Percussion Software announced Rhythmyx Content Manager V4.5. Rhythmyx V4.5 is based on a SOAP architecture that allows for enterprise application integration and enables authors to use their existing content creation tools (like Microsoft Word) that can now dynamically interact with the Rhythmyx server. It also enables integration with external repositories such as portals, application servers and other asset management systems. Other new features include: Content Services, Publishing Services, Site Explorer, Support for Content Contributor Groups, and a new Graphical Interface for Content Editor Engine. Rhythmyx V4.5 will also offer administration enhancements to the Publishing Engine, Sybase and UDB Support for Rhythmyx Repositories and LDAP Group Support. Percussion’s Rhythmyx Content Manager V4.5 supports Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Solaris platforms. www.percussion.com
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Plumtree Software announced the general availability of the Enterprise Class Gadget Suite for Lotus Collaboration, which integrates capabilities from Lotus Sametime and Lotus QuickPlace into the Plumtree Corporate Portal. The Gadget Suite allows portal users to share documents, schedule projects and send instant messages within the same environment they use to interact with information and applications from across the enterprise. The Enterprise Class Gadget Web Service for Lotus QuickPlace displays a list of all QuickPlace workspace to which a user belongs. Users enter a QuickPlace from the portal, where they can collaborate through documents and discussions, and manage calendars and task lists. Portal users can select different views to display discussions, documents and folders, calendars, and tasks, and they can create new items from the Gadget Web Service. Plumtree has also lets users to set priorities on documents from within the portal. www.plumtree.com
GE Global eXchange Services and Poet Software announced that they will team to provide hosted catalog management services to Global 1000 companies. The services are designed to allow buying organizations to lower procurement cycle times and reduce overhead costs associated with managing supplier catalogs. Poet will provide content management software, called eSupplierWeb, that allows a buying organization to import supplier catalog content, cleanse the data, apply classification and custom pricing, and then load the data into its procurement systems in the appropriate data format. GE Global eXchange Services (GXS) will provide software hosting services, as well as project planning and management, testing, training and ongoing technical support. The hosted services are compatible with all major electronic catalog data exchange formats, as well as major e-procurement, supply chain network and marketplace platforms. www.poet.com
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X-Hive Corporation announced the release of version 3.0 of X-Hive/DB, the native XML database designed for software developers who need to process and store XML data in their applications. X-Hive/DB supports all major XML standards including XML 1.0, XQuery, XPath, XPointer, XLink, XSL, XUpdate and DOM. It also offers a transaction mechanism, versioning with branching, BLOB storage and various indexing methods, as well as support for J2EE and WebDAV. Next to overall performance improvements the following features have been added or enhanced in X-Hive/DB 3.0: support for XQuery; support for DOM Level 3 Abstract Schema and Load & Save; a new indexing method; improved XPath/XPointer and administrator client with new functions and updated GUI; and simplified database setup with default configuration based on best practices. X-Hive/DB 3.0 is available as of today on Linux, Solaris and Windows. A free 30-day evaluation license can be obtained. www.x-hive.com
W3C released the “XML 1.0 (Second Edition) Conformance Test Suite,” built in cooperation with NIST and formerly hosted by OASIS. The suite contains over 2000 test files that any developer can download free of cost and use to test the conformance of an XML processor to the XML Recommendation. www.w3c.org
The Fantastic Corporation announced the integration of its CoreCast eCDN (enterprise content delivery network) into IBM’s Content Manager Version 8. Together with the IBM Content Manager, CoreCast helps companies manage and deliver massive quantities of information such as text documents, Web content, and audio or video files to the desktop. Fantastic’s CoreCast eCDN is a network-aware distribution platform for delivery of data-intensive multimedia applications within an enterprise. An application-layer content networking engine, CoreCast eCDN automatically recognises its data network environment, performs real-time analysis, proactively adapts distribution processes, routes and answers end-user requests, and allocates network resources according to business policies set at the CoreCast control centre. www.fantastic.com, www.ibm.com/software/data/cm
Inxight Software, Inc. announced Inxight MetaText Server 2.0. Inxight MetaText Server provides a solution for integrating vast resources of unstructured data — email, text files, Web pages, news feeds — into mission-critical business processes. The new version includes a repository for storing metadata — key descriptors collected from a document to quickly and easily identify its meaning; a collection manager for easy scheduling of Web and file system crawls to continually update information stored in repositories; simple concept search integration with third-party search engines; and the addition of full-text search, including Boolean query support for Italian, Portuguese and Dutch. The product also supports English, French, German and Spanish. Inxight MetaText Server provides interfaces for integration with enterprise portals and customer relationship management, text mining, business intelligence, content, document and knowledge management applications. Inxight MetaText Server 2.0 is available immediately. www.inxight.com
Pindar Systems announced the commercial release of Agility v. 1.0, its new enterprise catalog commerce server. Agility, a comprehensive product information management system built with a Java-based, J2EE-compliant Web application server architecture, is now available for sale and installation, following field testing and quality assurance work with customers. Already supporting the latest BEA WebLogic application server, Agility is being extended to support IBM’s WebSphere server by this Fall. In addition to integration with QuarkXPress, Pindar Systems is working on a product information solution that integrates Adobe InDesign 2.0. Agility can be deployed across traditional Microsoft Windows, Web or the new Apple Macintosh OS/X platforms. It runs on Sun SPARC Solaris 7.0 and Intel NT 4.0 (and greater) servers. Supported enterprise databases are Oracle 8i and 9i and Microsoft SQL 2000. www.pindarsystems.com
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