1206901318Content WireDeskaccess digital,Education,Egypt,Internet,Internet,WorldAccess To Knowledge Initiative for Biblioteca AlexandrinaThe Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) launches its Access to Knowledge (A2K) electronic platform which has been developed over several months to become the leading source of information on Access to Knowledge. This platform aims to raise awareness about the importance of A2K and its role in accelerating development efforts around the world, and in the Arab region in particular, by providing an interactive forum that will be continuously to include latest news and international developments in the field, in addition to the latest articles published on the topic, some of which will be also translated into Arabic to make it available to the widest audience possible. Visitors will also be able to interact and contribute through several discussion forums and periodical consultations that will also host prominent international researchers and practitioners. The BA’s activity comes against the backdrop of the need to remedy the negative effects of obstacles denying developing countries access to international knowledge that would contribute to their development processes and to the advancement of human intellect. Such obstacles result from the rising trend of using international intellectual property protection rules and regulations by developed countries for the purposes of exclusivity, therefore, blocking the use of such knowledge by developing countries to create new knowledge. Being aware of such challenges, and in view of its role in disseminating knowledge and contributing to scientific progress and consequently economic and social development, the BA has undertaken the responsibility to promote for the importance of A2K, especially on the regional Arab level, and moving on to the international level. Within this context, the BA has organized two regional seminars on intellectual property and its relation to development in the year 2005, and A2K and its impact on supporting creativity and innovation in 2006. Various regional and international stakeholders have participated in both events, which enriched the discussions and resulted in practical recommendations. These include the update of the A2K website. <a href="http://www.bibalex.org/a2k" target="_blank">www.bibalex.org/a2k</a>http://www.content-wire.com/access-knowledge-initiative-biblioteca-alexandrina1174521600Content Wireadminaccess digital,advanced technology,assets,broadband,broadband access,broadband services,categorization,Companies,content integration,Content Technologies,content technology,current content,current market,data access,data services,demand technology,digital assets,dynamic content,economy,Economy,Education,ethics,global content,global economic,global network,global technology,information assets,information technology,infrastructures,initiative,innovations,integration software,Internet,internet,market leaders,market research,Media,mobile content,mobile data,mobile services,new data,new economy,new generation,new research,new technology,next generation,open source,open source world,People,preclinical,public access,public sector,research director,revenue growth,revenue opportunities,revenue source,sectors,signs,software applications,source of information,strategic technology,system integration,Technology,technology companies,technology integration,technology research,telecommunications,telecommunications services,time to market,traffic,turnover,voice services,Web 2.0,web applications,web content,World European ICT market growing steadilyThe market for information technology and telecom-munications (ICT) in the EU will increase in 2007 by 2.9 percent to 668 billion Euro. "The European ICT industry continues to grow steadily, with IT services, software applications and broadband data services as the main drivers", commented EITO Chair Bruno Lamborghini on the basis of the latest study of the European Information Technology Observatory EITO, presented last week in Brussels. In 2008 the European ICT market should again grow by around 2.9 percent, to 687 billion Euro. Welcoming the report, the European Commission's Director General for Information Society and Media, Fabio Colasanti, stated: "The ICT sector remains one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy, with higher than average growth rates and research intensity. The study shows that the first signs of fundamental change are appearing as Europe moves towards a knowledge-based economy. The EU's 7th Framework programme for research, the current review of the regulatory framework for electronic communications and the i2010 initiative for a European Information Society are all designed to support continued growth in this area." The EITO 2007 report shows that Information technology (IT) is proving to be a reliable source of growth: the companies involved are turning 320 billion Euro this year. This represents an increase of 4.4 percent. Software and IT services are booming Above all, software and IT services are booming - with increases of 6.5 and 5.5 percent respectively. There is strong demand for professional IT services like outsourcing, consulting and system integration. "We are expecting similarly high rates of growth next year", says Lamborghini. The hardware market is also recovering: it is expected to grow by 1.7 percent in 2007 and in 2008 by 2.2 percent. Above all, notebooks and multi-function peripherals are creating an increase in demand while the market for desktop PCs is shrinking. For 2008, the EITO experts are expecting an overall market value in IT of 335 billion Euro (plus 4.7 percent). Growth in the EU telecommunications market is lower than in IT. Here the market in the EU is increasing this year by 1.5 percent to 348 billion Euro and in the coming year by 1.1 percent to 352 billion Euro. With plus 6.4 percent, above all fixed data services such as DSL are currently experiencing a boom. "Broadband Internet is already standard in companies and private households are catching up", explains Lamborghini. "42 percent of households in Western Europe already have a fast network access." Mobile data services are also increasingly in demand. At the same time, the EU market for fixed voice telephone services is shrinking by around five percent a year. New value-added services must now provide revenue growth. Besides data and Internet services, Third Generation (3G) mobile traffic and mobile Internet access are increasingly popular. User-generated Web 2.0 applications and content are opening up new relevant opportunities. The market for consumer electronics (CE) has further potential for growth. According to EITO, the Western European CE market is currently increasing by around 2.5 percent. Turnover and growth leaders are flat-screen televisions. "Digital technology has largely displaced analogue products", explains Lamborghini. "The industry now makes three quarters of its turnover with digital equipment." Global Challenge Lamborghini emphasises that "the European Union has to face the global challenge. This can be achieved by exploiting the many strategic assets, such as the EU's advanced communications infrastructures and services as well as the world's largest market for education, comprising close to half a billion people. But at the same time Europe needs finally to put an end to its present weaknesses: market fragmentation, too little investment for R&D in ICT, limited high-tech start-ups, and insufficient preparation and mobility of people with the right kind of skills." EITO expects new