1174521600Content Wireadminaccommodate,Companies,content management,Content Management,content management services,content management software,content management solution,content management solutions,content management systems,customer service,data management,Data Management,data services,enterprise content,enterprise content management,enterprise systems,Enterprise Web,global content,global provider,help companies,initiative,key industry,large enterprises,management market,management solutions,marketing,Marketing,new data,sales and marketing,Tridion,web content,web content managementExpansion Into U.S. Web Content Management MarketTridion, provider of Web Content Management (WCM) software solutions, is expanding its US headquarters to new offices to accommodate the significant momentum and resulting growth achieved in 2006. The company says it was the fastest growing enterprise class WCM vendor in the US market in 2006 with a growth rate of 300% largely attributed to key customer wins. Tridion’s official entrance into the US Web Content Management market was sparked by the explosion of the industry of the last several years and a real need in the market for a solution that could help large enterprises with their web globalization initiatives. With an expected eighty percent of an organization’s data doubling in volume every two years, Tridion expects to see further demand for their solution as these large, global companies grapple with content overload and look to replace their outdated content management systems. US employee headcount increased in 2006 to support a full service marketing, sales, professional services and customer support organization. The company expects this to grow considerably in 2007, leading to the expansion into the new office space in New York City as well as plans to open a West Coast office in San Francisco in Q2 of 2007.http://www.content-wire.com/expansion-u-s-web-content-management-market1159398000Content Wireadminaccommodate,Business,business information,business solutions,business user,business users,collaboration,Companies,incremental,information technology,intuitive interface,intuitive user,mainstream,market share,Microsoft,new business,new product,new release,new technology,People,pioneer,provide tools,scalable,share information,software developers,team collaboration,Technology,technology companies,technology provider,technology solutions,time to market,user experience,user interface,users experience,Web 2.0,web users,WorldWiki on Steroid Visual Hypercollaboration FeaturesCentral Desktop, a pioneer in the business software collaboration market new release features Central Desktop Live, the industry's first web conferencing tool fully integrated into a collaborative, wiki environment. Users can now schedule and host real-time web conferences directly within the tool. "Our product is about making web collaboration affordable, not just in terms of dollars but in terms of the time necessary to get things done", says Isaac Garcia, Central Desktop CEO. "By unifying different collaboration technologies behind an intuitive Web interface, Central Desktop users spend more time working together rather than juggling tools." Central Desktop's business wiki empowers users to efficiently organize and share information in a flexible, user-centric environment. It unifies traditionally disconnected collaboration tools such as wikis, web conferencing and discussion groups under one umbrella, providing users with tools that accommodate different types of collaboration. Designed from the bottom-up for business teams, the company provides simple and affordable collaboration solutions primarily to small-and-medium-sized businesses. Central Desktop is delivered 100% on-demand making it affordable to new users and still scalable with their budgetary and technological needs. "While we have many business teams (comprised of 10-200 people) within larger Fortune 500 companies, our primary audience are SMB Companies. Many of our customers choose Central Desktop after a negative experience with more complicated groupware tools such as Sharepoint or even Lotus Notes. "Instead of involving the IT department, teams using Central Desktop can be up and running in minutes, not days or weeks" says the company "In the "mainstream" world our customers compare us to Microsoft Sharepoint and WebOffice. In the "Web 2.0" world our customers compare us to Jotspot and Basecamp. We like to say...we are a Sharepoint Alternative that does more than Basecamp and is easier to use then Jotspot" How does it differ from other wikis? Central Desktop is a structured-wiki that provides more than just "free form text linking" that a traditional wiki provides. Instead, we've created structured activities such as Discussion Threads, Task Lists, Calendars and Databases within the wiki environment. We give our customers the best of both worlds: the freedom of a wiki but the structure required accomplish business tasks. We are also the only wiki-tool that incorporate real-time Web Conferencing into its environment. As an on-demand software provider, our primary goal is to provide affordtable and quickly deployable team collaboration solutions to the SMB Market. Users can subscribe monthly, quarterly or annually and can cancel at anytime. The technology also focuses on the 'average business user' experience rather than creating a solution for techies or developers.http://www.content-wire.com/wiki-steroid-visual-hypercollaboration-features-01142380800Content Wireadminaccommodate,architecture,Business,business content,business development,business information,business logic,business users,content