Category: Content management & strategy (Page 378 of 479)

Ektron, Inc., added a new editing tool and platform support to the Ektron CMS200 and CMS300 content management solutions. Both CMS products are now available for the Macintosh platform and include a redlining versioning tool. Ektrons eWebDiff content comparison tool easily and clearly shows the difference between two versions of a content block in Ektron CMS. This detailed tracking feature, similar to the “track changes” command in Microsoft Word, is a tool that ensures accountability throughout the content editing process. Redlining highlights modified content for ease of review. Users editing or approving a content block can compare the latest version to a previously published version, and compare historical versions to view changes made over time. www.ektron.com

Macromedia announced the immediate availability of Macromedia RoboInfo 5.0. RoboInfo enables organizations to publish and manage policies and procedures online. Once the information is published, end users can find what they need via a table of contents, index, and glossary. RoboInfo 5.0 contains new content management features such as workflow audit trails, version control with document rollback, and administrator permissions that empower organizations to control their online policies and procedures from creation through delivery. RoboInfo Pro enables detailed usage feedback reports to help optimize content to be more effective for its intended audience. Natural-language search, as well as full-text searches for non-English languages, enable end users to easily find relevant information. RoboInfo and Contribute can be used together to create intranet sites for organizations. With RoboHelp X5, users can leverage support for XML, PDF import/export, content management, distributed workforces, team authoring capabilities, as well as the newly released JavaHelp 2.0 from Sun. Inc.RoboInfo 5.0 is priced at $799, with RoboInfo Pro 5.0 at $1799. Upgrades for RoboInfo are priced at $499, with RoboInfo Pro at $999. RoboHelp X5, priced at $999. Upgrades from RoboHelp 2002, RoboHelp X3 or RoboHelp X4 are $499. Upgrades from RoboHelp versions 4 through 9 are $699.www.macromedia.com

FileNet Corporation announced a major initiative to deliver ECM solutions for Asset and Plant Lifecycle Management. FileNet also announced a strategic partnership with McLaren Software Ltd., the first in a series of planned key strategic partnerships designed to expand FileNet’s reach in the manufacturing sector. McLaren Software will provide a new version of its Enterprise Engineer integrated software solution on the FileNet ECM architecture through an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) agreement. The relationship with McLaren will allow FileNet and its manufacturing industry focused ValueNet partners to develop a variety of solutions where the integration of engineering drawings and processes are critical to business operations. These include major facility operators such as utilities, oil and gas companies, chemical producers, transportation infrastructure managers, and major manufacturing sites. FileNet Asset and Plant Lifecycle Management solutions are designed to provide manufacturers with improved visibility and control of content and processes. www.filenet.com, www.mclarensoftware.com

GlobalSCAPE announced the availability of its PureCMS hosted content management service. PureCMS now enables organizations to share responsibility for Web site content among non-technical team members, without the need to install and manage a software application internally. The service enables an administrator to manage multiple Web sites from a single Web-based interface and ensures consistent workflow for content contributors. The PureCMS hosted service enables small organizations with limited IT resources to save time and money through use of a content management system that does not require investment in hardware, software or additional IT personnel and provides 24-hour availability, backup and ongoing maintenance of a staging environment for their Web sites. Users can access the service from any computer connected to the Internet with Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater. Users simply browse to a protected copy of their Web site, hosted on GlobalSCAPE’s PureCMS staging server, click the page they want to edit and make textual or graphic changes on screen. Users can even copy and paste information from Windows applications such as Microsoft Word or Excel into their Web sites. Once the user saves the proposed changes, PureCMS sends the designated group leader an email notification that the changes are pending approval. The group leader can compare the proposed changes to the previous version, approve and publish, or schedule for publishing later. The PureCMS hosted service is available immediately from GlobalSCAPE. Pricing begins at $99 per month for 3 users. Service fees include live technical support, maintenance and a storage allowance. www.globalscape.com/purecms

Tridion announced two new content management solutions: Tridion Web Content Management and Tridion Intranet Edition are entry-level solutions aimed at making content management accessible to business units within large organisations and project managers not ready for an enterprise-wide system. The products offer a foundation for managing internal and Web-based content, with the option of adding further modules to scale with the needs of the business as it grows. Tridion Web Content Management Edition enables departments to centralise control of websites and ensure content is created once and repurposed many times. Tridion Intranet Edition is a solution designed to make internal information more accessible to employees. It improves knowledge-sharing within an organisation by ensuring content on the company Intranet is relevant, up-to-date, accurate and readily available. Available with both products is an optional Starter Toolkit. The toolkit incorporates best practice development techniques deployed by Tridion’s Professional Services team and its partners. The toolkit consists of a set of schemas, templates, events, workflow and front-end functionality and aims to reduce overall implementation time. www.tridion.com

Libertas Solutions launched its web content management (CM) product for small businesses. Libertas Site Wizard gives small businesses the opportunity to create, edit and manage their own websites through familiar word processing features and “wizard” type forms to build and maintain the site. The Libertas Solutions CMS suite is entirely web based. The Libertas Solutions CMS suite has been developed to meet the specific needs of all types of business users, ensuring that the same core principles are applied to the entry level Libertas Site Wizard product as the enterprise Libertas ECMS product, which has been developed to meet the needs of local government and large corporatations. Also, Libertas Solutions have included the streaming of multi media content in its latest upgrade of the enterprise web content management product, Libertas ECMS. www.libertas-solutions.com

RenderX, Inc. and Assentis Technologies AG announced their agreement to enter into a strategic alliance. This partnership will deliver enhanced products and services to their joint customers worldwide. The combined solution creates the a comprehensive tool for high-quality design of XSL for dynamic documents. Assentis will include RenderX’s product XEP into their professional document solutions — Assentis:WebText, Assentis:DocBase and Assentis:Cockpit. Cockpit, an advanced XSL FO document engineering solution, will integrate with XEP and support its XSL FO extensions. Assentis and RenderX will build a common sales, support, and service organization in the first quarter of 2004. RenderX will be responsible for the joint offering in the United States and Canada. Assentis will cover Europe, the Middle East and Africa. www.assentis.com, www.renderx.com

Venetica announced the availability of a Content Bridge to IBM DB2 Content Manager OnDemand, enabling customers to leverage distributed content stored in statements, invoices and other formatted computer output on behalf of enterprise initiatives such as customer service, regulatory compliance and supply chain management. This announcement is part of an ongoing relationship in support of IBM technology. With VeniceBridge, IBM customers can build enterprise-spanning business applications on the WebSphere platform that provide access to content throughout the organization and leverage business processes defined across multiple business units. These solutions can use a combination of IBM DB2 Content Manager and Lotus Domino.Doc for managing and archiving critical digitized content, Lotus Notes for collaborative information and knowledge management, IBM WebSphere MQ Workflow for enterprise-wide business processes, and other disparate non-IBM systems being used to manage content and processes across the organization. Venetica’s technology has been deployed in IBM customer environments on multiple IBM operating systems including AIX, Linux and zOS. www.venetica.com