IPNovation Technologies Inc. announced the availability of the first beta release of IPNovation XSL Studio, an eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) editing application. XSL Studio simplifies the process of creating data-driven Web pages and increases productivity of XSL development by integrating visual HTML editor, XML data structure, XSL document object model, source code and Web page preview in a single visual environment. IPNovation XSL Studio is a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editing application for XSL authors and developers that enables the rapid building and editing of XSL-based data. With XSL Studio, developers can quickly create XSL documents in an iterative fashion, using familiar development environment with drag-and-drop functionality, wizard assistance, etc. XSL Studio offers an intuitive and simple user interface that graphically represents the tree structure of XSL data. The embedded graphical HTML editor allows the user to design templates and perform real-time XSL transformation. Source code editor provides color syntax highlighting to distinguish between tags, attributes, comments and non-markup text. XSL Studio provides a lot of other useful features in order to increase productivity of Rapid Application Development (RAD). IPNovation XSL Studio version 1.0 Beta 1 is available for evaluation download, free of charge.
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EDS bluesphere and Eprise Corporation announced an agreement to jointly provide services and software for the web content management market. EDS’ consulting services will be combined with Strategic Content Management software from Eprise in a joint offering. In addition, EDS will utilize Participant Server by Eprise as a cornerstone technology for its own web content management efforts. EDS consultants are expected to complete Participant Server certification in the next several months, after which they will be able to provide site planning, architecture and implementation services to current Eprise and EDS customers. www.eprise.com, www.eds.com
NQL Inc. announced that the Java Edition of its Network Query Language technology is now qualified for Sun Microsystems’ Solaris operating system. NQL’s core technology, Network Query Language, is a scripting language that is suited for the rapid development of bots, intelligent agents, and content management solutions with capabilities in communications, data conversion, automation, and intelligent behavior. Capabilities offered in the Solaris version of the Network Query Language technology match those of the Windows version and contain essentially the same deployment features. NQL’s Windows and Java versions of the Network Query Language technology are available in three editions — workstation, server and enterprise. The company plans to continue qualifying Network Query Language technology for other operating systems with future development to include running the technology directly on Java-powered mobile devices. www.nqli.com
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. announced that it has been named as a preferred supplier of globalization services by Vignette Corp. In addition to globalization consulting, Lionbridge will provide internationalization consulting, as well as localization for Vignette’s V/5 eBusiness platform into French, German, and Spanish. By utilizing the language management feature of the Lionbridge Globalization Platform (LGP), Lionbridge will leverage and recycle translations to improve consistency, speed time-to-market, and reduce costs. The collaboration portal feature of the LGP will enable Vignette to view the project status and other critical information required for accurate job estimating and costing. www.lionbridge.com
NextPage Inc. announced the purchase of netLens Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. The acquisition will enable NextPage to accelerate development of its platform for Peer-to-Peer Content Networking for businesses. NextPage plans to retain the netLens employees and Cupertino, Calif., office as part of the transaction. Over the next several months, development teams from the two companies will be integrating their respective technologies and creating a schedule for new product releases. NextPage is currently utilizing Peer-to-Peer Content Networks to create a secure exchange of business-critical information, where users have integrated access to relevant data that is distributed on the Internet, intranets, a partner’s database, commercial publishers or other resources through a Web browser. The company employs peer-to-peer technology to enable businesses to manage, access and exchange distributed content from partners, suppliers, customers and employees in real time. Information-intensive industries, such as high-tech financial services and professional services, are rapidly deploying the technology. NextPage said it has appointed the netLens CEO Mr. Wesemann as the new chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of NextPage. Brad Pelo, the company’s founder, will retain his role as chairman of the board of directors. The acquisition will be finalized pending U.S. regulatory approval. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. www.nextpage.com
