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IntraNet Solutions, Inc, and ViA, Inc., announced they have signed an agreement to provide Web content management for ViA’s wearable computers. Under the agreement, ViA will integrate IntraNet Solutions’ Xpedio Content Management system into its wearable computers, enabling mobile users to wirelessly access, manage and update business content. ViA’s wearable computers allow mobile professionals to access and utilize Xpedio while they are on the job. For example, maintenance and field personnel can view procedural information as they are working on truck fleets or airplane turnaround; energy workers can track and send meter readings back to home base; and surveyors can access and enter land information using the integrated solution. IntraNet Solutions and ViA will jointly market the ViA wearable computer and Xpedio to provide customers with a platform for getting business information to and from mobile workers. www.intranetsolutions.com, www.via-pc.com

Autonomy Corporation plc announced the release of AXE, a technology that will enable Autonomy’s OEM customers and end-users to overcome the current obstacles in the processing of XML and extend the benefits of information exchange. AXE’s conceptual understanding enables it to automatically insert XML tags and links into documents, based on the concepts contained in the information. This eliminates all manual cost. Secondly, AXE enables XML applications to understand conceptual information, independent of variations in tagging schemas or the variety of applications in use. This means, for example, that legacy data from disparate sources, tagged using different schemas, can be automatically reconciled and operated upon. AXE is a complementary technology to the latest version of Autonomy’s core engine, the Dynamic Reasoning Engine v4.0. It will be made available both to end users and to OEMs. OEMs will embed AXE in their own products as part of the Autonomy Content Infrastructure (ACI), an architecture that enables multiple third party applications to automate the business operations on unstructured data. Preliminary metrics indicate that the AXE-enabled DRE will process XML at speeds of up to 2 gigabytes per hour, the equivalent to 200 documents per second. Operations such as tagging, categorizing and linking are carried out automatically, as hundreds of simultaneous operations occur concurrently. www.autonomy.com/autonomy/dynamic/autopage466.shtml

SDL plc announced that it has agreed to acquire the Automated Real Time Translation Division from Transparent Language, Inc. for a total consideration of $9m. The assets being acquired by SDL International include the intellectual property rights to Transparent’s TranscendRT* machine translation technology and related products, including the Enterprise Translation Server, which provide instant language translation of e-mail, web pages, and documents. The consideration will be satisfied with the payment of $1.5m in cash and through the issue of $7.5m in new ordinary shares of 1p each in the Capital of the Company. The division being acquired made a net loss of $3.7 million for the nine months ended 31 December 2000, which reflects the costs of developing and launching the TranscendRT* technology. The acquisition is expected to be completed by 15th February 2001. The Directors of SDL International believe that combining the Enterprise Translation Server’s real time translation technology with SDL International’s products SDLX and SDLWebFlow will enable the Company to provide a complete solution for companies to manage multilingual web site content. The combination of SDL International’s expertise in computer-aided translation via its translation memory product SDLX with the high performance Enterprise Translation Server will provide a commercial solution in the field of automated translation. www.sdlintl.com, www.transparentlanguage.com

divine interVentures, inc. announced that it will acquire enterprise information portal solutions company SageMaker, Inc., the first acquisition in divine’s previously-announced strategy to consolidate companies in the most promising digital economy sectors. The all-stock deal, valued at about $16.5 million, is expected to be completed by late February. SageMaker will complement more than a dozen associated companies in divine’s enterprise information portal solution. divine also will tap into relationships with its strategic partners, beginning with a separately announced strategic alliance with Computer Associates to jointly develop and market a combined portal solution. divine will integrate CA’s Jasmine( Portal technology with SageMaker’s offerings and the applications and services of other divine associated companies to create a complete enterprise information portal. www.divineinterventures.com, www.sagemaker.com

In a move to meet the evolving syndication needs of the enterprise market, iSyndicate, the leading provider of Internet syndication infrastructure and application solutions, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Austin, Texas-based Kurion, subject to customary closing conditions. Kurion’s technology automatically transforms any application or content into scalable Web services that can range from a single Web component, a Web page, product catalog, marketplace exchange or an entire personalization offering. This technology enhances iSyndicate’s current enterprise offering by adding an application syndication component that allows customers to repurpose, distribute and integrate Web applications. Initially, Kurion’s platform will be used to advance iSyndicate’s Private Syndication Network solution, which enables enterprises and other organizations to efficiently aggregate, distribute and share digital content and information among customers, partners, employees and other key audiences, over a secure, scalable and private network. As an added layer to PSN’s infrastructure, Kurion’s technology will permit businesses to dynamically manipulate any HTTP-accessible content and application into Web services – whether those digital assets are stored in a database, XML repository, static file or available only on the Web. Depending on a business’s requirements, manipulating information can be as simple as content “look and feel” changes or as complex as workflow emulation. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. iSyndicate will maintain Kurion’s Austin operations. www.isyndicate.com, www.kurion.com

Starbase Corporation announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire worldweb.net, Inc. worldweb.net, Inc. The acquisition positions Starbase in the multi-billion dollar market of software products for the creation and management of code and content. The transaction, valued at $26.0 million, consists of approximately $560,000 cash and 8.3 million shares of Starbase common stock valued at $25.4 million, based on the closing price of Starbase common stock as of February 9, 2001. The transaction, which is expected to close within one week, brings together code and content management technologies making Web site design, development and deployment more efficient, affordable and accessible. In addition to the planned integration of StarTeam and Expressroom I/O, Starbase will also separately market the Expressroom I/O content management solution to Global 2000 organizations. www.worldweb.net, www.starbase.com

Percussion Software announced a technology partnership with ScreamingMedia. Under the terms of the partnership, Percussion and ScreamingMedia will jointly market an integrated content management solution that enables companies to simultaneously create, manage and deploy content to the Web and other channels using one content management and publishing solution. Together, Percussion’s Rhythmyx Content Manager and ScreamingMedia’s SiteWare will simplify the process of acquiring relevant content from ScreamingMedia sources and transforming that content for any delivery mechanism. ScreamingMedia uses its infrastructure technology platform to aggregate, filter, process and integrate content from more than 3,000 brand-name publications directly into their network of more than 1,300 web and wireless subscribers. Content is filtered according to client specifications and then integrated seamlessly into the customer’s site. Visitors are never linked off-site, making the subscriber site “stickier.” Rhythmyx Content Manager automates content creation, approval and delivery for company Web. With the workflow capabilities in the Rhythmyx solution, the content from ScreamingMedia services can be reviewed, approved and assembled with other content items to produce pages specifically for the target Web sites. www.percussion.com, www.screamingmedia.com