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Category: Content creation and design (Page 21 of 60)

Technologies and strategies for authoring and editing, including word processors, structured editors, web and page layout and formatting, content conversion and migration, multichannel content, structured and unstructured  data integration, and metadata creation. 

Wrike announces Cloud Content Connector for DAM

March 14, 2022 /

Wrike, a work management platform, now part of Citrix, announced the new Cloud Content Connector, which integrates digital asset management (DAM) systems with Wrike, allowing teams to create a single, seamless workflow, from asset creation to publishing.

Cloud Content Connector is a universal API that enables Wrike to integrate with any DAM system of a customer’s choice. Once connected, a two-way sync is enabled so teams can manage work in their DAM solution and Wrike simultaneously. Wrike’s Cloud Content Connector is DAM-agnostic and allows teams to integrate with multiple solutions/DAM platforms. Customers can power their creative process in a single place, and can access the most up-to-date versions in any stage of production. By eliminating app toggling and version control issues, teams can focus more on creativity and getting campaigns to market faster.

Wrike’s DAM partners includes MediaValet, Bynder, and Tenovos. Additionally, Wrike launched its integration with ShareFile, available through Cloud Content Connector. ShareFile is a secure file sharing and transfer service for businesses. With this new integration, Wrike is streamlining content-based workflows like RFPs and M&As by putting them in a dynamic work structure.

https://www.wrike.com/

Syncro Soft releases Oxygen XML suite 24.1

March 10, 2022 /

Syncro Soft, the developer of the Oxygen XML suite of products, announced the availability of version 24.1 of its XML suite of products: Oxygen XML Editor, Author, Developer, Web Author, Publishing Engine, WebHelp, PDF Chemistry, and Oxygen XML Scripting.

This release includes productivity improvements for DITA authors and publishers, including the possibility to rename referenced non-DITA resources directly in the DITA Maps Manager and performance enhancement when opening DITA maps with all of the referenced content expanded. On the DITA publishing side, the bundled DITA Open Toolkit includes improvements, and new customization possibilities were implemented for DITA to WebHelp and CSS-based PDF output.

The JSON Schema Design models has a new Palette view that makes it easy to build JSON schemas and content completion is now available for in-place editing within the diagram. Some of the existing JSON tools were also enhanced. Add-ons were a focus of this release, and a new Smart Autocomplete add-on is also available to help writers create content by providing text completions. The Oxygen XML Web Author now features a new Search side-view that makes it easier to find and replace content, support for @ mentions, and various security and component updates were also implemented.

https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_editor/whats_new.html

Digital asset management platform Bynder acquires GatherContent

March 3, 2022 /

Digital asset management (DAM) platform vendor Bynder has acquired GatherContent, a content operations platform, to expand its footprint in the digital ecosystem and provide a comprehensive platform for delivering content that creates powerful digital experiences. With the acquisition of GatherContent, Bynder will add collaborative workflow and editorial processes for content creation capabilities to its centralized platform to help teams across industries manage the entire content creation lifecycle, from visual production, through text creation into approved structured content ready for distribution to all channels across an omnichannel strategy.

GatherContent helps stakeholders across the process make sure content gets created, reviewed, and approved as quickly as possible. Uniting GatherContent and Bynder DAM removes the silos between content operations and DAM and offers marketers:

  • A centralized platform for content teams to collaborate on creating structured content combining text and digital assets
  • The ability to use templates and reusable components to scale up production of text content
  • Custom workflows, allowing teams to maintain confidence in the quality of content as they scale up
  • The capability to deliver content towards all channels used for your customer experience

GatherContent will be a standalone product within the Bynder product portfolio as GatherContent by Bynder.

https://www.bynder.com/en/press-media/bynder-acquires-content-operations-platform-gathercontent/

Translations.com certifies Amplience’s GlobalLink Connect integration

February 22, 2022 /

Translations.com, the technology division of TransPerfect, announced its certification of Amplience’s integration for GlobalLink Connect. The certified solution gives users a new way to leverage GlobalLink Connect’s translation workflow management while creating and processing translation requests within the Amplience interface.

Amplience’s integration with GlobalLink Connect provides an all-in-one solution to initiate, automate, control, track, and complete all facets of the translation process. The combination of Amplience’s headless content and commerce platform with GlobalLink Connect’s extended localization workflow capabilities creates a seamless plug-and-play content management solution with minimal effort and virtually no IT overhead.

