Astoria Software, Inc. and SDL International announced a partnership to provide joint solutions to multinational manufacturers. Global information management solutions from Astoria and SDL help manufacturers publish and deliver content to international markets. Built on XML and DITA, the Astoria-SDL solution manages information for complex products with long lifecycles, frequent technology changes, and global usage. http://www.sdl.com, www.astoriasoftware.com
Category: Content management & strategy (Page 244 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/
Snowbound Software announced web viewer enhancements including format support for Microsoft Word documents enabling end users to view and convert Word files without the requirement of having Microsoft Office installed on their computer. Improvements in server side caching have also improved the speed of document retrieval and viewing. FlexSnap: SI is a Java servlet/applet combination configured to integrate with content or document management systems. It gives users a universal interface allowing them to retrieve, view, annotate, manipulate, convert, and print multiple document and image formats from their document repository through a standard web browser. With these new improvements, end users can retrieve and view a specific single page contained within a large document without having to wait for the entire file to download. In the latest release, the number of pages stored on the client side can now be optimized for greatest memory efficiency. Additionally thumbnails have also been enhanced to provide end users faster display and retrieval of images. Improvements have been made to the memory management in the applet as well as the ability for system administrators to configure both image scaling and compression levels. By setting parameters, large images can be automatically reduced to a more manageable size to avoid memory problems. Administrators can also configure the level of compression for JPEG and TIFF-JPEG images. http://www.snowbound.com
Prodiance Corporation announced Prodiance Search, a new productivity solution that helps business users find critical information through federated searches across disparate content sources. Prodiance Search can search peer PCs, network shared drives, content and document management repositories, and other enterprise applications. Although it installs on a user’s desktop, it leverages a federated search broker that issues search queries to local indexes running on other PCs. Prodiance Search will ship to customers in both stand-alone (e.g. single-user desktop) and federated (e.g. enterprise) configurations in late October 2005. A 30-day free evaluation version of the stand-alone configuration can be downloaded immediately. The cost for a single user license will be $49.95, and a single federated server license will be $2,500. http://www.prodiance.com
Open Text Corporation (TSX:OTC)(NASDAQ:OTEX) and InSystems Corporation said they will extend their eight-year partnership and will focus on delivering solutions that improve document processes and regulatory compliance for insurance and financial services companies. The extension of the partnership will mean enhanced integration of Open Text’s Livelink ECM Solutions with InSystems’ specialized document and compliance automation solutions for insurance and financial services companies. The solutions will address a range of compliance mandates, including regulations for managing information on insurance and financial services products, and requirements for financial reporting. Open Text and InSystems will target insurance and financial services companies in the U.S. and Canada. Through the partnership, InSystems’ Calligo and Tracker product lines have been fully integrated with Open Text’s Livelink ECM. Livelink ECM provides key services underlying InSystems solutions’ support for accelerating insurance product development and state regulatory filing processes. , http://www.opentext.com
Meridio and Getronics, a provider of managed ICT infrastructure and business solutions, have entered into a partnership to deliver solutions that will help organizations better manage their unstructured data. These solutions will provide organizations with risk and compliance capabilities. Meridio leverages Microsoft applications to deliver desktop ECM solutions exclusively for Microsoft platforms. Meridio Records Management solutions are integrated with Microsoft SharePoint and Office systems, as well as products such as Outlook, Exchange, and Live Communication Server. Meridio is approved against both the UK’s PRO 2002 and the US DoD 5015.2 records management standards.
Stellent, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEL) announced new retention management capabilities for Stellent Universal Content Management 7.5 to cover general content and to allow usage analytics and other factors to drive the content retention and disposition process. These capabilities leverage Stellent Records Management system and include capabilities for single-source discovery and lock down for both records and non-records, automated disposition of content, and control over retention policies for all content, not just records, in the same environment. Stellent Records Management also includes a new graphical method for creating tailored user interfaces and generates records management reports in a variety of formats including HTML, Microsoft Excel, PDF and XML. Stellent Records Management is a DoD 5015.2 Chapter 2 and Chapter 4 certified solution. http://www.stellent.com
Inxight Software announced the general availability of Inxight StarTree SDK 1.0 for .NET, certified by Microsoft. This release provides the StarTree technology and visualization tool to Microsoft .NET developers. New features of the .NET release include link labeling, multi-line text labels, and easy creation of right-click menus. Features also include spotlighting, the ability to include icons and a variety of other controls.
