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NewsGator Talks SharePoint, The Future of Social Computing

Barb Mosher — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:52:00 -0500

It has been a very good year for social computing solutions in the enterprise. For NewsGator (news, site), the tightly integrated relationship with SharePoint has likely proved a smart move and will continue to do so into 2010.

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Web Publishing Roll-Up: Year 2009 in Review

Marisa Peacock — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:41:54 -0500

As we head into the final weeks of 2009, let’s look back at the year in web publishing. See how some trends emerge and others merely fade away.

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Microsoft Launches SharePoint 2010 Upgrade Support Services Offer

Barb Mosher — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:25:00 -0500

Last year, Microsoft launched SharePoint Deployment Planning Services (SDPS), a service that provides customers of SharePoint Software Assurance extra tools to plan and implement SharePoint effectively in their organization.

SDPS includes tools such as:

SharePoint Deployment Plan Templates
Architecture Design Documents
SharePoint server farm deployment guidance

Today, SDPS offers a new service: 2010 Upgrade Planning Offer. The offer includes 1, 3, 5, 10 and 15-day engagements with Microsoft certified partners to help you decide if you need to upgrade, why you should and how you should approach the upgrade process.

Along with a nice, in depth introduction to SharePoint 2010, you get personalized advisement on how your particular deployment will be upgraded, a look at the cost of upgrading (and the benefits) and your own customized migration plan.

Lots of good stuff there to seriously consider. You can think about it over the holidays, but come the new year, SharePoint 2010 will be looming ever closer and you will need to start thinking about how you will upgrade to the new and improved version.

Get all the details about the new offer here.

Bitrix Intranet Portal 8.5 Adds Drag and Drop Business Process Design

Marisa Peacock — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:06:00 -0500

Back in May, Bitrix (news, site) released the Intranet Portal 8.0, which was full of new collaboration tools aimed at connecting people across the enterprise.

This week they’ve released Intranet Portal 8.5, which gives the enterprise even more flexibility and power. By implementing drag-and-drop functionality, most actions, from process construction to routine automation, take mere seconds and don’t require technical staff.

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Social Media Minute: Bing Goes iPhone, Microsoft Gets Called Out

Jason Harris — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:38:00 -0500

Social media moves so fast, it’s hard to keep up. Here are the week’s top stories in scan-friendly format:

Bing Joins iPhone App Store Ranks With New App
Twitter Begins Trials of Business-focused Features
Microsoft Pulls Micro-Blogging Product In China
Coming Soon: Reply To Facebook Messages Via Email

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HyperOffice Collaboration Suite Offers Google Apps, Zoho Alternative

David Roe — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:18:00 -0500

The new beta version of HyperOffice (news, site) is targeting the SMB market with a whole new bunch of tools that the company says will provide a real and viable alternative to other collaboration suites from the likes of Google Apps to Zoho.

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Lit�ra Acquires Document Creation and Automation Provider SoftWise

David Roe — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:19:00 -0500

Following the release of a new PDF management suite earlier this month, Litéra (news, site) has announced that it has signed a final agreement to buy document creation and automation provider SoftWise Corporation.

Like most of these deals the price that the North Carolina-based document content lifecycle management company paid has not been released, but the deal will see Litéra add feature-rich document creation, template management and numbering to some of the components in its DCLM suite.

The deal means that Litéra’s DCLM software suite now enables users to create, collaborate, compare and cleanse documents as they move through the document lifecycle.

Litéra, which works principally with corporations and law firms, says the acquisition was prompted by the need to provide standardized document creation and process automation using a single interface.

Both companies have assured existing SoftWise clients that they will continue to get software support from the company with the deal including a move by Bill Robertson, president and founder of SoftWise, to Litera as Vice President of Client Development.

Explaining the decision to move in with Literal, Robertson said that after the two companies co-developed the Metadact software, a security product that reduces the risk of unintentional disclosure of confidential information embedded in Microsoft Office, the move “was the right move for our company and customers . . “

The list of applications that SoftWise brought with the deal will definitely be beneficial to Litera as well as complementing the DCLM suite.

Industry Event Planner (16-Dec-2009)

Chelsi Nakano — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:37:25 -0500

Ah yes, this is indeed a wonderful era for learning and networking. There are conferences and webinars coming out our ears, hotspots a-plenty and if you’re lucky, sponsored drinks at the bar.

Our weekly events list is designed to help you plan ahead. And if we’ve missed something, don’t hesitate to add your event to our industry events calendar.

