Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced the general availability of the Sun ONE Identity Server 6.0, a network identity solution. The Sun ONE Identity Server 6.0 leverages Java, the Liberty Alliance, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) specifications. The Sun ONE Identity Server 6.0 integrates access management, delegated administration, directory and federation services into a single product. A key component of Sun’s overall identity management solution, it is built on top of the Sun ONE Directory Server and leverages the consolidation capabilities of the Sun ONE Meta Directory. A key capability of the Sun ONE Identity Server is the ability to federate identities, via either SAML or the Liberty Specification, both internal and external to the organization’s firewall. The Sun ONE Identity Server 6.0 integrates the Sun ONE Directory Server and includes access management, identity administration, federation, and service management. Sun is also a founding member of the Liberty Alliance. The Sun ONE Identity Server 6.0 is available immediately. www.sun.com/software/products/identity_srvr/home_identity.html, www.sun.com
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Veridocs announced that XMLdocs Beta Version is available free for a limited time. XMLdocs is a hosted, Web-based system for creating and managing user-friendly XML content management solutions. XMLdocs Version 1, slated for release in February 2003, will be available on a hosted basis. With XMLdocs, organizations can create XML document templates for everything from press releases and product descriptions to knowledge-based articles and help documents. Using these templates, non-technical users write XML documents in XMLdoc’s XML word processor. Documents can then be exported for publication on a Web site or elsewhere through a simple Web Service.
DataPower Technology, Inc. announced the immediate availability of the DataPower XS40 XML Security Gateway, a network device purpose-built to secure XML-based applications at wirespeed across the entire enterprise with ease. The XS40 device combines wirespeed performance, comprehensive security and agility to allow enterprises to overcome the largest barrier to adopting XML Web Services both internally and externally. With XG3 – DataPower’s XML processing technology – the XS40 is able to parse, validate schema, decrypt, verify signatures, transform, sign and encrypt XML message flows with the wirespeed performance necessary. The XS40 integrates XML/SOAP filtering, encryption, digital signatures, and data validation at the message level or at the XML field level. The DataPower XS40 XML Security Gateway is shipping today. www.datapower.com
Global Moxie announced the immediate release of Big Medium, a content management system that makes it easy to manage dynamic, fast-changing websites. The software’s browser-based interface allows non-technical staff to add, edit and publish Web content without needing to learn HTML. Designed to fit within the technical resources and budgets of even the smallest businesses and non-profits, Big Medium delivers power and flexibility to organizations that typically find themselves unable to access or afford Web management tools. Big Medium is a suite of Perl scripts that runs on UNIX servers, including Linux, Mac OSX, Solaris and FreeBSD. Big Medium can manage hundreds of websites on a single server, allowing organizations to provide individual departments, products, employees, teachers or students with their own sites. Big Medium was designed to help manage content-rich, frequently updated sites such as news sites, marketing sites, corporate intranets or education sites that require daily, weekly or monthly updates. Big Medium is available today from the Global Moxie website and is licensed for $299, with free updates for one year. The product runs on servers operating the UNIX operating system, including Linux, Mac OSX, Solaris and FreeBSD. www.globalmoxie.com
Open Text Corporation and Eloquent, Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive acquisition agreement in which a wholly owned subsidiary of Open Text will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Eloquent for cash consideration of up to US $6,720,000, or approximately $0.34 per share, of which US $1,000,000 will be held in escrow to secure certain representations, warranties and covenants of Eloquent in the acquisition agreement. The purchase price is also subject to downward closing adjustment based on Eloquent’s net cash at closing as described in the acquisition agreement. The companies expect the transaction to close in the next 90 days subject to certain conditions, including approval by Eloquent’s stockholders. Eloquent’s “sales readiness” solution, LaunchForce, is designed to deploy corporate knowledge to front-line employees and partners. Benefits of integration with Open Text’s Livelink include: enhancing Livelink MeetingZone with live video conferencing and rich automatic archiving, adding Livelink for Sales Readiness to the Livelink Application Portfolio, and adding collaboration and knowledge management capabilities to LaunchForce. www.eloquent.com, www.opentext.com
Canto announced “Internet Client Pro”. Internet Client Pro, part of the
Cumulus Enterprise Edition, is based on Cumulus Java Classes and JSP technology and replaces the “Internet Client” based on cgi technology. Internet Client Pro is especially designed for users who do not merely publish their assets but also intend to use them for marketing and generating business, as is the case in marketing departments, ad agencies, publishing houses, and PR
departments. Internet Client Pro is only compatible with the Cumulus Enterprise Edition. Internet Client Pro enables users to create dynamic web pages allowing visitors to search for images and other documents within Cumulus catalogs using a standard Web browser, then they can sort and select and place the items in a collection basket for download. According to their user rights visitors also can catalog new assets, assign assets to new categories, edit and update stored metadata or check out and check in assets for local processing without having to install additional software. Internet Client Pro is due to be available in the middle of February 2003 with an English, German, and French user interface on Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris and Linux platforms. www.canto.com
An experimental programming language now available for testing transforms documents and data between specific formats so that documents can be read no matter what application or device is used. It’s posted on a site that is jointly managed by Xerox Corporation and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for programmers and software developers who want to try out software from both commercial and academic research centers. The new language, called Circus-DTE, is a research project developed at the Xerox Research Centre of Europe in Grenoble, France. XRCE scientists believe that Circus-DTE could be especially useful when there are multiple document transformations, such as document content processing, Internet publishing, publishing on handheld devices and database-to-XML conversions. For example, processing a customer order requires a series of transformations — data must be input into applications that check inventory and availability, that prepare shipping documentation, that generate an invoice, that process payments and perhaps even publish to the Web so a customer can track progress online. Software developers and programmers wishing to check out Circus-DTE or any of the other technologies can download them from www.alphaAve.com. www.lac.rit.edu, www.parc.com
Mirror Image Internet announced the availability of instaContent Stream, the newest edition to the company’s suite of instaContent Global Distribution Services. The enhanced instaContent Stream offering provides multimedia management and delivery capabilities that enable users to publish, manage, deliver and analyze high-quality multimedia presentations. By leveraging Mirror Image’s Content Access Point (CAP) network to regionally store and deliver multimedia, instaContent Stream provides businesses with the ability to deliver rich, continuous multimedia to users, regardless of location or Web traffic fluctuations. Mirror Image’s solution eliminates the need to install additional internal architecture, reduces bandwidth and storage requirements, and includes media file support for multiple delivery platforms, including RealNetworks, Windows Media and QuickTime. www.mirror-image.com
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