For Immediate Release:
9/19/05
Conference Offers Attendees Four Tracks Based on Job Function; Majority of Conference Sessions Delivered by Industry Analysts and Researchers for Balanced Market Perspective
Contacts:
Evan Weisel
Welz & Weisel Communications
703-323-6006
evan@w2comm.com
Jeffrey Arcuri
Lighthouse Seminars
781-821-6634
jarcuri@lighthouseseminars.com
Cambridge, MA, September 19, 2005. The Gilbane Report and Lighthouse Seminars today announced that the Gilbane Conference on Content Management will take place November 29th – December 1st at The Westin Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. This annual event brings together thought leaders and practitioners to provide attendees with actionable advice, techniques, best practices, and case studies to help successfully implement content technologies critical to their businesses.
Because of the need to apply content technologies throughout enterprises, the variety of business applications involved, and the diversity of relevant content technologies, the conference program is organized by categories of job function, rather than by technology. The five tracks are:
Content Managers Track (CM). This track is for anyone managing content of any type, for everything from small websites, to knowledge management intranets, to large enterprise content strategies.
Content Technologists Track (CT). These sessions are for IT or technically oriented content or business managers. The material is a little more technical and looks at a select set of content-related technologies.
Marketing Managers Track (MT). This track is designed for content managers who need to manage marketing content, whether for an e-commerce site or a cross-media brand or publishing strategy.
Business & Compliance Managers Track (BC). This track is for managers responsible for compliance, governance, and managing content to enhance business processes and risk reduction.
Content Technology Works Track (CTW). In addition to our four job-function tracks this special track presents and examines case studies that have been evaluated as part of the Gilbane Content Technology Works Program. The emphasis is on all aspects of successful implementations.
The conference has three dynamic keynote panels:
Wednesday, November 30 at 8:30 a.m.
New Technologies You Need to Consider for Content Management Strategies
The pace of information technology development continues to increase as organizations develop experience in implementing content applications, and as software vendors vie to incorporate their customer’s feedback into product technologies ahead of the competition. As most enterprise applications become more content-oriented, content technology developments are coming from a broader base of suppliers and developers. This session will look at technologies relevant to content-oriented applications many people may not be aware of, or may not think of in the context of content management strategies.
Moderator: Frank Gilbane, Conference Chair, Editor & Publisher, The Gilbane Report
Participants:
— Jon Udell, Lead Analyst, InfoWorld
— Coach K. Wei, Founder and CTO, Nexaweb
— Jean-Philippe Gauthier, General Manager, Sympatico/MSN,
— Bob Wyman, CTO and Co-founder, PubSub
Wednesday, November 30 at 3:45 p.m.
Blog, Wiki, and RSS Technology – Are they Enterprise Ready? Applicable? Or a Passing Tempest in a Teacup?
Most organizations have probably not seriously considered using these technologies in enterprise applications. Yet there are companies using these technologies for collaboration, knowledge management, and publishing applications in corporate environments, and there are vendors marketing products based on these to businesses like yours. Do these companies only represent the experimental fringe, or are they early adopters of technologies that will soon be part of every IT department’s bag of tricks? This session will focus on the suitability of these for corporate use and hear from both skeptics and proponents of, for example enterprise or group blogs.
Moderator: Frank Gilbane, Conference Chair
Participants:
— David Berlind, Executive Editor, ZDNet
— Ross Mayfield, CEO, Socialtext, Inc.
— Bill Zoellick, Senior Analyst, The Gilbane Report
— Charlie Wood, Principal, Spanning Partners, LLC
Thursday, December 1 at 8:30 a.m.
Enterprise Panel on Best Practices & Implementation Strategies
Speakers in the keynote session for the CTW track complement the opening keynote on technology and trends by sharing their experiences with actually putting content technology to work. This panel features enterprise executives who will describe how their companies leverage the technologies discussed in the first keynote. This session will examine actual business and IT planning scenarios and identify the characteristics associated with successful content technology deployment.
Moderator: Mary Laplante, VP Consulting Services, Bluebill Advisors, Sr. Editor, Gilbane Report
Participants:
— Pat Tiernan, Vice President of Content and Product Data Management, Hewlett-Packard Company
“We have once again built a program anchored by a cross-section of industry thought leaders that provides independent analysis and market perspectives that can’t be found at any other event,” said Frank Gilbane, Conference Chair. “We are focused on hosting an educational conference that includes everything IT Strategists and project teams need to know in a hype-free environment that offers insights into existing and upcoming technologies necessary to implement content-oriented applications.”
Full event details can be found at: https://gilbane.com/Boston_05.html
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.com
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