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iKnowledge Launches ActiveContent Suite and Content Network Gateway
URL(s): iKnowledge
LEXINGTON, Mass.--Sept. 17, 2001-- iKnowledge, Inc., a leader in content technologies, services and solutions, today introduced the ActiveContent Suite
and Content Network Gateway for managing and distributing mission critical business content for media and
entertainment, financial services, healthcare and the enterprise. A breakthrough offering in the content application market,
iKnowledge's ActiveContent software offers a timely and cost effective solution providing organizations unmatched value
with out-of-the-box capabilities in a single solution.
iKnowledge's ActiveContent Suite, introduced this week at the IBC show in Amsterdam, is a complete, end-to-end,
rich-media and digital asset management and distribution solution that enables companies to aggregate content, in its
native format, from a wide range of sources. Companies can then fuse this content with business logic and accelerate its
distribution over any network such as wireless, broadband, and narrowband to multiple devices such as Wireless
Application Protocol (WAP) phones, PDAs, PCs, iTV, and set-top boxes. The new iKnowledge ActiveContent solution
works within existing infrastructures, combining total content management functionality with complete distribution
capabilities. By integrating storage, caching and networking solutions, the ActiveContent Suite extends enterprise
content applications beyond today's content management solutions.
In support, iKnowledge has built relationships with the leading content infrastructure technology and network solution
providers such as Sun Microsystems, IBM, Cisco, Siemens, Sony, NetworkAppliance, Liberate, and Canal+. These
alliances enable the ActiveContent Suite to work with partners' products and solutions to aggregate the widest variety of
content possible. Worldwide business relationships with networking giants, telecommunication providers and MSOs, also
give ActiveContent the broadest possible distribution capabilities.
"Rich media delivery is a key component of our online music programming strategy," said Jim Belcher, vice president
of Production, Universal Music Group's eLabs. "By working with iKnowledge, we can easily manage the delivery of
ActiveContent to our consumers to provide music fans with an enhanced experience."
Ultimately, the ActiveContent Suite allows users to manage content distribution through its new Content Network
Gateway. The Content Network Gateway allows a user to profile distribution end-points and then define the rules for
distributing content over any network to any end device to maximize ROI.
Also, at the heart of the ActiveContent Suite is the ActiveContent engine, which automates content intensive business
processes. The engine allows users to shape and control content assemblies, personalization and presentation. This
enables users to easily manage the application regardless of content type (flash, video, audio, text, graphics or live
Webcasts), reducing the dependency on IT resources. Further, the data need not be centralized: the engine can "pull" it
from multiple sources and systems from anywhere in the network.
The ActiveContent Suite is an open, scalable and flexible, standards-based solution for creating, managing and
deploying enterprise-class business and consumer applications. Legacy system integration allows companies to
preserve their investment in existing authoring and content management systems. In addition, the new Web-based
ActiveContent Manager(tm) provides a collaborative development environment where business managers have access
to the system anytime, anywhere.
"Companies want to capitalize on the benefits of aggregation and distribution of their mission critical content, but they
also need to invest in a complete and scalable solution. iKnowledge has demonstrated that traditional content
management solutions are limited in their ability when it comes to delivering the functionality, scalability and ease of use
required to provide a compelling experience for their internal or external customers," said Dan Trajman, president & CEO
of iKnowledge. "For these reasons, iKnowledge's ActiveContent Suite has been successfully deployed by Universal
Music Group, Health Dialog, Siemens, and many others."
About iKnowledge
With its ActiveContent(tm) Product Suite and Content Network Gateway(tm), iKnowledge, Inc., has created a content
aggregation and distribution solution for the enterprise to fuse rich media and digital assets with business logic and
accelerate its distribution from multiple sources to multiple networks and devices for internal or external use. It is the first,
true end-to-end content management and distribution solution, allowing companies such as Universal Music Group,
Health Dialog, and Siemens to turn static content into profitable, active content.
Headquartered in Lexington, Mass., iKnowledge has R&D facilities in Edmonton, Alberta, and sales offices in Los
Angeles and Munich. For more information, visit iKnowledge's Web site at or via telephone at 781-860-0725.
CONTACT: IT Media Group
Dave Costello
(978) 474-6433
dcostello@itmediagroup.com
or
iKnowledge, Inc.
Dawn Richiell
(781) 266-2240
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