1189325286Content WireDeskadoption,advanced technology,beneficial,best practices,Business,business development,business information,business opportunities,business partners,business professionals,China,collaboration,customer service,deploy,finance,global economic,global technology,information technology,initiative,innovations,key business,key industry,leading technology,networking,public sector,sectors,software platform,stable,strategic technology,Technology,technology companies,technology platform,telecommunications,trainCisco in Xiamen, China Cisco China it is working with the Xiamen Municipal Government to promote the development of Xiamen's information and communications technology (ICT) capabilities, with a focus on the software industry.The collaboration is aimed at establishing a long-term, stable and mutually beneficial strategic tie between Cisco and Xiamen. As part of the initiative, Cisco will deploy its advanced TelePresence communications solution in Xiamen, a major seaport on the southeast coast of China, in the Fujian province. Cisco will be assisting the Xiamen Municipal Government in preparing and implementing ICT development strategies. The company plans to provide support for the development of the Xiamen software industry, participate in building the online public service and technology platform of the Xiamen Software Park, jointly set up the Cisco Innovations Experience Center, train networking professionals for the city and develop local Cisco channel partners. The municipal government will also be the first customer in the Asia-Pacific public service sector to deploy the Cisco TelePresence Meeting solution. Deployment of the Cisco TelePresence demonstration platform, scheduled to take place at the Cisco Innovations Experience enter in the Xiamen Software Park, marks the first use of the Cisco TelePresence technology in the Asia Pacific public sector. This will have profound implications for the widespread adoption of the technology among governments. The Xiamen Municipal Government has stated that it places great importance on its ICT development strategy and welcomes multinational companies like Cisco to bring leading networking technologies and global best practices to the area. With a long and cooperative history with the Fujian province in key sectors such as finance, telecommunications and education, Cisco held the third board meeting of the Networking Academy at the end of last year in Xiamen, where it explored the prospect of providing greater education in networking technologies. Cisco China also set up an office in Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian, in January of this year to explore opportunities to become involved in economic developments across the Taiwan Strait with local governments, businesses and partners. http://www.content-wire.com/cisco-xiamen-china1174521600Content 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-steadily1171065600Content Wireadminacquired,advanced technology,architecture,consultancy,consulting firm,content acquisition,content integration,content management,Content Management,content management applications,content management software,content management solution,content management solutions,content management system,content management tools,Content Technologies,content technology,enterprise applications,enterprise content,enterprise content management,enterprise search,environments,Information Management,information technology,initially,integration software,integrations,intelligent content management,knowledge management,Knowledge Management,large enterprises,launch,leading technology,leading the way,look forward,management applications,management consulting,management market,management product,management solutions,management technology,management tools,market opportunity,product integration,search capability,search software,search technology,software applications,system integration,tagging,taxonomy,taxonomy software,Technology,technology integration,technology solutions,text search,time it takes,time to market,user experience,user interfacesTaxonomy Software AcquisitionEarley and Associates, a consultancy firm in information architecture, content management and taxonomy, has acquired Wordmap Limited, a vendor of enterprise taxonomy management software with US offices in Needham, MA, for an undisclosed sum. Wordmap has been a leading vendor of taxonomy solutions since its launch in 2000 Wordmap Incorporated will continue to develop and support the Wordmap range of products, which includes: Wordmap Designer – a system dedicated to the management of enterprise taxonomies. Content Tagger, Intelligent Text Classifier, an advanced statistical text classifier based on Support Vector Machine algorithms. . and Navigator – a tool that takes published taxonomies from Wordmap Designer and converts them into HTML browsing interfaces. Seth Earley, Earley and Associates’ Principal, says: “For some time we have seen Wordmap as a point of technical excellence in this field. Earley and Associates can strengthen that capability with the knowledge and experience we have of designing and compiling taxonomies. Wordmap’s customers have some of the most advanced taxonomy integrations we have seen. They are already using the software in sophisticated and highly granular indexing applications, as well as in search and navigation. Making taxonomies operational in content management and search is a focus for Earley and Associates, and we look forward to working with existing Wordmap customers as well as other large enterprises looking for a holistic approach to taxonomy – a solution rather than just a product.” Bill Hutchison, Wordmap CEO comments: “This is a very exciting opportunity for Wordmap to make the most of its innovative technologies. Our colleagues at Earley and Associates will