Category: Content management & strategy (Page 475 of 479)

Open Text Corporation announced its intent to make an all cash take-over bid for all of the common shares of PC DOCS Group International Inc. at a price of C$8.50 per share. This price represents a premium in excess of 20% over the recent trading levels of PC DOCS. Open Text believes that its all cash take-over bid of C$ 8.50 per share is financially superior to the share exchange offer which has been made by Hummingbird Communications Inc. Open Text has contacted PC DOCS regarding its take-over bid. Open Text has requested that PC DOCS provide it with access to all non-public information provided to Hummingbird by PC DOCS. It is Open Text’s view that its take-over bid constitutes a “PC DOCS Acquisition Proposal” as defined in the Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders and Information Circular of PC DOCS dated April 13, 1999. As part of this definition, Open Text has advised PC DOCS that it is prepared to enter into an agreement for the purpose of keeping this information confidential. Open Text’s offer will be subject to shareholders of PC DOCS holding 66 2/3% of the shares of PC DOCS on a fully diluted basis depositing their shares to the take-over bid, to the receipt of customary regulatory approvals, to receipt of access to the non-public information of PC DOCS referred to above and other standard conditions. www.opentext.com

Open Text Corporation announced the release of Livelink Activator for BASIS. Livelink Activator for BASIS extends Livelink to the BASIS community. BASIS databases, records, documents and pre-defined queries are integrated with Livelink knowledge management features such as folders, project workflows, discussions, task lists, enterprise-wide file distribution, and workspaces. BASIS is used to manage large collections of catalogued information in special libraries and corporate information centers. BASIS was originally developed by Information Dimensions, which was acquired by Open Text Corporation in June 1998 and is now an integrated division of Open Text. Activator for BASIS is available immediately. It is priced at US$25,000 per Livelink server.

GE Information Services has introduced GE InterLinx, a multipurpose message brokering system. GE InterLinx enables businesses to centralize, expand and manage their Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) initiatives, as well as address Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) gateway requirements. This engine, which operates on the Windows NT platform simplifies the complex integration of information between business applications. GE InterLinx’s XML capability identifies XML objects, parses, and routes them to applications that support XML. www.geis.com

Interleaf, Inc. and Object Design. announced a strategic partnership intended to leverage both companies’ core competencies in XML-based solutions and improve their ability to deliver solutions specifically tailored for their customers’ business needs. Interleaf and Object Design will cross license their technologies for use in Interleaf’s BladeRunner and in Object Design’s eXcelon. Interleaf’s XML-based e-content solution, BladeRunner, will employ Object Design’s object-oriented database, ObjectStore, and Interleaf’s Styler&Composer will be integrated into Object Design’s eXcelon, an XML data server. For BladeRunner customers, ObjectStore’s Cache-Forward architecture will provide a high-speed, object-oriented repository with scalability. ObjectStore’s integration with relational database management systems will further enable BladeRunner customers to leverage their current investments in legacy relational databases. Integrating Interleaf’s W3C-compliant Styler&Composer into Object Design’s eXcelon will provide the ability to create dynamic, personalized documents with multi-channel publishing capabilities including Web, CD-ROM and print. www.interleaf.com, www.objectdesign.com

Mediasurface announced the Mediasurface 2.0 Enterprise Content. New features include a Content Gateway that allows integration with delivery and web design features from leading software vendors including, BroadVision, Vignette, Macromedia. Among the new features of Mediasurface 2.0 are the Content Gateway, XML support and integration of email with workflow functions. Mediasurface 2.0’s multi-server synchronization functionality now also enables full support for content sharing amongst sites and vendors’ systems. Mediasurface users can now deliver their content using the one-to-one marketing product of their choice. By utilizing the Content Gateway Module, real time content can be shared between Mediasurface 2.0 and existing proprietary delivery engines and custom built flat file sites. This allows users to work with existing tools from vendors including: BroadVision, Vignette, ATG, Engage and Point 4, thus preserving their existing site investment. Mediasurface implementations are licensed by servers with entry-level single- server sites at $25,000. Typical enterprise implementations then scale to multi- server configurations of $200,000 and above. www.mediasurface.com

Open Text and Adobe announced Open Text’s Livelink Forms, using Adobe’s Acrobat. The Livelink Forms/Adobe Module will support common business transactions that require structured data. Livelink’s knowledge management services support the new forms integration, providing version histories of forms and audit trails, forms security, workflow routing and searchable form data. By combining the new forms functionality with existing PDF viewing, document management and byte serving, Livelink now offers companies electronic forms functionality for collaborative knowledge management. The Livelink Forms–Adobe Module will be offered as an optional module to Livelink. The Module is shipping now and priced at $25,000. www.opentext.com