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KnowledgeLake, Inc. announced that its next major product release will extend the new ECM feature set in the upcoming Microsoft Office release, Office “12”. Microsoft’s new Office 12 Server will provide a server platform with core features such as records management, workflow, and content archiving. KnowledgeLake products are specifically designed to add application functionality to the Microsoft Office 12 platform and to have a product set that competes in the ECM market. Microsoft’s announcement of new platform technologies such as the Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF), XML Paper Specification (XPS), and support for Official Documents (records management) now allows KnowledgeLake to focus on bringing these platform functions together in a natural user workspace that supports various forms of content capture. KnowledgeLake Capture currently brings scanning functionality to the desktop and integrates with Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies. The next version planned for concurrent release with Office 12 will bring increases in functionality and support for new document formats. This along with enhanced workflow functionality based on WWF is the primary focus of the next product release.

JadeLiquid Software announced the beta release of WebRenderer Server Edition, a Java browser component that runs in headless server environments. The WebRenderer Server Edition allows for headless rendering of web-content across multiple platforms without the requirement for a GUI such as XWindows. WebRenderer Server Edition does not require any graphics resource or Java Swing or AWT support. WebRenderer Server Edition can be utilized in server side automation including automated unit testing of web services, HTML to bitmap conversion, automated report printing, thumbnail generation and web transaction verification. The WebRenderer Java browser component integrates into any Java Server or Desktop application and provides standards compliant rendering of web content across multiple platforms. WebRenderer supports HTML 4.01, SSL, JavaScript, CSS 1 & 2, XSL, XSLT, XML, DOM etc. WebRenderer allows for the creation of HTML/XML/Web-content centric Java applications by providing both client-side and server-side web content rendering for J2EE and web infrastructure driven back-ends. A 30 day trial version of WebRenderer Server Edition is available at http://www.webrenderer.com

Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU.; LSE: AU.L) announced a conceptual index of the World Wide Web. The index currently contains approximately one billion items, including web pages, audio, video and image files, and expansion continues rapidly. The index is available so consumer facing companies can offer their customers new search technologies across the Web. Also, enterprise users will be able to integrate retrieval, from the desktop to enterprise content to Internet content, based on the understanding of the meaning of the information, all on a private basis. Autonomy’s Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) is able to understand the meaning of any type of content, including text, audio and video. The index was built on IDOL technology and brings additional retrieval features to the web, including conceptual clustering, implicit query, video search and Autonomy’s unique Automatic Query Guidance (AQG). Autonomy’s AQG automatically returns categories of results based on the meaning of the query, directing users to the results they require based on a conceptual and contextual understanding of their query. AQG uses conceptual clustering to determine the context of a user’s search. http://www.autonomy.com

SiberLogic announced the addition of semantic knowledge modeling to the S1000D support already provided in its content management solution, SiberSafe. S1000D, an international specification for the procurement and production of technical publications, is used worldwide by a variety of commercial and government entities for the development of technical documentation. SiberSafe’s semantic enablement platform takes S1000D support beyond the authoring process to the entire knowledge management lifecycle. Because S1000D is used to document complex technology products and equipment, upfront semantic modeling efficiently ensures accuracy and completeness in content development. It also enables that content to be retrieved and consumed in new and flexible ways. SiberSafe’s modeling technology is built on the open W3C Semantic Web standards RDF and OWL, so organizations are not locked into a proprietary solution once a significant volume of knowledge has been captured.

RedDot Solutions announced the availability of new versions of its Web Content Management Software, RedDot CMS 6.5, and content delivery and application integration software, LiveServer 2.3. The new functionality in CMS 6.5 and LiveServer 2.3 was developed to extend usability, deliver more relevant content, and make site administration more flexible. New integration of RedDot CMS and LiveServer adds contextual content delivery features to RedDot’s content management system. Online marketing campaigns and other personalization projects can now be directly driven from the RedDot CMS interface and published to LiveServer using new point and click interfaces. The interface allows business users to choose content, select market segments with drop down menus and determine exactly how that content should be delivered. CMS 6.5 provides integration to Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server. CMS 6.5 also includes an out-of-the-box integration with TRADOS Term Management for automated translation for multi-lingual sites. LiveServer 2.3 features a secure environment for administrators to build blogs, forums and other facilities to capture and display visitor comments. “Wiki” technology can be incorporated. , http://www.hummingbird.com

Verity Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTY) announced the availability of the newest release of its specialized search application development platform, Verity K2 Enterprise (K2E). Version 6.0 includes a new Business Console to enhance relevance management, a new User Interface Building Blocks feature that accelerates deployment and improved navigation. K2E’s new User Interface Building Blocks deliver widgets for basic and advanced search, as well as attribute and category browsing. IT administrators can configure the User Interface Building Blocks without additional programming. The redesigned K2 Dashboard streamlines administration by providing IT administrators with a single system view of their entire K2 deployment, including multiple servers. IT administrators can now deploy Faceted Navigation user interfaces. Verity K2E’s new Business Console enables IT administrators and business managers to view search trends, react to changing search patterns, and provide targeted results to end-users. The Business Console can be integrated with Verity Collaborative Classifier, a K2E capability that distributes taxonomy management to the people who know and use the content with knowledge engineers who specialize in classification. New XML query capabilities leverage the structure of XML documents. Microsoft Outlook email and attachments, such as PST archives, can now be indexed and searched, as can individual files within a ZIP archive. Connectivity to enterprise content sources has also been enhanced with support for Microsoft Exchange 2003 and support for Documentum compound documents.

ClearForest Corporation and Kapow Technologies announced a strategic partnership designed to broaden customers’ ability to access Web content for business intelligence applications. Under terms of the partnership, ClearForest and Kapow will jointly market solutions that leverage the Kapow Web Integration Platform to enable Clearforest’s text analytics platform to extract and analyze information from any Web source. Kapow’s Web Integration Platform uses a visual browser interface to automatically collect Web-based information, including Web pages, blog posts, text, documents, files, Web Services or other data. The Kapow Platform can also automate the cleansing of this data to isolate only relevant content by removing navigational elements, advertisements, and other irrelevant information. This can then be fed through the ClearForest text extraction engine to identify entities, facts, and events contained in the content. The combination of ClearForest and Kapow Technologies provides customers with the ability to collect unstructured information from external Web content and combine that with data from within the enterprise to supercharge business intelligence applications. http://www.clearforest.com, http://www.kapowtech.com

Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) announced availability of the FAST Personal Search Platform (FAST PSP). FAST PSP extends FAST’s enterprise search technology to a platform that enables enterprises to make every desktop computer a search hub. Partners can use FAST PSP to deliver service solutions that extend their strategic offerings to the end-user desktop. FAST PSP unifies the desktop, the enterprise and the Web and is able to fuse with enterprise-specific resources such as CRM, SFA and ERP to provide a single integrated domain for knowledge workers. FAST PSP meets enterprise requirements that information will remain secure, confidential and inside the organization. As a B2B offering, FAST PSP enables System Integrators and Independent Software Vendors to develop and deliver services beyond those traditionally associated with Web based solutions, extending the strategic importance of their offerings and opening new revenue opportunities. FAST PSP is architected as an open, configurable and secure desktop solution framework. As such, it is possible through their APIs, to embed proprietary features or applications into a customized ‘white-label’ Partner solution. http://www.fastsearch.com