"Despite continued challenging market conditions, we delivered strong
absolute returns during the first quarter and in April," said Daniel Och,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Och-Ziff. "We see the current
environment -- which places a premium on investment performance, fund
infrastructure and investment process transparency to fund investors -- as an
excellent one in which to continue to generate strong absolute returns for
our fund investors. The number of compelling investment opportunities remains
greater than it has been in many years, and there is a smaller universe of
investors pursuing those ideas. While it may take some time for investors to
begin to re-allocate capital to alternative asset managers, we believe that
we will benefit from our competitive strengths and gain market share as a
result."
For the first quarter ended March 31, 2009, Och-Zif... (more)
In corporate environments, being able to integrate with existing systems is
of extreme importance. Due to its nature, the open source development
methodology forces software developers to be prepared to interoperate and
integrate with whatever is already there. This is a big difference from the
more traditional black box software mentality, and a huge benefit for
enterprise customers. In this session, Hippo CTO Arjé Cahn will introduce
Hippo CMS, an Open Source Enterprise Content Management system, and dive into
the details of fitting a CMS into your environment.
Arjé Cahn is ... (more)
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is repeating history as it mimics the
allure and pitfalls of Lotus Notes, according to research released by CMS
Watch, an independent analyst firm that evaluates content technologies.
SharePoint exploits traditionally underserved collaboration needs for
information workers laboring within Office tools, and fulfills a common
desire to easily create disposable workspaces, CMS Watch found.
Like Notes in a previous decade, IT often embraces SharePoint as a simple
answer to myriad business information problems. But the platform can morph
into a... (more)
Minerva Infotech has launched a custom Content Management System (CMS).
Minerva Infotech CMS 1.0 is used to create, edit, manage, and publish content
in a consistently organized fashion. The content management may include
computer files, image media, audio files, video files, electronic documents
and web content.
PHP, MYSQL, and Apache were used for this CMS, and Minerva Infotech also
worked on the open source code - Wordpress, Oscommerce, Drupal, PHPBB,
Forums, PHPList, Zencart, and CRELoaded.
... (more)
Reveille Software has announced that they have integrated Reveille Management
Console for Documentum with CYA SmartRecovery, and that CYA will be reselling
the newly integrated solution to its existing EMC Documentum customers and
other Documentum end users.
Reveille Management Console for Documentum is part of the Reveille EPM
solution, which enables customers to monitor application processes, user
experiences and business metrics associated with business-critical ECM
solutions, and ensure the achievement of service-levels. CYA SmartRecovery is
an application-aware solution tha... (more)