Cq5 News & Articles

The DAM Lowdown was off last week, but that didn’t stop the DAM news. This week we have highlights from NAB 2011, another acquisition by KIT Digital, product and people updates from ADS, a new iPad app for Hollywood production and more Quick Hits.

Not sure which company's logo to use... Goodbye, Day Software, as we knew you. Hello, Adobe WCM/CEM, or Adobe super-duper content authoring, or whatever it is Adobe will rebrand Day to.

The deal is a done deal though, as announced earlier, with more than 98% of shares in Adobe’s pockets. The acquisition is final.

Following up on our coverage of #dayignite, here’s a look into one of the sessions and the discussion around the Adobe + Day product combo, and Adobe's vision for Customer Experience Management (CEM).

In one Ignite Chicago panel, Day’s own scientists and experts gathered to address any possible question about Day, JCR, CQ5, CRX and open development coming from the audience starving for answers. Here’s the scoop.

Day Ignite kicked off today in Chicago. The theme of Day Software’s (news, site) Innovation Summit is "get mobile and get social." Equipping every attendee with an iPad helps to reach those goals. The theme was also reflected in Day CTO David Nuescheler’s presentation: What's New with CQ5: Sneak Peek into CQ 5.4.

Any acquisition (and there have been quite a few of them lately) in the content management industry usually makes a splash. Today, it was Day's day to stir up the media, analysts, bloggers, twitterati and industry watchers; provoking pontifications around the announced US$ 240 mil. acquisition by Adobe.

Here’s the first look at what the industry was buzzing about and what some of the possible implications of the deal might be -- for Day, for Adobe, for the market.

Translation management systems are constantly evolving. Overtime they have become intertwined with global content management and as a result, multilingual content management was born.

The way content is developed linguistically and managed is also changing. Recently we spoke with Matt Hauser, director of technology sales for Translations.com, a provider of language services and translation-related technologies, about the changing landscape of translation and global content management systems.

When Day Software (news, site) upgraded its content management platform to CQ5.3 it came with a number of useful enhancements, but no translation abilities. Day has just rectified that by teaming up with Translations.com to produce a quick-response solution to enable companies to launch localized products in numerous languages.

It didn’t take Day Software (news, site) long to follow up on the release of CRX 2.1 with their next JCR Cup announcement.

The competition is on, but under a different name -- Agility Cup -- and open to a wider audience than in the past.

Building on the 65% license revenue growth in 2H 2009, Day Software (news, site) announced interim financial results for Q1 2010.

Day Sotware (news, site) released their 2H 2009 and end of year financial results. Major brags from the Basel-land include 27 new customers, increase in licensing revenue (yet again), regional markets expansion -- and most of that thanks to CQ5.

Continuing to build up on the bright developments that we saw in CQ 5.1 and 5.2, Day Software (news, site) released the newest version of their Communiqué Web CMS/DAM/Social Collaboration product.

Day’s CTO David Nüscheler and CMO Kevin Cochrane gave us a tour of the top new features in CQ 5.3.

You may have already chosen your web content management system, but that's only a start. Strategies, stories, successes and the future. These are things you want to take in as you work your way towards a successful CMS implementation.

To get that info, spend some time with Day Software, a gaggle of integrators and partners, and a number of clients. Day's Ignite Customer Summit is happening in Zurich on October 14 and 15, and in Chicago on October 28 and 29th.

Along with having a front row seat for a sneak peek at CQ5.3 -- the upcoming version of Day's Web CMS -- and hearing Gartner's vision for the future of web content management, you will learn how other customers have implemented CQ5 for their organization.

It's a Conversation, Geeks Included

Beyond just listening, you will have the opportunity to chat with the tech team behind Day's software -- getting advice geared towards your specific business goals.

Need another reason to show up? There's a rumor that Day's CTO, David Nuescheler, will be unveiling a super surprise at the summit. How tantalizing!

Now, hop on over to Day's site for event details and registration.

Prioritizing your needs and then selecting a content management system for your organization is an involved process. It often helps to hear how others have succeeded or failed to achieve similar goals, and what partners and channels are available to help you with your implementation.

Day Software aims to address those needs with their Ignite 2009 Customer Summits. These summits -- taking place in both Zurich and Chicago this October -- are designed to bring together customers, partners and analysts to discuss their strategies and and experiences when selecting and implementing a web content management system.

A Network of Support

Day has lined-up 15 systems integrators and interactive agency partners for the Summits -- more than enough to help you understand how CQ5 CMS can resolve your content management challenges. David Nuescheler, a prolific open source evangelist and Day's CTO, will give attendees a sneak peek at the upcoming CQ5.3 Web CMS, due out in Q4 of this year.

Day's technical team will also be there, answering questions about how to best implement their software, and to discuss where they think the content management market is headed.

In addition, analyst firm Gartner will be at the Summits, providing insights into the future of content management for 2010 and how they see Day's technology fitting in.

Day's Content Management Solution

Built on their JSR-170-compliant Java Content Repository, CRX, Day's CQ5 Web CMS offers social collaboration and digital asset management integrated with web content management. The system was lauded as the InfoWorld Best Web Content Management System earlier this year.

Get your project on the right track, attend the Zurich event October 14-15 or the Chicago event October 28-29. Hop on over to Day's site for more details and event registration.

It was back in April of this year, when Day Software (news, site) announced the nominations of Barry Bycoff and David Arnott to the Board of Directors. Both were elected in May at Day's Annual Shareholder meeting in Basel, Switzerland.

Today, board member Barry Bycoff was elected the Board’s Chairman, replacing Michael Moppert, the founder of Day.

Moppert assumed the Chairman role in May 2008, after he handed off his Day CEO reigns to a former Interwoven exec Erik Hansen. Moppert is said to remain an active member of Day's Board.

Bycoff took over the steering wheel on a good day, shortly after Day’s announcement of positive 1H 2009 financial results.

“I am pleased to be working with Day's CEO Erik Hansen and the remainder of the Board to help Day capitalize on this opportunity and build on its recent success," said Bycoff.

Hansen's initial plan to make Day more appealing seems to be working out so far. Upon accepting the CEO role, he wanted to focus on growing Day's strongest points: the content infrastructure business and the core content management product.

Since then, we've seen CRX new releases and updates, as well as new versions of Web CMS CQ5 and CQ5.2, hit the streets of the content management world.