Category: Content management & strategy (Page 399 of 484)

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

FileNet Corporation announced general availability of its FileNet Image Services Resource Adapter (ISRA), which provides connectivity from applications built on Sun Microsystems’ J2EE to content managed within FileNet Image Services repositories. ISRA, compliant with and built to the J2EE 1.3/Java Connector Architecture (JCA) 1.0 specifications, provides a Java-based solution to address connectivity between application servers and legacy enterprise information systems. The solution is designed for industries that have large-scale integrated content management systems in place. ISRA offers a cost-effective way to repurpose this existing information in new ways as they begin to replace older client/server models with a kind of distributed computing in which a central server acts as an information hub. ISRA supports BEA WebLogic 8.1 and 7.0 SP2 and IBM WebSphere 4.0.4AE application servers and AIX 4.3.3 and above, HP/UX 11.0 and above, Windows 2000 and Sun Solaris 8.0 and above. www.filenet.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

Mobius Management Systems, Inc. announced that the Mobius ViewDirect Connectivity Business Package has received iView certification for SAP Enterprise Portal 5.0. The ViewDirect iView is a component of ViewDirect TCM, a software suite for content management. When integrated directly into an SAP user’s enterprise portal, the ViewDirect iView provides authorized users with easy access to enterprise content. The ViewDirect iView is integrated with the ViewDirect TCM repository and other business systems to enable enterprise employees, customers, and business partners to search, view, download, and print documents, reports, and images in any format without logging on to a separate application and without leaving the enterprise portal environment. ViewDirect TCM includes an SAP-certified interface to SAP R/3 ArchiveLink that supports all major SAP R/3 archiving scenarios. ViewDirect TCM provides archiving and output management services for the SAP R/3 environment, integrating SAP and non-SAP documents in a single repository and providing flexible viewing options both within SAP and with ViewDirect TCM viewing clients. www.mobius.com

Interwoven, Inc. and SBI and Company (SBI) announced the availability of a Brand Portal Solution designed to help enterprises build, manage and steward their brands. Developed jointly, the Brand Portal Solution combines Interwoven MediaBin Asset Server software with SBI’s expertise in brand strategy and technology implementation consulting. The Brand Portal Solution is a single place for brand managers and their constituencies, such as marketing and advertising agencies, distributors and channel partners, to build, leverage and distribute brand assets. The solution provides marketing departments of all sizes the ability to control the marketing content development, management, and distribution process. The Interwoven Brand Portal Solution integrates with portal applications from BEA, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Plumtree and SAP via Interwoven’s service-oriented architecture, a Web service-enabled, next generation interface to all Interwoven services. Interwoven Brand Portal Solution can be purchased from Interwoven today. www.sbiandcompany.com, www.interwoven.com

FileNet Corporation and Microsoft Corp. announced plans to implement a series of new development, sales and global marketing initiatives to provide customers with optimized FileNet enterprise content management (ECM) solutions that are built on Microsoft .NET. As part of the alliance, FileNet will work closely with Microsoft to broaden FileNet’s support for .NET by extending its use of Visual Studio .NET and enhancing its product offerings to include the .NET Framework, the Microsoft Office System, smart client technology and XML Web services. In addition, Microsoft and FileNet will collaborate on a plan for FileNet to adopt new technologies including SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and the upcoming version of SQL Server, code-named “Yukon.” In addition, the two companies will collaborate to bring these offering to customers through a series of joint marketing and sales campaigns, aligned with Microsoft’s go-to-market programs and vertical industry initiatives.
www.filenet.com, www.microsoft.com