PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) announced that Fuji Xerox Information Systems has become a reseller of its Arbortext solutions for dynamic publishing. PTC solutions for dynamic publishing enable companies to automate the assembly and publishing of product or service information in multiple languages and formats. The Arbortext family of products will enable Fuji Xerox Information Systems’ customers to create, manage and publish large amounts of technical systems information. Fuji Xerox Information Systems offers services that range from consulting and process reengineering to systems deployment and documentation. http://www.ptc.com
Category: Content management & strategy (Page 231 of 479)
This category includes editorial and news blog posts related to content management and content strategy. For older, long form reports, papers, and research on these topics see our Resources page.
Content management is a broad topic that refers to the management of unstructured or semi-structured content as a standalone system or a component of another system. Varieties of content management systems (CMS) include: web content management (WCM), enterprise content management (ECM), component content management (CCM), and digital asset management (DAM) systems. Content management systems are also now widely marketed as Digital Experience Management (DEM or DXM, DXP), and Customer Experience Management (CEM or CXM) systems or platforms, and may include additional marketing technology functions.
Content strategy topics include information architecture, content and information models, content globalization, and localization.
For some historical perspective see:
https://gilbane.com/gilbane-report-vol-8-num-8-what-is-content-management/
thePlatform announced thePlatform Media Publishing System (MPS) has added support for RSS. MPS is a digital media publishing solution, enabling content owners, aggregators and enterprises to manage and deliver digital media content. thePlatform MPS enables content owners and aggregators to publish their audio and video content in multiple digital media formats, bit-rates, content categories and device profiles. Now, with built-in support for RSS publishing in MPS-powered media portals, streaming or downloadable content can be discovered by a wide range of RSS-enabled podcasting media aggregators, digital media search engines and directories. MPS enables content owners and aggregators to manage and publish their media in a variety of digital audio and video codecs and formats, including Windows Media, Flash, MP3, MPEG-4, 3GPP. With the integrated content management features in MPS, content owners can manage and organize their media. Integrated RSS publishing support in MPS enables content owners to make their video publishing portals discoverable. Content owners can also publish categorized feeds. Using built-in MPS features for authentication, digital media content can be secured and accessed via proper authentication or made freely available. Through commerce and digital rights management support, content can be published with recurring subscription, pay-per-view or advertising business models. Content owners or aggregators can deploy MPS as a hosted solution, or as a self-hosted or hybrid application. http://www.theplatform.com
ClearStory Systems (BULLETIN BOARD: CSYS) announced the release of ActiveMedia 7.0, enterprise-class software application for managing the digital media communications supply chain from creation to delivery. Designed for the demands of global teams, ActiveMedia has capabilities to drive rich media-centric business processes, user adoption, and administrative simplicity. This includes a security-driven user experience, new workflow capabilities and a flexible metadata model based on business rules and user role. Developed on ClearStory’s Enterprise Media Server (EMS) platform, ActiveMedia 7.0 provides geographically-dispersed teams with unique views into the system, based on their privileges and role. ActiveMedia can be deployed as a hosted solution or installed application.
SourceCode Technology Holdings, Inc., provider of enterprise business process management software built on the .NET platform and a Microsoft Gold partner, announced the release of K2.net 2003 Collaboration Tools for Microsoft SharePoint Products & Technologies enabling business users to define and create document workflows within Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 (SPS). Based on the Microsoft .NET platform, K2.net 2003 now provides seamless integration to Microsoft’s SharePoint Products and Technologies by providing the tools and out-of-the box wizards that help define, create and manage complex business processes in the collaborative SharePoint environment and extending out to related systems as needed in the workflow such as Lines of Business and e-mail systems. Deeply integrated with the K2.net Server workflow management and execution platform, K2.net Collaboration Tools for SharePoint allow business users define serial, parallel and multi-stage workflows, with escalation logic, e-mail notifications, related instructions and more. The design experience is integrated within the familiar Web-based SharePoint environment with the addition of enterprise workflow features such as tracking and audit trailing.
