Volantis Systems Ltd. has been named as a three star partner for pervasive Internet (multi channel) solutions by BEA Systems Ltd. The partnership will provide organisations with a platform for the management and delivery of web applications across multiple channels and connected devices. The partnership covers sales, marketing and technology development, ensuring the rapid integration of Volantis’ solution, Mariner, with the BEA WebLogic Server and BEA Portal Server. The combined offering provides customers with an immediately deployable multi-channel infrastructure. www.volantis.com
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Conviveon Corporation announced availability of its Conviveon Access Appliance, an integrated hardware and software content management solution. The Conviveon Access Appliance integrates a web server, application server and database server on a single piece of hardware, and comes pre-installed with Conviveon Access Server, an XML-based content management and integration software platform. The entry-level appliance, CAA100, is a 1U “pizza box” server ready to plug directly into a network, enabling web designers and users to start taking advantage of its capabilities immediately. Oracle and SQL Server options are also available, as are a variety of hardware alternatives. www.conviveon.com
SiteScape Inc. announced that it has released a number of new collaborative Content Delivery Agents (CDAs) for the Citrix NFuse Elite access portal server. SiteScape’s CDAs, which are individual, customizable components that “plug into” an existing back-end system to present tailored views of data to the portal desktop, allow NFuse Elite portal customers to access the basic collaboration, knowledge management and business process improvement features. SiteScape’s CDAs for Citrix NFuse Elite are free of charge and are immediately available for download from SiteScape’s website. www.sitescape.com/next/download.html
FileNET Corporation announced its support for Universal Application Network – a standards-based, vendor-independent application integration solution – launched by Siebel Systems, in conjunction with other application software vendors, integration server vendors and systems integrators. FileNET plans to provide out-of-the-box connectivity between FileNET ECM and Universal Application Network. Based on XML and Web Services standards, Universal Application Network enables organizations to integrate applications such as FileNET’s ECM solutions, and helps organizations avoid being locked into vendor-specific architectures. FileNET and Siebel Systems will deliver an enhanced integrated solution that combines the best practices drawn from both Siebel Systems’ business process library and FileNET’s approach to Enterprise Content Management. www.FileNET.com
Quasar Technologies has launched GetReady, a content management system that provides cross-media publishing capability, and plans to market it worldwide. GetReady provides visual search, a knowledge engine, automatic table management, intelligent workflow, interactive editing workspace, full IPTC and Metadata support as standard. For text and image editing, the product integrates with Adobe InCopy, InDesign, Graphics Server GoLive and Photoshop, relying on InDesign for layout and design. www.quasar-tech.com
Vignette Corp. unveiled the Vignette V7 family of content management applications that offer a mix of out-of-the-box and configurable capabilities packaged to meet departmental or enterprise requirements. Vignette Content Management Group Suite 7 is designed for departments that need a content management solution to power one Web site or portal, as well as predefined workflows, content types and the Vignette Command Center. Vignette Content Management Business Suite 7 is designed for organizations with multiple mission-critical Web sites and portals that leverage content residing throughout the enterprise. It includes additional features such as a graphical workflow creation, multisite management and a graphical integration workbench. Vignette Content Management Enterprise Suite 7 will unify the content management processes across an entire enterprise. This suite will contain advanced reporting, adapters to integrate unstructured content into portals and Web applications, and a set of software development kits. The Vignette Content Management Group Suite 7 and Vignette Content Management Business Suite 7 will be available by the end of the year. Vignette Content Management Enterprise Suite 7 is scheduled to be shipped in the first half of 2003. www.vignette.com
Inclusion Technologies, Inc. announced release of the Intra.Net Information Management System 4.4, with enhanced tools for improving organizational effectiveness. With a new set of tools for managing common business processes, customers can now establish routing mechanisms that match organizational work flows, view document change histories, and rate them for easier approvals and distribution. Version 4.4 offers administration tools and low maintenance requirements that make it possible for individual departments, administrators, or resource managers to set up the Intranet and manage their own content, calendars, contacts and access privileges. Inclusion Technologies provides its secure platform as both a licensed product for use within customer data centers, and as a fully scaleable ASP solution for immediate deployment. www.inclusiontechnologies.com
LightSpeed Software, Inc. announced the release of Astoria 4.0, a major new release of their content management system. LightSpeed Astoria is an XML-based content management solution that works with current authoring tools to provide fine-grained control over valuable information assets. LightSpeed Astoria manages the collaborative authoring process, providing access control, versioning, flexible information and component reuse, meta-data tagging, workflow and distribution to the Web, PDA’s, paper and CD-ROM. LightSpeed Astoria 4.0 features include enhanced compatibility with current versions of XML and SGML authoring tools, including Arbortext Epic 4.3, Corel XMetaL 3.0 and Adobe FrameMaker 7, inclusion of advanced review and workflow features, as well as performance and scalability improvements. LightSpeed Astoria’s integration with Altova’s authentic 5 enables remote authoring of structured XML content through a standard Web browser. www.LSpeed.com
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