NextPage Inc. announced a new application for its NXT 3 Platform called NextPage Solo. The technology provides off-line access to business-critical information to users and field representatives when Internet access is not available. Professionals in the accounting industry and similar industries need access to best practices, corporate policies, compliance information and industry regulations. NextPage technology allows users to access this content through a Web interface, enabling users to view information that is physically located in different locations and in different formats as if the information was on the user’s desktop. These networks of distributed information are called Enterprise Content Networks. Solo allows users to download that information to their desktops or to a CD to view it as if they were connected to the content network. NextPage technology provides off-line users with the same functionality and user interface as those who are connected to the network. Updates to information that has changed are automatically synchronized every time the user reconnects – simplifying the updating process. www.nextpage.com

Semio Corp. released SemioTagger 5.0, the latest version of its indexing and content categorization engine. SemioTagger organizes and exposes information contained within all unstructured data, including e-mail, web pages, Documentum databases, Lotus Notes, etc., that exist across an enterprise. Version 5.0 features new architecture optimized for enterprise-scope performance and scalability. Specifically, SemioTagger 5.0 can process millions of documents at extremely high speed. Also optimized for fast-start use, SemioTagger ships with a set of pre-built, industry standard taxonomy templates that enable nearly immediate indexing of a company’s electronic data. A new graphical workbench enables users to customize and fine-tune taxonomies and categorization processes to suit individual, department and enterprise requirements. SemioTagger 5.0 is operational on Windows 2000 and is available immediately. Semio also announced the release of Skyline 2.0, a browser-like viewer that displays the categorized output of SemioTagger in an intuitive, graphical view of the data hierarchy and structure. www.semio.com

Documentum and Easypress Technologies announced an alliance to deliver an out-of-box integration between the Documentum ECM platform and QuarkXPress. The integration, based on Easypress Technologies’ Atomik product, enables QuarkXPress-created design content to be easily deployed to other forms, such as Web pages, as well as the sharing and reuse of QuarkXPress content throughout an organization. It also gives QuarkXPress users access to content stored in the Documentum repository. The integration enables QuarkXPress users to easily convert a publication created with QuarkXPress into XML and export it to the Documentum repository. The QuarkXPress-created content is then automatically indexed and stored. Through Documentum’s ECM capabilities, other non-QuarkXPress users can search, access and export components of QuarkXPress-created content, combine it with other content and repurpose it for other uses. QuarkXPress users can also search and export XML and other content from Documentum into a QuarkXPress-created layout or publication. The Documentum and Easypress Technologies offering for automated QuarkXPress to XML conversion is expected to be available in June 2002. www.easypress.com, www.documentum.com

Enfish Corporation announced delivery of Enfish Enterprise 5.1, an integrated enterprise solution that puts desktop data, corporate knowledge, and relevant information from Intranets, Extranets and the Internet, into context. Up to 25 percent faster than previous Enfish Enterprise versions, Enfish Enterprise 5.1 features faster performance and streamlined corporate-wide deployment. Enfish Enterprise 5.1 can also now interact with more than 10,000 public Exchange or Notes folders quickly and efficiently. For system administrators, Enfish products can now be easily distributed to end users via machine images with the Enfish Enterprise 5.1 “Enterprise Friendly” install architecture. In addition, Enfish Enterprise 5.1 is also now available on BEA’s WebLogic Server and JBoss. JBoss provides an option for Enfish customers to deploy Enfish Enterprise on a no cost application server. For a list of end user improvements, visit our Enfish Enterprise 5.1 Fact Sheet at www.enfish.com

Gauss announced that it has signed an alliance agreement with Perficient, Inc. Under this agreement, Perficient becomes a national consulting partner, delivering the business analysis, project management and technical consulting expertise to help clients justify, deploy and integrate enterprise content management solutions. Driving the agreement is the ability of the two companies to leverage their respective IBM relationships and the Gauss platform’s native support for IBM’s products. Perficient delivers solutions around IBM’s platform. Gauss is a Software Business Partner under IBM’s Top Contributor
Program, is a certified reseller of IBM’s DB2 database and WebSphere platform, and provides native support for IBM’s iSeries 400, and AIX client-server platforms. www.gaussinterprise.com, www.perficient.com

LingoMotors announced that the company has acquired FocusEngine, developers of
solutions that automatically build taxonomies and then normalize content from disparate sources. With the acquisition of FocusEngine, LingoMotors enhances its TurboCat offering, an automatic and accurate categorization solution that provides rich metadata for digital objects, extracting their full contextual value to create versatile Rich Information Objects (RIOs). Creating RIOs gives content providers a means to fully utilize their content through reuse, resale,
personalization and improved user access to relevant information. www.lingomotors.com

Progressive Information Technologies announced two new extensions to the technology platforms that support Vasont, a content management system for creating and managing content in XML, SGML, HTML and WML formats, and instantly publishing content across all media channels, including print, CD-ROM, Web, and wireless. Vasont now includes native support of the Oracle 9i platform. By integrating Oracle 9i’s technology within Vasont’s repository, Vasont ensures scalability to solve enterprise-wide content management and publishing requirements and provides unlimited user capacity. Previously, Vasont supported Oracle 7.2 through the Oracle 8i platforms. Additionally, Vasont integrates with Citrix MetaFrame XP for Windows and Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 for Windows, enabling the content management system to provide a client server application through a Web browser. This benefits Vasont’s client base by allowing them to work from Windows, Mac or Unix platforms. Other servers that Vasont supports include Windows NT and Windows 2000.
www.vasont.com