demand to be created, in particular, through IT innovations in the areas of P2P software, logistics and RFID, security technologies and e-health services, as well as through the digitalisation of public administration (e-government). Lamborghini concludes: "The EITO 2007 Report has confirmed that Europe has entered a new ICT investment cycle encouraged by stronger than expected economic recovery, EU enlargement, the booming Asian markets and new technological opportunities. Strong growth of software and IT services, together with the diffusion of broadband networks, open new exciting opportunities for Europe in the next years of the decade." www.eito.com <script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "pub-7258139694566163";google_ad_width = 300;google_ad_height = 250;google_ad_format = "300x250_as";google_ad_type = "text_image";google_ad_channel ="";google_color_border = "CC99CC";google_color_bg = "E7C6E8";google_color_link = "000000";google_color_url = "00008B";google_color_text = "663366";</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>http://www.content-wire.com/european-ict-market-growing-steadily-01174176000Content Wireadminaccess digital,advanced technology,assets,boundaries,broadband,broadband access,broadband services,Companies,content infrastructure,content integration,Content Technologies,content technology,current content,current market,data access,data services,demand technology,digital assets,dynamic content,economy,Economy,Education,global content,global economic,global network,global technology,information assets,information technology,infrastructure,infrastructure software,infrastructures,initiative,innovations,integration software,Internet,internet,map,market leaders,market research,Media,mobile content,mobile data,mobile services,network infrastructure,new data,new economy,new generation,new research,new technology,next generation,open source,open source world,People,public access,public sector,research director,revenue growth,revenue opportunities,revenue source,sectors,signs,software applications,source of information,stock,strategic technology,system integration,Technology,technology companies,technology integration,technology research,telecommunications,telecommunications services,time to market,traffic,turnover,viability,voice services,Web 2.0,web applications,web content,WorldEuropean ICT market growing steadilyThe market for information technology and telecom-munications (ICT) in the EU will increase in 2007 by 2.9 percent to 668 billion Euro. "The European ICT industry continues to grow steadily, with IT services, software applications and broadband data services as the main drivers", commented EITO Chair Bruno Lamborghini on the basis of the latest study of the European Information Technology Observatory EITO, presented last week in Brussels. In 2008 the European ICT market should again grow by around 2.9 percent, to 687 billion Euro. Welcoming the report, the European Commission's Director General for Information Society and Media, Fabio Colasanti, stated: "The ICT sector remains one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy, with higher than average growth rates and research intensity. The study shows that the first signs of fundamental change are appearing as Europe moves towards a knowledge-based economy. The EU's 7th Framework programme for research, the current review of the regulatory framework for electronic communications and the i2010 initiative for a European Information Society are all designed to support continued growth in this area." The EITO 2007 report shows that Information technology (IT) is proving to be a reliable source of growth: the companies involved are turning 320 billion Euro this year. This represents an increase of 4.4 percent. Software and IT services are booming Above all, software and IT services are booming - with increases of 6.5 and 5.5 percent respectively. There is strong demand for professional IT services like outsourcing, consulting and system integration. "We are expecting similarly high rates of growth next year", says Lamborghini. The hardware market is also recovering: it is expected to grow by 1.7 percent in 2007 and in 2008 by 2.2 percent. Above all, notebooks and multi-function peripherals are creating an increase in demand while the market for desktop PCs is shrinking. For 2008, the EITO experts are expecting an overall market value in IT of 335 billion Euro (plus 4.7 percent). Growth in the EU telecommunications market is lower than in IT. Here the market in the EU is increasing this year by 1.5 percent to 348 billion Euro and in the coming year by 1.1 percent to 352 billion Euro. With plus 6.4 percent, above all fixed data services such as DSL are currently experiencing a boom. "Broadband Internet is already standard in companies and private households are catching up", explains Lamborghini. "42 percent of households in Western Europe already have a fast network access." Mobile data services are also increasingly in demand. At the same time, the EU market for fixed voice telephone services is shrinking by around five percent a year. New value-added services must now provide revenue growth. Besides data and Internet services, Third Generation (3G) mobile traffic and mobile Internet access are increasingly popular. User-generated Web 2.0 applications and content are opening up new relevant opportunities. The market for consumer electronics (CE) has further potential for growth. According to EITO, the Western European CE market is currently increasing by around 2.5 percent. Turnover and growth leaders are flat-screen televisions. "Digital technology has largely displaced analogue products", explains Lamborghini. "The industry now makes three quarters of its turnover with digital equipment." Global Challenge Lamborghini emphasises that "the European Union has to face the global challenge. This can be achieved by exploiting the many strategic assets, such as the EU's advanced communications infrastructures and services as well as the world's largest market for education, comprising close to half a billion people. But at the same time Europe needs finally to put an end to its present weaknesses: market fragmentation, too little investment for R&D in ICT, limited high-tech start-ups, and insufficient preparation and mobility of people with the right kind of skills." EITO expects new demand to be created, in particular, through IT innovations in the areas of P2P software, logistics and RFID, security technologies and e-health services, as well as through the digitalisation of public administration (e-government). Lamborghini concludes: "The EITO 2007 Report has confirmed that Europe has entered a new ICT investment cycle encouraged by stronger than expected economic recovery, EU enlargement, the booming Asian markets and new technological opportunities. Strong growth of software and IT services, together with the diffusion of broadband networks, open new exciting opportunities for Europe in the next years of the decade." www.eito.