For Immediate Release:
60+ Vendors Set to Showcase Latest Innovations at the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies Boston
11/14/05
Event Offers Strategic Platform for Content Management Companies to Introduce New Technologies and Solutions for Enterprise Applications; Exhibit Hall Free to Attend
Contacts:
Evan Weisel
Welz & Weisel Communications
703-323-6006
evan@w2comm.com
Jeffrey Arcuri
Lighthouse Seminars
781-821-6634
jarcuri@lighthouseseminars.com
Cambridge, MA, November 14, 2005. The Gilbane Report and Lighthouse Seminars today announced that the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies Boston will play host to over 60 vendors exhibiting a broad range of content technologies available for enterprise applications. Taking place November 29-December 1 at the Westin Copley Place, attendees can learn more about widely deployed technologies like content management and enterprise search as well as newer technologies for corporate content applications, such as blogs, wikis, RSS, and “rich internet” applications.
To view the entire list of exhibitors visit: http://www.lighthouseseminars.com/gilbane_boston_05/Exhibitors.html
The following highlights some of the exciting and innovative content management technologies and solutions that will be on display:
— Artesia Digital Media Group will showcase its Artesia Digital Asset management solution; helping creative professionals improve productivity by seamlessly linking desktop design and publishing applications to the digital media managed within Artesia DAM.
— AuthorIT, in conjunction with reseller Info By Design, will be demonstrating its cost-effective, integrated, single-source documentation solution, incorporating authoring, content management, security and standards control, and publishing to print, online Help, and the Web.
— Autonomy will give a live demonstration of their flagship product, IDOL Server. This award-winning technology enables enterprises to fully understand and manage their information assets, including Enterprise Governance and compliance.
— AXS-One will showcase the AXS-One Compliance Platform(TM), demonstrating how to manage growing volumes of electronic records, including e-mail, instant messages, SAP output and desktop documents for corporate governance, legal discovery and regulatory compliance plus operational efficiency.
— Contextware will demonstrate its namesake software Contextware OS. In the context of their jobs, knowledge workers are connected to the content, procedures and tools they need to perform information-rich enterprise processes.
— Design Science will demonstrate its MathFlow line of MathML tools for working with the mathematical notation found in most engineering, scientific, medical, and educational content.
— Dovetail Internet Technologies provides WRP (Web Resource Publishing) software for the Enterprise. Dovetail WRP combines web content management, document portal creation, and full e-commerce capabilities into a single solution that maximizes ROI for user companies.
— Ektron will demonstrate just-released CMS400.NET V5.1, a milestone that goes beyond the boundaries of typical Web CMS. CMS400.NET integrates Web content and document management plus memberships, subscriptions and Web Alerts, RSS, form-building engine and more.
— EMC will showcase its family of enterprise content management (ECM) products, including its marketing resource management solution for managing the entire marketing process – from campaigns and branding to ongoing marketing activities.
— FatWire is showcasing several examples of how leading companies are deploying Web applications that persuade visitors to take action and deliver exceptional ROI.
— GMC Software Technology will be demonstrating its suite of variable document design and approval and web services software solutions at the Gilbane Conference in booth 137.
— Hummingbird Ltd. is a leading global provider of enterprise software solutions. Our enterprise content management (ECM) solutions allow customers to manage the entire lifecycle of enterprise content from creation to disposition.
— Idiom WorldServer allows customers to cost-effectively deliver websites, products and marketing materials in multiple languages by maximizing existing investments in enterprise content management, database technologies and software configuration management solutions.
— Information Mapping will introduce Content Mapper, a front-end MS Word-based XML authoring tool that links with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Systems. Information Mapping and Content Mapper are supportive of DITA open source solutions.
— Interwoven’s ECM solutions enable companies to improve revenue growth, reduce business risk, and lower costs by streamlining processes including: Web Content Management, Records Management, Digital Asset Management, Content Provisioning, Deal Management, Matter-Centric Collaboration, and more.
— MarkLogic Server allows enterprises to convert, query, manipulate and render XML content. It loads content “as is,” includes a powerful XQuery interface, and provides millisecond response times against multi-terabyte contentbases.
— MEI will introduce its Custom Publishing Engine. Built for Adobe InDesign Server, the Engine dynamically generates marketing and sales collateral and improves marketing response rates by combining managed content with automatic document generation.