Featured Event:

Intelligent Content 2010 — Unlock the potential of your electronic content.
(February 25-26, 2010 in Palm Springs, California)

January Events

January 11-13 (Los Angeles): Empower 2010 Laserfiche Institute Conference

It’s the Laserfiche community’s most eagerly-anticipated event of the year. It’s the time when Laserfiche staff, users and resellers gather in one spot to exchange ideas and make connections. The 2010 Laserfiche Institute Conference is fast approaching, and you won’t want to miss out on the biggest and best conference yet.

January 14 (New York & Online): TikiFest New York 2010

This is an opportunity, usually, to drink adult beverages, get some laptops out and code wildly in group sessions and/or discuss about wiki technology and culture, etc. depending the mood and context.

January 17-20 (Orlando): Lotusphere Orlando 2010

Lotus knows in the face of a challenging economy and unprecedented market conditions, the Lotus community has stuck closely together and continued to innovate and build toward the future. The passion exhibited by our partners and customers is inspiring.

January 28-29 (Miami): Enterprise Social Networking 2010

Social Networking Conference 2010 Miami is expected to be the largest convention ever attended by executives from the enterprise online community industry.

January 28-30 (Orlando): ATIA 2010 Orlando

The ATIA Conference features the latest products and services, showcasing more than 125 exhibitors in one of the most comprehensive exhibitions in the industry. Meet one-on-one with leading AT suppliers to get your questions answered and get hands-on experience with the most up-to-date AT technologies.

February Events

February 4 (San Francisco): Bay Area TYPO3 User Group

Interested in learning more about the leading Open Source Enterprise CMS? Come join the Bay Area TYPO3 Users Group.
Whether you are totally new to TYPO3 or a seasoned developer interested in networking with other TYPO3 users, this is the place to expand your skills and do a little networking.

February 9 (London): Agile Edge - Agile for E-business

Now in its third year, this unique one-day event brings together Industry Experts and an audience from across many different Business Sectors, to discuss these questions and to provide insight into the latest in Agile and E-business thinking.

February 10-12 (San Francisco): SharePoint Technology Conference 2010

Planning a quick migration to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010? Attend the SharePoint Technology Conference in San Francisco, where you’ll take workshops and technical classes – taught by Microsoft engineers and Microsoft MVPs – that will cover the new features, present migration strategies, and much much more.

February 17-21 (Las Vegas): Pink Elephant IT Service Mgmt. Conference & Exhibition Las Vegas 2010

Join Pink Elephant for the world’s largest gathering of ITSM (IT Service Management) and ITIL dedicated professionals at the industry’s # 1 event. Not your usual IT talking heads! Choose from over 150 content-rich and highly informative sessions led by the best of the best.

February 19 (New York): paidContent 2010: Discussing the Economics of Content

Join us as we gather the senior business leaders representing publishers, content technology companies, investors, analysts, and leading members of the press and blogging community to discuss the most pressing business issue of our day.

February 22-24 (New York): O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference

The O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, happening February 22-24, 2010 at the Marriott Marquis Time Square in New York City, will help you navigate technological and cultural changes, and understand how to apply them to your business or organization. You’ll also have the opportunity to participate in conversations that are shaping that future as often as they are describing it.

February 22-23 (Santa Clara): Virtual Edge Summit 2010

Virtual Edge Summit 2010 is the only event that focuses exclusively on providing education, training and solutions for planning and creating virtual events, meeting and communitiies. Over 2 days, dozens of experts will share their expertise with you, and be available for one-on-ones.

February 22-24 (Miami): Future of Web Apps (FOWA) Miami 2010

Future Of Web Apps, for Web Developers, Designers, Entrepreneurs, and anyone with an interest in the power of the Web. There’s loads going on at this year’s Miami event. You’ll hear great speakers, enjoy in depth workshops and make new contacts.

February 25-26 (Palm Springs): Intelligent Content 2010

Intelligent Content can seem like magic as it automatically configures, assembles and then is rendered to best meet the needs of the customer but it doesn’t “just happen”. It takes analysis, planning and creativity on many levels to achieve that seamless appearance of magic. Attend Intelligent Content 2010 and learn how you can create intelligent content that gives your customers a magical experience.

March Events

March 11-12 (Paris): Nuxeo World Paris 2010

Nuxeo World will feature open source and ECM experts from all over the globe. With educational sessions designed for both business and technical users, members of the core Nuxeo team, including CEO Eric Barroca and Head of R&D Florent Guillaume, will share the company’s vision and product road map strategy.

