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Inxight Software, and Hewlett-Packard have concluded a licensing agreement for Inxight’s Summarizer and LinguistX Platform software components for use in HP Simple Trax. HP SimpleTrax enables users to save, manage and find files easily on CDs. The two natural language technologies from Inxight enable customers to search for and view summaries of text files on CDs – without necessarily having to replace the CD in the drive first. LinguistX Platform is component technology that uses a natural language approach for automatic meta content and knowledge extraction. With LinguistX Platform, developers and online publishers can differentiate their applications, services, and content by identifying concepts automatically. Inxight Summarizer is a software component technology that summarizes a typical document by extracting key sentences from the document in real time. It can be used for any collection of documents including digital libraries, file system management, and information retrieval. www.inxight.com

Miva Corporation, a provider of Web commerce software, today introduced Miva Empresa v3.6, an application engine designed for Web hosting companies, ISPs and enterprises to enable users on their servers with Miva Script, the XML-based scripting language used by more than 25,000 developers. Individual users on a Miva-enabled Web server can utilize Miva Script to create and deploy e-commerce and data-driven Web sites. The new Miva Empresa v3.6 edition includes full CyberCash, CyberSource, and PaymentNet support using the MvCOMMERCE tag which can be embedded in a Web page to automate robust payment processing. Miva Script is accessed through an application engine, included with Miva Empresa, which plugs into virtually any Unix or Windows Web server. Once the engine has been plugged into a Web server, files with certain extensions are automatically parsed and deployed by the engine. Web hosting companies and ISPs can use the execution environment to configure their systems on a global, per domain and per user basis for virtual domain setup, multiple user configuration, sandboxed execution and performance tuning. Enterprises can utilize Miva Empresa v3.6 to create and deploy commerce applications, data-driven Web sites and corporate Intranet applications such as a company store for requesting supplies. www.miva.com

iLumin Corporation announced that an equity investment has been made in the company by IPF Fund, LLC. iLumin’s software combines intelligent documents based on XML, proprietary automated processing, and secure digital signatures to facilitate the execution and filing of documents of business, government and commerce over the Internet. Currently iLumin software is in use in the electronic filing of court documents in the State of Utah. iLumin has recently entered into strategic alliances with Microsoft Corporation and Intel Corporation, including incorporating the Pentium III processor serial number feature into its Online Signing Room. www.ilumin.com

Datastream Systems,Inc. announced its support of Microsoft’s Windows Distributed interNet Applications for Manufacturing (Windows DNA-M) architecture. Windows DNA is a framework based on Microsoft technologies that enables multi-vendor software applications to work together in a single, distributed, enterprise-wide system. These technologies include Windows NT, Windows CE, SQL Server 7.0, XML, and COM/DCOM. Datastream has a full suite of remote access products based on DNA-M technologies, including Pocket MP (handheld computer interface using Windows CE) and MP2 WebLink (Internet work request and approval system). Future versions of MP2 Enterprise(TM) are also being developed based on DNA for Manufacturing architecture. Datastream’s e-commerce initiative, utilizes XML technology under a DNA for Manufacturing approach focused on Microsoft Transaction Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Site Server and Active Server Page technologies. e-MRO allows Datastream customers to complete the MRO (maintenance, repair and operations) purchasing cycle through on-line procurement. www.dstm.com

Caere Corporation announced the availability of OmniForm 4.0 for Windows 95, 98 and NT, a major upgrade of the forms application. Version 4.0 adds many new features, which improve its form conversion, form design and editing and form filling capabilities. In addition, OmniForm 4.0 provides the ability to save forms to a variety of Web-ready formats, including DHTML, HTML and PDF. These enhancements provide users with the tools they need to create intelligent forms for the desktop, the local area network, the intranet and the World Wide Web. OmniForm 4.0 is priced at $149 and is immediately available from Caere’s Web site and available as early as March 30th from software resellers. www.caere.com

Centra Software announced Centra 99, a solution for delivering a full range of live business collaboration across intranets and the Internet. The Centra 99 product suite offers a set of capabilities, options, event templates, and toolkits in a scalable, extensible, and easily deployed “Interprise” system. The combination of the new, no-install Centra CONFERENCE Web client and the collaborative, firewall-friendly Centra SYMPOSIUM client enables Centra 99 to span all internal and external user communities, as well as all geographic and network boundaries. Critical business processes such as 1:1 selling, product launches, and enterprise application training that may have required travel or the use of teleconferencing and component Web technologies are now supported in a single, software system that includes centralized log-in, administration, reporting, security, and content management. www.centra.com

Interleaf, Inc. announced it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Texcel International AB, provider of XML-enabled content management solutions. Texcel, founded in 1991, provides software and services to corporations and government agencies that depend on information access and efficient reuse for competitive advantage, through its product, Information Manager. The integration of Information Manager