Software AG and BEA Systems, Inc. announced a strategic alliance as part of the BEA Star Partner Program. Software AG will immediately become a BEA 3 STAR partner. Tamino X-Bridge will enhance the XML capabilities of BEA WebLogic Collaborate and Process Integrator and Tamino X-Node will enhance the back-end database access capabilities of BEA WebLogic. Tamino XML server will also be optimized for package sales with HP Bluestone’s J2EE application server. In addition, Tamino has been ported to HP-UX 11. Software AG is now a premier member of HP’s Computing Solution Provider Program. Customers can now purchase Tamino and HP Bluestone’s J2EE application server at a better rate as a package than as separate products. Initially, joint sales activities will focus on the German market, moving to other regions at a later point in time. www.softwareagusa.com, www.hp.com, www.softwareag.com, www.hewlett-packard.de, www.bea.com
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Global Internet Management Corp. (GIM.NET) announced the release of InfoServe-2.0. InfoServe is a Web content management software product that combines customized template design and content management functions with extensive e-business operations and intranet features. Version 2.0 enhances editing tools with a new graphic interface, expands user permissions management functions, and broadens the module library with upgraded e-commerce and newsletter management functionalities. www.gim.net
SealedMedia and Arbortext announced they have entered into a partnership to provide publishers with a solution to protect and distribute digital content using XML technology. Through Arbortext’s software, enterprises are able to use a Single Source Publishing Architecture to capture content from a variety of sources, store and manage that content in an XML repository, and extract and assemble that content according to individual needs for publishing to multiple media types: Web, print, CD-ROM, e-Books and wireless devices. SealedMedia’s DRM technology allows content owners to seal content in a variety of formats (HTML, PDF, image and audio formats, etc.) and distribute it digitally to end users with flexible license configurations in the knowledge that it always remains protected. Arbortext, Inc. and empolis content management GmbH (formerly known as STEP GmbH), a subsidiary of Bertelsmann Mohn Media Group, also announced that sigmalink has been integrated with the Epic E-Content Engine (E3) to add multi- channel publishing to the sigmalink content management system.
Open Market, Inc. announced the availability of an integration between its Content Server Enterprise Edition (CSEE) software and the iPlanet Portal Server 3.0 from iPlanet E-Commerce Solution. This integration provides interoperability between the iPlanet Portal Server and Open Market’s CSEE software through a plug-in. With this integration, iPlanet Portal Server “channels” are used to access Open Market’s applications and the content they manage. For example, one channel can allow geographically dispersed content contributors to access Open Market’s applications with a single sign-on. Another channel allows iPlanet Portal Server users to access news and company information that is targeted to their role in the organization. Open Market and iPlanet worked in conjunction with Migration Software Systems to allow the two environments to operate as a single solution. The integrated solution is available today from both Open Market and iPlanet. The two organizations are finalizing agreements regarding continued development and support of the integrated plug-in. www.openmarket.com
A cooperation agreement between CSC PLOENZKE and empolis content management GmbH is in place for the XML product line from empolis where CSC PLOENZKE provides its integration services. The current focus of this agreement is to professionally meet all requirements demanded by extended and distributed projects for mid-sized, as well as large international enterprises. The cooperation agreement will initially be based on sigmalink, empolis’s content management solution. XML based knowledge management products from empolis will also become an integral part of the product range provided through CSC PLOENZKE’s services. www.cscploenzke.de, www.empolis.com
eBT International, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously voted to dissolve and liquidate the Company, subject to the approval of the holders of a majority of its shares. Based upon current information, the Company anticipates that assets available for distribution to shareholders will be between $3.10 and $3.22 per share. The Board will call a special meeting of shareholders, expected to be held in August 2001, to approve the Plan of Complete Liquidation and Dissolution. A Proxy statement describing the Plan will be mailed to shareholders approximately 30 days prior to the meeting. In reaching its decision that the plan of liquidation and dissolution is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, the Board of Directors considered a number of factors. The Proxy statement will describe these factors in detail, including the Company’s recent performance, the state of the content management industry, prevailing economic conditions and previous unsuccessful efforts to sell or merge the Company last year and more recently. The Board also considered restructuring the business in light of the Company’s unsatisfactory revenue performance in the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2001. These plans, including plans involving significant reductions in the Company’s current operations, either entailed considerable risk, or did not demonstrate that positive operating cash flow or operating income could be achieved in a period of time acceptable to the Board, and required a significant amount of cash to fund the Company’s operations prior to the achievement of potentially acceptable financial results. In connection with the intent to liquidate, the Company has begun the orderly wind down of its operations, including laying off the majority of its employees, seeking purchasers for the sale of its intellectual property and other tangible and intangible assets and providing for its outstanding and potential liabilities. In addition, the Company will continue to provide support and maintenance to existing maintenance agreement holders for the duration of their current contracts. www.ebt.com
OnePage, Inc. introduced MyWeb, a fully integrated portal solution for vertical portals and consumer sites that allows for complete end-user customization of content. This follows the recent introduction of Content Connect, OnePage’s portlet-building tool designed for corporate portals. MyWeb creates a personalized and relevant experience for users. Employing an intuitive interface and a simple point-click-capture method, users identify and grab any web-based content, including information from the Internet, intranets, web-based email and personal accounts, local and broadband content and partner datafeeds. OnePage’s software integrates into all popular portal platforms and translates into HTML, XML or WML for use in a variety of wireless, enterprise and web service applications. For vertical portals and web publishers, MyWeb generates higher adoption of portal and “mypage” services. Because OnePage’s software is user-driven, costs associated with deployment and management of highly personalized pages is reduced to a minimum. www.onepage.com
Interwoven, Inc. and Netegrity, Inc. announced an alliance and planned integration of their two products. The joint offering will provide a solution for portal and B2B infrastructure beyond the four walls of the enterprise, allowing customers, suppliers, partners, and employees to contribute and manage their content in an efficient and effective manner. Together, Interwoven TeamSite software and Netegrity’s SiteMinder platform will enable enterprises to streamline the content collaboration and content management processes for portal users and marketplace participants. Netegrity’s single sign-on offers the capability for all portal users to be automatically logged into TeamSite and be provided the proper roles and permissions to contribute content to the Web site. Portal users are then able to avoid logging into the portal multiple times and ultimately have a more efficient user experience. www.netegrity.com, www.interwoven.com
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