management,Content Management,content management services,content management software,content management system,content management systems,Darwin,data management,Data Management,data services,Development,flexibility,IBM,Information Management,logic,maintain control,open architecture,proprietary,search software,Vasont,XML,XML content managementStandard DITA setup for content managementVasont Systems, a provider of content management software and data services, is pleased to announce that a standard Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) setup is included with every installation of the Vasont Content Management System. While many other systems require users to purchase a separate module or specific edition of the software, Vasont’s standard DITA setup is included at no extra cost. Users can choose to install the optional DITA setup when installing Vasont. Originally created by IBM, DITA is an open standard, XML-based architecture for authoring, editing, and publishing technical information that has become very popular in the content management industry. Vasont is especially effective with DITA because it deals with content on a modular level, providing greater control of reuse and change to content fragments. In addition, Vasont is able to support any industry-standard XML DTDs such as DocBook and S1000D. For users with complex content, Vasont also supports proprietary DTDs created to accommodate an organization’s specific business logic. Multiple DTDs can also be used in Vasont when one DTD doesn’t fit all of an organization’s content. “By including the DITA standard setup as an option with every installation, we’re making the search for a content management system that much easier for our customers,” said Jack Danaher, Director of Development for Vasont Systems. “Some clients find that standard DTDs are easier to use and less expensive to maintain, while others prefer to create their own DTD. Vasont provides the flexibility to allow organizations to use DITA or any standard or custom DTD they choose – with our expert staff to help them along the way.”http://www.content-wire.com/standard-dita-setup-content-management-01130194800Content Wireadminaccess control,accommodate,content management,Content Management,content management capabilities,data access,data management,Data Management,discovery,flexibility,management capabilities,metadata,metadata,new data,offline content,PaperThin (CommonSpot),plants,relationships,taxonomy,web content,web content management,web server Classification & Discovery for Content ManagementPaperThin, announced advanced content classification and discovery capabilities in CommonSpot Content Server version 4.6. New features include a taxonomy term editor and a taxonomy API, along with a facet-based navigation element. The taxonomy term editor lets organizations build and manage taxonomies directly within CommonSpot. Each taxonomy defines one or more facets or hierarchical views into the data by defining 'broader than' and 'narrower than' relationships between terms. Terms can also be defined to have other relationships in accordance with the ANSI Z.39 standard. Content can then be assigned to terms using the taxonomy classification custom metadata field. The taxonomy API allows developers to programmatically access any of the terms and relationships within a taxonomy. Also included in version 4.6 is a container element which provides Web designers and developers increased control and flexibility over the positioning and scheduling of content on a page. The element delivers support for table-less layout of content using Cascading Style Sheet Positioning (CSS-P). www.paperthin.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/classification-discovery-content-management1124924400Content Wireadminaccommodate,broadband,broadband service,broadband services,Companies,consumer service,customers need,Development,development time,email,functionality,Google,Internet,internet,launch,mainstream,networking,partnership,presence,search software,senior analyst,senior vice president,software developers,streaming media,time to market,voice services,web portal,web users,worryMore Google TalkGoogle has confirmed that it will launch Google Talk, a free Instant Messaging (IM) and PC-to-PC voice service that will augment its Internet search portal and email services. A beta trial service is currently available, requiring use of PC client software (from Google or a third party) and a Google Gmail account. Mark Main, Senior Analyst, comments: "Google is clearly out to exploit and grow its already very strong presence in the online services market. Starting with its web search, it has added newsgroup archiving, email, personal networking and now an IM chat/messaging and voice service. Equipped with a suitable handset or headset, the PC client allows a Google Talk user to call another Google Talk user - much like Skype-to-Skype calling. Google Talk currently uses "a custom XMPP-based signalling protocol and peer-to-peer communication mechanism" and it intends to document this protocol in the course of time. The Jabber/XMPP protocol is one of several proposed methods for authentication, presence and messaging, and so Google Talk can interwork with other systems that use the same protocol. However, none of the major Internet-based IM/messaging systems such as AOL/AIM, Yahoo Messenger or MSN Messenger support interoperation, because it isn't in their interest to do so - they all want the largest number of users, and interoperability would simply lead to a high level of churn. Google, needing to work with smaller players and third-party developers to build from a zero