Author-it Cloud Launched (Wed, 14 Dec 2011)

Author-it Software Corporation has announced the launch of Author-it Cloud, an interesting development in enterprise content authoring. Author-it Cloud is essentially the popular Author-it Enterprise Authoring Platform re-engineered as an on-demand, Software as a Service (SaaS) package. Instead of installing and maintaining software, you simply access Author-it via the Internet, therefore avoiding software and hardware management. This simplifies deployment and reduces upfront costs. Author-it will continue to support its traditional On-Premises software for clients who prefer it.

FrameMaker and XDocs Integration (Thu, 01 Dec 2011)

Bluestream - a provider of DITA-enabled Component Content Management System (CCMS) solutions - has allied with Adobe to provide tighter integration and advanced connectivity between FrameMaker10 and Bluestream's XDocs CCMS v3.0. This tighter integration promises enhanced productivity for content creators. The connector in XDocs CCMS v3.0 provides FrameMaker (FM) 10 users with increased dexterity and greater control over XDocs content. FM10 users can now access files and perform more actions on content in the XDocs repository all from within the FM authoring environment.

MadCap Offers Special Upgrade Pricing for Flare 7 (Wed, 02 Nov 2011)

For a limited time, you can upgrade from any version of MadCap Flare to the latert Flare version 7. Whether you are using Flare v1 or Flare v6, any existing Flare user can upgrade now to the latest edition for USD499. MadCap are also offering up to 50% off competitive upgrade prices.