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My TEDxBoston 2010 Session Notes: Part One

Bill Ives — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:05:21 +0000

I was pleased to be invited to today's TEDxBoston. I have heard a lot about TED (Technology, Entertainment, design) but not attended before. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. This...

Adobe Acquires Day

Marko Sillanpää — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:09:16 +0000

Yesterday’s acquisition of Day Software by Adobe should not come as a surprise. For those watching closely over the last seven years, Adobe has been trying to build their own Enterprise Content Management system. Some would argue with little success. What does come as a surprise is when. In a time where the validity of [...]

My Fast Forward Posts for July 2010

Bill Ives — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:45:00 +0000

Here is the monthly listing of my Fast Forward blog posts. I find it helps me with an archive and hopefully is also useful to you. There is a separate category for these summaries in my right side column on...

ocPortal Version 5 release candidate 1 released

ocStevenJ — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:12:08 +0000

ocProducts are proud to announce the launch of the first release candidate for ocPortal 5.0, our highly advanced web content management system. This version introduces a number of bug fixes, new features, usability improvements, and a wide-sweeping design overhaul.

There are a number of key changes and additions within this version of the software; The Admin zone has been given an overhaul including new drop down menus and a much more useful front page. Design change highlights include :

A complete redesign of the Gallery system (we know this is going to make a lot of people very happy)
The member profile screen has been completely redesigned
A restructuring of the member points screen, making the points system far more intuitive.
The quiz screen has been redesigned
Just about every side block has been revised
A brand new commenting interface

We have given an overhaul to commenting, RSS and ratings features. These include allowing guests to choose a display name and improving the previewing of reviews. ocPortal version 5 has been thoroughly tested with IE6 and should display properly on this browser. We do however expect to drop support for IE6 once IE9 is released.

We have put a great deal of work into the ocPortal themeing system, with the aim of making it much easier for users to make their site look just how they want it to. Users can now preview all of the templates they are working on without needing switch between several screens. Other themeing features include making it easier to edit the site logo across all zones & themes, alongside new CSS styled buttons. In addition to the aforementioned template screen preview system, you can methodically work through all the screens in the system in order to ensure your theme looks good.

Kentico Announces the Kentico Connection 2010 Conference

Kentico — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:56:18 +0000

Nashua, New Hampshire, USA – Kentico Software (http://www.kentico.com), the Web content management system vendor, announced that its first annual customer conference – the Kentico Connection – will be held this year at the Andel’s Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic on October 18-20.

“The purpose of the Kentico Connection 2010 conference is to get the whole Kentico community together and enjoy three days of learning, sharing experience and getting answers to your questions,” notes Petr Palas, Kentico CEO and founder. “Anybody who is already using Kentico or plans to use it in the future is welcome to attend the conference. This three-day event will provide valuable content and an opportunity to talk to the Kentico development team.“

The conference highlights include detailed technical sessions on the Kentico technology platform, an “Ask the Experts” panel discussion where you can meet the Kentico development team, a sneak peak into Kentico CMS 6.0 and what Kentico is planning for upcoming year, and a sharing of your experience with fellow colleagues and partners. All sessions are organized into two tracks - the Business Track, focused on content editors, marketers and anybody who wants to get high-level information about Kentico CMS, and the Technology Track, focused on web developers, web designers and project managers who want to create great websites.

The Kentico Connection 2010 venue will be in Andel’s Hotel in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic and one of the most beautiful cities in the world. In 1992, the historical core of the city was listed in the UNESCO Register.

The early bird price is $650 and expires on August 31, 2010. Attendees can register at the Kentico Connection 2010 website (http://connection.kentico.com/) and follow ongoing news about the event on (http://twitter.com/kenticocms).

Adobe seizes the Day

Stephen Powers — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:07:33 +0000

Adobe has gotten into the content management business, with its announcement earlier today of its intent to acquire Day software for $240 million. Day --with its WCM, DAM and collaboration offerings -- has had a good deal of buzz over the last year or so. Why? Mostly due to a renewed marketing push, demo-friendly products, and occasional uncertainty around competitors due to acquisitions (Interwoven, Vignette) . Day was one of the few remaining independent WCM vendors with enterprise credentials, and was ripe for the picking, particularly given the strength of its WCM product. Adobe, of course, brings its document, creative authoring, and rich Internet application development tools to the table.

With the Day deal and last year's Omniture acquisition, Adobe continues to assemble components of the online customer engagement ecosystem that we wrote about earlier this year. What's interesting is which vendors are approaching this ecosystem -- from the standpoint of ECM (IBM, Oracle/Stellent, Open Text/Vignette), marketing software (Alterian/MediaSurface), enterprise search (Autonomy/Interwoven), and now creativity software/interactive Web applications (Adobe).

So, what does this deal mean for content and collaboration pros?

Will Day stay committed to web standards under Adobe’s ownership?

seth — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:39:29 +0000

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Day and Omniture to be married – Adobe to pay for the wedding

Ian — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:56:17 +0000

Alright, hands up who didn’t approach the Adobe acquisition of Omniture with some puzzlement and surprise? Well, now it’s making sense as these proud parents arrange the wedding of their blushing analytics bride to a handsome CMS beau that should deliver the web engagement off-spring that they crave. I say web engagement; some say web [...]

A Fine Day For Adobe

Jon Marks — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:56:26 +0000

Finally, finally, an acquisition I think I understand. Adobe have just announced they're buying Day Software (press release) for about USD $240 million - just slightly less than OTEX paid for Vignette. Adobe's re-entry into the CMS game is well overdue.

Adobe To Acquire Day – First Take ECM Perspective

Apoorv — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:57:00 +0000

Adobe Systems today announced their intent to acquire Day Software which we evaluate in depth in our Web Content Management research. We've seen Adobe featuring in many Content Management RFPs and although they had some of the necessary ...