Category: Content management & strategy (Page 326 of 479)

Xerox Corporation’s Global Services division has developed a systems integrator alliance with Microsoft Corporation, designed to help businesses improve the connections between their office workers and business-critical information. By combining Xerox Global Services’ document management know-how with Microsoft technology, the partnership will help customers capitalize on XML-based content management solutions, which essentially “tag” information so workers can extract precisely the information they need when they need it. Key to the alliance strategy is Xerox Global Services’ Information Worker Productivity Assessment, based on Lean Six Sigma methodologies. The assessment begins with Xerox experts who evaluate how a company and its people create, share and manage content and documents. Then Xerox and Microsoft use the IWPA data to identify ways to achieve efficiency gains, cost-savings and improved access to critical business information. By leveraging the smart document capabilities built into Microsoft Office 2003, Xerox helps businesses leverage XML and XML Web Services to streamline document-intensive business processes, such as airline maintenance and repair advisory bulletins, product documentation and regulatory compliance filings. www.xerox.com/globalservices

Verity Inc. announced the availability of Verity MediClaim 9.0, the latest version of their medical claims processing content capture solution. Verity MediClaim replaces the manual data entry of standardized healthcare information forms, such as HCFA 1500 and UB 92 with efficient paper-to-digital processing. This solution automates the processing of forms and documents, improving medical claims’ throughput and productivity rates. The company has incorporated broad extensibility through Microsoft VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), tight integration with Microsoft SQL Server, and enhanced security capabilities in this new version. The new Verity MediClaim release includes enhancements that will allow the software to be distributed more efficiently across the enterprise, integrating with enterprise-level business applications more easily, securely, reliably and with better alpha-numeric and image recognition performance. www.verity.com

SchemaLogic and Locus Systems announced that they have formed a joint venture called Locus Software, will distribute information management software, including SchemaLogic products to commercial and government organizations. The new company will be responsible for identifying and establishing value-added-resellers (VARs) for the SchemaLogic solution. Locus Software will identify and add other software vendors to complement the SchemaLogic product suite. www.locussoftware.com, www.locussystems.com

The Gilbane Report and Lighthouse Seminars announced the faculty for the Gilbane Conference on Content Management to be held at the Westin Copley in Boston, November 30 December 2, 2004. The conference program is entirely focused on content technologies, and includes 27 educational sessions covering today’s most critical issues for businesses planning or implementing a content management strategy. The program is organized into 6 tracks: Content Management, Enterprise Search & Knowledge Management and Collaboration; Document & Records Management; Enterprise Information Integration; Digital Asset Management; and Content Technology Works Best Practices and Case Studies. In addition, there are 3 half-day intensive workshops on: “Web Content Management Systems: Principles, Products & Practices”, “Content Technology Choices for Technical Communicators”, and “Enterprise Search – Principles, Players, Practices, & Pitfalls”. The conference faculty consists of 65+ speakers carefully chosen for their expertise and communication capability, and is comprised of analysts, consultants, and practitioners from many vertical industries who have successfully implemented content technology applications. Analysts and consultants from Robert W. Baird & Co., IDC, InfoWorld, Ovum, Delphi, Yankee Group, InfoTrends/CAP Ventures, CMSWatch, the Gilbane Report, and many others, will provide insight on technology and market trends and tell you how to get started on a successful project. Well-known authors and practicing consultants, including Bob Boiko, (“The Content Management Bible”), Ann Rockley (“Managing Enterprise Content: A unified Content Strategy”), Bill Trippe (“Digital Rights Management: Business and Technology”), Lynda Moulton (“Data Bases for Special Libraries: A Strategic Guide to Information Management”) and many others will be on hand to share their expertise with attendees. IT and business executives from WGBH, Hewlett Packard, BBC, University of Buffalo, Lexis/Nexis, Sesame Workshop, IDX Systems, Analog Devices, CMP Media, J. & W. Seligman, Grand Circle Travel, RC Hagen, and others will share their experiences in successfully deploying content technology in their enterprises. Sponsors of the Gilbane Content Management conference in Boston include EMC Documentum (NYSE:EMC), GMC Software, Interwoven (NASDAQ:IWOV), Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX), and Stellent (NASDAQ:STEL). The conference program and faculty listing is available.