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/european-ict-market-growing-steadily1169078400Content Wireadminaccess control,access digital,application development,Companies,consumer service,Content Technologies,content technology,current content,current market,customers need,data access,data services,Development,digital video,electronic publishing,enterprise content management,global content,global technology,improvements,Internet,internet,investors,key industry,launch,leading technology,leading the way,market research,Media,metrics,mobile content,mobile data,mobile operators,mobile phone,mobile services,networking,new data,new research,new technology,niche,research and development,shape,smart,Social Networks,Social Technology,take advantage,Technology,technology companies,technology research,technology solutions,telecommunications,telecommunications services,traffic,unnecessarily,video content,video services,web content,WorldSocial Networking, User-Generated Content and Green Technology Top Trends for 2007Deloitte's Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) industry group predicts that, in 2007, expanding social networks will create a greater need for security and copyright protection technologies, while user-generated content from blogs, amateur filmmakers and others will both complement and threaten traditional media outlets. Meanwhile, with global internet traffic reaching capacity, investment in laying new cable or lighting existing fiber may be needed -- but may be stifled by continuing declines in wholesale capacity prices. Predictions 2007 is a series of three reports examining emerging developments and how they will shape the TMT market. They were written by the Deloitte TMT industry group with input from leading industry analysts and executives. Each report includes recommendations on how to best take advantage of these trends. Key trends include: Technology -- Social Networking Evolves -- Social networks will continue to expand, creating a need for identification improvements, the ability to remove copyrighted material quickly, and making downloads as instantaneous as possible. -- Tech Goes Green -- Portable power needs will explode, with solutions including power-scavenging technologies that draw energy from around them -- from body heat, ambient light, vibrations or movement -- to provide supplementary battery charge. -- Biometrics on the Cusp -- With security continuing to be a concern, the use of biometric data (iris, fingerprint and palm geometry) for access control is on the rise. -- Digital Storage Expansion Driven by Laws -- Digital storage needs will be impacted by companies' legal obligations to keep years and petabytes worth of data, with costs passed onto the user. Telecommunications -- Internet Capacity Woes -- With the Internet reaching capacity, investment in laying new cable or lighting existing fiber may be needed -- but may be stifled by continuing declines in wholesale capacity prices. Solutions will be found when Web surfers rebel after quality of service declines. -- The Next Killer App -- Mobile TV may be the next killer application,taking video content off the phone and onto a device with a better screen. -- Reinvention of TV -- IPTV is poised to launch as a reinvention of television, rather than a pale imitation of current services. Operators could position the service as an affordable way for all content providers to deliver niche media to a growing mass audience,without the commission costs of broadcast-network middlemen. Media & Entertainment Predictions -- Consumer as Media Mogul -- User-generated content is increasing. Blogs, amateur filmmakers and others are creating content that complements -- or perhaps threatens -- traditional media outlets. Smart media companies will serve up user-generated content as a powerful promotional vehicle and use it as an effective medium for scouting talent. -- It's a New Media World After All -- New media metrics are taking over, with old media metrics becoming a thing of the past. Development of comparable statistics will emerge, enabling companies, their customers and their investors to more accurately gauge performance. -- DVD vs. VOD: No Clear Winner in Sight -- Simultaneous availability of movies on DVD and VOD will make them closer competitors. Full reports on Deloitte's predictions for the Technology, Media and Telecom industries are available at http://www.deloitte.com/research/tmt. <script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "pub-7258139694566163";google_ad_width = 300;google_ad_height = 250;google_ad_format = "300x250_as";google_ad_type = "text_image";google_ad_channel ="";google_color_border = "CC99CC";google_color_bg = "E7C6E8";google_color_link = "000000";google_color_url = "00008B";google_color_text = "663366";</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>http://www.content-wire.com/social-networking-user-generated-content-and-green-technology-top-trends-20071165449600Content Wireadminaccess digital,asset management,asset management software,automation,Business,business content,business development,business solutions,business users,Companies,content infrastructure,content management,Content Management,content management infrastructure,content management platform,content management software,content management solution,content management solutions,deploy,Development,development infrastructure,digital asset,digital asset management,digital publishing,digital video,ecommerce,Emojo (Affino),flexibility,functionality,infrastructure,infrastructure software,integrating digital,Internet,internet,key business,management functionality,management infrastructure,management platform,management product,management requirements,management solutions,management vendors,Media,media publishing,pilot,presence,software platform,software vendors,spectrum,take advantage,usability,video content,Web 2.0,web content,web content management,web usersContent Management Does E-bizCompanies’ requirements have moved beyond simply publishing online. Organisations are increasingly looking for clever ways to engage their customers, monetise their content and media, and improve their online sales channel. Increasingly this involves buying in solutions from multiple vendors and turning their websites into a collection of business silos with separate areas for content, community, media and commerce, leading to increased costs and management overheads and reduced usability and flexibility. Affino NX is a eBusiness Solution for SMEs, enabling media enhanced product catalogues with supporting video on demand and community feedback, and supporting comprehensive set of functionalities including eCommerce, Content Management, Net TV, eCommunity, Digital Asset Management, ePromotions, eServices, Online Directories and SEO Automation. “The Affino eBusiness Suite will be a revelation for most companies which are looking to commercialise their web presence. It brings together leading Web 2.0 functionality with a solid eCommerce platform and allows companies to sell everything from access to content, communities and media through to creating advanced product and solution bundles.” says Markus Karlsson, Managing Director of Emojo Ltd and main tech head. “The key challenge has been integrating the eCommerce engine with every aspect of the Affino platform including the community manger, registration and member spaces, the Security infrastructure and right down to the publishing and media engines. The result is that all aspects of Affino are now eBusiness enabled” Roger Gordon, Emojo’s Development Director added. The software is highly integrated and supports seamless transition from secure browsing through to participation, interaction and transaction, allowing users to take best advantage of the Internet combining commerce, community and media The platform is currently used by around 200 companies to promote hundreds of brands worldwide. The Suite is available beginning December 2006 and has already been deployed on a number of pilot customer projects. www.emojo.