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Novell, Inc. announced immediate availability of DirXML, new integration software that makes possible new business solutions to accelerate a company’s transformation to eBusiness. DirXML extends the capabilities of NDS eDirectory, allowing companies to fully integrate business processes and existing applications across the enterprise. By combining directory technologies with XML, DirXML powers secure cross-platform and cross-network information exchange. Through its ability to deliver centralized control over a company’s eBusiness processes, DirXML reduces network management costs and drives new opportunities to elevate relationships with clients and customers over the unified global network — one Net. Novell is offering a complete developer program on-line to train consultants and developers in the practice of developing drivers for DirXML. This training can be found at http://developer.novell.com/education. Additionally, Novell is creating a comprehensive training and certification program that will be designed to ensure the correct deployment of DirXML-based solutions through qualified channel partners. Novell plans to make this available in the fall. DirXML is platform independent and only requires eDirectory, Novell’s cross-platform directory service. It is available immediately through Novell Consulting Services and consulting partners. Novell plans to make DirXML available through Value Added Resellers in the near future. Pricing for DirXML includes the cost of eDirectory, which is $2 USD per user, and is structured based on individual customer requirements. More formal pricing will be announced at a later date. Novell Consulting Services is available to help customers design and implement eBusiness solutions based on DirXML and eDirectory. www.novell.com

RioLabs announced Version 1.8 of its B2B supplier enablement product suite, Proximal, with new support for two-way EDI transactions. Using Proximal, suppliers can integrate complex EDI purchase orders, pricing, and inventory transactions with exchanges such as CommerceOne and Ariba. RioLabs is able to support all domestic and international standards recommended by Rosetta, CommerceNet, and ebXML. www.riolabs.com

Starbase Corporation and NexusGroup announced a strategic technology and marketing partnership. The partnership is designed to deliver eBusiness solutions to NexusGroup’s list of Global 1000 customers. NexusGroup adopted StarTeam to manage their own portal development and will now market StarTeam as part of an integrated solution to manage the portal and Internet development efforts of its customers. NexusGroup will utilize Starbase’s StarGate SDK to deploy complete portal solutions designed to integrate with eBusiness solutions from companies such as SilverStream and Macromedia. StarTeam enables NexusGroup to deploy the eVOLVE methodology and business processes without complicated configuration changes at customer sites. NexusGroup’s custom StarTeam implementation enables efficient management of the portal’s code, as well as the entire knowledge base, including proposals, marketing information and document templates. www.nexusgroup.com, www.starbase.com

Running Start Inc. announced it has added platform support for Java, XML, and WAP to its ArticleBASE Web content management, workflow, and dynamic publishing system. This next generation of ArticleBASE is scheduled to ship later this summer. Designed to leverage the latest technological capabilities in the Apple WebObjects 4.5 development platform, ArticleBASE adds support for Java, XML, and WAP. ArticleBASE 2.1’s newly integrated XML and WAP support will allow data exchange with other XML-based applications and enables site access from any browser, PDA, or cell phone. www.running-start.com

Worldweb.net, Inc. announced that it now supports Oracle8i and its predecessor, Oracle8. Through Expressroom I/O, users will be able to manage, deploy, and disseminate e- business assets residing in Oracle databases, and deliver information to a wide variety of devices including traditional web browsers, Net appliances, cell phones, pagers, Palm and BlackBerry wireless handheld devices. In addition, Worldweb.net announced that it is now a member of the Oracle Partner Program. This will allow Worldweb.net to better leverage the breadth of technical resources necessary to offer Oracle customers with a well-integrated XML/WML content management solution. www.worldweb.net

TRADOS Incorporated announced a service release for Translation Solution Edition 3. The TRADOS product suite now offers a variety of new, mainly Web-driven, features. Translator’s Workbench, TagEditor and WinAlign now support Active Server Pages as well as Java Server Pages. XSL stylesheets are used to transform XML information into various layouts and are a necessary prerequisite for developing Web-driven electronic documentation. The Translation Solution now provides support for Adobe FrameMaker 6.0 and Adobe FrameMaker+ SGML 6.0 documents through the S-Tagger component. Other features include support for QuarkXPress 4.1 in Filter Pack. To provide further enhanced support for Asian languages, IME level 3 has been implemented in TagEditor. This means that users can type Asian characters and words with the same ease of use as in, say, Microsoft Word. New API functions and further enhanced support for Word 2000 offer more seamless integration and flexibility than before. www.trados.com

Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters company unveiled Factiva Publisher. Part of a suite of content integration tools, Factiva Publisher integrates Factiva’s global content into an organization’s intranet. Factiva Publisher offers nearly 5,000 external information sources including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones and Reuters newswires as well as other content published in 12 different languages and stock quotes from 10 exchanges around the world. Factiva Publisher uses more than 1,300 XML-based Factiva Intelligent Indexing codes to tailor information from hundreds of sources across the globe. With the Editorial Interface, an organization has complete control of what is being posted to the corporate intranet. Articles can be tagged as “hot” and annotated with relevant commentary. The Administration Interface quickly and easily allows a content manager to monitor and measure usage. Factiva Publisher will be rolled out globally this month. Corporate Communication Managers, Information Professionals and CIOs — those responsible for managing and disseminating corporate intelligence throughout an organization — are the primary targets for this service. www.factiva.com