— Mobius is a leading provider of integrated solutions for enterprise content management. ViewDirect is a comprehensive suite that integrates content across disparate repositories, supports regulatory compliance, and provides content-enabled applications that automate business processes.
— Nexaweb will demonstrate how its Rich Internet Application platform can expand CMS capabilities and improve usability through dynamic, compound interfaces that combine existing CMS and core business information systems.
— PaperThin recently announced advanced content classification and discovery capabilities in its latest release of CommonSpot Content Server. Visit booth #162 to learn how this new functionality enables organizations to increase content value and improve the user experience.
— Quasar Technologies presents GETREADY v.3.0, a web-enabled, services-oriented production management platform that optimizes, coordinates and simplifies the extended content value chain for commercial publications and corporate documents, eliminating the time-consuming, costly errors associated with demanding publishing environments.
— RedDot Solutions – Recognized throughout the industry as the fastest to implement and easiest to use, RedDot CMS and LiveServer extend usability, deliver more relevant content, and make site administration simple.
— Refresh Software will showcase SiteRefresh(R), a full featured, highly scalable, enterprise CMS designed to manage multiple web-sites. SiteRefresh drops into any production environment, is rapidly deployable, and costs less than annual maintenance of competitive ECM offerings.
— RepliWeb announces the release of R-1v3.5 with support for IIS6.0 Metabase replication. This critical feature, coupled with R-1’s innovative publishing and rollback capabilities position R-1 as the most feature rich, cost effective web content publishing platform.
— SilkRoad technology will showcase Eprise OnDemand, a new tool that leverages the enterprise capabilities of Eprise but allows powerful, personalized fully content managed websites to be created with ZERO programming.
— SiberLogic will showcase SiberSafe DITA, and SiberSafe S1000D: two new editions of its robust, feature-rich XML CMS for documentation teams – the only solution that includes semantic knowledge modeling.
— Sitecore announces support for Microsoft’s .NET 2.0, enabling faster XML rendering performance, powerful page skinning tools and profile-driven personalization, while leveraging Microsoft’s XAML to deliver a 100% browser-based, multi-window content management desktop for users.
— Softlinx is showcasing the 100% Sun Solaris Fax Server with Java Fax API; Fax Archiving to Central Document Repository for Compliance; and Rule-based Email Capture and Filing solutions.
— Stellent will feature business applications powered by its award-winning Universal Content Management product suite which includes document management and imaging, Web content management, digital asset management, collaboration, and records management.
— Thomas Technology Solutions, Inc., a systems integrator and production services provider, partner with the leading content management software providers such as EMC/Documentum and Arbortext and will be displaying their ECM solutions at Booth #139.
— Translations.com will present the company’s proprietary Globalization Management System, GlobalLink. Integrated with leading Content Management Systems, GlobalLink acts as a multilingual module for cost effective creation, distribution, and management of multilingual content for all target markets.
— Vasont Systems will unveil Vasont 10, the latest version of its powerful single-source content management system that enables organizations to store multilingual content for maximum reuse and multi-channel delivery.
— Vignette Enterprise Content Management (ECM) products help organizations capture and deliver relevant information, streamline business processes and share knowledge while becoming more efficient and complying with corporate governance regulations.
— Vivisimo creates innovative software to access and cluster the world’s information, for better search and discovery. Vivisimo serves its customers through its Velocity platform combining clustering, federated search, and search.
— XyEnterprise will demonstrate Microsoft Word and InfoPath integrations with Content@, emphasizing reuse, automated workflow, multi-channel delivery, versioning and search to a new class of users authoring semi-structured documents.
— Xyleme will showcase its newest versions of Xyleme Views, technology for managing heterogeneous content structures, and the Xyleme Assemble-on-Demand Publishing Solution, as well as its Single-Source Publishing Solution for Technical Documentation and Training.