Xerox Corporation unveiled DocuShare 4.0, the latest version of its secure, Web-based enterprise content management (ECM) software. DocuShare 4.0 offers a range of collaboration and usability enhancements out of the box and makes available three new modules for records management, archiving, and e-mail messaging. DocuShare 4.0 delivers new content management tools that allow distributed users to work in teams and publish to intranets, extranets, and public Web sites. The new My DocuShare personalized home page allows office workers to view and manage personal project pages, collections, documents, tasks, team calendars, work spaces, and threaded discussions from a single portal-like page. DocuShare 4.0 can be integrated with Xerox FreeFlow SMARTsend. DocuShare 4.0 also integrates with Kofax Ascent Capture, ScanSoft PaperPort, and Omtool AccuRoute. Through integration with Verity’s K2D search engine, DocuShare 4.0 offers improved search filtering. The entry-level U.S. list price for a complete DocuShare system with 10 seats is under $5,000 and a 100-seat system is under $12,000. Existing DocuShare 3.0 and 3.1 customers with a Gold support agreement can upgrade to DocuShare 4.0 at no charge. DocuShare 4.0 and the new add-on modules will be available in the U.S. through select channels by year’s end 2004. Multi-lingual versions of DocuShare 4.0 will be available in the first half of 2005. www.xerox.com/docushare

CrownPeak Technology rolled out a new program offering state, county and local government entities up to a 33 percent discount on its Advantage CMS content management software – and announced it is offering additional bundled services to all government agencies, designed to meet their unique accessibility and design compliance needs. CrownPeak has developed specific bundled services to ensure compliance with accessibility, design and archival standards. CrownPeak can guarantee consistent compliance with Section 508 of the Americans With Disabilities Act, which requires Web sites to be accessible to blind and low-vision visitors. A template system enforces design and navigational standards throughout all Web pages. The company’s versioning and content monitoring tools enable government organizations to come instantly into compliance with data archive regulations, as they are established and modified. CrownPeak’s special pricing extends to billing terms for government agencies, under which the company will agree to amortize upfront service fees over the first year or even 18 months of a contract. CrownPeak is certified for purchase through GSA and many state purchasing mechanisms. www.crownpeak.com

Davisor, a developer of Java-based data visualization, conversion and presentation tools, has introduced two new Java- and XML-based products, which enable companies to convert legacy documents from different sources into XML, and to publish fully personalized materials by merging dynamic information into these legacy documents. The new Offisor Transformations allows companies to convert their legacy documents into several different output formats. Offisor Transformations converts Offisor XML outputs into HTML, XHTML, XSL-FO (PDF), RTF and DocBook. With Offisor Transformations companies can now produce different types of demanding outputs from their legacy data. Offisor Transformations is used together with Offisor, which converts legacy documents fully into XML. Davisor has released Offisor 3.0, which now converts also PowerPoint documents into XML, in addition to Word and HTML documents and images contained in them. With Offisor 3.0, companies can fully access their document archives containing valuable data in different formats, and search for the information they need. Offisor Transformations can then be used to publish the documents both on- and off-line and in print. Davisor Offisor and Transformations can be used to create e.g. personalized marketing materials, offers, order confirmations, invoices etc. from Word templates and dynamic data coming from different sources. Offisor can be either embedded into any pure Java application or used independently with command line applications. Davisor Offisor 3.0 and Offisor Transformations are available today. www.davisor.com

Kanisa Inc. and Knowlysis announced a strategic partnership. The alliance enables Kanisa’s customers to leverage Knowlysis’ years of knowledge management, data analysis, content conversion and Web publishing experience to improve customer service. In addition to standard Kanisa implementation services, Knowlysis will provide Kanisa’s rapidly growing customer base with highly specialized knowledge management consulting, including Best Practices for Legacy Content, Optimization of Knowledge Ontologies, and Automated Content Feeds. www.kanisa.com