allow us to bring together an outstanding software product with some of the best taxonomy consulting skills in the market, and these will complement each other and help our customers achieve a much better result, more quickly. Taxonomy is about much more than technology, and we think that we now have the mix of software and skills to make taxonomy work for the enterprise.” Seth adds “An interesting aspect of the Wordmap suite that differentiates it from many products on the market is the integration with content tagging and search. After all is said and done, taxonomies are only useful if they are presented to the user in a meaningful way. Wordmap modules have the ability to do that without a lot of API level coding. The tagging module overcomes many limitations of content management tools in presenting and applying taxonomies for tagging. The navigation module is an easy way to add faceted search (also called guided navigation) without having to acquire additional faceted search tools. In these ways, Wordmap adds value to existing search and content management environments.” www.wordmap.com www.earley.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/taxonomy-software-acquisition-01167955200Content Wireadminadvanced technology,CMS,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management capabilities,content management systems,content repository,content technology,evolution,images,Ixiasoft,management application,management capabilities,management technology,manipulation,map,network operators,repository,specifically,streamline,Technology,workflow,XML,XML content managementCMS Framework to support DITA-based technical documentationIsilon Systems, providers of clustered storage technology, has chosen to support and streamline their DITA-based documentation process. The Ixiasoft Framework was selected for its 'DITA native' support designed specifically to manage DITA content. Based on TEXTML Server, IXIASOFT’s native XML repository, the technology fully leverages the XML structure of all content – including DITA topics, maps and images - stored and managed by the application. Features include: a fully integrated XML editor (in this case, XMetal was selected for its user-friendliness and DITA support), a WYSIWG map editor, advanced searching, workflow support, version control, link management, binary file manipulation and multi-format publishing capabilities.http://www.content-wire.com/cms-framework-support-dita-based-technical-documentation1159398000Content Wireadminadvanced technology,Alfresco,application developers,collaborative content,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management applications,content management platform,content management services,content management software,content repository,content technology,document management,email,enterprise applications,enterprise content,enterprise content management,Enterprise Web,flexibility,initially,management application,management applications,management market,management platform,management technology,management vendors,moving away,new generation,new release,new technology,next generation,open source,open standards,pioneer,records management,Records Management,repository,scalable,server market,single source,software applications,software developers,software platform,software vendors,Standards,target market,Technology,technology platform,time to market,web applications,web based,web content,web content management,web managers,web pages,web server,workflow,XML,XML content managementAnother Enterprise Class Open Source Web Content ManagementAlfresco announced that the availability of the Alfresco Web Content Management Preview release, which they say offers enterprise class open source Web Content Management (WCM) for today's next generation web sites. This is a milestone for Alfresco which now offers a full Enterprise Content Management (ECM) suite of collaborative document management, records management, email archiving, image management and Web Content Management. The Alfresco Web Content Management Preview release is an advanced WCM platform that includes features such as: -- Virtualization Server -- Multi-Site Transactional Publishing -- Web Content Compliance Server -- 100% Standards Based -- High-Availability, Highly Scalable Platform End user features include: -- Standards-Based Forms to Create Pages - Chiba XForms -- Simple Multi-Channel XML Publishing -- Email-Based Production Workflow -- In-Context Review -- Integrated Support for Content Managers, Contributors, Reviewers, Web Designers and Application Developers in one repository -- Parallel Branching and Merging -- Dependency Management -- Pre-Built Templates and Website Components "The speed with which we have been able to deliver our Web Content Management component validates our open source and single repository strategy," said John Newton, chief technology officer, Alfresco Software Inc. "Modern web content management is architected using Spring, Hibernate, Lucene and JSF, and built on Web Services or REST. This makes Alfresco ideal for next generation web applications." The new server aims to have a dramatic impact on the time and cost required to deliver websites. "Our goal was always to deliver a full ECM suite," said John Powell, CEO, Alfresco Software Inc. "We are now positioned as the only open source alternative in a $3.9 Billion ECM market that is moving away from high-priced legacy vendors."http://www.content-wire.com/another-enterprise-class-open-source-web-content-management1156114800Content Wireadminacquisitions,advanced technology,benefit,Business,business applications,business benefit,business content,business process,business process management,business users,Companies,content acquisition,content analysis,content management,Content Management,content management applications,content management