CMS Reviews, CMS Software Reviews

An enterprising young Neil Turner of York, United Kingdom has posted a review of the recently released Movable Type 3.0 Developers Edition.

Neil steers far clear of the recent outcry (whining) about MT's new licensing model (What? Pay for software?). He also doesn't dig too far under the covers with regards to technical changes for MT 3.0.

What he does do is give a very nice overview of the new publishing interface and features. He also takes a little scare out of the prospect of upgrading.

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If you are a fan of ColdFusion, or are open to considering it for your Web Content Management (CMS) platform, you should definitely take a close look at the latest release of PaperThin’s CommonSpot Content Server.

In a recent interview with Todd Peters, PaperThin’s President, CMSwire discussed the key themes of the CommonSpot 4.0 release, trends in the content management market place, and topics such as ColdFusion application server performance.

With the 4.0 release of CommonSpot, PaperThin has stuck to its roots. They have demonstrated both a commitment to practical feature development and the sensitivity to prioritize customer-driven requirements.

The Ingeniux Content Management System is described as a powerful XML-based platform for creating, managing and deploying business-critical Web sites.

Major Ramon Lao of the U.S. Marine Corps. and CIO for Department of Defense Quality of Life Information Technology Center has recently completed a brief but useful review of the Ingeniux Content Management System 4.0.

The focus of the review is Ingeniux's score with regards to ease of use and interoperability with an Oracle infrastructure (Oracle DB and the 9iAS Portal).

The summary is that Ingeniux met or exceeded expectations for both criteria. Integration with the Oracle Portal was described as “seamless”.

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Transform Magazine's editors recently reviewed IBM's DB2 Content Manager Express Edition V8.2, the newest IBM Express offering for small and medium sized organizations.

DB2 Content Manager Express is a low-cost content management solution geared toward image-based document management, search, retrieval, viewing and routing within departmental deployments at small and midsized businesses.

IBM's recent focus on the SMB market and specifically on the “M” market has lead to the release a number of new “Express” offerings. Express is more than just a pricing strategy, IBM has a whole set of criteria that a product edition must meet to be certified as Express.