Enterprise Content Management Systems (CMS) News & Articles

This week with many companies looking back over the past six months to see what they might do in the coming six months there has been a lot of research into the cloud and SMB adoption. Dell has also been busy and continues its moves into the SMB space with new security offerings.

While there have been a number of financial results releases over the past couple of weeks, one of the more interesting is from SAP (news, site),  not only because its software business is often used as a market indicator, but also because of the recent closure of the massive Sybase deal.

Welcome to the August installment of our what's coming from the open source projects in the next month.

If you're looking through here and feel that your project was left out, we invite you to send us an email at pr@cmswire.com with a pointer to who we should contact at your project for updates.

Furthering the initial release of Nuxeo DAM, the open source Enterprise CMS company Nuxeo (news, site) is adding new functionalities to its Digital Asset Management product in version 1.1.

Six months ago Bridgeway Software released an update to their legal hold solution. Inspired by their conversations with customers, new features were added.

Any acquisition (and there have been quite a few of them lately) in the content management industry usually makes a splash. Today, it was Day's day to stir up the media, analysts, bloggers, twitterati and industry watchers; provoking pontifications around the announced US$ 240 mil. acquisition by Adobe.

Here’s the first look at what the industry was buzzing about and what some of the possible implications of the deal might be — for Day, for Adobe, for the market.

Google and Microsoft continue to chase each other’s tails. Public sector email was in focus yesterday, today its Google Apps which has just received a government security certification. Meanwhile IGC has joined the XML project for Electronic Discovery.

The fact is that content more often than not crosses departmental boundaries and many business processes tend to have the same basic anatomy.

However, research says that many organizations deploy Enterprise Content Management (ECM) systems primarily for search and retrieval, and often at the department level. Sure, this approach works for some cases. But by deploying Enterprise CMS software in this manner you aren't realizing its full potential.

A more optimal approach — according to ECM provider Laserfiche — is to deploy ECM as a Shared Service, integrating its capabilities with business processes, and supporting the needs of multiple divisions and/or departments at the same time. 

The company is digging into this very topic during an up-coming webinar. The goal is to cover:

• How to make better use of limited IT resources — especially when many upcoming IT projects require one or more components of ECM functionality
• How to deploy three very different business processes from the same ECM foundation: case/customer management, contract management and HR onboarding
• How to move beyond control and flexibility to master the new ECM paradox

Of course, deploying your Enterprise Content Management system as a shared services will also have its challenges, and you need to understand these as well.

For additional details, you can register now and tune-in on Thursday August 5th at 2pm Pacific  / 5pm Eastern time. The event will cover the ECM+BMP shared services model and lead you through 3 practical examples.

Why can't we just get Google? That's a common question often heard from all levels within an organization that is trying to improve the search experience on their intranet. In part one, we examined the desire to duplicate the Google search experience in the enterprise (you can read part 1 here). In part 2, we will examine shifting the perspective to the user experience and end with 6 essential activities to the construction of a solid foundation for any enterprise search initiative.

Following Adobe's enormous acquisition of Omniture, in a deal roughly one-eighth the size, the company has snatched-up Switzerland-based Day Software, a well known (to us) maker of Java-based content repositories and enterprise-focused Web Content Management software, via an all-cash bid of about US$ 240 million.

It is probably appropriate that a little less than two months after Oracle (news, site) released its Enterprise Content Management Suite 11g, Dmitri Khanine, who publishes the Independent Oracle UCM Knowledge Center, is in the process of releasing a new book that promises a whirlwind tour of the Oracle Universal Content Management (UCM) component of the suite.

Search is an incredibly interesting problem, one that’s so complex in the background yet so simple on the surface. In this two part article, we examine the desire to duplicate the Google search experience in the enterprise and how we need to change what we expect from enterprise search based on what we’re willing to do to make it work.

Welcome to the weekend and to our column highlighting some of the main happenings of this week.

We looked at how the latest standard CMIS can be used to manage content intelligently by providing a layer of simplicity and a standard interface for all CMSs. Among other topics this week, we talked about how to calculate your Enterprise CMS ROI, but also, more importantly, how to protect your return on investment projections and minimize any negative influences in your ECM project via change management, for example.

Editor's Picks

• Managing Content Intelligently Using CMIS. One of the key principles of this intelligent management is the ability to find and use content in the appropriate context using standards, such as the new Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS).
• How to Measure Enterprise CMS ROI and Minimize Negative Influences. Enterprise CMS is an expensive investment that usually comes with a need to demonstrate ROI in order to justify purchase decision.
• Integrating an Enterprise CMS with BPM: A Strategy for Bridging the Gap. Enterprise content management and business process management are two separate, but complimentary solutions.
• MediaBeacon Integrates DAM Solution into IBM's Web CMS, Portal. MediaBeacon has been doing DAM for ages but that hasn't stopped the company from looking to keep innovating.
• Aberdeen Says Companies are Safer in the Cloud. A recent Aberdeen survey may put some fears to rest, while turning apprehension on its head.
• Web Engagement: Optimizing Your Press Releases. A great press release can go a long way in terms of gaining virtually free publicity for your business, especially in an increasingly digital media environment.
• SharePoint 2010 Gets Its Official CMIS Connector. Packaged as part of the SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit, here's a look at the two features that come with the Connector.

