Requisite Technology, Inc. and Critical Reach Inc. announced they have signed an OEM agreement that will make rich 3D content viewable in Requisite’s BugsEye catalog finding engine. By integrating Critical Reach’s revolutionary 3D interactive content deployment technology with Requisite’s system, buyers can quickly and easily view suppliers’ interactive 3D content, such as CAD, VRML or 3D Studio. The Critical Reach technology is available now as an option with the latest release of Requisite’s BugsEye catalog finding engine. The combined capability will enable faster, more accurate product identification and selection, by providing interactivity and high bandwidth content delivery. Critical Reach’s software, the Critical Reach Service Suite, tightly links graphics to textual descriptions. Anyone with a Web-browser, such as on a Web-enabled laptop or wireless handheld, can quickly access fast, interactive 3D content from any location, without requiring any client-side plug-in or software installation. www.requisite.com, www.criticalreach.com
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Connotate Technologies released vTag Version 2.0, a major upgrade of its web data extraction environment. Built on its XML-By-Example extraction rule generator, vTag 2.0 dramatically increases coverage of web-based data and improves speed by a factor of 150. Version 2.0 extends vTag’s current capabilities in two key ways. It extends extraction capabilities to include construction of XML relationships that span multiple linked pages, and it enables automated location of user-specific data identified by parameters supplied at the time of retrieval. Connotate is offering free upgrades for its existing customers. http://www.connotate.com
Software AG, Inc. and PureEdge Solutions, Inc. announced a joint marketing and sales campaign of their complementary XML products. Together the company’s products enable commercial and government organizations to more quickly and easily move important documents and transactions online. PureEdge Internet Commerce System allows users to design, deploy, complete, and digitally sign intelligent and enforceable XML documents. In an enforceable transaction, all components of an e-document are saved as a complete object – complete with layout, logic, content – using XFDL technology to ensure no component of the final document can be modified. Because both products are native XML, complete solutions for creating, processing, and archiving enforceable documents are easy to build, maintain, and integrate with other XML applications. www.pureedge.com/products/ics/index.htm, www.softwareagusa.com
MERANT introcuded PVCS Content Manager 2.0. PVCS Content Manager introduces server-based pricing with the enterprise features and functionality of high-end solutions. PVCS Content Manager also delivers an “out-of-the-box” product that reduces the requirement for a multitude of vendor consultants and endless months of customization. MERANT’s PVCS Content Manager 2.0 is available immediately from MERANT. Content Manager 2.0 is available in Team Edition and Enterprise Edition. Pricing for the Team Edition starts at $30,000, while server-based pricing for the Enterprise Edition starts at $90,000 for unlimited users. www.merant.com
Netegrity, Inc. announced a freely available JSAML toolkit to make it easier for corporate developers and ISVs to quickly create and deploy SAML-ready solutions. With Netegrity’s JSAML toolkit, developers can enable their applications and security products to become solutions that securely exchange user identity and entitlement information with partners using the SAML language. Netegrity’s is a reference implementation of SAML based on the OASIS group’s proposed Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) standard. Netegrity recently announced its AffiliateMinder product for securely managing affiliate user networks. “TransactionMinder” was also introduced as a new product line for securing the emerging web services platforms. Both of these products are based on the SAML specification and will enable security across e-business networks. Netegrity JSAML Toolkit is a light-weight toolkit that comes with complete documentation and use-case examples (including source code). JSAML Toolkit is expected to be available as a free download in October 2001. The company will also offer technical support programs for the toolkit. More information will be made available in October. www.netegrity.com
Openpages announced the immediate availability of ContentWare 3.0. ContentWare 3.0 provides users with new functionality including WebExpress (a browser-based tool for remote users), support for Macintosh environments, APIs to customize and transform content, online storage capabilities, and enhanced installation and administration capabilities. ContentWare is deeply integrated with popular desktop applications. The solution simplifies the content creation process offering the ability to create content using familiar applications (Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXPress, and Macromedia Dreamweaver) and manage content elements — not just Web pages — in a central repository with workflow. Because digital assets are stored in a central repository in native formats, ContentWare enables content reuse and deployment across multiple communications channels — Web, print or wireless. www.openpages.com
Infodata announced the release of Compose 4.1, a publishing tool for enhancing Adobe Acrobat. The Compose tool palette allows access to over 20 publishing tools, allowing a user to add bookmarks, hypertext links, tables of contents, etc. The latest version of Compose, Compose 4.1, offers advanced features such as compatibility with Adobe Acrobat 5.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows ME; and enhanced tools such as the Document Paginator, Bookmarks, Overlay tool, Copy Link and Batchmeister.
elcom, inc. announced it has signed a referral agreement with Cataloga whereby the companies will jointly market and refer potential customers located in Europe for each others products. PECOS Internet Procurement Manager, elcom’s eProcurement solution and CatTrade, Cataloga’s eContent management suite complement each other and target the same customer base. Cataloga’s products and services help corporate implementers of eProcurement enable and work with their suppliers, giving purchasing professionals real-time access to electronic catalog content and negotiated pricing models. Cataloga’s product suite CatTrade is a suite of networked applications that allow corporate supplier organizations to manage catalog content and orders, customize product and price information, track buying behavior and manage customer specific contracts while retaining control over their own product and pricing data. www.elcom.com,
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