Oracle snaps up Captovation

Oracle has added to its enterprise content management (ECM) portfolio with the acquisition of document capture company Captovation, says VNUNet.

The software is expected to become a core component of Oracle ECM.

The database giant claimed that its newly bolstered ECM portfolio will help customers reduce overall transactional content management costs and simplify regulatory compliance.

GridIron Software has introduced digital content management software called Flow. The software was shown publicly for the first time at Macworld Expo, reports Macworld.

Flow helps digital content professionals working on graphic design, Web and video products to track the design process and manage assets and applications required for those workflows.

Flow records all import/export, save/save as and copy/paste actions in a project. It also understands the file formats used in creative apps, including those made by Adobe and Apple.

New electronic systems to streamline document management will provide a foundation for administering the workflow and collaboration over content for 1 600 users, says ITPro.

The Vale of Glamorgan council has announced its investment in new electronic document and records management (EDRM) software as part of its strategy to manage its information more efficiently across the organisation.

The council plans to use the EDRM software as the backbone of a new corporate enterprise content management system and is part of its 'OneVale' business transformation programme to improve the accessibility of services and reduce revenue expenditure.