software,Content Technologies,content technology,data management,Data Management,Day Software,deployments,enterprise applications,enterprise content,enterprise content management,EVER,FileNet (IBM),functionality,Hummingbird (Open Text),IBM,launch,management applications,management functionality,management market,management requirements,management technology,management vendors,market leaders,market share,Microsoft,Open Symphony,Open Text,Oracle,protocol,segment,share price,software applications,software vendors,Technology,technology alliance,technology companies,technology deal,time to marketContent Management Domination Not Guarantee for SatisfactionIBM last week entered into a agreement to acquire FileNet, in an all-cash transaction at a price of approximately $1.6 billion. According to analysts, the deal is among IBM's largest acquisitions, and the biggest since Rational acquisition in 2003, for $2.1 billion. If confirmed, the acquisition would make IBM the market share leader in this fast-growing sector, leaving EMC recently estimated by IDC as number one in the ECM segment, to be downgraded. Hours after the announcement, <a href="http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=17925&hed=Offers+in+Store+for+FileNet">market observers</a> were already speculating the potential of an outbid for the deal from other major content management market leaders and competitors, such as EMC, or Oracle, following the recent coup by Open Text that snatched Hummingbird with a hostile bit from first time takeover offer from Symphony Technologies just weeks earlier. <a href="http://www.redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=7696">Others</a> say that it could be aimed to interfere with Microsoft close alliance with Filenet, and even that it could spur a <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33624">a frenzy</a> of other deals in the market Content Management Software applications have matured rapidly over the years, and have become the center of advanced enterprise deployments that extend to support business process functionality, and to satisfy more advanced and complex requirements up to data analysis. Part of the market consolidation occurring today is the result of content management vendors trying to upgrade their technology offer to become more integrated and offer broader support for other enterprise software, and partly a strategy to gain market share with the idea of becoming the dominating vendor. While the resulting range of offering in the top end market may benefit from expansion and upgrading, the organisational complexities arising from such large mergers are unlikely to be easily absorbed by customers. Integrating an expanded technological offering with increased business agility is a must for the top players - and surely a challenge for companies that are becoming larger by the day Agility is one quality that the software giants find hard to sustain. Revenues, company size and market position are not in themselves a meaningful measure of success, - but customer retention and satisfaction, speed of response and ability to fulfil ever changing requirements are. And large content management vendors have yet to demonstrate their ability to deliver that.http://www.content-wire.com/content-management-domination-not-guarantee-satisfaction-01153263600Content WireadminActive Data Exchange,advanced technology,Apache,application servers,Business,business applications,business content,central repository,content integration,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management applications,content management capabilities,content management platform,content management software,content repository,content technology,data access,data management,Data Management,database management,Day Software,environments,improvements,integration platform,integration software,java,large enterprises,management application,management applications,management capabilities,management platform,management technology,new business,new data,new release,new technology,repository,robust content,scientists,software applications,software platform,Standards,Technology,technology integration,technology platform,traffic,web applications,web content,web content management,web serverContent Management Repository Extreme Latest VDay Software released the latest version of its Content Repository Extreme (CRX) version 1.2, a content repository that enables the storage, management and exchange of content across large-scale enterprises and offers complete support for the Java technology standards in content management, JSR 170 Content Repository for Java technology API. By natively supporting JSR 170, Day CRX enables applications to store, manage and access content in a robust Java technology-based repository, regardless of which platform, database, storage device, business or Web application was used to create the contentNew features in Day CRX include better stability, thanks to a the integration with Apache Derby Persistence Manager, Active and Passive Clustering, the a first of several planned High Availability (HA) features and is now available with the new release. This feature uses a central, high-availability database server for permanent storage, and two CRX servers for non-permanent storage. The two servers read from, and write to, the high-availability server.Enhanced CRX resource management capabilities result from improvements in the areas of memory management, cache management and performance optimization will make CRX 1.2 advantageous in environments with large data volumes and noticeable transaction loads, says the company." David Nuescheler, CTO of Day Software. says "We are delighted to offer Day CRX version 1.2, our most advanced repository so far, to help organizations easily store, manage and exchange content, no matter what application was used to create it." www.day.