Informative Graphics Corp. introduced Brava! 2.1 – a 100 percent Java-based drawing and document collaboration application designed for business-to-business commerce. This product optimizes Java for viewing performance with CAD and image file formats, and it now offers a Java Bean interface to enable embedding into an array of web-based collaboration solutions and Project Web Sites. Brava! allows users, collaborators and contractors to share information and exchange ideas without requiring the same hardware platform, native software application or browser. With Brava! users can now view and share ideas using drawings and image documents over intranets and the Internet. Brava! is the second generation of jMYRIAD technology. It includes significant new functionality directed at web-based collaboration, including: Enhancements for viewing and printing of native CAD and image formats; Performance improvements (data compression) for lower bandwidth connections; High resolution printing to A and B size devices; Metadata-based print and watermark banners; Ability to interactively browse and load drawings & document files from the shared server; Bean interface to build integrations to E/PDM or embed into other Java/web-based collaboration solutions; and support for an optional print/plot server for native Windows driver printing/plotting at scale or a percentage of scale www.infograph.com.
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Communication Intelligence Corporation (“CIC”) announced that it released a new version of its e-signature solution with support for Palm handheld devices. Sign-it 2.0 provides enterprise customers with a solution for secure electronic document approval and on-line transactions within Adobe Acrobat 4.0 for applications such as document workflow, contract execution, and e-commerce. CIC has seen a trend toward electronic service providers subsidizing the device costs to purchasers of their services, similar to the current cellular phone industry. Some financial institutions and on-line providers may soon be providing handheld devices with Internet access, such as the Palm VII wireless organizer, to their customers to encourage an increase in transactions while offering them the convenience of mobile access. Sign-it 2.0 will offer a cost effective and reliable means to both secure and authorize transactions and documents electronically whether in the enterprise or a mobile environment. www.cic.com
Extensibility Inc. launched XMLschema.com – a Web site that provides ubiquitous access to automated processors for the management and exchange of e-business grammars. Initial services provided on the site include Extensibility XML schema validation and conversion services. Users can test XML schemas for syntactical validation and receive reports confirming validity or reporting errors. Users can automatically convert their XML schemas into other schema dialects, enabling exchange of XML grammars across heterogeneous environments. Initially, XMLschema.com will support Microsoft’s XDR and BizTalk, Commerce One’s Common Business Library and SOX schema dialect and DTDs. XMLschema.com services are available for users to access free of charge until February 2000. Automated processing facilities are commercially available. www.extensibility.com
The e-content company, a division of Interleaf, Inc. announced a new addition to their roster of international e-Partners. Salience Netherlands, a consultancy that specializes in XML-based technology will collaborate with the e-content company to deliver e-business solutions with BladeRunner. Salience will work closely with the e-content company in the Netherlands to help companies realize the value of their content to drive e-business initiatives. www.xmlecontent.com
Macromedia, Inc. shipped Macromedia Dreamweaver 3, its professional Web authoring environment. Dreamweaver, which can be easily extended and customized using HTML, JavaScript, XML, Java and C, enables third-party developers to easily modify Dreamweaver to create applications tailored for their needs. Dreamweaver extensions deliver interoperability with application servers, media extensions, databases and software solutions providers. www.macromedia.com
GoToWorld.com announced the launch of their Universal Translator Dictionary, an online translation dictionary offering translation in 33 languages. While most translation dictionaries focus on translating from or into English, Universal Translator Dictionary can translate directly between any of 33 languages, allowing both English and non-English speakers access to a multitude of languages. The result is instant understanding and comprehension of information. GoToWorld.com’s free Universal Translator Dictionary and Universal Translator Messenger are available at www.GoToWorld.com
The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Forum and the W3C announced a formal liaison relationship to define next-generation Web specifications that support the full participation of wireless devices on the World Wide Web. The WAP Forum and W3C are working together to develop a common process of producing next-generation, XML-based Web specifications, define testing and implementation processes, and promote these specifications to the industry at large. By working together, the WAP Forum and the W3C will enable wireless devices to participate as full peers in the universal information space of the Web, largely through the incorporation of WAP’s Wireless Markup Language (WML) features into the W3C’s XHTML, the next-generation markup language for the Web. Coordination between the two bodies began this week in Sydney, Australia, in conjunction with the WAP Forum’s members meeting. The WAP/W3C coordination committee will meet on a regular basis to maintain consistency between the specifications of the WAP Forum and the W3C, promote common specifications wherever possible, and enable cooperation between the working groups in the WAP Forum and the W3C. Work items include the joint work on XHTML; compatibility with SMIL, the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language; ensuring user control over privacy information; and CC/PP, a universal device profiling system based on W3C’s RDF Metadata technology. The two organizations are also producing a joint workshop in position-dependent information services, to be held in Sophia-Antipolis, France, in February 2000. The WAP Forum is dedicated to enabling advanced services and applications on wireless devices. The W3C is dedicated to leading and advancing the development of the World Wide Web. Together, the two organizations will face the technical challenge of mobile access to information on the Web. WAP Forum and W3C will coordinate on the future development of XML applications and in content adaptation through the use of vector graphics and style sheets. Instead of developing diverging sets of solutions, it is the intent of both groups to find common solutions that will address mobile requirements. www.w3.org, www.wapforum.org
Wysdom Inc. announced it has joined the WAP Forum. WAP Forum members represent over 95% of the global handset market, carriers with more than 100 million subscribers, leading infrastructure providers, software developers and other organizations providing solutions to the wireless industry. The WAP Forum includes other wireless industry leaders such as Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and Microsoft. By increasing the ease of communication with the mobile user, the standards developed by the WAP Forum are a catalyst for making the wireless Internet a reality. Wysdom’s WAPvision product suite is a rapidly deployable turnkey solution that will allow any e-business to establish a wireless presence and extend its services to the mobile user. As a fully adaptable and customizable solution, the WAPvision suite provides the flexibility and scalability required to deliver value added Internet content from e-businesses to wireless end-users. www.wysdom.com
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