Adobe Systems Incorporated introduced Adobe AlterCast, a new dynamic imaging server software. AlterCast allows Web publishers to automatically generate and repurpose images and graphics within existing content management and e-commerce solutions, enabling the efficient creation of visually rich Web sites. AlterCast is built on Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator technology, while also supporting industry-standard image file formats. AlterCast automates the process of managing large image libraries. With AlterCast, graphics professionals will be able to replace text within graphics on the fly while still maintaining support for transparency, animation and layer effects.
AlterCast automatically optimizes files for delivery on any Web-enabled device, including PDAs and cell phones. By using a single image source file to generate multiple iterations, AlterCast helps reduce data storage requirements. Adobe also announced agreements with Documentum and Interwoven to integrate AlterCast with their content management systems. Adobe AlterCast is expected to ship at the beginning of 2002 in North America only. AlterCast will be priced on a per-CPU basis, with processor packs ranging from an estimated street price of US$7,500 for a one-CPU system to an estimated street price of US$60,000 for high-performance enterprise applications. www.adobe.com/altercast
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Jeeves Solutions announced general availability of JeevesOne. Its first packaged, question answering software product, JeevesOne delivers cost-effective, intelligent self-service. An enterprise software application, JeevesOne delivers relevant answers and customer analytics. In addition to reducing support costs, JeevesOne will help companies deliver better products and services by learning from every question customers ask. JeevesOne is available now and priced starting at $100,000. JeevesOne supports Windows NT and Windows 2000 platforms in the first release. Support for additional platforms is under development. www.jeevessolutions.com
Stellent, Inc. announced the integration of its Quick View Plus for Windows CE technology with Casio’s new CASSIOPEIA Pocket Manager BE-300. With Quick View Plus, BE-300 users can view desktop file formats created in standard business applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, on their palm-sized PDAs. Stellent’s Quick View Plus for Windows CE enables document and attachment viewing on Windows CE-based devices, without having to access the native application. Stellent also plans to localize the Quick View Plus product for the international versions of Casio’s BE-300 and is already developing a Japanese version of the product. The BE-300 is shipping now with a suggested retail price of under $300 USD. www.stellent.com
Banter Inc. announced the release of Banter Relationship Modeling Engine (RME) 5.0. RME 5.0 is designed to be embedded in any software application that handles unstructured information and free text, providing a full suite of language analysis capabilities. RME 5.0 offers software manufacturers and integrators an expanded range of supported languages and a more refined level of accuracy through greater analytical capability and tools. RME 5.0 is positioned to analyze and understand the content of documents and messages written in everyday language, including the naturally occurring variations in expressions, spelling and grammar typically present in such text. Typical uses for RME range from e-mail analysis, chat support, online self-service and natural language information retrieval, to document classification and tagging. RME’s capabilities include Natural Language Processing (NLP) of imperfect content; analytical and statistical semantic modeling and content classification; and a unique feedback mechanism that enables real-time learning, self-maintenance and rapid, automatic adaptation to constantly changing business environments. RME has full support for UNICODE. For single byte applications, an ASCII only version is available as well. www.banter.com
Infodata announced the release of Compose 4.1, a publishing tool for enhancing Adobe Acrobat. The Compose tool palette allows access to over 20 publishing tools, allowing a user to add bookmarks, hypertext links, tables of contents, etc. The latest version of Compose, Compose 4.1, offers advanced features such as compatibility with Adobe Acrobat 5.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows ME; and enhanced tools such as the Document Paginator, Bookmarks, Overlay tool, Copy Link and Batchmeister.
elcom, inc. announced it has signed a referral agreement with Cataloga whereby the companies will jointly market and refer potential customers located in Europe for each others products. PECOS Internet Procurement Manager, elcom’s eProcurement solution and CatTrade, Cataloga’s eContent management suite complement each other and target the same customer base. Cataloga’s products and services help corporate implementers of eProcurement enable and work with their suppliers, giving purchasing professionals real-time access to electronic catalog content and negotiated pricing models. Cataloga’s product suite CatTrade is a suite of networked applications that allow corporate supplier organizations to manage catalog content and orders, customize product and price information, track buying behavior and manage customer specific contracts while retaining control over their own product and pricing data. www.elcom.com,
Citrix Systems, Inc. announced its participation in Interwoven’s PortalReady partner program and plans to integrate Interwoven’s Content Infrastructure product suite with Citrix XPS portal software. The product integration will give Citrix customers’ non-technical users the ability to easily add content and update portals created with Citrix XPS. Customers will access key TeamSite software features including workflow, content management categorization and multi-channel support through a Citrix Content Delivery Agent (CDA) that works directly with users’ XPS portals. Citrix will use Interwoven’s PortalReady SDK (Software Development Kit) to develop the integrated solution. In addition to Citrix joining Interwoven’s PortalReady partner program, Interwoven has also joined the Citrix Business Alliance Internet Solutions Program. www.interwoven.com, www.citrix.com
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Requisite Technology, Inc., announced a strategic business alliance that allows Mitsui to resell Requisite’s catalog content management solutions to help drive the adoption of e-commerce and e-procurement in Japan. As a master reseller, Mitsui will market and sell Requisite’s eMerge content management system, eMerge Contract Manager, and its BugsEye catalog finding engine. Also available through the alliance will be the newly launched Requisite Supplier Hub, an interactive, collaborative environment for suppliers to create and maintain their product information and content, making that content available to buying organizations and e-marketplaces. www.requisite.xm.mitsui.co.jp
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