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Tuesday, Jun 29 2004

In an effort to recruit additional .NET developers, Microsoft have lowered the barrier to entry by introducing the Visual Studio 2005 Express line of tools. An important addition here is the Visual Web Dev product -- a low end, web development only version of Studio.

To quote MS, "the Express products, expand the Visual Studio product line to include lightweight, easy-to-use, easy-to-learn tools for hobbyists, enthusiasts, and novices who want to build dynamic Windows applications and Web sites."

The offerings include VB, C#, C++, J#, Visual Web Dev, and SQL Server Express. The VS tools are all designed to work exclusively with .NET 2.0.

Learn more.

Monday, Jun 28 2004

Percussion Software has today announced Rhythmyx FastForward, an enterprise content management solution targeted at medium business. Rhythmyx FastForward is a planned super-set of functionality that builds upon the web content management capabilities of Rhythmyx 5.

The new offering is designed to speed implementation, deliver more application functionality out-of-the-box and require less customization services to meet common customer needs.

Saturday, Jun 26 2004

Captovation, a provider of document and distributed capture software for electronic content management systems has announced major enhancements to the next version of the eCapture ecImport Server.

The new version supports importing, indexing, and archiving of electronic documents and emails. With eCapture converted documents may be archived into virtually any electronic content management system (ECMS). PDF's, HTML files, Microsoft Word documents as well as Microsoft Excel spreadsheets are all considered electronic documents.

Compliance laws such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have recently forced public companies to institute broader electronic archival and indexing technologies.

Friday, Jun 25 2004

Russian Web CMS provider, Bitrix, recently announced the addition of path analysis as a feature of the Bitrix Site Manager tool.

Path analysis, a valuable component of website analytics, allows website managers to analyze both content popularity and the navigational effectiveness of their site. Path analysis can be of particular interest when reviewing the effectiveness of online marketing campaigns. And is also valuable when reviewing a site's information architecture.

New development tools quicken the design and deployment of XML content authoring solutions; improved usability provides business content creators with even more flexibility.

Blast Radius has announced XMetaL 4.5, offering simplified creation of reusable business content - expediting multichannel content delivery, cutting production costs and providing complete control over content quality.

CambridgeDocs has announced WordML to XSL:FO capabilities for the upcoming release of its xPublish Framework / Software Development Kit. With this capability, solution integrators and developers will be able to direct the CambridgeDocs servers to convert WordML documents into XSL:FO.

WordML is the new XML format in which Microsoft Word 2003 saves content. XSL:FO stands for XSL: Formatting Objects and is supported by many commercial and open source rendering engines as the preferred way to dynamically generate PDF files on a server.

Wednesday, Jun 23 2004

RedDot Solutions a provider of enterprise content management solutions, announced today the release of the RedDot Extended Content Management Solution (XCMS), Version 6.0.

This latest version joins RedDot's award-winning RedDot CMS product by building on the company's philosophy of offering comprehensive software solutions that are easy to use and cost effective.

RedDot XCMS 6.0 offers a single, scalable solution, tailored to meet the growing demands of mid-market organizations. The company also announced the release of RedDot CMS 6.0, a core component of XCMS.

Tuesday, Jun 22 2004

I'm no graphic designer. I don't know color theory. If you're like me, you need help, and here it is.

When designing web pages a good color scheme is important. For every tint there are colors which it can co-exist with, and those which it just shouldn't. Some combinations are uncomfortable, or disturbing, while others are pleasant or even invigorating.

Experienced designers choose colors intuitively. Many people can just sense which colors go together well and which don't. However, finding the best combination of colors may be sometimes long and gruelling work.

Color theory makes the work easier. This tool will find sets of colors you can start with and allow you to tune your choices for a more optimal color palette.

Check it out.

[Thanks to David Galbraith for the tip.]

During the week of July 12-16 influencial PR, marketing, and business bloggers are gathering, uh ....in a blog. Yes, its the first (?) virtual blogging conference, and they have an agenda. In true blogging style, you can sign yourself up, as a participant, on the event page, of the Wiki. Wow.

Leading this event is Australian Trevor Cook and
Romanian Constantin Basturea, who, along with 26 other PR bloggers and
marketing practitioners, will assemble remotely across the globe to discuss many facets of blogging and communications.

Solution Helps Publishers Realize Additional Revenues from Digital Content

Context Media, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of Context Media's Publishing Solution, a new version of the company's content integration software designed to meet the content integration and management needs of leading publishers.

The new solution improves the management, access, packaging and distribution of digital content. Context Media's Publishing Solution also enables organizations to support multiple revenue models, including subscription and On Demand, and to effectively manage and provide access both structured and unstructured digital content and media files.

Monday, Jun 21 2004

An article by Gerry McGovern

Metadata is a web writing skill. It helps your readers quickly find what they need. Metadata is an essential part of successful web sales and marketing efforts. It helps influence people to buy. In every sense, metadata can drive action. It can help you achieve your objectives.

Companies in all industries are facing significant multilingual content management challenges. Enterprise content has grown out of control. Just as supply chain management has forced organizations to take a broad view of processes and workflows, global content management demands that organizations view content assets across their entire lifecycle, from creation through distribution, application, and review, and on to final archival status.

At the Localization Industry Standards Association's (LISA) 2004 Global Strategies Summit, language industry and content management experts and global business executives will show you how GMS, CMS, language processing tools, standards, and outsourcing all help tame content chaos and promote your company's global expansion.

The summit starts today, June 21st, and is located at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Foster City, California.

Learn more.