ClearStory Systems announced the release of the Radiant Enterprise Media Server (EMS) 2.0, an enhanced version of its media services software platform. Radiant EMS features functionality for managing complex video, graphics, compound documents, and other rich media; and a flexible foundation for enterprise content management (ECM). A J2EE system with services-oriented architecture (SOA), Radiant EMS offers advanced capabilities for the management of rich media, providing deployment flexibility; alignment with current best practices in IT infrastructure; and the ability to integrate with and leverage a broad array of third party and open source media processing tools. Radiant EMS supports complex file types with the ability to ingest and manage links between related files. File types supported include all encoded video formats as well as specialized metadata types such as vdf. Radiant EMS offers compound document capabilities for complex file types like Adobe InDesign and Quark Xpress. Enhanced taxonomy, metadata, and security features provide modeling flexibility. Radiant EMS supports asset-level security and permissions. APIs allow for creation of new applications, and integration with new or existing workflow.
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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/
Verity Inc. announced availability of a business process management (BPM) solution with enterprise-class, full-text search for immediate access to time- sensitive content across the entire business process lifecycle. Verity LiquidOffice version 4.0 has built-in capability to search, evaluate and monitor in-process content and other information. The delay to get to crucial information until a business process has run its course and is placed in a data repository is eliminated. Expanded tracking and auditing capabilities log system administrator activities such as changing rights and permissions in the management console as well as every time a user accesses or views form-based content. The Verity BPM solution securely connects all people across the enterprise and geographies with information and processes, whether inside or outside the enterprise firewall. Verity LiquidOffice also includes several new features that optimize designer productivity and accelerate deployment of processes. The Form Designer feature supports Unicode character sets. Verity LiquidOffice version 4.0 is the first BPM solution to result from the company’s acquisition of Cardiff Software and Dralasoft. It is currently available from Verity and its global network of sales partners.
JASTEC Co., a Japanese custom software development and systems integration company, announced that its 100% U.S. subsidiary, JASTEC International Inc., had acquired 100% of the stock of LTU Technologies, the image mining visual search engine software. LTU Technologies will continue to operate as an independent company, with the management team, vertical markets and product development roadmap unchanged. LTU Technologies addresses several vertical markets, including Law Enforcement, Intelligence, Intellectual Property, Corporate search, and online search and filtering. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. http://www.ltutech.com
A year (or two or three) ago, I contributed a regular column to www.gilbane.com and came to enjoy having an alternative outlet for my musings. The theme then was “tribal knowledge – a monthly column dedicated to dispelling hi tech myths and sharing life’s lessons.” Well, I am not sure how many new “life lessons” I may have to share – but I can say with absolute confidence that “hi-tech myths” continue to breed, multiply and prosper. Having crossed back into “the dark side” of the business as my analyst friends privately call the enterprise software industry, I am going to narrow my focus to the latest white hot hi tech category – compliance. So, this is just a “hello world” posting – giving fair warning that I have a long list of double talk, meaningfully ambiguous terminology and self referential world views that I am looking forward to skewering – and I hope someone out there will enjoy reading these postings as much as I anticipate writing them. Thanks for the forum Frank.
Microsoft Corp. and Dassault Systemes announced that they will collaborate to support Microsoft’s Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) format in Dassault Systemes’ 3D XML format. XAML is the format for “Avalon”, the code name of the next presentation subsystem for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Avalon provides the foundation for building applications and high-fidelity experiences, blending together user interfaces, documents and media content while exploiting the full power of users’ computers. Avalon provides native support for declarative, markup-based programming with XAML. 3D XML is a universal, lightweight XML-based format that enables users to capture and share live, accurate 3D data quickly and easily. Dassault Systemes will use the 3D XML format in its entire line of products: CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SMARTEAM, SolidWorks and Spatial. Compatibility between 3D XML and XAML will enable users of 3D solutions to view, modify and customize 3D objects and take advantage of this 3D experience in any XAML-based application. http://www.3ds.com, http://www.microsoft.com
In the course of two days of sessions here at the Gilbane Conference it is
clear that, when it comes to compliance, we’ve overloaded the word
"architecture." We have had a fair amount of talk in some of the
conference sessions about "compliance architectures." We have also
seen different technology architectures used to support compliance systems.
It is easy to understand why at least some of the people in the audience
could get all of this confused. Sometimes it seems that even the speakers
have the two "architectures" confused and wrapped around each
other. The bad result that comes from this goes beyond a few confusing
conversations. If there is enough confusion, the consequence is a
misdirected approach to addressing compliance issues in individual
organizations.
So… I’ll take a crack at getting the terms and ideas unwound from each
other. Think of these as "first cut" definitions–aimed at
helping people who are just now coming to terms with compliance lingo to
understand what is going on. If you can help out here–improving the
definitions–please add some comments.
Ephox launched a major upgrade to its EditLive! EditLive! for XML enables business users to easily create and edit XML content in a simple, browser-based tool and provides developers with an easy to use XML forms development environment. EditLive! for XML is an XML forms solution combining browser-based access, comprehensive rich text authoring capabilities and cross platform support. Version 3.0 also introduces a desktop edition of the forms development environment and a new form solution file format which decreases the amount of effort required to design and deploy XML forms. The EditLive! for XML solution for XML forms makes it possible to combine rich text (graphics, rich text, tables) with strict data types (numbers, dates, plain text) to leverage the best features of forms, documents and spreadsheets. EditLive! for XML also consists of a development environment for XML forms which reduces the costs and complexities of designing and deploying solutions for the contribution and editing of XML content. Evaluation versions are available for download from http://www.ephox.com
This morning I had the pleasure of moderating a panel discussion at the
Gilbane Conference that
included Carole Stern Switzer of the Open
Compliance and Ethics Group, Lynn Brewer of The
Integrity Institute, and Michael Evans, Ernst and Young partner responsible
for developing the compliance architecture within Ernst and Young. One
objective of the discussion was to provide the IT people and project and product
management people, who make up a substantial part of the audience at Gilbane
Conference sessions, with some of the conceptual tools they need to help create
more effective compliance and risk management programs within their companies.
One of the questions raised from the audience toward the end of the
discussion asked about the "enablers" of an effective compliance
program. Lynn Brewer’s answer was interesting. Her observation has
been that companies that are making really effective use of compliance, rather
than just treating it as a checkmark, are typically ahead of the curve in terms
of investing in and integrating IT systems into the compliance effort.
Both Lynn and Carole Switzer argued that one of the key "enablers" is
the early and active engagement of people doing hands-on work on the IT side of
an organization.
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