EContent articles from September 2005

EContent archives from September 2005

That's what I'm talking about.(edit this)(Editorial)
September 1, 2005... At Econtent magazine, we adhere to a strict separation of church and state. I think most reputable magazines do, but in trade publishing it is particularly challenging--and important--to maintain editorial integrity while balancing the...

Macromedia forges ahead: in light (or shadow) of merger.(content news)
September 1, 2005... The April announcement of a planned Adobe/Macromedia merger left some content creators in a lather, fearing that it would, at worst, blunt competition and inflate price tags on vital publishing and Web development tools, or at best, result in...

SDL completes TRADOS acquisition.(news & product briefs)(appointments )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... SDL plc, a provider of global information management solutions, has announced the completion of its acquisition of TRADOS, Inc. following approval by SDL and TRADOS shareholders. The enlarged group will target the market for global information...

LexisNexis releases new version of Total Search.(news & product briefs)
September 1, 2005... LexisNexis has announced the release of LexisNexis Total Search v. 3.1, a search tool for the legal industry and practitioners of law. This latest version of LexisNexis Total Search includes improvements in ease-of-deployment and maintenance...

PTC to acquire Arbortext.(news & product briefs)(Product Development Company)(Arbortext, Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Product Development Company (PTC), has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Arbortext, Inc., an enterprise publishing provider, for $190 million in cash. Arbortext serves 1,700 customers worldwide in multiple industries, including...

RSS Investors: there's gold in supporting them thar standards.(content news)
September 1, 2005... In July, RSS Investors, LP announced the creation of the first investment fund specializing in companies based on the Really Simple Syndication (RSS) family of standards and services. The fund, created by Jim Moore, John Palfrey, Richard...

EBSCO Industries, Inc.(peopleware)(appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... J.T. Stephens, president/CEO, EBSCO, has announced that F. Dixon Brooke Jr. has been named president, EBSCO Industries, inc. Brooke Jr. is currently COO, EBSCO, and has been with the company for 32 years.

Knova Software, Inc.(peopleware)(appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Knova Software, Inc., a provider of service resolution management applications, has announced that Tom Mulse, will join the Company as CFO. Before joining Knova, Muise was CFO and VP of operations for Embrace Networks, and CFO and VP of finance...

InfoSearch Media, Inc.(peopleware)(appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... InfoSearch Media, Inc., an online media and search firm, has announced that Mike Rubin has joined the Board of Directors. Rubin most recently was VP, business development for Broadcom Corporation. Michael Papale has also joined the company as...

CBS Digital Media.(peopleware)(appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Jonathan Sobel has been named SVP, Strategy and Business Development, CBS Digital Media. Sobel, a veteran new media executive who previously served as SVP, secretary and general counsel, Yahoo!, will oversee all matters pertaining to digital...

Raytheon Company.(peopleware)(appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Raytheon Company has appointed Cassandra Matthews as VP, information technology strategy. Matthews is responsible for information technology strategic planning, emerging technology, IT program management, office & portfolio management, and...

icrossing raises $13 million.(News & Product Briefs)(icrossing Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... icrossing, Inc., an independent search engine marketing firm, has announced an investment of $13 million, which includes new investors RRE Ventures of New York City and Generation Partners of San Francisco. The investment banking firm Piper...

Mobius announces content integration.(News & Product Briefs)(Mobius Management Systems, Inc.'s new software)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Mobius Management Systems, Inc., a provider of software for total content management (TCM), has announced version 2.2 of ViewDirect Total Content Integrator, a Web services-based facility for cross-repository, cross-platform access to content...

Mobile Media Company acquires Rubberduck Media Lab.(News & Product Briefs)
September 1, 2005... The Mobile Media Company has announced the acquisition of Rubberduck Media Lab Limited. The Mobile Media Company produces and delivers branded, made-for-mobile entertainment, interactive TV formats, and mobile marketing concepts. The Company...

Alacra sets up shop with: the Alacra Store.(content news)(Alacra Inc.'s new product)
September 1, 2005... While the market for business content remains strong, content providers are increasingly expanding their audience pool by offering wares in different packages and price points. Alacra's announcement of its Alacra Store demonstrates an...

PaperThin, Inc.(peopleware)(appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... PaperThin, Inc., a Web publishing and content management software vendor, has named Bob Celluci SVP, sales and marketing. Cellucci will be responsible for managing and expanding PaperThin's sales and business development organizations.

Endeca.(peopleware)(appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Endeca, a provider of guided navigation, search and analysis solutions, has named Dan Demmer as the company's new CFO. Demmer will report to Endeca president and CEO, Jim Baum. Prior to Endeca, Demmer served as CFO, IONA Technologies.

