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ORI Inc.announced the availability of the ClarientXML Server solution to provide real-time XML publishing capabilities for Lotus Notes and Domino 5.0. The new offering will give Lotus Notes users a tool to accelerate e-business development within their organizations. The ClarientXML Server enables corporations to publish existing information or documents residing in Lotus Notes and Domino databases in XML. It allows Lotus Notes and Domino 5.0 servers to communicate using XML, interpret XML documents and perform various Lotus Notes database-related functions. ClarientXML Server accelerates the development of business-to-business e-commerce applications and supply chain management applications for large corporations by facilitating structured communications between computers. www.objres.co, www.lotus.com

UWI.Com announced a free addition to its InternetForms Commerce System (ICS) that enables enterprise users to securely sign XML e-commerce documents using smart cards and Netscape digital certificates. InternetForms Commerce System provides options for creating verifiable records through digital signatures, including third-party support for Netscape signatures, and support for Microsoft CryptoAPI, Entrust, and PenOp signatures. Through partnerships with VeriSign, Datakey, Entrust, Netscape, PenOp, GTE CyberTrust, and Digital Signature Trust, UWI.Com offers methods for securely removing paper from business processes. www.uwi.com

Active Software, Inc., provider of eBusiness integration software products, and Art Technology Group,Inc., developers of e-commerce and online personalization applications, announced the formation of a strategic alliance to enable businesses to deliver Internet Customer Relationship Management (ICRM) solutions integrated with enterprise applications, including Oracle, PeopleSoft and SAP. ATG offers the Dynamo suite of e-commerce and personalization software products for enabling large-scale e-commerce solutions that extend customer relationships across the enterprise. ATG will develop, market and resell a Dynamo Adapter for Active Software’s ActiveWorks Integration System. The Dynamo Adapter for Active Works allows businesses to draw customer information from multiple data sources enabling a seamless flow of information throughout the extended enterprise. www.activesw.com, www.atg.com

Commerce One, Inc. announced the Commerce One Common Business Library (CBL) 2.0, an XML specification for the cross-industry exchange of business documents such as purchase orders, invoices, product descriptions, and shipping schedules. Commerce One CBL 2.0 is a set of XML building blocks and a document framework that allows the creation of reusable XML documents for electronic commerce. Using the CBL 2.0 document framework, businesses can conduct electronic commerce by exchanging business documents of different types. To enable companies to preserve their investment in existing standards such as traditional EDI, CBL 2.0 provides a transition path to XML-based commerce capability. Based on a broad range of Internet and commerce-related industry standards and specifications, CBL 2.0 is endorsed by the Microsoft BizTalk initiative, OASIS, the UN/CEFACT Techniques and Methodologies Working Group, and CommerceNet and its eCo Framework Project and Working Group. To encourage its industry-wide adoption and development, CBL 2.0 is free of charge and available immediately from e-commerce document repositories including XML.org, BizTalk.org, CommerceNet and Commerce One MarketSite.net. www.commerceone.com

Ariba, Inc. announced it has completed its integration of Commerce XML (cXML) with the Microsoft BizTalk Framework. A member of the BizTalk Steering Committee, Ariba has integrated cXML with the BizTalk Framework to enable electronic exchange of business-to-business content, such as catalogs and purchase orders, between Ariba eCommerce solutions and the multitude of supplier Web sites based on the BizTalk Framework. cXML supports all supplier content and catalog methods, including buyer-managed, supplier-managed, content management services, electronic marketplaces, and Web-based sourcing organizations. In addition, cXML defines a request/response process for the exchange of transaction information for purchase orders, change orders, acknowledgments, status updates, ship notifications and other transactions. cXML is integrated with the BizTalk Framework using the XML-data Reduced (XDR) syntax. A list of supporting companies and additional information is available at www.cxml.org. www.ariba.com

Keyfile Corporation announced it will support the Microsoft BizTalk Framework with an XML workflow schema that can be embedded with online forms, transactions and other XML documents. The schema defines the business logic for receiving, handling and processing the XML document as part of an e-commerce transaction. It is available in the library section of biztalk.org. www.keyfile.com

Bowstreet Software Inc. has appointed Robert D. Crowley to the post of president and chief executive officer. Crowley comes to Bowstreet from Arbortext where he was president and CEO. Bowstreet’s current CEO and co-founder, Jack Serfass, will assume the role of co-chairman of Bowstreet, along with co-founder Frank Moss. Bowstreet, was founded in January 1998 and last week announced a $20M second round financing. The company’s Web Services Architecture, which combines XML and directory services technology, is technology for dynamic, frictionless B2B e-commerce. While President and CEO at Arbortext, Crowley positioned the company as a leader in Web-based e-content for e-business, tripling the company value in twelve months. Prior to Arbortext, Crowley was vice president of business development at Kenan Systems Corporation, an enterprise customer care, billing and analysis products firm. Prior to Kenan, Crowley was a senior vice president at USCS International. During his 11 years with California-based USCS. He earned his BS in finance from Villanova University. www.bowstreet.com

Nimble.com, announced that it has received a first round of equity financing from Madrona Investment Group and ARCH Venture Partners. The company will use the funding to ramp operations and plans to release its first product early next year for advanced XML database technology for enterprise and e-commerce products. In addition to VC funding, the company has received financial backing from David Pool, CEO of DataChannel. headquartered in Bellevue, Wash. Nimble.com was founded in June, 1999. www.nimble.com