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Prolifics Offers Easy Transition to IBM Lotus Web Content Management

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:00:00 EDT

Prolifics, an end-to-end systems integrator specializing in IBM technologies, today announced that it continues to offer companies an easy transition to Lotus Web Content Management (WebCM). In today's fast-paced business environment, organizations must have the ability to effectively manage content to applications and business processes. IBM Lotus Web Content Management is a sophisticated Web content management product designed to accelerate development and delivery of critical business information across enterprises.

Software FX Releases Virtual Training Center for SharePoint 2007

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:45:00 EDT

Software FX today released the Virtual Training Center for SharePoint 2007, or VTC for short, a complete series of video training solutions geared to help IT personnel and SharePoint users with their SharePoint training needs.

Civil War Preservation Trust Launches Integrated Website

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:41:00 EDT

The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) has announced today the introduction of a new website at www.civilwar.org that provides visitors with rich dynamic content and is integrated with the organization’s online marketing, advocacy and fundraising system to provide visitors, volunteers, advocates and donors with a more personal and engaging experience.

FrontRange Solutions Announces Updated Partner Program

Wed, 27 May 2009 08:15:00 EDT

FrontRange Solutions has announced that it has updated its global Partner Program by simplifying engagement and introducing deal registration. Jim O’Gara, Vice President Business Alliances, comments on the simplicity of the program by noting “By enabling our partners with a transparent process for deal identification and management, we can focus as a company on ensuring the optimum solution is being provided to the customer.” Further O’Gara commented, "The main objective is to have a mutually beneficial program that gives our partners the sales support, technical support, tools, skills and products required to get out there, represent our respective companies and solutions and make money."

click2try Adds XOOPS CMS to Content Management System Offerings

Tue, 26 May 2009 08:20:00 EDT

click2try has announced that it has added XOOPS Dynamic Web CMS version 2.3.3 to its online catalog of virtualized Open Source applications. A Community site, click2try enables users to try applications for free and use by subscription. XOOPS is a Web application platform written in PHP for the MySQL database. Designed with an object-oriented architecture, XOOPS is an ideal tool for developing small or large community Web sites, company intranets, portals, blogs, and other types of Web-based applications. XOOPS, short for eXtensible Object Oriented Portal System, provides a full-featured administration console that makes it easy to manage a site, pages, and user access. Like other modern content management systems, XOOPS offers customizable themes, and a set of user-supplied modules for added functionality.

Cotendo Hits the Ground Running With Its Content Delivery Applications Suite

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:01:00 EDT

Cotendo has announced that its Content Delivery Service is now the CDN of choice for high-traffic Web sites Conduit and Seeking Alpha. Cotendo's emphasis on content delivery applications, whole site delivery, performance and real-time control is ideal for mid-market content providers that want advanced functionality to optimize delivery, control expenses, and respond to real-time conditions in delivering popular Web sites to global audiences.

Bluenog Awarded 'Red Herring 100 North America'

Tue, 19 May 2009 08:30:00 EDT

Enterprise Software and Solutions Provider Recognized as Top Technology Company of 2009

IBM Records Manager Receives Department of Defense Certification

Mon, 18 May 2009 10:30:00 EDT

IBM has announced that IBM Records Manager v8.5 received U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) 5015.02-STD v3 April 2007 certification. Certification is required for all records management solutions implemented by the DoD, other federal agencies and by many commercial organizations including the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). To earn certification, IBM Records Manager demonstrated that it can meet a multitude of mandatory requirements in both classified and unclassified environments.

Oracle WebCenter Suite & Universal Content Management Help Wind River

Mon, 18 May 2009 08:01:00 EDT

Wind River, the global leader in Device Software Optimization, is using Oracle(R) WebCenter Suite, Oracle Universal Content Management, and Oracle E-Business Suite to improve customer service while helping to build valuable long-term relationships with its customers.

CYA Technologies and Reveille Software Integrate Reveille Management Console

Tue, 05 May 2009 11:19:00 EDT

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.

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC Reports First Quarter 2009 Results

Mon, 04 May 2009 07:00:00 EDT

"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."

Advertising Revenue Increase With Sitecore’s CMS

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:41:00 EDT

Sitecore, the leading provider of .NET Web Content Management System (CMS) software, today announced that Beliefnet, one of the largest multi-faith online communities for spirituality and inspiration, is using Sitecore’s Web Content Management System (CMS) to power its newly designed online community.

