In brief

Postbank selects technology from Mobius

Postbank is set to roll out software from Mobius Management Systems to archive its critical business and customer data.
The German bank will implement the ViewDirect content-management suite as part of an initiative to re-organise data files, including monetary transactions, account statements, files and reports from various banking activities.
In excess of 50 million items are expected to be archived on a daily basis, with the first phase of the implementation to be completed in early 2006. The new system will form part of a platform modernisation project for the organisation’s new transaction banking business model.
More details about the system can be found at: www.mobius.com.

Symbian to deploy ECM solution from Percussion

Symbian Ltd has selected technology from Percussion Software to support the upgrade of its website at: www.symbian.com. Percussion’s enterprise-content-management solution, Rhythmyx, will be deployed alongside Lyrix, its content migration product.
The out-of-the-box solution will be used to manage web content, documents, digital assets, portals and scanned images. It will also enable Symbian to cost effectively re-use and re-purpose content previously created in Lotus Domino applications.
More information can be found at: www.percussion.com.

Plumtree releases portal reporting solution

Plumtree Software has announced the general availability of its latest offering – a product that delivers enterprise-wide, real-time reporting on portal activity and information usage.
Administrators and community owners can apply the Analytics Server to track community and portlet traffic, response times and usage behaviour. Effective use of the solution could enable companies to maximise the return on investment of their corporate portal, reduce infrastructure costs, and improve employee, customer and partner satisfaction.
For more information visit: www.plumtree.com.

Mobius enters leader quadrant

Industry analyst Gartner has positioned Mobius as a leader in the Magic Quadrant for the integrated document-archive and retrieval-systems (IDARS) market.
Mobius has previously received industry recognition for the scope of its IDARS solutions.

AIM and Xen announce alliance

AIM Software and Xen Business Solutions have announced that they will form a strategic alliance to provide a seamless integration between their respective solutions.
The combined offering will provide financial institutions with a comprehensive approach to treasury and portfolio management, via Xen’s COMPASS tool. The solution will be combined with AIM’s GAIN DataDesktop solution, which can be incorporated to organise the full lifecycle of data capture, cleansing and consolidation.
www.aim-sw.com
www.xenbiz.com

FOI management out of the box

Healthcare and other public sector organisations in the UK could benefit from a new out-of-the-box solution for the management of Freedom of Information (FOI) Act requests.
Hyperwave’s FOI solution could enable organisations to satisfy their administrative requirements in a timelier, more cost effective manner. The solution is based on the company’s IS/6 server platform and is fully integrated with a document and records management system, and a web content solution.
It also complies with the Department of Constitutional Affairs’ generic IT specification and FOI guidelines.
www.hyperwave.com

CA automates legacy application migration

A knowledge-based service that automates the conversion of legacy COBAL applications to .NET and web services without rewriting source code has been released by Computer Associates.
The legacy renewal solution combines the company’s technology services with its model-based development tool, AllFusion Gen.
It can be used to assist organisations in the migration of applications to new platforms and architectures, while maintaining their business rules and practice.
More details about the solution can be found at: www.ca.com