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BroadVision, Inc. announced the availability of BroadVision One-To-One Knowledge 4.1. The application introduces sophisticated personalization referred to as “Personalized Navigation” as well as personalized content capabilities, new knowledge administration features, simpler publishing, and a higher level of integration with existing data sources. www.broadvision.com

NetObjects, Inc. announced the new NetObjects Authoring Server Suite 2000. NetObjects Authoring Server Suite 2000 brings together collaboration, control, rapid design, Web site administration and management, and openness and connectivity. NetObjects Authoring Server 2000 will be available in September 1999, direct from NetObjects and authorized resellers. Pricing for NetObjects Authoring Server 2000 will begin at $1,985 for a 2 client and 2 concurrent user system. www.netobjects.com

SoftQuad Software introduced HoTMetaL PRO 6.0. Key new features include enhanced FTP capabilities, automated synchronised site updates and remote file editing which will ensure that professional developers can update sites quickly and easily. HoTMetaL PRO 6.0 will be available from September 23 1999 for tine Windows 95/98 and NT 4.0. Requirements: Pentium 75 processor, 16Mb of RAM, 256 colour/SVGA display with minimum 640 x 480 resolution, CD-ROM drive. www.softquad.com

Inprise Corporation announced the shipment and availability of Borland Delphi 5, the latest version of its rapid application development tool for Windows. Delphi 5 is designed to simplify the integration of Windows and browser clients, Web servers, middleware and back-end database systems. This new version includes support for HTML 4 and XML. Delphi 5 is available in three versions — Delphi 5 Enterprise, Delphi 5 Professional, and Delphi 5 Standard. All versions of Delphi 5 are currently available from Inprise and major software distribution channels. Delphi 5 Enterprise has an estimated street price of $2,499 for new users. Delphi 5 Professional has an ESP of $799. Delphi 5 Standard has an ESP of $99.95. Current owners of any Borland Client/Server or Enterprise product can purchase Delphi 5 Enterprise for an ESP of $1,699. Current owners of any Borland Professional product can purchase Delphi 5 Enterprise for an ESP of $2,199. Current owners of other Borland development tools products can purchase Delphi 5 Professional for an ESP of $249.95. Current owners of competing products, like Visual Basic or PowerBuilder, can purchase Delphi 5 Professional for an ESP of $299.95. These prices are in US dollars and apply only in the United States. International customers should contact their local Inprise office, distributor or representative. www.inprise.com

i-mind education systems, inc., announced the release of the underlying architecture that drives the i-mind education hub, code named “Otto.” The “Otto” engine is an educational framework or “backplane” that is compliant with leading educational standards and based on Internet technologies. i-mind will deploy this Enterprise JavaBeans-based system into select Florida and California schools this fall; it will be broadly available early 2000. Capable of running on any modern operating system, the framework provides interoperability among legacy administrative systems, Internet-based content delivery technologies, and instructional productivity tools. i-mind uses Citrix Systems, Inc. application server software as its cornerstone. i-mind education systems is a charter member of the SchoolTone Alliance (formerly WebTone), an organization devoted to improving the educational futures of children. Tracking the work of the Schools Interoperability Framework, the IMS Project, and the AICC’s recommendations for Computer-Managed Instruction, i-mind’s first product, code-named “Otto” (named after Nicolaus Adam Otto, the inventor of the four-stroke engine), is an interoperability framework that runs on school and district servers. It links existing teacher management systems (such as attendance, scheduling, and resource management systems) with new systems, especially those that provide “line-of-business” information to teachers, parents, and students. Otto leverages Internet-enabling technologies such as XML, LDAP, and the Internet Mail Consortium’s iCalendar specifications, to make systems available on any browser-enabled device with scalability and security. www.i-mind.com

Computer Sciences Corporation announced a new XML tagging convention that allows information to be shared over the Web between disparate workflow applications to achieve end-to-end process interoperability. The new capability is the result of a cooperative effort launched by the DoD’s Program Manager for the Joint Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (JCALS) Office and CSC. The JCALS workflow manager is a key component of the JCALS system that CSC has developed and implemented for the DoD. JCALS is a joint service information technology program that improves the processes to acquire, develop and maintain U.S. military systems. It is deployed among all the armed services at 60 locations throughout the United States. The new XML-based specification, developed by JCALS program management and CSC, has been enthusiastically endorsed and accepted by the Technical Committee of the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC). The coalition is a non-profit, international organization that promotes and develops the use of workflow through the establishment of standards for software technology, interoperability and connectivity between workflow products. www.csc.com

InsWeb Corp. has implemented an XML interface designed to streamline the exchange of data among insurance carriers and other online partners connected to the Internet’s leading insurance marketplace. InsWeb has direct connections to 40 participating insurance companies, including State Farm, Nationwide, Progressive, AIG, CNA, Metropolitan Life, and Mutual of Omaha. Offering auto, term life, homeowners, renters and health insurance products, InsWeb also enables consumers to access its shopping services through the industry’s most extensive network of Internet partners. Today, InsWeb has relationships with more than 110 leading Web aggregators, including Yahoo!, GO Network, Snap.com, ZDNet, LookSmart, E*TRADE, Wingspan, and enfoTrust.com. www.insaweb.com

DataMirror Corporation announced the availability of Transformation Server for Flat Files. This new product release is a key addition to DataMirror’s Transformation Server product line and expands DataMirror’s market opportunity by giving customers access to non-relational data. Transformation Server for Flat Files can reside in any Unix or Windows NT environment and allows users to move data directly into a target relational database without requiring staging. Transformation Server for Flat Files also has built in masking capability to aid in the description and replication of more complicated formats such as dates and currencies. Transformation Server for Flat Files also represents the first use of XML as a core technology in Transformation Server. Transformation Server for Flat Files will be generally available on September 15th, 1999. Pricing is custom quoted based on computing environment. www.datamirror.com