Category: Content technology news (Page 264 of 634)

JBoss, Inc. released JBoss Portal 2.0, a significant upgrade of its open source, standards-based portal offering. A core piece of the JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS), JBoss Portal 2.0 embraces the Java portlet API specification (JSR-168) and provides an extensible portal framework that integrates dynamic Web pages and applications within standardized and reusable portlets. JBoss Portal can incorporate Web Services and J2EE-based components into the portal as portlets. JBoss Portal enables the user to combine applications and content into a unified presentation, simplifying access to these applications. Portals developed with JBoss Portal can be customized based on users, roles, security needs and administrative settings. By providing an integrated and secure user interface across applications, JBoss Portal makes it easier for users to leverage existing applications. http://jboss.com

The Board of SDL PLC announced proposals to acquire for a maximum aggregate consideration of $60.0 million, certain intellectual property in TRADOS and all of the outstanding issued shares of TRADOS. This includes $7.8 million for intellectual property, $52.2 million for the outstanding shares in TRADOS which include a $7.8 million TRADOS Management Incentive Plan. The above transactions will be satisfied by a cash consideration of $50 million to be funded from new bank facilities and the balance from the existing cash resources of the Company and by the issue of Ordinary Shares in SDL with a value of up to $10.0 million. The acquisition is conditional upon the approval of SDL Shareholders at an Extraordinary General Meeting to be convened for this purpose. By combining the technology, R&D, customer relationships and sales and marketing capabilities, the Enlarged Group will offer a stronger and more competitive offering in the Global Information Management (“GIM”) market. The Directors believe that the Enlarged Group will have an increased market presence and the Enlarged Group will be better placed to serve the GIM market. http://www.sdl.com,

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW) announced the general availability of the Sun StorEdge 5310 Compliance Archiving System, a combination of the Sun StorEdge 5310 NAS Appliance and Sun StorEdge Compliance Archiving Software that provides for customers’ requirements for records retention. Integrated with Sun’s Identity Management solutions. The Sun StorEdge Compliance Archiving System provides an integrated solution to help facilitate compliance with government and business roles regulations, including HIPAA for healthcare, SEC Rule 17a-4 and Basel 2 for financial services, 21 CFR 11 for life sciences, as well the Sarbanes Oxley Act and its global equivalents. A variety of Enterprise Content Management application providers, including AXS-One, iLumin, Mobius Management Systems and Vignette, have qualified their applications with the system’s compliance features to enforce retention and leverage the system’s write-once, read-many (WORM) capability. Sun’s portfolio for enabling customers to store corporate documents and records includes the Compliance and Content Management Solution, the Content Infrastructure System for general data archiving on tiered storage, and the 5310 Compliance Archiving System. The Sun StorEdge 5310 Compliance Archiving System is available through Sun and its iForce partners. Pricing begins at US $73,995 for a 2 TB Fibre Channel configuration, and $81,995 for a 6 TB SATA configuration. Prices include all software costs. http://www.sun.com

The Compliance Consortium, an international membership organization formed in June 2004 to promote effective governance, risk and compliance management (GRC), announced that it has merged with the Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG). Compliance Consortium members will serve as the initial members of the newly created OCEG Technology Council, with OCEG corporate and technology members immediately eligible to join. The merger is effective immediately. The web site for the Compliance Consortium will remain available for a limited period of time to provide information and to continue circulating the recent publication “Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance: An Operational Approach” at ,

Verity Inc. announced a new program intended to increase the number of organizations that can benefit from its downloadable Ultraseek enterprise search software. At the core of the program is a new, simplified pricing approach for the Ultraseek software. Organizations can download Verity Ultraseek, index information in minutes and search up to 25,000 documents free of charge for one year. Incremental document amounts can be purchased as business needs grow. Those who want to unify their enterprise search for an unlimited number of documents can purchase a four-year usage license at $75,000 USD. Customers will also benefit from capabilities that had previously been treated and priced as options. They include the Ultraseek Content Classification Engine (CCE), XPA Java API and multilingual support. Verity will continue to offer K2 Enterprise to meet global organizations’ requirements for advanced collaborative classification, profiling and recommendation features.

RSD announced the release of EOS Thin Client 3.4 with functionality designed to transparently customize the presentation of and access to content. Form management, a new feature available in its Web-based control panel, permits the administrator to set defaults for the activation of predefined actions when content is delivered on-line. These settings, which can be applied to all content or to specific groups of documents, provide the administrator with the means to tailor the presentation of content and protect against unauthorized export or e-mailing of sensitive information. When accessed, a document can automatically be converted from a print format to a viewing format. Content that is set up as a table can routinely be displayed so that headers and side titles are visible as the user scrolls through it. The process of printing can be streamlined with appropriate defaults for font size and page orientation.
Data mining is made easier by its automatic activation when a document is accessed. To address strategic and security requirements of specific organizations unable to use applets for content viewing, EOS Thin Client now delivers direct HTML viewing abilities. EOS Thin Client 3.4 offers a consistent means of administering, managing and retrieving all types of business information.

Dassault Systemes announced the free availability of the 3D XML Specifications and Player, which will enable users to view and manipulate rich 3D data in a variety of industrial, consumer and commercial environments. 3D XML is a universal, lightweight XML-based format that enables users to share live, accurate 3D data. Based on XML, it allows any software program to read, write, and enrich 3D XML content using standard tools. This capability is intended to facilitate broad adoption of 3D and will lower the cost of converting files from existing 3D formats. It provides multi-representation 3D structure, and compression for complex, accurate geometry, enabling rapid file transmission and shorter load times. Dassault Systemes uses the 3D XML format in its entire line of products: CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SMARTEAM, and SolidWorks. Moreover, all members of the CAA V5 and SolidWorks developer communities will de-facto endorse the 3D XML format and will deploy it on a wide scale to their end-users. The 3D XML Player leverages the 3D XML Specifications and extends the use of 3D beyond traditional PLM applications. 3D content can now be incorporated into a variety of media, including but not limited to technical documentation, maintenance manuals, marketing brochures, websites, and email. The 3D XML Player is designed to work with a wide range of application suites, including Microsoft Office, on the web with the Internet Explorer browser or as a standalone application. It delivers Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office plug-ins, with 3D XML drag-and-drop capabilities. http://www.3ds.com

Adobe Systems Incorporated and Covansys Corporation announced they are working together to deliver benefits and services administration solutions to federal, state and local government agencies. The combination of Adobe LiveCycle software and Covansys systems integration and consulting services will automate benefits enrollment, extend processes beyond the network to field workers and service providers, and comply with privacy and security mandates. The first outcome of this relationship will be a solution for delivering unemployment benefits and services to constituents. With the joint Adobe and Covansys solution constituents will be able to download and fill out intelligent forms at their convenience, and submit them electronically or by paper. http://www.adobe.com,