The integration follows AgfaÕs acquisition of Autologic last December and the ongoing merger of the two organizations. The company said it "recognizes the strengths of AutologicÕs technology and R&D" and that Autologic hardware and software research and development "will be further maintained and developed in California."

Xserve features dual 1 gigahertz PowerPC G4 processors that each have 2 megabytes of Double Data Rate (DDR) L3 cache. Xserve is the first 1U server to use DDR SDRAM memory with up to 2 gigabyte capacity. Xserve offers up to 48 gigabytes of storage on four hot-plug ATA/100 drives and networking with standard dual Gigabit Ethernet ports. Xserve includes an unlimited user license to Mac OS X Server software.

Xserve is designed for applications with intensive input-output activity, such as digital video, high-resolution digital imagery and large scientific datasets, in addition to file and web serving.

Xserve will be available in June; customers can place orders on-line through the Apple Store and through Apple authorized resellers.

CirculationPro now offers many server options, including Macintosh OS X, Windows and Solaris. Servers can be accessed by virtually any computer, using just about any recent web browser.

AdManagerPro 4.0 is now a series of client-server applications connecting to SQL databases via TCP/IP and has been designed to be database-neutral; it is currently shipping with FrontBase but other database options will be added later.

ProductionManagerPro 1.7 features compatibility with Multi-Ad Creator 6 and below, from Multi-Ad Services Inc. of Peoria, Ill., in addition to working with Quark XPress 5 and below and Adobe InDesign 1.5.

LiveIQue 2.5 now features access control, which allows publishers to restrict access to certain web site features to registered visitors only. IQueWeb 1.0 is a WebObjects-based application that provides browser-based access to the IQue databases.

Baseview, a subsidiary of MediaSpan Group Inc. of Research Triangle, N.C., is on the Web at http://www.baseview.com/.

Atomik 3.0 Developer Edition includes support for AutoPilot -- an XPress and QPS automation tool developed by Callas Software in Germany. Through a "hot folders" mechanism, users can simply drop XPress documents into any designated folder, and Atomik and AutoPilot extract the XML automatically without any need for user intervention.

The suggested retail price for Atomik 3.0 is $19,995 or 24,292 Euros, depending on the country of purchase. Multi-user pricing is also available.

The company also said that it has partnered with Xyleme S.A. of Paris to provide Xyleme's News & Publishing System with XML export.

Under the program, xpedx will resell the latest Enfocus Certified PDF Workflow solutions as well as offer certified training and support for those products. In addition to having Enfocus certified sales experts, xpedx will have a certified Enfocus trainer on staff at its Digital Imaging National Technology Center in Cleveland.

During the first phase of the new agreement, LiquidSeats will extend the StubHub product to Knight Ridder Digital's owned and operated Real Cities Web sites. Each site will have its own co-branded ticket marketplace. The rollout of additional Real Cities properties comes after a successful initial offering of the StubHub product on BayArea.com.

StubHub allows ticket holders to resell unused tickets for all live events directly to other fans. The system handles all payment processing and delivery; sellers can post their tickets for sale at a fixed price or by auction.

The 355-seat AdBase system will handle the order entry requirements for both classified and retail advertising. The papers will use Mactive's PageLayout application for classified pagination, page layout and page dummying, and Mactive's Money Manager application for accounts receivable. WebBase will be used for web order entry.

Sun servers and Microsoft Windows 2000 clients will be configured with an Oracle database.

The special X-RiteColor Ensemble Solutions bundles MonacoPROOF with X-Rite's Monitor Optimizer and DTP41 AutoScan Spectrophotometer, providing users with an accurate color management system.

X-RiteColor Ensemble Color Management Solutions are priced at $3500 and $3600.

Using SCS/ClassPag, the Times Union produces four products: the daily, the automotive weekly, Vitals (obituaries, memorials, etc.) and the Home section. SCS/ClassPag interfaces with a variety of advertising front-end systems. At the TIMES UNION, SCS/ClassPag interfaces with an SII classified advertising system.

The companies said it took only 20 days to install a complete 15-seat GN3 publishing system, including TeraÕs Tark archiving system, and train the LIBRE team. This involved designing a tabloid from scratch for a distribution of 100,000.

Tera, based in Milan, Italy, with U.S. offices in Bedford, N.H., is on the Web at .

Smart Styles 2.0 is available for both Mac and Windows. Estimated street price in the United States is $149 for the full product and $49 for registered users of Smart Styles 1.x.