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Intranet Briefs: Ektron, Stellent, MetaCommunications

Tom Dunlap

9/15/2006
Ektron has released version 6.1 of its CMS400.NET Web content management platform.

The Amherst, N.H.-based company said the release offers new features for portals, personalization, compliance and accessibility, as well as a software development kit for the Web developers implementing the application.

CMS400.NET capabilities are aimed at making it easier to create, deploy and manage interactive web, intranet, and extranet sites with a single application. New and enhanced capabilities in version 6.1 include: personalization and portal support; broken link checker; eWebEditPro+XML Version 5.0 with 508 and W3C Compliance Checker; integrated document management; and a software development kit.

"(Customers) want their Web developers to be able to easily set up a site with out-of-the-box functionality," said Bill Rogers, founder and chief executive officer of Ektron, "and if needed, extend it with their own custom business logic. They want their content creators to be comfortable in the authoring environment with intuitive features."

Ektron CMS400.NET version 6.1 is available immediately and pricing starts at $8,939 for a 10-user, one-URL license with one year of maintenance. For more information, to download a trial or to request a live demonstration, visit www.ektron.com/pr/cms400v6.

Magazine Lauds Stellent

Stellent Inc., a global provider of content management solutions, was named one of "The Hottest Companies of 2006" by Start-IT, a monthly magazine for manufacturing executives that covers the business benefits of technology.

The magazine recognized the company for its Stellent Universal Records Management, a unique software platform that empowers organizations, including manufacturers, to apply records and retention policies and legal holds to relevant content across the enterprise. Stellent says the platform defines, manages, and executes these records and retention management policies for all enterprise content from a single server.

The key benefit of this "in-place" functionality is rules are directly applied to content where it resides, eliminating the need to move content to a central location for records and retention management.

"We are honored Start-IT has once again distinguished our efforts related to delivering innovative technologies to better serve the manufacturing industry," said Robert Olson, president and chief executive officer for Stellent.

This is the second time Stellent has been named a Start-IT Hot Company. In 2003, Stellent was recognized for its rise through the ranks of the content management software market, and for having advanced and successful product offerings available in manufacturing.

MetaCommunications releases updates

MetaCommunications, a developer of software management solutions for the graphic arts industry, has announced the availability of Workgroups 2006, a new cross-platform process and productivity management suite for creative, publishing, and prepress.

The Workgroups 2006 suite provides workgroups with process automation and management tools to help them achieve better results with less effort. Workgroups 2006 includes new versions of its integrated flagship products: Job Manager 4.0, Virtual Ticket 7.0, Digital Storage Manager 2.0, and new Approval Manager 1.0 solution. Key capabilities include, financial productivity management, project and workflow management, collaborative approval management, and document storage management.

MetaCommunications said that Approval Manager is a new software solution designed to provide approval workflow management for leading digital proofing technologies, including Adobe Acrobat (Professional, Standard, and Reader versions), Kodak RealTimeProof Partner, Microsoft Word, and others. Approval Manager handles the difficult task of managing, tracking, and scheduling the approval processes within and across organizations or departments.

Approval Manager provides a user friendly, Web based interface (Mac OS X and Windows) for setting up and planning proofing stages, and for managing proofing rounds, reviewers, and schedules. For more information, go to http://www.meta-comm.com/

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