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Thursday, Nov 20 2008

Drupal is one of the most mentioned open source Web content management system out there today. But not everyone knows about it and how it fits into the content management world. So if you are one of those people, or just want a refresher, O’Reilly is hosting a webinar entitled: Everything you Wanted to Know About Drupal but were Afraid to Ask.

Wednesday, Nov 19 2008

After releasing the industry’s first CMIS specification draft implementation in its Alfresco Labs 3 in September, Alfresco pours more effort into Content Management Interoperability Services promotion and support. This time — by releasing Alfresco CMIS Developer Toolbox.

Now on their third beta release, WordPress is promising big things with version 2.7. After completing the first round of bug fixes from the beta 1 and beta 2 releases, the WordPress team is making sure that the full public release is a quality release with minimal issues.

Wednesday, Nov 19 2008

Just over a week after Alfresco Surf 3.0 Code Camp in NYC, they have announced that Boston is now next on the list. Coming next month and hot on the heels of the success of the NYC camp, Boston will be a Code Camp you don’t want to miss.

Tuesday, Nov 18 2008

The XOOPS Project has released the newest version 2.3.1 of its open source Web CMS. Only two weeks after the release, the company has reported over 5,000 downloads already. Better yet, the new release has some awesome features necessary to keep XOOPS at the top of the list. Some bugs are still there as well.

The J2EE/Java-based dotCMS content management system has recently been upgraded to version 1.6.5, which brings plenty of new goodies for those wanting a free and open source content management solution capable of handling enterprise-level tasks.

Monday, Nov 17 2008

After proving to us that open source CMS can be profitable, eZ Systems decided to go the Software-as-a-Service route with its Web CMS eZ Publish.

Web CMS provider eZ Systems plans to team up with software solutions company Mamut ASA to offer a hosted version of its open source CMS.

Friday, Nov 14 2008

The Enterprise CMS socialism saga continues… Sense/Net, a Hungarian provider of open source alternative for building Enterprise CMS and Enterprise Portal (EPS) solutions, has implemented a prototype of the burgeoning CMIS spec.

Joining the big guns and attaching your name to a popular concept can be very attractive. Sense/Net couldn’t resist. We talked to them to get the scoop.

Tuesday, Nov 11 2008

SilverStripe, an open source PHP-based Web content management system, has recently released a new version of their Web CMS to fix a few critical security issues. It is strongly advised that all users upgrade SilverStripe to version 2.2.3.

While the team cleans up version 2.2, the release of SilverStripe 2.3 is quickly approaching. SilverStripe is going to be showing off features of the latest release at a pre-release event on November 17, 2008.

It’s back again. Alfresco has released its 2008 Open Source Barometer and the results really should not surprise many. Enterprises like mixed technology environments that leverage Windows, Java, rich internet applications with AJAX and integrated Web 2.0 tools.

We ran through the results with Alfresco CMO Ian Howells to get the scoop on the key findings and what they mean to Alfresco going forward.

Monday, Nov 10 2008

On the eve of their third place standing in the 2008 Most Promising Open Source CMS category of the PacktPub’s 2008 Awards, ImpressCMS has released their version 1.1 final. As a fairly new open source Web CMS, ImpressCMS is showing great promise for the future… and the new version contains a large amount of changes and upgrades that were community suggestions as well as bug fixes. Next year, they just might make the Overall Best CMS category.

Friday, Nov 7 2008

November 7th marks the 2008 World Plone Day. Plone, winner of the 2008 Best Other Open Source CMS Award and their ever-supportive community are making this World Plone Day something special.

They are collaborating on how to fight the current economic crisis affecting millions world-wide right now. And considering it’s happening on 5 continents, 31 countries and over 60 cities, they just might be able to come up with some solutions.