Mediasurface announced the Mediasurface 2.0 Enterprise Content. New features include a Content Gateway that allows integration with delivery and web design features from leading software vendors including, BroadVision, Vignette, Macromedia. Among the new features of Mediasurface 2.0 are the Content Gateway, XML support and integration of email with workflow functions. Mediasurface 2.0’s multi-server synchronization functionality now also enables full support for content sharing amongst sites and vendors’ systems. Mediasurface users can now deliver their content using the one-to-one marketing product of their choice. By utilizing the Content Gateway Module, real time content can be shared between Mediasurface 2.0 and existing proprietary delivery engines and custom built flat file sites. This allows users to work with existing tools from vendors including: BroadVision, Vignette, ATG, Engage and Point 4, thus preserving their existing site investment. Mediasurface implementations are licensed by servers with entry-level single- server sites at $25,000. Typical enterprise implementations then scale to multi- server configurations of $200,000 and above. www.mediasurface.com

Open Text and Adobe announced Open Text’s Livelink Forms, using Adobe’s Acrobat. The Livelink Forms/Adobe Module will support common business transactions that require structured data. Livelink’s knowledge management services support the new forms integration, providing version histories of forms and audit trails, forms security, workflow routing and searchable form data. By combining the new forms functionality with existing PDF viewing, document management and byte serving, Livelink now offers companies electronic forms functionality for collaborative knowledge management. The Livelink Forms–Adobe Module will be offered as an optional module to Livelink. The Module is shipping now and priced at $25,000. www.opentext.com

Inso Corporation and Basis Technology Corporation announced a technology and service partnership at Inso’s International User Group Conference in New York City. Under the agreement, Basis has developed Korean and Chinese (traditional and simplified) “pluggable” language system modules that drop into DynaText, Inso’s Extensible Markup Language (XML)-based professional publishing system. In addition, Basis will provide support for the “language modules and will receive a royalty on future sales of DynaText that incorporate this new functionality. The pluggable language system modules developed by Basis Technology will allow DynaText to correctly process, index, and render text in Chinese (simplified and traditional) and Korean. www.inso.com, www.basistech.com

Interleaf, Inc. announced the company has closed the private placement investment of $4.2 million, part of Interleaf’s previously announced capital improvement initiatives. In this private placement, major stockholders and members of Interleaf’s senior management team purchased 1,761,167 shares of common stock at $2.40 per share for total proceeds to the Company of $4,226,800. The transaction closed on February 16, 1999. All shares will be registered for resale pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the SEC. www.interleaf.com

Inso Corporation today announced the formation of a new Product Data Management (PDM) Division. Headquartered in Milpitas, California, Inso’s new PDM Division was created after the company’s recent acquisition of Sherpa Systems Corporation, the developers of SherpaWorks. Paul R. Anderson, formerly vice president of corporate development at Inso, has been named vice president and general manager of the new PDM Division. As vice president and general manager, Mr. Anderson will oversee the continued development of the SherpaWorks product line and other PDM solutions, as well as the integration of Sherpa technology into Inso’s Enterprise Information Platform. Prior to joining Inso, Mr. Anderson held various senior management positions at Adobe Systems Incorporated. Stephen Baunach, Sherpa’s former chief technology officer, assumes the role of vice president and chief technology officer for the PDM Division. In this role, Mr. Baunach will continue to manage PDM product development, aid in extending Inso’s expertise in managing and publishing product-related information and lead the evolution of Inso’s PDM strategy. Inso has also appointed Stephen Schreifer as the vice president of worldwide sales for PDM products. Prior to joining Inso, Mr. Schreifer held senior sales positions at SDRC. www.inso.com