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Tuesday, Sep 30 2008

Ektron, a Web CMS vendor, released feature-packed Ektron CMS400.NET version 7.6. Many of the new features and pricing structure changes were made to improve performance and affordability. Other new features like multisite support ensure that the scope of Ektron is virtually unlimited.

CM Pros, a collaborative community of content management experts, will be discussing the lifecycle of content at the Gilbane Boston conference on December 2, 2008.

People interested in content management are invited to join the CM Pros Fall Summit to learn about the developments and projects within the content management industry and more.

And the browser wars continue. As a recent reaction to all the privacy issues surrounding Google Chrome, a German software company SRWare has released a free alternative called Iron.

Aside from the obvious metallic element similarity, Iron is also based on the Chromium source code, with the controversial bits removed.

Tuesday, Sep 30 2008

After much waiting and anticipation from the open source content management world, Acquia has officially released Acquia Drupal, a free and commercially supported distribution of the Drupal Web CMS platform that marks the company’s first major move since its inception.

Unfortunately, in the process, Acquia might end up confusing the new and existing Drupalers more than intended. The Drupal community might consider this as a negative move — as Acquia, a commercial entity, has associated itself with Drupal, an open source project, a fair bit too much.

CMSWire talked with Bryan House, Acquia’s product marketing director, to get more insight into this release.

Monday, Sep 29 2008

Daybreak ICS, Inc., a provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software and services, recently announced the release of eCapture Express, a new addition to its eCapture Suite of distributed document capture and delivery solutions.

eCapture Express is designed for workgroup or departmental deployments and establishes “a new level of simplicity” with its client-only architecture and subscription pricing model.

Webinars, in general, are interesting and jam-packed with useful information — the folks at AIIM want to share that experience with users. Two hot topics are up for discussion come October: email management and eDiscovery standardization.

Last time we covered Skyfire, those who wanted to browse the Internet on their phones in the same way as on their PCs had to sign up on a waiting list.

Well, now you can kick that wait time to the curb, because Skyfire has upped its game and left private beta. It is now available to anyone in the U.S. with a phone running on Windows Mobile, and it’s still absolutely free.

One of Skyfire’s new features — Super Bar — acts a lot like Google Chrome’s Omnibox with its auto-suggest and search capability in one address bar.

Monday, Sep 29 2008

Edentity Web Systems Inc., a vendor of Web content management solutions, has recently announced the newest release of the Agility Web CMS. The hosted CMS adds new features that make the management of content easier while offering search engine optimizations.

We reported recently about the slowed growth of the blogging industry. A new report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project may shed some additional light on the subject.

The study reported that networked workers, those who use the Internet or email at work — which is 62% of American adults — said such technologies are a “mixed blessing for them.” Reading blogs at work was reported by only 11% of those surveyed. A mere 2% of the employed Internet users said they blog at work.

On the Web, nothing is more damaging to your organization’s reputation and brand than out of date content.

Saturday, Sep 27 2008

The twists, turns and tips you need for staying up-to-date by the water cooler.

Highlights of the Week

• Vignette Portal in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. Learn what that really means.
• Android Revolutionizes Mechanics of Mobile Content. Google and T-Mobile recently announced one of the biggest developments in the mobile industry, and things are bound to get very interesting.
• Is the Blogosphere Shrinking? There’s a big difference between reading and writing.
• Telligent Capitalizes on the Social Media Boom.While the global economy implodes, the social media industry continues to explode.
• WordPress Gets Intense With Commenting Tools. Spicing things up with an integrated commenting system called IntenseDebate.

Most Popular Articles

And these are the articles you couldn’t get enough of — if page views are anything to go by, anyways. So what was your fancy? Hacking and security, Google Apps and a whole mess of social media!

• How They Hack Your Website: Overview of Common Techniques. Defense is your best offense. Know the basics.
• Google Apps Go Mobile, Starting with iPhone. What does Safari 3 have to do with Office applications on the iPhone?
• Is Ning The Next Facebook or MySpace? Ning vs. MySpace. Oh, what fun we’re having.
• Results: Most Popular CMS in Technorati’s Top 100. What micro publishers are using today.
• The ‘08 Open Source CMS Awards Finalists Are In. Don’t forget to vote: Public voting for the winners in each of the five categories is open until October 20, 2008.
• Harvard Hack Betrays Joomla! Vulnerabilties? Ever trouble over just how hackers do it? Unfortunately, it’s no big secret. See the number one ranked article for more!

The Economy is in the Dumps but Content Management is Booming

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Featured Jobs:

• Web Systems Manager at The Nature Conservancy
• Director of Content at Dada Entertainment
• Information Services Lead at United Way of Connecticut
• Web Designer at Ning

Friday, Sep 26 2008

Thanks for the support y’all. The likes of Ademero, CMS Watch, Ektron, Ephox, eTouch SamePage, The Gilbane Group, Hot Banana, Kentico, Open Text, Quantum Art, Sitecore, Telerik Sitefinity, Xythos and of course dear old uncle Google have kept the Nespresso machines running this week. And we are thankful.

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