Category: Content management & strategy (Page 386 of 470)

Adobe Systems Incorporated and IBM announced that the two companies have signed an agreement to develop solutions to help customers improve data capture, document generation and delivery across the enterprise, by creating intelligent, digital document processes. As part of the expanded agreement, the two companies will further integrate technologies across IBM’s portfolio of software offerings, beginning with IBM’s DB2 Content Manager and DB2 CommonStore for SAP, and moving to integration with IBM’s WebSphere and Tivoli software brands. The first phase of IBM and Adobe’s software agreement has been the integration IBM DB2 Content Manager with Adobe Form Server, Form Designer and Reader, allowing forms to be created, managed and processed within DB2 Content Manager environments. The joint solution will integrate capabilities for intelligent Web-based forms giving organizations and governments the ability to automate their existing paper-based processes. www.ibm.com, www.adobe.com

FileNet Corporation announced the introduction of FileNet Records Manager, a new records management suite that is designed to offer comprehensive lifecycle management of records from creation to disposition. FileNet’s Records Manager will be based on a single, integrated, scalable repository featuring the ability to create and manage file plans, retention schedules, and security. It also offers reporting and auditing tools to enable organizations to meet any number of regulatory reporting requirements. FileNet Records Manager is designed as a tightly integrated solution within the FileNet P8 architecture. The FileNet Records Manager suite is designed to address specific needs around issues of complying with reporting provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and is designed to meet the U.S. Department of Defense’s 5015.2 records management standards requirement, as well as the U.K.’s National Archives 2002 revised functional requirements.
FileNet Records Manager is scheduled for availability during the second quarter of 2004. www.filenet.com

Open Text Corporation announced the availability of Livelink CADManager which gives architects and engineers a system for managing large volumes of interrelated CAD drawings for major design projects. The new product provides an integration between Livelink and CAD applications from Autodesk, Inc. Livelink CADManager supports Autodesk’s AutoCAD 2000i, AutoCAD 2002 and AutoCAD 2004. With Livelink CADManager, Livelink becomes a knowledge management repository for design projects, serving as a central point for managing all working drawings, as well as data about drawings and their relationships. Livelink CADManager gives users an easy-to-browse directory structure, the ability to apply detailed metadata to drawings, advanced search capabilities, and check-in/check-out features to control drawing revisions. Access to Livelink is provided through a menu structure in AutoCAD. Open Text also plans to introduce Livelink CADManager modules for Autodesk Inventor 3D mechanical design software, Bentley Systems’ MicroStation and SolidWorks. www.opentext.com

Vignette Corp. announced that it has delivered enhanced business process management capabilities in Vignette’s content management, portal and integration products to support organizational compliance with regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, HIPAA and Basel II. By deploying the Vignette V7 family of products, organizations can accelerate and enhance their compliance programs. With Vignette V7, organizations can enhance their ability to comply with regulations by streamlining the procedures that consolidate information from multiple internal sources, manage the security of that information, and analyze the effectiveness of their business processes. www.vignette.com

EMC Corporation and Documentum, Inc. announced a definitive agreement for EMC to acquire Documentum in a stock transaction valued at approximately $1.7 billion. Documentum stockholders will receive 2.175 shares of EMC common stock for each share of Documentum common stock. Based upon the EMC closing stock price of $14.45 on October 13, 2003, the transaction is valued at approximately $1.7 billion. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of calendar year 2004. When completed, EMC expects to take a charge in the quarter the transaction is closed for the value of Documentums in-process research and development costs and other integration expenses. Upon completion of the acquisition, EMC intends to operate Documentum as a software division of EMC headquartered in Pleasanton, California, led by Dave DeWalt, Documentum’s current CEO. Documentum’s sales, marketing and services will remain focused on selling and servicing Documentums products and solutions. www.EMC.com, www.documentum.com

IBM announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the software assets of CrossAccess Corporation. The acquisition is expected to close later this month. Financial details were not disclosed. CrossAccess is a provider of infrastructure software that enables corporations to access information stored in mainframe databases and make it available for use with new business applications. The acquisition is meant to strengthen IBM’s enterprise information integration capabilities, a key strategic priority for its Data Management efforts and the company’s on demand computing initiatives. With CrossAccess technology integrated into DB2 Information Integrator software, IBM will be able to deliver a comprehensive enterprise information integration infrastructure. Once the acquisition is completed, IBM plans to integrate CrossAccess’ software assets and personnel into the Data Management Software group, narket and sell CrossAccess technology through the IBM sales force, and integrate CrossAccess technology into IBM’s DB2 Information Integrator software. http://www.software.ibm.com/data

Convera and Nexidia announced a new partnership that will add phonetic audio search as an optional component to Convera’s RetrievalWare search and categorization platform. Nexidia’s technology embedded within Convera’s search platform will ensure RetrievalWare can search audio and video the equivalent of 30 hours of audio information in less than one second. Nexidia’s phonetic searching pinpoints spoken words in word or phrase formats by analyzing the phonetic content of indexed audio or video files based on the similarity of sound. RetrievalWare’s new audio search feature will enable customers to search for spoken words without converting the audio to text through speech-to-text software or human transcription. Nexidia’s technology adds high precision to RetrievalWare’s phonetic search capability, identifying not just dictionary words, but also slang terms and code words. In addition to retrospective search, Convera will offer Nexidia technology for real-time monitoring of audio, matching capabilities already offered by Convera’s Profiling feature for processing textual content. www.nexidia.com, www.convera.com

Percussion Software introduced its newest software product, Lyrix, a content integration solution for the reuse of Domino content in other enterprise applications. Lyrix is targeted at users of Lotus Domino that are deciding between co-existence and migration for each of their Domino applications. Built on a Web services architecture, Lyrix provides organizations with a range of options allowing them to choose the right future for each of their Domino applications. For each application, Lyrix enables organizations to choose co-existence with Domino by continuing to create content in existing applications while simultaneously reusing the content in other applications, or migration of Domino content to other applications systematically. In addition, if selecting to migrate, Lyrix does not force a migration of all content into a new central repository. Lyrix automatically transforms all unique Domino attributes into standard XML and xHTML, and also maintains content relationships. Pricing for the Lyrix Starter Package is $34,000 (USD). Lyrix is available now for immediate delivery. www.percussion.com