EndPlay Launches Next Generation Content Management, Engagement and Monetization Platform

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Featuring Comprehensive Development Tools and Mobile Content Creation and Publishing Capabilities, EndPlay's Latest Platform Helps Companies Cope With Big Data, Provides New Ways to Monetize Content and Increase Audience Engagement

Las Vegas, Nevada– April 17, 2012 – EndPlay, Inc., a leading provider of SaaS solutions, today announced the release of its next generation cloud-based Content Management, Engagement and Monetization Platform. The new end-to-end platform is both powerful and scalable, enabling multichannel content delivery and rich media management, which allows companies to engage consumers and drive real revenue across a growing ecosystem of screens and devices.

MODX Revolution 2.2.1 Released

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Yesterday, MODX Revolution 2.2.1 was released and this new version offers several small enhancements while addressing 85 issues with fixes. New in 2.2.1 is Sudo users. Sudo users is a setting on a user account that gives unrestricted access to the MODX install. This new feature lets site administrators maintain a user account that cannot get locked out of the site while creating access policies for other site administrators and users.

MODX LogoMODX Revolution 2.2.1 is also intended to prepare MODX Revolution for MODX Cloud. MODX Cloud is being billed as "the ultimate MODX platform" that lets you build sites properly without having to worry about the infrastructure at all. I'm not sure of all the changes that Revolution has gone through to prepare it for MODX Cloud but I would imagine that it may have something to do with making it more compatible with the available API of MODX Cloud.

Here are the highlights of the 2.2.1 release:

Webiny Cloud Service for Travel Agencies is Launched

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Webiny released a cloud service for Content Management System and Booking System for Travel Agencies. Following closed development and testing on selected clients, Webiny is now available for everyone in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.

Webiny offers out-of-the-box products to create web portals and websites with Webiny Content Management System or travel websites with Webiny Booking System. Besides of ready made products, Webiny enables custom development of web applications, which will enable developers and designers to create custom experience for any website.

CoreMedia Launches New CMS for Media and Entertainment

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CoreMedia recently announced the availability of a new content management solution tailored for the media and entertainment industry. The CoreMedia Solution for Media and Entertainment provides a comprehensive CMS solution for broadcasters, publishers and media portal providers to create and deliver highly optimized and contextual experiences for their online audiences.

CoreMedia Media and Entertainment SolutionAs the demand for anywhere, anytime access to content intensifies, media and entertainment companies are forced to constantly innovate and build their revenues through monetizing a demanding online audience — while at the same time reducing costs and consolidating their operational activities. With the CoreMedia Solution for Media and Entertainment, CoreMedia claims that companies can immediately enhance productivity and audience engagement while positioning themselves to uncover new revenue opportunities.

The solution combines CoreMedia’s best-of-breed, on-premise WCM platform with new capabilities and applications designed specifically to meet the needs of media and entertainment companies. Companies can also opt for cloud-based SaaS media and entertainment applications from CoreMedia partners Internet Broadcasting and T-Systems Multimedia Solutions that leverage CoreMedia’s CMS.

How CMS Websites are Overcoming Modern Day Development Challenges

CMS websites are now the norm as the preferred content management and delivery solution. Nevertheless, many CMS web applications face scalability issues. However, when a CMS is put in the cloud, it theoretically resolves the scalability issue to obtain a complete benefit.

But, if a cloud platform is not configured to match the particular needs of the CMS, it will need to work harder. This will result in higher loads than what is actually needed to serve the incoming traffic. Therefore, in most cases, it is sensible to cache the static content. The issue that one faces here is whether the cloud is able to tell the difference between a user who has signed into an application and is therefore being served with dynamic content and the one who has not yet signed into the application.

At the same time, a CMS presents many other challenges other than scalability due to the paradigm shift from the traditional model of sharing files from a central repository.  The reason behind this is that websites no longer operate isolated or in standalone mode. They must be able to interact with a range of other business applications that range from ecommerce business solutions to CRM databases to a range of reporting as well as analytics tools. To cut a long story short, websites have become increasingly data and content hungry because of their complex nature and the requirements of their users.

