SoftQuad Software, Ltd. announced the availability of SoftQuad XMetaL 2.1, which adds transparent Unicode-conformant editing and display capabilities to their XML content creation solution. With Unicode support, companies can now develop XMetaL authoring applications that allow users to easily create XML content in any left-to-right language. In addition, those with multilingual content requirements can now share XML documents internationally, ensuring the accuracy of the information exchanged between systems using different languages, such as German, Russian and Japanese. XMetaL 2.1 provides the following Unicode support and features: Transparent Unicode-conformant display and editing behaviors, UTF-8 and UTF-16 encoding in conformance with Unicode 3.0 for all left-to-right languages, Unicode support in both the main document window and in the customizable interface elements – menu items, toolbar names, etc. – as well as the macro script editing interface. XMetaL 2.1 with Unicode support requires Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 6) or Windows 2000. XMetaL 2.1 is also available for Windows 95/98/ME, but does not include Unicode support. XMetaL 2.1 is available now for $495.00 (U.S.) per single user license. Registered owners of XMetaL 2.0 can upgrade to XMetaL 2.1 free of charge via Web download. The product is sold directly and through VARs and OEMs. Volume discounts, site licenses, partner programs and on-site training are all available. www.softquad.com
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GE Global eXchange Services (GE) announced that it has acquired TPN Register, LLC (TPN), an interactive content management service based in Rockville, Md. TPN’s interactive catalog- management (ICM) services enable buyers and suppliers to customize catalog content for individual user’s needs. The acquisition of TPN allows GE Global eXchange Services (GXS) to provide a complete Web-based e- procurement solution including catalog content, purchasing workflow, B2B integration and transaction capabilities across multiple industries. TPN’s primary solution, TPN Marketplace, provides purchasing professionals access to a searchable catalog of goods and services, in a standardized format, from an approved supplier base. The catalog content includes private pricing and contract terms for more than 2 million line items from a list of more than 1,300 suppliers. www.tpn.com, www.gegxs.com
Data Junction Corporation announced the release XML Junction version 7.51. XML Junction is a subset of DJ Corp’s Integration Suite. XML Junction’s enhancements include performance improvements, and extends DJ Corp’s XML support by developing bi-directional adaptors for gXML (Guideline XML), ebXML and Microsoft’s BizTalk XDR (XML Data Reduced). XML Junction leverages gXML simplifying the design of EDI translation maps. gXML allows EDI specifications to be published on the Web as XML for the integration and exchange of business documents among trading partners. With the addition of compliant adaptors for each of these XML specifications, XML Junction users can create, parse and map XML data formats to and from nearly any other data format faster and easier than before. XML Junction incorporates SAX (Simple API for XML) technology for high performance loading and parsing of large XML documents containing greater than 100 record types. It delivers 15X speed improvements in writing XML messages via rich EOM keyword support for MQ Series and MSMQ adapters. DTD validations against XML schema and rules files are now in XML Junction. www.datajunction.com
Mobius Management Systems, Inc. and Esker Inc. have entered a worldwide marketing alliance to help enterprises manage and deliver content more effectively by applying the multi-channel delivery capabilities of Esker’s Pulse to information managed by Mobius’s ViewDirect software. ViewDirect captures output from multiple applications and sources, creating an integrated repository of documents, reports and images for delivery over the Internet and corporate networks. Pulse automatically routes information from multiple data sources, in multiple formats, through multiple messaging infrastructures, to recipients throughout the enterprise. The alliance allows customers of both companies to benefit from the integration of the two products, providing a comprehensive solution for capturing, indexing and storing massive numbers of documents, reports and images in multiple formats and delivering them to any number of users via multiple channels, including Web, e-mail, fax and wireless technologies. www.esker.com, www.mobius.com
FatWire Corporation announced a partnership with GlobalSight. The primary benefit to joint customers is to allow them to automate both their web processes as well as their globalization processes. GlobalSight’s globalization management system (GMS), GlobalSight System3, integrates with FatWire’s UpdateEngine5 to create a complete solution for managing global e-business content. GlobalSight System3 will acquire content from FatWire’s UpdateEngine to be sent through a workflow process for complete localization and translation. www.fatwire.com, www.globalsight.com
Openpages, Inc. announced it has extended ContentWare through integration with Macromedia Dreamweaver. Together, the applications enable an integrated workflow that allows content creators to work within Dreamweaver to create Web templates, seamlessly populate them with content, and publish them online. Using Macromedia’s Dreamweaver as a front-end authoring client, gives Web content creators the ability to create, save, search for and retrieve content from the ContentWare database without leaving the application. In addition, users are now able to use Dreamweaver to create Web pages on-the-fly with ContentWare’s new manual page building capability. Manual page building lets users create new pages in real-time by directly accessing the rich content repository of ContentWare and extending content aggregation beyond the realm of form-based templating tools. www.openpages.com
dtSearch Corp. is now shipping the dtSearch text search and retrieval end-user and developer product line, Version 6.0. The new release adds distributed searching and other features to improve access to information throughout an organization. The new features also expand the functionality of the dtSearch developer component for use with a wide variety of programming languages. dtSearch products offer instant indexed (and slower unindexed) searching of large document collections – word processor, database, spreadsheet, email, ZIP, XML and more. Over two dozen full-text search options provide unmatched intelligent searching. All products display retrieved files with highlighted hits, along with (for HTML and PDF) embedded images and links. FindPlus distributed searching is a new integrated feature of dtSearch Desktop, dtSearch Web, and dtSearch Network that allows a single search request to span everything from local drives to remote servers. Operating through a single user interface, FindPlus enables indexed searching of files and other data throughout an organization, without the need to collect the data in a monolithic repository. Because FindPlus uses an XML-based protocol for exchanging and aggregating search information, developers using the dtSearch Text Retrieval Engine can also easily incorporate this capability into their own applications. Enhanced XML support gives end-users and developers a way to combine data from any source, while retaining the ability to search on field and table information. dtSearch can perform indexed searches using the full range of dtSearch features across an entire XML database, or limited to a specific combination of fields or sub-fields, with no sacrifice in search speed. Pricing is $199 for dtSearch Desktop, starts at $800 for dtSearch Network, and is $999 per server for dtSearch Web and the dtSearch Text Retrieval Engine (with royalty-free options also available). dtSearch provides fully-functional evaluation copies. www.dtsearch.com
Eprise Corporation and Inxight Software, Inc. announced a partnership to deliver solutions that enable organizations to increase the value, effectiveness, and manageability of their Web site content. This joint agreement enables Eprise and Inxight to market and cross-sell Inxight products with Eprise Participant Server. The Eprise-Inxight combined offering makes it easier to classify new and existing Web content so site visitors can find what they are looking for. By combining Inxight solutions with Eprise Participant Server, users will experience easier navigation through Web sites, faster access to pertinent information and increased productivity. www.inxight.com, www.eprise.com
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