ALPNET, Inc. announced the launching of its FastTrackXML, an extensible solution that offers corporations a quick and easy way to implement an XML-based authoring and single-source publishing system. Working with the client, Alpnet consultants and engineers implement, over a period of four to six weeks, a system that enables the client to author information modules, assemble them into publications and publish the result to paper, Web or on-line help. The FastTrackXML solution from Alpnet makes use of off-the-shelf packages and combines them with Alpnet design, development and customization services and powerful Alpnet -developed components. It is made up of an authoring environment and a publishing environment, developed and customized for one publication type, a service manual for instance. FastTrackXML from Alpnet lets users customize the content of the manualand output it to print, Web or on-line help format. Target users of FastTrackXML from Alpnet are publication departments, engineering teams that develop product information and marketing teams that need to publish the same information to multiple channels. www.alpnet.com
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FatWire Software announced a strategic partnership with Beaconfire Consulting to bring content management solutions to nonprofit organizations. As the latest addition to FatWire’s Partner Program, Beaconfire will be able to use FatWire’s UpdateEngine5 software to address the content management needs of many of their nonprofit clients. Beaconfire employees have been fully certified in FatWire’s technical training programs. FatWire will provide sales and technical support. www.FatWire.com, www.Beaconfire.com
OnePage, Inc. announced it has joined the IBM portlet provider program and is offering IBM WebSphere Portal customers its OnePage Content Connect Studio software. OnePage Content Connect Studio enables companies to eliminate manual scraping and scripting processes that currently slow down and add to the expense of portal implementations. Using OnePage Content Connect Studio, organizations are able to create portlets rapidly from HTML Pages, databases, datafeeds, applications and flat files and easily publish those portlets into any existing enterprise portal, wireless solution or to web services UDDI registries. WebSphere Portal exploits IBM’s WebSphere Application Server. The portal software enables companies to build portals that offer users a personalized, secure, single point of interaction with people, content, applications and processes. OnePage Content Connect Studio also can be used to build web service elements for WebSphere Portal. OnePage Content Connect Studio is available immediately for the IBM WebSphere Portal environments. www.onepage.com
XML Global Technologies, Inc. and iWay Software announced the general availability of XTS, an XML Transformation Server. Jointly developed between XML Global Technologies, Inc. and iWay Software, XTS is a lightweight, low-cost integration server that enables businesses to link B2B or A2A systems together in real time utilizing XML for message transport and enhancement between systems. XTS’s easy-to-use Transformation Workbench enables implementers to create the sophisticated message transformations necessary to enable systems to collaborate through iWay Intelligent Adapters, without custom code, Java Components, or proprietary scripting languages. The XTS Transformation Workbench provides over 3,000 predefined templates to link EDI feeds, HIPAA exchanges, e- business exchanges, and packaged applications with each other and other enterprise information assets. www.iWaysoftware.com, www.xmlglobal.com
Infoteria Corporation announced availability of Infoteria Business Language Objects for XML (BLOX). Based on its Asteria B2B Platform technology, Infoteria’s BLOX offer technology companies the ability to add the B2Bi capabilities of RosettaNet business processes into their J2EE or .NET Web Services infrastructure. Using Infoteria’s BLOX, IT managers can add business-process-intelligence to their current Supply Chain, Order Management
and ERP systems. Infoteria’s J2EE Web Services for RosettaNet, the first set of Infoteria’s BLOX, are J2EE objects that run on any J2EE Application Server. They augment any back-end system by providing RosettaNet Implementation Framework (RNIF) support and Partner Interface Process (PIP) message handling, including support for over 140 RosettaNet PIPs. Infoteria’s BLOX for Microsoft’s .NET web services environment will be released in early 2002. Infoteria’s BLOX are available for OEM. Pricing is based on bundles of
BLOX components that can be configured according to the needs of an individual
OEM customer’s needs. J2EE Services for RosettaNet are available now. www.infoteria.com
Inktomi Corp. announced that it is a developer partner for Microsoft’s new Microsoft Producer for PowerPoint 2002. Inktomi has enhanced Inktomi Media Publisher software, allowing users of Microsoft Producer to automatically publish, distribute and manage rich media content across distributed, heterogeneous networks using Producer’s built-in Publish Wizard. Working seamlessly with Microsoft Producer, Inktomi Media Publisher enables networks to handle the flow of multimedia presentations and other rich content across networks while giving users fast access to business critical information. Inktomi Media Publisher provides users of Microsoft Producer with integrated content publishing, scheduled distribution, content management and search capabilities through a Web application. To facilitate access to this content, Inktomi Media Publisher includes Inktomi’s enterprise search technology, allowing users to search and retrieve rich media content published across networks by keyword, title and description.
www.inktomi.com
XyEnterprise announced that it has entered into an alliance with Interwoven, Inc. XyEnterprise has integrated XML Professional Publisher with Interwoven’s
TeamSite, and TeamXML. This joint integration allows users to publish XML content to PostScript and PDF while simultaneously publishing the same XML content to the Web. Under the terms of the agreement, XyEnterprise and Interwoven will work collaboratively to bring the integration to the marketplace. XML Professional Publisher (XPP) composes pages from XML/SGML or other source data and creates high quality output in PDF, PostScript and HTML using XSLT/XSL. XPP provides XML and typographic support combined with speed and throughput. The XPP system is ideally suited for high volume batch publishing as well as dynamic print-on-demand applications. www.interwoven.com, www.xyenterprise.com
Idiom Technologies, Inc. announced the availability of Idiom WorldServer 5.0, Web infrastructure software for globalization. WorldServer 5.0 features advanced translation technology with a centralized, shareable enterprise-level Translation Memory and Terminology Database, and a high performance translation workbench powered by Deja Vu. WorldServer 5.0 enhancements were designed to meet the specific needs of everyone working on globalization projects, including translators, reviewers, Webmasters, and business, project, and IT managers. WorldServer 5.0 features a high performance translation workbench, powered by Deja Vu, a translation tool that includes translation memory technology. WorldServer 5.0 offers a browser-based translation workbench, as well as a Windows translation workbench, features a role-based user interface, and includes wizards for rule building, process automation, and globalization workflow that partially automate the globalization process. WorldServer’s J2EE architecture can integrate with any corporate information repository, content management system, or application server. Pricing starts with a basic model and increases as users and locales are added. Idiom offers availability with both in-house licensing and hosting options. www.idiominc.com
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