IM user base, can take a more relaxed view on that - for now. There is no support yet for Google Talk to PSTN calling, or vice-versa - so there's no competition as yet to the SkypeOut and SkypeIn services, but it is probably only a matter of time. Google Talk will support Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) "in a future release" - SIP is the basis for many of today's emerging VoIP services. Such a development would mean that Google could branch out into more mainstream voice services by following the same path as Vonage and the myriad of VoIP providers that use voice over broadband phone adapters. The phone service functionality of these adapters is increasingly integrated into consumer broadband routers - so in future customers could choose a Google phone service and use it with standard PSTN handsets. If Google succeeds in converting enough of its Gmail users to Google Talk PC phone customers, it has the brand strength and market presence to move into a much broader range of multimedia services, starting with telephony. It could do this in its own right or in partnership with others - and we would expect to see both. Traditional phone companies plus VoIP providers like Skype, Vonage and the myriad of others need not worry just yet, but Google is absolutely one to watch in this area." www.ovum.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 ="0457426435";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/more-google-talk-01120258800Content Wireadminaccommodate,Apache,Astoria,Astoria Software,content management,Content Management,content management applications,content management capabilities,content management platform,content management software,content management solutions,content management system,direct marketing,dynamic content,dynamic content management,functionality,high speed,management applications,management capabilities,management functionality,management market,management platform,management product,management solutions,marketing,Marketing,new product,new release,robust content,server market,software applications,software platform,vice president,web applications,web content,web content management,web content management system,web server,web users,XML,XML content managementSupport for Remote Users and Largest XML DocumentsAstoria Software, provider of XML content management solutions for dynamic publishing, announced Astoria XML Content Management Platform Version 4.4, the newest release of the company's proven flagship product, adding new features designed to simplify and speed the publishing of large, complex documents that are changed often, such as technical service documents for medical equipment and flight operations manuals for airplanes. Among the new capabilities of Astoria Version 4.4 are expanded wide area network (WAN) capabilities for more robust support of networked and remote users, greater scalability to accommodate the largest XML documents, and expanded support for flight operations and airline maintenance applications in the commercial aerospace market. Astoria Version 4.4 is available immediately. "Our customers tackle some of the most demanding and complex technical publishing challenges existing today," said Joe Eschbach, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Astoria Software. "We work hand-in-hand with them to meet their dynamic publishing needs and the new functionality of Astoria 4.4 reflects their direct input. We now have a powerful new XML-based content management system that radically simplifies their complex content publishing needs." The Astoria Content Management Platform 4.4 now supports the Apache Web Server and Citrix MetaFrame. www.astoriasoftware.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/support-remote-users-and-largest-xml-documents1104105600Content Wireadminaccommodate,email,genomics,hospitals,Internet,internet,mobile phone,mobile services,People,real time,Thailand,WorldTSUNAMI: The role of real time information during a crisisPhuket - Thailand Okay, we are in the middle of a worldwide crisis. The millions of people who were near the coasts in Asia yesterday morning are either safe, but in need of essentials, like foods and clothes, or they are being treated in hospitals around the world, or they are lying in a morgue, somwhere, and need to be identified, or they are dispersed at sea, maybe even still alive. Wouldn't it be nice to know? The local authorities and populations are doing very well trying to make sure that everybody is looked after. I can hear the helicopters flying back and forth from the beaches to the hospitals all day. My neighbors and friends are delivering food to hospitals and doing general volunteering. But information is badly missing. It is missing for the following reasons: Telephone communication is scarce, many mobile networks are still providing scatty service The internet, reasonably reliable and fast, is not used by authorities nor rescue services to communicate, despite the fact that it has been up without interruption during the entire crisis Local authorities officials and improvised aid teams speak little English, and if they do, they dont know what information they should be seeking, nor where they should publish it once they have it There is no coordination between local rescue teams and international authorities International authorities are not making their efforts visible to the community, so nobody knows who is in charge. I haven't seen one single name published anywhere of any single person responsible for coordination on the entire planet. There is no coordinated effort from aid organisations to provide families and friends of missing