March 15-16 (San Jose): Evans Data Developer Relations Conference 2010

Get expert advice from visionary keynote speakers, gain insight from leading authorities in two exceptional tracks, network and compare notes with colleagues in other companies, share your developer program experiences, and form partnerships in this one-of-a-kind, two-day event.

March 30 - April 1 (San Jose): O’Reilly Where 2.0 2010

Now in its sixth year, the Where 2.0 Conference is where the grassroots and leading edge developers building location-aware technology intersect with the businesses and entrepreneurs seeking out location apps, platforms, and hardware to gain a competitive edge.

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How to Prioritize Business Needs Before Implementing SharePoint

Dux Raymond Sy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:30:00 -0500

"How do you like your SharePoint? Combo 1? Team site template with Wikis, Surveys and FBA on the side? Would you like to super size it?”

Taking a fast food ordering approach when implementing SharePoint is not effective in meeting business needs. The key is to initially engage with the business, understand their pain points and identify how SharePoint can provide the solution to address these needs.

You do not want to throw a toolbox to the business and tell them to go look for a problem to solve.

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Three Perils with Search Landing Pages

Jared M. Spool — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:43:39 -0500

It had been going so well. The shopper, a grandmother looking for a holiday gift for her two grandsons, had decided to buy a Wii video game the boys really wanted: The Beatles: Rock Band.

In Google’s search box, she typed "wii beatles rock band", following the instructions the boys’ dad had given her, which produced many promising results. Being a loyal Kmart shopper, she was excited when Kmart’s site showed up in the sponsored listings and clicked on the link without any hesitation.

That’s where the problem started.

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Alfresco Gets More Settled, SaaSy in the Cloud

Irina Guseva — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:00:36 -0500

Alfresco (news, site) is expanding its cloud horizons by offering complex configuration deployment options in the cloud for its Enterprise CMS via a partnership with RightScale.

The joint solution is aimed to provide faster full-blown deployments and better management of the cloud infrastructure. RightScale is a cloud computing management company that has a SaaS cloud management platform and supports Amazon EC2 among other clouds.

The RightScale Cloud Management Platform has several features that many organizations may find appealing, including prepackaged cloud-ready ServerTemplates, ability to manage entire deployments centrally, automation throughout the deployment lifecycle, and visibility and control of all levels of a cloud app.

For Alfresco customers it means that they have a way of deploying fully-configured, fault-tolerant and load-balanced Alfresco cloud instances that can automatically scale to meet various infrastructure needs as they arise. As often it is with the cloud, one of the benefits is reduced costs, when customers only pay for what they use, when they use it.

In addition to the recently released Alfresco EC2 image and the Cloud Content Application Developer Program aimed at developers wanting to try out the Enterprise CMS in the cloud, the vendor now also offers a hosted Amazon cloud-based trial of a full implementation of Alfresco Share, using Alfresco Enterprise Edition 3.1, for you to explore.

WoodWing Adds DAM Capabilities to Web Publishing

Irina Guseva — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:00:33 -0500

Some web publishing and content management vendors choose to develop their native DAM products, others acquire DAM companies, and some choose to integrate.

WoodWing Software (news, site) followed the latter path and partnered with celum to add some Digital Asset Management capabilities to its web publishing platform Content Station.

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Google, Twitter, Facebook, WordPress: The Interwebs of Cross Publishing

Marisa Peacock — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:03:49 -0500

If you’ve ever wanted all your information in one place, your lucky days are upon you. The stars have begun to align and Santa is delivering some early Christmas gifts, including Google’s FeedBurner RSS feed that automatically publishes to Twitter, WordPress blogs that can be posted to and read from Twitter apps, and a new Facebook URL shortener.

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Tumblr Goes Real Time with PubSubHubbub

Chelsi Nakano — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:31:19 -0500

So, Tumblr went real-time last week. Cool.

Now the blogging platform’s 2.5 million users can send up-to-the-second alerts to any service that supports the popular PubSubHubbub publish/subscribe protocol for near real time notifications.

The added support for PubSubHubbub (can you say that ten times fast?) proves two things:

Tumblr’s got its dukes up. Heavy competitors like Blogger and Posterous (which both added support for PubSubHubbub earlier this year) look like they’re in for a worthy fight.
Real-time is still headlining our Web experience.

