Category: Content technology news (Page 287 of 625)

CM Professionals, a group of content management professionals from around the world, elected its first formal Board of Directors. The new Board roster includes: Ann Rockley, President; Erik Hartman, Vice President; Seth Gottlieb, Treasurer; Samantha Starmer, Secretary; and Frank Gilbane. The election marks a kind of coming of age of the organization, which was formerly launched in October, 2004. Now with more than 250 members from around the world, CM Pros is expanding rapidly. The new board – which take the reins from an interim board – will be charged with converting a variety of strong program ideas from members into active initiatives. Early accomplishments include a resource gallery, active mailing lists, and a successful member “summit” in Boston, USA. CM Professionals is the premier community of practice for people involved with managing content for electronic and other media. CM Professionals collects, develops, organizes and provides access to knowledge about content management through online resources, email interaction and face-to-face summits. By identifying, refining, publicizing and advocating for respected content management practices and models, CM Professionals educates and fosters interaction among content management professionals, enterprise leadership, product vendors and university educators. www.cmprofessionals.org

Design Science announced the release of MathFlow 1.4, targeted at users of Arbortext’s Epic/E3 (v 4.3 or later) or Blast Radius’ XMetaL/XMAX (v 4.5) that need to deal with mathematical content. Free MathFlow evaluations are available. www.dessci.com

Interwoven, Inc. announced the introduction of the Interwoven LiveSite Content Publishing Server. Powered by new WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) content publishing technology, LiveSite empowers business users to easily create and publish dynamic websites – including public sites, intranets and extranets – while still providing IT with the tools to maintain a high degree of control and security. In a related announcement, Interwoven also introduced the new Interwoven Intranet Solution based on LiveSite technology. Fully integrated with the Interwoven TeamSite Web Content Management Server, LiveSite leverages TeamSite’s workflow, version control, staging, rollback, and preview capabilities. Key product features of Interwoven LiveSite include: WYSIWYG Publishing, Component-Based Page Assembly, Point-and-Click Customization, In-Context Review and Edit, and Single-Point Deployment and Delegated Administration. Interwoven LiveSite is generally available now. www.interwoven.com

Cadmus Communications Corporation announced the release of a Macintosh client for its RapidRights digital rights management (DRM) software. The Mac client will run on Mac OS X v10.3 or higher and will use Preview, the built-in Mac Viewer for PDF. RapidRights allows publishers to deliver protected PDF files and is a DRM solution that does not require a separate download or plug-in to open the protected files. RapidRights is the electronic delivery component of Cadmus’ ArticleWorks, a comprehensive content delivery and digital rights management system with complete e-commerce functionality that enables publishers and other content providers to deliver content on demand in either printed or secure electronic formats. www.cadmus.com

Altova announced that a new dedicated differencing utility has been added to its product line. Altova DiffDog 2005 is a synchronization tool that facilitates the comparison and merging of files, folders, and directories for application developers and power users. DiffDog 2005 is available in both Standard and Professional editions. DiffDog 2005 Standard and Professional editions allow users to quickly compare source code files, HTML files, or any text-based files then merge changes with a click of the mouse. Both editions deliver comparison and merging options for all file directories as well. DiffDog 2005 Professional Edition also provides advanced XML-aware differencing and editing capabilities based on those popularized in Altova XMLSpy. DiffDog 2005 integrates with any version control system that supports external differencing applications. Intelligent syntax-coloring, line numbering, indentation guides, folding margins, and other innovative features are provided to assist in comparing source code and XML files. Special XML differencing capabilities in DiffDog 2005 Professional Edition include DTD/schema-based validation, well-formedness checking, intelligent entry helpers, optional entity resolution, and attention to attribute and child element ordering. Developers can compare XML files in either an advanced text view or enhanced grid view. Altova DiffDog 2005 is immediately available for purchase in both Standard and Professional Editions with (USD) prices for a single-user license starting at $69 and $129 respectively. www.altova.com

RedDot Solutions announced the launch of the RedDot LiveServer 2.2, a personalization and integration platform offered specifically for the midmarket. The new RedDot LiveServer features improved functionality for personalization, search and integration. RedDot LiveServer 2.2 now features: improved personalized search with Verity K2 5.5 technology; official certification and registration as an SAP SAP2EE Application; faster integration of pre-existing Web applications; integrated Web applications can now be “content aware”; extended integration with directory services using LDAP; and a new editor toolbar and additional display functions. www.reddot.com

FileNet Corporation announced the general availability of FileNet Email Manager, a new FileNet P8-based suite that helps organizations capture, organize, monitor, retrieve, retain and share email content. FileNet Email Manager is designed to help organizations manage the growth in corporate email and support their need to comply with government regulations for managing email as business records. FileNet Email Manager is designed to make email content an active element of an organization’s business processes while helping to simplify and automate the declaration of email messages as business records. Rather than simply storing every email, FileNet Email Manager applies predetermined business rules at the server level to automatically assign the proper lifecycle criteria, enabling the automated enforcement of compliance with limited user interaction or user-related errors. FileNet Email Manager is a server-based email management solution that integrates with corporate email systems like Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes mail servers and desktop applications such as Microsoft Office. www.filenet.com

Google Inc. announced the availability of the Google Mini, a search appliance that enables small-to-medium businesses to access and manage their information using Google search. The Google Mini is an integrated hardware/software search appliance that indexes all content within a company’s intranet or public website so users can search that content as they can on Google.com. The Google Mini searches up to 50,000 documents and comes with one year of support, software updates, and hardware replacement coverage. It can be purchased online, directly from the Google Store, for $4,995 with a credit card or purchase order. Google also announced enhancements to the Google Search Appliance, a product designed for larger enterprises. New improvements to the Google Search Appliance include: database search, localized administration, third-party content feed API, enhanced secure content access, and SNMP monitoring. www.google.com/enterprise