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Gilbane Report & Exgenex Form Lighthouse Seminars and Launch Content Management Conference Series
10/22/03

Lighthouse Seminars hosts Gilbane Conferences on Content Management scheduled for Los Angeles and New York.

Contact: Jeffrey Arcuri
781-821-6634
jarcuri@lighthouseseminars.com 

Cambridge , Mass. , October 22, 2003 . The Gilbane Report has formed Lighthouse Seminars, LLC ) in partnership with Exgenex to expand its highly regarded conference business. Lighthouse Seminars will develop targeted events focused on content technology and industry trends. “Our new company will broaden our reach to a larger audience of IT and business managers,” said Frank Gilbane, Editor of the Gilbane Report. “Lighthouse Seminars will provide the focused, content-rich and independent events that our subscribers are looking for by combining in-depth IT management discussions with best practices and case studies developed under the auspices of the Gilbane Content Technology Works(TM) initiative.”

Conference Schedule

Gilbane conferences produced by Lighthouse Seminars will initially include:

•  March 24-26, 2004 at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles focused technology and solutions for managing data rich content , such as information associated with complex products found in aerospace and defense, and media rich content , such as digital assets used in training, brand marketing, and media and entertainment applications.

•  October, 2004 in New York City focused on content technology for financial service applications and marketing operations.

“While the event business has been hit hard in the last couple of years, we are finding that there is a market for high quality, focused and intimate events that provide direct contact with the individuals possessing the expertise attendees are looking to tap into,” said Jeffrey Arcuri, VP & General Manager of Events for Lighthouse Seminars, “We are excited to debut our conferences with such close ties to an organization like Gilbane whose conferences, contrary to industry trends, are increasing in demand.”

For more information on our conferences, visit www.lighthouseseminars.com and www.gilbane.com/events

The Gilbane Report will continue to work with existing conference partners, including Seybold Seminars, who produces the Gilbane Conference on Content Management at Seybold San Francisco , IDEAlliance, AIIM, and TechnoForum SARL.

About Bluebill Advisors, The Gilbane Report, and Content Technology Works(TM)

Bluebill Advisors, Inc. serves the content management community in three distinct ways: publications, industry conferences and professional services. Our publications include The Gilbane Report, a content technologies industry standard with thousands of subscribers and a public portal at https://gilbane.com . We produce conferences through Lighthouse Seminars, LLC, and partner with other educational conference organizations. The Gilbane report administers the Content Technology Works program disseminating best practices with founding partners Software AG (TECdax:SOW), Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW), Artesia Technologies, Atomz, Context Media, Convera (NASDAQ:CNVR), Vignette (NASDAQ:VIGN), and WebWare.

About Exgenex

Exgenex is a leading provider of Event Management services, Web-based Registration tools, and Housing Application products and services to the Event Industry. We provide complete event management solutions to organizations and events in the US and Europe . Our services include: Meeting Management, On-Line and On-Site Registration, Housing, Lead Retrieval and Management, Internet Cafes and ID Badges, and Prospect qualification. Exgenex provides full service registration and lead retrieval services for events worldwide ranging in size from 500 – 200,000 participants. www.exgenex.com

About Jeffrey Arcuri

Jeff Arcuri has over 18 years of event management experience in the for-profit and the non-profit arenas. For nine years, he served as Vice President of Events and Marketing for Mitch Hall Associates, successfully managing MacWorld Expo, and ComNet for the International Data Group, E3 for the Electronic Gaming Association, and the Solaris Conference for Sun Microsystems. In 1998 Jeff joined the Association for Information and Image Management as Vice President of Events and Marketing. He helped to grow the AIIM Show and Conference, diversify the association’s exhibitor base, and helped to focus the association’s direction in the Content Management industry. While at AIIM, Jeff was instrumental in launching a series of smaller conference programs domestically and in Europe that complemented the existing event schedule. Jeff served on the ASAE Meetings and Expositions Council from 1998 – 2001.

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IBM announced new simplified, full-functioned content management systems designed for the mid-market customer, with support for major Linux platforms, tighter integration with IBM’s software portfolio, and enhanced records management and information archiving capabilities. IBM DB2 Content Manager Express is available as of October 14, 2003. It is priced at $9,375 per server and $1,063.00 per concurrent user. IBM DB2 Content Manager for Linux is available as of October 21, 2003. It is priced at $29,000 per Server and $2,500 per concurrent user and is available for RedHat, SuSe, and United Linux. IBM DB2 Records Manager version 3 is available as of September 9, 2003, and is priced at $24,000 per server and $250 per concurrent user. Though optimized for Windows 2000, applications running on any platform can be enabled to run on the Records Manager. IBM DB2 CommonStore for SAP will be available on October 31, 2003. It is priced at $29,000 per Server and $244 per Named User. IBM DB2 CommonStore for Exchange Server and Lotus Domino will be available on October 31, 2003. It is priced at $29,000 per Server, $30 per Registered User and $12,500 per Gateway. www.ibm.com/software/data/cm

