IBM has launched a broad array of software and technologies. The new technology and services are designed to give organizations the choice and flexibility to build the “front end” of their collaborative solutions – on a variety of client devices, from PCs to mobile devices. Along with new enhancements to Lotus Notes and Domino, IBM is introducing new WebSphere Portal and Workplace solutions. These three product families form the core of IBM’s collaboration portfolio. The new version of Lotus Notes and Domino, WebSphere Portal and the Workplace platform are designed to help organizations extend the reach and value of their back-end systems and all play a key role in increasing collaboration and productivity for employees, customers and partners. In addition to new software enhancements, IBM is also introducing new Workplace development tools, enhanced business partner programs and a new hosted solution that allows customers to leverage IBM collaborative software on demand. New products include: Notes and Domino 7, Workplace Collaborative Services, IBM Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) Self-Service Validation Site, IBM Workplace for Business Controls and Reporting (WBCR), and more. www.software.ibm.com
Category: Content management & strategy (Page 303 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/
McLaren Software and FileNet Corporation announced the general availability of McLaren Enterprise Engineer for the FileNet P8 Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform. McLaren Enterprise Engineer is a suite of configurable, out-of-the-box applications for the management of all forms of engineering content. The suite of applications is designed to meet the business requirements of organizations in process manufacturing, oil and gas, utilities, government, and design & construction sectors, as well as other organizations operating large production facilities and similar assets. Enterprise Engineer is designed to accelerate the business processes associated with engineering content, such as drawings, correspondence, procedures, specifications and other related documents. www.mclarensoftware.com, www.FileNet.com
CM Professionals, a group of content management professionals from around the world, elected its first formal Board of Directors. The new Board roster includes: Ann Rockley, President; Erik Hartman, Vice President; Seth Gottlieb, Treasurer; Samantha Starmer, Secretary; and Frank Gilbane. The election marks a kind of coming of age of the organization, which was formerly launched in October, 2004. Now with more than 250 members from around the world, CM Pros is expanding rapidly. The new board – which take the reins from an interim board – will be charged with converting a variety of strong program ideas from members into active initiatives. Early accomplishments include a resource gallery, active mailing lists, and a successful member “summit” in Boston, USA. CM Professionals is the premier community of practice for people involved with managing content for electronic and other media. CM Professionals collects, develops, organizes and provides access to knowledge about content management through online resources, email interaction and face-to-face summits. By identifying, refining, publicizing and advocating for respected content management practices and models, CM Professionals educates and fosters interaction among content management professionals, enterprise leadership, product vendors and university educators. www.cmprofessionals.org
With the start of this new group blog, I have decided to fold my technical blog, “Ideas in Technology and Publishing” into this blog. I want to thank my readers and welcome them to join the conversation here.
I have posted a PDF copy of my slides from the Idiom webinar. If you haven’t read our white paper on DITA, you can download it here.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act doesn’t just impact US companies. Non-US
companies listed on US stock exchanges must also comply with the act. Many
of them don’t like it. Here is a good
article in The Register with a dateline of January 11 that provides a
quick summary.
Design Science announced the release of MathFlow 1.4, targeted at users of Arbortext’s Epic/E3 (v 4.3 or later) or Blast Radius’ XMetaL/XMAX (v 4.5) that need to deal with mathematical content. Free MathFlow evaluations are available. www.dessci.com
This morning I attended a workshop on the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on
nonprofit organizations. The combination of SOX and nonprofits intrigued
me. Since Sarbanes-Oxley is all about public companies, with rules issued
by the SEC, my impression was that the connection between SOX and nonprofits was
zip. It followed that the workshop was likely to be either very
interesting or very short.
It turned out to be very interesting.
Boiled down to essentials, there at least four ways in which the governance
and internal control concerns intersect with nonprofit organizations:
- The "whistleblower protection" in section 1107 of
Sarbanes-Oxley, which provides substantial penalties for any retaliation
against employees or others who provide law enforcement officers with
information about possible violation of Federal law, applies to nonprofits
as well as to other kinds of entities. - The penalties for document destruction in section 802 of
Sarbanes-Oxley also apply to nonprofits. - As SOX applies to more and more for-profit entities, parts of it are
emerging as the expected standard of performance in the eyes of public and
private funding sources. At the very least, nonprofits should expect
that expectations regarding conflicts of interest, audits, and evidence of
internal controls will increase and will follow the general outline of SOX - Some states are beginning to consider state regulations that impose parts
of the COSO framework and other aspects of SOX on nonprofits.
California has already passed such legislation. (For a summary of
other state activity, take a look at this
document from the National Council of Nonprofit Associations).
Practically speaking, my sense was that the most immediate impact on
nonprofits from a content management point of view was that, regardless of size,
these organizations need to document policies and procedures and ensure that
they are available and that they are used. The focus of this effort
should, of course, be on staff and on board members, but should also extend to
volunteers who act as agents of the organization. The policies and
procedures should include mechanisms for handling employee complaints and
document retention and destruction, in accord with SOX requirements. They
should also, of course, deal with broader internal control issues such as
handling cash, soliciting and accounting for donations, making bank deposits,
and so on.
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