Web Content Management System (CMS) News & Articles

These days Web publishing is less like making great music in a band, and more like managing an entire orchestra. With that thought in mind, Limelight Networks is introducing Limelight Orchestrate.

Cloud content services provider Brightcove is easing the process of adding video to content management workflows with new prebuilt integrations between its Video Cloud platform and nine leading Web CMS tools: Adobe CQ5, Agility, Atex Polopoly, Drupal, Ektron, Microsoft Sharepoint 2010, PaperThin CommonSpot, Sitecore, and WordPress.

eZ Systems released the newest version of its flagship software, eZ Publish, and the Etna version 4.7 features a cloud-based Saas solution on the Red Hat enterprise cloud stack.

The open-source Web content management system, dotCMS, is now out with its 2.0 version. New features of the Java-based product include a customizable workflow engine, a scalable ElasticSearch, and the ability to customize fields, properties and relationships of files and document types on a per file basis.

Not all brand influencers are created equal, say the folks at Awareness, a social marketing software provider in its recent report 3 Keys to Influence: Understanding and Leveraging Influence. Most companies can use the report to guide them through the sticky maze of online social influencers and learn how to identify and leverage their clout.

Since 2010, Demandbase users have been able to use its Real-Time Identification service to better identify business web traffic, as it happens. Now, however, the module can be used for Drupal CMS users.

OmniUpdate, a specialty provider of content management system (CMS) technology for the higher education vertical, is taking a cue from the current recycling craze in the latest version of its OU Campus CMS product. The newly released version 9.15 of OU Campus features enhancements to the Assets feature of the application’s reusable content functionality.

Consolidated cloud-services system stalwart Zoho has launched a website builder to go along with its suite of other tools for CRM, DAM and mobile apps. Zoho Sites is available now in the Google Apps Marketplace, and the two main levels are a free version, and a US$ 40 per year option for up to six websites.

Despite CEO chaos, Yahoo is taking advantage of its interclick purchase to leverage big data for advertisers. Yahoo's Genome advertising solution should be available in July 2012.

When the folks at PeopleBrowsr wanted to find outlets with which to share the news about its upcoming PeopleBrowsr Kred API launch, they turned to the very tool they were announcing to search for online influencers of topics related to social analytics. I was among those that they found and I was happy to oblige. 

Adobe kicks off its EMEA Digital Marketing Summit today with some updates to its online customer experience platform and some new cloud capabilities that go that extra mile to support marketers.

Anyone using Google's Webmaster Tools will no doubt have noticed a new Gmail-like layout for the dashboard as Google looks to align all its tools under a unified design. Site admins also should take note that some features have been removed, replaced or otherwise revamped.

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson abruptly steps down after admitting to fabricating details about his degree and reportedly telling colleagues that he has thyroid cancer.

There is a chasm between those who create content and those who consume it. The Web allows us to bridge that chasm.

Just when you thought it was safe to write Google+ off, it rears its head once again to convince you that it’s still alive and thriving. Such is the case with a new study that marks the six-month anniversary of Google+ Brand Pages by measuring its ability to adopt new users and engage them.

This Friday, we offer up a little relationship advice. With spring in full swing, love is in the air and we’re all feeling a little flirty and looking to spice up our daily routines with more passion. But with it so easy to stray nowadays, how can we ensure that those with whom we are engaged stay committed and loyal? Knowing the signs of a wandering eye can help, as can showing a little interest yourself. We’re talking about your customers, of course (this isn’t Cosmo) and thanks to folks at Maxymiser, there’s now a handy infographic to help us identify the 5 Signs Your Online Customers are Cheating On You.

This week alone, analytics has been a hot topic. Call it what you want — Business Intelligence, Sentiment Analysis or Social Reporting — it can all tell you a lot about what’s going online, around your brand and your customers. Big Data isn’t just for information management. It also applies to marketing. This week also brought up Gartner’s Cool Vendors reports, one of which features those in the content analytics space. Let’s take a look at the companies that topped its list.

Last year Hippo, an open source web content management company, reported its highest revenue ever, and the growth pattern continues in 2012.

The landscape for social platforms is a rich one, and IT professionals are using a number of approaches to deploy social communication and collaboration features in an enterprise environment.

Digital marketing/e-commerce software provider EPiServer is scaling its technology offering to more effectively handle Big Data with the purchase of Swedish enterprise search solution vendor 200OK AB. The 200OK AB cloud-based “Truffler” application can handle large volumes of Big Data, including user data, social and mobile web content, and product and online transaction information.