GOSS Interactive selected to replace Microsoft as web provider for Perth and Kinross Council

Following an extensive market evaluation, Perth and Kinross Council have selected GOSS Interactive to deliver their enhanced web solution to further develop the customer experience for Perth and Kinross’ excellent (Socitm 4 star) rated website.

Mary Antoniewicz, Project Lead, Perth and Kinross Council stated, “We are focused on delivering information and advice to suit our customer’s needs.  Our current website technology required updating to ensure we continue to deliver a quality website for our customers.”

Rich customer journeys across multiple devices drives Braintree District Council's selection of Jadu's Universe web content management and mobile platform

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Braintree District Council has announced a partnership with leading UK technology company Jadu to transform its current website and create a new mobile solution.

Jadu specialise in the design and development of rich web experiences that support websites, intranets and extranets and mobile web applications. Their UK clients include more than 50 local Councils, Directgov (Government Digital Service), the universities of Leeds and Northampton and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

How does Web To Mobile (Web2Mobile) Work?

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All of us already aware that with the advent of Touch SmartPhone, there is a greater demand in the market for utilities and applications developed for the mobile platform.  Now these needs can be addressed in two ways:

  1. Native Applications specific to Mobile platforms like iPhone, Android, Windows, Symbian, and Blackberry

  2. Enabling Web Sites / Web Applications to be delivered on Mobile, This is called as Web2Mobile

Native Applications require development of application using software development kits (SDK) specific to platforms like iPhone, Android etc, or even use Mobile Cross-Platform App development platforms like RhoMobile, PhoneGap etc. The challenging aspect here of course is in testing and deploying applications on various versions of the platforms like Android, iOS, Blackberry etc.

Contensis web CMS release focuses on clarity and simplicity

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A ground-breaking web CMS, proven across multiple sectors and enterprises, has achieved a release that its developers believe will see take-up explode.

Contensis Web CMSThe latest version of the Contensis web CMS boasts a range of new features which put it at the cutting edge of the content management market and throws down the gauntlet to its competitors.

Contensis is already the choice of major companies, universities and local authorities and its new 'R6' release makes it the serious contender for any web CMS requirement. Crucially, the new release also signals a fresh clarity in features and pricing for Contensis which is still a rarity in the sector.

At the heart of the new version are improvements and additions which add simplicity to already easy-to-use software, including multimedia controls that make inserting streaming media, galleries and slideshows into pages a quick drag-n-drop experience.

The product has mature support for social networking, which will feel familiar to users of Facebook or LinkedIn, and integrates Google Apps accounts seamlessly, using a single sign-on for both the website and Google accounts.

Ignis Asset Management Selects SDL Tridion to Launch European Expansion Programme

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Ignis opts for new Web Content Management platform to create multiple European sites

Maidenhead, UK, 15 June 2010 – SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management solutions, today announced that it has added Ignis Asset Management to its string of new business wins following the news that the asset management company has purchased its Web Content Management solution (WCM) and Archive Manager system to help launch its European expansion programme. The selection of SDL Tridion® demonstrates the product’s growing reputation in the financial services sector with many financial institutions already having adopted the Web Content Management solution to create a tailored, individual approach to a customer’s online experience.

Sharepoint 2010 vs WCM Platforms

Sharepoint 2010 has just been released and everyone is excited about the possibilities and the unique advantage it can lend to their business. Specifically, there has been a lot of talk about Sharepoint’s new web content management capabilities. A lot of folks are wondering if they could possibly use the new Sharepoint release as the technology stack to maintain both their enterprise collaboration needs and their corporate website. In this article, we will review the new Sharepoint 2010 web content management capabilities and how they may fit your organization’s strategic website objectives at this time.

Sharepoint Capabilities

Let’s begin our discussions by reviewing, at a very high level, what specific business problems Sharepoint was meant to solve.

Microsoft designed Sharepoint as a collaboration platform to address specific business needs, such as – Collaboration, Secure Portals, Data Integration, Document Management, Records Management, Search & Discovery…

Further to this, the platform offers robust APIs, which allow extension of the base platform to third party solutions that address specific business needs for corporations in the mid to enterprise markets.

Sharepoint is generally viewed in the market as an ECM (Enterprise Content Management) platform with enriched web editing capabilities. It has inbuilt support for collaboration, back office integration, secure role based access, workflows & business process automation, document indexing, search & discovery capabilities. Most of all it offers some capacity for consistent branding and layouts across the organization.

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Core Components

Quoting IT: Poor Knowledge Management

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"These habits and rituals, developed over many years now are hard to break. I find it quite staggering for instance that the collective wisdom of a very established global manufacturer is contained in folder after folder after folder of files on shared drives with seemingly very little actual captured knowledge, context or lifecycle management."

-James Hoskins, "#fixwcm – some thoughts from the front line…", 2020 Visions, November 5, 2009

pTools Launches Embedded WCM for Microsoft SharePoint

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pTools Links Up With Partners and Customers at Microsoft SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas

October 5, 2009 - pTools today announced that it has further developed its content management software (CMS) as an embedded application for Microsoft SharePoint. Organisations can now use the enhanced web content management (WCM) capability of pTools directly within the SharePoint interface and framework. 

The latest release will be launched at Microsoft's worldwide SharePoint conference in Las Vegas this October, where pTools will also link up with partners and customers from the North American market.

Paul Rellis, Managing Director of Microsoft Ireland, commenting on pTools participation at the conference, says: "pTools has very successfully developed their web content management software on the SharePoint platform. Through participating in the SharePoint event the company will gain access and exposure to a vast number of customers and partners interested in connecting, sharing and collaborating on some of Microsoft's fastest growing product lines - including SharePoint Server, SQL Server and Office 2007."