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It goes without saying that an online presence is essential for the success of almost any modern media company, whether it's a local institution like a radio or television station or a national brand. Unfortunately, the bewildering array of standards, technologies, and platforms available for content management makes establishing a solid foothold in the digital arena as daunting as it is valuable. With the Oct. 27 release of Spotlight, a video hosting and management platform with social media features, developer Reality Digital is hoping to remove some of that confusion.
Small- and medium-sized businesses' data needs are rarely in line with their budgetary realities - especially if they have their eye on expansion. In order to target smaller-scale companies ready to test enterprise-level functionality without committing to a solution suited to large corporations, Kapow Technologies has teamed up with StrikeIron, Inc. to create Kapow Web Data Services 7.0.0, the latest version of its web data service technology that's priced on a flexible per-use and volume basis.
The concept for the latest version of Alfresco's open-source enterprise content management system — Alfresco Community Edition 3.2, a.k.a. the "Credit Crunch" — came about during the first major storms of the current economic maelstrom. Beating the recession through better content management shouldn't simply be about slashing prices, according to Alfresco co-founder and chief technology officer John Newton — although that's certainly part of the package Alfresco hopes to deliver.
Most of us only work at one desk. We've got it all there—our computer monitors, our sticky notes, our files and folders, our staplers, the pictures of our friends and family, and everything else we need to get the job done. The developers at EverEZ Systems, Ltd. hope to bring the one-desk theory to business computers with the April launch of their new software integration technologies, EverDesk Optima and EverDesk Mail.
Content management systems often require, at best, a convoluted set of steps and, at worst, a team of IT professionals and two Excedrin to make real changes to a website. Enter Day Software Holding's Communiqué v5.0 (CQ5). Designed to enable chief marketing officers and other creative personnel to have more ownership and management of their products, CQ5 seems downright intuitive.
Featured Stories
In today's challenging economic times, organizations are trying to do more with less. This effort is proving a strong selling point for the implementation of digital forms processing solutions. Through the design, creation, and management of digital forms, companies can improve efficiencies across all aspects of their organizations—both internally and externally.
As far as metaphors go, a 1920s-era steel filing cabinet remains a rather apt construct for considering the management of enterprise documents. Of course—as enterprise knowledge has exploded and become overwhelmingly resident in electronic format—filing cabinets are no longer an appropriate or desirable means of performing all the various aspects of document management.
Open source software always seems attractive because of the absence of license fees. However, as we'll see, not all open source tools are free of cost, and, at the end of the day, you may actually spend more money going the open source route.
Green IT is all around. These days, anyone so inclined could fill his or her days signing up for green IT initiatives. Now, companies in the software-as-a-service sector are leading a charge to show how SaaS is the ultimate secret weapon for reducing any client company's carbon footprint.
Take a closer look at Ektron, Inc., one of the 12 companies that inspired the most banter among the EContent 100 judges during the voting process.
Product Reviews
Epic Editor is a robust, reliable native XML authoring tool. Arbortext has a track record of participating in the development of SGML and XML standards, then supporting them in its products. Arbortext's complementary tools and integration with leading content management systems make Epic Editor a definite candidate for your XML authoring short list.
Columns
In a January memorandum titled "Transparency and Open Government" (http://tinyurl.com/openg), President Barack Obama called for greater transparency in making information available online as well as more citizen participation in federal websites. Experience from the private sector suggests that executing on a strategy of greater transparency combined with public participation will be difficult. Technology vendors talk a good game about offering a unified solution to this challenge, but their architectures have not caught up with their marketing here.
The cloud seems to be manna to most analysts, investors, and vendors these days. As my colleague Alan Pelz-Sharpe writes, "It's a great term, ‘Cloud Computing,' since it conjures up visions of an invisible internet—an ether-like zone in the sky where computing power and storage is unfettered by the petty restrictions of boxes, cables, and technicians. Cloud computing sounds fluffy, it sounds cool, it sounds limitless, it sounds like the future."
Column/Technology Watch - Posted 13 Apr 2009
Mergers and acquisitions are all too common, as are company reorganizations. SharePoint is an increasingly popular repository option. The increasingly common end result: More and more enterprises have important content in at least two incompatible content management systems, and most users cannot access all the systems. Even if you know what's on the "other" system, getting there is usually a hassle.
In early 2008, I dropped my monthly online column for EContent, and this will be my last print column. I will focus my remaining time and energy on Information Philosopher and my I-Phi blog (http://blog.i-phi.org), an attempt to examine many classic philosophy problems from the standpoint of information.
I recently received a telephone call from a communications manager at a major German company asking if I could provide her with a copy of Intranet Management, a report that I had written 10 years ago when I was working for TFPL, Ltd. TFPL provided recruitment and consulting services to the information profession, and it was a leader in knowledge management methodologies. was inclined to tell my enquirer that the report was now hopelessly out-of-date, but I decided to read through it and remember old times with some great colleagues...
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EContent BEST PRACTICES
Technology providers who not only recognize the necessity and difficulty of the local and global content marketplace, but are there to help: From analytics to location awareness, content management to translation management, translation services to language specific search solutions, there are a range of solutions that will enable organizations to adapt to the needs of the new consumer.
Appropriate and effective content management solutions not only enable ease of use, effective interactive communication, and dynamic marketing experiences, they deliver what all organizations seek: measurable return on investment.
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| Buying & Selling eContent 2010 April 18 -20th 2010, Marriott's Camelback Inn in Scottsdale, AZ |
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| Buying & Selling eContent, the content industry's premier conference and networking event, returns to the Marriott's Camelback Inn in Scottsdale, AZ from April 18-20. Register now to hear and take part in discussions with leading content execs.
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| Search Engine Meeting, April 26-27, 2010 • Hyatt Regency Boston • Boston, MA |
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| Join your colleagues at the cutting edge of search!
Search Engine Meeting, now in its 15th year, brings together people interested in the domain of search and retrieval. It attracts those with a professional interest in search engines—such as search engine developers and designers—and those interested in applying search engines in their own work environments. |
| WebSearch University, April 26-27, 2010 • Hyatt Regency Boston • Boston, MA |
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| WebSearch University will be co-located with Search Engine Meeting in Boston this spring! Join your colleagues at this unique educational opportunity. Bring your search skills to the next level. WSU is where searchers learn the latest developments that affect their internet research activities. The curriculum is packed with information on search techniques, collaborative technologies, mobile search, personalization, alternative search engines, and current awareness tools. This year we’re adding sessions on rich resources for specific topics such as sci-tech, competitive intelligence, international, and legal. WSU will also have some new faces on its faculty. |
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