Twitter has certainly captured the real-time Web arena’s attention in a big way, but PubSubHubbub-enabled feeds are also beginning to make their mark. Clients utilizing them receive pings immediately after a post has been published. This is golden compared to standard RSS feeds which, as you probably know, poll at defined intervals

PubSubHubbub — An Overview

FriendFeed, FeeBurner, Netvibes, LiveJournal and Lazyfeed are just a few more examples of the growing PubSubHubbub fan base, so if you’re not in the know already, you might want to get familiar.

Support for DITA, Writer Productivity Key Features of New Vasont CMS Release

Chelsi Nakano — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Vasont Systems’ (news, site) latest iteration of their content management system is up for grabs. Vasont 12.2 focuses on helping out the writer using Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) and custom Document Type Definitions (DTDs).

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DotNetNuke Partner Program Expands, Positive Sign for 2010

Barb Mosher — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:47:00 -0500

DotNetNuke (news, site) is having a good year. They have picked up a new marketplace for their .NET open source Web CMS and application development framework, added several new editions to support commercial clients and beefed up their developer support.

Add to that the latest version of DotNetNuke (5.2) which includes some very feature friendly Telerik RadControls and you would say they deserve an "A" for effort.

But they have one more piece of news they want to share with all of us. And that is that their Fusion partner program has really taken hold since it was launched three months ago. In fact, the program now includes 9 Gold Partners and 6 Certified Partners.

The program enables solution providers to deliver implementation services around the professional editions of DotNetNuke, supports the company’s push to be the most used .NET Web CMS on the market.

DotNetNuke has chosen to focus their efforts on being the back-end for managing web information — the web application framework — and not to specialize in any particular area of web content management (like Interactive Marketing).

Will this focus be the right move as s continues to be redefined and re-imagined? We’ll be watching closely in 2010 to see how they do.

MindTouch Supports Business App Integration in its Enterprise 2.0 Platform

Barb Mosher — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:15:00 -0500

The truth is, there’s always been the ability to integrate business applications with MindTouch’s (news, site) platform. But now it’s even easier, and it may be the added incentive to look away from SharePoint.

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V1 Document Management Heads to the Canadian Market

David Roe — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:15:00 -0500

The announcement by V1 Document Management (news, site) that they have just partnered with Toronto-based CA-Plus, a specialist in the implementation of Sage accounting and enterprise resource planning software(ERP) is no real surprise.

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EMC's New Document Capture Process Designer; No Coding Required

Barb Mosher — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

EMC (news, site) has introduced a new designer to its Captiva InputAccel intelligent capture solution that aims to make building document capture processes a lot faster and easier.

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EPiServer Adds eCommerce Features to Web CMS

Irina Guseva — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:29:56 -0500

EPiServer (news, site) is on the way to boost its existing Web CMS and Relate+ community platform product offerings with an eCommerce integration via a partnership with Mediachase. The new “trifecta” is aimed at companies with online presence in the retail and B2B verticals.

The eCommerce integration is based on Mediachase’s eCommerce Framework (ECF), which is built in ASP.NET and complements EPiServer’s technology stack. Being able to tap into the ECF .NET API should allow EPiServer customers and developers to build online stores that also utilize integrated CMS and community features.

Mediachase calls the ECF the “No. 1 Alternative to Microsoft Commerce Server” and touts its “adaptable architecture and extensibility model.” Some of the capabilities of the ECF include catalog management, order management, customer management, merchandising and promotions.

Mediachase sells ECF under a variety of licensing models from source code to production deployment. The EPiServer deal seems to fall under the “OEM and Other Licensing” type.

One of previous integrations of ECF with a Web CMS was with Sitecore CMS, but that appears to be a single case for now. Open source DotNetNuke CMS is also in the mix of third-party plug-in/add-on ecosystem. On the community side, Mediachase also integrates with Telligent Community Server.

The EPiServer integrated eCommerce platform is expected in 1H 2010. Until then, the two products are available separately.

ECMs that Implement Case Management Frameworks

David Roe — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:17:00 -0500

Last month, in Part 1 of an examination of case management we looked at how Enterprise CMS vendors have been preoccupied with the development of platforms and solutions designed to fill a growing demand for case management software.

Here in the second part of this series we look at specific software products that companies can use to develop case management frameworks.

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Polopoly Web CMS Supports 3rd Party Widgets with New Plug-In Framework

Chelsi Nakano — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Atex’s baby, Polopoly Web CMS (news, site), came around for round 9.14 last week. The highlight of the new version is the inclusion of widget plug-in framework, which aims to make tacking on third-party website components that much easier.