SmartJog.(peopleware)(appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... SmartJog, a provider of digital delivery of entertainment media, has appointed Christiane Ducasse to the newly created position of director of sales, post production. Ducasse will drive sales and marketing efforts around SmartJog's post...

3B: browsing another dimension.(content news)(product information of 3B.net browser )
September 1, 2005... People buy luxury cars--at least in part--because they are aesthetically pleasing. The same motivation drives people to auto parts stores for spinners to go with essentials like new tires. 3B is attempting to capitalize on a similar premise...

Turning up loan volume: NYPL offers online audio books.(content news)
September 1, 2005... New Yorkers might be in a perpetual rush, but for cardholders at the New York Public Library, reading on the go just got easier. In June, the NYPL launched its eAudio program, making more than 700 popular, educational, and literary titles...

Online content spending.(metrics)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
September 1, 2005... Online Content Spending by Category ($ in millions) Full Year 2003 Full Year 2004 % Growth Personals/Dating $449.5 $469.5 4.4% Entertainment/Lifestyles ...

Amount of time spent with media type.(metrics)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
September 1, 2005... Amount of Time Spent with Media Type Compared to a Year Ago spend less same amount spend time of time more time INTERNET 9.0% 26.9% 60.9% RADIO ...

Most important business information.(metrics)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Most Important Business Information very extremely important important Internal documents 35% 53% Info from other companies 42%...

Which of the following compliance mandates: is your company addressing at this time?(metrics)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
September 1, 2005... Which of the following compliance mandates is your company addressing at this time? Industry COMPLIANCE MANDATE Total Mfg. Services Sarbanes-Oxley ...

Faces of econtent ... interview from the econtent trenches.(Steve Kayser of Cincom Systems Inc.)(Interview)
September 1, 2005... Job Function: Cincom is a software and services company offering products designed to simplify the management of complex business processes. Steve Kayser, Cincom's PR director, relies on two major assets to tell the often complex Cincom...

Nitro PDF Professional 4.8.(Adobe Systems Inc.'s product information)
September 1, 2005... About 10 years ago, Adobe decided to make the PDF print driver available for public use, which led to a variety of competing products, but also contributed to the dominance of the PDF as a document sharing method, which was Adobe's primary...

Dr. Strangelove Jr. or: how I learned to stop worrying and love media fragmentation.(follow the money)
September 1, 2005... The people who underwrite content (a.k.a. media buyers) speak about audience and media "fragmentation" as if it were nuclear proliferation, an insidious third world plot that needs to be contained or outsmarted. As eyeballs scatter to on-demand...

Econtent and the law practice.
September 1, 2005... Before the advent of econtent, the process would have started with a paper memo and then required searching through boxes and boxes of paper documents to pull the relevant information together along with any appropriate legal information, like...

You still Google? That is so last week.(info pro)
September 1, 2005... Whenever I give a workshop or presentation, I ask the people attending to raise their hands if Google is their default search engine. I am always somewhat surprised that at least 80% of the audience still start their search with Google,...

Medical records integration: creating a healthy information flow.(Cover Story)
September 1, 2005... There are always myriad issues involved (from the technical to the philosophical) when it comes to moving content across disparate systems, but these problems come into glaring focus when the content includes confidential medical data. When the...

The first podcast.(i column like i cm)(Open Source Content Management conference at Harvard)(Column)
September 1, 2005... how did an IP squabble lead to the first podcast? And why did Jenny Attiyeh quit radio and TV to create her own show on the Web? Well, it all began with the third international Open Source Content Management (OSCOM) conference at Harvard...

DRM in ERM: know your rights provider.(Digital Rights Management )(Enterprise Rights Management )
September 1, 2005... With the increasing globalization of business and the sharing of information among companies, customers, and suppliers in far-flung parts of the world, protecting confidential information, not only within an enterprise, but also once it leaves,...

Metacontent: say what you (don't) mean.(disContent)(Column)
September 1, 2005... here's a thought to give you nightmares: what you say in your econtent is only part of the message people receive. The rest is metacontent--and believe me, you have less control over metacontent than you'd like. I could provide loads of...

Zoom information: people information summarized.(profile)(Zoom Information Inc.)
September 1, 2005... George Eliot once wrote, "There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life." She ought to know. Born Mary Anne Evans, the 19th century English novelist adopted the male nom de plume shortly after her first work was...

Amazon and the Hard Sell.(after thought)(Amazon.com Inc.)
September 1, 2005... With my new book Cashing In With Content: How Innovative Marketers Use Digital Information to Turn Browsers Into Buyers soon to be released, I decided to check out the book's new Amazon.com page. Well (I thought), as long as I'm here, I might...