Corel Corporation has announced the availability of Corel Smart Graphics Studio, a development platform designed to speed and simplify the creation of SVG-based smart graphics. Smart graphics are a new form of enterprise-class, graphically-rich applications built using open standard SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) to transform XML and legacy data into intranet and extranet applications. SVG-based applications are intended for enterprise and government customers for a variety of purposes including interactive electronic technical publishing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), schematic diagramming, and building Human Machine Interfaces (HMI). Based on XML, SVG, and XSLT, applications built with Corel Smart Graphics Studio are not dependent on proprietary technology and are interoperable with existing tools and infrastructure. Corel Smart Graphics Studio enables application developers to produce extensible solutions by maintaining a separation between the graphical, functional, and data components of an application. Corel Smart Graphics Studio is composed of four integrated applications: Corel Developer SG includes three components--Design Window enables application developers to design client interfaces from a visual development environment; Template Builder lets application developers prepare SVG documents with dynamic objects for data mappings; and Data Mapper allows application developers to define the connections between the inputs of an SVG template and the data. Corel Process Builder--lets application developers build processes for binding multiple data sources including XML, ODBC, Web Services, and legacy data. Corel Server SG--a high performance platform for the management and transformation of application data and images; available in both developer and enterprise editions. Corel SVG Viewer--a Web browser plug-in that lets application developers view and interact with the SVG graphics as they develop the application interface.

Corel Smart Graphics Studio will be widely available through Corel's reseller partners starting June 2003. Suggested retail pricing for Corel Smart Graphics Studio is $1,199 for a box or $1,049 for download. Corel Smart Graphics Studio includes Corel Developer SG, Corel Process Builder, Corel Server SG (Developer Edition), and the Corel SVG Viewer. Suggested retail pricing for Corel Server SG starts at $3,999. Specific server modules to support Web services, imaging, and run-time conversion will be available for additional costs ranging from $999 to $5,999. Server pricing is per CPU. Customers who purchase Corel Smart Graphics Studio by July 31st, 2003 are automatically provided with free maintenance (upgrade protection) for all versions up to and including 2.0. For more information about Corel Smart Graphics Studio or to download a free trial version, please visit www.corel.com/smartgraphics. The trial version includes a 'Get Started' guide and tutorials to introduce system integrators and IT professionals to simplified SVG smart graphics application development.

(http://www.corel.com)

News Technologies LLC has announced they now offer a derivative, private-labeled version of TriggerNews to be used as a customized news, weather and/or traffic alerting system for any corporation or as a front end to content providers. The new product is called TriggerNews PL (Private Label). TriggerNews PL is comprised of two components: an administrator and a client application. The client application is 130K for fast downloading to a user's PC and runs in the background. It manages data coming from the Administrator by matching incoming news to a user's pre-defined triggers. News matching a user's criteria is displayed in a customizable alert window. The Administrator forms the core of the system. Programmed scanners pointing to news sources process articles and distribute alert data automatically to the client applications. Alternatively, human "Publisher-Editors" can manually enter and send alerts to their users. Features found in TriggerNews PL include: private branding to a company's specifications; customization of alerts--can be news, weather and/or traffic; popup alerts based on up to 20 user-defined triggers; multiple publisher-editor profile types; alert history and corresponding statistical analysis; dynamic preview of alerts; automatic client updates; and encrypted connections. The service can be hosted on a customer's own servers. For companies wanting a third-party hosting service, News Technologies developed a business relationship with Inflow, a provider of IT outsourcing solutions.

(http://www.inflow.com), (http://www.triggernews.com)

RealNetworks, Inc. has announced that consumers can now access brand-name audio and video programming from their mobile phone. Offering news, sports, and entertainment content, the RealOne Mobile Media Guide enables consumers to enjoy streaming media when and where they want. Content available through the RealOne Mobile Media Guide includes programming from Capitol Records, CNET Radio Direct, FOXSports.com, iFilm, NPR, PGA TOUR, Sporting News Radio, Triggerstreet.com, and Virgin Records. The RealOne Mobile Media Guide is available on Nokia's 3650 and Pocket PC devices. Devices from Siemens and Samsung supporting the RealOne Mobile Media Guide will be offered in the US later this year. Consumers with a Nokia 3650, available from AT&T Wireless, Cingular, and T-Mobile, can access the guide by adding a bookmark for the guides to their phones. RealNetworks has also announced RealOne Mobile On-ramp--a program that enables content providers to deliver programming to consumers via their mobile phones and PDAs. Through RealOne Mobile On-ramp, content providers can extend their reach as well as tap into new revenue from subscription-based services. Content providers can encode their content in bitrates available over 2.5G mobile networks. Content available through the RealOne Mobile Media Guide includes: News--Hourly updates from NPR; broadcasts of CNET Radio Direct's twice daily tech update hosted by Brian Cooley. Sports--Fox Wire sports update and Best Damn Sports Show "Things You Wouldn't Say" excerpts; Video tournament highlights from PGA TOUR. Entertainment--Short films from Triggerstreet.com; Movie trailers and short films from iFilm; Music videos from Capitol and Virgin Records.

(http://mobile.real.com), (http://www.real.com), (http://www.realnetworks.com)

Synapse, the Knowledge Link Corporation, a developer of custom taxonomies and taxonomy management software, has launched a new Web service that is designed to help companies identify and acquire professional taxonomies. At launch Taxonomy Warehouse lists over 250 taxonomies created by over 125 publishers and categorized under 73 subject headings. The referenced taxonomies span 37 languages and total over 10 million terms. Hundreds more taxonomies are to be added to the Warehouse over the next few months. The Warehouse provides a detailed description of each taxonomy and the publisher's contact information. Selected taxonomies can be licensed directly from the Warehouse. The site also features an automatic alert service that will notify users of new or updated taxonomies in their areas of interest, an electronic RFQ/RFI system, and resource links to conferences, seminars, professional associations, and publications in the field of taxonomies. The entire Web site is provided as a free-of-charge service to both publishers and users.