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A Sneak Peak at HTML 5.0

Barb Mosher — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:54:00 -0500

HTML 5 (news, site) is the fifth major revision of the web’s core language and it has been designed to support the rapidly changing Web 2.0 world we live in today. Let’s take a little tour of what this latest version means for web development.

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The Importance of Getting to the Point

Gerry McGovern — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:02:29 -0500

In an age when time is the most valuable resource of all, it is vital to lead with the need, to answer the question as quickly and concisely as possible.

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Weekly Roll-Up: Top Stories, Memes and Moments (12-Dec-09)

Marisa Peacock — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:30:38 -0500

The twists, turns and tips you need for staying up-to-date by the water cooler.

Highlights of the Week

How to Use, Not Abuse a Web CMS Features Matrix. The web content management feature matrix can be a useful tool, if you use it wisely. Here’s how.
Google Analytics Leaps Forward with 7 Great Features. Big G recently tacked on more enterprise goodies to Google Analytics. The seven new additions boost existing capabilities as well as introduce new customization flexibility.
BlogEngine.NET, An Open Source Blogging Platform. For those who want to go their own way in the blogosphere and ignore the big guns of WordPress, Blogger.com, Movable Type or any number of other options, we take a look at BlogEngine.NET.
#LeWeb Twitter Showers Developers with Real Time Love, Announces New Conference. Ryan Sarver, Twitter’s Director of Platform made a series of four announcements, including the unveiling of Chirp.
#diwd09 Do It With Drupal: Pragmatic Site Building. When it comes to why Drupal is popular, the discussion in many ways revolved around why open source was popular.
Social Media Minute: Twitter Opens Up, Watch What You Say on Facebook. Social media moves so fast, it’s hard to keep up. Here are the week’s top stories.
Magnolia CMS 4.2: Content Modeling, Standards, Integrations. Open source Magnolia CMS 4.2 brings hierarchical data modeling, simpler integrations with external data sources, updated STK and a new node-builder extending the JSR-170 standard.

Most Popular Articles

And these are the articles you couldn’t get enough of during the past week — if page views are anything to go by, anyways. So, what was your fancy? Drupal, ECM and SharePoint.

Drupal vs Joomla: Which CMS is Best? Anyone trying to evaluate open source content management systems is aware that there aren’t a lot of recent, useful comparative reviews.
Installing SharePoint 2010 on Windows 7. One of the best kept secrets from Microsoft regarding SharePoint 2010 was something that SharePoint developers around the world were for crying for: the ability to run SharePoint on a desktop environment and not a VM.
#GilbaneBoston: The Rise of Open Source in Content Management. One of the hot topics at the Gilbane Boston conference this year is open source.
SharePoint vs Alfresco: A Platform Perspective. When we posited that Alfresco Share was after SharePoint Services’ marketshare, it sparked a bit of chatter — some positive, some not so much.
Google Go, A New Programming Language After Microsoft’s Dev Community? Early last month Google tossed its latest creation into the shark pool: A new programming language called Go.
Using Emotional Experience Design to Engage Customers on Your Website. Ron Rogowski and his team of researchers at Forrester Research, look at what they call emotional experience design and how it affects the way it can create online experiences that “deeply engage customers” in a new report called Emotional Experience Design,
Collaboration, Search and Compliance Key Areas for ECM Investment in 2010. There’s no sign of enterprise content management investment decreasing in the coming year. At least not according to new Forrester research.

The Economy is in the Dumps but Content Management is Booming

If you’re looking to advance your career, or if your org has got empty seats in need of savvy CMSers, you’re in luck. Catch the best fish of the season on our on our content management job board.

Featured Jobs:

.NET CMS Documentation Writer at pTools
Account Executive at SpringCM
Sitefinity CMS Presales Engineer at Telerik
Open Source Java Developer at Atlassian
Web Application Developer at Systems Alliance
Drupal Developer at Think!Shout
Principal User Experience Developer at eBay

Whether Traveling or Virtual, There are 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:

Empower 2010 Laserfiche Institute Conference — Jan 11-13 (Los Angeles, Ca)
ATIA 2010 Orlando — Jan 28-30 (Orlando, FL)
Bay Area TYPO3 Users Group — Feb 4 (San Francisco, CA)
Intelligent Content 2010 — Feb 18-19 (Palm Springs, CA)
Virtual Edge Summit 2010 — Feb 22-23 (Santa Clara, CA)
CMS Expo 2010 (Evanston) — May 3-5 (Evanston, IL)