Alert: What's Coming for Open Source CMS in August 2011

By Dee-Ann LeBlanc (@deele) Jul 28, 2011

Welcome to the July 2011 installment of our what's coming from the open source projects in the next month. If you feel that your project was left out, we invite you to email us at pr@cmswire.com to have a project representative added to the list of people we contact for updates.

DotNetNuke

In July, the folks at DotNetNuke (news, site) released DotNetNuke 6. New features include:

A new, more complete site template
An updated administration module
A new pages administration interface
Tight integration with the DotNetNuke Store
A core platform re-written in C#
A new e-commerce module
Built-in integration with cloud-based services such as Amazon Web Services and Windows Azure
Securely publish Microsoft Office files managed through SharePoint to external sites

The company also opened European Headquarters offices in Amsterdam. In 2010. 15% of its revenue, more than 35% of its web traffic, and close to 40% of its users were in Europe.

Drupal

In July, the Drupal Association announced it's seeking nine candidates for its Board of Directors. As Drupal (news, site) founder Dries Buytaert states, "The Board of Directors establishes policy, hires and manages an executive director, reviews and approves the budget and financial reports, and participates in fundraising."

Buytaert also says that it's working on a refresh of its organizational structure, to follow in the footsteps on what other nonprofits are doing.

Drupal company Acquia (news, site) announced a $15 million Series D financing round. The new funds will be used to accelerate growth and expand internationally, particularly into Europe.