Autonomy Corporation plc announced an upgrade to the core algorithms that power Autonomy’s Intelligent Data Operating Layer (IDOL) Infrastructure technology. Dynamic Reasoning Engine vs 4 (DRE4) increases the speed and sophistication of real time analysis, and provides enhanced indexing performance, increased querying, improved storage, new logging features, enhanced field processing, split data storage, enhanced XML operations, multi-language support and simultaneous multi-security operations, Communication with DRE 4 is implemented over HTTP using XML and can adhere to .Net and SOAP. IDOL interface (application layer) Portal-in-a-Box vs 4 (PIB4) now provides a suite of analytics interfaces for automated navigation. These include enhanced automatic/manual query and results interfaces that power personalization and collaborative operations fusing text, voice and video sources in a single operation. For users who wish to employ manual operation techniques and editing features Legacy Compatibility Module vs 3 (LCM3) now provides as standard, advanced Proximity Keyword Search; Soundex; Metadata Search; Federated Search and Parametric Search. www.autonomy.com
Category: Content management & strategy (Page 418 of 479)
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/
Interwoven, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MediaBin, a digital asset management (DAM) company. The two companies announced the integration of their products in October 2002. The new joint solution will combine Interwoven Intelligence Server software for content classification and taxonomy management with MediaBin, to deliver intelligent management of rich media assets. This combination of Interwoven and MediaBin’s capabilities will allow organizations to protect their brand by ensuring consistent, accurate, and current content assets to support all enterprise products and services. This new solution will include extensions to print applications, such as Adobe InDesign, and will utilize Interwoven’s ContentServices standard for Web Service-enabled applications. The Interwoven Digital Brand Management Solution is available from Interwoven today and can be purchased for an entry price of $100K. Interwoven will market both the MediaBin DAM line of products and the combined MediaBin and Interwoven solution immediately. Interwoven client services and technical support are trained and prepared to assist customers with these products. www.interwoven.com
The Apache Lenya development community announced the first stable release of Apache Lenya. Apache Lenya is a Java Open-Source Content Management System based on XML and XSLT and the Apache Software Stack. Its XML-centric architecture allows for content delivery targeted to the capabilities of the devices of today and tomorrow, and avoids data lock-in. Apache Lenya is built around off-the-shelf components from the Apache Software Foundation, which are familiar to thousands of technologists, and are documented extensively in dozens of books. Apache Lenya comes with Revision Control, Scheduling, a built-in Search Engine, seperate Staging Areas, and Workflow. Apache Lenya uses XML throughout. Features include a browser-based WYSIWYG Editors that validate input against a W3C XML Schema, and a publication concept that allows reuse of the information architecture of a site and brings modularity to the content level. This release of Apache Lenya is a refactored version of the codebase that has been in production for nearly three years. Wyona Ltd donated the Apache Lenya codebase (formerly known as Wyona CMS) to the Apache Software Foundation in March 2003.
PixelMEDIA, Inc. announced it has signed a partnership with Refresh Software Corporation to sell, integrate, and support Refresh Software’s SiteRefresh Content Management software. Customers can now purchase either the Hosted Service or a self-hosted SiteRefresh server license, along with turnkey integration and training services, directly from PixelMEDIA. Refresh Software’s SiteRefresh provides essential content management features such as browser-based WYSIWYG web content authoring, integrated workflow, content versioning and rollback, and template-based publishing from a secure enterprise-class relational database. www.pixelmedia.com, www.refreshsoftware.com
SecureNet Asia Limited announced a reseller agreement with Authentica Inc. to distribute Authentica’s complete range of content security solutions in China, Hong Kong, and Macau. www.authentica.com
Cintra Corporation UK announced MASmedia V.3, the latest release of Cintra’s Smart Enterprise Suite comprising web-enabled modules that deliver Digital Asset Management, Document Management, Enterprise Content Management and Workflow in one integrated solution. Cintra is primarily targeting MASmedia at medium to large enterprise marketing departments and marketing agencies. Typically, these will be companies with large branch, dealer, distributor or partner networks such as those found in the automotive, retail, manufacturing and financial services industries. Serving as a digital media hub, MASmedia enhances collaborative working by providing integration with partners and suppliers. MASmedia provides an environment where authorised users in agencies and remote offices can access marketing assets without jeopardising sensitive corporate data. Through a branded web interface, users can communicate with other (Internal or External) team members in a “virtual workspace” that enables them to speed the deployment of marketing campaigns and product launches, while safeguarding brand authenticity. MASmedia is available now under licence or as a managed Application Server Provider (ASP) through Cintra. www.cintra.com
WindFire Technology announced it has entered into an agreement with EMC Corporation to integrate the companys Xtorm enterprise information management (EIM) suite with the EMC Centera content addressed storage (CAS) solution. EMC Centera is designed to address the information storage requirements of any structured or unstructured data. WindFires Xtorm EIM suite comprises enterprise content management, business process management and virtual repository management applications. Developed on a J2EE, XML and Unicode foundation, the integrated suite is designed to be embedded into existing business applications. WindFire is now shipping its integration adapter for the EMC Centera CAS solution, which provides a direct and bi-directional communication layer with Xtorm. www.windfiretechnology.com
Web4, a division of netGuru, Inc. announced an exclusive distributor agreement with Fuji Xerox Singapore (FXS). Web4 will integrate eReview, Web4’s 2D and 3D collaborative viewer, with FXS’ knowledge-sharing product, DocuShare. FXS will retain the exclusive rights to sell eReview in Singapore with FXS’ document management suite of products in all vertical markets excluding the oil and gas industries. By integrating eReview’s real-time visualization, markup, conferencing and collaboration technology, FXS will be adding interactive, real-time, native viewing of structured and unstructured data found in document types like 2D and 3D Computer Aided Design, Microsoft Office documents, raster images and Electronic Design Automation. With the help of eReview, FXS users familiar with automating and controlling their workflow processes with FXS’ suite of content management products like DocuShare will now have the added ability to collaborate at any point in a document’s life cycle. eReview meetings can also be saved, replayed and archived into DocuShare’s work environment. FXS has also incorporated eReview in its “Knowledge Window,” an integrated digital meeting space comprising Web4’s eReview, 3M’s Digital WallDisplay and FXS’ suite of document management and knowledge management software and hardware. www.fujixerox.com.sg, www.netguru.com
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