people with the following information NATIONALITY COUNTRY REGION LOCALITY RESORT NAME OF NATIONAL Picture? AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE, contacts NAME OF INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITY LIAISING WITH REGIONAL RESCUE SERVICES RESCUE TEAM CONTACT email, website, phone numbers (list)NAME OF RESCUED (list)NAME OF MISSING (list)other Of course, it's not that easy just to compile a list of 'deceased' especially when there is nobody around to identify the body. Also, everybody is taken aback by the scale of devastation. Bodies are piling up fast everywere, and not many people know how to handle that with diplomacy. I know, it's going to be hard. But <a href="http://www.phuketgazette.com/news/index.asp?id=3882"> digital information</a> can really be useful here. The sad reality is that many people are trying to help, but unless international rescue teams make information updated and accessible in real time, much of such good will is lost. The international community should immediately set up a website that can be updated in real time by remote rescue teams, with useful names and communication channels available for everyone to use. This is possible, feasible and should be done immediately. What are we waiting for? Paola Di Maio is a real time systems engineer, stranded inland Phuket with four liters of water and an internet connection.http://www.content-wire.com/tsunami-role-real-time-information-during-crisis1098140400Content Wireadminaccommodate,Business,business applications,business development,business information,business model,business partners,business solutions,business user,business users,Companies,conversion,customer service,database management,definitions,delegation,Development,easy access,flexibility,Information Management,information portal,information technology,infrastructures,intuitive interface,intuitive user,investments,management applications,management capabilities,management solutions,management technology,models,new business,new release,new technology,patented technology,portal solution,portal solutions,relational database,relationships,single solution,Technology,technology allows,technology companies,technology provider,technology solutions,user experience,user interface,users experience,vice president,web applications,web based,web portal,web users,workflowFlexibility for Managing IdentitiesNetegrity, provider of identity and access management solutions, announced a major release of its Netegrity IdentityMinder solution. The latest edition features support for relational databases, a new Web service interface, and further flexibility for user management. Steve Kesler, Director of Information Security for Reynolds and Reynolds, commented: "Web-based customer services play a major role in our business. Netegrity IdentityMinder provides Reynolds with a flexible solution for managing the identities of thousands of employees within our dealership customer base. With Netegrity's technology, we've been able to cost-effectively offer those customers the ability to assign and manage secure single sign-on access to business applications within our Myreyrey.com portal." New features in IdentityMinder Web Edition 6.0 include: * Relational Database Support IdentityMinder now delivers user management services such as self-service administration, workflow, delegation, auditing, and role definitions for organisations that use relational databases as their user stores. In addition to relational databases, IdentityMinder continues to support the administration of users in LDAP. This reinforces Netegrity's mission of providing a flexible solution that supports a broad range of IT infrastructures and enables organisations to better leverage their existing IT investments. * Web Service Interface IdentityMinder's new Web service interface and support of the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) standard allows organisations to expose identity management tasks as Web services. This enables organisations to integrate user management tasks, such as create/modify/delete users, self-service, and forgotten password capabilities, into the organisation's portal or expose them externally to partners and customers, while still leveraging the automated user administration services of IdentityMinder. This reduces development costs for the organisation and provides a more consistent user experience. * Enhanced User Management Flexibility IdentityMinder automates the management of user identities, including group & organisation memberships, role assignments, and profile attributes. With IdentityMinder 6.0, Netegrity has further streamlined the management of users with: - More flexible role model - Makes implementing roles easier by simplifying the creation, management, and delegation of roles. - Support for dynamic groups - Enables access to applications to be dynamically determined based on group membership. - Support for nested groups - Simplifies group management by capitalising on hierarchical relationships in order to minimise the number of groups of users an administrator must manage. - More intuitive user interface - Provides a simplified experience for business users as the interface is based on the role of the user and the tasks they are allowed to perform. Bill Bartow, vice president of engineering at Netegrity, commented: "As companies continue to expand their online initiatives, the number of external users, such as partners and customers, continues to grow exponentially, presenting significant user management challenges. With IdentityMinder 6.0, Netegrity is taking identity administration to the next level