May 5th, 2010 by Troy Winfrey
No Comments| web content management
At the J. Boye Philadelphia 2010 conference, the J. Boye concept of ‘communities of practice’ is taken a step further. Web and interactive professionals meet in an ‘unconference’ designed to let them share insights, generate ideas, and make connections in an informal, vendor-free setting. This year, Janus asked attendees to jot down the questions they’ve …
May 3rd, 2010 by Janus Boye
No Comments| sponsor, web content management
When New Zealand-based open source CMS vendor SilverStripe turned up at our Philadelphia 2009 conference, it was a new vendor on the crowded radar for open source CMS projects. All vendors these days can claim a few notables references and for SilverStripe the big one was the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Could this be the …
May 3rd, 2010 by Janus Boye
No Comments| CMS selection, community, web content management
While selecting a content management system, most buyers tend to focus on tangible functional requirements, such as editorial usability, multi-language, multi-site and high performance. A few also consider vendor finances and whether the vendor has an office nearby, but very few buyers take the time to evaluate the valuable vendor eco-system of successful references, developer …
May 2nd, 2010 by Janus Boye
5 Comments| sponsor, web content management
In May 2009, independent analyst firm CMS Watch found a “third wave” of European Web CMS vendors hitting the North American market. This included Swedish-born EPiServer, having at that time just hired their first and only US-based employee.
Now 12 months later, EPiServer has announced its intention to go public and the US operation has grown to a …
April 15th, 2010 by Janus Boye
2 Comments| analyst, experts, future, web content management
Predicting the future is dangerous, particularly since few people can agree on the present — somewhat muddled — WCM technology landscape.
This is how Tony Byrne from The Real Story Group (formerly CMS Watch) introduced his keynote on the future of web content management at our inaugural European cmf2005 conference. Back then he covered some key …
March 30th, 2010 by Janus Boye
No Comments| portal, sponsor, web content management
One of the critical decisions that should be made early on in any portal project is how you plan to integrate with content management. Some will build integration on their own between a portal and a separate best of breed web content management system. Others will opt for vendors with an integrated approach such as …
March 19th, 2010 by Janus Boye
2 Comments| portal, roundtable, speaker, web content management
Portals continue to be surrounded by a great deal of confusion, even though the concept has been around for more than a decade. Portal projects tend to spread deep into the enterprise, addressing complex requirements, typically around integration and advanced presentation such as personalization. Consequently portal projects don’t come cheap and the industry has seen …
December 17th, 2009 by Janus Boye
No Comments| sharepoint, speaker, web content management, web project management
Acclaimed vendor-neutral analyst firm CMS Watch will send a high-profile delegation to Philadelphia: Founder Tony Byrne and Principal Alan Pelz-Sharpe will be at the conference.
Tony Byrne founded CMS Watch in 2001 and today leads a global team of analysts covering various technology marketplaces on behalf of solutions buyers. At the conference, Tony will be hosting …