Content Management Matters ™

.NET developer Kentico has announced details of the new version of it's Web CMS product which hits the shelves in mid-March. Dedicated as ever to the Microsoft stack, the Czech company's new offering assures support for Windows Server 2008 and the soon to be released SQL Server 2008.

In addition, Kentico 3.1 will also support Visual Studio 2008 and IIS 7.0. Compatibility with Server 2000/2003 and SQL Server 2000/2005 is preserved in the new release.

While PHP and Java have been increasingly labeled the tech platforms of choice for Web CMS solutions, .NET remains a favorite for many ISV's. And even if the pairing of .NET and content management typically inspires thoughts to wander towards MOSS, a plethora of other options certainly exists for those looking.

One such candidate is Telerik's Sitefinity Web CMS.

Let's say you're a growing Microsoft Windows shop and your web presence has expanded to a point where maintenance has become a nightmare. You know you need a web content management system but your budget does not cover the cost of an enterprise CMS and you are just not comfortable with bringing an open source solution into your Windows shop.

What do you do?

Czech Republic-based Kentico just released Kentico CMS 2.0, an updated version of their existing web content management system that enables the creation of dynamic websites through a browser interface, without having to write custom code. Kentico focuses primarily on ASP.NET developers and on making it easy to develop ASP.NET websites quickly and without significant coding.

The latest release of the Kentico Web CMS now supports both ASP.NET 1.1 and the emerging Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 platform, Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2005.

The platform options support both developer preferences and migration status as well as the potential to take advantage of Microsoft's free Express Editions of Visual Web Developer and SQL Server 2005.

Kentico Software, a Czech Web Content Management (Web CMS) software vendor, has updated their Kentico ASP.NET CMS product to v1.7, adding Web Forms and Staging capabilities. The new version allows business users to create, publish, and generate reports from on-line forms without any programming.

Czech Replublic based CMS vendor, Kentico, has released version 1.0 of their Web CMS product.

Kentico CMS for ASP.NET was designed for Web developers. Kentico was conceived as a tool for technical integrators who wish to rapidly deploy custom solutions with sophisticated CMS functionality. Affordable and accessible, licenses start at USD 499.

The landscape of inexpensive .NET Web CMS products is warming up. Kentico have recently announced the availability of their v1.0 beta.

Kentico is a native .NET CMS that is geared towards the technically minded and designed with the assumption that an integrator will be implementing the final solution.

If you are one of those who tinkers, head on over to www.kentico.com, pop the hood, and earn yourself a 30% discount via the provision of insightful feedback.