Name
Content Management Software
Synopsis
Software that manages workflow from content authoring to editing to publishing.
Examples
Interwoven TeamSite, http://www.interwoven.com/products/content_management/index.html
Vignette Content Suite, http://www.vignette.com/CDA/Site/0,2097,1-1-731-1191-735-1192,00.html
Microsoft Content Management Server, http://www.microsoft.com/cmserver/
Documentum, http://www.documentum.com/
Comments
Forrester Research calls these product offerings “immature.” The problems stem from the fact that content management is very complex and very context-sensitive. Inevitably, you’ll need to buy and then customize extensively. This is a headache that few large organizations will be able to avoid.
Resources
CMS-LIST by Cameron Barrett and Phil Suh, http://www.cms-list.org/
CMSWatch, http://www.cmswatch.com/
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