FLEXSTOR announced plans to release its base FLEX-db Digital Asset Management (DAM) technology into the Open Source community. The company plans to post the source code by the end of the third quarter of 2003. This strategy is designed to accelerate development enhancements with the software quality control that comes from Open Source initiatives. The two founding sponsors with FLEXSTOR on this Open Source initiative are Fort Dearborn Company and Rorke Data, Inc. FLEXSTOR is in current discussions with potential Sponsors from the business and government communities. FLEXSTOR seeks other Sponsors to solicit advice and support on the future direction of the FLEX-db Open Source initiative. It can serve as both an application infrastructure to be extended, or can be deployed in its simplest form as a turnkey solution. The FLEXSTOR product suite is an enterprise-wide, digital asset management solution built upon JAVA and object-based extensible Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) architecture. The software is composed of internally developed software modules and integrated foundation technology products including other Open Source products. www.flexstor.biz
Category: Content management & strategy (Page 413 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/
Fios, Inc., released concept-based searching as part of Prevail, Fios’ Web-based electronic discovery tool. The concept-based search technology in Prevail enables legal teams to search and organize unstructured information by mapping relationships between each word and every other word in large sets of documents. This release also includes the new Concept Explorer which provides a quick list of all documents that are conceptually related to the current document. Prevail is built using the Microsoft .NET framework and SQL Server 2000. Companies can designate from one to hundreds of users to concurrently review small or large quantities of data, with capacity measured in megabytes to terabytes. Fios utilizes Digital Certificates using 1024-bit keys that support 128-bit SSL encryption, state-of-the-art firewalls and customer-controlled security policies. Prevail is hosted by Fios and requires no client site setup or configuration. The only system requirements are Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and Windows 98 (or higher). Pricing is based on a per megabyte basis. www.fiosinc.com
Google announced that it acquired Applied Semantics. Applied Semantics’ products and engineering team will strengthen Google’s search and advertising programs, including its content-targeted advertising offering. Applied Semantics’ products are based on its CIRCA technology, which understands, organizes, and extracts knowledge from websites and information repositories in a way that mimics human thought and enables more effective information retrieval. A key application of the CIRCA technology is Applied Semantics AdSense product that enables web publishers to understand the key themes on web pages in order to deliver highly relevant and targeted advertisements. The Applied Semantics team will remain in Santa Monica where Google will establish its Southern California product development center. www.google.com, www.appliedsemantics.com
Ingeniux Corporation announced the immediate availability of Ingeniux Content Management System for Mac OS X 10.2. Ingeniux CMS enables Mac-based content contributors to create, manage, and update Web content. The Ingeniux CMS Client for Macintosh is supported on OS X 10.2 (“Jaguar”) and works with all browsers. End-users can update text, add new pages, drag-and-drop content from common applications, spell check all content, and rollback to previous versions. Users have access to a permissions-based photo gallery of thumbnail images that allows them to upload, insert, and drag-and-drop selected images into their assigned pages. With Ingeniux CMS, multiple users can work together on the same site. The Check-In/Check-Out feature indicates whether a team member is editing a particular page, preventing accidental overwrites. Workflow tools track and manage content contributions throughout the workflow process, allowing site administrators to control how and when items get published to the Web. Ingeniux CMS for Mac OS X is available now. www.ingeniux.com
Enfish Corporation announced an alliance partnership with Salesforce.com. The Enfish 6.0 Professional: salesforce.com edition, available immediately from Enfish integrates sales, marketing and customer data from salesforce.com’s on-demand CRM service with users working information stored outside of the salesforce.com application. With Enfish 6.0 Professional: salesforce.com edition, users do not have to update and upload working data housed outside of salesforce.com into the application. Instead Enfish automatically indexes and cross-references the users’ contacts, documents, e-mails and attachments. With a single mouse click, users can immediately retrieve all related information in context for any sales target regardless of where it is located. A free, 30-day evaluation of Enfish 6.0 Professional: salesforce.com edition is available. Enfish also offers subscription pricing, aligning its sales efforts with those of Salesforce.com. www.enfish.com
Documentum announced several training options that provide the benefits of classroom training without requiring students to travel. Documentum’s “Training Without Travel” program offers a full range of courses for developers, system and web administrators, project managers and end users, through self-paced Web-based courseware, e-learning classes, and instructor-led classroom training at the customer site. Recent offerings include courses on records management, eRoom collaboration and Documentum 5. www.documentum.com/education/index.html
Captiva Software Corp. announced an alliance agreement with Open Text Corp. Open Text will resell InputAccel, Captiva’s document capture software, and select modules of FormWare, Captiva’s forms capture software, to offer its Livelink customers a complete input management solution on a single platform. These document and forms capture capabilities will create new business opportunities for OpenText within its customer base. InputAccel transforms mission-critical data from paper and faxes into business-ready content. FormWare manages business-critical information from forms, documents and electronic data streams into enterprise systems. www.captivasoftware.com, www.opentext.com
Macromedia, Inc. announced the Macromedia Flash MX Data Connection Kit, which provides pre-built connections to a range of data sources to jumpstart development of data-aware rich Internet applications. The kit includes Macromedia Firefly Components acquired from CyberSage Software, as well as a developer edition of Macromedia Flash Remoting MX. Macromedia Firefly Components provide a framework for accessing, displaying, and updating data within Macromedia Flash applications. For rapid data access, the Firefly component architecture includes specialized connectors and resolvers that integrate with multiple data sources including XML, Microsoft SQL Server, and Macromedia Flash Remoting. For consistent data display, the components include common visual building blocks that separate presentation from application logic. For simplified data updates, shadowing technology used by the components enables efficient saving of information to original data sources. The developer edition of Macromedia Flash Remoting MX can be used with Macromedia Firefly Components to access ColdFusion, Microsoft .NET, Java, and SOAP-based web services. The Macromedia Flash MX Data Connection Kit is priced at $299 for commercial users and $199 for the education channel. The kit will be available for purchase next week from the Macromedia Online Store. Macromedia DevNet Professional members will be able to download the kit next week as part of their subscription. www.macromedia.com/go/dck/
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