iUpload is expanding its offering to include a suite of e-Business tools that help organizations optimize the marketing potential of their web presence. The iUpload Application Suite adds to content management, other functions necessary to run a successful e-Business web site: a permission-based, e-mail marketing module, a site search and indexing function, an online survey manager, and an interactive chat and discussions forums manager. The announcement is the first result of technology integration following the companys acquisition of WebPartz in March, 2003. Organizations will use the iUpload Application Suite to elevate brochure-ware web sites into interactive e-Business sites by activating any of the iUpload Application Suite modules. Because the iUpload Application Suite is net-native, subscribers are able to activate modules without having to install hardware or separate software applications. Customers can use modules that form the iUpload Application Suite individually or in combination. All modules in the iUpload Suite are currently available. Access to these new modules is via subscription starting at a rate of $85 per month per module. www.iupload.com
Category: Content management & strategy (Page 427 of 486)
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/
Mobius Management Systems, Inc. announced the availability of ViewDirect Total Content Integrator, a new product that provides access through a single interface to content stored in disparate repositories. ViewDirect Total Content Integrator enables cross-repository, cross-platform searching and retrieval of content in any format stored in silos from vendors such as FileNet and IBM as well as homegrown systems. ViewDirect Total Content Integrator is a component of the ViewDirect TCM suite of total content management solutions, including Web site, digital asset and document management; workflow and imaging; Internet presentment and payment; records management; and enterprise report distribution. ViewDirect Total Content Integrator uses SOAP over HTTP/SSL to access remote repositories and APIs across firewalls. It is interoperable with Sun ONE and Microsoft.Net. The product features out-of-the-box connectors that understand the structure of the content source, an intelligent dictionary mapping service that resolves the relationship between data in disparate repositories, and Web services for distributed searching, user profiling, content retrieval and automatic content presentment. ViewDirect Total Content Integrator is scheduled for managed release in July 2003. www.mobius.com
Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC) announced it has released Net-It Central 6.0, the latest version of its Web-publishing automation software. Net-It Central 6.0 includes document markup and annotation, CAD drawing publish and view support, and gains in publishing speed and fidelity — all of which are based on the company’s Brava! 4.0 view and markup technology. With Net-It Central, multiple authors can contribute files created in Windows-based office applications directly to an intranet or extranet just by saving the document file. Net-It Central publishes a rendition of the original file, giving administrators control over what documents can be read, annotated, printed, or downloaded. The rendition is automatically published, transferred and indexed onto the Net-It Central site server, and made available for search and retrieval. Net-It Central’s flexible functionality can create stand-alone document libraries online, augment existing intranets/extranets, and serve as a Web publishing engine that can be used to extend existing document/content management systems, such as Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server. www.infograph.com
i4i announced the release of x4o. x4o is a major upgrade to i4i’s S4/TEXT – XML in Word product. x4o is a complete XML content authoring solution for Microsoft Word. It includes two modules: x4o Designer- an XML template design tool that allows the user to develop their own DTDs, formatting templates and template text in the familiar Microsoft Word interface, and x4o Author- XML authoring in Word with an optional WebDAV connector. x4o is available now for Word 97, Word 2000, and Word XP. x4o runs on Windows 98, NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. x4o is multi-lingual. There are user and developer version available. www.i4i.com
The Stibo Group announced its name change to Stibo Catalog, Inc. According to a company spokesperson, the name change better reflects the company’s narrowed focus on cross-media publishing and content management software and solutions. The company also recently announced the general release of STEP 4.6, the latest evolution of its product information management, content management, and production software. STEP 4.6 delivers a collaborative software platform to receive rich and complex electronic data from suppliers in a variety of file formats and store it in a media-neutral relational data repository. The data can be organized, accessed simultaneously by multiple workgroups, then incorporated into multiple output formats such print catalogs, CD-ROM, web catalogs, portals, exchanges, or other printed media. www.stibocatalog.com
WebWare Corporation announced an agreement with systems integrator Ascertane to join the WebWare family of systems integrators for the WebWare ActiveMedia digital asset management software product line. Ascertane combines its industry experience and software development expertise with tools like WebWare’s ActiveMedia to deliver customized enterprise solutions for media and entertainment, retail, and life sciences companies. Ascertane and WebWare will partner in deploying WebWare’s ActiveMedia enterprise digital asset management solutions, including WebWare’s award-winning ActiveMedia Enterprise. www.ascertane.com, www.webwarecorp.com
Documentum announced that it has joined forces with BearingPoint, Inc. to offer the Corporate Governance and Compliance solution to help organizations meet impending deadlines for compliance with the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Through a combination of Documentum’s enterprise content management and collaboration technology and BearingPoint’s financial services and content management experience and methodologies, the solution can assist corporations in planning, assessing and implementing procedures needed to meet the mandatory requirements for internal controls and certification of financial statements. The solution is immediately available through Documentum and BearingPoint. Designed for public companies striving to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, the jointly developed Documentum/BearingPoint Corporate Governance and Compliance solution includes processes, controls and technology components that can be implemented independently, or as an integrated solution with new and existing technology. www.documentum.com
SDL plc announced its acquisition of the Lomac organization one a provider of translation and localization services to the Central and East European (CEE) market. Lomac operates in six countries within the region, providing translation and electronic publishing of technical documentation, software and web-content. The investment will enhance SDL’s local language office infrastructure within the CEE region and increase the companys capacity to support a larger proportion of this market. www.sdlintl.com
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