Wcm News & Articles

Whether you’re fully immersed within a world of content management or you’re just getting acquainted with digital marketing across multiple platforms, Gilbane Boston 2011 may be worth the price of admission.

This week PaperThin (news, site) announced the release of CommonSpot CloudTM, a SaaS version of its Web content management system. The new platform was designed to enable marketers to create and deploy Web experiences with a quickness independent of IT. 

Backbase (news, site), a provider of bank portal software, has improved integration with Web Content Management (WCM) platforms with its latest release, Backbase CMS 5.0.

The Memorial Day holiday here in the States stretched into a week for the DAM Lowdown, but have no fear. We are back with: Two News Items Apiece for DAM Lowdown Regulars celum and KIT Digital, an Update to the DAM Vendor Tracking Spreadsheet, an Introduction to XMP, the Lines Between WCM and DAM Continue to Blur and Quick Hits.

CMSWire community contributors work in the trenches of information management, enterprise collaboration and web engagement. In this weekly aggregation we highlight a few of the most impactful community articles.

Systems Alliance (news, site), maker of SiteExecutive (news, site), has recently announced the release of Enhancement Pack 1 (EP1), which adds a social dimension to SiteExecutive 2011. The update should provide integration with Twitter and Facebook, and provides enhancements in the Blog, Calendar, Profile Directory and other core CMS applications.

Irish firm pTools (news, site) has been hard at work on its new cloud WCM suite, spending three years and a million euros on the project.

SDL has previously partnered with companies in need of web content management solutions. Today, SDL acquired a digital assets management solution, and its offering just got spicier. By acquiring Calamares, a cloud-based platform that allows enterprises to centrally compose, enrich, publish and distribute video and other rich-media assets, SDL is able to extend its customer engagement solutions to include video and rich media management, which are more in demand across the enterprise than ever before.

Internet and intranet professionals will have an opportunity to share ideas in a non-vendor environment at the first day of J.Boye Philadelphia 2011 Conference. The content filled conference offers participants 60 speakers, 8 tracks, 8 three-hour tutorials and the opportunity to network with peers from all over the world.

ECM platform provider OpenText (news, site) has made its Web Experience Management offering just a little more engaging. The company has announced improved digital media handling capabilities in the product, including support for mobile devices such as the iPad.

With an increased frequency of reports citing that the US economy is on the mend, businesses large and small are dusting off their checkbooks. Greater confidence in the economy and recent demand increases for goods and services have many organizations ready to tackle their IT projects that had once been shelved due to funding freezes; however, many remain anxious in spending on their website initiatives because of failed web content management system (WEM) implementation horrors in recent years. Unmet requirements, wasted spending, increased costs, lackluster user adoption and uninvolved executives are all perils that buyers face with selecting the wrong CMS. So how can you sidestep these hazards?

Globalization has brought about the importance of localization, as many businesses will realize. Having your content online is the first step. Being able to localize and contextualize it to match your audience will help further your reach. The latest launch of Hippo CMS (news, site) incorporates various features that make localization and contextualization easier.

Things happen quickly in the industry, including changes in employment. Here's a quick and dirty list of the biggest moves that hit our radar over the last couple of weeks: 

Australian firm Elcom (news, site) recently expanded into the North American market, adding analytics and mobile capability to its CommunityManager.NET release. Clients and customers have reason to rejoice, with the release of the latest version of CommunityManager.NET, now at version 7.3.

It's not all doom and gloom in Ireland as t4 (news, site) reports a record breaking year for 2010 and big plans for the future.