Metatorial services Inc. and ZiaContent announced the launch of their new content management analysis and planning tool, the CMS Metatorial Planner. The “planner” is a hands-on workbook and a companion to the Content Management Bible, Bob Boiko’s book on content management. The CMS Metatorial Planner provides a complete example a company going through the process of analyzing their business and content needs prior to implementing a Web content management system (CMS). The example walks the reader through the steps of gathering the right information in order to pull together a comprehensive and cohesive communication and content management strategy, ultimately leading to the logical design of the CMS. Targeted toward a manager or group tasked with leading a content management initiative, the planner provides both practical real-world examples and a logical process for working through the complex tasks of understanding content management entities, such as project goals, the project mandate, the content domain, audiences, authors, sources, publications, templates, workflows, and staffing. The CMS Metatorial Planner is comprised of a 168-page guide, several dozen worksheets, and template for a final report that pulls the analysis together into a final deliverable. The planner is available for download from the metatorial services inc. Web site at an introductory price of $200. www.metatorial.com, www.ziacontent.com

The OSCAR special interest group, founded in June 1997 by the Localisation Industry Standards Association (LISA, has published the TBX standard. The Version 1.0 draft definition of the container – the high-level format designating how terminological data is stored – has now been released and can be downloaded free of charge at www.lisa.org/tbx/. The OSCAR group combines key technology vendors, corporate users and service providers worldwide, including such names as IBM, J.D. Edwards, SAP, SUN Microsystems, Microsoft, GlobalSight, Welocalize, RWS, SDL International, Star and Trados Corporation. OSCAR (Open Standards for Container/Content Allowing Re-use) is a non-profit LISA Special Interest Group founded to develop, extend and promote use of open standards for language, translation and terminology representation in modern software products. www.lisa.org/oscar/

Lightspeed Interactive, Inc. announced the release of iREVIEW, an add-on product to the Lightspeed Astoria content management system. The solution provides Web-based access for all members of an organization through a secure and configurable environment. Lightspeed iREVIEW eliminates the paper review process and enhances the quality of comments and focus of the reviewers. iREVIEW empowers local and remote authors and reviewers with immediate access to enterprise content and automatically moves that content through the business approval process. The application, which provides a direct link for online access to all content stored in Lightspeed Astoria, includes Web browser access and preview, online annotation, and workflow functionality for any secured author, editor or reviewer. www.lspeed.com

Quiver, Inc. announced it has developed a portlet that enables companies running IBM WebSphere Portal to leverage Quiver’s hybrid taxonomy and categorization application, QKS Classifier. Quiver’s categorization product delivers classification of unstructured data – such as Microsoft Word documents, HTML pages, PDFs, digital media files, etc – into a flexible, browse-able topic hierarchy or taxonomy. Integrating Quiver with IBM Websphere Portal enables customers to have immediate access to all of the information needed to do their jobs. Quiver’s QKS Classifier combines auto-categorization technology with workflow and management tools to provide human control and oversight in the categorization process – from taxonomy creation to content population to access and display management. General availability of the Quiver portlet for IBM WebSphere Portal is planned for the 2nd quarter, 2002. www.quiver.com

Vignette Corp. announced a new Jumpstart program that helps companies deploy Vignette V6 solutions within 90 days for a quicker return on investment. The Jumpstart program combines Vignette V6 applications with consulting and education services from the Vignette Professional Services (VPS) organization, which draws upon the best practices and expertise gained from delivering rapid deployments using Vignette applications. The products available in the Jumpstart offering include the Vignette V6 Standard Edition and Vignette V6 Multisite Content Manager. This is the first offering of a new service architecture termed “Vignette Velocity,” which will contain a series of rapid service offerings to accelerate time to deployment for the most common customer scenarios. Vignette’s Jumpstart package is available immediately and includes 100 training units combined with consulting services and is designed to deliver a site in approximately 90 days or less using Vignette V6 Standard Edition and Vignette V6 Multisite Content Manager. www.vignette.com

Equilibrium announced it is working with Microsoft Corp. to integrate Equilibrium MediaRich Image Server with Commerce Server 2002 and Content Management Server. The dynamic imaging integration provided to customers and partners reduces the time required to create an Internet presence. MediaRich is server-based imaging software that generates, updates, and delivers dynamic visual content to the Web and smart devices. By using MediaRich Image Server, companies are able to set up templates to automate image-processing tasks normally done manually by artists and technical teams. MediaRich has dynamic imaging features such as zoom, pan, colorize, resize, mix, match, 360-degree rotation, composite, font generation, and localization. www.equilibrium.com

RightsLine, Inc. and Artesia Technologies announced they have signed a Global Technology Partnership Agreement to offer integrated, bundled solutions of their respective software products as well as collaborating on co-marketing and sales activities. The partnership will initially focus in North America with the potential to spread to other global geographies. The development of the integrated offering will provide content owners with a single platform for managing both their digital assets and the rights and permissions associated with them. Artesia