Rest News & Articles

Developers can leverage WebDAM's REST API to tailor third-party applications for their unique digital asset management needs. WebDAM Solutions provides online tools for storing, managing, archiving, searching, retrieving and distributing digital files.

Back in March Hippo CMS 7.5 (news, site) was released. That version was focused on localization and contextualization. This week, the open source WCM provider releases Hippo CMS 7.6, but this time, the focus is on supporting developers as they build their websites and applications.

Business and social site LinkedIn (news, site) has created a developer platform that lets your own site show professional and company information from LinkedIn's and offer wider interactions.

Oracle (news, site) is planning big things for Java EE7 with cloud- and REST-based services high on the agenda.

Portals and content management systems are widely used in organizations today. For many, the desire to integrate them into a single collaborative environment is critical. But there's a lot to think about before moving forward. In this article we cover the basic considerations for integrating a CMS into an enterprise portal.

The Interactive Knowledge Stack, or IKS, has reached its second year. In that time they've made promising headway, but like the rest of the semantic web, they're really just getting started.

SQL Data Services (SDS) has been on the radar since MIX08, when it was first announced as an online data storage and query processing service that could be accessed using the standard internet protocols. It has come a long way since then. At MIX09, Microsoft demonstrated some of the newest capabilities of SDS -- specifically its new relational database capabilities.

That's right, Microsoft will offer a relational database in the Azure cloud.

Bamboo Solutions provides a number of web parts and applications for the SharePoint platform. One that is particularly interesting is their MashPoint solution - a free version of the MOSS Business Data Catalog. Now that solution proves even more enticing as Bamboo announces a Mashpoint API which serves to offer a REST-based interface to not only MashPoint, but to SharePoint itself.

After releasing the industry’s first CMIS specification draft implementation in its Alfresco Labs 3 in September, Alfresco pours more effort into Content Management Interoperability Services promotion and support. This time — by releasing Alfresco CMIS Developer Toolbox.

It’s a Swiss treats day for a Swiss vendor. Enterprise CMS provider Day Software has received the Swiss Open Source Award 2008 in the business category.

Recipe for success? Mix two tablespoons of Day with several pounds of a new chief marketing officer, who has arrived from Interwoven via the open source devout Alfresco. And, voila! The open source awards will follow.

Day’s recently-onboarded CMO Kevin Cochrane tells us all the glorious details about this award and (much) more — including, why he left Interwoven and Alfresco.

It has been a little less than two months since the news of a proposed new enterprise content management standard hit the streets. The Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) spec, created jointly by Microsoft, IBM, EMC and a few other Enterprise CMS providers, was the talk of the town — for better or for worse.

But it’s been relatively quiet these days and we find that strange considering the importance of a standard like this to the industry. Maybe it’s not so important. Maybe it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Maybe it’s simply a done deal and no one needs to say more…

Microsoft released Silverlight 2, a new version of its solution for creation and delivery of Rich Internet Applications (RIA’s) through a Web browser.

Silverlight 2 — presented under the motto of creating “next-generation Web experiences” — comes packed with a variety of new features and tools that enable designers and developers to better collaborate while creating more accessible and more secure user experiences.

Did you know that the Enterprise Portal Market is expected to break over US$ 1.4 billion this year? That’s what the experts are saying and IBM intends to continue its leadership role in this market. They have just released the latest version of the IBM WebSphere Portal — v6.1 — and it looks packed with some really nice enhancements including some Web 2.0 capabilities every portal needs today.

If the Web is really about content, WebEngine is all about allowing content to be found.

Nuxeo, a leading open source ECM vendor, unveiled WebEngine, an open source web framework focused on content. Designed to be lightweight and versatile, WebEngine aims to allow users to quickly build and deliver next generation content-oriented web applications. A generation that is about more than just web publishing.

Following Percussion’s recent repositioning of their Web content management solution the company will be holding an open-for-all webcast during which they’ll lift the covers, open the kimono and poke around in the (safe for non-geek) guts of their Rhythmyx Web CMS / WebTrends Analytics integration.

The event, entitled Drive Your Marketing Effectiveness with Tight Integration of Web Content Management & Analytics, is tailored primarily for business folk who are tasked with the success of online marketing efforts.

• When: Thursday, November 1st @ 11:00am EDT / 17:00 GMT
• Where: Um, your nearest web browser

Registration is required (of course), and happens here.