Cms Requirements News & Articles

It is easy to see why most companies struggle with the CMS selection process. The market is flooded with hundreds of products and there does not appear to be a "safe", market-leading choice.

Ultimately, you want to select a content management system that supports your requirements and that your users will find usable.  But evaluating CMS software for functionality and usability takes time.  You don't want to waste your time getting intimate with the wrong products, yet battling your way to a reasonable short list is easier said than done. There are some shortcuts, here's how to get started.

Back with more advice from Gilbane SF! In case Seth Gottlieb’s talk on how to select a CMS yesterday didn’t leave you feeling brave enough to take on the sea of solutions, we have another option: Let someone else pick it for you.

Today’s onstage tag team for the timid consisted of Tony White, Lead Analyst, Web Content Management, Gilbane Group, and Scott Liewehr, Strategy Practice Lead, Onesta. White began the presentation by explaining in detail his own personal process for matching vendors with clients, and Liewehr held up the end with a discussion about defining needs before solutions, rather than vice versa -- something many of us are guilty of.