Microsoft Corp. announced that SharePoint Portal Server 2003 customers will now be able to customize their portal sites (in addition to Windows SharePoint Services sites) with Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003. Users will be able to: create custom Web Part pages, based on the drag-and-drop functionality of reusable Web Parts, which connect to information or applications elsewhere in the organization; use Web Part connections to build solutions that span multiple Web Parts pages; add, edit and configure Web Part zones – even without starting FrontPage; save custom Web Parts to a site catalog for reuse; use live XSLT Data Views to bring external data into SharePoint Portal sites; deploy data-driven pages on new Web sites using Web packages and reusable collections of Web pages; and create Web logs, issue-tracking lists, and news and reviews sites with just a few mouse clicks, and post them to the Web using just their browser. The features in FrontPage 2003 that enable customization of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 are found in the Microsoft Office System Beta 2 Technical Refresh, which also includes the latest versions of both products. The final release of the product will be in summer 2003; pricing will be announced at that time.
Category: Collaboration and workplace (Page 67 of 94)
This category is focused on enterprise / workplace collaboration tools and strategies, including office suites, intranets, knowledge management, and enterprise adoption of social networking tools and approaches.
ERP5 and Collaborative Portal Server teams announced that they would join forces to provide a global Information System exclusively based on Open Source/Free Software. Collaborative Portal Server (CPS) is a content management and collaborative work system published under GPL license. ERP5 is an Entreprise Resource Planning (ERP) system published under GPL license. The Alliance of ERP5 and CPS will provide corporations with seamless integration of collaborative and quantitative information systems based on the Zope Open Source/Free Application Server. ERP5 allows to track quantitative information and implement management workflows. ERP5 features covers trading, invoicing, accounting, manufacturing, supply chain, stock, customer relation and product design. CPS allows a group of users to share documents in multiple versions, implement administrative and publication workflows and create a single point of access to corporate information and services. The ERP5/CPS Alliance will allow users to share basic technology building blocks such as common user authentication, distributed data synchronisation, and uniform internationalisation. It will also provide a common access to ERP workflow tasks from CPS portal page and CPS administrative and publication tasks from ERP5. www.nuxeo.com/en, www.nexedi.com
Mediapps announced the new 2003 version of its Net.Portal software, including all intranet applications in one entreprise Suite. Net.Portal 2003 is not simply a corporate portal but also represents a comprehensive and out-of-the-box “Intranet Suite”. Following Office Suites and ERP Suites, the Intranet Suite avoids the use of multiple enterprise software applications and the inherent cost and disparate user interfaces. Net.Portal 2003 includes all the features required for a corporate intranet (portal, personalization, content and document management, collaboration, workflow, project management, etc.) in one single product. All applications are consistent, using the same graphical interface and sharing the same data. www.mediapps.com
Hummingbird Ltd. announced the release of Hummingbird Enterprise 5.1, a suite of information and knowledge management solutions that feature integrated document, knowledge and records management, business intelligence, collaboration and portal applications. The enhanced suite of integrated technologies delivers a complete solution, encompassing all the components of a Smart Enterprise Suite (SES). The secure, consolidated platform of Hummingbird Enterprise 5.1 – the second generation of SES components – provides a single integrated solution for the complete lifecycle management of enterprise content. Hummingbird Enterprise further enhances the SES offering with additional capabilities including full query, analysis and reporting functionalities and data integration tools for managing metadata and integrating enterprise applications. www.hummingbird.com
Open Text Corporation introduced Coreport 6.0, an enterprise portal framework that unifies content from Livelink, other repositories and a wide range of enterprise systems in a single interface. The solution offers customers a new option for enterprise content integration in Livelink, allowing them to connect disparate applications and repositories. Coreport 6.0 brings Livelink’s virtual team collaboration, knowledge and content management, business process automation and information retrieval services into a customized and extended portal environment. The new version also includes enhancements to the Coreport portal framework, with a variety of functional improvements. Coreport 6.0 will be available July 1. www.opentext.com/livelink
Tridion has received certification from SAP for two ‘iViews’ developed from its Enterprise Content Management System, Tridion R5. iViews enable SAP customers to extend the reach of their enterprise portal to include any available information resource. Tridion R5 Edit iView 5.0 and Tridion R5 Content Display iView 5.0 have been created to integrate with SAP Enterprise Portal. This will provide users with single sign-on and personalised portal views.
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Axonwave Software announced the release of version 3.0 of its content intelligence software. The Axonwave Content Intelligence System (CIS) performs advanced information retrieval and analysis by locating precise and accurate information based on context and meaning, regardless of the type of document. Axonwave CIS can analyze massive volumes of unstructured information (MS Office documents, email, PDF, intranet content, etc.) according to user-defined natural language concepts, perform sophisticated content analysis, and present the information in a variety of dimensional views for extrapolating explicit and inferred information trends and correlations. Axonwave CIS gives users access to remote and inaccessible information that is stored across enterprise information repositories, including content management or document management systems, enterprise information portals, shared or local drives, or newsfeeds. Axonwave CIS also enables companies to monitor disparate information sources, and to take appropriate business action based on a precise analysis of information trends. www.axonwave.com
Intraspect Software, Inc. announced the availability of Intraspect 5, Version 5.6, the latest version of Intraspect’s collaboration platform. This release increases the platform capabilities (content services, productivity services, and infrastructure services) used to create Intraspect’s Solutions for Project Delivery/PMO, Financial Services, High Technology, and Portal Collaboration, and for the creation of customer specific collaboration and knowledge management solutions. Intraspect 5, Version 5.6 offers improved performance, increased reliability and availability, and enhanced usability. Version 5.6 also includes multiple enhancements to Intraspect’s development environment. Intraspect 5, Version 5.6 will be available in June 2003. www.intraspect.com
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