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Monday, Dec 20 2004

This post was authored in FireFox and so far, with good reason. After not so lengthy a pursuit, we have yet to find a blogging client (free or commercial) with the features and usability that inspire us to click the browser to the curb and start authoring from a desktop app.

As it turns out, we might have better luck if OSX is what we called home, but being Win32 geeks, we do tend to drag that perspective around with us.

2004 was a year when web content came of age, as more and more organizations recognized it as an asset, not some commodity. More and more organizations have begun to put content first, technology second.

Monday, Dec 13 2004

Don't publish for the sake of publishing. You may have one key message that you leave on your homepage for years. It's not a matter of having content that is new or old; it is a matter of having content that is relevant and useful.

Thursday, Dec 9 2004

Plone expert Cameron Cooper's new book is out. 'Building Websites with Plone' explains how Plone works, shows how to use its many out-of-the-box features, and explains how this highly flexible system can be extended and customized.

Built on the popular Zope application server, Plone is regarded as one of the best and most powerful open source content management systems.

Wednesday, Dec 8 2004

Web Content Management vendor Ektron, Inc. has taken aim at web content localization. The latest updates to their CMS 300 and CMS 400 .NET products include powerful new tools and support for translation, localization and the workflow needed to accomplish both.

Ektron’s CMS products support the complete translation and localization process by creating a tight integration between a Website’s native-language content and translated content within one content management solution (CMS).

Oracle's Tsunami hits the shore, but is it making waves? Today they have announced the launch of their new Enterprise Content Management (ECM) technology, Oracle(R) Files 10g.

Built on the Oracle Database and Oracle Application Server, Oracle Files 10g is an evolution of an existing product touting new tools, integration capabilities and application programming interfaces.

Friday, Dec 3 2004

Its that time again -- shopping mayhem, possibly some snow, and wise geeks bearing delusions of Delphi.

Today we have the oracles of Mediasurface UK weighing-in. In the fore are Compliance, Vertical Markets, Hosted Solutions, CRM/CM Integration, and Unhappy Web Surfers.

Friday, Dec 3 2004

Following the acquisitiong of Artesia last summer, Open Text announces the first release of Artesia's Digital Asset Management (DAM) software under the new brand.

Artesia for Digital Asset Management v6.0 provides sophisticated new security features and is built on a services oriented architecture (SOA). Open Text announced the news at the Gilbane Content Management Conference.

Bowstreet, a leading provider of application development tools for portals, announces the availability of Bowstreet Portlet Factory version 5.9.

This release features the Siebel Extension, allowing users to rapidly create Siebel portlets, and an SAP Builder that allows users to access SAP Business Warehouse data.

CoreMedia Ranks in the Top 25 Fastest Growing Software Companies on the 2004 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA.

After being named as the fastest growing software company in Germany, CoreMedia today announced that has won a place in the Top 25 Software Companies, as the fastest-growing provider of Content Management Systems on the 2004 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years, from 1999-2003.

Wednesday, Dec 1 2004

Hummingbird Ltd. is making a flutter about Enterprise Content Management (ECM) for National Security organizations. Their story is enterprise data unification, security and access management, and informed decision making.

Big Brother's getting ECM'ed with Hummingbird Enterprise solutions.