Week in Review: Hot Topics, Featured Events and Jobs (6-Feb-2010)

Quite an eventful week in the content management industry! Here are our highlights of the week and most popular stories, jobs, featured events and -- new in this column -- polls and your votes.

Top Stories of the Week

• Open Text Reports Good Q2, Vignette Contributes to YoY Spike. OTEX did better than in the past quarters, in part, thanks to Vignette and (formerly known as) RedDot contributing to the bottom line.
• SharePoint 2010 - 5 Hot Features to Look Forward To. With the release of SharePoint 2010 getting closer, people are getting either a) excited, b) nervous or c) all of the above. Have a look at the top 5 noteworthy changes coming with SharePoint 2010.
• Alterian Drops Immediacy, Morello Web CMS Brands. In this exclusive, we discussed Alterian's plans and WCM strategy. In short, it boils down to major consolidation efforts in the mish-mash of Web CMS technologies the company currently offers. Customers, get ready for changes.
• Webtrends Adds Advanced Targeting and Mobile Analytics. The Web analytics solution provider released both advanced targeting capabilities and Webtrends Mobile Analytics. Heads up marketers, this one’s for you.
• Selecting a CMS: How to Build a Short List. In this guest post, Seth Gottlieb drills down into the science of building a short list -- one of the important steps in any Web CMS selection process. Don't let the high stakes paralyze you.
• Day CQ 5.3 Aims to Brighten the Days of Techies and MarketersAlike. Day’s latest minor release includes more than 600 enhancements over CQ 5.2.0 code base. Changes start right from the welcome screen.
• Social Media Minute: Social to Rule the Enterprise, Unless Spamand Malware Win Out. Gartner offered five social software predictions for the near future. Social networking will spread into the enterprise, they say, and will replace e-mail as a primary communication platform for 20 percent of business users.

Most Popular Articles

These articles were what you fancied most this week, according to Unlce Google's analytics data.

Learning Opportunities

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ChatGPT and the Future of Conversational AI

This discussion explores various aspects of AI implementation, ethical considerations, and challenges for your organization.

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The Evolution of Employee Listening - 2023 Trends & Best Practices

Learn proven effective methods and solutions to supporting an inspirational future of Employee Voice

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How organizations can design, build and run Generative AI into the Customer Experience

Discover how to drive enhanced CX through Generative AI

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The Future of Social Media: Emerging Trends and How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

The impact of emerging technologies like AI on social media

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The Building Blocks of Personalization

This webinar will explore how personalization can create powerful ecommerce shopping experience.

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13

The Future of Contact Centers with AI at the Helm

Learn how to balance human intuition and interaction with the potential uses of AI to create delightful and lasting CX

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30

ChatGPT and the Future of Conversational AI

This discussion explores various aspects of AI implementation, ethical considerations, and challenges for your organization.

Webinar

May

31

The Evolution of Employee Listening - 2023 Trends & Best Practices

Learn proven effective methods and solutions to supporting an inspirational future of Employee Voice

Webinar

May

30

ChatGPT and the Future of Conversational AI

This discussion explores various aspects of AI implementation, ethical considerations, and challenges for your organization.

Webinar

May

31

The Evolution of Employee Listening - 2023 Trends & Best Practices

Learn proven effective methods and solutions to supporting an inspirational future of Employee Voice

Webinar

Jun

1

How organizations can design, build and run Generative AI into the Customer Experience

Discover how to drive enhanced CX through Generative AI

Webinar

May

30

ChatGPT and the Future of Conversational AI

This discussion explores various aspects of AI implementation, ethical considerations, and challenges for your organization.

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• Gartner’s Top 5 BPM Predictions for 2010 And Beyond. Gartner released latest report on business process management highlighting what they see as the five major trends in business process management for 2010 and beyond.
• Web Design: Top 5 Wireframing Tools. As more wireframe tools become available, the focus is shifting to include IA. Here is a selection of wireframes that are sure to proveuseful.

• 10 Best Practices for Website Landing Pages. These top ten best practices for landing pages encourage companies to make smartmarketing choices, which will not only engage the user but be able to showhigher ROI.

• Alert: What's Coming for Open Source CMS in February 2010. Updates from the majority of open source CMS players: from Acquia to XOOPS.

• 6 Ways Document Management and Records Management Differ. The question is, will your document management system also support records management? At the core of this question is what is the differences between document management and records management. Let's examine six differences.

• Google Drops Bomb on MS Internet Explorer 6. If you swear allegiance to both Internet Explorer and Google Apps, as of March1st you may find yourself in an uncomfortable predicament, and frankly speaking,we're rather happy about all this.

• SharePoint 2010, A Business Collaboration Platform. 100 million licenses and 4,000 partners later, Microsoft thinks they have ahandle on this SharePoint phenomenon.

Polls and Your Votes

• What's Your Biggest Digital Asset Management Challenge? Is it taxonomy management, usability or selecting a product? So far, it looks like the biggest struggle is the usability of the system at 23% with 98 votes. Vote and let us know what your challenges with DAM are.
• What's Your Web CMS Focus in 2010? Cloud hosted or SaaS, search integration or integration of social media? As of today, the majority of readers (25% with 18 votes) say their focus lies in the cloud and SaaS area. Do you agree? Cast your vote and see what others think.

Content Management Jobs

Here's what's been brewing lately in the CMS jobs and careers field. For both seekers and employers, catch the best fish of the season on our content management job board.

Featured Jobs:

• Software Engineer at NewsGator
• Social Media Business Assistant atMashable
• Technical Writer at ZL Technologies
• Project Manager at TERMINALFOUR
• Territory Sales Manager at KenticoSoftware, LLC
• Sales Representative at Nuxeo
• WebDeveloper at ADAM Software

Traveling or Virtual, There are CMS Events to Attend

Wondering how to spend your time in the next few weeks or months? Attend a conference or maybe just a webinar or two. Have a look at our Industry Events Calendar to see what's happening in your area.

Featured Events:

• February 9-10 (Santa Clara): SDLInnovate 2010
• February 9-12 (Phoenix): ECM MasterClass
• February 10-12 (San Francisco): SharePointTechnology Conference 2010
• February 17 (Online): Webinar: 4 Essential Strategies for Advancing Your Website's Business Impact
• February 17-18 (Universal City): CreateasphereDAM 2010