The docSpace Company announced the newest addition to its docSpace Service Bureau Program (dSB) – PDQ.net, Inc. The largest full-service Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Houston, Texas, PDQ.net will offer co-branded docSpace carrier class file services to its clients, including several Fortune 500 corporations. The docSpace services will enable secure business-to-business communication for PDQ.net’s clients by offering mobility, collaboration tools, and a replacement for services like FedEx and UPS without requiring any software. PDQ.net will offer co-branded versions of docSpace Express (Web courier) and docSpace Drive (virtual hard drive). The services will first be available through MyPDQ.net, the company’s new consumer portal site. PDQ.net is also targeting business customers with docSpace by offering it in conjunction with their DSL high speed Internet access services. www.docSpace.com, www.pdq.net
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Lotus Development Corp. and Novell Inc. announced that they have created a single log-on solution using Novell Directory Services (NDS) for the Lotus Domino servers and the Lotus Notes client. With Novell Single Sign-on, a user need only log onto a computer network once with a single NDS password to access all enterprise applications, regardless of the network platforms on which those applications reside. Novell Single Sign-on simplifies the end-user computing experience by eliminating the need for users to remember and input multiple passwords. It also can help companies save money by simplifying password management processes and reducing the number of password-related help desk calls. In addition to Notes R4.6 and Notes R5 users, the Lotus Domino R5 servers also can authenticate Web browser-based users of NDS, using LDAP as the authentication protocol. Novell Single Sign-on is available from Novell to customers of Novell NetWare 5. www.novell.com, www.lotus.com
Allaire Corporation introduced Allaire Spectra, a packaged system for content management, e-commerce and personalization that enables corporations to embrace the Web as a strategic center of their businesses. In beta testing today at over 170 sites, Allaire Spectra is designed to use best-practices established by successful Internet businesses, uniting content, commerce and customer interaction capabilities into a common model for enterprise-wide Web systems. Incorporating best practices in building and running large-scale Web businesses, Allaire Spectra is based on the concept of “transactive content” — systems that combine a tight relationship between the management of Web content assets, services that extend a company’s business models into e-commerce, and the ability to deliver this package to the customer in a rich, personalized manner. Allaire Spectra is designed around a model and methodology for building large scale content and commerce systems that embrace the idea that every participant in an enterprise has a unique set of requirements to be productive in their use of the Web. This spectrum of participants spans system administrators, developers, designers, business managers and users, as well as customers, partners, and site affiliates. With Allaire Spectra implemented across an enterprise, each member of the spectrum can use the Web in a logical way. For example, it gives business managers and users a rich set of Web-based tools for managing workflows and security roles, conducting analysis and reporting on the business, and self-managing content and commerce assets without any IT intervention. The six core services of Allaire Spectra include: Content Management, Workflow and Process Automation, Roles-based Security, Personalization, Business Intelligence, and Syndication. Allaire Spectra, which runs on Windows NT and Solaris, is currently in beta. The product is expected to ship in Q4 1999. A bundled offering that includes servers, tools, training, consulting and support will be priced at approximately $100,000. Standard pricing for Allaire Spectra will be $7,495 per server and requires ColdFusion Enterprise Application Server. www.allaire.com
Vignette Corporation and Viant Corporation announced a strategic alliance to help companies build effective Internet businesses. Together, they will address the broad-ranging and complex needs of global companies seeking to transform their businesses through the Internet. By combining Vignette’s StoryServer technology platform with Viant’s ability to tailor technology to meet business goals, the combined team will help businesses compete online. The companies plan to offer full solutions that serve the needs of Fortune 1000 companies, new spin-off companies, and startup companies that are building a presence on the Web. Viant will maintain a core set of consultants trained and experienced in Vignette products and technologies. The partnership will allow Vignette and Viant to build the right solution for customers more quickly, while providing these customers with confidence in the underlying technology and services. www.viant.com, www.vignette.com
Open Market, Inc. announced that it has partnered with SpeechWorks International, Inc. Open Market will be working with SpeechWorks to sell commerce solutions coupling Transact with SpeechSite, a new solution announced today by SpeechWorks, to provide customers with a single speech activated system that gives customers the ability to conduct commerce, even if they do not have access to a computer. Working with Transact, SpeechSite will enable customers to purchase products and services, and check order status, from any telephone. www.openmarket.com
webMethods, Inc., and MRO.com, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PSDI, announced the companies have entered a strategic partnership to deliver a series of XML-based e-Commerce solutions to PSDI customers. Under the agreement, PSDI will incorporate webMethods’ XML technology into MRO.com, PSDI’s business-to-business e-Commerce network that connects buyers and suppliers over the Internet. MRO.com is an online marketplace that supports the procurement, management, control and purchase of all MRO goods and services. Using webMethods B2B, MRO.com will provide buyers with direct access to Web-hosted and XML-based catalogs and real-time connections to the back-end systems of their suppliers, further reducing the typically high costs associated with traditional, paper-based MRO processes. In addition, PSDI plans to extend its XML-enabled set of Java-based business application interfaces to further enhance MAXIMO, its industry leading EAM system, for business-to-business integration with enterprise systems. This will allow integration with applications and systems from a wide array of vendors inside or outside the firewall. www.webmethods.com, www.psdi.com
Aurigin Systems, announced an agreement with Cartia, Inc. to integrate its ThemeScape visualization software into the Aurigin Intellectual Property Asset Management (IPAM) system.. Cartia’s ThemeScape will be available from Aurigin as a standard add-on component of the Aurigin IPAM system. Cartia’s ThemeScape will enable IPAM customers to integrate diverse content, automatically extract the core themes and topics, and organize them into an interactive thematicmap. Similar in appearance to topographical maps, thematic maps are a visual representation of a collection of documents arranged by thematic content. www.cartia.comm, www.aurigin.com
Webb Interactive Services, Inc. announced that it has incorporated the WebLogic Server from BEA Systems, Inc. as its application server platform for delivering XML-based components. Webb’s XML-based publishing technology creates a new platform for publishing and aggregating local content and commerce information that is capable of supporting tens of thousands of small businesses. Using XML and Java as the underlying technology will better allow Webb to leverage the content in a way that enables consumers to shop more easily and enables merchants to publish and promote their products far more effectively. www.webb.net
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