Category: Content management & strategy (Page 329 of 485)

FileNet Corporation announced its FileNet P8 3.0 platform offers support for Microsoft Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 2.0, which helps to simplify the development of secure XML Web Services. Microsoft WSE 2.0 is part of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and is integrated within the .NET Framework, enabling Windows developers to build secure XML Web Services based on the latest Web Services protocol specifications. Support for XML Web Services and Visual Studio .NET enables FileNet to support customers that are moving to adopt Service Oriented Architectures (SOA). XML Web Services makes it easier to integrate content and process management capabilities into business applications. www.filenet.com

Verity Inc. announced the immediate availability of its latest Verity KeyView Software Development Kits (SDKs) for enterprise applications, version 8. The Verity KeyView Filter SDK lets applications filter and extract text from multiple formats on a wide variety of platforms. The SDK can automatically recognize up to 296 file types and apply the correct filter without relying on filename extensions. Verity KeyView release 8 now offers support for the latest version of Adobe PDF 1.5, OpenOffice 1.0, Microsoft Office 2003 XML, Sun StarOffice 7.0 and Visio 2003. Valid XML and Web-ready HTML conversion is achieved with the Verity KeyView Export SDK. This SDK provides controlled data structure conversion for XML and HTML formatting. Verity KeyView Viewing SDK allows the display and printing of a multitude of file formats with high fidelity. This latest release provides a viewing application programming interface and ActiveX Control, which allows the integration of this SDK into an enterprise application faster and easier than previous versions. The Verity KeyView 8.0 Software Development Kits are now available. www.verity.com

INSCI Corp. announced its Channel Marketing Solution. The solution is available as installed software or via INSCI hosted services (ASP), and is designed to enable companies to accelerate their global channel marketing programs; reduce marketing distribution costs; increase visibility and market share through each distributor; and improve productivity through the intelligent reuse of content for campaigns worldwide. Built on INSCI’s enterprise DAM technology, the INSCI Channel Marketing Solution is a complete solution for the centralized management of marketing materials, from creation to distribution. The system’s metadata model automates the distribution of content, so companies can create secure, web-based portals for sharing and distributing marketing materials to internal groups, outside agencies, distributors, and product consumers. Easily modified, the user interface of the Channel Marketing Solution can be customized for each user group — distributors, vendors, agencies, and consumers can have a different user experience, viewing only the content relevant to their needs. The Channel Marketing Solution is shipping and available today. www.insci.com

Day and GFT Solutions announced the mutual integration of the product suites Communique and HYPARCHIV to create a content lifecycle platform. The joint platform enables companies to manage the entire lifecycle of enterprise content — from formation via active use to archiving. GFT’s HYPARCHIV covers document management and secures the archiving of company relevant information. Day complements these services with its enterprise content management system, Communique. The joint content lifecycle platform allows for creation, approval, publishing and storage, and enables companies to manage paper-based information such as invoices, offerings, letters with any kind of digital information — from E-Mails via Microsoft documents to images, movie sequence or audio files — in one system. The solution offers workflow and business process management functionality. All information can be stored via the system in data-secure archives and optical storage. The system offers interfaces for the integration of third-party solutions and is based on JSR 170. www.gft.com, www.hyparchiv.com, www.day.com

Mediasurface announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Intercea Plc, a Managed Services specialist. The new partnership will provide companies with fully managed Mediasurface solutions hosted at Intercea’s UK-based datacentre. Under the agreement, Mediasurface will become part of the Intercea product set, and will be delivered as a proactively managed service – at flexible low cost monthly payments. www.mediasurface.com, www.intercea.co.uk

PureEdge Solutions Inc. announced that it has partnered with IBM to offer Process Automation Quick Start for Government a turn-key starter package to automate forms-based government processes. The e-Government solution will be jointly sold by IBM and PureEdge and includes sample forms, software and professional services that provide a way for state, local and federal governments to automate the delivery of grants, applications, permits and other forms and records. The Quick Start offering expedites the deployment of PureEdge XML e-forms with IBM Content Manager, and can be further extended with the addition of IBM WebSphere Business Integration tools for workflow and business process modeling. The solution will be jointly delivered by PureEdge and through IBM’s global distribution channels. www.pureedge.com

Verity Inc. and eFORCE Inc. announced an agreement to provide healthcare organizations with an integrated portal solution. The agreement calls for both companies to co-market and co-sell their respective technologies to each other’s client base in the healthcare arena. With this agreement, joint customers will be able to leverage Verity K2 Enterprise’s advanced search, classification and recommendation capabilities within a portal framework consisting of repeatable processes, methodologies and technology deployed using the eFORCE Global Delivery Model. Verity K2 Enterprise’s advanced search, classification and recommendation capabilities can enable users to search, browse and retrieve any content within the eFORCE portal. In addition, the Verity solution’s real-time indexing capability can enable users to search and retrieve this information as soon as it is created or modified. www.eforceglobal.com, www.verity.com

MetaMatrix announced the signing of a technology partnership with Business Objects. Under the terms of the agreement, MetaMatrix will join the Business Objects Technology Partner Program and the two companies will engage in joint sales and marketing activities of there EII and BI offerings. MetaMatrix enables organizations using the business intelligence platform and tools from Business Objects to complement their implementations with on-demand access to information integrated from disparate sources including data warehouses, ERP and CRM applications, legacy systems, as well as XML and ODBC-based data sources. With its library of connectors to packaged applications and data sources, including SAP R/3, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Siebel, MetaMatrix can also co-exist with Business Objects Data Integrator, a batch and real-time data integration platform, and help to provide on-demand information access across disparate data silos. MetaMatrix is also able to provide Business Objects customers with metadata management capabilities. www.businessobjects.com, www.metamatrix.com