EContent articles from August 2002

EContent archives from August 2002

Want to be a hack superstar? (Edit This).
August 1, 2002... i guess there must still be a few little kids out there who dream of growing up to be firemen. And who knows, maybe even one or two who say, "I want to be President someday." But it seems like there's just nothing "hot" about these professions...

Better Contextual targeting: is it enough? (Letters to the Editor).
August 1, 2002... I found Steve Smith's column "Making Context King" (May 2002) interesting and right on target. The idea of using a user's online activity (specifically, the displayed content) to more carefully target ads and promos is certainly something that...

CMS for the rest of us. (Letters to the Editor).
August 1, 2002... My partners and I operate a small business with several commercial Web sites that we are releasing soon. I've been researching CDNs and other resources (Atomz, Akamai, Broadvision, etc.), but they seem too large-scale and expensive for our...

Correction.
August 1, 2002... During the editorial process, an error was introduced into Mary Ellen Bates' May END or FILE Column, "Looking for Information in all the Wrong Places." Unfortunately, the error significantly impacts the author's fine point about the mistake of...

SOAP opera. (News Feature).
August 1, 2002... Last April when Google released the Google API, a programmable API-Web service using SOAP (and WSDL), it received a lot of attention. In part, the interest was because it allowed users to access Google's extensive database with a SOAP call, but...

NYTimes.com thinks online advertising is ready for prime time. (News Feature).
August 1, 2002... Following up on the success of last year's Surround Sessions online advertising concept, where site visitors receive ads from a single advertiser for the entire duration of their stay, the New York Times' Web site, NYTimes.com, recently...

divine secures over $61 million in new equity financing. (Industry News).
August 1, 2002... divine, Inc., a provider of solutions for the extended enterprise, has secured equity financing totaling more than $61 million from a group led by Oak Investment Partners. According to the company, this investment, in combination with ongoing...

Sun and Yahoo! alliance creates new Portal environment. (Industry News).
August 1, 2002... Sun Microsystems Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. have formed an alliance to create an enterprise portal environment that blends personalized content and services from Yahoo! with the functionality of the Sun ONE Portal Server. Through this alliance, it is...

Dream works SKG selects TEAMS for marketing DAM initiative. (Industry News).
August 1, 2002... DreamWorks SKG has selected Artesia Technologies TEAMS digital asset management solution for its marketing digital asset management initiative. The initial phase of the project wilt enable the international distribution of DreamWorks...

ALACRA launches new "Pay Per Book" pricing model. (Industry News).
August 1, 2002... Alacra, a global provider of business and financial information, has announced the launch of its new Pay Per Book pricing option for Alacra Book. Alacra Book is an adaptable online service that aggregates company-specific information from...

ECNext premium content available through Hoover's online. (Industry News).
August 1, 2002... ECNext has announced an agreement with Hoover s, Inc. 10 give Hoover a Online users access to industry and market research from ECNext a Knowledge Center. ECNext s Knowledge Center houses market intelligence from more than 735 research...

A Patent on pop under ads? (Industry News).
August 1, 2002... ExitExchange, an ad-technology provider that is claiming rights to the invention of pop-under adds, has had its patent application published by the U.S. Patent Office. The filing broadly covers any systematic delivery of a window launched after...

ARL Libraries launch Scholars Portal Project. (Industry News).
August 1, 2002... The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has launched the Scholars Portal Project, a collaboration between several ARL member libraries and Fretwell-Downing Inc. (PD). The initial libraries participating in the project are the University of...

AltaVista selects overture to deliver Pay-For-Performance listings. (Industry News).
August 1, 2002... Overture Services, Inc., a provider of Pay-For-Performance search to Web sites across the Internet, and AltaVista Company have entered into a one-year agreement in which Overture will distribute its Pay-For-Performance search listings to the...

Novell to acquire SilverStream Software. (Industry News).
August 1, 2002... Novell, Inc. and SilverStream Software, Inc have announced that Novell has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SilverStream. The acquisition is part of Novell's plan to be a leading force in the commercialization of new Web services....

eRights powers new subscription offerings on enhanced FT.com Web site. (Industry News).
August 1, 2002... eMeta Corporations flagship eRights technology will power the digital commerce capabilities of the recently enhanced FT.com Web site. Selecting eRights is a part of Pearson PLC s plan to increase revenue from its online news and data divisions,...

Judges find CIPA unconstitutional. (Industry News).
August 1, 2002... On May 31, a three-judge panel in a federal district court in Philadelphia unanimously ruled that the Children s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) is unconstitutional. Enacted by Congress in December 2000, CIPA was an attempt to protect children...