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/content-management-does-e-biz1165190400Content Wireadminaccess digital,asset management,asset management software,automation,Business,business content,business development,business solutions,business users,Companies,content infrastructure,content management,Content Management,content management infrastructure,content management platform,content management software,content management solution,content management solutions,Development,development infrastructure,digital asset,digital asset management,digital publishing,digital video,ecommerce,Emojo (Affino),flexibility,functionality,infrastructure,infrastructure software,integrating digital,Internet,internet,key business,management functionality,management infrastructure,management platform,management product,management requirements,management solutions,management vendors,Media,media publishing,pilot,presence,software platform,software vendors,take advantage,usability,video content,Web 2.0,web content,web content management,web usersContent Management Does E-businessCompanies’ requirements have moved beyond simply publishing online. Organisations are increasingly looking for clever ways to engage their customers, monetise their content and media, and improve their online sales channel. Increasingly this involves buying in solutions from multiple vendors and turning their websites into a collection of business silos with separate areas for content, community, media and commerce, leading to increased costs and management overheads and reduced usability and flexibility. Affino NX is a eBusiness Solution for SMEs, enabling media enhanced product catalogues with supporting video on demand and community feedback, and supporting comprehensive set of functionalities including eCommerce, Content Management, Net TV, eCommunity, Digital Asset Management, ePromotions, eServices, Online Directories and SEO Automation. “The Affino eBusiness Suite will be a revelation for most companies which are looking to commercialise their web presence. It brings together leading Web 2.0 functionality with a solid eCommerce platform and allows companies to sell everything from access to content, communities and media through to creating advanced product and solution bundles.” says Markus Karlsson, Managing Director of Emojo Ltd and main tech head. “The key challenge has been integrating the eCommerce engine with every aspect of the Affino platform including the community manger, registration and member spaces, the Security infrastructure and right down to the publishing and media engines. The result is that all aspects of Affino are now eBusiness enabled” Roger Gordon, Emojo’s Development Director added. The software is highly integrated and supports seamless transition from secure browsing through to participation, interaction and transaction, allowing users to take best advantage of the Internet combining commerce, community and media The platform is currently used by around 200 companies to promote hundreds of brands worldwide. The Suite is available beginning December 2006 and has already been deployed on a number of pilot customer projects. www.emojo.com <script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "pub-7258139694566163";google_ad_width = 300;google_ad_height = 250;google_ad_format = "300x250_as";google_ad_type = "text_image";google_ad_channel ="";google_color_border = "CC99CC";google_color_bg = "E7C6E8";google_color_link = "000000";google_color_url = "00008B";google_color_text = "663366";</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>http://www.content-wire.com/content-management-does-e-business1156978800Content Wireadminaccess digital,Advertising,bodies,broadband,broadband access,broadband service,broadband services,categorization,collaboration,content management,content offerings,Content Technologies,digital music,dynamic content,email,global content,global network,Internet,internet,launch,leading the way,Media,mobile content,mobile devices,mobile phones,mobile services,music,music services,partnership,People,Poland,service offerings,six months,strategic partnership,WorldCommunity Based Wifi Network In PolandFON, the largest WiFi community in the World, and Onet, Poland's leading Internet portal, today announce that they have signed a strategic partnership to jointly develop products and services for the Polish market under the jointbrand Onet FON. In order to promote "Onet FON" WiFi Access Points, Onet will build hotspots in Poland and promote Onet FON routers in its upcoming DSL offering, so that Onet subscribers automatically become members of the FON community and are able to surf for free on all FON Community Access Points in the World. Onet.pl, owned by Grupa Onet.pl S.A. (GRO/WSE), is Poland's leading Internet portal with over 200 different services and over 4 million active e-mail accounts. On a monthly basis, it records over 2 billion page views. Onet.pl develops and launches new types of advertising targeted to the local market, as well as online games, premium content and online sales for Internet domains, premium SMS services for mobile phones and airplane tickets. The company reported dynamic growth in the first six months of 2006 of 46 % increase in its total sales from corresponding period in 2005. Onet.pl is part of Poland's leading media group, TVN Group (TVN S.A., TVN/WSE), which apart from Onet, is active in television broadcasting and production. Lukasz Wejchert, CEO, Onet, said: "Customers have the right to communicate at fair prices whatever the means. Disruptive technologies allow us to fulfill their needs. With OnetSkype we revolutionalized the way Polish people communicate with each other across the Globe. With Onet FON, I am convinced that we will revolutionalize the way people use the Internet. Our Wifi network will provide ultimate mobility to our user base - and that is Global. We are partnering with FON in order to expand this service further through the the "Onet FON" WiFi hotspots, bringing the free, Internet based calling to those homes, schools, small businesses and hotels, who have broadband access to wider offerings of the Internet at faster transmission speeds. FON is a great company, and we are pleased to have them as our partner." Martin Varsavsky, CEO, FON said: "The Polish internet community is fast becoming one of the largest in Europe. A lot of it thanks to the creativity of the people at ONET who we are so happy to partner with. At FON we have a simple proposition, you pay for your bandwidth at home,install a FON enabled router and you travel the world connecting to the internet for free. Nowadays more and more devices are coming with WiFi including PSPs, Nintendo DS, laptops, digital cameras, music devices, portable TVs, and the new Skype phones that make Skype go mobile. With FON Polish foneros will be able to roam their country and the world with their gadgets without having to pay the high charges that other technologies such as 3G demand." Many leading manufacturers, such are Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola have already launched WiFi phones to the market, to be followed by Netgear, Belkin, Edge-Core, SMC and FON's parent, SKYPE. These phones look and feel like mobile phones, but they actually operate over a WiFi (internet protocol) network using radio spectrum.http://www.content-wire.com/community-based-wifi-network-poland-01156114800Content Wireadminaccess digital,China,confidence,consumers,home networking,Internet,internet,market research,market research firm,networking,optimistic,recent research,research analyst,research firmHome Networks Catching on Among Urban ChineseNearly one-fifth of urban household respondents in top-tier Chinese cities are equipped with a home network, according to a recent consumer survey by In-Stat An increasing number of players in relevant industries have begun to enter this market through various methods, the high-tech market research firm says. "The China home networking market has passed the difficult initial stages and has begun to take off," says Rebecca Tan, In-Stat analyst. "Although the situation is still a bit less optimistic in the second-tier cities, around one-fourth of total respondents to our survey may install a home network within one year." Among the findings - Those most interested in home networks are young, with a relatively high monthly income. - To more quickly realize market potential, there should be an independent services provider to provide home networking integration services, which is now missing in the digital home ecosystem in China. - Consumers who access the Internet have indicated an increasing need for entertainment, which became the top purpose of having a home network in a survey taken in June 2005. www.in-stat.