by providing a solution that is not only flexible and robust enough to accommodate varying organisation's needs but is also intuitive enough to make it easy for non-IT personnel to administer users."http://www.content-wire.com/flexibility-managing-identities1096930800Content Wireadminaccommodate,Companies,content creation,content delivery,content management,Content Management,content management software,content management solutions,content technology,corporations,Day Software,document management,enterprise content,enterprise content management,global brand,global content,global technology,initiative,leading technology,leading the way,management solutions,management technology,productivity,smart,Technology,technology companies,technology solutions,translation,translation technology,WorldWorld-Class Branding for content managementDay and Trados announced an initiative that delivers global branding solutions combining globalization management software with Day's content management solutions. It enables corporations to deliver the same, accurate messages to all their global markets, speaking in one voice across the linguistic divides. This Day-Trados initiative gives multinational companies a single, consistent, quick-to-implement way to manage and globalize brand content. With the rise of global trade, companies who have nurtured global brands have benefited greatly. Brand value accounts for about one-third of the shareholder value of companies with the leading brands, and the majority of the world's top 10 brands have increased their value over the previous year, according to Interbrand studies. Moreover, global brand management requires that a company's core brand messages be delivered in multiple types of local language content. The initiative aims to enable timely and effective delivery of global brand content in multiple languages, This framework brings together Day's enterprise content management technology for global brand management, including features for creating generic templates and separating design and content, with Trados translation memory and terminology management, including centralized termbases, corporate glossaries and global terminology management. Leveraging the framework, customers can improve the performance and productivity of content creation, cut costs and cycle time for document management and localization, and deliver final content with consistent messaging and branding to all markets. www.day.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/world-class-branding-content-management1088118000Content Wireadminaccommodate,accounting,asset management,asset management software,assets,assets management,Business,business benefits,business content,business processes,content creation,content management,Content Management,content management capabilities,content management software,content offerings,Content Technologies,customer relationship management,customer service,document management,Documentum (EMC),enterprise content,enterprise content management,enterprise resource,enterprise resource planning,Enterprise Web,extensible,finance,Finance,functionality,key business,key industry,management capabilities,management functionality,management market,management vendors,market share,marketing,Marketing,new business,one of the few,Oracle,penetration,records management,Records Management,relationship,relationship management,revenue growth,revenue share,sales and marketing,service offerings,service revenue,significantly,software vendors,supply chain,value chain,value proposition,vertical markets,web content,web content management,workflow,worldwide market,XML,XML content managementDemand for Content Management Outperforms Other Enterprise MarketsThe content and document management market is forecast to outperform growth in other market segments, such as customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning and supply chain management, which have single-digit forecast growth, according to Gartner. In a recent brief analyst Tom Eid says that "The ability to demonstrate vertical industry expertise helps strengthen a vendor's value proposition when seeking new penetration into those verticals. Line-of-business-focused offerings include suites designed for sales, marketing, customer service, finance, accounting and compliance, program management, and IT management" Other key factors are furthering market demand, according to the analysts. "As content becomes more integrated with business processes, benefits will increasingly be derived from better customer service, increased employee effectiveness, enhanced processes and operational effectiveness, improved creation of intellectual assets, and improved asset utilization. Second, government regulations and compliance reporting will shift the use of content and document management and related technologies from an early tactical purchase to a more comprehensive and strategic use". New license revenue forecasts for the total worldwide market, anticipates over ten percent annual compound growth for the next few years, from over one billion dollars in 2003, to 1,7 billion dollars in 2008. The worldwide content and document management software market, which includes web content management (WCM) and integrated document management (IDM) grew 9.2 percent in 2003, to $1.03 billion in new license revenue, up from $940 million in 2002. Among the key market drivers identified, XML (Extensible Markup Language), increased workflow and imaging functionality as well as higher market participation of non traditional players such as EMC and Oracle. According to Gartner, Increasing demand for imaging and workflow functionality