Content Management Professionals (CM Pros) announced the speaker line-up for its Fall 2005 Summit, to be held at the Westin Copley in Boston, Massachusetts on November 28. The Fall 2005 CM Pros Summit will kick off with a keynote session on Content Management Systems and Personalization by Tony Byrne, followed by a second keynote on Content Modeling to Support Personalization by Ann Rockley. Theresa Regli and Seth Earley will deliver two perspectives on Taxonomy for Personalization, Alex Povzner will cover Knowledge Discovery through Semantic Content Management, Heather Hedden will address A-Z Indexes for Content Searching, and Ben Martin will discuss ERP It Ain’t Shrink-Wrap: Where Customized Software Necessitates Customized Content. In five concurrent roundtable sessions, Lynda Moulton will help participants understand The Relationship Between a CMS and the Organization’s Intranet; Leonor Ciarlone will discuss the challenges of Managing a Hybrid CMS Across the Enterprise, Theresa Regli and Seth Earley will facilitate discussion about Taxonomies for Personalization, Seth Gottlieb will lead a dialog on Workflows for Personalization and Erik Hartman will guide participants on Selecting a Content Management System. CM Pros members receive a $150 discount coupon for The Gilbane Conference on Content Management which begins the day after the Summit at the same venue. Individuals who are not currently CM Pros members are eligible for a discounted CM Pros Membership & Summit package at $195. On the morning following the Boston Summit, CM Pros members will gather for a new member orientation and committee and workshop meetings. CM Pros also announced that its membership now exceeds 500 content management professionals. http://www.cmprofessionals.org

Kintera, Inc. (Nasdaq:KNTA) announced the release of its new Content Management System (CMS) user interface. The new Web-based interface helps nonprofit organizations decrease implementation and editing time and create and manage Website content. Additionally, the interface incorporates a layout that is easy for both beginner and advanced users to navigate. Kintera CMS is integrated into the Kintera Sphere customer relationship management (CRM) database. Supporter interaction is automatically captured and fed into the Kintera Sphere database, providing in-depth analysis of supporter interests, fundraising history and other behaviors. Kintera CMS integrates with Kintera CRM to support Kintera modules. http://www.kintera.org/CMS

Alfresco, Inc. announced that it is making available the Alfresco Enterprise Network Release Candidate. This integrates closely to the JBoss Cache, JBoss Application Server and Hibernate utilizing the underlying scalability and high-availability features. Alfresco utilizes JBoss Cache’s ability to distribute and maintain data caches, making it possible to build large-scale systems which allows Alfresco to deliver cached data at in memory speeds. Alfresco also utilizes the clustering, failover and load balancing facilities of the JBoss Application Server to increase scalability. Content models are more complex than traditional relational database tables. Alfresco utilizes Hibernate to control the content management schema. Alfresco complements these products with content replication and use of Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) to integrate to different, configurable authentication systems. Features of the Alfresco Enterprise Network are single sign-on through Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) across the JBoss Portal and portlets,fail-safe content services, a massively parallel content grid, and distributed high availability within the data centre and between disparate data centres. http://www.alfresco.org

The XForms Working Group has released “XForms 1.0 (Second Edition)” as a Proposed Edited Recommendation. The document brings the XForms 1.0 Recommendation up to date with first edition errata, and aligns the specification with implementations. Comments are welcome through 3 November. XForms is the new generation of Web forms. XForms separate presentation and content, minimize round-trips to the server, offer device independence and reduce the need for scripting. http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Forms/

Content Management Professionals (CM Pros), the international content management community of practice, announced that three geographic communities have been formed under its new member-driven committee process: The CM Pros Australia Community, The CM Pros Canada West Community and The CM Pros Benelux Community. The stated purpose of The CM Pros Australia Community is to provide Australian content management professionals with networking opportunities, a forum for examining content management topics of interest, promotion of content management in Australia, educating on content management and developing mutual opportunities. Their next meeting is scheduled for October 17, 2005 in Middle Park, Victoria. The stated purpose of The CM Pros Canada West Community is to provide a local forum where professionals engaged in content management can learn and share information about content management to further the body of knowledge in this field. The stated purpose of The CM Pros Benelux Community is to provide content management professionals with networking opportunities, a forum for exchanging and examining content management topics of interest, promoting and professionalizing content management in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and educating on content management and developing mutual opportunities. These first three CM Pros Communities united more than 100 members in a common purpose: to support content management professionals as they strive for excellence in this increasingly important discipline. CM Pros also announced that its membership now exceeds 500 content management professionals. http://www.cmprofessionals.org

Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) and Messaging Architects announced an OEM partnership to strengthen the search capabilities of Messaging Architects’ GWArchive. Messaging Architects will embed GWArchive with FAST InStream, an OEM-specific enterprise search solution developed specifically to meet the complex application-based search requirements of independent software vendors (ISVs). Messaging Architects’ GWArchive is a solution for managing the archiving, retention, regulatory compliance and retrieval of email messages and other documents electronically stored in GroupWise mailboxes. FAST InStream will enhance GWArchive by enabling dynamic categorization and instantaneous retrieval of critical information. http://www.messagingarchitects.com, http://www.fastsearch.com

X1 Technologies, Inc. announced the immediate availability of X1 Workgroup Edition, an enterprise search solution targeted for small and medium-sized companies. X1 Workgroup Edition employs the same solution for information search and delivery as X1 Enterprise Edition but is scaled for smaller server environments. It combines the user interface from the X1 Desktop Search solution with workgroup-specific network content components and permits business users to search, preview, and act upon data, no matter where it resides in the corporation.
Based on the X1 desktop search solution, X1 Workgroup Edition locally indexes PC desktop content and integrates it with indexed server content for searching, viewing, and acting on information, including current and archived data. X1 Workgroup Edition is available for single-server installations of less than 200 seats, with no limit on the number of documents indexed. X1 Workgroup Edition starts at $5,000 which includes the desktop client, content connector for files, workgroup server, deployment manager, server manager, customer support and version upgrades. http://www.x1.com