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/home-networks-catching-among-urban-chinese-01154473200Content Wireadminaccess control,access digital,acquired,acquisitions,Business,business content,business development,business information,business processes,business solutions,collaborative content,content management,Content Management,content management software,content management solutions,content management tools,Content Technologies,data access,data management,Data Management,database management,desktops,Development,development tools,digital publishing,digital rights management,Digital Rights Management,document management,elements,enterprise content,enterprise content management,Enterprise Web,financial management,functionality,global content,global provider,global reach,Information Management,innovations,intention,key business,key industry,maintain control,management functionality,management product,management solutions,management tools,metadata,metadata,mobile content,mobile data,mobile devices,proprietary,provide tools,records management,Records Management,submission,transformation,web content,web content management,wireless data,wireless industry,wireless solutions,wireless technologiesContent Management Acquires Content Control ToolsStellent acquired SealedMedia Limited, a leader in easy-to-use, enterprise digital rights management solutions, and Bitform, a provider of content cleansing technologies. These technologies will enable Stellent customers to better secure and control sensitive content both inside and outside of the enterprise. "A key tenet of enterprise content management (ECM) and financial compliance initiatives is the efficient and secure sharing of information both internally and externally," said Dan Ryan, chief operating officer for Stellent. "Stellent already is an industry leader in facilitating secure access to content on Web sites and within repositories, and we provide policy-based records and retention management. However, to ensure content is secure throughout collaborative business processes, information technologies must reach beyond repository-level security. These two acquisitions strengthen our functionality in this area. Our customers will now be able to better secure and control documents internally and externally using enterprise digital rights management. In addition, we can ‘cleanse’ documents of ‘hidden’ information prior to publication and distribution." SealedMedia is a London-based company with a broad list of Global 1000 customers, including Vodafone, Fenwick & West, the U.S. Department of Energy, Rhodia, Johnson Matthey, O2, Harvard Business School Publishing and Citrix. Founded in 1996, SealedMedia helps organizations maintain complete control, for the lifetime of a document, over who can use their most sensitive information and when they can use it. Its enterprise digital rights management software protects information wherever it is stored and used. Unlike conventional information management products that only manage information while it resides in servers, SealedMedia extends security, control and tracking to information on remote end-user desktops, laptops and mobile wireless devices. Bitform is an early-stage software development company. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Chicago, Bitform’s primary product addresses the rising challenge of hidden data within documents, which can create security and policy risks. This hidden information includes metadata, tracked changes and comments, revision and author history, fast-save data, and database connection details, among many other elements. The Bitform Secure SDK identifies and cleanses or strips files of sensitive, confidential or proprietary metadata and hidden information that may pose risks to organizations if exposed. Stellent plans to integrate the SealedMedia and Bitform technologies within its enterprise software products in order to further differentiate its ECM offering. www.stellent.com <script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "pub-7258139694566163";google_ad_width = 300;google_ad_height = 250;google_ad_format = "300x250_as";google_ad_type = "text_image";google_ad_channel ="";google_color_border = "CC99CC";google_color_bg = "E7C6E8";google_color_link = "000000";google_color_url = "00008B";google_color_text = "663366";</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>http://www.content-wire.com/content-management-acquires-content-control-tools1144710000Content Wireadminaccess digital,beneficial,business goals,collaboration,content analysis,content management,Content Management,content management software,content management solution,content management tools,content repository,content technology,data access,data management,Data Management,data sources,Development,development tools,dictionary,functionality,global content,global technology,Information Management,information technology,Internet,internet,Japan,leading technology,management functionality,management technology,management tools,metadata,metadata,partnership,proprietary,proprietary technology,queries,records management,Records Management,repository,research and development,research director,respect to,scientists,search capability,search engine,search software,search technology,Technology,technology research,text search,users experience,web content,web content management,web pages,web usersScientific Search Tool for Japanese Language ResearchCurator is the acronym for Chiba University's Repository for Access to Outcomes from Research (http://mitizane.ll.chiba-u.jp/Curator/) - a repository to capture, preserve and make publicly available intellectual digital materials from research activities on Chiba University campuses, including peer-reviewed articles, theses, preprints, statistical and experimental data, course materials and software. Launched in 2005 as the first institutionary repository in Japan, it has been playing a leading role in the development of digital repositories on Japanese campuses both with respect to technology and library's advocacy. Curator holds 2,000 records in both English and Japanese, including departmental bulletins, technical reports, preprints and articles, theses and research papers. The partnership provides the opportunity to address the technical challenges of indexing Japanese language content. "One of the known problems with Japanese Web content is indexing documents containing Japanese character strings without word boundary spaces," said Mr. Hauruo Asoshina, Division of Information