ECM: XML Content Management Systems and DITA

XML Content Management systems store and manage information that has been structured and saved as XML.  Many base content management concepts and functions carry over to the XML CM system, but the real beauty of handling content as XML is that it allows very granular access to information.  Standard CM systems typically work with data [...]

Web 2.0 + SaaS: Software Development and Deployment as a Service (SDDS)

Bungee Labs unveiled the Bungee Connect on-demand development environment at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco in mid-April.  The new platform targets small and medium sized businesses, allowing them to quickly create highly-scalable Web 2.0 applications based on APIs from Google, Salesforce, Amazon, eBay, Microsoft, PayPal, RealNetworks and others.  Dana Gardner is calling the combination of SaaS, [...]

ECM: Basic Content Services

Looking for a Content Management System but don’t need all the bells and whistles or the high cost of an EMC Documentum or IBM Filenet?  Maybe what you’re looking for is what’s now being called Basic Content Services (BCS).

Basic Content Services is just that — basic document management functions like check-in/check-out, versioning, search and retrieval [...]