The government moved will beef up its intranet content provisions as a result of a partnership between IntraNet Solutions Inc. and content integrator Synetics.

Under the agreement, Synetics will integrate and market IntraNet Solutions' business Web content management products, including the flagship Xpedio*$153; system, for the government sector in the United States.

In turn, Synetics expects to further gain curry favor among federal organizations by marketing IntraNet Solutions' proven Web content management solutions for intranets and extranets.

Synetics recently finished working with IntraNet Solutions to implement the Xpedio Content Management system at a large government institution, managing and publishing content to its corporate intranet site, host to more than 3,000 employees. Xpedio enables customers to quickly turn out business Web sites and automates the process of maintaining information on these sites.

Business content from sources including desktop applications, business applications and templates is managed and published in Web-based formats such as HTML, XML, PDF and WML.

"Many agencies are searching for ways to contribute, manage, publish and personalize content for their Web sites more efficiently," said Mary Balderson, director of Synetics' Information Engineering Division. "We believe IntraNet Solutions' technology is well-suited to meet this need..."