and Management of Chiba University Library. "Our collaboration with Scirus has enabled us to partner to find an efficient solution, and with Scirus' expertise in powering search results, we know that our valuable content will be made more accessible to students and researchers worldwide." In addition to adding Curator to its index, Scirus is offering its search expertise to Chiba University by powering the search capability on the Curator site. This two-tiered approach makes their valuable content easier to find. As part of the partnership, Scirus will also participate in a joint communications program designed to demonstrate the value and increase awareness of the repository on the Chiba University campus. With this expansion, Scirus continues its leadership as the premier partner in search technology for institutes looking to make their institutional repositories and their content more visible. By using a special indexing process that combines the repository's metadata with its full text, Scirus is able to offer a more comprehensive search experience. The partnership with Chiba University, one of the leading scientific and technical universities in the Asia-Pacific region and the first in Japan to establish an institutional repository, reflects Scirus' commitment to global content coverage and further establishes the success of the Scirus partnership program. "Scirus has proven particularly successful in the Asian-Pacific region, in particular because of its functionality and ease of use." said Sharon Mombrú, Managing Director of Scirus. "Scirus recognizes that approximately a third of our users are in the Asia-Pacific region, and we are pleased to be able to serve that region's scientific and academic communities by offering high quality content from leading area institutes." Scirus, a science-focused search engine available on the Internet, supporting over one million researchers, scientists and students worldwide offers users a unique combination of free Web information and journal content, clearly branding search results from proprietary sources, assuring users the validity of the content. Web sources include research institutes, governments, scientific organizations, conferences, scientists' homepages and company homepages worldwide. Optimized for science-related queries, Scirus uses a dictionary with over 1.6 million scientific terms, unique pattern recognition tools and linguistic analysis, to classify the content type and recognize the relevance 250 million scientifically relevant pages, Scirus offers users unique search functionalities such as the ability to search on bibliographical information and specific content types.http://www.content-wire.com/scientific-search-tool-japanese-language-research-01138579200Content Wireadminaccess digital,Business,business model,China,consumers,Culture,digital music,innovations,intelligence,launch,market research,market research firm,mobile devices,mobile services,music,music services,recent research,research analyst,research firm,revenue growth,service revenue,signs,worldwide marketLegal Digital Music Industry in China Will BloomAlthough growth of the legal digital music market in China is now hampered by illegal music piracy, by 2008, China will be a major market for legal online music downloading with estimated annual revenue of US$222 million, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). Promising signs in 2005 include the launch of several third-party online music stores, and some unauthorized services, or those working in a gray area, legitimizing their services, the high-tech market research firm says. "The end of 2007 will be the turning point for China’s legitimate digital music market," says Anty Zheng, In-Stat analyst. "By then, several mega online music stores will have opened; the user-base of portable music devices will have surpassed 100 million; a major crackdown on music piracy will have been in effect for several years; third-generation (3G) mobile communication system access will be rolled out; and consumers will be adequately educated about legitimate digital music." Recent Findings - Music labels, in association with the International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) are filing and winning copyright lawsuits in China. - An emerging individualism culture is creating a boom for network original-creation. Almost all digital music services are designed to adopt network original-creation, even to be original-creation oriented. - Although worldwide conglomerates can successfully place their selling and pricing structures in other countries, China’s extremely low ASPs and lack of royalties require a totally different business model.http://www.content-wire.com/legal-digital-music-industry-china-will-bloom-01137715200Content Wireadminaccess digital,advertisers,broadband,broadband access,consumers,consumption,content authors,content management,Content Management,content management tools,Content Technologies,digital rights management,Digital Rights Management,digital video,elements,Internet,internet,management tools,Media,money,People,publishers,risk management,senior analyst,video contentOnline Digital Content Explosion Opportunities & ProblemsiTunes figured out how to deliver online, Sony didn't. Guess which one is making money and which one angered its consumers. eMarketer's new report Digital Rights Management: Finding the Right Balance looks at the increasingly fragile line that content providers are walking. Consumers do not want to be blocked from content -- they want it when and how it best suits them. If content is blocked, savvy users will find it elsewhere. Content providers can either get a piece of the action, or risk having their content avoided because of tight content restrictions from DRM and restrictive terms-of-service agreements. "Sony's recent Digital Rights Management (DRM) fiasco highlighted the tightrope content producers employing DRM technologies are currently walking," says Ben Macklin, eMarketer Senior Analyst and author of the new Digital Rights Management: Finding the Right Balance report. "Authors, artists and publishers now have the technological tools to better protect their digital creations but if they want consumers to pay for their digital work, they must find the right balance between copyright protection and customer's expectations." Changing media consumption patterns and emerging broadband channels are opening up new opportunities for content providers. TV still presents content providers (and advertisers) with the largest audience for high-bandwidth content with approximately 1 billion households worldwide having a TV in 2005. And eMarketer forecasts that nearly half of US broadband users in 2008 (76.5 million people) will be regular users of Internet audio/video content, up from 31% in 2004. "New channels for broadband content are emerging, with approximately 30 million broadband users accessing online audio or video content each week in the US to access, record, and share digital content," says Mr. Macklin. "Used effectively, DRM technologies have the potential to open up these new channels to traditional publishers and producers." emarketer.