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Blue Hammock Inc. announced added service offerings with Data and Content Management. The company terms these offerings, “Information Assets,” defined as leveraging and improving an organizations’ data and content so that it will deliver critical business information. The company has formed alliances with Trillium Software and Interwoven, Inc. in an effort to support these new service lines. www.trilliumsoftware.com, www.interwoven.com, www.bluehammock.com

WebWare Corporation announced that Adobe Graphics Server 2.0 will be fully supported in WebWare MAMBO, Version 4.0, the new edition of WebWare’s enterprise-level digital asset management software. A unique feature available in the combined solution is the ability to manage, preview and transform individual layers in an Adobe-format compound file. Users at a remote location may call up a graphic stored in a WebWare content repository and view it on a standard Web browser. If the document is comprised of different layers, users will view all separate layers as an animated GIF thumbnail, essentially allowing them to “see” into a file without opening it. They may then re-order or make other layers invisible, and see how the newly reconstituted file will look. Adobe Graphics Server 2.0 will be bundled with WebWare MAMBO Version 4.0. Pricing has not been announced. The J2EE-compliant WebWare upgrade will be available early in Q1, 2003. www.webware.com

Isogen International announced it has formed a new business alliance with empolis content management GmbH. Under the agreement, Isogen GEN International will provide integration and implementation services for the sigmalink content management system and other XML products from empolis. The companies are also looking to jointly sponsor XML courses this fall from the Isogen curriculum at empolis locations in Europe and the United States. www.empolis.com, www.isogen.com

Stellent, Inc. announced that Palm Inc. has embedded its Outside In Wireless Export technology in the new Tungsten Mobile Information Management (MIM) Solution. The Tungsten MIM Solution offers enterprises a complete and secure wireless email and groupware access system using the Palm i705 handheld and the Palm m500 series handhelds with the Xircom 802.11 module. The Stellent Wireless Export technology will enable Tungsten MIM users to view email attachments on their Palm handhelds without having to perform a HotSync operation with their desktop environments via a cradle or transfer the native file to the Palm handheld prior to viewing. Palm’s Tungsten MIM Solution is scheduled to begin shipping on Oct. 28, 2002. www.stellent.com, www.palm.com

Canto announced “Web Publisher Pro”, a new Option that allows users to publish Cumulus catalogs and to market digital assets on dynamic web pages in the Internet. The new Option is based on the Cumulus Java Classes and is designed for users who do not merely publish their assets but also intend to market them, as is the case in marketing departments, ad agencies, publishing houses, PR departments, and also in museums, mail-order-houses and other user groups. The integrated ordering system enables users to choose a preferred method of asset delivery-download, email, or physical fulfillment. Separate management of users and groups has now been implemented, based on the Cumulus database so that no additional installation and licensing efforts are required. Customizations and integration with existing databases of other suppliers (e.g. mySQL) can be easily realized. Web Publisher Pro will be available in the second half of November 2002 with English, German and French user interface on Mac OS X, Windows, Solaris and Linux platforms. A batch cataloging license of Web Publisher Pro will be available for $1495. Upgrades for existing Web Publisher installations will be
also offered. www.canto.com

Soholaunch, Inc. announced the release of the Soholaunch Site Management Tool (SMT), a thin-client website development application that creates and manages database-driven websites through a “drag and drop” browser interface. Soholaunch SMT is written in PHP and installs on servers running a Linux operating system and a mySQL database. Soholaunch’s license allows for source code editing by the licensee as well as sharing of modifications and enhancements via the company’s developers’ network. Soholaunch has signed a distribution agreement with Red Hat, Inc. for a free evaluation copy of the SMT to be included on the Linux Application CD packaged with the new Red Hat 8.0 OS release. The Soholaunch Site Management Tool is available immediately at Soholaunch.com and is priced at $799 for the SMT Pro and $199 for the SMT Lite. Until December 31, 2002 there is an introductory special on-line pricing of $299 for the SMT Pro and $49 for the SMT Lite. www.soholaunch.com

Autonomy Corporation plc announced the release of Autonomy’s Collaboration and Enterprise Networks (CEN). CEN makes it possible for organizations to capture, visualize and manage employee expertise and make knowledge available throughout the enterprise regardless of location. Autonomy’s software generates profiles implicitly and explicitly. As users interact with content, the system understands the concepts within the content and automatically develops a profile or adjusts it as the users work projects change. In addition, because Autonomy understands conceptually user profiles and content, it will link together employees that are working on similar projects even though it may not sound like they are doing related work. CEN allows enterprises to get an overview of what information they have, who is working on or using that information, and who the experts are on particular topics within the organization. CEN’s ability to profile network traffic through “mapping and visualization” (color-coded views of where information is located and how much is there) delivers a picture of activities on a daily basis. www.autonomy.com