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Enigma Announces Integration of E-Publishing Tool with Documentum

Enigma Inc. announced its INSIGHT into Documentum Module. The Module automates the process of assembling and e-publishing content directly from Documentum’s content management platform, Documentum 4i, ensuring integrity and speeding the process of producing high-value content that can be accessed via the Web, a corporate portal, or offline. INSIGHT is used when information needs to be utilized by customers or field personnel for product support or maintenance. INSIGHT e-publications can also be integrated at the customer site into procurement or ERP systems, further expediting the smooth operation of that product. INSIGHT creates unified e-publications from a wide variety of source document formats, including Adobe FrameMaker, PDF, RTF, structured text in XML, HTML or SGML, as well as virtually any graphics file format. A single INSIGHT e-publication can be delivered on the Web or offline via CD-ROM, and dynamic updates can be provided via the Web. www.enigma.com

Tradex Announces Content Management Offering

TRADEX Technologies announced the availability of TRADEX Content Library and TRADEX Content Services. The new, advanced content management functionality and services enhances TRADEX’s commitment to providing comprehensive solutions that deliver fast and cost effective time to market in vertical marketplaces and ebusiness portals. TRADEX has chosen ec-Content as a partner in developing these new offerings. TRADEX Content Solutions offer a Content Library and customized Content Services. The TRADEX Content Library, a portfolio of predefined content databases in eight industry categories, contains data on more than 5 million items from 6,000 manufacturers. These databases are created using a supplier neutral approach comprised of a predefined base of manufacturers’ data along with the capability to quickly add a marketplace specific layer, consisting of supplier/buyer content, i.e. contracted pricing. TRADEX Content Services offer Consulting Services — advice on the design and implementation of the content management process; Content Creation Services — providing the resources and tools required to develop and maintain new content databases; and Content Hosting — including hosting and maintenance of databases. www.tradex.com.

RNCi Offers “Open-Publishing” to Syndicate Content Across the Net

RNCi announced the launch of its browser-based content entry tool, WriteNOW. With WriteNOW, non-techies can publish content to the Net from any location in the world. There is no software to download, two simple steps to submit information and it takes only minutes to publish. At the same time, users have the ability to syndicate the content to multiple web locations, intranet applications, and/or digital technologies, such as PDA’s. The latest release of WriteNOW is a browser-based content entry tool that combines both the simplicity and ease-of-use for aggregating, publishing and syndicating content to the Net. By simply clicking through the browser-based wizard, a user types in their password information and uploads the file. The information is automatically converted into HTML and syndicates to the Net within minutes. Upon completion, the user immediately receives an email indicating that the article successfully published. The only requirement for WriteNOW is an Internet connection and a 4.0 or higher browser. To access the content publishing tool, first-time users must register as an affiliate of RNCi’s network. www.RNCi.com.

FRx Software Announces Support for AICPA XML Initiative

FRx Software Corporation announced that its upcoming product release, code-named “Vulcan,” will embrace the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) XFRML initiative to create standardized digital financial statement formats using XML FRx’s first XML output option will create a single, standard XML output file that can be viewed using FRx’s DrillDown Viewer or any other browser that supports XML. This output option allows reports generated by either of FRx’s applications to be shared with any other XML-aware application. The second option will create an XML output file exclusive to FRx’s applications that is geared towards high performance and advanced viewing and drilling capabilities within the DrillDown Viewer. With the second option, users will be able to drill through corporate hierarchies as well as summary information to transaction detail. Both options will provide users with the ability to export the XML data to OLAP cubes, Lotus, Excel or ASCII file formats. The XML output functionality will be included in FRx’s “Vulcan” product, scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of 1999. www.frxsoftware.com.

Intershop Announces Enfinity

INTERSHOP Communications, Inc. announced its next generation e-business software, INTERSHOP enfinity. INTERSHOP enfinity is a complete XML and Java 2 platform-based, sell-side e-business application that offers the enterprise market advanced selling features, closely integrated with existing business systems, while providing the flexibility to grow with rapidly changing e-commerce business models. The sell-side capabilities of INTERSHOP enfinity range from intelligent marketing functionality in traditional e-commerce Web sites to supporting innovative and emerging business models. These include managing transactions on a network of affiliate Web sites; supporting machine-to-machine transactions; and integrating with vertical and horizontal portals, as well as buy-side networks, such as SAP

Pivotal Solution Fuses Ecommerce, CRM & Business Portals

Pivotal Corporation announced Pivotal eRelationship 2, a B2B Web solution for increasing revenue by enhancing relationships with customers and business partners, and conducting personalized online commerce. The Pivotal eRelationship 2 solution fuses an advanced eCommerce server-the Pivotal eRelationship CommerceServer – and an intelligent business portal, the Pivotal eRelationship SmartPortal, with Pivotal’s customer relationship management applications to establish an all-Web platform for eBusiness Relationship Management (eBRM). www.pivotal.com.

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