Category: Content management & strategy (Page 361 of 470)

LizardTech announced it entered into EMC Corporation’s Centera Development Program and completed the integration of its ExpressServer with EMC Corporation’s Centera content addressed storage (CAS) solution. EMC’s Centera with ExpressServer, LizardTech’s content server solution, represents a software-driven storage architecture designed to address the specific storage requirements of fixed content such as satellite imagery, aerial photography, hospital records and historical documents. Files generated with LizardTech’s GeoExpress and DocumentExpress products in formats like MrSID for geospatial raster images and DjVu for color image documents can be stored in an EMC Centera CAS and be distributed using ExpressServer. “Pixel stream” technology makes it possible for existing Web servers to provide instant viewing of high-resolution aerial photographs, satellite imagery and other digital content on both wireless and broadband devices. The integrated solution will also support many other common file formats. www.EMC.com, www.lizardtech.com

Autonomy Corporation plc announced a strategic OEM alliance with Elsag Solutions AG, a European provider of Information Chain Management solutions. Elsag Solutions has embedded Autonomy’s technology to automate the processes of retrieving, channeling, summarizing, hyperlinking and delivering pertinent information to users of Elsag’s new SENTINEL product range. Autonomy’s IDOL infrastructure will be deployed to automatically categorize, manage, summarize and distribute more than 50,000 individual content items in multiple languages every day. Together Autonomy and Elsag will support businesses by providing information from a wide range of sources. SENTINEL is presently available as general Business Information Monitoring and as a “vertical” application answering special demands in Biotech industry. More industry-specific versions will follow. www.autonomy.com

RedDot Solutions announced that it has opened a new office in Sydney, Australia and New Zealand.

Verity Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the intellectual property, certain customer agreements and other strategic assets of NativeMinds Inc. Both companies’ boards of directors have approved the all-cash deal, valued at $3.8 million. Verity will acquire NativeMinds’ integrated set of tools which provides an interactive contact point for customer inquiries. It includes the NeuroServer Engine that manages the interaction between a customer and a virtual representative; the vRep Management System (VMS) to track, measure and improve a vRep solution; and a set of reporting and analysis tools. The integrated self-service solution Verity expects to quickly deploy will provide a customer, employee or any other user a single response to their common questions. Driven by a natural language processing capability, it gives the most appropriate response to the question posed, drawn from a continuously managed index that discerns appropriate responses for each question. If the response calls for a form to be completed by the individual, this solution will also have that capability. www.verity.com

Stellent, Inc. announced expanded email records management functionality for their records management and compliance solutions. Stellent also announced it received DoD 5015.2 certification for its Records Management solution. Email managed in the Universal Content Management environment can automatically take advantage of the functionality available in Stellent Records Management. Users can now: submit email and email attachments into Stellent’s Universal Content Management system through a drag-and-drop interface in Microsoft Outlook; submit email and email attachments into Stellent’s Content Management system through its integrated SMTP server; index email attachments and make them searchable, as well as present them in PDF or HTML; attach native or converted content stored in the Stellent system to emails created in standard email applications; automatically tag email and attachments for records management; designate email and attachments as “candidates” for a record, triggering a workflow to have them reviewed by a records manager for final determination; and, track Microsoft Outlook email contributions and all related activities, including workflows, access and disposition. www.stellent.com

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced new enterprise document control software that enables organizations to apply persistent confidentiality, privacy and accountability to electronic documents inside and outside the firewall. With Adobe Policy Server, enterprises can build document services to manage document policies with capabilities for controlling authentication, auditing, expiration and revocation. Adobe Policy Server gives document authors and IT administrators the power to dynamically control who can view a PDF document, and determine whether the recipient can modify, copy, print or forward the document. Moreover, these permissions can be changed after the document has been distributed. Adobe Policy Server provides assurances that only intended recipients can open a protected document inside and outside the firewall. Documents can be made to expire on a specific date, or if need be revoked immediately, regardless of how many copies were distributed. Because Adobe Policy Server enforces usage policies, documents do not need to be redistributed if a policy is changed. The software offers a secure solution that integrates with an organization’s existing authentication, policy, content and document management systems, as well as with user management directories, including LDAP, ActiveDirectory, and email directories. The Adobe Policy Server will be piloted during summer 2004. www.adobe.com

Factiva announced the availability of its enhanced suite of search and track services within the PeopleSoft Enterprise Portal 8.4 and 8.8, providing PeopleSoft customers with access to Factivas sources of content. By using the Factiva Developer’s Kit, a Web Service application-programming interface, PeopleSoft will offer customers a new set of customizable portal pages, called “pagelets,” that will provide users with Factiva search and tracking capabilities, while retaining their previously selected “look and feel.” This gives users the flexibility to select topics they are interested in reading, view headlines they would like to appear in each folder, and search information using a richer set of criteria. www.factiva.com

Authentica, Inc. expanded its product suite with the introduction of Authentica Secure Office, a new E-DRM solution that lets users securely collaborate on native Microsoft Office content. Authentica Secure Office is a E-DRM solution that gives organizations dynamic policy control over native Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel files located anywhere, within or outside of enterprise boundaries. Authentica’s Active Rights Management technology enables files to be continuously protected and secured, even while allowing others to revise them. Information owners control who can access, edit, copy/paste, forward, and print documents, spreadsheets and presentations. These permissions can be changed on the fly, even after recipients have accessed and edited protected files. Authentica Secure Office will be available in March 2004 with pricing beginning at $50,000. www.authentica.com