Category: Content technology news (Page 275 of 637)

Interwoven, Inc. announced they have become a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Interwoven, building on Microsoft technologies, will enable information workers-starting with professional services firms including legal, accounting, management consulting, corporate legal departments, and IT consulting-to manage the entire content lifecycle through the tight integration of the Interwoven WorkSite Collaborative Document Management, E-Mail Management, and RecordsManager solutions with the Microsoft platform including Office, SharePoint Portal Server, and Windows.

Infodata Systems Inc. announced it has signed a Letter of Intent to be acquired by McDonald Bradley Inc. (MBI), a privately held information technology solutions provider to the government marketplace with headquarters in Herndon, Virginia. A definitive agreement is expected to be signed within the next two weeks. The cash offer is for 100% of the stock of Infodata. Based on a current estimate of 6.3 million outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis, the per share purchase price would be $1.20. Based on a current estimate of 5.3 million outstanding shares on a non-fully diluted basis, and on the closing market price of $1.18 per share on May 11, 2005, the purchase price is approximately $1.3 million above Infodata’s current market capitalization. The transaction, which is planned to close by July 31, 2005, is subject to approval by Infodata’s shareholders and other customary conditions of closing, including satisfactory completion of due diligence by MBI.

Fios Inc., a provider of IT-enabled electronic discovery services, and Interwoven announced a strategic partnership that will result in a discovery management solution for the enterprise. Under the agreement, Fios will OEM and integrate Interwoven’s Collaborative Document Management (CDM) technology as the foundation of its evidence management services. Additionally, FIOS will serve as a preferred partner to meet the electronic discovery needs of Interwoven’s installed client base. Together, the two companies will help enterprises proactively address the fire drills, litigation risk and cost predictability issues caused by the growing volume of electronic documents that must be managed and easily accessed for government investigations, regulatory compliance, antitrust inquiries and litigation. ,

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. ,