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Ektron (news, site) found its sweet spot as one of the Visionaries in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management. We've seen Ektron on other "lists" before, including Gartner's MarketScope. And now, hello, the Magic Quadrant.

Partially, Ektron attributes this positioning to the ability of their CMS product -- EktronCMS400.NET -- to deliver on the Web 2.0 capabilities front. Web 2.0, as Gartner says, “is… breathing new life into the WCM market.” Just when we thought that Web 2.0 was oh so 2007.

The CMS vendor has been working on several strategic initiatives over the past year, so it really should not come as a surprise that Ektron gets a nod from Gartner. We told you about many of Ektron’s happenings, including:

• Ektron’s CMS deployment in the Amazon Cloud
• Professional Services growth
• New offices in Texas and California
• Stronger focus on sales
• Enhancements and updates to EktronCMS400.NET
• Revenue growth in Q1 2009

Ektron thinks that some of the differentiators they have in the competitive Web CMS market are their core CMS product, social networking modules and the professional services group along with partner engineers.

The fact that Ektron is not a sole owner of the Visionaries Magic Quadrant should inspire the company to work even harder and build on the current momentum. Let’s see what they come up with. It's probably not the best time to rest on laurels.

The title of visionary isn't one that is handed out as readily as it once was. Move over Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford. Make room for Mimosa (news, site).

The email and file archiving solution provider has been named a Visionary Vendor by Gartner, Inc. in its “Magic Quadrant for E-Mail Active Archiving.” But it didn't happen over night. Mimosa spent the better part of the last year adding new features to its Mimosa NearPoint platform to support eDiscovery, search and compliance.

"We have to know about our customers better because by 2012, it's likely that 75% of the content we interact with will be delivered to us based on what is known about us." says Whit Andrews, Vice President of Enterprise Search at Gartner.

Gartner talks to a lot of organizations about content management and they are finding that in this tough economic climate clients aren't sure where to go with enterprise content management or how to even get started on the road without breaking the piggy bank wide open.

So they have offered a little advice in the form of five tactical considerations that should provide immediate impact and benefits for your organization in 2009. None are surprising, all will have an impact.

This week in web publishing offers a point, a counterpoint and if needed, an escape plan.

With software-as-a-service (SaaS) becoming more and more popular in the content management industry, everyone seems to have an opinion on the pros and cons of SaaS as a model.

There's truth. There's fiction. There's gazing at the crystal ball. Let’s have a look at a recent version of the most common misconceptions about SaaS in general, and SaaS Web CMS and Enterprise CMS myths in particular.

Ever think about global warming, air pollution and dying out populations of polar bears? Or whether your grandchildren will be able to leave the house without an oxygen mask?

Yes, we are back onto the environment-friendly, green track. There’s a lot that can be done both at home (think recycling) and at work (not surprisingly, think content management).

Fasten your common sense seatbelt and bolt on your FUD helmet. According to a report just released by Websense, a web, data and email security firm based in San Diego, CA, in the second half of 2008 70 of the top 100 websites either hosted malware or linked to sites hosting malware. To set some context, these numbers represent a 16% increase over the previous six-month period.

The top 100 sites -- many of which are social networking, Web 2.0 and search sites -- represent the majority of all webpages viewed on the Internet and were identified via the Alexa web service.

With e-Discovery a top priority for most enterprise organizations, the decision on which software vendor product to use can be difficult. There are many products and solutions on the market today that claim to help you organize and keep track of your data. For many, research reports from the top analysts are a tool to help in the decision making process.

This is a good thing for ZyLAB, an information access solutions vendor. They have just received the highest rating possible in analyst firm Gartner's MarketScope for E-Discovery Software Product Vendors, 2008. 

Mere days before the long-anticipated CQ5 release, Day presents interim financial results for Q3 2008.

The very Web 2.0-esque CQ5 is currently scheduled to be generally available on November 17. We will tell you more about CQ5 next week (downloading the software for evaluation as we speak).

In the meantime, let’s count Day’s Swiss francs. The company reports increased revenue and presses ahead with market expansion, mainly in Northern Europe.

Overall revenue for the first nine months of 2008 increased by 9% to CHF 20.0 million compared to CHF 18.3 million in the same period last year. Overall revenue increased by 16% compared with the second quarter of 2008.

Revenue from licenses for the nine months until September 30, 2008, amounted to CHF 7.8 million compared to CHF 6.7 million for the same period last year.

Losses were reduced to CHF 524,000 compared to the previous quarter. The technical efforts poured into CQ5 were a cost factor. The cash reserves increased to CHF 16.2 million.

Day’s senior management welcomed new members, including Richard Francis as new CFO and Kevin Cochrane as new CMO.

Not enough good news? How about Gartner placing Day in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise CMS as a visionary?

While everything on Day’s side seems to be quite optimistic at the moment, we will continue to watch the company and report the news to you.

If you were worried about the present and future of SaaS — Gartner says don’t be. Worldwide Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) revenue in the enterprise application markets is going strong.

Gartner predicts it will surpass US$ 6.4 billion in 2008, a 27% increase from 2007 revenue. Moreover, the market is expected to more than double with SaaS revenue reaching US$ 14.8 billion in 2012.

A strong first half financially for 2008, several new appointments to the executive and now a nod from Gartner in their 2008 Enterprise Content Management Magic Quadrant Report. Is 2008 the year of the Day?

At the recent Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, Gartner analysts presented their insights into the top 10 technologies and trends to rule the world in 2009.

With emphasis on virtualization, organizations should also pay close attention to cloud computing, green IT, Business Intelligence (BI) and social software — among other strategic trends.

Lately, Web CMS and Enterprise CMS vendors have been choosing to co-exist with SharePoint peacefully and friendly rather than fight it.

The friendly gesture tends to come in the shape of various SharePoint connectors and integrations. Open Text, Mediasurface, Day, EMC Documentum and Immediacy — they’ve all done it.

Now, it is FatWire’s turn, as the company releases Microsoft SharePoint Connector for its Web CMS platform.

Gartner analyst Adam Sarner has new research that states that 50% of all Social Media campaigns will fail. Didn’t we hear something similar to this before when a study by Deloitte informed us that social networking was a waste of money? What is the real story here — are marketing departments trying to fit social media into a traditional marketing bucket or is social media marketing just a lot of hype?