Consider local alternatives

CMS Watch says despite consolidation among the biggest Enterprise Content Management (ECM) suite vendors, customers outside North America can turn to several healthy local ECM technology suppliers, reports Tekrati.

The company believes this trend will accelerate over the coming years as demand for ECM technology beyond North America continues to expand. This analysis stems from research CMS Watch conducted for its "ECM Suites Report", released in April, which evaluates 30 vendors from five continents.

CMS Watch principal, Alan Pelz-Sharpe, who served as lead analyst says: "Of course this doesn't mean that international buyers should automatically discount the likes of Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, Open Text, and EMC|Documentum." But he advises that companies research local solutions before making a choice.

Research and Markets launched "Personal Content Experience: Managing Digital Life in the Mobile Age", a book that takes a personal approach to mobile content management, reports Business Wire.

The authors consider all aspects from software architecture to end-user needs on mobile personal content, taking a multi-disciplinary angle. The topics covered include personal content characteristics, context-awareness, content management, software architecture, metadata formats and user interface design guidelines.

The book combines theory with practice in the form of hands-on examples, application concepts, and software architecture descriptions, including implementation details of a proposed extendable software architecture, targeted at content management in mobile devices.

Oklahoma's official state Web site, www.OK.gov, has been awarded the 2007 Journal Record's Innovator of the Year Award for its Content Management System, reports Digital 50.

This is the third time OK.gov has received the Innovator of the Year Award from Oklahoma City's The Journal Record newspaper.

"We are honoured to be selected for this award," said Joe Fleckinger, deputy director of IT at the Oklahoma Office of State Finance. "OK.gov's Content Management System is an outstanding example of a thoughtful and well-designed solution that more than 50 state agencies are using."

The system's popularity stems from its straightforward user interface and compliance with state and national accessibility requirements.