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Stibo Catalog announced the commercial availability of STEP 4.7, the next generation of its product content management and publishing solution for product and catalog-centric businesses. STEP 4.7 includes support for Adobe InDesign CS2 for both Macintosh and PC. Marketing professionals can now publish promotions directly from STEP’s product information management (PIM) module, which means they have greater creative design control. The plug-in allows InDesign users access to STEP via a native palette. STEP takes advantage of some of InDesign’s advanced features including layers for version publishing and multi-lingual publishing. STEP now supports WebDAV, which allows users with access privileges to browse the product hierarchy. With WebDAV, non-standard users can access STEP without the requirement of a full-user license. The new optional STEPtrade module enables users to create and deliver high volume and high frequency e-catalogs to any e-procurement applications. The tool is designed to allow users to respond rapidly to changing demand and deliver updated product information and pricing within hours. STEP 4.7 is based on J2EE technology using the IBM Websphere application server.

Xyleme Inc. and Offline Digital (Pty) Ltd. announced a new partnership to deliver a publishing solution developed specifically for the travel industry. The solution integrates Xyleme’s product, Xyleme Server, with Offline Digital’s personalized brochure fulfillment application. The combined solution provides web applications designed for use directly by tourists, travel agents, and travel call centers. Tourists can search the content to build personalized itineraries and travel brochures for their own use or forward an e-brochure to friends and relatives. Travel agents and travel call centers can offer incremental value and services by rapidly building personalized selections for an individual customer to print, fax, or email. In the past, Offline Digital used a relational database for storage but found that the heterogeneous travel content could not be easily and rapidly loaded, nor could users perform contextual search queries, severely limiting the level of customization provided to their customers. Xyleme Server is a XML content management solution which lets publishers store, organize, classify, and add intelligence to high-value content in order to rapidly query, assemble and publish specialized products in any format and through any channel. http://www.xyleme.com,

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced enhancements to its Adobe LiveCycle server platform. LiveCycle now delivers visual assembly of process automation applications without the need for programming. In addition, LiveCycle now includes Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) for visibility into business processes, better integration of document security and control capabilities, and the ability to integrate data from two-dimensional (2D) barcoded forms for paper-to-electronic automation. The new LiveCycle visual assembly capabilities include a new workflow designer and more than 50 Quick Process Action Components (QPACs). QPACs enable drag and drop integration of steps in a process, such as routing tasks to a user, sending an e-mail, or integrating with backend systems. Technology from Celequest Corporation is the foundation for LiveCycle’s new BAM solution that measures and manages workflow performance through customizable dashboards for monitoring business process. Customers can apply digital signatures to Adobe PDF files, publish certified documents, add controls that expressly define who can open, view, print and copy, and dynamically revoke or expire documents. Now, tighter integration allows customers to apply these capabilities at different points in the workflow providing more control over applying policy and rules of a business process. Adobe now offers tools, documentation, support, and pre-configured hosted trials to enterprise developers. Beginning September 19, for $1495 for one year, developers can receive access to Adobe LiveCycle software, support for building custom applications and regular communications from the Adobe engineering and developer teams. Adobe LiveCycle Workflow software is available now and can be purchased as stand-alone offerings, by CPU or by user. Pricing starts at US $50K. http://www.adobe.com/enterprise

Vignette Corp. (NASDAQ:VIGN) announced that it has signed six VARs through its relationship with value-added distributor Access Distribution, a General Electric company. Infused Solutions, Intelligent Technology Systems, Laurus Technologies, LCN Technology, Sharpe Consulting LLC and SIS Technologies have agreed to resell Vignette’s collaboration and portal products in the United States and Canada. These geographically dispersed VARs have a presence in the small and mid-market Vignette has not historically had a significant presence. The extension of the distribution channel will allow for greater focus and penetration into key growth vertical markets. http://www.vignette.com

Jabber, Inc. announced the immediate availability of JabberNow, a plug-and-play appliance that delivers compliant, secure, and extensible enterprise instant messaging (EIM) in 15 minutes or less. Targeted to smaller workgroups who internally and often externally collaborate on time-sensitive, mission-critical information, Jabber, Inc. expects initial traction for JabberNow within the financial services, manufacturing, legal, consulting and government information chains. Based on the Jabber Extensible Communications Platform (Jabber XCP), JabberNow federates (securely connects and authenticates) with the majority of instant messaging (IM) and presence networks used by financial institutions, manufacturers, governments and consumers. In its standard configuration, JabberNow is natively interoperable with any other Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) server, works with any XMPP client, including mobile clients and the Macromedia Flash-based Jabber, Inc. client that ships with JabberNow. Available add-ons include the AIM Gateway from Jabber, Inc., SIP/SIMPLE Gateway, Short Message Service (SMS) Gateway, software development kits (SDKs), message archiving, and LDAP integration. Sold directly through the jabber.com Web site as well as through channel partners, JabberNow can support up to 1,000 users with prices starting at $2,495 for 25 users.

Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) announced an OEM partnership with AskMe under which FAST will serve as the search foundation for AskMe Enterprise, a solution for creating and managing Employee Knowledge Networks (EKN). AskMe Enterprise will be integrated with FAST InStream, an OEM-specific enterprise search solution developed to meet the complex application-based search requirements of independent software vendors (ISVs). AskMe connects employees with the most relevant internal expertise to solve problems, share ideas, and collaborate. Resulting lessons learned are automatically disseminated to other employees to promote organizational learning and also captured by the system into a knowledgebase for future reuse. , http://www.fastsearch.com

Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) and IntelliReach Corporation announced an OEM partnership to enhance the search capabilities of IntelliReach’s messaging management system. IntelliReach’s solution will be integrated with FAST InStream, an OEM-specific enterprise search solution developed specifically to meet the complex application-based search requirements of independent software vendors (ISVs). IntelliReach plans to integrate FAST’s enterprise search solution into its policy-based message management system, scheduled for introduction later this year. , http://www.fastsearch.com