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FileNET Announces Update to Content Management Application for Accounts Payable

FileNET Corp. announced general availability of Acenza Payables Version 2.0, an enterprisewide, Web-based content management application that streamlines the accounts payables approval process, allowing accounting staff to handle more invoices. The new version offers an improved user interface, greater scalability, and enhanced out-of-the-box functionality. With Acenza Payables, invoices presented in paper, fax, electronic or Web form are captured electronically, filed securely, and routed for data entry and approval automatically. With its Web browser interface, the solution enables status checks and payment approvals to be linked across the enterprise, as well as externally to authorized business partners and suppliers. In order to facilitate solution delivery, FileNET is partnering with Impact Innovations Group to provide systems integration of Acenza Payables to Peoplesoft ERP systems. Software license pricing is dependent on the customer’s actual deployment requirements, with system pricing starting at less than $100,000. www.FileNET.com

Documentum & Fujitsu in Distribution Agreement

Documentum announced that it has entered into a new distributor partnership with Fujitsu Limited. Together the two companies will deliver enterprise content management solutions based on the Documentum 4i eBusiness Platform. The offerings are targeted at leading Japanese process manufacturing and life science clients operating in multiple geographies. The new distribution partnership will enable Documentum’s expansion into the rapidly growing Japanese enterprise content management market. It is also an integral part of Fujitsu’s focus on leveraging all broadband Internet opportunities for its products and services. Fujitsu’s 100% owned IT consulting subsidiary DMR, will deliver specialized Documentum consulting and systems integration services. Through the partnership, the two companies will provide enterprise content management solutions to Japanese companies in pharmaceutical, healthcare and related sectors. www.documentum.com

TeleKnowledge Launches Total-e Content 2.5

TeleKnowledge announced the availability of Total-e Content 2.5, the latest version of its out-of-the-box content monetization application. Key enhancements in Total-e Content 2.5 include real-time rating, increased partner revenue management functionality, the ability to manage billing and payment services for multiple resellers within a single system, and service fulfillment capabilities. Based on TeleKnowledge’s multi-tier architecture, Total-e Content gives digital media providers advanced scalability to manage millions of subscribers. Total-e Content enables content owners, aggregators and distributors to define, track and manage all of their content-based revenue streams. Media and entertainment companies, content portals and other online service providers are now able to quickly and easily monetize all forms of digital content, both directly to subscribers as well as through channel and syndication partnerships. Total-e Content 2.5 is supported on Windows NT/2000 and Sun Solaris 2.6/2.7/2.8 platforms and is commercially available. www.teleknowledge.com

OASIS Forms Committee to Develop Web Services Standard for Remote Portals

OASIS announced its members have formed the OASIS Web Services for Remote Portals (WSRP) Technical Committee to create an XML and Web services standard that will allow the plug-n-play of visual, user-facing Web services with portals or other intermediary Web applications. These WSRP services will enable businesses to provide content or applications in a form that does not require any manual or application-specific adaptation by consuming portals and applications. WSRP will allow remote portlet Web services to be implemented in a variety of ways, including Java/J2EE and Microsoft’s .NET platform. WSRP services will be built on standard technologies including SOAP, UDDI, and WSDL. Members include: Bowstreet, Divine, Documentum, Epicentric, Factiva, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM, Interwoven, IONA, Oracle Corp., Plumtree Software, Reed Elsevier, Reuters, SilverStream Software. Participation remains open to all organizations and individuals. www.oasis-open.org

MedSeek Launches Enhanced SiteMaker SiteMaker 5

MedSeek’s SiteMaker is launching a new version SiteMaker 5, designed to improve the way administrators build websites. This version of SiteMaker offers new tools to help administrators collaborate more efficiently, manage dynamic web content more easily and securely, along with a host of management tools that monitor and deploy large scale installations. New features in SiteMaker 5 include Announcements, QuickProjects, Notepad, Instant Message, StickyNotes, Reminders, Library, Personal Manager, a new improved webpage editor, and enhancements to the graphics manager, network security integration, and the ability to add SiteMaker 5 Server clusters. Websites containing thousands of webpages can be controlled through the Website Tree Toolbar. SiteMaker 5 also gains flexibility by being able to integrate with legacy systems that are used in healthcare facilities. MedSeek has already incorporated web-based “front doors” to important back-end systems. www.medseek.com

Day & PricewaterhouseCoopers Form Partnership

Day and PricewaterhouseCoopers announced a partnership to jointly implement e-business solutions in Switzerland and Luxemburg based on Day’s Communique software. PricewaterhouseCoopers and Day sales and services professionals will work together to deliver global enterprise content management and Business Unification solutions. By creating these systems using Communique, Pricewaterhouse can provide a wide range of solutions including portals, intranets, extranets and web sites. www.pwcglobal.com, www.day.com

ArsDigita to Deliver Enterprise Collaboration Management on Oracle9i Application Server

ArsDigita announced validation of ArsDigita’s Enterprise Collaboration Management (ECM) solution on Oracle9i Application Server (Oracle9iAS). ArsDigita will leverage Oracle9iAS to deploy scalable and reliable ECM solutions. By becoming a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork, ArsDigita can offer its customers a Web development platform upon which ArsDigita’s ECM solution can be deployed. The support Oracle9iAS provides for J2EE and XML, and the Web and database caching technologies it provides, reduces hardware requirements for high-volume Internet business applications.

Zope Releases Zope 2.5 & Python 2.2

Zope Corporation announced the release of Zope 2.5. Zope enables the rapid building and deployment of web content. Zope 2.5 includes Zope Page Templates (ZPT), the new model for dynamically generating pages. ZPT embraces W3C standards by leveraging namespace attributes to insert page directives. This approach allows site designers and developers to work side-by-side, since the interim and final product remains valid HTML. The 2.5 release also offers built-in session tracking, encrypted password support and significant performance improvements. Zope Corporation has just released version 1.2 of its Content Management Framework (CMF). Python 2.2 was also recently released. www.python.org, www.zope.com

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