Uniscape announced the launch of its E-Services Translation Portal (ETP), Uniscape.com, a vertical marketplace for translation services that enables businesses to conduct multi-lingual e-commerce. Uniscape.com will enable companies to make human translation quicker, more efficient and reusable. Using Uniscape.com, companies will have the ability to work with translators anywhere in the world and offer them free use of Uniscape’s XML-based Translator Studio. The technology is designed specifically to aid the human translation process by offering access to a scalable translation memory database, workflow automation, content management, reporting and filtering technology. As the translators do their work, it is captured in a scalable translation memory database, where it can be automatically reused across a company’s future translation projects. When content is updated on a Web site or new content is created, the system automatically checks to see if the key terminology, sentences or paragraphs have ever been translated previously. Prior translations are automatically pulled from the database and translators complete the partially translated files using Translator Studio. Companies are charged a minimal transaction fee of a few pennies for each word processed, with discounts based on the overall translation volume and percentage of reuse. Workflow automation automatically routes files and communications between content producers, translators, reviewers, quality assurance and publishers; according to a company’s own business rules and objectives. Reporting capabilities enable companies to track every aspect of their translation and publishing activities. The site will be open in September. Pricing is determined by number of words to be translated and volume of reuse. www.uniscape.com
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IntraNet Solutions, Inc. has announced two new products — Intra.doc!
Andromedia, Inc. announced LikeMinds Personalization Server 3.0. LikeMinds Personalization Server 3.0 makes the most of every click by utilizing virtually any source of consumer behavior data — be it online or offline, implicit or explicit, real time or historical, transactional or navigational — to personalize every interaction from the first click to the final checkout. LikeMinds Personalization Server 3.0 introduces two new personalization engines: The Purchase Engine and the Clickstream Engine. The Purchase Engine enables e-commerce vendors to leverage valuable offline and/or online purchase history data to make personalized recommendations. The Clickstream Engine builds customer profiles in real-time, based on navigational data gathered as customers browse a site. This allows an e-commerce vendor who lacks purchase history data and doesn’t want to force users to fill out lengthy questionnaires to still offer personalized content and product recommendations. The new engines enable LikeMinds to learn by unobtrusively observing online navigational behavior and shopping activities and automatically adapt in real-time to changes in users’ tastes and preferences. The Clickstream and Purchase Engines complement the Preference Engine and Product Matching Engine, which were built into previous versions of LikeMinds Personalization Server. The Preference Engine leverages explicitly stated preferences. The Product Matching Engine makes recommendations based on product similarities, enabling vendors to immediately recommend new products, before customers have seen, rated, or bought them. No other personalization solution offers e-marketers so many options for leveraging consumer behavior data to personalize interactions with users on their Web sites. LikeMinds Personalization Server 3.0 requires Windows NT 4.0 running on Pentium-class PCs or Solaris 2.6 running on Sun SPARC stations or Ultra SPARC workstations, any CGI-compliant Web server, and ODBC-compliant databases including Oracle 8 and SQL Server 7.0. LikeMinds Personalization Server 3.0 is priced from $25,000 and is available immediately. www.andromedia.com
XMLSolutions Corporation announced the completion of a $3.6 million round in venture capital financing with Verticality Investment Group, LLC, a Jersey City, N.J.-based venture capital firm that invests in private technology companies. The investment, which marks the company’s first round of funding, will be used to continue the rapid expansion of XMLSolutions’ superior professional services group and accelerate deployment of the Exeter family of e-commerce software products. The Exeter family of products will be released on August 1, 1999. www.xmls.com
Scala Business Solutions N.V., and StreamServe announced a strategic OEM contract. Under the agreement, Scala will OEM StreamServe software — a solution that formats, personalizes and distributes business critical information — and market it as the Scala Output Server. Scala recently introduced its XML-based electronic commerce solution, Scala.Solutions, which will now be offered with the Scala Output Server option. Scala Output Server will enable current and potential Scala Global Series customers to create documents, such as invoices and shipping statements, which are formatted and customized for individual receivers, improving the clarity of communications to help retain and attract customers. The Scala Output Server will then distribute the information to each receiver individually across a variety of channels including printers, archives, fax servers, e-mail gateways, pagers, SMS (Short Message Service for mobile phones) and PDF files. Also, the Scala Output Server can output to XML, HTML or EDI, allowing companies to expand to e-business solutions such as Scala.Solutions. The Scala Output Server will have limited availability on September 1, 1999, and will be generally available in Q4, 1999. www.streamserve.com, www.scala.se
Intraspect Software announced full support for Microsoft Office 2000 and the WebDAV protocol in Intraspect Knowledge Server (IKS). Intraspect’s Knowledge Server, coupled with Internet Explorer 5.0, allows users to drag-and-drop any file from their desktop to the IKS repository. Microsoft Office and other documents are immediately indexed and locatable through IKS’ Browser User Interface. Office 2000 users can open a document directly from an Intraspect WebDAV server, modify it, and save the updated version back to the server — all from within the Office 2000 applications. www.intraspect.com
EXE Technologies, Inc. announced its commitment to support Microsoft’s BizTalk Framework by developing industry-specific schemas that will enable the seamless exchange of business information for EXE’s customers. EXE Technologies will support Microsoft’s advocacy of XML and industry standards for sharing business information by using BizTalk schemas and developing industry-specific schemas for EXE applications. EXE customers will execute BizTalk schemas as the default business-to-business communication language and EXE-developed schemas for industry-specific functionality. Industry-specific schemas developed by EXE will be submitted to the BizTalk.org schema repository. In addition to committing to develop and use BizTalk XML schemas, EXE is participating in the beta program for Microsoft BizTalk Server and is working to ensure that BizTalk Server and schemas will seamlessly integrate with EXE’s application suite, EXceed. The BizTalk-enabled solutions will allow businesses to easily and uniformly exchange data with ERP, APS, Order Management, and other applications. EXE will deliver the first BizTalk schemas later this year. www.exe.com.
The ACORD Transaction Working Group met recently to tackle the necessary infrastructure and protocol needed to effectively transport XML transactions. Participating in the working group are Microsoft, Travelers, PMSC, SAFECO, NCFocus, National Grange Mutual, Symmetry Technology Labs, Progressive, APT, Ontos, ISO, Hartford, Applied Systems, Kemper, Delphi, IVANS, CGU, AMS, St. Paul, Docucorp, and others. Concurrently, the Data Requirements Working Group is analyzing the AL3 and ObjX standards in order to assure that all lines, including Personal, Commercial, Surety, Claims, and Accounting, are included in the initial dictionary. This group was formed out of the recently announced joint initiative between ACORD and the Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) Agent’s Council for Technology (ACT). Working toward an August 31, 1999 deliverable, the groups plan to complete the ACORD Insurance XML Dictionary. The objective, introduced by IIAA/ACT, is to prevent industry fragmentation by providing a base dictionary for the production of all future insurance XML transactions. IIAA/ACT is an advisory board of agent and industry representatives, formed by the IIAA to foster understanding and better utilization of technology in the independent agency system. ACT also helps to provide technology education, acts as a catalyst for the research and practical implementation of technology, and monitors related legislative developments. www.acord.org
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