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Highlights of the Week

• Is the Future of Web 2.0 in the Enterprise? Web 2.0 has been around for awhile and Web 3.0, although continually evolving, has officially given birth. Is what's next Web 2.5 or Web 4.0?
• Open Source CMS Fan? Thank These Folks! Learn who the top ten individuals l2admin feels have contributed the most acreage of broad shoulders to open source are.
• Improved Search in Open Text's Digital Asset Management Solution. Open Text teamed up with Endeca to deliver Endeca’s Digital Asset Navigator solution on Open Text’s Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform.
• Deploying Drupal Just Got Easier. Those Drupal administrators who need to stage or otherwise copy Drupal configurations from one server to another should run out and give the Drupal Deploy module a try.
• Writing Killer Web Headings and Links. It's vital to get the first couple of words exactly right when writing effective web headings and links.
• New Document Imaging Software Increases Efficiency. eCopy is back with two new software products that are said to jazz up document scanning -- another highly supported effort -- on all new levels.
• Microsoft's PubCenter Steps Up, Rivals Google AdSense. Last summer, Microsoft tossed Microsoft PubCenter to the wolves (beta testers) to see how it would do. Recently, some extremely positive feedback has surfaced.

Most Popular Articles

And these are the articles you couldn't get enough of during the past week -- if page views are anything to go by, anyways. So, what was your fancy? SharePoint, WebTrends and open source.

• It's Official - A New Name and Delivery Date for the Next Version of SharePoint. Finally. Microsoft has come forward with some news about the next version of SharePoint.
• 5 Must Read Articles on Open Source CMS. At a time of tight budgets and whispers of interoperability are everywhere, open source is something you can't ignore.
• Wonder What's Coming in Next Version of SharePoint? Thought so. Unfortunately we don't have the answers — at least not any you probably haven't heard already. But there are others who are starting to offer up what they believe SharePoint "14" will and won't have. We thought it interesting enough to pass along.
• 7 Must Read Articles - SharePoint in the Enterprise. Here's a collection of must read articles for managers dealing with SharePoint/MOSS in the enterprise.
• Vignette Tries Subscription-Based Licensing Model. Ever thought Vignette was way too expensive for your content management heart's desires? Now, there may be a way to rethink this.
• WebTrends' New Approach to Web Analytics. Since Alex Yoder took over the reins as CEO at WebTrends in August, the company has been on an active campaign to make itself over.
• Gartner's Five Tactical Actions for Content Management in 2009. Gartner 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.

The Economy is in the Dumps but Content Management is Booming

If you're looking to advance your career, or if your org has got empty seats in need of savvy CMSers, you're in luck. Catch the best fish of the season on our content management job board.

Featured Jobs:

• Senior Content Developer at Marriott International
• Implementation Analyst at DocFinity (Optical Image Technology, Inc)
• Senior Quality Assurance Analyst at Open Text
• Product Manager at Kofax

I normally focus on the technical aspect of things, but I’ve been doing Web CMS implementations long enough to learn one very important non-technical thing. There is only one real key to success in a CMS implementation.

These are busy times for the content management industry and its related industries. Lots of conferences going on, experts sharing their thoughts and ideas about how things are and will be, partnering, integrations…whew..

Hard to keep track of it all. Here are just a few we thought would peek your interest…

A new feature commeth from CMSWire. It’s our Weekly News Trawl, and the idea is to ensure that we are all up to date on smaller — but just as important — news items that touch our cozy little industry.

The collection is gathered by our multi-talented editorial team whose interests vary as widely their basic grammar skills.

In the spirit of handing out exceptional yet unsolicited advice, the gang here at CMSWire felt it was our duty to provide our loyal readers with some of our keen insights into the world of content management for 2008.

So without further adieu, here’s exactly what you can expect to happen in 2008.

The twists, turns and tips you need for staying up-to-date by the water cooler.

This week’s highlights include:

• IBM Launches Free Smart Email Search for Outlook, Notes. Enjoy an early Christmas gift, courtesy of Big Blue.
• Movable Type 4.1 Goes Beyond Blogging. MT gets commercial, open source and personal.
• Firefox 3.0 Pokes Head Out from Covers. New UI offerings for Version 3.0.
• SharePoint Alert Capabilities Just Got Better. Manage alerts for all users at the farm, web and site collection levels.
• CMSWatch’s 12 - no - 11 Predictions for 2008. Plan for 2008 with help from CMS analysts.
• Puretext Pacifies Grumpy Online Journalists. Copying and pasting doesn’t get better than this.

