Version 8.1 of Outside In Technology'.

Stellent, Inc's. announced today the release of Stellen .'Outside In Technology 'version 8.1.

This program enhances hundreds of software applications--such as enterprise content management, search, email management, security, compliance, data forensics, litigation support, e-discovery and portals--from the world's leading technology companies. These companies use the Outside In software development kits (SDKs) to identify files, extract text and metadata, provide a high-fidelity view of file contents, and convert files into any one of 11 output formats--without reliance on native applications.

Outside In Version 8.1 is a new release of the entire suite of Outside In products including Outside In File ID, Outside In Viewer Technology, Outside In Content Access, Outside In Search Export, Outside In HTML Export, Outside In XML Export, Outside In Image Export and Outside In Transformation Server.

The new release features performance improvements, new and enhanced file format support, and support for the latest operating system versions. Additionally, it leverages the interoperability between the products to enable programmatic annotation of converted output.

Components Division. "Depending on the SDK and operating system, customers can expect up to a 50 percent increase in performance with this release, which is critical given the massive amounts of data they're called upon to process.

Version 8.1 of Stellent Outside In Technology supports four new formats, adds support for new versions of nine additional formats and offers enhancements to filters supporting 30 formats. With this release, Outside In Technology now supports more than 390 file formats.

All supported operating systems have been updated to the latest versions, and Outside In Content Access has been ported to FreeBSD.

Additional Key 8.1 Features and Benefits by SDK

Search Export--new PageML output schema provides fast and accurate page counts and text locations; "metadata only" mode extracts document properties to build metadata repositories or quickly flag key documents for further processing.

HTML Export--embedded cascading style sheets (CSS) simplify file management by allowing a style sheet to be embedded within the converted HTML; when used in combination with Content Access or Search Export, SearchML annotations can now be programmatically added, providing the ability to highlight, insert, replace or delete text in the HTML output. Additionally, HTML Export provides the ability to create links or bookmarks to the annotations.

XML Export--improved representation of PDF files in the FlexionDoc schema and support for conversion of embedded flies allows more accurate XML post-processing. Viewer Technology--anti-aliasing option on resized raster (bitmap) images improves fidelity of highly detailed images at lower resolutions. Image Export--when used in combination with Content Access or Search Export, SearchML annotations can now be programmatically added, providing the ability to highlight, insert, replace or delete text in the image output. Transformation Server--new graphical user interface to manage option files expedites implementation.

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