Contextware, Inc. announced the release of Contextware OS version 2.3, the latest version of its software platform. The Contextware OS platform helps enterprises capture, organize, distribute and operate more effectively around business processes, content and resources. Capabilities include: Multiple Organization Support and Security, Enhanced Usage Reporting, Improved Process Authoring, Expanded Taxonomy Management, and new Search Features. Also new to this release is a web-based “How-to” help that is centrally managed using the Contextware platform to provide information, FAQs and support for client installations. Technology and architecture enhancements in Contextware OS v2.3 include cross browser support (IE, Firefox, Netscape, Opera, Safari) and enhancements to the user interface in the work, authoring and administration user interfaces.
Category: Content management & strategy (Page 253 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/
WebSideStory (NASDAQ:WSSI) announced the launch of HBX Analytics 3.0, the latest version of its web analytics service. HBX 3.0 introduces Active Dashboard, web analytics tool that enables marketers to conduct real-time business scenario analysis to forecast the effect of web site changes. Offered as an extended service through WebSideStory’s professional services team, Active Dashboard gives marketers a graphical representation of their web metrics and how those metrics affect their business objectives. HBX 3.0 is the cornerstone of the WebSideStory Active Marketing Suite, a collection of integrated, on-demand digital marketing applications that includes web analytics, site search, web content management and keyword bid management.
Oracle has bought the assets of Context Media. The content integration technology will complement Oracle’s Content Services 10G and collaboration products. There is no official announcement on the details of the acquisition. http://www.oracle.com
Typefi Systems, Inc. has announced the release of version 2.5 of its Typefi Publishing System (TPS). TPS version 2.5 provides new capabilities for automated scriptless publishing, workflow management and content management. TPS v2.5 uses intelligent layout technology to capture design and presentation rules and then automatically layout any combination of text, tables, illustrations, inline images, and other highly-formatted elements. The publishing system is compatible with Adobe InDesign CS and InDesign CS2. Scriptless composition allows designers to create templates within InDesign that are automated through the TPS Designer plug-ins. Using layout techniques and a high-speed batch composition engine, TPS can then use that template to produce thousands of print ready pages every hour, without custom code or scripting. At the heart of TPS is an XML-based content management system. With bi-directional converters to and from Word and InDesign to the central XML repository, TPS delivers XML content production without the endusers requiring any specific XML knowledge. All text and styling changes made to the typeset pages can be automatically extracted back to the central XML repository and out to all other editions, including the source Word documents. This ensures the next edition or the repurposed and archived content always mirrors that of the printed content while remaining in a form for re-use. Because the XML is synchronized across the system from source documents to output documents, document versions published to a web site, e-book or CD will always contain the last minute changes made to the printed pages. TPS is an integrated client/server solution that can be installed on a single workstation or across a network. All the components of TPS can run on both Microsoft Windows XP and Apple Macintosh OS X. http://www.typefi.com
My colleague Leonor Ciarlone and I will be guest speakers on a technology radio show hosted by mytechnologylawyer.com on Tuesday, September 6, at 1:00 pm EDT. The broadcast is the last in a series of shows on content management. The series starts on August 2 and runs on six consecutive Tuesdays. Check out the complete broadcast schedule for more information.
Our topic is content management systems, the current market landscape for solutions, and buyer considerations when choosing technology. Other topics covered in the series include managing content as an asset, the role of CM professionals, and creating structured content.
Burning questions that we should address? Add a comment, or write directly to Leonor or to me.
Ektron announced that CMS400.NET now supports ColdFusion, JSP, PHP and ASP as well as ASP.NET sites. Ektron’s new multiplatform support allows Web developers to continue using programming languages they are skilled in, while leveraging the most up-to-date functionality of CMS400.NET, including core CMS functionality and numerous features. Additionally, developers can integrate Ektron’s solution into an existing ColdFusion, ASP, JSP or PHP site with little or no change to existing code. http://www.ektron.com
Altova introduced AltovaXML, an XML standards processor that includes the same XSLT 1.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery, and XML validation engines that drive its own XML development tools. Software developers can download AltovaXML from the Altova Web site at no cost and use it within their own custom applications royalty-free. AltovaXML provides developers with an XSLT 1.0 engine, XSLT 2.0 engine, XQuery 1.0 engine, and XML validating parser together with COM, Java, and .NET interfaces so that it can be used from a variety of applications. Developers can also call its functionality from the command line. AltovaXML is a royalty-free XML standards processor to support schema-awareness in XSLT 2.0. AltovaXML is suitable for use in both client and server-side application development. Some example applications that can use the AltovaXML engines include: XML-based single source or multi-channel publishing applications that require content entered by users to be checked for validity according to a specific schema and transformed into HTML or other formats through XSLT processing; Data integration applications that transform existing XML documents into a format consistent with a new schema via XSLT or XQuery processing; Web services applications that search for and retrieve data from XML documents via XQuery processing, then present the results in valid XHTML Web pages by transforming them using schema-aware XSLT 2.0 processing. AltovaXML is offered under a free license and is immediately available with no key code required for activation. http://www.altova.com
Interwoven, Inc. (NASDAQ:IWOV) announced that it is enabling accounting firms to streamline the document management process through an integration between its WorkSite Collaborative Document Management (CDM) system and CaseWare Working Papers, an engagement management application. As result of the integration, accounting firms can now more easily and efficiently create and manage complete client engagement files – including electronic documents, scanned paper documents, e-mails, and records – in one central Web-based CDM system. The integration, named CaseLink, was developed by Interwoven systems integrator partner RBRO Solutions, Inc. CaseWare Working Papers is an engagement management application that is widely used by accounting firms throughout the industry. Firms use the application to collect and manage all client engagement-related information, as well as to produce corresponding financial statements. Accounting firm professionals and clients will also get easy access to financial statements, reports, and other content regardless of whether they have access to the CaseWare application. With Interwoven WorkSite, they can securely access all relevant client information through Microsoft Office, or via a Web-based system. , http://www.rbrosolutions.com,
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