And these are the articles you couldn’t get enough of — if page views are anything to go by, anyways. The gist? Many of you plan to ring in the new year with content managed by SharePoint or open source tools.

• Web Content Management with SharePoint MOSS 2007 (Part 1)
• Movable Type Goes Open Source; Released Today
• Easy Web User Controls for SharePoint (MOSS) 2007
• Do You Believe in a Flat-File Driven Content Management System?

Looking to advance your career? Or has your org got empty seats in need of savvy CMSers? You’re just in time to catch the best fish of the season in our content management industry job board.

Featured Jobs:

• Executive Director at CM Pros
• Application Developer at PaperThin, Inc.
• Freelance Technology Copy Editor at NewsFactor
• IT Project Manager at King County Department of Transportation
• eCommerce Researcher / Blogger at Varien
• Director of Product/Website Management at Vertive, Inc.
• Technical Lead (Content Management) at Beaconfire Consulting

The twists, turns and tips you need for staying up-to-date by the water cooler.

This week’s highlights include:

• Movable Type Goes Open Source; Released Today. The bloggers are cheering. The staff are beaming. And we are upgrading…
• Credibility and Integrity in the World of Web 2.0. Without it, your content becomes worthless.
• Red Hat + Alfresco == SharePoint Killer?. We like the leader, but doubt the hypothesis. That said, Alfresco’s certainly putting on a good show.
• Diplomas Handed to Four New Jumpboxes. Meet the four new members of the graduating class from the JumpBox Proving Grounds.
• It’s Official: SharePoint (MOSS) SP1 is Out the Door. The first major updates for SharePoint 2007 and WSS 3.0 are out, live and straining the hard drives of servers everywhere. Have you upgraded yet?
• Open Text Pledges Allegiance to European Standard. Unifying records management software practices and standards across Europe.
• Mochila Expands Online Syndication Network with New Partners and Services. Best. Year. Ever. for the global online media marketplace.
• 7 Superfly Plugins for Wordpress. Not as groovy as Curtis, but you know, not bad at all.

And these are the articles you couldn’t get enough of — if page views are anything to go by, anyways. The gist? Open source projects are in the limelight and growing both in credibility and number. SharePoint is still queen despite many nipping at her flanks. Google has struck fear in the hearts of Web Content Management vendors everywhere.

• Nepalese Drupal Beginners Guide + 50 Tricks Not to Miss
• Movable Type 4.0 vs. Expression Engine 1.6
• Google to Step on Content Management Toes in 2008
• Do You Believe in a Flat-File Driven Content Management System?

Looking to advance your career? Or has your org got empty seats in need of savvy CMSers? You’re just in time to catch the best fish of the season in our content management industry job board.

Featured Jobs:

• Technical Lead (Content Management) at Beaconfire Consulting
• Executive Product Manager at BBC Future Media & Technology (FM&T), Journalism
• Director, Business Development at National Public Radio
• Sr Java Developer (Content Management) at Informative People Inc.
• Editor at National Women’s Magazine
• Digital Project Manager at Box New Media
• Advertising Operations Associate at Gawker Media
• Online News Designer at New York Times
• User Experience Researcher at Facebook

For any business -- online or not -- the odds are stacked against success. In fact, sources indicate as many as nine out of 10 businesses fail within five years.

Businesses of all sizes get taken by a bad breed of online marketing firms that shamelessly over promise and then shamelessly under deliver.

One of our favorite ASP.NET component vendors, Telerik, has recently launched an AJAX developer center portal. Its pretty light weight for the time being and is obviously geared towards Telerik’s own ASP.NET rich callback component suite, but does offer some valuable resources for those just getting started with rich client AJAX dev.

Resources include: History of AJAX, Getting Started with AJAX, Problems and Challenges with AJAX (ASP.NET specific), etc. Telerik AJAX Developer Center

We previously posted a tip sheet on Getting Started with SharePoint WebParts. Kindly supporting us in these endeavors, our dear friends over at MSDN have published a chapter from the book Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out.