CASPR announces iLibraries and LibraryWire. (Industry News).
August 1, 2002... CASPR has announced a new approach to sharing library information over the Internet. iLibraries is a software program designed to enable individuals to search for and share catalog records and digital files with anyone on the Internet....

comScore Networks acquires Media Metrix. (Industry News).
August 1, 2002... comScore Networks, Inc. and Jupiter Media Metrix, Inc. have jointly announced that comScore has acquired certain assets of the Media Metrix Internet Audience Measurement service in the United States and Canada. comScore simultaneously announced...

OneSource business browser enhanced. (Product News).
August 1, 2002... OneSource Information Services, Inc. has bolstered its OneSource Business Browser with non-profit organization information from GuideStar, expanded global and regional news from FT.com and Proquest, improved analyst reports from Investext, and...

Two new products extend MediaBin asset manager capabilities. (Product News).
August 1, 2002... MediaBin WorkPlace and MediaBin Cluster Manager are two new products that extend the capabilities of the MediaBin Asset Manager brand asset management system. MediaBin WorkPlace is a collaboration software module that provides a "virtual...

Stellent Audio Video Indexer and Content Categorizer Version 6.0 released. (Product News).
August 1, 2002... Stellent Audio Video Indexer is a new module in Stellent, Inc.'s Content Management suite recently released along with other enhanced rich media and digital asset management features. The new product and expanded functionalities are designed to...

Screaming Media announces latest version of its Web Services infrastructure. (Product News).
August 1, 2002... ScreamingMedia, Inc., a provider of information, technology, and tools to the enterprise, has announced the launch of the latest version of its Web services infrastructure. ScreamingMedia also announced that it is joining the OASIS Web Services...

Thomson Analytics launched. (Product News).
August 1, 2002... Thomson Analytics is Thomson Financial's Web-based application that provides access to financial data from worldwide sources, with functionality to execute screening, compare peers and industries, and integrate data directly within Microsoft...

Altnet rolls out plans for P2P search and resource-sharing network. (Product News).
August 1, 2002... Altnet, Inc. has announced plans for its second-generation Peer-to-Peer technologies. These technologies include TopSearch and the Altnet Resource Network technologies, which help content owners control online distribution of their content....

Ektron's Web content management software goes multilingual. (Product News).
August 1, 2002... Ektron, Inc., a Web content authoring and management technology, has announced immediate availability of Ektron CMS200 Version 1.6. This Microsoft ASP-based Web content management application is now available in languages other than English,...

Netcentric launches new Lychee Version 4.1.2. (Product News).
August 1, 2002... Web content and information management provider, Netcentric (Europe) Ltd, has announced an enhanced version of its flagship Lychee Web Content Management System. Lychee Version 4.1.2 is now available as Professional or Enterprise Editions. Both...

iSubscribe.tv releases eSubscription membership and content management portal. (Product News).
August 1, 2002... Atlas Design and Technology, Ltd. has announced the release of its new enterprise server portal, iSubscribe. iSubscribe is designed to allow companies to automate the subscribing/expiring of user access to subscription-based content. iSubscribe...

Adobe adds lending features to PDF delivery. (Product News).
August 1, 2002... Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced Adobe Content Server 3.0, an end-to-end software solution that enables the secure distribution of Adobe Portable Document Format-based (PDF) eBooks. New Content Server 3.0 functionality makes it possible...

Convera has announced that Dr. Claude Vogel. (Peopleware).
August 1, 2002... Convera has announced that Dr. Claude Vogel has joined the company as chief scientist. Dr. Vogel, founder and former chief technology officer of Semio Corporation, retains a significant equity position in Semio. Dr. Vogel will report directly...

Parallelspace Corporation, a provider of business collaboration solutions and services, has appointed David Sharples. (Peopleware).
August 1, 2002... Parallelspace Corporation, a provider of business collaboration solutions and services, has appointed David Sharples vice president, business development. Previously, Sharples held the positions of general manager, Lotus Canada and general...

Octave Software, Inc. has appointed Terry Ferose. (Peopleware).
August 1, 2002... Octave Software, Inc. has appointed Terry Ferose as vice president of global client and partner services. Ferose assumes responsibility for Octave Software's consulting, education, and partner relationship services worldwide. Before joining...

AccuSoft Corporation has confirmed the appointment of Michael Fowler. (Peopleware).
August 1, 2002... AccuSoft Corporation has confirmed the appointment of Michael Fowler to the position of president & CEO. Fowler, who joined the company in April 2001 as vice president and general manager of the products division, succeeds Scott Warner, who...

Grey Zone, Inc. has selected Ken Toren. (Peopleware).
August 1, 2002... Grey Zone, Inc. has selected Ken Toren as chief executive officer. Toren was cofounder and CEO of KickFire, a global provider of Web-based marketing software. Acting CEO Rick Darlow returns to his prior role as chief operating officer.