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-repository-extreme-latest-v1153263600Content WireadminActive Data Exchange,advanced technology,Apache,application servers,Business,business applications,business content,central repository,content integration,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management applications,content management capabilities,content management platform,content management software,content repository,content technology,data access,data management,Data Management,database management,Day Software,environments,improvements,integration platform,integration software,java,large enterprises,mainframe,management application,management applications,management capabilities,management platform,management technology,new business,new data,new release,new technology,repository,robust content,software applications,software platform,Standards,Technology,technology integration,technology platform,web applications,web content,web content management,web serverContent Management Repository ExtremeDay Software released the latest version of its Content Repository Extreme (CRX) version 1.2, a content repository that enables the storage, management and exchange of content across large-scale enterprises and offers complete support for the Java technology standards in content management, JSR 170 Content Repository for Java technology API. By natively supporting JSR 170, Day CRX enables applications to store, manage and access content in a robust Java technology-based repository, regardless of which platform, database, storage device, business or Web application was used to create the content New features in Day CRX include better stability, thanks to a the integration with Apache Derby Persistence Manager, Active and Passive Clustering, the a first of several planned High Availability (HA) features and is now available with the new release. This feature uses a central, high-availability database server for permanent storage, and two CRX servers for non-permanent storage. The two servers read from, and write to, the high-availability server. Enhanced CRX resource management capabilities result from improvements in the areas of memory management, cache management and performance optimization will make CRX 1.2 advantageous in environments with large data volumes and noticeable transaction loads, says the company. David Nuescheler, CTO of Day Software says "We are delighted to offer Day CRX version 1.2, our most advanced repository so far, to help organizations easily store, manage and exchange content, no matter what application was used to create it." www.day.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/content-management-repository-extreme1153263600Content Wireadminadvanced technology,Brazil,CMS,content creation,content management,Content Management,content management software,Development,development time,Indonesia,Italy,open source,People,project management,retaliation,smart,Switzerland,Thailand,vice presidentContent Management For GoodOn 1 July of this year the Members of the Mambo Foundation voted in the first open election since the creation of the Foundation in August of 2005. Election results have been announced and a new Board will soon be taking over the reins and guiding the Foundation forward. Voting was open to all members of the non-profit Mambo Foundation. Members were able to cast their votes either by proxy or in person at the Annual General Meeting. Interest levels were high and participation rates very good. The votes have been tallied and the new Board of Directors will be as follows: * President- Ric Shreves (Indonesia) * Vice- President- Akarawuth Tamrareang (Thailand) * Treasurer- Paulino Michelazzo (Brazil) * Secretary- Alain Schmalz (Switzerland) * Ordinary Director- Marco Rossi (Italy) The results of the election are noteworthy for several reasons: First, the Board will be composed entirely of members of Team Mambo, that is individuals actively involved in the development of the Mambo Open Source CMS. There are no “outsiders” and no non-participating members. Put another way, the non-profit Foundation will now be governed by the same people who are principal in the development and management of the open source software project. Another fact of note is that this election marks the first time the members have been able to express their wishes for governance of the project by way of a democratic vote, thereby proving by action the validity and legitimacy of the Mambo Foundation project structure. Board President-elect Ric Shreves stated “the elections are a genuine watershed for the project and mark the way forward. The new Board is comprised of a healthy variety of individuals and guarantees that the interests of the project and the users will be the only agenda at work. The Foundation’s interests are now unquestionably aligned with those of the open source project. I am looking forward to a positive year of growth and consensus building.” The new Board officially takes office on the first of August and serves for a one-year term. www.mambo-foundation.orghttp://www.content-wire.com/content-management-good-01147820400Content Wireadminadvanced technology,Business,business applications,business content,business process,business process management,business processes,content management,Content Management,content management applications,content management solution,content technology,data management,Data Management,document management,extensible,global brand,images,intelligent content management,management applications,management solutions,management technology,new business,new data,new release,new technology,records management,Records Management,respect to,strategic technology,TechnologyAutomated Process Support For Content Management Strategic AdvantageFileNet