The Gilbane Report has formed Lighthouse Seminars, LLC in partnership with Exgenex to expand its conference business. Lighthouse Seminars will develop targeted events focused on content technology and industry trends, and will provide focused, content-rich and independent events that businesses are looking for by combining in-depth IT management discussions with best practices and case studies developed under the auspices of the Gilbane Content Technology Works initiative. Gilbane conferences produced by Lighthouse Seminars initially include: March 24 – 26, 2004 at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles, focused technology and solutions for managing data-rich content, such as information associated with complex products found in aerospace and defense, and media-rich content, such as digital assets used in training, brand marketing, and media and entertainment applications; and October, 2004 in New York City, focused on content technology for financial service applications and marketing operations. The Gilbane Report will continue to work with existing conference partners, including Seybold Seminars, who produces the Gilbane Conference on Content Management at Seybold San Francisco, IDEAlliance, AIIM, and TechnoForum/Reed. www.lighthouseseminars.com, www.gilbane.com/CM_conference_LA_04.html, www.exgenex.com

Software AG, Inc. announced the availability of EntireX XML Gateway, which enables organizations to publish Adabas data using XML and Web services. EntireX XML Gateway harnesses XML technology to enable the generation and deployment of Web services that read or update data in Adabas. The product includes a browser-based administration tool that supports the deployment of the generated Web services, as well as an adapter that enables access to Adabas (adapters to other relational database management systems are available). EntireX XML Gateway is currently available on Windows 2000 and Windows XP, as well as Sun Solaris 7 and 8; additional platforms are planned. Access to Adabas is supported on all platforms. Supported application servers include JBoss, BEA Weblogic and IBM Websphere. In addition to the adapter to Adabas, EntireX XML Gateway is also available with adapters to Oracle, other relational database management systems, and EntireX Mediator. EntireX XML Gateway is priced at $25,000 per adapter. www.softwareagusa.com

Verity Inc. announced the establishment of Verity Japan K.K. in Tokyo. Verity named Digital Garage a premier distributor of Verity Ultraseek software, formerly known as Inktomi Enterprise Search (IES), in Japan earlier this year. Digital Garage first introduced the Ultraseek product to the Japanese market in 1997. Verity Japan K.K. is located at 15th Floor, Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8512, Japan. www.verity.com

Venetica announced availability of Content Bridge for FileNet ISRA to allow organizations to access FileNet Image Services through VeniceBridge in a pure UNIX environment. The Content Bridge for FileNet ISRA is an alternative for those customers who do not want to deploy a Windows server in order to access FileNet Image Services content. www.venetica.com

Factiva announced that Factiva’s first solution for the Microsoft Office System, Factiva Search, is now commercially available. Factiva Search, integrated with the Microsoft Office 2003 Editions, provides information workers with quick and convenient ways to gain a comprehensive view of the external business environment from within their daily workflow. It allows information workers to conduct research on Factiva’s collection of thousands of sources directly from a report or presentation they’re creating. For example, while drafting a competitive brief in Microsoft Office Word 2003, competitive intelligence professionals can use Factiva Search to quickly look up important industry trends from newspapers, journals, and newswires from around the world and enhance the accuracy and timeliness of their research. Factiva’s platform is based on XML and Web services and is integrated into the Research Task Pane of all the Microsoft Office System programs, including Word 2003, Excel 2003, Access 2003, Outlook 2003, OneNote 2003 and PowerPoint 2003. www.factiva.com/factivasearch

Open Text Corporation and IXOS SOFTWARE AG announced that they have entered into a business combination agreement in which a wholly owned subsidiary of Open Text will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of IXOS. The transaction will proceed via a tender offer for cash consideration of either 9 Euro per share (approximately US$10.46) or 0.2610 of an Open Text share for each share of IXOS tendered. The Open Text share will include a warrant to purchase 0.0742 of an Open Text share for up to one year after closing the transaction, with a strike price of US $41.50 per share. The cash consideration represents a 34% premium based on the three months volume weighted average prior to the announcement. Open Text has approximately 1200 employees and had revenues of US$178 million in the last fiscal year. IXOS has approximately 900 employees and revenues of US$145 million in fiscal year 2002/2003. Open Text will be organized into two divisions. The North American-based division, with operational headquarters in Chicago, will have global responsibility for collaboration and knowledge management solutions as well as North American responsibility for operations. The European-based division, headquartered in Munich, will have global responsibility for content management and archiving as well as European responsibility for operations. Gauss Interprises AG, which was recently acquired by Open Text, will also be part of the European content management division. IXOS’ CEO Robert Hoog will become head of the European organization for Open Text. www.opentext.com, www.ixos.de