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Friday, Sep 30 2005

Emagine launches the first version of emagiC Web CMS based on .NET technology. The new release expands Emagine's CMS product range. emagiC CMS.Net is designed and developed for version 2.0 of the .NET framework.

Magnolia Organization has released Magnolia v2.1, a major update to the Magnolia Content Management System (CMS). Magnolia 2.1 provides a host of new features and turns the JSR-170 based content management system into an Enterprise Suite.

Wednesday, Sep 28 2005

Open Text, a leading producer of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software, has announced that the latest digital asset management (DAM) software from its Artesia subsidiary will provide strong support to creative professionals in media and entertainment companies and in corporate marketing departments.

Version 6.5 links the desktop design and publishing applications to the digital media content managed by the Artesia DAM solution.

Monday, Sep 19 2005

Interwoven, a provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions, today introduced the new Interwoven Records Manager (IRM) 5.0 product, targeting professional services firms seeking to achieve enterprise content compliance and effective risk management through a unified information management platform.

The Web requires leadership if it is to achieve its full potential. That leadership will rarely be given by senior management. So that means it’s up to you.

Friday, Sep 16 2005

One product helped nearly to "market" by Google's recent Summer of Code is James Anderson's open-source Tsync. Tsync keeps a set of files consistent across many machines, even if those devices involve differing degrees of connectivity and availability. "It does so while requiring minimal effort from the user," says Anderson. "At the same time it maintains security, robustness to failure, and fast performance." If you're managing clusters of web content delivery servers, this might just be the thing for you (once its production).

Sun Microsystems and FatWire Software, a provider of Web Content Management solutions, have announced an agreement to offer unlimited use licenses of FatWire Spark Portal Content Management (pCM) to new and existing Sun Java System Portal Server customers, including Sun Java Enterprise System (Java ES) and Sun Java Application Platform Suite subscribers, at no additional charge.

Thursday, Sep 15 2005

Atlas is Microsoft’s framework for AJAX-style web application development. The recently launched Atlas site provides developers with software, documentation, quick starts, and hands-on exercises.

ASP.NET Atlas is a package of Web development technologies that integrates an extensive set of client script libraries with the rich, server-based development platform of ASP.NET 2.0.

The Microsoft Professional Developer’s Conference (PDC 2005) is in full swing. There’s more news than a body can keep up with, but this is one piece that the CMSWire audience is surely tuned to.

Microsoft has been quiet about MCMS vNext for some time. News has trickled out via blogs and tech conferences, we’re aware of Office 12, Sharepoint and MCMS merging, SharePoint being the future foundation, etc. But now we have some more complete info and (finally) straight from the horse’s mouth.

Its Billy’s turn to put on the mantle of Enterprise Content Management.

There’s been a lot of discussion about what is and is not Web 2.0, whether or not that’s the right name, who said it when, is it 2.0 or 3.0, etc. etc. That’s not what this is about.

Rather, here’s a fairly comprehensive collection of APIs that may or may not capture some of this concept that might be called Web 2.0: The Programmable Web.

Friday, Sep 9 2005

Swedish Web CMS vendor, ElektroPost, today announced the addition of a Skype-based visitor interaction module for their popular Web Content Management product. The new module, the EPiServer Webchat will be sold as an add-on base content management system.

Thursday, Sep 8 2005

Blogging, yes a popular item these days, was previously available from Sitellite producer Simian Systems, but you might of had to pester the right people in the right mood, etc.

As of yesterday blogging has been added as an off the shelf feature of the Sitellite v4.2 Pro version.