The Amplience integration with GlobalLink Connect will allow users to:

  • Save time and money when translating content
  • Streamline the translation process for all content across all sales channels
  • Schedule and request on-demand translation via the Amplience UI
  • Gain transparency into translation spend and turnaround times
  • Optimize internal or external vendor management
  • Choose from flexible workflows using machine translation, human translation, or both
  • Reduced IT involvement and project management overhead.

https://www.translations.com ■ https://amplience.com

Cambridge Semantics updates Anzo

January 26, 2022 /

Cambridge Semantics announced a release of their knowledge graph platform, Anzo 5.3 to make it faster to create knowledge graphs with new codeless capabilities centered around discovering, analyzing, and connecting your enterprise data. In addition, the 5.3 release gives users an array of capabilities centered around increasing the speed and ease of data onboarding, as well as enhancements for workflow management and migration.

Direct Data Loading (DDL) enables users to create knowledge graphs directly from relational and semi-structured data sources. Customers can build knowledge graphs directly from data sources like HTTP API, RDBMS, Parquet files, and JSON files, and was designed to be flexible with use cases via no-code, low-code, and developer interfaces. Direct Data Loading is currently in Preview mode.

The new Migration Packages automate migration via a command-line interface. Packages are organized by artifact types (ontologies, datasets, graphmart, etc.) to make it easy to manage with Git. File source incremental ingestion is a no-code capability that enables loading only new files that were created/modified since the last ingestion. The Data Profiling capability enables users to perform no-code data quality control and data discover.

https://blog.cambridgesemantics.com/introducing-anzo-5.3-further-enhancing-the-leading-knowledge-graph-platform

Translations.com updates ServiceNow integration

January 24, 2022 /

Translations.com, the technology division of TransPerfect, provider of language and technology solutions for global business, announced the certification of the new GlobalLink Connect for ServiceNow integration.

GlobalLink Connect for ServiceNow, a Now Certified App, is Translations.com’s all-in-one solution to initiate, automate, control, track, and complete all facets of the translation process, all within the ServiceNow user interface. The combination of ServiceNow’s workflow automation platform and GlobalLink’s extended localization workflow capabilities provides users with a comprehensive solution for managing global enterprise content with minimal effort and virtually little to no IT overhead. When combined with GlobalLink AI, ServiceNow offers users reduced costs and time-to-market while still maintaining high quality translations. New features of the certified GlobalLink Connect for ServiceNow integration include:

  • Agent chat translated into the user’s native language (compatibility with ServiceNow Rome and Quebec versions)
  • Support for translation of both portal content and tables
  • Ability to connect multiple GlobalLink Project Director (PD) initiatives and configure custom attributes
  • Elimination of the chat role requirement
  • Simplified automatic submission

https://www.translations.com ▪︎ https://www.servicenow.com

Ceros acquires Oroson

January 20, 2022 /

Ceros, a cloud-based, no-code design platform for interactive content, announced its acquisition of online visual feedback tool Oroson to accelerate its mission of empowering creativity and collaboration. The acquisition will add new functionality to Ceros’ own feedback collaboration tool, MarkUp. Available as a free subscription, MarkUp allows users to upload any website, image or PDF and share it across an organization for others to provide, review and resolve comments directly on the content itself. With the acquisition of Oroson, MarkUp users will be able to upload video and audio files and provide feedback — frame by frame — without the need to share individual files back and forth among teams. The new feature is expected to be available this summer.

Based in Northern Ireland, Oroson was founded eight years ago by Daniel McGlade, CEO, and Richard Davidson, CTO, who together have nearly five decades of experience in software development and deep market insights into meeting the needs of creative teams who need to easily review and provide clear feedback on digital content. In his new role with MarkUp, McGlade will lead growth and revenue. Davidson will transition into the role of principal engineer for MarkUp. 

https://www.ceros.com

Cloudinary acquires Indivio

January 10, 2022 /

Cloudinary, a media experience platform, announced its acquisition of Indivio, a video software company that helps modern marketing teams create and deliver high-performing, data-driven video campaigns faster. The entire Indivio team has joined Cloudinary, with CEO and co-founder Josh Dorward becoming Managing Director of the company’s newly formed Video Creative Automation business line.

Cloudinary’s automated, AI-based approach to media management and experience allows brands to create and deliver digital experiences without the challenges that come from trying to manage all that’s needed to do so at scale. With Indivio’s offering marketing teams can:

  • Scale the volume and frequency of on-brand creative content without overburdening creative teams. Brands can use dynamic templates and content from a variety of sources, including live product detail pages, to automatically create highly relevant and personalized videos.
  • Streamline creative onboarding with support for tools like Adobe After Effects.
  • Accelerate the QA of dynamic video creative.

Cloudinary will continue to fully support the Indivio product line. It also plans to leverage Indivio’s technology to develop a fully integrated video creative automation experience within the Cloudinary media experience platform.

https://cloudinary.com ■ https://www.indiv.io

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