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Jcorporate Ltd. unveiled its Expresso 4.0 application development framework, a major release which includes integration with the Apache Jakarta Struts Framework. Expresso is an OSS Java application development framework, a foundation set of reusable, Java software components. By leveraging Java, JSP, Servlet, XML, J2EE, Javamail, Cactus, Log4J, JUnit, Xerces, Xalan, and Struts, Jcorporate empowers businesses to design and implement unique, adaptable, and unrestricted solutions that are independent of platform and application server.
Struts is a MVC light weight framework emphasizing presentation and application configuration, and bringing a powerful tag library to Expresso. Expresso 4.0 is an application development framework with components for developing database-driven web applications. Struts concentrates on specific areas of the application development process, whereas Expresso adds capabilities for database-stored security, object-relational mapping, background job handling and scheduling, self-tests, log4j logging integration, automated table manipulation, database connection pooling, email connectivity, event notification, caching, internationalization, XML automation, testing, registration objects, configuration management, automatic database maintenance, etc. Expresso is available for download at www.jcorporate.com/product/expresso.html

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

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

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

LexiQuest, Inc. announced the release of LexiQuest Categorize for automated document categorization and taxonomy management. Powered by LexiQuest’s proprietary Language Recognition technology, LexiQuest Categorize will help firms in such information-intense industries as pharmaceuticals, financial services, and law firms efficiently organize and manage hundreds of thousands of documents improving knowledge management and information sharing. LexiQuest Categorize can adapt to language the same way people do. Using a set of training documents, Categorize “reads” the content and ntelligently “learns” the type of information you expect to see in each category. The resulting definitions can then be customized and refined by expert users to ensure accuracy. Incoming documents are then “read” in the same manner and compared to category definitions until a suitable match is found at which time the document will be assigned to that category. Capable of handling over 250,000 pages of text per hour, Categorize can work on HTML, XML, MS Office, PDF, and e-mail and be used to catalog research and patent documents, journal articles, websites, analyst reports, legal briefs, etc. The administration functions allow you to continually monitor the performance of the system and make changes as needed to deliver the highest degree of accuracy. www.lexiquest.com

Equilibrium announced the availability of MediaRich 2.0 for corporations to dynamically generate, update and deliver visual content to Web sites and data-enabled devices. New features in version 2.0 include advances in data integration for XML, ODBC and Metadata sources, increased font rendering capabilities, support for Unicode international character sets, ICC color profiles and enhanced Photoshop 6.0 support. MediaRich is server-based imaging software that automates image production and enables the dynamic delivery of images to output devices. Equilibrium MediaRich Enterprise Edition 2.0 is server based-software starting at $35,000 per server and is available immediately. www.equilibrium.com/products/MediaRich/index.jsp