Plumtree Software introduced the Plumtree Applications Incubator, a program that supports partners building service-oriented applications using the Plumtree Enterprise Web Suite. The program offers qualified application partners engineering, marketing and sales support, with an engineering team dedicated to co-developing Plumtree-powered applications, subsidized marketing forums for approaching Plumtree’s install-base, and opportunities for co-selling with Plumtree’s sales force. To support its inaugural application partners, Plumtree is offering eligible partners a one-year OEM license of the Plumtree Enterprise Web Suite for as little as $25,000 per quarter. www.plumtree.com
Category: Content management & strategy (Page 365 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/
Factiva launched Factiva iWorker Search Technology. Factiva iWorker Search Technology matches simple, keyword searches to the filtering capability embedded within Factiva’s proprietary taxonomy. The taxonomy consists of company, region, industry, language, and subject codes that are universally applied to Factiva’s entire content set to help ensure more precise and accurate results. In addition, the search experience is personalized as users set their preference for a specific region and industry, which influences the relevance of their results. Factiva iWorker Search Technology is a capability of Factiva’s product platform and will be available in the following products: Factiva.com, Factiva.com Individual Subscription, Factiva Search Module, and Factiva Search in Microsoft Office 2003. A new Factiva Toolbar has been created to give users convenient access to Factiva’s content through their browser. www.factiva.com
Informative Graphics Corp. (IGC) announced that it will offer a desktop version of its Brava! view, markup and collaboration software. The desktop offering is designed to fill out the line of Brava visualization products, which includes Brava Enterprise, Brava Desktop, Brava Reader and Brava SDK (Software Developer’s Kit). Brava also provides visualization for enterprise content management solutions such as Documentum and Open Text. Brava Desktop is a Windows executable and ActiveX component that views, marks up, and prints native document, image and CAD drawing formats as well as IGC’s content sealed format (CSF). Brava Desktop can convert any supported native format to CSF, which incorporates IGC’s Visual Rights persistent security. Visual Rights security controls include encryption, password protection, onscreen and print banners, print and other feature restrictions. Brava Desktop also can burn markups and redaction areas (blocked out content) into a CSF file. CSF and marked up CSF files can be viewed with the freely distributable Brava Reader. A trial beta version of Brava Desktop can be downloaded. www.infograph.com
Click Commerce, Inc. announced it has agreed to acquire the operating assets of Webridge, Inc., a provider of secure extranet portal solutions. The acquisition of Webridge will extend Click Commerce’s presence into the healthcare market and add content and compliance management to its product offering. The Webridge operating assets will be acquired for approximately 600,000 shares of Click Commerce stock subject to working capital adjustments to be determined at the closing date of the transaction. Other terms of the acquisition are not being disclosed at this time. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of April subject to a number of conditions. www.clickcommerce.com, www.webridge.com
Webwasher announced the release of Version 5.0 of its Content Security Management (CSM) Suite, a major restructuring of its product portfolio offering seven distinct modules that can be deployed and centrally managed in any combination. Upgrades include improvements to the product’s URL Filter, Virus Protection, Anti-Spam and Content Protection modules; a new Instant Message Filter module that can control both IM and peer-to-peer use; an intelligent configuration utility that permits administrators to implement refined security policies without the risk of making configuration errors; and a new lower-cost family pricing model. Webwasher CSM Suite 5.0 is available immediately directly from Webwasher and its authorized resellers. www.webwasher.com
Duden announced the launch of its intelligent spelling and grammar checker “Duden Linguistic Engine” as a web service for software integration. The solution enables software manufacturers, for example of content management or editing systems, to integrate a sophisticated German language spellchecker into their applications and to support customers in assuring the quality of texts. The spell checker offers more than usual spellcheckers: Its syntax analysis enables the software to detect grammar mistakes as in “Sie lernte ihn beim tanzen kennen” (instead of “Sie lernte ihn beim Tanzen kennen”) or mistakes as in “Er will sie kennenlernen” instead of the correct “Er will sie kennen lernen”. The web service is offered with two licensing models on customers’ servers or hosted by Duden. Detailed information on the “Duden Linguistic Engine” is available on request. www.duden.de
Entopia, Inc. announced the launch of the K-Bus software infrastructure for information discovery. Entopia K-Bus leverages the business context, concepts and social activity surrounding enterprise wide content to automatically and dynamically discover and deliver relevant content and experts into the day-to-day business process. Entopia delivers K-Bus solutions for Portals & Intranets, Enterprise Search to find relevant content and experts around the enterprise, and for Research Automation to automate the research process for research professionals of all kinds including pharmaceutical R&D, market research and analysis. Entopia K-Bus is a software infrastructure comprised of a metadata server, application services and enterprise connectors that enables the creation of business knowledge applications. Functions include enterprise search, social networking, expertise identification and connectors to enterprise repositories and industry content. Entopia also announced the integration of its K-Bus software infrastructure into Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003. Entopia K-Bus is available immediately. www.entopia.com
Bowstreet announced the release of Bowstreet Portlet Factory version 5.8, compatible with all portal platforms that adhere to the JSR 168 standard. Bowstreet Portlet Factory version 5.8 enables the rapid creation of JSR 168 compliant portlets. In addition to launching Bowstreet Portlet Factory, the company also formed the Bowstreet JSR 168 validation program. Through this program, Bowstreet Portlet Factory will undergo validation with all program members’ portals. To date, program members include Sun, Plumtree, and IBM. Bowstreet simultaneously released version 5.8 of Portlet Factory for WebSphere, which provides direct, deep integration with IBM’s WebSphere Portal APIs, in addition to integration through JSR 168. www.bowstreet.com
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