Content Management Matters ™

With the amount of information flowing through content management systems these days and the ease at which organizations are now able to upload, scan and otherwise get documents in their CMS, privacy has become a big concern. The last thing an organization needs is to have sensitive information about their customers released to the public.

Most CMS's see this problem and some have resolved it by partnering with a company that provides redaction technology - Informative Graphics. Today, Informative Graphics have announced the latest release of their Redact-It Enterprise Server Software.

Gone are the days when I could make stuff up about myself on a date. Nowadays, a new love interest probably knows all about me before we even meet for coffee.

So suggests the results from a recent study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

It seems that most adults are online and proud of it. Not only have half of the adult population "Googled" themselves or somebody else; they're reportedly also unashamed of the information available on them.

Indeed, most "self-searchers" (e.g. ego-surfers) say they have found what they expected among the content associated with their name.

Apparently the fine people of America have become "more aware of their digital footprint."

We love conference season. This year, the Federation of Enterprises in Brussels, Belgium will be hosting OX2's Web Analytics Day, which takes place next Friday the 14th of September.

The big news is that Ian Thomas, the gent responsible for the Microsoft Gatineau project, will be doing the first public demo of the beta version.

What's Gatineau, you ask? Why, its Redmond's stab in Google Analytics' back.

After five years in review, the Supreme Court amended a series of federal rules surrounding civil litigation. Included among these are an elaboration of existing rules regarding electronic discovery. Discovery is the process by which both sides of a litigation provide supporting evidence in a trial.

The changes have gone into effect as of December 1st and they require companies to keep track of employee e-mail, instant messages and other documents or communication delivered through or stored via the Internet. The industry impact is not subtle and Enterprise CMS vendors are responding quickly.