Siderean Software, Inc. has announced the general availability of its Seamark Navigation Server, a turn-key, enterprise-class navigation capability that permits users to “search the way they think”. Seamark provides IT personnel and information architects the means to pinpoint specific information by integrating various data sources (both structured and unstructured from both inside and outside the enterprise) as a new, dynamic data collection that can be browsed, searched, or queried. It then generates a browsable application that enables users to pinpoint information within that collection. The Web-ready, Seamark-generated application can be used “as is”; refined as necessary for look, feel or function; incorporated into a Web page; or linked to other applications as a Web service. What Seamark does is systematically examine the various data sources to which it is introduced, discovers both the explicit and implicit structure or organization in the data, produces a “metadata” description of its content and characteristics, and then automatically generates a browsable, prototype application based upon that description. Seamark provides interfaces to JDBC, RDF/XML, and RSS. Seamark uses a Web-services model. Client interfaces include RSS, SOAP, and ASP/JSP. It is offered as a standalone platform under Linux, Windows and Solaris. http://www.siderean.com
Category: Content management & strategy (Page 270 of 481)
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/
Vignette Corp. announced the general availability of Vignette Records & Documents release 7.0, a Java-based integrated enterprise document and records management solution that supports Web browser interaction without custom development. Through seamless integration with Vignette Portal, organizations can reduce the cost of managing records and documents, extend the access and power of information throughout the organization, and enhance data security. The integration of Vignette Records & Documents with Vignette Portal allows customers to extend the value of stored records and documents by providing controlled access to data. Vignette Records & Documents allows users with pre-built case processing frameworks to drive efficient business processes that now offer configurable connections access to current and related case information. http://www.vignette.com
Open Text Corporation introduced a new document management solution to improve the way companies manage and store documents used in large-scale processes such as invoicing, ordering or claims processing. The Production Document Management solution works with Open Text’s new BPM offering, giving customers process management, document management and a single document repository – to improve customer account statements for banks, policy statements for insurance companies or outgoing invoices for utilities. The Production Document Management solution includes imaging and archiving technology to import and consolidate huge volumes of paper documents into an electronic form. The system maintains every incoming document and makes it available on demand to multiple users simultaneously. It can securely store documents for designated or extended periods, and supports all types of storage media. The solution utilizes the Livelink ECM Platform’s Archive Server, providing a single access point and integration with multiple storage hardware vendors. For accounting and other compliance requirements, the Production Document Management solution offers data retention capabilities. Documents are stored in a tamper-proof format, and administrators can define retention timetables for individual documents and categories of documents. The solution also works with ERP or CRM applications. The solution also features a search mechanism that provides instant access to all documents stored in the system. http://www.opentext.com
Google Inc.announced Google Desktop Search for Enterprise. The free downloadable application enables companies to provide employees with the ability to search desktop files, email, AOL instant messages, the corporate intranet and the Internet from one search box. The application provides enterprise-level security, configuration and deployment controls, as well as the ability to search the full text of IBM Lotus Notes messages. An optional premium support package is available. Google Desktop Search for Enterprise is free and available at http://desktop.google.com/enterprise.
This is only tangentially related to content management of course, but events like this remind me it is high time we expected our computers to do a better job of the basic things they are supposed to do.
Yesterday the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) issued its
response to concerns that Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 requirements were onerous,
unwieldy, and just too expensive. The PCAOB published a policy
statement that affirmed the goals and requirements in the regulations
implementing Section 404, which requires that public companies have effective
internal controls over financial reporting and requires that an independent
auditor provides an opinion regarding the effectiveness of these controls. No
surprise there.
What was more interesting and important was that the PCAOB did acknowledge
that many first year audit efforts were inefficient and too expensive. The
important parts of the statement called for a top-down, rather than bottom-up,
approach to internal control assessment. The PCAOB also made important
clarifications about the kinds of interactions between auditors and the
companies that they audit that are permissible and useful.
Understanding this business about "top-down" and
"bottom-up" is easier if you put it in the context of how auditing
practice has developed over time. Without that big picture perspective, Section
404 and the PCAOB statements sound like a lot of accounting jargon. But, given
the perspective, it is easier to see that we are talking about some fundamental
changes–and about expense and confusion emerging from not getting the changes
right during this past year.
Hot Banana Software Inc. has announced the shipping of its new product – the Hot Banana Active Marketing Web Content Management Suite. The Hot Banana Active Marketing Web Content Management Suite consist’s of the Hot Banana Web Content Management Suite, and the Hot Banana Active Marketing Suite. All versions are shipping immediately, either as Hot Banana On Demand, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or, as Hot Banana Licensed Software. Hot Banana Active Marketing Web Content Management Suite will allow non-technical users to take ‘hands-on’ control of their online marketing and communications. All Hot Banana Active Marketing programs and campaigns can now be tracked by using WebTrends 7 On Demand Web analytics to measure results and Web site performance. Improvements to the Web site and marketing activities can then be made, such as tweaking and changing the Web content, so the campaign can be fine tuned, either while it’s in progress, or optimized in preparation for the next scheduled campaign.
Whitehill Technologies Inc. unveiled Whitehill Layout Designer, the latest
product in its portfolio of document composition and data transformation software. Whitehill Layout Designer is a graphical interface for the creation of stylesheets that control the presentation of XML data. Whitehill Layout Designer can be run as a standalone application or used as a component part of Whitehill xml-Transport, the company’s data conversion and distribution software. Customers can use the tool to create customized, data-driven documents. For example, customer service teams have the ability to create customized business documents, allowing the insertion of specific targeted messages and customer data. Whitehill Layout Designer allows customers to create layouts for styled documents via a drag-and-drop user interface. These stylesheets define the presentation of XML data and enable the creation of attractive final documents. Whitehill Layout Designer creates documents by assigning the contents of an XML file to placeholders on a page and using formatting styles to give the document a professional look.
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