NextPage Inc. has announced the appointment of John Miles. (Peopleware).
August 1, 2002... NextPage Inc. has announced the appointment of John Miles as vice president of its European division. Miles has 27 years experience in the high-tech industry. His most recent experience has been in launching European Operations for U.S.-based...

Tony Higham has joined FatWire Software as chief solutions officer. (Peopleware).
August 1, 2002... Tony Higham has joined FatWire Software as chief solutions officer. Higham was previously chief technology officer at Rare Medium.

Infotrieve has announced that Wes Crews has been elected to the position of chief executive officer. (Peopleware).
August 1, 2002... Infotrieve has announced that Wes Crews has been elected to the position of chief executive officer. Joseph Bashoura, formerly Infotrieves CEO, has assumed the position of co-chairman of the board. Before joining Infotrieve as chief operating...

Metrics.
August 1, 2002... Metrics New Project Spending Plans Among US IT Professionals, May 2002 (as a % of respondents) Plan to increase spending 57% Plan to decrease spending 37% Source: Giga information Group, SoundView Technology Group, June...

A picture's worth a thousand words: Sawyer Media Systems puts a value on video for the Enterprise.
August 1, 2002... Forrest Sawyer looks like he'd feel more comfortable in a leather club chair situated in front of a fireplace than in dotcom-modern Techspace, located just off Manhattan's Union Square. Techspace, home to Sawyer Media Systems, represents...

Streaming media matures: the search for solutions drives developments.
August 1, 2002... a technology's true value is ultimately measured not by the splash it makes upon introduction, but by the actual impact it has on the habits and history of its users. Streaming media--audio, video, and animation served real-time to the...

Making wireless content pay.
August 1, 2002... There's a lot to dislike about wireless media--not the least of which are crummy greenscreen graphics, plain text, and slow download times. But there's key difference between Web and wireless that gets content providers excited: While Web users...

Wireless content: path to prosperity or the poorhouse? Prospects for profiting from digital content look grim. In the past, content purveyors could pursue two generic strategies; sell subscriptions and/or sell advertising.
August 1, 2002... Since Web advertising's promise has faded--in 2001 Web advertising was down 11% and Yahoo!'s ad revenues shrank 15% in the first quarter of 2002--many content providers are pursuing the alternate path, by instituting subscription fees for...

Roses are red and subscriptions are green: AmericanGreetings.com plays to win the conversion game.
August 1, 2002... Yes, AmericanGreetings.com had a very happy Valentines Day, thank you. On one of the Web's hottest holidays, the egreetings publisher received over 70,000 love notes all in its favorite color, subscription-dollar green. But this was just...

Revenge of the indies: looking for the next Netflix; new technologies can work against the growing concentration of media ownership. (DisContent).
August 1, 2002... Optimists such as I look for countertrends in content and distribution--ways that new technologies can work against the growing concentration of media ownership. Such ways do exist, with electronic distribution playing important roles. For...

Content at what cost? the question of the pricing of services for enterprise environment is still a major topic. Everything has changed; yet nothing has changed. (Behind the Firewall).
August 1, 2002... I have been in the intranets business for a number of years now, but my interest in the electronic delivery of information goes back well over 20 years. I can still recall the first time that I saw a demonstration of the Dialog online retrieval...

Making the list management business work for you: plead, cajole, tease out their guilt, bribe them with prizes--do anything--just get their permission for you to market to them. (Follow the Money).
August 1, 2002... Some direct mail experts are frankly astonished at how many Web sites bemoan the state of online advertising, the slow growth of pay models, or the inefficacy of ecommerce affiliate programs, yet miss one of the most lucrative revenue streams...

Akiva idea management enabler: ideas lead to innovation and companies must adopt processes to collect and preserve their internal ideas. (Profile).
August 1, 2002... the wheel, the printing press, the light bulb, penicillin, the transistor... every great human invention, discovery, or social advance has started with a basic idea. And yet we continue to treat ideas as easy-come/easy-go disposable items not...

TeleKnowledge making content pay: those viable companies that are still a part of today's digital economy recognize that they must be willing to change their business practices to not only stay afloat, but to grow and prosper as well. (Profile).
August 1, 2002... The past few years have been an extremely rocky ride for industries everywhere. The World Wide Web has experienced more than its share of spectacular failures, with a vast number of companies that simply did not survive the economic downturn....

Will research for food. (End of File).
August 1, 2002... Remember a couple of years ago, when all those ask-an-expert sites started appearing on the Web? AskMe.com, AllExperts.com, AskAnExpert.com, AskAnything.com, and Keen. com all offered access to self-described experts on subjects ranging from...