helped FileNet hold onto the second position with 11.6 percent of the market. Driven by its IDM and records management capabilities, Documentum/EMC exhibited the strongest growth in the market, garnering 10.8 percent market share. Gartner has not disclosed to content-wire details of how such estimates are made up, nor which vendors mentioned in their lists are their clients.http://www.content-wire.com/demand-content-management-outperforms-other-enterprise-markets1088118000Content Wireadminaccommodate,content management systems,content syndication,Development,development time,high speed,logic,new product,new technology,repository,WorldFIBER OPTICS: Pattern Generator Range For World MarketsLA Techniques of Claygate in Surrey - European supplier of low cost pattern generators for the fibre optic telecoms component industry - has extended its range with the updated and improved LA19-01-03 Pulse Pattern Generator. The new product, already available on a global basis, is a pseudo random pulse pattern generator capable of operation of up to 3 Gb/s. It provides a fast rise time and low pulse distortion. The unit can accommodate two internal clock generators and supports an external clock input. It provides a clean pulse output suitable for applications such as optical communications, fast pulse amplifiers and high speed logic circuit development. Remote control is via an IEEE488 interface. www.latechniques.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/fiber-optics-pattern-generator-range-world-markets1087340400Content Wireadminaccommodate,adoption,billing system,China,content infrastructure,Content Technologies,data services,deployments,digital asset management,implementation issues,infrastructure,languages,market research,market research firm,market share,mobile content,mobile data,mobile network operators,mobile operators,mobile services,multimedia content,network infrastructure,network operators,new data,new generation,new research,penetration,rapid growth,research analyst,research firm,subscriber growth,subscriptions,time to market,transformation,user experience,users experience,voice services,wireless data,wireless data services,wireless multimedia,wireless services,wireless technologies,World118 Million 3G Wireless Subscribers in China by 2008With over 260 million mobile subscribers and more than 4 million new subscribers added every month in 2003, China is the largest cellular market in the world and a potential hotbed of 3G activities. With so many players involved from Chinese governments, equipment providers, handset manufacturers and content providers, many of them are very focused on making 3G happen. However, according to the high-tech market research firm, for Chinesewireless operators, the expectation and scale of the promise of 3G has to be tempered accordingly. According to Tina Xu, an In-Stat/MDR analyst based in China, "Operators would prefer to pace infrastructure rollout with the resolution of technical issues, along with the availability of attractive and affordable handsets and relevant content, regulatory requirements." Yet, operators may have little choice in dictating the best time for service availability. According to Xu, "As in most regions of the world where cellular subscriber rates are rapidly increasing, the implementation of 3G in China is critical in order to accommodate a transformation of users' expectations from voice-centric communications to a more complex mixture of voice, wireless data and multimedia services." The availability of Third Generation networks such as CDMA2000, W-CDMA, and TD-SCDMA will give operators improved network efficiency, higher capacity, and the ability to begin offering high-speed wireless data services. Other findings * The number of mobile subscribers in China will grow from 268.69 million in 2003 to 497.86 million by 2008, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.7%, reaching a penetration rate of 37.6%. Commercial 3G deployments will begin in 2005, and 3G subscribers will grow to 118.13 million by 2008. * Through 2008, China Mobile will still hold the leading position in the mobile market in terms of its large subscriber base and operation experience. China Unicom will maintain its position as the second largest carrier during this time, and 2003 and 2004 will see it improve its market share in line with the expansion of its CDMA network. However, with the entrance of new carriers in 2004/2005, both China Mobile and China Unicom will see an erosion of their market share due to increased competition. * Over the past decade, the China mobile market has gradually entered the digital age, and by the end of 2003, China boasted the world's largest GSM network. Through 2008, GSM will continue to dominate the subscriber base. Operators are also hopeful that a positive user experience with 2.5G will translate into rapid adoption of 3G services. However, many of the outstanding features of 3G technologies are not in demand by most subscribers for the time being and it will take at least 2 to 3 years for 3G subscribers to exhibit high growth after 3G servicesare launched.http://www.content-wire.com/118-million-3g-wireless-subscribers-china-20081077840000Content Wireadminaccommodate,Companies,Consultants,content repository,customer care,enterprise content,EVER,failure,match,news content,queries,repository,sectors,segment,single solution,vice president,XMLXML Repository passes Scalability TestsXyleme, developer of Xyleme Zone Server (XZS),a solution for storing and accessing large volumes of semi-structured content, today announced the results of scalability performance tests on its flagship product. In tests