Most Popular Articles

These articles were what you fancied most this week, according to Uncle G's analytics data.

• ExpressionEngine 2.1 CMS Review, Part 1. On July 12, EllisLab finally released EE2.1, the first non-beta version of ExpressionEngine 2, a massive change from the EE 1.x line that changes all the underlying code of the software.
• TeamViewer iPad App Provides Remote Access to PCs. The newly released iPad app from TeamViewer gives businesses and private users the ability to control remote PCs from the iPad.
• Web CMS: MODx Revolution Targets Drupal, Joomla Markets. This is the future of the MODx project. Let's take a peek.
• Mid-Market .NET Web CMS Darlings Push Ahead. When SharePoint doesn't cut it for WCM, often more user-friendly and less expensive .NET Web CMS products can be  in a position for the classical "veni, vidi, vici."
• SharePoint 2010, A Business Collaboration Platform. 100 million licenses and 4,000 partners later, Microsoft thinks they have a handle on this SharePoint phenomenon.
• ExpressionEngine 2.1 CMS Review, Part 2. This is part two of an indepth review of the latest version, including a look at the engine, add-ons and what's gone.
• Gartner Says Spending on Social CRM Will Grow Faster Than Traditional CRM. Gartner has officially recognized the growing movement that is Social CRM by giving it a place on the list of Magic Quadrants.
• Content Strategy: Why Content Matters. Welcome to our new weekly column on Content Strategy. This week we examine content for the sake of content and what makes it so darn important to the rest of what we do.

Our Polls and Your Votes

The Intranet as we know it is a rapidly evolving creature, at least for some of us. Our latest poll looks at how your Intranet is being used (or if you even have one at all) and whether collaboration tools are present.

Poll: Does Your Intranet Include Collaboration Tools or Features?

This poll is now closed. Stay tuned for results.

In the meantime, check out our previous polls and commentary:

• Poll Results: Web Analytics Need More Love

• Poll Results: Usability is Top DAM Challenge
  

Content Management Jobs

Here's what's been brewing lately in the CMS jobs and careers field. Both seekers and employers, catch the best fish of the season on our content management job board.

Featured Jobs

• SharePoint Specialist at Systems Alliance
• Vice President, Strategic Solutions Group at SymphonyIRI Group
• SEM Analyst at Webtrends
• MimeoConnect API Evangelist at Mimeo
• Technical Writer at Loyalty Lab

Traveling or Virtual, There are Events to Attend

Wondering how to spend your time in the next few weeks or months? Attend a conference, or maybe just a webinar or two. Have a look at our Industry Events Calendar to see what's happening in your area.

Featured Events

• Aug 5, 2010 – Webinar: How Combining Enterprise CMS and BPM Boosts IT Efficiency

• Sep 19, 2010 – Oracle OpenWorld 2010

• Oct 7, 2010 — HartmanEVENT 2010 - Social Media & Mobile Usability

This week in the SMB space there have been a number of releases for mobile workers that will give them access to files and databases through iPad, while Pravega offers free email marketing and CRM setup to small business users.

There are a few providers of systems management for SharePoint. One of these is NetWrix, who offers a SharePoint Change Reporter. 

I recently talked about “Intelligent” Content Management with a focus on the intelligent management of content, not in making the content itself more intelligent (a completely separate topic).

One of the key principles of this intelligent management is the ability to find and use content in the appropriate context using standards, such as the new Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS).

If IBM’s (news, site)  stock slid on Tuesday after it announced second quarter revenues that were a tad lower than market expectations, then no one at IBM appears particularly panicked as it still reported profits of US$ 3.4bn, up 9% on the same quarter last year and expects to finish off this year with revenues fully on target.

Enterprise content management and business process management are two separate but complimentary solutions. In part one of this two part series, we looked at the need to integrate the two and some business scenarios where you would (and would not) integrate them. 

Today, we look at some of the architectural patterns and strategies for integrating your Enterprise CMS with your BPM solution.

Fans of the OpenPublish (news, site) packaged Drupal (news, site) distribution aimed at publishers will be pleased to know that creator Phase 2 Technology has some interesting updates coming, and big plans to complete before the next Drupalcon.

Security is the big concern this week on the GRC front with Big Blue closing the BigFix deal that offers them better enterprise and database security, while Adobe also looks to the security of Adobe Reader with a new sandbox solution. Meanwhile, SAP and CA also get together this week for a combined GRC solution.