Category: Content technology news (Page 205 of 624)

Clay Tablet Technologies has integrated its products with the automated translation technologies of Language Weaver. The two companies have formed a strategic product integration alliance and are now jointly pursuing opportunities together. Clay Tablet’s Rosetta Gateway, Web Content Management System (WCMS) and Trans-Port corporate translation portal products allow customers to quickly send documents, or portions of documents, to translation. When translated content returns, it’s automatically inserted back where it belongs on a company’s web site, fileservers, databases or other repositories. Traditionally, Clay Tablet’s systems have integrated with translation service providers and the tools they use. Now, Clay Tablet’s systems can also integrate directly with Language Weaver’s statistical machine translation software, or SMTS. Language Weaver’s SMTS “learns” language translations by identifying patterns and relationships within previously translated or parallel texts. Language Weaver uses statistical algorithms to align the text and assess the correlation of words and phrases. , http://www.Clay-Tablet.com

The Gilbane Report announced a new consulting practice focused on the needs of both commercial and enterprise publishing professionals. Software and publishing industry veteran Steve Paxhia has joined Gilbane to head the new practice as Vice President & General Manager. Gilbane has assembled a team of industry leading thinkers and doers who have many years experience in deploying technology to create profits. Questions they can help you answer include: 1. Where could publishing technology have the greatest impact on our organization’s profits? 2. Should our organization incorporate new technologies like wikis and blogs into our processes and product offerings? 3. What are the best practices for developing products to be published in multiple media formats? 4. How can our organization develop new electronic products derived from our existing content? 5. How can we efficiently produce and manage customized versions of our products? 6. Are our current technology platform and vendors the most cost effective? 7. What are the best technology choices for the new project that we are starting? The Gilbane team’s expertise ranges from very strategic to cutting edge technical. While technology projects and decisions can often be complex, The Gilbane team’s goal is to help our clients clarify the key success factors and then empower their organizations to make the best decisions. Members of the Gilbane team include: Steve Paxhia, Vice President & General Manager, Publishing Strategy & Technology Consulting Practice; Mary Laplante, Vice President Consulting Services; Bill Trippe, Senior Consultant; and Leonor Ciarlone, Senior Consultant. In addition to our own team we have partnered with noted publishing industry experts: Bill Rosenblatt, President, GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies; Gene Gable, President, Gene Gable Industries; Thad McIlroy, President, Arcadia House; and Dale Waldt, President aXtive Minds. Meet this powerful team of experts at Gilbane San Francisco, in the Automated Publishing Track of the Content Technology conference or in the Enterprise Digital Rights Management conference. , https://gilbane.com,

Canto announced Cumulus Video Suite 1.0.1, an Option for the Cumulus Enterprise product line to efficiently manage and distribute videos assets. Due to shot boundary detection technology Video Suite can create records for each shot in the video, which can be annotated with additional metadata. Cumulus Video Suite even supports streaming for viewing video files over the Internet for corporations where secure distribution of training, sales and marketing videos is a pressing concern. Version 1.0.1 now offers WMV support and has added features for the Mac OS X platform that were previously only available to Windows users such as the automatic shot detection based on cuts and effects. Users can create a secure video repository, catalog entire movies and individual video shots, view previews and thumbnails for cataloged videos and shots, edit shot boundaries, and add metadata to video files or individual video shots. Video Suite is an add-on module that expands the functionality of Cumulus Enterprise 6.6 (or higher). Video Suite is available at $4995 from Canto Sales and Canto Certified System Integrators (CCSI). http://www.canto.com

SDL International announced the launch of the www.LSPzone.com portal, designed specifically for the Language Service Provider (LSP) market. The new community site allows LSPs to promote their expertise to any customer looking for SDL TRADOS technology-enabled translation partners. LSPs can purchase the latest releases of SDL TRADOS software as well as create online professional profiles, through which they can showcase their skills and demonstrate their industry expertise in using SDL TRADOS Desktop, Server and Translation Management technologies. To celebrate the launch of www.LSPzone.com, SDL is now offering promotional pricing on its new release of SDL Trados 2006, and on Server and Translation Management technology, for all orders placed on or before the 31st of March. LSPs can also register their details directly online to be listed in the LSP Directory. http://www.sdl.com

Typefi Systems Inc. has announced version 2.7 of its product, the Typefi Publishing System. The latest version comes in two flavors: Typefi Print for centralized document creation and branding, and Typefi Publish for workgroup collaboration around long document and book production. The Typefi scriptless composition engine automates the publishing of a wide array of document types without the need for expensive template coding or manual page layout. Typefi Print allows companies to automate the creation of brand and regulatory compliant documents, and allows any employee to create personalized materials on-demand. The Typefi Publishing System automates all page layout and application of fonts, colors, inline images, illustrations, and other richly formatted elements including sidebars and floating elements. With Typefi Print, any user can leverage existing design assets to create professional marketing and product launch materials directly from their desktop. Typefi Publish automates the creation and production of complex documents and books. Revision cycles are reduced with a web-based interface that allows authors, designers and editors to collaborate on projects. All content and design elements are stored in an XML-based repository that allows for easy republishing and repurposing of content. Typefi Publish allows for roundtrip editing between source documents, XML content and finished InDesign templates to ensure complete revision control. http://www.typefi.com

Optaros Inc., an open source software consulting and integration firm, announced an alliance agreement with Alfresco, an open source alternative for enterprise content management. The partnership will combine Optaros’ assembly methodology and expertise to plan, architect, integrate, and implement solutions with Alfresco’s open source technologies to solve enterprise document management challenges. In addition to sharing information to serve client needs, Optaros and Alfresco will plan activities in the U.S. and Europe to provide information to organizations looking to learn more about open source and content management solutions. http://www.optaros.com,

Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) and SirsiDynix announced an OEM partnership to enhance the search capabilities of SirsiDynix Rooms. Rooms will be integrated with FAST InStream, an OEM-specific enterprise search solution. Rooms is a Web solution that enables library users to discover and gather information according to subject area and then present that content in virtual spaces or “rooms.” SirsiDynix will incorporate FAST’s enterprise search solution into SirsiDynix Rooms, providing a search and research capability to libraries, academia and consortia in library settings as well as community Web sites. http://www.sirsidynix.com, http://www.fastsearch.com