Category: Content management & strategy (Page 354 of 477)

Triplehash has released SiteBreeze, a cross-platform desktop-based content management system that creates static HTML websites based on one or more templates. Users can insert images directly from digital camera media, without needing to manually resize and recompress them beforehand to make them “web ready”. A built-in scripting language gives the user the ability to create links that adapt as the content of the website changes. Being desktop-based, the content can be changed offline, and published later, so that dial-up users are not excluded from benefiting from content-management systems. SiteBreeze can be used to create multi-lingual, multiple-version websites. The built-in editor allows side-by-side translation of articles, and custom variables allow for easy changing of copyright notices, tentative dates and so on. The integrated Todo list assists in keeping track of tasks related to your site. Because SiteBreeze generates HTML sites, it works on all web servers. You don’t need to set up any server software. SiteBreeze costs $145(US) for a single-user license, $130 per user for two licenses, and $95 per user for 3 or more licenses, with a source-code license available for $1500. SiteBreeze comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Evaluation copy available on request. www.triplehash.com

Microsoft Corp.announced the addition of the XML schema used by Microsoft Office Visio 2003, DataDiagramML, to the Microsoft Open and Royalty-Free Office 2003 XML reference schema program announced in November 2003. Through the Microsoft documentation and a royalty-free license, customers and partners can take advantage of the XML schema in its diagramming and data visualization tool. The availability of the Visio schema provides a complete and W3C-compliant description of the Visio XML file format, enabling organizations to access information captured in their Visio diagrams and use it with other XML-enabled applications, such as CRM and ERP systems, as part of their business processes. Customers and partners interested in obtaining documentation on the DataDiagramML schema can download it, as part Microsoft’s royalty-free licensing program, from the Microsoft Office Developer Center on MSDN. www.microsoft.com

Modulo Systems and IXIASOFT announced a new VAR partnership to provide an XML archive and retrieval system to the publishing market by embedding IXIASOFT’s TEXTML Server at the heart of Modulo’s solutions. TEXTML Server will provide its native XML database and indexing technology as an archive repository and search engine within Modulo’s suite of products. As part of the partnership, Modulo will also provide custom development services for clients wanting to leverage IXIASOFT’s XML technology. www.modulosystems.com, www.ixiasoft.com

Open TextCorporation introduced an online community of practice for government customers, giving them an always-open forum to share ideas and best practices for applying Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software in government. The community, which is based on Livelink, allows Open Text to use its own technology and expertise in collaboration to establish closer relationships with customers. Open Text hosts the forum in a Livelink community workspace which provides collaboration tools, such as a Weblog and community polls, so members can share opinions and ideas. Using the browser interface or e-mail, community members can share documents, articles, presentations, URLs, media files and other materials of interest to members. The community contains information on new technology, training and user adoption, government IT standards and requirements, government technology events and webinars, and Livelink product updates. Other tools allow users to rate content shared in the forum and receive e-mail alerts when new information is added to the site. www.opentext.com/government

Systems Alliance, Inc. announced the release of Site Executive 3.3, the newest version of its Web Content Management System. The new release delivers enhancements and tools that further reduce web-page authoring time. By removing steps in the process between content creation and online publishing, Site Executive enables organizations to have more dynamic, up-to-date websites. Systems Alliance deploys Site Executive in a variety of customized formats, tailoring the product for each of the industries the company serves, including the higher education, government, healthcare, publishing and financial sectors. The latest release features enhancements to its web content editor, adding spell check and find and replace capability, a more advanced preview capabilities and other editing tools. Version 3.3 also adds special interfaces for accessing detailed information on website utilities, as well as integrating Object Viewer for debugging purposes. www.systemsalliance.com

Inmedius, Inc. announced a strategic partnership with Vektas Ltd, Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Inmedius will be the first company to distribute and support Vektas professional authoring tools, including their new Warrior application that is compliant with the S1000D Technical Publications Specification (also referred to as AECMA), throughout North America. The partnership begins with the immediate availability of Vektas products, Warrior, Armada and ARK, in the United States and Canada through Inmedius. Additional product capabilities and enhancements will emerge throughout 2004. www.vektas.com, www.Inmedius.com

GlobalSCAPE announced the availability of its PublishXML enterprise content management system, designed to meet the requirements of businesses to deliver consistent, up-to-date information across multiple channels, automatically. PublishXML features include content repurposing, multi-server content publishing, and customizable data definitions. In addition, the application supports flexible templating, configurable user and group access rights, and a sophisticated XML workflow engine. PublishXML is targeted for customers ranging from small businesses to large multinational organizations which exist in growing markets including finance and banking, healthcare, technology, media, publishing, manufacturing, higher education and local, state and federal government. PublishXML is expected to ship in April and is priced at $25,000 per server. Education, government, and volume licensing options are available. PublishXML runs on Windows, Linux, Solaris, BSD or MacOS operating systems using Microsoft IIS, Apache, Netscape or Zeus Web servers. www.globalscape.com/publishxml

Arbortext announced the next release of Arbortext 5 will include support for Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), an IBM-created, OASIS-sponsored initiative that is an XML-based, end-to-end architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering technical information. This architecture consists of a set of design principles for creating “information-typed” modules at a topic level and using that content in delivery modes such as online help and product support portals. DITA is an open standards initiative to develop specialized data models for XML publishing applications that can readily adapt to the requirements of diverse applications while retaining both information and application compatibility. Starting with the DITA ‘topic’ data model, different groups can modify it to support their unique requirements without fear of breaking enterprise publishing software applications or creating incompatibilities with other groups or divisions that would prevent information sharing. DITA specializations can be “snapped on” as deltas to the base support, preventing the need to create or update massive DTDs. The core of DITA provides rich set of semantics for creating architected information. www.arbortext.com