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ZyLAB announced the availability of its new FDA-compliant content-management solution for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The ZyIMAGE solution is used for digital capture and archiving of lifecycle GMP records, as well as all paper records requiring back up, such as validation protocols, validation reports and batch records. This ZyIMAGE solution also controls document review and access through a specialized interface or web browser, while maintaining a full audit trail of all actions performed. Customers are able to adapt and implement the ZyIMAGE solution in departments across the firm, such as R&D, engineering, manufacturing, quality control, distribution, and global operations. In accordance with FDA guidelines, the audit trails utilized by this ZyIMAGE solution for relevant actions are fully compliant with 21 CFR Part 11. Full documentation has been prepared and approved for the ZyIMAGE solution. http://www.zylab.com

W3C announce the advancement of Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 2.1 to Candidate Recommendation. Fully backwards-compatible with VoiceXML 2.0, the document standardizes eight additional features implemented by VoiceXML platforms: data, disconnect, grammar, foreach, mark, property, script, and transfer. Comments are welcome through 11 July. http://www.w3.org/Voice/

Davisor, developer of Java-based multi-channel publishing and visualization solutions, is expanding its product offering for the Enterprise Publishing market. Davisor’s new product structure consists of modules and solutions, which allow customers either to build their own multi-channel publishing system or use ready-made solutions. The new Davisor Offisor consists of a group of transformation modules, which gives companies a way to build their own multi-channel publishing system. Offisor includes input modules for transforming HTML, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and image files into XML, and output modules for producing different formats out of XML content such as XSL-FO, HTML, XHTML and RTF. With Offisor, companies can license only the transformations they need, without having to invest in large systems requiring specific file formats. Davisor solutions offer ready-to-use enterprise publishing systems for companies with specific needs. Davisor Webisor converts HTML documents with dynamic content into PDF with corporate layout. Davisor Publishor produces personalized PDF, Word, and HTML documents by merging dynamic XML content into templates produced with Word, allowing companies to produce fully personalized materials with a familiar word processor.

North Plains Systems Corp. announced that TeleScope Enterprise, its digital asset management application, will now support Tiger Server and Xsan, Apple’s 64-bit cluster file system for Xserve RAID storage hardware. TeleScope builds on Apple’s Xsan storage array in the video production, printing and publishing markets. It serves as the primary software platform for integrating and organizing media production tools such as Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Suite, Digimarc ImageBridge, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Telestream FlipFactory, QuarkXPress and Virage VideoLogger. Designed for Global 2000 customers, TeleScope Enterprise allows IT and business managers to create a digital media supply chain for the creation, management and distribution of rich media. Its SOAP-based APIs and XML gateways enable integration with existing enterprise IT investments such as enterprise content management systems, customer resources management systems, and enterprise information portals. http://www.northplains.com

McLaren Software announced the immediate availability of its Enterprise Engineer 3.1 release for the FileNet P8 platform. Enterprise Engineer 3.1 includes a number of new features to improve the user experience and provide advanced workflow capabilities for managing the engineering business process. Major features added in Enterprise Engineer 3.1 include: an Explorer Client that allows users to search, browse and manage engineering information from their Windows desktop; Workpacks that allow users to package information and send it through workflows; and a batch import tool that allows engineering information to be stored in the FileNet P8 repository without loosing the relationships with other referenced content. McLaren is also releasing Enterprise Engineer Review, a component of Enterprise Engineer, that will allow users to redline and mark-up engineering information and then store these change requests in FileNet’s P8 repository. http://www.mclarensoftware.com

Stylus Studio announced the release of Stylus Studio 6 XML Enterprise Edition, the newest edition of the Stylus Studio XML IDE. Stylus Studio 6 XML Enterprise Edition is a tool for advanced XML data integration projects. Now you can generate code for your XQuery and XSLT stylesheets and deploy that code to a live production server or application. Stylus Studio captures the settings specified in the XQuery and XSLT scenarios – your choice of XML processor, parameters, input/output files, and post processing options, for example – and reflects them in the generated Java code. Push-button code generation also gives you complete control over class names and whether or not generated classes are public. Stylus Studio fully supports the W3C XQuery working draft of April 2005. New XML Schema Tools include EDI/EDIFACT to XML Schema conversion; the ability to generate sample XML fragments from XML Schema components, Java API for XML Binding (JAXB) code from XML Schema, create XML Schema documentation with a JavaDoc-like layout, and XML Schema-based output validation of XSLT or XQuery transformations. Stylus Studio 6 XML Enterprise Edition, Release 3 is available for immediate purchase at the Stylus Studio online shop starting at $995 (USD) for a single user license, with volume discounts available. For a limited time, customers who purchased Stylus Studio 6 XML Professional Edition on or before June 1, 2005 are eligible for a free upgrade to Stylus Studio 6 XML Enterprise Edition. http://www.stylusstudio.com, http://www.datadirect.com

Arbortext announced that Australia-based Allette Systems will become a new systems integration specialist for Arbortext products. Allette Systems will provide sales, professional services and technical support for Arbortext publishing applications. , http://www.arbortext.com

FormRouter, Inc. announced new subscription pricing for its LiveCycle Reader Extensions Service for organizations seeking to deploy PDF forms with advanced usage rights such as digital signatures and ability to fill and save offline. LiveCycle Reader Extensions allows organizations to enable advanced forms-processing features within Adobe Reader. When a rights-enabled PDF document is opened in Adobe Reader, users can access advanced features such as 2D barcodes, digital signatures, and offline save. Once the document is submitted or closed, these special rights are disabled until the user receives another rights-enabled PDF file. The FormRouter subscription service allows individuals with no technical experience to convert existing PDF documents into secure, Internet hosted forms, with no programming and no hardware installation. As PDF forms are submitted, encrypted results are routed directly to the form owner’s desktop. Documents that require extended-rights can be enabled by FormRouter and deployed using the FormRouter service and/or Adobe’s LiveCycle server solutions. Encrypted form submissions may be loaded directly into Microsoft Access, SQL Server or any ODBC compliant database. Integrated alerts support e-mail notification, payment processing through VeriSign and Authorize.Net and CRM integration with salesforce.com.