independently verified by Morse, Xyleme Zone Server effectively scaled to accommodate up to 120 GB of XML content, showing rapid load times, unmatched query speeds and the ability to support a wide range of hardware devices. In November 2003, Xyleme says it conducted the series of performance benchmark tests of its Xyleme Zone Server 3.2 at Morse's Enterprise Computing Centre testing facilities in West London, UK. This benchmark focused on performance of Xyleme Zone Server running on Solaris and using a wide configuration of Sun Microsystems hardware. The tests, independently verified by Morse consultants, represent some of the first results ever published for commercial XML repositories. Xyleme performed the tests to demonstrate Xyleme Zone Server's suitability to store and query large amounts of semi-structured content, and to verify the server's ability to meet realistic scalability goals for large content volumes using real-world content. The tests incorporated a variety of hardware devices to ensure that XZS operates effectively on a range of variable performance machines running Sun Solaris. The test results demonstrated the following: * All tests were carried out without a single hardware or software failure. * XZS efficiently scaled to accommodate large volumes of XML content (120 GB tested). * The server sustained loading rates of 6 MB per minute (equivalent to almost 37,000 10 KB pages per hour) for each local repository process. Large content volumes can be loaded in parallel without degrading performance. * Loading performance is not affected by the size or type of documents loaded. * The fastest queries across 120 GB of content returned results in 4 ms. * Complex queries (locating a word using Xpath evaluation) took less than 68 ms on average. * Searching the entire repository, 28 million documents, for a query response took 0.1 seconds. "The results represent exciting news for companies with large volumes of high value, semi-structured content," said Guy Ferran, Vice President of Engineering at Xyleme. "With Xyleme Zone Server, they can scale gracefully as their content volumes increase over time and remain confident that XZS will deliver exceptionally fast load and query speeds regardless of 8B8content volumes." "http://www.content-wire.com/xml-repository-passes-scalability-tests1066777200Content Wireadminaccommodate,cells,collaboration,data management,Data Management,Education,Information Management,information portal,initiative,lifecycle,management capabilities,management solutions,networking,new data,portal solutions,product line,WorldData Management Forum CreatedThe Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced the formation of the Data Management Forum (DMF). The DMF will focus on defining, implementing, qualifying and teaching improved methods for the protection, retention and lifecycle management of data. Targeted for IT professionals, this unique, cooperative initiative is dedicated to education, as well as defining and building data protection and management capabilities in data centers. In a related move, the Enhanced Backup Solutions Initiative (EBSI) concurrently announced its agreement with the SNIA to incorporate the EBSI within the DMF. EBSI was an independent initiative designed to promote a similar mission to that of the DMF, and the organizations have decided to join forces for maximum effect. The DMF is launching with two active initiatives. The Data Protection Initiative focused on completing and delivering work projects begun under the EBSI such as designing an architectural model for data protection; publishing a glossary and implementation guidelines for data protection and refining and operating the EnhancedBackup IT portal. The second initiative is the new Information Lifecycle Management Initiative focused on a similar set of programs for this important new operating practice. The new organization will publicly debut at Storage Networking World (SNW) later this month where they will have exhibit space, hold membership meetings, and participate in a variety of interoperability demonstrations, panels and tutorials.http://www.content-wire.com/data-management-forum-created1062025200Content Wireadminaccommodate,China,CMS,deploy,deployments,devolved,enterprise content,functionality,Netherlands,new product,new release,software platform,taxonomy,user interfacesNew Language Packs for CMSDocumentum announced the availability of new Language Packs, which simplify and accelerate concurrent implementation of localized Documentum products in many languages. Most enterprise software solutions require phased deployments, as localized product releases are often delivered long after the original language release is available. Now, with the Language Packs available with the Documentum 5 ECM platform, client user interfaces and documentation can be simultaneously produced and delivered in seven languages -- English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese and Korean. The Language Packs enable global organizations to deploy Documentum – based solutions in multiple, localized versions at the same time. To accommodate customer requirements for languages other than the seven that Documentum currently offers, the company has launched a new Partner Localization Program. Two partners have committed to delivering localized Documentum products. DELT ICT SERVICES BV, based in the Netherlands, has started providing Dutch versions of the Documentum products, and DocuSoft Corporation, headquartered in Tianjin, China, will provide simplified and traditional Chinese versions later this year.http://www.content-wire.com/new-language-packs-cms