announced the release of its Capture Advanced Document Recognition (ADR),scheduled for general availability in June 2006, designed to enable applications to recognize structured and unstructured forms for automated input into business processes, by integrating easy-to-use business rules, and facilitates content-enabled business process management applications by extracting important data from anywhere on an image. The technology enhances FileNet P8-based compliance applications by automating FileNet Records Manager classification of content, and by combining image content extraction, document classification and completion with FileNet ZeroClick records capture technology. The new technology supports * Recognition -- Features advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) and imaging processing technology that captures the majority of machine- and hand-printed data from document images with no human intervention. Recognition can also process arrays of check marks and barcodes. * Correction -- Enables characters recognized with low confidence to be edited/confirmed in minimal time using a minimum of keystrokes. * Completion -- Provides a flexible interface for data validation against business rules. Completion also can be used as a standalone key-form-image solution. www.filenet.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/automated-process-support-content-management-strategic-advantage1147820400Content Wireadminadvanced technology,Business,business applications,business content,business process,business process management,business processes,content management,Content Management,content management applications,content management solution,content technology,data management,Data Management,document management,images,intelligent content management,management applications,management technology,new business,new data,new release,new technology,productivity,records management,Records Management,relationship,strategic technology,Technology Automated Process Support For Content Management Strategic AdvantageFileNet announced the release of its Capture Advanced Document Recognition (ADR),scheduled for general availability in June 2006, designed to enable applications to recognize structured and unstructured forms for automated input into business processes, by integrating easy-to-use business rules, and facilitates content-enabled business process management applications by extracting important data from anywhere on an image. The technology enhances FileNet P8-based compliance applications by automating FileNet Records Manager classification of content, and by combining image content extraction, document classification and completion with FileNet ZeroClick records capture technology. The new technology supports * Recognition -- Features advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) and imaging processing technology that captures the majority of machine- and hand-printed data from document images with no human intervention. Recognition can also process arrays of check marks and barcodes. * Correction -- Enables characters recognized with low confidence to be edited/confirmed in minimal time using a minimum of keystrokes. * Completion -- Provides a flexible interface for data validation against business rules. Completion also can be used as a standalone key-form-image solution. www.filenet.com.http://www.content-wire.com/automated-process-support-content-management-strategic-advantage-01144710000Content Wireadminadvanced technology,Business,business applications,business content,business development,business information,business models,business units,checks,content analysis,content technology,Convera,Development,dictionary,execution,information technology,models,multilingual,multilingual content,natural language search,patent,phrases,reliability,research and development,scalable,search capability,search engine,search technology,speech,Technology,technology platform,technology research,Temis,text search,Web 2.0,web applications,web based,web content,word processingText Mining Embeded in Linguistic EngineThe agreement stipulates that Convera will embed its XeLDA linguistic engine in four languages (French, Spanish, Russian and German) into its Excalibur Web Search Platform. XeLDA is a multilingual linguistic engine. It models and standardizes unstructured documents in order to automatically exploit their content. Based on a technology developed through 20 years of research and development, it provides advanced Text Mining features enabling textual information processing. XeLDA offers a scalable range of services based on natural language processing components that can be integrated in business applications: * Automatic identification of the language within each document * Segmentation of text into sentences * Split of text into basic lexical units (tokenization) * Morphological text analysis to return the normalized form (the lemma) and the potential grammatical categories for all the words identified during the tokenization stage * Morpho-syntactic disambiguation to determine the exact grammatical category of a word according to its context * Extraction of sequences of words that form noun phrases * Identification of the context of a word to find the corresponding dictionary entry (Dictionary lookup) * Recognition of idiomatic expressions “Even though English remains the lingua franca for the Web, it is increasingly becoming multilingual in nature, “said Claude Vogel, Chief Technology Officer at Convera. “We are pleased to be working with Temis to meet linguistic requirements for authoritative search products.” Temis technology provides superior results, using its award-winning and patent protected linguistic technology as well its packaged Skill Cartridges for domain-specific analysis. Temis linguistic technology is today available in 20 languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. www.Temis.