Category: Content technology news (Page 461 of 638)

Enterworks, Inc., announced the release of the first in a series of packaged solutions that will allow suppliers to quickly and easily participate in multiple online channels, such as e-marketplaces. Available immediately, Enterworks Catalog Builder, powered by Enterworks Content Integrator, integrates content from disparate sources and allows suppliers to format catalogs only once before delivering them to multiple sales channels. Unlike some supplier enablement solutions, Enterworks Catalog Builder draws on current data from the original sources in real time without requiring a central repository. Enterworks Catalog Builder leaves the content and the catalog in the control of the individual supplier, providing them with a complete solution for content access, aggregation, transformation, cleansing, categorization and delivery. Enterworks Catalog Builder features built-in UN/SPSC and custom-defined classification support. Additionally, Enterworks Catalog Builder delivers catalogs in Ariba and Commerce One formats. Enterworks Catalog Builder is currently available in various solution packages that range from $50,000 to $100,000. www.enterworks.com

NQL Inc announced its membership in the Oracle Partner Program (OPP), giving NQL early access to Oracle product strategy and direction, design criteria and product releases. The announcement coincides with the release of NQL’s Network Query Language software version 1.1, which optimizes database query generation for Oracle databases. As an OPP member, NQL will receive advance notice of Oracle platform and application initiatives, as well as partner-specific integration tools. OPP membership is also expected to provide NQL with business intelligence information, access to technical forums and libraries, placement in Oracle’s solution catalog and participation in Oracle-sponsored events. The latest version of the software is designed to make it easier for developers to add data retrieved from spreadsheets or network sources to Oracle databases. Network Query Language technology is NQL’s scripting language suited for the development of content management solutions. www.nqli.com

Open Market, Inc. announced that they are adding support for AIX. By supporting AIX, Open Market wants to offer companies a content management solution that leverages IBM’s highly scalable e-business software and hardware infrastructure. www.openmarket.com

Requisite Technology Inc., announced the availability of the Contract Manager add-on module for the eMerge Content Management system. For suppliers, the eMerge Contract Manager offers the ability to export product information with customer-specific pricing models in multiple XML formats to marketplaces and buyers using commerce platforms from Ariba, CommerceOne, Oracle, SAP and others. Marketplace customers can assign contract information and pricing models to product data from multiple suppliers within their eMerge systems. Buying organizations also benefit from the eMerge Contract Manager, gaining the ability to create for suppliers specific contracts and pricing information, and organize that information in multiple formats for use in a production catalog environment. Buyers also can allow suppliers to self-author contract and pricing information in a hosted environment, providing a single point of administration for content, contracts and pricing. Using the eMerge Contract Manager, supplier and buying organizations can merge and export data – product information, pricing and contract terms – into a user-specified XML format for loading into their production catalog. Product data with price models attached then can be exported into a production environment in multiple XML formats. www.requisite.com

FatWire announced that the company’s UpdateEngine software will leverage IBM WebSphere software. The solution allows customers to accelerate launch time and efficiently manage their eBusiness sites. This relationship complements FatWire’s integration of IBM DB2 Universal Database with UpdateEngine. UpdateEngine customers have a database-driven content management solution, including automated workflow and fast publishing for WebSphere application servers. UpdateEngine is all in Java and easily works with WebSphere applications to provide content management capabilities. www.fatwire.com

OnePage, Inc. announced the next generation of the company’s portlet-building software, Content Connect. The new software, designed to complement existing installations or integrate into commercial portal software offerings, enables organizations to create portlets – the units of information that together make up a portal page. With an interface intended for any user from administrative staff to IT professionals, Content Connect decreases the time and complexity required to deploy content for corporate portals, while increasing the levels of relevancy and personalization. For example, OnePage Content Connect empowers corporate end-users and portal administrators to create portlets from any number of web-accessible sources, including: Subscription Information Services, B2B Exchange Account Status, Intranet Project Sites, Information Contained on Competitors’ Web Sites, Secure Sources of Information, Information from Partner Sites, and Legacy Systems (that have an HTML interface). www.onepage.com

Proxicom, Inc. and eGrail Inc. announced a partnership that will enable the implementation of content management solutions across multiple channels and in multiple languages. With this alliance, Proxicom and eGrail will help enterprise-class companies easily manage the content that they deliver to their constituents via the Web and wireless devices. www.proxicom.com; www.egrail.com

Microsoft Corp. debuted a new SOAP Toolkit, announced native SOAP support for the Microsoft Windows XP operating system, and invited SOAP developers to an interoperability event. Microsoft announced an updated version of the Microsoft SOAP Toolkit for the Visual Studio 6.0 development system. The new version 2.0 provides full support for SOAP 1.1 and the Web Services Description Language (WSDL). With the Toolkit, developers can build XML Web Services or add such capabilities to any existing application that supports the Component Object Model (COM). In addition to offering new samples and debugging tools, this release also is fully interoperable with XML Web Services built using the Microsoft .NET Framework and has been tested with SOAP implementations from a variety of other vendors. A release candidate is available for download on at http://msdn.microsoft.com/, with the final release expected to be available from the same location later this month. In addition to the stand-alone Toolkit, Microsoft also announced that Windows XP would have native support for SOAP. www.microsoft.com