Managing such websites is now a full-time job.  Earlier in the traditional hosting scenario, the site owner had to figure out how to look after the application, but also the servers, backups, databases, and others.  Now, the platforms are specialized, so handling a web application which was a full time job can now be addressed by a person who can pay full-time attention.

docSTAR Launches New Online Document Management Software

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docSTAR, the leader in advanced document management software, announces the release of its eagerly anticipated next generation product, docSTAR Eclipse 2.0.  This online document management solution captures, manages and securely stores documents in the cloud.  The new platform leverages docSTAR’s 15 years of experience in serving thousands of customers with document management technology.

More than an Introduction to Accrisoft

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Accrisoft. A few months ago, I knew little about Accrisoft or their flagship product, Accrisoft Freedom CMS. In early May, CMS Report met with the company for the first time and it was a great opportunity for me to get to know them better. Accrisoft is a company that anybody who is somebody in the content management business definitely needs to get to know better.

It's not that often I become quickly enthralled with a company and their products. Yet, for the past couple months I can't help but think of the first demo I saw of Accrisoft's CMS. It wasn't just the genius simplicity of their blue/green user interface for users and developers that I'm obsessing about either. It is the fact that Accrisoft convinced me it's not only users that need to rethink how websites are managed, but also the many site owners and developers that incorrectly think they don't need a company like Accrisoft.

Accrisoft is a provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) Web applications and they definitely made a big splash at last Spring's 2011 CMS Expo. During the expo, I was able to meet up with Accrisoft's CEO, Jeff Kline, as well as their chief technology officer, Mark Zeitler. It wasn't just their product, Accrisoft Freedom CMS, that won me over that day but also their enthusiasm and  technical vision of what the future holds for web content management.Accrisoft Logo

If Accrisoft isn't on your radar it is time to put it there. For the last five years I've focused most of my attention on CMSs that individuals and organizations are more likely to manage and host themselves. Quite frankly, a portion of my DNA is old-school IT and I've stubbornly been unyielding to any notion of running a content management system in the cloud. I've always wanted to maintain as much control as I could on the servers that host my CMS. Control of your IT assets is a good thing, isn't it? The talk of the cloud is just slick marketing talk, isn't it? Accrisoft, as well as Acquia, have persuaded me to believe that it makes perfect business and technical sense to utlize SaaS CMS.

SubHub Launches World's First Drupal-Powered App Store

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SubHub.com today launched its new Drupal 7-based Content Monetization Platform (CMP), featuring the world’s first Drupal-powered app store.

SubHub's new CMP enables anyone to design and launch a content website in under five minutes, and make money from their content by incorporating optional apps such as paid membership.

The app store -- the first of its kind for Drupal modules -- enables website owners to add functionality simply by selecting an app and adding it to their SubHub website. Initial apps include MailChimp, Google Analytics, content feeds and YouTube. Some of the apps are free (e.g. Google Analytics) and some of them will carry a small recurring charge (e.g. paid membership functionality).

Any developer can submit an app to the SubHub app store to be made available to SubHub’s growing network of website owners. New apps will be added regularly. SubHub will share revenues with the app developer.

“We have two core objectives. First we want to give non-technical people the opportunity to build an outstanding website using Drupal, one of the leading open-source content management solutions," said Evan Rudowski, co-founder of SubHub. "Second, we want to give Drupal developers the opportunity to make money from the modules they have spent hundreds of hours building.

"Our customers gain great functionality, and developers make money -- it's a win all around," Rudowski said.

Blackboard Launches CourseSites - A Hosted Online Course System for Instructors

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Hosting, Live Support Give Instructors a Comprehensive, Cloud-Based Option for Courses

AMSTERDAM – 10 February, 2011 – Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) today announced the launch of CourseSites, a free, fully hosted and supported online course system featuring the Company’s latest teaching and learning technologies. The offering gives individual school, college and higher education instructors an innovative, high quality cloud-based option to host online courses or add a web-based component to traditional ones.

The simple, easy to use system gives educators greater choice and flexibility for online courses in a system with cutting edge features that encourage experimentation. CourseSites is designed to support instructors who may not have access to a learning management system at their institution or school, or who may have access to an older platform system from Blackboard or a competing course management provider. There is no license fee, no hosting fee and no additional setup required for instructors to get started.

“We want to reduce all barriers, whether technical, financial or administrative, to getting our best technologies into the hands of educators new to online learning products or unfamiliar with our latest offerings,” said Ray Henderson, President of Blackboard Learn. “We’re investing with a belief that CourseSites can become the most accessible option for introducing new educators to online instruction in the market.”

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