CambridgeDocs announced the upcoming release of a new plug-ins for Microsoft Word: PDF2Word and Word2PDF. These plug-ins, part of the CambridgeDocs XML Content Backbone, showcase the functionality of XML by achieving two-way conversion of PDF files. The PDF2Word plug-in converts existing PDF files into RTF format for editing by Microsoft Word. The plug-ins add menu items to Microsoft word, which include opening PDF files. The other menu options include the ability to save to XML, and publishing to PDF using XSL:FO (XSL:formatting objects). The PDF2Word conversion keeps images, vector graphics, and formatting aspects of the PDF file as close as possible to the original. It works with Microsoft Word 2000 and Word XP. PDF2Word will be available for download from CambridgeDocs web site immediately. It retails for $199, but is being offered for a special introductory price of $99. Word2PDF will be available during Q3 of this year. www.cambridgedocs.com
Category: Content management & strategy (Page 399 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/
Authentica, Inc. introduced PageRecall 3.1, the latest version of its secure document solution that leverages Authentica’s rights management technology to protect documents both during and after distribution. PageRecall enables organizations to share sensitive and valuable content without giving up control – it ensures that the content is always secure no matter where it is distributed or stored. PageRecall 3.1 adds distributed policy management flexibility, support for Single Sign-On authentication, fast Web viewing, enhanced certificate integration with government environments, screen capture applications defeated, support for Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), and multiple deployment options. www.authentica.com
Alfa-XP Web Software Company announced Microportals.NET, a “portal-on-demand” Web application hosting service that offers everything needed to design and operate microportal solutions in real-time, in a reliable secure environment totally controlled by the user. It is built on the latest Microsoft .NET technologies and on XML. This service is intended for users whose needs have out grown basic, simplistic Web hosting but who cannot afford high-priced content management or collaboration suites. Users can open an account and create their own microportal in a matter of minutes. Templates and wizards are provided to guide users in customization. Administration tools are made for business users, and allow for intranet or extranet setup and user management, including defining access rights for various user groups (roles), folders, pages and even individual content objects within a particular Web page. accounts include a gallery of XML-compliant, reusable WebSnippets that can be customized. Additional galleries are available for workflow management, Web syndication, group collaboration, data collection, transformation and warehousing, analysis and reporting (data mining), business process modeling, and e-commerce. Pricing starts at $20 per month for a personal edition and ranges to $25,000 per year for a 250-license enterprise edition. www.microportals.net
Interwoven Inc. announces the launch of Interwoven 6, their latest content management platform release. Interwoven 6 is “open” to all existing corporate data sources, “dynamic” to manage code and content simultaneously, “smart” to intelligently enrich content with metadata and “fast” with its technology and components. TeamSite 6.0 introduces ContentCenter – designed for fast user adoption. ContentCenter empowers all users to contribute and collaborate on content including business contributors, power users and technical developers. ContentCenter Standard (for business users) and ContentCenter Professional (for power users and technical developers)interfaces reduce the learning curve. Interwoven 6 also delivers a new customization framework – ContentServices UI Toolkit. Also, Interwoven 6 delivers a Services Oriented Architecture based on Web Services standards – Interwoven ContentServices SDK 2.0 – to enable fast and flexible integration with business applications in the enterprise. In addition, Interwoven introduced an enterprise compliance framework, “Interwoven Protect,” designed to address internal governance controls and external regulatory mandates related to the creation, collaboration, and disclosure of corporate information. www.interwoven.com
iManage, Inc. announced a new partnership with Entology. Entology serves a global 1000 client base, and has a presence in the investment banking, pharmaceutical and real estate markets. Under its agreement with iManage, Entology will now act as resellers of the iManage WorkSite MP solution in the enterprise space. www.imanage.com
GlobalSCAPE announced a technology integration partnership with Advanced Software, Inc. (ASI) to add the DocuComp comparison engine to its PureCMS Content Management software. DocuComp, best known as the “compare documents” feature in Microsoft Word, automatically shows managers, reviewers and other gatekeepers exactly where changes have been made on a document with redlining, underlines, and strikethroughs. The DocuComp comparison engine uses pattern matching techniques to compare any two versions of a file, reporting inserted, deleted, replaced and even moved text. PureCMS is available immediately from GlobalSCAPE based on a tiered, per-user license basis. Pricing begins at $350 per user and is available for 3, 10, 20 and unlimited users. www.globalscape.com/purecms, www.docucomp.com
Top Image Systems, Ltd. announced that is has become a technology partner of Documentum. Top Image Systems (TiS) provides an automated data capture solution, the eFLOW platform, that integrates data from multiple sources and of different types, such as invoices, freight and shipping bills, purchase orders and others, and by delivering the extracted data to enterprise applications such as document and content management, ERP, or CRM. Through the application connecting agents, eFLOW’s Content Delivery module exports data to XML, text files, MS-SQL format, or to the common and standard format ASCII, and additionally exports both B/W and color images. The Export module is open, including hooks that allow any required manipulation of the exported file names. eFLOW is incapable of ‘losing’ form pages, due to the system’s image handling, which maintains all images in the multi-TIFF format. www.TopImageSystems.com
COAST Software Inc., has formally partnered with Documentum, as a Documentum Technology Partner. COAST Software will work with Documentum to implement solutions that help streamline the Web publishing process for global organizations. Customers can automate the verification of content and ensure corporate Web site standards for quality, privacy, accessibility and operational security are maintained. COAST Web Quality Central is a standalone solution that allows organizations to continually monitor their Web sites with customized scans and scripts. Integrated into the Documentum workflow, these scans and scripts can automatically verify an author’s content and provide immediate feedback if any quality or corporate compliance standards are violated. www.documentum.com, www.coast.com
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