About Bluebill Advisors, The Gilbane Report
Bluebill Advisors, Inc. serves the content management community with publications, conferences and consulting services. The Gilbane Report administers the Content Technology Works(TM) program disseminating best practices with partners Software AG (TECdax:SOW), Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW), Artesia Digital Media, a Division of Open Text, Astoria Software, ClearStory Systems (OTCBB:INSS), Context Media (Oracle, NASDAQ: ORCL), Convera (NASDAQ:CNVR), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Idiom, Mark Logic, Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX), SDL International (London Stock Exchange:SDL), Vasont Systems, Vignette (NASDAQ:VGN), and WebSideStory (NASDAQ:WSSI). https://gilbane.com
About Lighthouse Seminars
Lighthouse Seminars’ events cover information technologies and “content technologies” in particular. These include content management of all types, digital asset management, document management, web content management, enterprise portals, enterprise search, web and multi-channel publishing, electronic forms, authoring, content and information integration, information architecture, and e-catalogs. http://www.lighthouseseminars.co
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Vasont Systems announced the release of Vasont 10, the latest version of its single-source content management system. Vasont 10 will be unveiled at the Gilbane Conference on Content Management in Boston, MA, on November 29 – December 1, 2005. Vasont transactions can now be processed up to six times faster on corporate networks due to Vasont 10’s enhanced server-side processing on the Oracle server. Vasont utilizes the most current version of Oracle, 10g. Digital asset management capabilities have been added to Vasont 10. Users can simply drag-and-drop multimedia components, in a wide variety of file formats, from their desktop into Vasont. They can be viewed in the Vasont File Explorer several different ways, including thumbnail, detail, or list views. Vasont 10 provides users with the ability to capture, organize, and search unstructured documents and structured component-level content together in the same database. Users can now drag-and-drop entire unstructured documents from their desktop directly into the Vasont repository. The new Pointer Log in Vasont 10 manages modular reuse in a similar way that Vasont’s Global Change Log manages component reuse, giving users control over the implementation of changes to reused content. The Pointer Log tracks and time-stamps all changes made to referenced content and tells the user exactly what changes need to be approved for a particular pointer/reference. http://www.vasont.com
Inxight and Kapow Technologies have entered into an agreement to integrate and jointly sell the Kapow Web Integration platform with Inxight SmartDiscovery Analysis Server. The combined solution enables clients to reach and analyze any structured or unstructured information available on the Web. The Kapow Web Integration platform integrates any application or information through the Web front-end, and integrates these into portals, content/knowledge management systems, databases or solution frameworks like Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) as Web services. Inxight will resell Kapow’s products to customers seeking additional functionality to collect information from Web resources for processing within the Inxight SmartDiscovery Analysis Server platform. Using the Kapow Web Integration Platform, users are able to collect Web data, and extract relevant content and information in conjunction with their enterprise content. Customers can keep their content collection fresh through automated or scheduled synchronization of content. In addition, if information is not found in the customer’s current collection, an ad-hoc query system that is part of the solution can collect and normalize the content in real-time and insert it into Inxight SmartDiscovery. http://www.kapowtech.com,
Microsoft Corp. and Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX)(TSX:OTC) announced a strategic relationship to optimize Open Text’s Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions for the Microsoft platform. As part of the announcement, Open Text, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, becomes a worldwide ECM partner with Microsoft. By deepening the relationship between Open Text and Microsoft, the companies will work to enhance Open Text solutions in ways that combine the Microsoft platform and Open Text’s understanding of the ECM needs of large enterprises. The resulting solutions from Open Text will include vertical-market offerings in financial services and government.Open Text is also introducing two new solutions that use Open Text’s Livelink ECM suite and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. The new solutions include an Open Text records management solution for Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Open Text is also introducing Web Parts that expose Livelink ECM content and functionality in SharePoint Portal Server 2003. This new level of integration will allow SharePoint Portal Server 2003 users to utilize specific Livelink ECM capabilities and access content stored anywhere in Livelink ECM. Future versions of Open Text solutions will be built on Microsoft Office “12,” the code name of the next major release of Microsoft Office products. Livelink ECM will connect directly with Microsoft’s ECM capabilities and extend the content created in Office “12” into business processes. Open Text has also agreed to support the latest version of Visual Studio 2005, for the development of new Livelink ECM solutions that integrate with SharePoint Portal Server 2003. http://www.opentext.com, http://www.microsoft.com
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