EContent Magazine reports that IBM introduced new software designed to help medium sized organizations implement a digital content management infrastructure. IBM’s DB2 Content Manager Express can be installed with one click and incorporates self-managing capabilities designed to help customers simplify and automate many of the tasks required to manage a content management environment. DB2 Content Manager now offers tighter integration features with IBM’s software portfolio including WebSphere Business Integrator and Lotus Workplace Web Content Management.

LogicLibrary has released what it calls the first asset discovery engine for developers using the Microsoft .NET framework to consolidate and integrate applications. In many enterprises that are conducing pilot tests of Web services for conducting business transactions in a Web environment automatically, the state of the art for handling the data being transferred are spreadsheets programs such as Excel or Lotus Notes.

Factiva and Verity announced they will jointly offer enterprise customers the opportunity to integrate a set of Factiva’s industry-specific taxonomies with Verity’s K2 Enterprise. Verity K2 Enterprise integrates search, classification and personalization capabilities for enterprise portals to uncover information and data residing in both internal and external repositories. K2 Enterprise offers gateway support to leading information repositories, including Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange, ODBC and Documentum.

IntelliReach Corporation announced the availability of MessageScreen Platinum, their advanced spam, virus and content filtering solution that integrates Sophos’ virus detection engine. The combination of Sophos’ powerful engine capabilities and IntelliReach’s corporate messaging expertise aggressively addresses the new breed of spammer, which has embraced many elements of the hacker community. MessageScreen is a content filtering solution that acts as a messaging firewall, providing email security for Microsoft Exchange, Novell GroupWise and Lotus Notes.

Backup Express, the enterprise backup and restore product from Syncsort Incorporated, has been tested and certified with the Spectra T950 Tape Library from Spectra Logic, their latest half-inch library, with revolutionary Python architecture. Backup Express can attach tape drives, including large automated libraries, at any server on the enterprise; dynamically allocate drives within a SAN; keep sensitive data off the network; and allow online backups of large database servers such as Oracle, SAP, MS Exchange, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2 and Lotus Notes.

The Sydney Morning Herald explains how to get better performance from your Pocket PC or Palm handheld. The article goes on to tell you how to move data from a Palm to a Pocket PC or from Lotus Notes or Outlook to your Pocket PC using Yahoo!.

CodeWeavers announced new versions of CrossOver Office and CrossOver Office Server Edition. CrossOver Office Server Edition, which enables enterprise users to operate their most valuable productivity applications, including Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Lotus Notes, and Visio, in a distributed thin client environment for both Linux and Solaris.

MSNBC reports that IBM’s Triangle facilities are poised for rapid expansion. A company executive says the Triangle will snag a generous portion of the company’s projected 10,000 new jobs in 2004. Six units comprise 90 percent of IBM’s RTP operation: Software, Global Services, Sales and Distribution, Integrated Supply Chain, Personal Computers and Systems. The Software unit, which includes WebSphere and Tivoli, both of which have large RTP operations, grew by 8.5 percent, to $10.06 billion, compared to $9.27 billion.

Tumbleweed Communications announced the release of Tumbleweed MMS 5.6. The company says that this new release offers enterprises new anti-spam management features providing improved visibility and feedback of spam-blocking efforts, and additional protection against email fraud and phishing scams via digital signing of email messages. Tumbleweed MMS works with corporate email servers such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, Novell Groupwise and a variety of UNIX-based email servers.

QUALCOMM announced a team of industry-leading enterprise vendors that will demonstrate their enterprise solutions running wirelessly over a high-speed, third-generation (3G) CDMA2000 1xEV-DO at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2003. IBM is demonstrating collaboration and messaging applications from the WebSphere software and Lotus Software product families including IBM WebSphere Everyplace Connection Manager and IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing.