Category: Content technology news (Page 448 of 637)

Eprise Corporation announced the general availability of Eprise Participant Server version 3.5. Eprise Participant Server, the company’s content management solution, enables businesses to more effectively build end-user focused Internets, intranets and extranets. The release coincides with the availability of the Intranet Advantage Services Package, which helps customers build complete intranet solutions within 45 days. New product functionality includes Site Generator, a point-and-click browser-based interface designed to speed the development of any Web site. In addition, with easy-to-use templates from Eprise, the Web site design remains standard throughout the site. The new product integrates with Microsoft Word, the content contribution process is easier for non-technical users. Business users and key content contributors can make updates and edit content directly within a Microsoft Word document and immediately post it to the site or submit changes to the approval process. This streamlines the content editing and approval process and increases the accuracy and relevance of all data on an Internet, intranet or extranet site. Eprise Participant Server version 3.5 includes updates for Sun Solaris 2.8 as well as Microsoft Windows NT and Microsoft Windows 2000. Eprise Participant Server version 3.5 is available on Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Sun Solaris 2.8. It is priced at $70,000 for the first server. Discounts for volume purchases and deployment licenses are available. Pricing for the Intranet Advantage Services Package starts at $30,000. www.eprise.com

NQL Inc. announced the availability of its Wireless Module for the NQL ContentAnywhere system. The Wireless Module is a $5,000 add-on to the recently announced NQL ContentAnywhere Office Edition and is a standard feature in the NQL ContentAnywhere Enterprise Edition. The Wireless Module is designed to make information such as inventory levels, sales data, or any other information categorized within the NQL ContentAnywhere system viewable via devices such as Palm VII handheld, Pocket PC/Handheld PC (Windows CE devices) and WAP Smart Phone. This is the second add-on module announced for the NQL ContentAnywhere Office Edition, following the announcement of the Document Management Module. The Document Management Module is designed to allow collaboration on documents created in Microsoft Office applications, XML documents, and other kinds of documents or files that can be opened by a desktop application. As a collaborative system, the Document Management Module promotes sharing, centralization, indexing, and collaboration of documents in an organization and is designed to allow users to contribute content and eliminate duplicated editing efforts. www.nqli.com

Epicentric Inc. announced it is joining with a group of vendors to create a vendor-neutral standard for delivering and displaying Web services to end users as Web applications. The Web Services User Interface Standard, or WSUI Standard, allows end users to access and interact with XML and SOAP based Web services as Web applications, regardless of the underlying Web platform or vendor-specific application format. The WSUI initiative offers vendors, customers and developers the ability to develop and dynamically share Web applications without the time and labor of creating multiple vendor-specific connectors written to different Web languages such as Java, COM/.Net, and Perl. As the first standard user interface of its kind, the WSUI specification is intended to accelerate the deployment of Web services for use in portals. By exposing their applications as WSUI components, application vendors can dynamically plug their application into any portal platform running a WSUI container, decreasing vendor lock-in and increasing customer choice. WSUI leverages XML, SOAP, WSDL, XPATH, XSLT, XHTML and other standard XML-based technologies. It was constructed to be easily implemented by any programmer with XML and server-side Web skills. And because it can be implemented entirely using server-to-server-to-client using XML messaging and thin-client XHTML to the client, there are no browser dependencies and no issues with JavaScript fragility or ActiveX support. Formed by Epicentric, the WSUI Working Group will develop the specification and expects to release the initial specification and a reference implementation for review by the Web services community in late 2001. WSUI welcomes the support of all companies and individuals interested in influencing the direction and future of Web service application standards. www.wsui.org

Chrystal Software and Alpnet announced that they have signed a service partnership agreement to combine their expertise in content management and multilingual communication solutions. The agreement allows Alpnet’s consultancy group to represent the combined expertise of Alpnet and Chrystal in XML and multilingual information management, to provide complete multilingual content management solutions. Alpnet will offer consultancy and project management services for the rollout of Chrystal’s content management products across Europe and undertake system integration and development work as required. Chrystal’s Lingua software will be used to complement Alpnet’s own globalization and localisation management technology, Globelix, which maximises the quality and efficiency of multilingual processes while significantly reducing the time it takes to translate and manage all of a corporation’s information. www.chrystal.com, www.alpnet.com

Aptech Corporation introduces XDOCBASE, a dynamic content management solution that lets organizations use almost any device, including wireless tools, to quickly manage disparate content from virtually any source within their organization. Individuals can use many devices including cell phones and other wireless tools to access, receive, add, edit and then publish the content in whatever format and to whatever destination they choose, from PDF to printer, from word processing to Website to wireless devices. XDOCBASE is unique because it is device-independent. Moreover, XDOCBASE lets organizations use XML style sheets to manage virtually all types of unstructured content, including spreadsheets, PowerPoint files, word processing documents, video, multimedia and HTML files. www.Aptech.net