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Tuesday, Oct 26 2004

IBM has announced a series of new products aimed at making it easier for organizations to manage and comply with today's various international regulations and industry standards.

The new offerings address a wide range of compliance requirements driven by regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley Act, USA Patriot Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Monday, Oct 25 2004

You must be able to stand over everything that is published on your website and say that it is all accurate and up-to-date. Trust is a fundamental building block of professional web content management.

Vignette today announced its inclusion in the leader quadrant for Gartner Inc.'s 2004 Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Magic Quadrant.

This listing follows Vignette's recent positioning in Gartner's leader quadrant of the 2004 Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portal Products.

The report evaluates 22 ECM vendors that offer Document Management as a foundation.

Monday, Oct 25 2004

Open Text, the largest provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software, has announced a solution for fostering online "communities of practice". Communities will bring together people in an organization with similar responsibilities or interests.

The solution allows, for example, marketing professionals or purchasing managers to connect in ways they couldn't before, providing a forum where they can share information and best practices, and improve processes.

Thursday, Oct 14 2004

Yeah, I'm joking, but its really not that funny. In case you hadn't heard, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation siezed several of www.indymedia.org's servers from a Rackspace office in the UK the other day. They've since been returned, which is kind. And now the good guys over at Electronic Frontier Foundation are checking for "optimizations" before them boxes get put back online.

Good grief.

You can follow the story here or here. BBC coverage is here.

Wednesday, Oct 13 2004

The Gilbane Report and Lighthouse Seminars announced that 50 organizations have signed up so far to support the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technology.

The conference, being held at the Westin Copley in Boston, November 30 - December 2, is entirely focused on content technologies, and includes 27 educational sessions covering today's most critical issues for businesses planning or implementing a content management strategy.

FatWire Software, a provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions, today announced the release of Content Server 6, the latest edition of its enterprise level software.

Content Server 6 adds significant new features that help organizations speed multi-site deployments, increase reuse of existing assets, provide higher levels of security and utilize Content Server in portal environments.

Wednesday, Oct 13 2004

Hummingbird Ltd., a provider of integrated enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, today announced that Hummingbird Enterprise will provide out-of-the-box integration with Lotus Notes for advanced e-mail and business content management. Hummingbird Enterprise also provides comprehensive end-to-end matter lifecycle management integration with standard e-mail authoring tools including Microsoft Outlook and Novell GroupWise.

Friday, Oct 8 2004

CM Professionals, a group of content management professionals from around the world, will hold its first CM Summit in conjunction with the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies, Tuesday, November 30, 2004 in Boston, Mass. (U.S.)

Already leading the field of web-based editor controls Telerik has strengthened their position, adding a host of new features and today announcing the release of version 4.0.

Spanning from practical to nifty to "thank God they fixed that", Telerik has clearly listened to input from their customer base and from their spiffy new partner, one Microsoft Corporation. This release adds a little bit of new love for developers, authors, designers, and content managers.

Thursday, Oct 7 2004

IBM has completed its acquisition of Venetica, a provider of enterprise content integration software, based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The acquisition strengthens IBM's information integration capabilities, a strategic priority for IBM's Business Integration efforts and the company's on demand computing initiative. IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Venetica on August 26, 2004.

Wednesday, Oct 6 2004

For those of you leveraging one of the best pieces of "free" software on the market today, here's a welcome resource.

Microsoft has released the SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit, the definitive resource for administering, customizing, and othewise rendering useful SharePoint products (SPS and WSS).