Open Source Cms News & Articles

Welcome to the January 2012 installment of our what's coming from the open source projects in the next month. If you feel that your project was left out, we invite you to email us at pr@cmswire.com to have a project representative added to the list of people we contact for updates.

Acquia is only three years old and focuses almost exclusively on open source platform Drupal, which makes its earning a spot on Forbes list of 100 most promising companies in 2011 a pretty impressive feat. Despite the company’s showing, Acquia is not yet a well-recognized name in enterprise circles. The appointment of two new board members may just change that.

Joomla! announced the release of version 2.5 of its popular open source content management system. The new version includes several big enhancements, like support for databases other than MySQL and improved search and software update notification, that seem to be targeted at enticing enterprises to take a closer look at the platform.

Hippo is slated to release the next version of its open source content management system next week. We had a sneak preview and we're going to share what we saw with you. Note: it's all about what the audience needs.

Open source enterprise content management (ECM) platform provider Nuxeo announced that it is opening a US headquarters in New York to complement its existing US offices in Boston and San Francisco (Silicon Valley).

Sure, it’s Friday the 13th, but if you’re a designer, it might be your lucky day. Open source CMS provider SilverStripe and web agency Bluehouse Group have launched a contest to design the new default theme for SilverStripe CMS 3.0.

OASIS, the open standards consortium, announced a new charter and technical committee, which will be led by David Nuescheler, VP and CTO of Customer Experience Management at Adobe, that will work toward creating web experience management standards. Hippo, along with a number of other open source vendors also plays a lead role in the effort. Adobe, Liferay, Magnolia, Nuxeo, Jahia, OpenText and SDL are also represented on the OASIS Web Experience Management Interoperability (WEMI) Technical Committee.

Enterprises have increasingly embraced open source as a part of their technology portfolio. Despite the growth, some leaders are still hesitant about “officially” endorsing open source options. There are fewer support options, more unknowns and an almost complete absence of magic quadrant style analysts’ reports to guide decision-making. Open source solutions provider OpenLogic may be changing that. The firm has released a new, detailed finding about enterprise open source trends in 2011.

According to WordPress, there are 69,774,073 websites in the world using its platform. Recently, it surveyed its community to better understand what they love, what they hate, and what they want to see in 2012.

Microsoft is continuing to earn its open source stripes. The company’s latest Windows Azure updates added support for several open source tools. The open source love isn’t stopping with Azure though: Microsoft is also allowing open source applications in the Windows Store, which is being launched for Windows 8.

Nuxeo has announced a new release of its open source enterprise CMS platform. The most recent version, 5.5, is a significant enhancement to the platform. Nuxeo continues to show its commitment to abandoning the traditional application-oriented approach to enterprise CMS in favor of providing a feature-rich platform for building content-centric applications. Version 5.5 adds social features, mobile enhancements and a number of technical enhancements that improve developer productivity.

Microsoft is taking big strides to make its Azure cloud service more attractive. The company has announced several updates to the platform aimed at improving its usability. The company, which has long been criticized for a less-than-friendly stance on open source, is continuing to show that giants can change. Several of the recently announced updates improve support for open source development on Azure.

Forbes released its list of America's 100 most promising companies, which includes familiar names such as HubSpot, Box, Acquia and Domo.

While at Gilbane Boston 2011, we've met with vendors to get the inside scoop about their newest projects and greatest insights about the state of web content management. In a world of rapidly increasing data, customers demand more meaningful content, while companies demand better control over how they create, share and manage it all. So what do you do, and how do you manage it all? 

Danish based Composite C1, Microsoft's top ranked open source web content management system, announced today full support for cloud hosting through Windows Azure, allowing users to easily gain the benefits of scalable global hosting, increased security and low cost.