Requisite Technology, Inc., announced the availability of BugsEye 3.0 and eMerge 3.0, its catalog content management system. Requisite’s Unifying Structure (RUS) — the company’s standard for organizing catalog content — bundled with its content creation services, and the BugsEye and eMerge products provide customers with a platform optimized for the creation, organization and finding of commerce-quality content on the Web. Requisite’s 3.0 platform supports B2B e-commerce industry categorization standards such as UNSPSC and eCl@ss, and interoperability standards such as cXML, xCBL, CIF and BMEcat, a European e-commerce standard. The BugsEye software is embedded in or can be integrated with leading e-commerce platforms such as Oracle, SAP, and Ariba. Other features include a product request button for finding products not currently listed in a catalog and an attribute server connector that allows real-time information to be extracted from third-party systems. Users now have the ability to auto-generate a table of contents from a UNSPSC hierarchy containing only those categories that include items. The BugsEye software now includes an automatically generated table of contents, as well as a new automated scheduler feature, which allows for an executed action to be initiated at any designated time. The BugsEye software now supports LDAP, Web server security and other OEM security features. The eMerge 3.0 software boasts an improved and updated user interface, which includes a new rules management tab for catalog administrator and an improved interface that allows users to follow step-by-step instructions to set business rules and build reports on e-catalog product data. www.requisite.com
Software AG Inc. and thinkXML Inc. have entered into a partnership to integrate Software AG’s Tamino native XML database with thinkXML2000. The combination offers organizations worldwide, engaged in electronic business, a mechanism to simultaneously manage their Web interface and their data store, enabling them to rapidly create XML-based data management systems. Traditionally, form and data schemas are maintained separately and map files must be created whenever a form or database schema changes. The Software AG – thinkXML offering allows users to create a dual-purpose data structure in the thinkXML2000 Management Console without having to maintain a map file. The thinkXML2000 Transaction Server routes and processes data-rich XML transaction documents directly to Tamino. The thinkXML2000 Transaction Manager for Tamino, now in beta testing, provides enterprise intelligence, scalability and streamlined monitoring that enable users to ensure predictable service levels and response times. Using Tamino’s rich reporting and data extraction capabilities and its XQL (XML Query Language) query engine, the thinkXML Transaction Manager for Tamino enables users to search and view logs; complete transaction audit trails and schema transformations; edit a new instance of a transaction inside the original, populated dynamic Web forms; and repair and replay failed transactions instantly. www.softwareagusa.com, www.thinkxml.com
Macromedia, Inc. and Allaire Corporation announced a definitive merger agreement. The combined company will unite the Web design and development communities and enable Web professionals to efficiently build the look of a Web site and the application logic behind it-creating the best possible user experience across multiple devices. The transaction, valued at approximately $360 million on a fully-diluted basis, brings together market server, authoring and playback software to make Web development more efficient, affordable, and accessible. Under the terms of the definitive merger agreement unanimously approved by each company’s board of directors, Macromedia will acquire Allaire. Rob Burgess, chairman and CEO of Macromedia, will continue as chairman and CEO of the combined company, which will retain the Macromedia name. Jeremy Allaire, CTO of Allaire, will be the CTO of Macromedia, reporting to Kevin Lynch, president of Macromedia products. The combined company will evolve its Web development platform with support for open industry standards. The first step is to deliver on Allaire’s plan to bring the development model of ColdFusion to J2EE. This will enable an approachable, productive solution for building applications on the Java platform using technologies such as XML and JSP. The next step will be to develop a set of application services-reusable components and application logic-that enhance the major software platforms including Java and Microsoft .NET. In the merger, Macromedia will exchange 0.2 shares of its stock and $3 in cash for each Allaire share. The merger will be accounted for as a purchase combination and is expected to be accretive in Macromedia’s fiscal year 2002. This transaction is subject to certain closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and the approval of the Allaire shareholders, and is expected to close by the second calendar quarter of 2001. In connection with the merger agreement, Allaire has granted Macromedia an option to acquire 19.9 percent of Allaire’s stock, exercisable in certain circumstances. www.allaire.com, www.macromedia.com
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