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/text-mining-embeded-linguistic-engine1144710000Content Wireadminadvanced technology,Business,business applications,business content,business development,business information,business models,business units,content analysis,content technology,Convera,Development,dictionary,information technology,models,multilingual,multilingual content,natural language search,new research,patent,phrases,repository,research and development,scalable,search engine,search technology,Technology,technology platform,technology research,Temis,text search,Web 2.0,web applications,web based,web content,word processing Text Mining Embeded in Linguistic EngineThe agreement stipulates that Convera will embed its XeLDA linguistic engine in four languages (French, Spanish, Russian and German) into its Excalibur Web Search Platform. XeLDA is a multilingual linguistic engine. It models and standardizes unstructured documents in order to automatically exploit their content. Based on a technology developed through 20 years of research and development, it provides advanced Text Mining features enabling textual information processing. XeLDA offers a scalable range of services based on natural language processing components that can be integrated in business applications: * Automatic identification of the language within each document * Segmentation of text into sentences * Split of text into basic lexical units (tokenization) * Morphological text analysis to return the normalized form (the lemma) and the potential grammatical categories for all the words identified during the tokenization stage * Morpho-syntactic disambiguation to determine the exact grammatical category of a word according to its context * Extraction of sequences of words that form noun phrases * Identification of the context of a word to find the corresponding dictionary entry (Dictionary lookup) * Recognition of idiomatic expressions “Even though English remains the lingua franca for the Web, it is increasingly becoming multilingual in nature, “said Claude Vogel, Chief Technology Officer at Convera. “We are pleased to be working with Temis to meet linguistic requirements for authoritative search products.” Temis technology provides superior results, using its award-winning and patent protected linguistic technology as well its packaged Skill Cartridges for domain-specific analysis. Temis linguistic technology is today available in 20 languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. www.Temis.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/text-mining-embeded-linguistic-engine-01144191600Content Wireadminaccuracy,advanced technology,application development,Business,business applications,business benefits,business content,business development,business information,business process,business process management,business users,content acquisition,content authors,content creation,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management applications,content management capabilities,content management services,content management software,content repository,content technology,decisions,deploy,Development,development environment,editors,Google,IBM,Information Management,information portal,information technology,management application,management applications,management capabilities,management environment,management technology,Microsoft,mobile commerce,money,multimedia content,new business,new technology,repository,rich applications,software applications,Technology,web applications,web content,web content management,web managers,web portal,web users,workflow Better Decisions and Faster Transactions for Content ManagersIBM says the new version of its WebSphere Portal is designed to help customers make better decisions and execute transactions with greater speed and accuracy. The new version simplifies working with composite applications, making it faster and easier for businesses to realize the benefits of integrated applications and reusable services. It includes its Workplace Web Content Management Version 6.0, making it easier to create and deploy Web and portal content. For authors, the creation process is simplified with enhanced rich text editors, and inline authoring capability. For administrators, enhancements include a joint administrator's console for WebSphere Portal and Workplace Web Content Management, template customization, and support for Cascading Style Sheets. The latest version of the software includes a workflow builder, enabling business process owners to create and modify departmental workflows to meet their needs. Users see only the tasks assigned to them along with relevant information from across the company, enabling faster decisions and keeping tasks from getting lost in crowded in-boxes. As most workflows involve the creation or completion of a form, the technology integrates with the advanced electronic forms capabilities of IBM Workplace Forms. Electronic forms are presented in a standard portal interface, enabling users to easily access information from other applications and collaborate to create, edit, or view electronic forms. Once completed, the e-form can be automatically routed to the next person in the process or stored in a repository. With the latest version, IBM is closely aligning WebSphere Portal with WebSphere Portlet Factory, a comprehensive portlet, development environment that automates the process of creating, deploying, and maintaining SOA-based portlets obtained from its December 2005 acquisition of Bowstreet. It is expected to be available for Linux, AIX, HP, Microsoft Windows, i5OS and Sun in the third quarter of 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/better-decisions-and-faster-transactions-content-managers