Software AG, Inc. announced the general availability of XML Mediator, a tool for building XML information exchange hubs. XML Mediator manages XML interactions that discover relevant information and uses that information to trigger behavior, such as routing documents or messages to an appropriate destination or transforming the content to other XML formats or presentation styles such as HTML, PDF or WML. XML Mediator provides a framework for addressing the problem of diverse XML vocabularies in much the same way as humans have addressed it for centuries: discover patterns in the information, translate it to a more familiar terminology, and transcribe it into some standardized form. Industries such as healthcare, insurance, energy, chemical and petroleum are defining XML-based standards that simplify information exchange. XML Mediator has the ability to support data exchange standards such as ACORD, IFX, FIXML, PIDX and CIDX. www.softwareagusa.com
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Lightspeed Interactive, Inc. and Innovative Learning Solutions (ILS) announced the formal establishment of a strategic co-marketing partnership. The relationship provides a e-learning solution for their customers. Under terms of the agreement, ILS will provide Lightspeed customers with value-added instructional design services while ILS will incorporate and resell Lightspeed products in their own solutions. ILS will incorporate Lightspeed’s technology to deliver dynamic learning and custom training solutions via the Web and other traditional training delivery methods. www.lspeed.com, www.innls.com
Bitstream Inc. announced that BroadVision, Inc. has licensed Bitstream’s font rendering technology and complementary fonts to enhance its Enterprise Business Portal products. BroadVision is using Bitstream technology in BroadVision QuickSilver, a full-featured software package for creating and publishing long, complex documents in multiple output formats (including HTML, PDF, Postscript and ASCII) across different platforms and networks. QuickSilver delivers publishing, word processing, and Web publishing for long, complex, multi-language documents in one package. It also includes an array of tools to help users migrate their complex document applications to XML. www.bitstream.com
WebWare Corporation announced it has signed an agreement with Right Hemisphere to make its 3D and 2D viewing graphics and video capabilities available to clients of WebWare MAMBO BRM software. Artists and engineers in both creative and engineering environments will be able to access and manage professional-quality 3D imagery via an Internet browser – graphics, wire frames, texture mapping, et. al – and manipulate them in 3D space. The combination will enable teams from differing disciplines to collaborate on various technical or brand asset projects. The optional Right Hemisphere plug-in enables WebWare users to ingest 3D models, generate thumbnail proxies, and generate 3D enlargements that can be rotated in three-dimensional space. Integration of the Right Hemisphere technology with WebWare MAMBO will be available in Q3, 2002. Pricing is available from WebWare and its resellers. www.righthemisphere.com, www.webwarecorp.com
Sakson & Taylor announced a partnership with SDL International to work together to provide technical information solutions for global markets. www.sdlintl.com
Arbortext, Inc. announced that its upcoming release of Epic Editor version 4.3 will provide significant improvements for designers, developers and business users. In addition to several authoring enhancements, Epic Editor version 4.3 will contain new or improved support for XML Schemas, Publishing Pipeline, XUI, XSL-FO and ActiveX. Epic 4.3 also provides integration with FileNET’s Panagon Content Services, offers a set of familiar toolbar icons that a developer can easily associate with specific XML tags, attributes and attribute values, gives authors the option of seeing spelling mistakes immediately and fixing those mistakes on the spot, and provides easier configuration and customization for developers and business users as they work with MathML (for equations), SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) and forms created in Visual Basic. Epic Editor 4.3 will ship Summer, 2002. All Arbortext customers under maintenance are eligible to receive the Epic Editor 4.3 upgrade at no charge, and the upgrade will be automatically shipped to them. www.arbortext.com
RedDot Solutions released Content Management Server (CMS) 4.5. RedDot CMS 4.5 introduces new features and increased functionality in the RedDot CMS Web content management solution. Among these new features are the new plug-in interface for custom scripting of add-on functionality, server clustering capabilities and access to a Media Catalog for digital asset management (DAM). Additional new features include: redlining for workflow and version management, improved template administration, including template import/export (to move to external web design tools), support for UNC network paths, improved user management, enhanced password checking for NT/LDAP, browser-based log file administration, Italian language interface, and compatibility with the forthcoming RedDot Content Integration Server. RedDot Content Management Server 4.5 is immediately available from RedDot Solutions and its business partners. www.RedDot.com
TIBCO Software Inc. announced the release of TIBCO ActiveExchange 3.0. TIBCO ActiveExchange provides a single platform for EAI that accelerates integration with partners (suppliers, distributors, resellers) and customers. Version 3.0 adds enhanced support for XML, SOAP, EDI, RosettaNet, ebXML and more. TIBCO ActiveExchange’s added functionality also serves as a platform for packaged solutions that address specific industry initiatives, such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) compliance for healthcare, RosettaNet integration for high-tech manufacturing, and ChemXML for pharmaceuticals. TIBCO ActiveExchange also provides the security and integrity of all online interactions with robust authentication and authorization, encryption and non- repudiation. www.tibco.com
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