Category: Content technology news (Page 273 of 634)

Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, today announced the appointment of its Management Committee and new Executive Director, reinforcing the organization’s increasing relevance to the content management discipline. Chartered with tactical responsibility for achieving the organization’s goals, CM Pros Management Committee is: Patricia Kelley, content architect at Allstate Insurance – Director of Marketing; Erik Hartman, president of Netherlands-based Hartman Communicatie BV – Director of Member Relations; Glen Secor, senior consultant and legal analyst with The Gilbane Report – Legal Advisor; and Hilary Marsh, president of strategic online consultancy Content Company Inc. – Director of Communications. In a move signaling CM Pros continuing expansion, CM Pros also announced that Laura Walker – who as executive director of OASIS led that consortium to the forefront of e-business standards – has been appointed CM Pros Executive Director. The executive director position was previously held by industry luminary and CM Pros cofounder Bob Doyle, who becomes the organization’s Technology Advisor, continuing to support and enable its member and public communication infrastructures. As the organization’s primary link to members and the public, the executive director translates the CM Pros mission and strategic plan into action. http://www.cmprofessionals.org

McLaren Software announced the immediate availability of its Enterprise Engineer 2.5.1 Service Pack 1 (SP1) upgrade for the EMC Documentum platform. Enterprise Engineer 2.5.1 SP1 is the first of McLaren’s software updates for Documentum, providing improved functionality, streamlining content management processes and enabling enhanced platform support across the entire Enterprise Engineer suite. This includes: Faster import of AutoCAD and MicroStation drawings; Streamlined review and lifecycle processes incorporating feedback from customers; Multi-line text boxes and dialogs enabling more information to be recorded and stored, aiding the creation of audit trails; Extended CAD support including full reference handling; New platform support for Windows Server 2003 and Documentum 5.3 and 5.2.5 SP2 and SP3; and Support for AutoCAD 2006 and MicroStation 8.5. Enterprise Engineer is a suite of configurable business applications that manage engineering content and the business processes that use this content. The software supports the engineering process by providing a single point of controlled access to manage the production and use of project content, such as drawings, correspondence, procedures and specifications, throughout an asset’s lifecycle. Extending the capabilities of the EMC Documentum platform, Enterprise Engineer accommodates the complexity of engineering content and associated business processes. http://www.mclarensoftware.com

Serena Software, Inc. announced the general availability of Serena Collage Single Site. Collage Single Site provides the functionality of Collage Enterprise to organizations which need complete web content management functionality for a single web site. Using Collage Single Site, organizations of any size can enable end-user authoring of content while providing a database-driven application for managing, tracking, and publishing web content. Collage Single Site is available now for $14,900, including a year of 24×7 technical support and product upgrades. Additional web site licenses are also available. Designed to provide enterprise-class functionality without the need for extensive customization, Collage Single Site provides content contribution, sophisticated versioning, detailed content change tracking (auditing), content classification and metadata management, page and site generation, and flexible content publishing.
Collage Single Site 4.6 is immediately available. http://www.serena.com

Captiva Software Corporation announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SWT SA, a provider of automatic data extraction and intelligent document capture solutions and technology in France. The purchase, subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to be completed during the week of May 23, 2005. According to the agreement and subject to certain adjustments, Captiva will pay approximately $18.1 million in cash plus approximately 179,000 shares in Captiva common stock that will be issued to SWT management to purchase all outstanding shares of the privately held SWT. Net of SWT’s cash, the purchase price is expected to be approximately two times SWT’s reported 2004 European GAAP revenues of EUR 6.95 million, or approximtely $9.0 million. SWT has been supplying its Dispatcher product capabilities as an optional addition to Captiva’s InputAccel and classification and data extraction capabilities for Captiva’s Digital Mailroom. ,

iPhrase Technologies announced the latest version of its platform, OneStep 5.0, designed to provide business people real-time visibility and control over online experiences across the enterprise. OneStep 5.0 includes a redesign of administrative and management tools to offer businesses greater visibility and control into their search solutions. The OneStep Management Console introduces a wizard-based interface that guides business people through the process of integrating content and tuning system behavior and embeds rich reporting capabilities that allow organizations to measure ROI and direct ongoing improvements. By applying iPhrase’s query understanding and result presentation capabilities, on top of the IBM enterprise search API, OneStep 5.0 provides companies with a complete solution. OneStep 5.0 Platform is currently available on a limited basis, with full availability expected in late June. http://www.iphrase.com

ClearStory Systems, Inc. announced the release of ActiveMedia 6.0, a J2EE digital asset management (DAM) software application. ActiveMedia 6.0 is built on ClearStory’s Radiant Enterprise Media Server (EMS). ActiveMedia 6.0 offers handling of compound documents such as QuarkXpress and Adobe InDesign, as well as video, flash, presentations, and graphics. ActiveMedia 6.0 offers an n-tier, J2EE design that supports the scalability requirements of modern DAM implementations. Its Web-based user interface offers rich functionality to support global marketing implementations. Enhanced features include a metadata engine, a robust asset-level security model, and functionality for managing complex video, multi-media graphics, compound documents and other rich media.

Quadralay Corporation announced the launch of WebWorks ePublisher Pro. The new desktop ePublishing software leverages XML and allows users to create customized content for the Web, intranets, professional online Help systems, portable devices, enterprise-ready XML, or PDFs. WebWorks ePublisher Pro provides greater flexibility and ease of use for Help authors, technical writers, documentation professionals, and other content providers wanting to produce content for common online formats directly from Microsoft Word or Adobe FrameMaker files. In addition, the new software features simple WYSIWYG controls and push-button processing that give authors control of the look and feel of Help content and other online information. Authors can use Microsoft Word to write, maintain, and update content, then use ePublisher Pro to manage and deliver multiple online formats such as HTML, XHTML, DHTML, or the cross-browser, cross-platform information system WebWorks Help. WebWorks ePublisher Pro includes support for more than 45 languages, including out-of-the-box support for double-byte languages. WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word ships in June 2005, and is available for purchase by authors for US$1,000, and internationally for US$1,100. WebWorks ePublisher Pro for FrameMaker ships in July 2005, and is available for purchase by authors for US$1,395, and internationally for US$1,515.

EMC Corporation expanded the EMC Centera family of content addressed storage (CAS) systems to address the fixed content archiving needs of midsize enterprises. As an extension of EMC’s Making Storage Simple approach, the lower-capacity and lower-cost EMC Centera four-node configuration delivers the same content and self management features available in all Centera configurations. A key part of Making Storage Simple is a broad set of Express Solutions that are pretested and sized to meet the needs of this market. The new Centera configuration will be integrated into these solutions. For example, the EMC Express Solutions for Archiving and Express Solutions for E-mail, which combine EMC systems, software and services are now available with the new Centera four-node configuration. The Centera four-node configuration will be available from EMC and partners this month. It offers 2.2TB of usable capacity at a 35% lower base list price than the previous Centera entry point. http://www.emc.com