(http://www.synaptica.com), (http://www.taxonomywarehouse.com)

Snapshots International Ltd, a publisher of market research overviews, and Alacra, Inc, a provider of business and financial information, have announced that the Snapshots Series will be available as Alacra content from May 2003. Alacra offers access to more than 100 databases, providing company profiles and financials, investment and market research, news and economic data. Most content is available on a pay-per-view or subscription basis. Snapshots Reports currently cover 35 industries in 23 countries, and each report provides an overview of a market, with data supplied in both graphical and tabular format for ease of interpretation and analysis. All Snapshots data is compiled in-house by the Snapdata Research Department, a team of multi-lingual researchers who search original sources and interview industry experts to compile the Series.

(http://www.alacra.com), (http://www.snapdata.com)

Context Media, Inc. has announced the integration of its Interchange Suite enterprise content integration software with Adobe Graphics Server 2.0. Adobe Graphics Server, which automates the creation and repurposing of graphics for print and the Web, is integrated directly with Interchange Suite's Web services-based Integration Console. The integration of the two solutions is intended to help customers reduce the time and costs of finding, creating, storing, and accessing enterprise content and digital images while improving time-to-market of new products and services. Context Media has also announced its support for the open standards-based Adobe XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform). Based on W3C standards, Adobe's XML-based XMP framework provides an open standard for the creation, processing, and exchange of metadata across publishing workflows. Context Media actively supports the open XML standards development work of the W3C as a means to achieve integration and interoperability within the real-time enterprise, including the delivery of Web services. In addition to Adobe's XMP framework, Context Media's XML-based products are fully compliant with the SOAP 1.2 protocol specification from the W3C, which is supported by software vendors, including Microsoft, IBM, Sun and Oracle.

(http://www.contextmedia.com)

SyncCast, a provider of CDN technology, has unveiled its new integrated Digital Rights Management solution. Integrating their bandwidth reporting tool into its DRM solution, SyncCast has created the XStream Logger Plugin, which tracks bandwidth data by both users and by content. This means that content owners receive real-time reporting of all streaming bandwidth usage, even if that content is issued under a single license. SyncCast's XStream Logger Plug-in does not require separate licenses for each piece of media, but instead allows the issue of a single license to each user for viewing content. Content owners can also regulate all licensing parameters themselves through a client-side interface called DRM Dashboard. All changes take place instantly and, in conjunction with the instant reporting capabilities, afford content owners better abilities to understand and control revenue streams. In addition, SyncCast's solution provides content owners with control to protect each file with a different key or all files with the same key. Content owners may weigh levels of expense verses degrees of needed security.

(http://www.synccast.com)

Arbortext, Inc., a provider of XML-based software for content creation and multichannel publishing, has announced Arbortext 5. Featuring three new products and many enhancements, Arbortext 5 is designed to help medium and large enterprises eliminate the costs and frustrations associated with the implementation of content systems to create and share information. Arbortext 5 puts the business user in control rather than requiring the specialized expertise of an XML programmer. This new version provides the business user with direct access to XML content across the enterprise, which protects document integrity and enables them to create applications for publishing dynamic content to multiple types of media. Additionally, Arbortext 5 augments the XML editing capabilities of the Enterprise and Professional versions of Microsoft Office 2003. The three new products that will be available with Arbortext 5 are Contributor, Arbortext Styler, and DCA Manager. Additionally, Arbortext 5 contains the following enhancements: Enterprise Content Creation, Stylesheet Development, Dynamic Elements, and Application Integration. The Arbortext 5 product suite will be available Winter, 2003.  

(http://www.arbortext.com)

Nstein Technologies Inc. has sold its Authority File and Taxonomy Manager and Arabic document categorization software to Internet Securities Inc. (ISI), a business and financial information service company. Nstein also sold them services as part of the agreement, all of which are intended to help ISI remarket its content in the Middle East market. The financial terms of the agreement are not disclosed at the request of ISI. This sale follows ISI's procurement and deployment of Nstein's Nserver solution software last year, which had enabled ISI to improve its document indexing and categorization capabilities.

(http://www.nstein.com), (http://www.securities.com)

Hummingbird Ltd., a developer of enterprise information management solutions (EIMS), has announced that it will now link documents to map features in an effort to extend the value of geographic information system (GIS) implementations. Hummingbird Enterprise for ESRI, a new Hummingbird solution, offers a Web-based mapping interface for document and records management and queries by linking ESRI's ArcIMS software and Hummingbird DM, a component of Hummingbird Enterprise. The Hummingbird Enterprise for ESRI solution is applicable across a range of industries including government, utilities, education, oil and gas, military, and telecommunications.  All information about any selected facility will be available online for access from any location. With Hummingbird Enterprise for ESRI, spatial features can be linked not only to data, but also to a range of documents, such as photographs, engineering drawings, field notes, word processing documents, spreadsheets, databases, and digitized audio and video. For example, road construction contracts are linked to road segments; scanned deeds are linked to parcels of land; CAD drawings are linked to facilities; and maintenance records to an oil well. Hummingbird Enterprise for ESRI was developed in conjunction with Farragut Systems, Inc., a Hummingbird and ESRI business partner.

(http://www.esri.com), (http://www.farragut.com), (http://www.hummingbird.com)