Sciences. This new offering is designed to meet the specialized content management requirements of biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies; clinical research and contract manufacturing organizations (CRO/CMO); and governing bodies that regulate these industries. The new solution is a combination of Documentum and partner products, best practices, shared standards, project templates, and consulting services. Based on Documentum’s core ECM technology, the solution enables lifecycle control of all documents, such as new drug applications (NDAs); auditing of content creation, revision and approvals to ensure regulatory compliance; sharing and reuse of project-related content for team collaboration in product development and clinical trials. The solution also supports cross-organizational collaboration. The Documentum ECM for Life Sciences automates and streamlines: R&D Content Management, Operations Content Management, and Marketing Content Management. Documentum will provide consulting services, guidance on industry best practices and industry-specific project templates and accelerators. The Documentum Life Sciences Solution is available immediately. www.documentum.com/industry/life_sciences.htm
Obtree Technologies Inc. announced that Obtree C4 version 4.1 will include translation version control. This tool could reduce translation costs and increase the efficiency and continuity of content associated with multilingual Web sites. With Obtree C4 version 4.1, site translators can make changes via the Web from any country location. Translation providers do not require any technical skills to translate content directly. Integration with ‘multilingual management systems’, e.g., translation software company SDL International, which use ‘Translation Memory’ engines to reduce the volume of words requiring translation, simplifies the process even further. The Obtree C4 platform provides IT managers an enterprise content management infrastructure to build tailored, flexible content management solutions. Version 4.1 will track the edits and any re-organization of text, automatically alerting the appropriate person for approval or translation. Obtree handles content such that translation will be solely restricted to updated text. www.obtree.com
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