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/online-digital-content-explosion-opportunities-problems-01137715200Content Wireadminaccess digital,broadband,broadband access,Business,business benefits,Companies,computer,Denmark,Internet,internet,Ireland,key business,Netherlands,new business,new research,People,Social Networks,Social Networks Analysis,South Koreauk: Digital Divide DeepeningThe broadband ‘Digital Divide’ – the gap between the haves and have-nots – is deeper than was thought and may be getting even deeper. This is one conclusion of new research from Point Topic based on detailed mapping of broadband density, right down to the postcode level. All the ‘Top Ten’ Local Authority areas with the highest broadband density are in London and the home counties . The ten with the lowest density are in the rural areas of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales – plus West Somerset, which includes the wide open spaces of Exmoor. The figures show density in terms of the number of broadband lines per 100 population as at mid-2005. They include both DSL lines provided over BT’s network and cable modem connections supplied by the cable TV networks. Household density is highest in prosperous suburban areas but business use drives the total up higher in areas like Westminster and Tower Hamlets. Thus the ‘Top Ten’ range from 25 broadband lines per 100 people in Wandsworth, south London, to 20 in South Buckinghamshire. Low density areas include Dumfries and Galloway, with 6.3 lines per 100 down to Eilean Siar (the Western Isles) with 4.9. (These figures exclude one of the UKs smallest local authorities, the City of London, which has a very high density because of business use.) Point Topic’s earlier analysis suggested that some areas outside the South East – for example in the prosperous areas of South Wales – were up among the leaders for broadband density. This was particularly due to the success of the cable companies in selling broadband to their existing customers. Several factors have now changed this view. DSL is growing faster than cable modems which is reducing the advantage of the cable TV areas. Point Topic’s consumer research, based on 2,000 face-to-face interviews, showed that broadband density for poorer families is lower than had been assumed. Most important of all, the publication of DSL numbers for different regions by BT has showed that there are big differences in density between different parts of the country which are independent of social factors or cable competition. Rural areas often have lower density than the suburbs even where broadband is equally available. Some parts of the country, such as Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the North-east of England, just seem to have less interest in the Internet than others. As far as Internet density as a whole is concerned, the ‘Digital Divide’is less deep than it is for broadband only, but follows the same pattern. As more and more families migrate from dial-up to broadband, having Internet access will become increasingly the same thing as having broadband The Labour Government is committed to eliminating the divide, making sure that “the whole of society can experience the benefits of the Internet.” One key step is to make the means getting online available to all, so one promise in its Election Manifesto was "By 2006 every school supported to offer all pupils access to computers at home." The results of Point Topic’s research show there is a long way to go to achieve the goal of Internet access for all. Britain’s most advanced boroughs are already around the density levels achieved by the most advanced nations – such as South Korea, the Netherlands and Denmark. Overcoming the Digital Divide will mean bringing the whole country up to that level, and higher.http://www.content-wire.com/uk-digital-divide-deepening1137715200Content Wireadminaccess digital,bandwidth costs,broadband,broadband access,Business,business benefits,Companies,Denmark,functionality,Internet,internet,Ireland,key business,Netherlands,new business,new research,People,Social Networks,Social Networks Analysis,South Korea,vulnerabilityUK Digital Divide deepensThe broadband ‘Digital Divide’ – the gap between the haves and have-nots – is deeper than was thought and may be getting even deeper. This is one conclusion of new research from Point Topic based on detailed mapping of broadband density, right down to the postcode level. All the ‘Top Ten’ Local Authority areas with the highest broadband density are in London and the home counties . The ten with the lowest density are in the rural areas of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales – plus West Somerset, which includes the wide open spaces of Exmoor. The figures show density in terms of the number of broadband lines per 100 population as at mid-2005. They include both DSL lines provided over BT’s network and cable modem connections supplied by the cable TV networks. Household density is highest in prosperous suburban areas but business use drives the total up higher in areas like Westminster and Tower Hamlets. Thus the ‘Top Ten’ range from 25 broadband lines per 100 people in Wandsworth, south London, to 20 in South Buckinghamshire. Low density areas include Dumfries and Galloway, with 6.3 lines per 100 down to Eilean Siar (the Western Isles) with 4.9. (These figures exclude one of the UKs smallest local authorities, the City of London, which has a very high density because of business use.) Point Topic’s earlier analysis suggested that some areas outside the South East – for example in the prosperous areas of South Wales – were up among the leaders for broadband density. This was particularly due to the success of the cable companies in selling broadband to their existing customers. Several factors have now changed this view. DSL is growing faster than cable modems which is reducing the advantage of the cable TV areas. Point Topic’s consumer research, based on 2,000 face-to-face interviews, showed that broadband density for poorer families is lower than had been assumed. Most important of all, the publication of DSL numbers for different regions by BT has showed that there are big differences in density between different parts of the country which are independent of social factors or cable competition. Rural areas often have lower density than the suburbs even where broadband is equally available. Some parts of the country, such as Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the North-east of England, just seem to have less interest in the Internet than others. As far as Internet density as a whole is concerned, the ‘Digital Divide’is less deep than it is for broadband only, but follows the same pattern. As more and more families migrate from dial-up to broadband, having Internet access will become increasingly the same thing as having broadband The Labour Government is committed to eliminating the divide, making sure that “the whole of society can experience the benefits of the Internet.” One key step is to make the means getting online available to all, so one promise in its Election Manifesto was "By 2006 every school supported to offer all pupils access to computers at home." The results of Point Topic’s research show there is a long way to go to achieve the goal of Internet access for all. Britain’s most advanced boroughs are already around the density levels achieved by the most advanced nations – such as South Korea, the Netherlands and Denmark. Overcoming the Digital Divide will mean bringing the whole country up to that level, and higher. <script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "pub-7258139694566163";google_ad_width = 300;google_ad_height = 250;google_ad_format = "300x250_as";google_ad_type = "text_image";google_ad_channel ="";google_color_border = "CC99CC";google_color_bg = "E7C6E8";google_color_link = "000000";google_color_url = "00008B";google_color_text = "663366";</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>http://www.content-wire.com/uk-digital-divide-deepens1134432000Content