Bitcentral Bundles RocketStream Data Acceleration With Its AirNow! Portable Video Journalism Package

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Bitcentral's AirNow! video journalism package provides journalists in the field with a compact, full-service video reporting kit, complete with video encoder/decoder, batteries, charger, and cellular transmission capability in a rugged, compact case. Because transmission from the field to the studio often involves IP networks with significant network latency, these transmissions sometimes suffer degradation in their throughput rate, bogging down the rate at which media content can be transmitted. Now, RocketStream's data transfer acceleration software enables journalists to seamlessly transmit their news footage without suffering the degradation in throughput caused by such latency.

Optaros Gives InfoWorld Relaunch a Boost With Drupal Solutions

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:30:00 EDT

Optaros, providers of custom online applications for clients through the Assembled Web, announces the development of a tailor-made open source CMS solution for InfoWorld, IDG Communications subsidiary and online media outlet for IT decision makers. Seeking improved control over site content, better targeting opportunities and with a goal to increase site traffic two-fold by year-end, InfoWorld hired Optaros to integrate a Drupal open source CMS. The Optaros team created a custom Drupal solution based on InfoWorld's specific needs.

Plain Black Corporation Debuts WebGUI 7.6

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:00:00 EST

Plain Black Corporation has announced the release of WebGUI 7.6, featuring a number of improvements that add value to the task of Web site content maintenance. Leading the list of new capabilities is an improved survey builder that makes it simple to create in-depth user surveys, as well as a new matrix application that helps site managers generate item/topic comparison charts that can be dynamically updated in real time. Other improvements in WebGUI 7.6 include a new point-of-sale capability in the application's Shop area that provides cash register functions, a Web photo plug-in that allows users to directly upload photos to their Web site repository from an Apple iPhone, and a new Account Manager that supports the creation of customized social networking applications and Web sites. A number of fixes, usability enhancements and security upgrades have also been added.

DocuLex Archive Studio Adds Content Management Software

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST

DocuLex announces the addition of content control and compliance capability with WebSearch content management software. A component of DocuLex's Archive Studio, WebSearch enables all email to be saved on an organization's server, with all body and attachment content organized and archived to assist in compliance with regulations including HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley. This mitigates information loss and subsequent security risks in real-time, with complete information retention throughout each email's lifecycle, regardless of any deletions at the PC level.

Level Platforms Releases Next Generation MSP Platform

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST

Level Platforms has announced the immediate availability of Managed Workplace 2009 R1, the first in a wave of new product releases based on the all-new Managed Workplace 2009 platform. New features in R1 include: Extended branding and formatting options for the UI and Reports, additional customization and multiple user views of the Service Center central dashboard, New Asset Tagging with automated serial number collection including Virtual Machine IDs from VMWare and HyperVisor, as well as Software Asset Change alerting and reporting.

Minerva Infotech CMS 1.0 Available

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST

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.

BrightWork New Product Releases: Managing Projects on SharePoint Just Got Easier

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:19:00 EDT

BrightWork announced new versions of pmPoint and Reporter, the company’s flagship products for project management and enterprise reporting on SharePoint 2007. BrightWork pmPoint is a SharePoint 2007 add-on for managing work and projects, coming with a set of pre-built project management templates, web parts, dashboards, tools and lists.

Component Content Management is Now an Enterprise Concern

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:30:00 EDT

Component Content Management (CCM) technology allows enterprises to manage text content as componentized chunks of information rather than whole documents or web pages. It has become increasingly important to modern enterprises, especially given the rapid emergence of the DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) standard. However, CCM technology remains largely the domain of a wide collection of smaller software vendors targeting narrower use cases, according to research released by CMS Watch, a vendor-independent analyst firm that evaluates content technologies.

CMS Watch Report: SharePoint Has Become the New Lotus Notes

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:30:00 EDT

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.

Kentico CMS 3.0 Now Supports Visual Studio 2008, Allowing Developers to Build Powerful Web 2.0 Sites

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:00:00 EST

Kentico software has just released a major upgrade to its web content management solution. Kentico CMS 3.0 now supports Visual Studio 2008, allowing developers to build powerful WEB 2.0 sites. Kentico CMS 3.0 now supports development in both Visual Studio 2005 and 2008. The administration interface now also supports Safari 3.0, allowing Mac OS users to edit content. The new version introduces many improvements, including new Booking system and Geomapping modules, AJAX image gallery and support for Authorize.NET and PayPal payment gateways.

A Shameless Plug for Hippo CMS at Enterprise Open Source Conference

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:45:00 EST

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.