Documentum announced the availability of Documentum ApplicationXtender 5 Channel Edition — Content Management for Windows. The AX5 solution is a new integrated suite of document imaging, document management, computer output to laser disk (COLD) report management and workflow services. An out-of-box solution built on a central information repository, Documentum AX5 allows customers to create an “electronic file cabinet” for information, enabling the capture, organization and delivery of fixed content images, documents, reports and other business-critical information. Documentum AX5 is the next-generation of the LEGATO ApplicationXtender product suite. Available through channel partners only, Documentum AX5 is suited for value-added resellers (VARs) and distributors seeking an image, report capture and archiving solution. With the new Web client, organizations can provide end users with full access to the central repository and content services through Internet Explorer or other browsers. Documentum AX5 now offers support for Windows Server 2003 and takes advantage of NT and LDAP security services — offering access controls, secure communications, verifiable transactions and support for digital signatures. www.documentum.com
Category: Content management & strategy (Page 369 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/
Pound Hill Software announced the availability of three new tools for using metadata to automate workflows and creating digital asset management systems. The new tools support AppleScript, Filemaker, and PHP. Each incorporates Adobe’s XMP toolkit and scanning technology. Metadata created in Adobe applications or custom Catalyst-defined metadata from Adobe applications or QuarkXPress can be read and piped into external databases such as Filemaker or used to trigger actions in an automated network workflow with AppleScript or PHP. The Filemaker plug-in provides the technology to turn any Filemaker Pro 6 or 7 database into a digital asset management system. Since the Filemaker XMP plug-in also incorporates XMP Toolkit and scanning technology, standard and custom metadata can be read and used in new or existing Filemaker database records. Each of the plug-in kits costs USD$350 per server (Filemaker) or machine (development use) and is available now. www.poundhill.com
Xerox Corporation announced it will integrate IBM’s DB2 Records Manager software into Xerox DocuShare. The integrated software, called DocuShare Records Manager, will help businesses comply with government and industry regulations, legislation and standards that relate to the safeguarding of content and documents. Documents of record can remain protected in their original DocuShare locations for ongoing access by a broad audience, or they can be moved to a central archive server for more restricted access. In all cases, once documents are declared as legal records, editing authority is granted only to designated records management administrators. Organizations already using DocuShare will need only minimal training for DocuShare Records Manager because it has the same user interface. While suitable for smaller organizations, DocuShare Records Manager can also be deployed to a large number of users and can be implemented either on the same physical server as DocuShare, or on a separate server for wider use across the enterprise. DocuShare Records Manager is expected to be available during the second half of 2004 through select Xerox resellers. www.xerox.com/docushare
Convera announced Taxonomy Workbench, a complete set of tools for organizing large amounts of disparate data. Taxonomy Workbench is designed for use by information managers, librarians, and subject matter experts. The Workbench helps create an easily searched organizational structure for each organization’s own specific online public information. To leverage data organization models that are already in place, users can integrate and modify existing taxonomies or thesauri. Automated import, generation, combination and pruning wizards aid in accelerated taxonomy and classification development. Convera also introduced five new industry-specific taxonomies including Genetics, Finance & Business, General Enterprise, Technology and U.S. Government. The new Convera taxonomies are enhanced versions of taxonomies that contain a controlled vocabulary and classification structure developed by taxonomy builder ProQuest Information and Learning. The ProQuest framework for each industry-specific taxonomy enables precise mapping of data and an exact search of subject fields. Each taxonomy powered by ProQuest is regularly updated. www.convera.com, www.il.proquest.com
Autonomy Corporation plc announced a strategic OEM agreement with Captiva Software Corporation. Captiva will embed Autonomy’s pattern-recognition technology within its Digital Mailroom system to provide customers with classification and routing for digitized images of inbound mail and electronic communications. Autonomy’s pattern-recognition software will replace Kofax’s Mohomine toolkit. www.captivasoftware.com, www.autonomy.com
Pembroke International announced Lotus Notes Integrator for Documentum (LNI) that enables integration with and migration from Lotus Notes to the Documentum Content Management System. Deployed as an automated enterprise implementation, the Documentum Integrator can be used for one-time export and as a co-existence solution for maintaining Notes authored documents in Documentum. Features include: export of either the Notes client or Web view of documents; metadata map between Notes fields and Documentum document attributes; runs on either an ad hoc or scheduled basis, automatically adds new content or revisions to Documentum, or replaces existing content; automatic attachment of Doctypes, ACLs, Workflows and Lifecycles to document objects; batch processing of local and remote databases and Views; resolves Inter/cross-database doclinks to Documentum http links so documents are fully functional after uploading; and attachments linked to parent documents. www.pembroke-int.com
XyEnterprise announced the availability of its XML publishing software – XML Professional Publisher (XPP) – on the HP-UX platform. XPP is used for automated and interactive publishing in XML publishing environments, providing support for XML content, automated rendering, and Web Services integration. In addition to the HP-UX operating environment (version 11i), XPP 7.2 is available for Windows, Solaris, and AIX. The XPP Web Services Development Kit, used to create standard XML and Web interfaces to XPP’s unique capabilities, is also available on all platforms. www.xyenterprise.com
Merant announced a new version of its web content management (WCM) solution, Merant Collage. Collage now features automatic workflow generation, incremental content deployment, and broader support for Web Services. In addition to support for Linux, Solaris, Windows 2000 and Windows XP, Merant Collage now supports Windows Server 2003 and AIX. Using Merant Collage Automatic Workflow, users can author content from within common desktop applications, such as Microsoft Office, and then save it to Merant Collage where it is automatically routed through appropriate workflow processes. Merant Collage 4.5 also includes “incremental deploy,” a new capability which enables organizations to intelligently deploy complex web sites. The product analyzes any new changes to content and calculates what needs to be deployed to the production server so that very large web sites can be rapidly deployed on a regular basis. Merant Collage 4.5 will be available in April 2004. www.merant.com
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