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FileNET Corp. reported estimated results for its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 1998. Revenue is expected to be approximately $85.1 million, up 11 percent from $76.4 million for the fourth quarter of 1997. Income before restructuring and other costs is expected to be approximately $1.0 million or 3 cents per diluted share, compared to net income of $5.9 million or 18 cents per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 1997. Net loss for the fourth quarter of 1998 is expected to be approximately $.4 million or 1 cent per diluted share. FileNET expects to announce final results on Jan. 26, 1999. For the year ended Dec. 31, 1998, revenue is expected to be approximately $310.2 million, up 23 percent from $251.4 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 1997. Income for 1998 before restructuring and other costs is expected to be approximately $2.4 million or 7 cents per diluted share. Net income for 1998 is expected to approximate $1.0 million, or 3 cents per diluted share, compared to a net loss in 1997 of $5.5 million or 18 cents per diluted share. www.filenet.com

The Open Applications Group, Inc. (OAGI), a non-profit industry consortium comprised of many of the stakeholders in the business software component interoperability arena, announced publication of a full set of XML Document Type Definition (DTD) files that define interoperability APIs. The group has built a common model for software application component interoperability over the last three years. The model is described in their Open Applications Group Integration Specification. OAGIS describes the major components, their integration dialogs, and the content of those dialogs for many key enterprise business applications, including financials, manufacturing, human resources, supply chain, and logistics. The DTDs necessary to define this integration content in XML have been published on the OAGI web site and are available for public access at: www.openapplications.org . The DTDs will be free of charge to download and use, but a license agreement will be enacted to maintain ownership of intellectual property.

DataChannel Inc. announced the immediate availability of the 3.2 version of DataChannel RIO, the company’s flagship product. DataChannel RIO is an XML-enabled solution designed to build a dynamic two-way corporate portal with input (i.e. publishing) and output (i.e. retrieval) capabilities that make Intranets and Extranets easier to use, integrate, manage, and support. With this release, new features and functionality have been added to ensure smoother deployment in a secure environment, help better manage documents and integrate data. This newest release also represents the first implementation of the XML Java parser co-developed by Microsoft and DataChannel in a commercial product. The 45-day trial can be downloaded at: www.datachannel.com/download

At Lotusphere99, Lotus Development Corp. today launched Release 5 (R5) of Notes, Domino and Domino Designer, Lotus’ collaboration and Internet messaging software. The new Notes R5 client is a browser-like desktop environment that provides users with access to their most frequently used applications, including Internet e-mail, news, calendars, Web browsing, document management and custom business applications, from one integrated source. Lotus also announced an extension of its relationship with America Online that will enhance the ability of Lotus customers to find and manage Web-based news and information. Through the partnership, America Online provides Web content from a variety of its online news and content sources that users can access and manage directly from within the Notes R5 Client. www.lotus.com/r5.

KnowledgeLink Interactive Inc., a provider of business intelligence solutions for business, announced it has changed its name to powerize.com, effective immediately. Powerize.com’s main product is the Powerize Server, The Corporate Portal Machine, formerly called PerSavant. With the Powerize Server, an organization can create a secure in-house information service for its employees – an intranet-based portal that enables users to conduct ad hoc research against multiple and distributed information sources, and create research agents that constantly monitor those sources for new and important information. The Powerize Server can access a wide range of intranet sources including any ODBC database, Lotus Notes databases, and document collections indexed by tools from Documentum, Excalibur, and Verity; any free or paid site on the Internet; newsfeeds from providers such as NewsEdge; and professional online services from providers such as Dialog, and Infonautics. Separately Powersize announced a deal with Vignette to use their syndication server. www.powerize.com.

MIT and Akamai Technologies Inc., announced a plan to deploy the “world’s largest fault-tolerant network for distributing Web content.” The new company Akamai has more than $8 million in seed financing from venture capitalists and private investors. The company’s first service offering, called “FreeFlow,” uses a new technology to shift the burdensome aspects of Web-based content distribution from a content provider’s server or servers to Akamai’s global network of host servers. FreeFlow is currently in beta in partnership with “some of the largest sites on the Internet,” which were not named. But officials said the beta testers include “five of the world’s most-visited Web sites. FreeFlow is designed to work with any Web server or site design, including database-driven and e-commerce applications. www.akamai.com.