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Category: Content management & strategy (Page 351 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/

SchemaLogic & Meta Integration Technology in Agreement

SchemaLogic and Meta Integration Technology announced they have formed a technology alliance where SchemaLogic customers will be able to utilize over 50 additional adaptors to create a shared, cross-system, “active” metadata repository. Meta Integration Model Bridge connects to databases or information models from IBM, Oracle, Sybase, SAS, Business Objects, IBM Rational, Computer Associates, OMG and W3C. SchemaLogic provides a framework for shared metadata based on an active repository, a unified information model, collaborative change management with impact analysis, notification and approval, plus the synchronization of approved changes to subscribing systems using XML, SOAP and Web Services. This provides a holistic view of information assets including content, data and XML: who is responsible for each asset, how they’re organized (structure and semantics) and the relationships among them. Information architects, database analysts, content system managers and developers can see and control metadata definitions, taxonomies, hierarchical lists and vocabularies in one repository, available throughout the enterprise. www.metaintegration.com, www.schemalogic.com

 

Ricoh Introduces GlobalScan Frameworks for Documentum & Interwoven Worksite

Ricoh Corporation introduced GlobalScan frameworks for Documentum and Interwoven Worksite for use with existing Ricoh Aficio Multifunctional Products (MFPs). Using Ricoh’s Aficio MFP combined with GlobalScan Sever software and the framework to Documentum, paper-based documents can be scanned for delivery to the Documentum doc-base. By combining Ricoh MFPs, GlobalScan and the Interwoven WorkSite frameworks, users can convert paper documents into a variety of file formats including PDF, Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint. They can then distribute electronic files directly to worksite databases with a single scan. www.ricoh.com

Arbortext Ships Arbortext 5.0

Arbortext, Inc. announced it is shipping Arbortext 5.0, its latest product release that expands the publishing software suite’s functionality and ease of use. Arbortext 5.0 features four major new products and many enhancements, including: Styler, a new development tool that allows designers to create stylesheets to drive automated publishing from a “single source of style” to print, PDF, Web, HTML Help, and wireless devices; Contributor, a Web-based XML editor that runs in a browser and requires no desktop installation. Contributor provides simplified XML editing; Companion, an add-in for Microsoft Word 2003, Companion simplifies the development of XML authoring applications for Word; and DCAM, an optional component of Arbortext’s E3 publishing server that lets authors create and manage the hundreds or thousands of inter-document and intra-document links that typically exist in a large collection of information, and it supports the publishing of dynamic documents that contain links. www.arbortext.com

IBM & Synkron A/S Partner

IBM has entered into a strategic portal partnership with Danish CMS vendor, Synkron A/S. By integrating the Synkron.web CMS into IBM’s WebSphere technology, enterprise customers can now get content management coupled with portal functionality. www.synkronweb.co.uk

QRS Announces QRS QuickSync

QRS Corporation announced QRS QuickSync, a solution designed for retail suppliers that need to syndicate their item information to data pools such as QRS Catalogue, which can then publish that data to UCCnet services. QRS QuickSync is part of QRS’ data synchronization solution suite, which includes QRS IMPACT and QRS Catalogue. QRS QuickSync is pre-configured to meet the needs of retail suppliers. The solution offers an introduction to a complete enterprise product information management solution, such as QRS IMPACT. QRS QuickSync syndicates product data to data pools such as QRS Catalogue. If the supplier needs to publish product data to UCCnet services, QRS Catalogue can then publish that data to UCCnet services. QRS QuickSync features include a flexible data model, data cleansing and normalization capabilities, product information in multiple formats, integration with existing internal systems and applications. and an option to syndicate to UCCnet services via QRS Catalogue Release 4.0. www.qrs.com

Kofax Announces Support for IBM’s DB2 Content Manager Express

Kofax announced support for IBM’s DB2 Content Manager Express Edition V8.2. The Ascent Capture integration module for DB2 Content Manager Express offers users access to a production capture solution, including document, data and Internet-based distributed capture, that helps input information into IBM’s content management solution. IBM’s DB2 Content Manager Express software is designed to help medium-sized organizations implement a holistic digital content management infrastructure. Through the integration of Ascent Capture, these organizations can now collect large volumes of forms and documents, transform them into retrievable electronic information, then deliver it into IBM’s DB2 Content Manager Express. Ascent can also capture e-documents and XML streams as well as enable front-end integration with enterprise applications. www.kofax.com

Vasont Integrates with Adobe FrameMaker

Vasont Systems announced that its Vasont SG content management software now seamlessly integrates with Adobe FrameMaker and its XML capabilities through its Vasont Universal Integrator (VUI) software extension. Designed for small editorial groups with limited resources, Vasont SG is a low-cost version of the Companys content management software that helps users more efficiently create, manage and repurpose their complex content, including technical documentation, product or users’ manuals, and reference materials, to print, Web, CD-ROM, and wireless formats. The VUI streamlines the writing and editing process by providing a simple editorial interface so that authors and editors can access Vasont SGs content management functionality from the toolbar menu of FrameMaker. Additionally, Vasont SG tracks all reuse, repurposing, and versioning of content, even as changes are made through FrameMaker enabling small editorial groups to create, manage and publish their content from a single source. www.vasont.com

Authentica Announces Professional Services Group

Authentica, Inc. announced the formal introduction of its Professional Services Organization. The group now offers a full suite of implementation and custom consulting services to Authentica’s enterprise customers. Authentica’s Professional Services enable customers to maximize the benefits of their E-DRM solutions by offering: fixed-fee packages that provide rapid deployment and training for customer-specific business solutions for workgroups, departments and enterprises; extended analysis and consultation to help customers fully customize and integrate their E-DRM solutions within their enterprise infrastructure. These services include applications integration, custom security policy models and workflow enhancements. www.authentica.com

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