Wireadminaccess digital,accessibility,adoption,Brazil,Business,business applications,business development,business information,business need,business partners,business solutions,China,choices,Companies,convergence,corporate data,critical business,customers need,data access,data formats,data management,Data Management,data services,decisions,demand technology,Development,development time,economy,Economy,editors,element,financial management,financial services,flexibility,global reach,global technology,help companies,IBM,India,information exchange,Information Management,information technology,innovation,integration platform,integration software,international markets,investments,key business,key industry,landscape,management applications,management market,management platform,management solutions,management technology,marketing,marketplace,open source,open source world,open standards,pioneer,platforms,productivity,proprietary,proprietary technology,public access,records management,Records Management,reliability,repeatedly,Russia,senior analyst,server market,software applications,software platform,source of information,Standards,strategic technology,take advantage,Technology,technology companies,technology integration,technology platform,technology solutions,time to market,vice president,word processing,World,worldwide market,XMLIBM Workplace with ODFAs governments across the globe and in emerging economies show increasing interest in open-source alternatives to proprietary software, IBM today extended its support of open standards to the desktop. Adding to its broad portfolio of standards-based server software, IBM announced that the upcoming version of the IBM Workplace Managed Client will support the newly ratified OpenDocument Format for Office Applications (ODF) standard. By extending the support of open standards to the desktop, IBM customers can now help protect an organization's investment in corporate data by ensuring consistency, reliability and accessibility of their documents. This announcement is particularly relevant in emerging markets such as India, since acceptance of open standards, such as ODF, will help governments achieve their goal of truly bridging the digital divide and reaching out to citizens by deploying open, accessible standards -- not proprietary software. Commenting on open standards traction in the country, M. Moni, Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre (NIC) said, 'As a premier government organization undertaking strategic e-Government/e-Governance projects at national and state levels, NIC has been promoting open standards, open source, and products and technology with clear R&D roadmaps to reach public services to "unreached" and grassroots development. They are the key factors underpinning our endeavours to leverage Information Technology as an enabling catalyst to develop and run products and services more effectively and in tune with India's growing digital based economy. NIC has received a mandate from the Central Department of Information Technology to work in the areas of standards to facilitate implementation of the National e-Governance Programme in the country. The choice, flexibility and reliability inherent in open standards like ODF are critical in our efforts to drive the e-Governance / e-Government momentum in the country. I am happy to commend IBM's initiatives in this technology domain." As an increasing amount of corporate data is captured, stored and exchanged electronically, customers are becoming aware that the accessibility and maintenance of documents is critical to the long-term success of their organization. Proprietary file formats force businesses into a perpetual cycle of royalty and licensing fees, which can restrict growth and innovation by requiring that companies stay locked into their original software choices just to ensure future access to their documents. Open standards like ODF help ensure interoperability between systems, and that documents will be accessible well into the future regardless of the platform or software, offering customers the choice and flexibility to base IT decisions on business needs and avoid being "locked in" to one software platform or vendor. "The ODF standard is a key development in the management of corporate data and documents -- organizations should not have to pay to access their own data, and the ODF standard ensures that key information like financial records, government contracts, payroll data and other corporate information is usable and accessible, regardless of your software platform," said Bob Sutor, Vice President of Standards and Open Source at IBM. "IBM's commitment to open standards based platforms, particularly the IBM Workplace portfolio of products and solutions, has provided businesses an alternative to proprietary systems, and addresses the market's demand for greater choice and flexibility in their software needs." The choice and flexibility in IT decisions and the time and cost savings of open standards are becoming increasingly popular with businesses around the world, particularly in emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia, China and India. "India is fast emerging as a key country in the global technology landscape," says Harish Grama, Vice President, IBM India Software Lab. "With the growth of open standards across the globe, Indian governments and businesses are realizing the need to embrace and contribute to open technology momentum while maintaining their freedom of choice. We have repeatedly seen how open standards increase customer choice in the marketplace and tear down barriers to integration. This announcement is a significant step towards bridging the digital divide by driving down prices and driving up access and interoperability and really demonstrates IBM's worldwide leadership and commitment to open standards." The upcoming release of Workplace Managed Client 2.6 will include support for version 1.0 of the ODF standard. ODF is an XML based standard recently ratified by Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) that pertains to office applications. OASIS is a not-for-profit, international consortium that drives the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards. IBM is a member of the OASIS Technical Committee that developed the standard. The productivity editors within the upcoming version of the Workplace Managed Client, including word processing, presentation graphics and spreadsheets, will support the ability to import, export and rewrite files saved in the ODF standard. This support for industry standards will allow IBM customers to rapidly create, manage, and exchange documents within their business, as well as with their partners and customers. The support of ODF in IBM's Workplace Managed Client helps businesses of all sizes and industries take advantage of the cost and time effectiveness of open standards while leveraging their existing IT investments to help protect the reliability and efficiency of access to documents in the future. IBM Workplace Managed Client with ODF support will be available in early 2006. <script type="text/javascript">google_ad_client = "pub-7258139694566163";google_ad_width = 300;google_ad_height = 250;google_ad_format = "300x250_as";google_ad_type = "text_image";google_ad_channel ="";google_color_border = "CC99CC";google_color_bg = "E7C6E8";google_color_link = "000000";google_color_url = "00008B";google_color_text = "663366";</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>http://www.content-wire.com/ibm-workplace-odf