Open Text Corporation and Gauss Interprise announced that a wholly owned subsidiary of Open Text will acquire the common shares of Gauss for cash by way of agreement with certain of the shareholders, who will hold 73 percent of the shares at closing after conversion of indebtedness and a tender offer for the balance of the shares. Total cash consideration for the shares is expected to be approximately US $11 million. Open Text expects that the transaction will close, subject to certain conditions, in the second quarter of Fiscal Year 04 (the quarter ending December, 2003). Together, the companies will present a combination in the market for enterprise content management (ECM) software, with Gauss adding its Web content management, and business process management solutions to Open Text’s Livelink suite and its integrated collaboration and content management capabilities. Gauss’ IDOM product line extends Open Text’s IDOM offerings, which are designed to apply business processes to the unstructured content companies maintain in Livelink to improve collaboration. Gauss also extends Open Text’s ERP connectors by adding J.D. Edwards and a variety of ERP applications on IBM AS/400 systems to existing connectors for PeopleSoft. www.gaussvip.com, www.opentext.com
Category: Content management & strategy (Page 395 of 470)
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/
Basis Technology and Endeca announced that Endeca will incorporate Basis Technology’s Rosette Language Analyzers into their software for commerce and enterprise search, Endeca InFront and Endeca ProFind. The combination of the two companies’ products and expertise will give Endeca’s multinational customers new multilingual features, and it opens new government and commercial markets for the company’s products. Endeca’s enterprise search offering, Endeca ProFind, features advanced search and Guided Navigation and is able to handle both structured and unstructured information for access to all types of enterprise data and documents residing across a wide variety of repositories. The Rosette Language Analyzers are part of the Rosette Globalization Platform, Basis Technology’s suite of interoperable products designed for applications that analyze and process all the world’s languages. www.basistech.com, www.endeca.com
Vignette Corp. announced enhancements to its flagship portal product, Vignette Application Portal, including enhanced team collaboration functionality that enables customers to participate in information-sharing and persistent collaboration environments within their organizations. Part of the Vignette V7 family of products, the Vignette Application Portal now includes out-of-the-box functionality that allows organizations to take advantage of interactive work spaces in portal environments for use within and between organizations. Enhanced features include Collaborative portal sites, Document-sharing capabilities, Productivity portlets, Enhanced searching, and Unified management of multiple portals and collaborative work spaces. Vignette Application Portal 4.5 is available and shipping to customers. Pricing for Vignette Application Portal begins at $50,000. www.vignette.com
Stellent, Inc. announced it has acquired select assets of privately held Ancept, Inc. In addition, Ancept is a Strategic Alliance Partner of IBM’s. Stellent will continue this partnership and continue to market Ancept Media Server in conjunction with IBM. Ancept Media Server, in combination with the Stellent Content Server, will enable Stellent customers to connect video content editing, management and reuse processes while allowing them to manage their digital assets in the same repository structure as the rest of their enterprise content. The initial product integration is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of Stellent’s fiscal year 2004. As part of the acquisition, Stellent hired 18 Ancept employees, primarily in the product development and consulting services areas. Jeff Stromberg, Ancept’s founder and president, has joined Stellent as vice president of business development. Stellent acquired select assets of Ancept for $2.0 million in cash, 100,000 shares of Stellent common stock and a potential cash earn-out over a two-year period based upon revenue performance. www.stellent.com
Context Media, Inc. announced the availability of Interchange PortalPLUS, which enables organizations to make portals their primary interface for accessing and managing digital content stored anywhere in the enterprise. Interchange PortalPLUS provides out-of-the box integration between Context Media’s content integration software, Interchange Suite, and portal platforms, including Sun Microsystems’ Sun ONE Portal Server, BEA WebLogic and IBM WebSphere. This allows organizations using portals in conjunction with Interchange Suite to access enterprise content stored in disparate content management, document management and digital asset management systems directly through their portal interface. Interchange PortalPLUS leverages Web services technology to provide access to and management of all forms of digital content and content management systems through a portal framework. Interchange PortalPLUS is available immediately for the Sun ONE Portal Server 6. Interchange Portal Plus for BEA WebLogic and IBM WebSphere will be available early in the fourth quarter of 2003. Pricing for Interchange PortalPLUS begins at $25K. www.contextmedia.com
Macromedia announced Dreamweaver MX 2004. Dreamweaver MX 2004 delivers deep CSS support in a visual development environment. Dreamweaver MX 2004 also includes SecureFTP, dynamic cross-browser validation functionality, built-in graphics editing, integration with Microsoft Word and Excel, and updated support for ASP.NET, PHP, and ColdFusion server technologies. The entire design environment is built around CSS. Dynamic multi-browser validation automatically checks tags and CSS rules for design compatibility across browsers. A built-in graphics editor using Macromedia Fireworks technology enables users to crop, resize, and edit graphics without leaving the Dreamweaver environment. Dreamweaver MX 2004 also includes advanced integration with Macromedia Contribute 2. Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004, available for Windows and Mac OS X v10.2.6, is expected to ship in September. Pricing is $399 for new users, $199 for upgrades from Dreamweaver MX and Dreamweaver 4, and $99 for education customers. The product is expected to be available in English in September, with Simplified and Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish expected to ship shortly thereafter. www.macromedia.com
Smartwebs announced the availability of Smartwebs IRT, the company’s content management solution (CMS), to empower content providers and Web professionals to maintain their Web sites or Intranet content. Smartwebs IRT is built around a workflow philosophy that avoids information bottlenecks by spreading updating responsibility across designated content authors throughout the organization. With no programming knowledge, these content authors and Web professionals can take control of their content management needs by updating or adding critical content to a company Web site or intranet on a regular basis. Smartwebs IRT offers an expandable and flexible set of tools that range from basic updating capabilities for existing pages to more complex site-building and workflow. www.smartwebs.com
Open Text Corporation introduced a new product, called Livelink UNITE Anywhere, that makes all the capabilities of Livelink accessible within any commercially available portal. Customers can create tailored window views in a portal that offer access to Livelink’s collaborative tools, workspaces and content. Livelink UNITE Anywhere is an extension of Livelink UNITE, which Open Text introduced last year. Livelink UNITE provides virtual workspaces with tailored views of Livelink content for project teams and individuals working in Livelink. UNITE Anywhere takes the same capabilities and extends them into any portal. UNITE Anywhere also allows customers to deliver Livelink content in the same way to Websites or extranets not built on a portal framework. Livelink UNITE Anywhere works with any portal, including Oracle Portal, mySAP Enterprise Portal, Plumtree Corporate Portal, Vignette Application Portal, Netscape iPlanet Portal, Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server, as well as Open Text’s own portal, Coreport. www.opentext.com/livelink/contentmanagement
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