Unique partnership offers solution for web delivery of dynamically assembled information

directWeb Portal Plus enables companies to leverage investment in XML content management systems to provide personalized content to customers

ORLANDO, FL December 10, 2001 -- At the XML 2001 conference, eidon GmbH, Document Management Solutions, Inc. (DMSi), and Software AG announced today the release of directWeb Portal Plus, a combination of software products from eidon and Software AG.

While XML content management solutions have promised customers the ability to custom publish information based on the specific interests of the requestor, in reality the results have been less than satisfactory. directWebPortal Plus provides a cost effective solution to the problem of delivering dynamically assembled XML data from any content management system via the world wide web.

An integration between the components of the eidonXportal family and Software AG’s Tamino, a native XML database, was established to access relevant information and custom publish the results to user queries quickly based on eidonXbase content management. This is now the directWeb Portal Plus module. To further the benefits of personalization and profiling of large amounts of technical, reference, educational and other information, DMSi used the directWeb Portal Plus and the External Repository Interface along with their integration expertise to access information stored on any CMS. This allows organizations that have invested large sums of money to implement other content management systems to efficiently deliver custom content to their customers.

eidon GmbH, www.eidon-products.com, has been involved in the development and delivery of XML technology for over 10 years. The heart of their eidonXportal family is eidonXbase, renowned for its element level content management with uniquely designed features such as reuse, linking and configurability. directWeb Portal Plus provides search and access functionality to the content management system via a dynamically created, fully configurable web site.

Document Management Solutions, Inc. (DMSi), www.dmsi-world.com, offers a full range of consulting, integration, optimization and training services for professionals challenged with designing and implementing XML based content management solutions. Their expertise in integrating content management systems with authoring and delivery software makes DMSi uniquely qualified to provide the API support necessary to integrate directWeb Portal Plus with any content management system.

Based in Reston, Va., Software AG, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Software AG, Europe's largest system software provider and a major global player offering cutting edge technology for data management and electronic business. Since 1998 the company has focused its development activities on XML products for the Internet.

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