Portal Feature Articles
Article: Converging Content and Data
Love Your Local Data Warehouse Manager
Within most enterprises, the worlds of "data" and "content" remain far apart, despite recurring business needs to converge different types of information. Tony Byrne argues that data specialists have a lot to teach content specialists -- and vice-versa. The trick is finding common ground, allied interests, and a common vocabulary...
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Article: 2008 Predictions
Twelve Predictions for 2008
It's that time of year again. The CMS Watch analyst team ponders what to expect next year, and offers 12 predictions that we think will shape content technologies in 2008 -- from Google to Microsoft, Web/Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Search, Archiving, and more...
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Article: Vignette Demo
Vignette, Ajax, and Usability
Web CMS vendor Vignette recently released a new, dashboard-type interface featuring several Ajax controls. CMS Watch founder Tony Byrne demonstrates some of the ups and downs of this new approach, and poses some larger questions about usable interfaces...
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Article: ECM-WCM-Portal
Do you need an ECMS, WCMS, or a Portal?
In a world where content technology categories overlap, how do you figure out which type of solution do you really need? CMS Watch founder Tony Byrne argues that the best approach to distinguishing among Web CMS, Enterprise Content Management, and Portal solutions is identifying the specific business scenario you're trying to address.
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Article: Better Demos
Ten steps to a successful vendor demo
CMS Watch founder Tony Byrne breaks with tradition to offer some advice to
vendors pitching their software to prospective customers: You made it past the
proposal round -- now here's how to deliver a better customer demo. Better demos,
Tony argues, can help vendor and customer alike.
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Article: 2007 Analyst Predictions
Predictions for 2007: The elusive quest for simple
The team at CMS Watch returns from the winter holidays to offer our predictions for 2007. The upshot? Things in the world of content technologies aren't as simple as they seem...
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Article: European Market
Marketplace Realities: A European Perspective
Janus Boye examines the content technology landscape from the perspective of a European customer, and finds much of concern (beta software, inexperience, confusing terminology), but much to laud (better accessibility, widespread choice) as well...
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Article: Portal Marketplace
Portal Kudos and Shortcomings -- Summer, 2006
Segmenting the portal software marketplace by putting products into boxes on charts is a popular exercise among pundits. But CMS Watch contributing analyst Janus Boye argues that for buyers, a meaningful vendor breakdown must describe how well the various offerings fit actual requirements across specific business scenarios. See how Janus compares the major portal products in the marketplace today...
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Article: Comparing Portal Products
Enterprise Portals: Tip of Which Iceberg?
Summarizing recent CMS Watch research on portal software, Janus Boye finds that portal technology represents just the tip of the enterprise information iceberg. But given the diversity of portal scenarios, you should ask yourself which iceberg you're on...
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Article: Case Against Portals
Portal Software: Passing Fad or Real Value?
Janus Boye returns to CMS Watch to look at the benefits and drawbacks to enterprise portal packages. If you look closely at your requirements, Boye argues, you may find portal software more a hindrance than a help...
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Article: Feed Me!
Headline Syndication for Intranets
Are your employees hungry for a better and fresher intranet? Web content guru Amy Gahran returns to CMS Watch to show how headline syndication capabilities can significantly improve internal information exchange. It's easy to supply webfeeds, says Amy, but you'll have to work a bit to help employees ingest all that new food...
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Article: Project Collaboration
Collaboration First, Then Knowledge Management
Looking to facilitate electronic collaboration in your enterprise? Matthew Clapp returns to CMS Watch to argue that you should endeavor first to support the practical needs of distributed workers for completing projects -- and only then support leveraging that knowledge for the rest of the enterprise...
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Article: Microsoft Integration
Integrating Content Management Server with SharePoint Portal
Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 lacks functionality in some useful areas when deploying a web application. Bill Schneider returns to CMS Watch to detail how to integrate the product with MS SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to obtain key search, asset-management, and portal-integration services...
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