Posts Tagged ‘.NET CMS’
Sitecore Tries to Stay Competitive With Updated Multisite Management Tool Foundry
Being able to effectively manage multiple websites under the umbrella of a single Web Content Management System (CMS) is one of the most must-have requirements when selecting a CMS vendor.
Sitecore, the maker of a .NET-based Web CMS, knows that fact very well and keeps refining its multisite management tool called Foundry, which just saw the 3.0 release.
New in Foundry 3.0
Sitecore says that in Foundry 3.0 users will see new and advanced .NET security controls, enhanced HTML newsletter capabilities and Silverlight photo gallery support. All of those functions are designed to create and manage distributed websites, while maintaining centralized security and control.
In addition to support for Sitecore’s CMS 6.1., Foundry 3.0 made some improvement to usability in the areas of inline editing support.
Splashing in the Gulfstream CMS Waves
And some on the West Coast… With Sitecore entering the U.S. market in 2004 (and Canada later), among a wave of other Web CMS vendors, it was a good time to join the North American CMS goldmine picnic, but now is not a good time to lag behind.
From what was seen in earlier versions of Foundry, there’s still a lot that can be done to improve this piece of the product in order to stay competitive in the cut-throat market.
More on CMSWire
Sense/Net 6.0 Enterprise CMS Extends the Web App Model
The open source Enterprise CMS and Portal product Sense/Net 6.0 has entered its Beta 4 release. Major improvements were made on the application and portal layers, including further work on the experimental technology Sense/Net calls the Web Application Model, with the introduction of something totally new — the Workspace framework.
Sense/Net refers to a “workspace” as a small portal area allocated for users to share their ideas, work collaboratively on documents and other content types stored in the Content Repository. The Sense/Net Workspace concept is based on the Web Application model implemented in the previous release.
Sense/Net has promised in the past that the goal is not to break the existing functionality with every new release. The vendor gives a fair warning saying it again: the Web Application Model is still considered experimental technology. What that means is that namespace changes and other compatibility breaks will happen.
In the Web Application Model and the Workspace framework, you can expect a myriad of changes still to come: from namespace names, class names and locations, class interfaces and content handlers, to content type names, content type hierarchy, configuration and demo structure paths.
It may be best to give Sense/Net some time to come out of the beta cycle, if you want to be supremely cautious. But for the brave, it looks like there’s a lot of new functionalities to check out right now.
More on CMSWire: Latest SenseNet 6.0 CMS Adds Smart Apps, Workspace Framework
[updated] EPiServer Gearing Up for U.S. Expansion
Breaking news!!! An EPiServer contact sent me a note, saying: “You’re the first one to know outside Sweden.” 
The news is not really official yet, but I was told that the .NET-focused Web CMS vendor will soon be opening its first office in the U.S. It’s about time EPiServer breaks out of its European reign and conquers America
Now that I am allowed to leak this info… The new office will be located either on the East Coast or in (a more prominent part of) Mid-West. The initial focus will be on — duh — sales. More details tomorrow.
This Swedish vendor shows a lot of potential, IMHO. I am working on a full-blown review of their latest CMS 5.0 R2 — coming soon!
[updated] More details here: EPiServer Readies for U.S. Expansion the EPi Way
Sitecore Brags About 100% Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth
I am not a .NET-developer, so I don’t have to worship Sitecore – a famed .NET Web CMS vendor that announced this week that its 2008 revenues have grown by over 100% over the prior fiscal. Not surprisingly, 95% of revenues are coming from new license sales and less than 1% – from Professional Services.
Sitecore has never focused much on PS. Sure, let the resellers and integrators do the dirty job of actually implementing the software. Sitecore just demos and sells it. OK, not completely, true – they also seem to provide some training. A friend of mine just got her Certified Sitecore Developer badge.
When it comes to functionality, many Sitecore competitors – including SDL Tridion, EPiServer, MOSS and Ektron – were known to win in customers’ short-lists. Granted, the latest version 6.0 was very strong and attractive with all the Carousel views and such.
While the triple-digit growth rates are great, let’s not forget that many vendors in the Web CMS arena tend to struggle when faced with the challenge of being able to balance the supply-demand ratio.
Full article on CMSWire: Sitecore Boasts Over 100% Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth
Sitefinity ASP.NET CMS v3.5 Has Arrived
The economy is sluggish, but .NET-based CMS vendors are thriving. Telerik with its Sitefinity CMS is not an exception.
The company released a new product version — v3.5 — aimed to enhance the overall performance of the CMS, as well as to introduce some new features. The beefed-up version boasts optimized performance and AJAXified controls, among other enhancements.
Full article on CMSWire: Sitefinity ASP.NET CMS Now Faster, More AJAX-y
Irina Guseva
