EContent articles from January 2003

EContent archives from January 2003

Like being there. (Edit This).(Emeetings must be made more interactive or people should get back on road again for face-to-face meetings)
January 1, 2003... My biggest problem with emeetings is speakers who have very little way of knowing if they are boring their audience to tears. Of course, by "their audience," I mean me. But I'm guessing this happens all the time: A chosen speaker--likely an...

Positively promoting librarians. (Letters to the Editor).
January 1, 2003... Ms. Manafy, As a librarian I find your publication extremely helpful. It contains information on content management that directly relates to my job. It also gives me a broader perspective of content management in a commercial context. ...

Macromedia to the MX. (Letters to the Editor).
January 1, 2003... EContent, Thank you for your Macromedia Studio MX review in your November issue [pp. 40-42]. The article addresses some excellent insights into the new software features. My team and I just received our copies of Studio MX, and are looking...

Success! (Letters to the Editor).
January 1, 2003... To Whom It May Concern: I just finished reading "The Three Rs of Site Success: Repeat Visits, Retention, and Revenues" [September, pp. 32-37]. Excellent article. Thanks for the insight. In short, it was well-written, had a beginning,...

Take one tablet and email me in the morning: tablet PCs and e-Newspapers. (News Feature).
January 1, 2003... Have you ever considered toting a PC to the coffeehouse to skim through a magazine or newspaper? Probably not. But one man has set out on a crusade to make tablet PCs as widely used as any traditional publishing medium. Roger F. Fidler, a...

OneSource introduces content optimization services. (Content News).(OneSource Information Services Inc. )
January 1, 2003... OneSource Information Services, Inc., a provider of business information solutions, has made a group of announcements that will leverage OneSource's experience in content delivery to help companies transform internal, disparate data into...

Verity to acquire enterprise search software business from Inktomi. (News & Product Briefs).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Verity Inc. and Inktomi Corp. jointly announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Verity will purchase Inktomi's enterprise search software business. Under the terms of the deal, Verity, a provider of infrastructure software...

AOL and MSN announce Enterprise instant messaging. (News & Product Briefs).(America Online offers Enterprise AIM, version of its instant messaging product)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... America Online has released Enterprise AIM, a version of its instant messaging product targeted at the corporate market, and Microsoft Corp. has announced plans for the availability of its new MSN Messenger Connect for Enterprises service....

NewsStand secures $8 million in venture funding. (News & Product Briefs).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... NewsStand, Inc., a provider of digital publishing and delivery solutions, has closed an $8 million round of venture financing from Adams Capital Management, Inc., a national venture capital firm that invests in information technology and...

Ektron releases Ektron eWebWP editor. (News & Product Briefs).
January 1, 2003... Ektron, Inc. has released Ektron eWebWP, a browser-based WYSIWYG editor designed for text formatting. Web developers can use this technology to provide word-processor features to Web site users. Ektron eWebWP offers a familiar toolbar with...

Information around the clock from around the world. (Content News).(Global Librarian is international partnership of enterprising public libraries in Canada and UK)
January 1, 2003... Remember visiting the local library and trying to find important information using that tedious card catalog, then, after muffling through it for what seemed like a year, finally getting so frustrated that you would have to ask the librarian...

Instant messaging fit for the enterprise. (Content News).(Omnipod launches version 3.0 of Professional Online Desktop)
January 1, 2003... Omnipod hopes to be at the cutting edge of enterprise-class instant messaging and file sharing with the launch of version 3.0 of its Professional Online Desktop. The POD, as the company refers to it, allows users to securely share files and use...

Wam!Net. (Peopleware).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... WAM!NET has named Thomas K. Cook chief financial officer. Cook will be responsible for the overall financial management of WAM!NET more tan 25 years of global financial management experience, having most recently served as vice president,...

IntraLinks, Inc. (Peopleware).(Names Patrick J. Wack, Jr., an IntraLinks co-founder, president and chief executive officer of the company)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... IntraLinks, Inc. has named Patrick J. Wack, Jr., an IntraLinks co-founder, president and chief executive officer of the company. Wack served as the company's interim CEO since March 2002.

Networks, Inc. Digimarc Corp., and Iomega Corporation. Eye Wonder Inc. (Peopleware).(Extensis appoints Kevin Hurst as vice president of marketing; Eye Wonder Inc. makes appointment)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Extensis appointed Kevin Hurst as vice president of marketing to support its commitment to creative professionals and the graphic arts market. Hurst led product-marketing efforts for Extensis from 1995-1999 and returns to Extensis after leading...

Brandon-hall.com. (Peopleware).(Names Amy Sitze executive editor )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Brandon-hall.com has named Amy Sitze executive editor. Sitze will be responsible for the editorial development and production of brandon-all.com publications and research reports. Sitze comes from VNU Business Publications. Brandon-hall.com has...

Teamware Group. (Peopleware).(Names Ari J. Palttala director of North American operations )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Teamware group named Ari J. Palttala director of North American operations to head its corporate expansion in the United States and Canada. Palttala brings over 10 years of senior management experience in U.S. software and systems integration...

Interwoven, Inc. (Peopleware).(Appoints Rene White senior vice president of marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Interwoven, Inc. has appointed Rene White senior vice president of marketing. White will be responsible for global marketing and product management for Interwoven. Prior to joining Interwoven, White served as vice president, strategic...

Intenta has named current chief technology officer. (Peopleware).(Simon Dissain is named chief operating officer)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Intenta has named current chief technology officer, Simon Dissain, as chief operating officer, and William Finaly has been appointed finance director.

OneSource Information Services, Inc. (Peopleware).(Names Patti Purcell senior vice president of products and solutions)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... OneSource Information Services, Inc. has appointed Patti Purcell senior vice president of products and solutions. In the newly created executive position, Purcell will lead OneSource's product innovation and embedded solutions initiatives and...

eMeta Corporation. (Peopleware).(Appoints Vikram A. Kashyap vice president of corporate and business development)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... eMeta Corporation has appointed Vikram A. Kashyap vice president of corporate and business development. Kashyrap will drive the strategic planning and execution of eMeta's Web services initiative and will be responsible for developing eMeta's...

XAware, Inc. (Peopleware).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... XAware, Inc. has named Bill Miller chief executive officer and chairman, effective immediately. Most recently, Miller was chief technical office of StorageNetworks, Inc., which he co-founded in 1998.

Metrics.(Email-related survey data includes subject lines that compel US email users to open permission-based emails by gender)(Illustration)
January 1, 2003... Metrics Subject Lines that Compel US Email Users to Open Permission-Based Emails, by Gender, September 2002 (as a % of respondents) Female Male 46% 69% Compelling news/information 64% 50% Discount offer 39% ...

Adobe Graphics Server 2.0 (formerly AlterCast). (Review: EContent Decision-Maker).
January 1, 2003... Company: Adobe Systems Purpose: Automate the creation, updating, and conversion of graphics using a central server Starting Price: $7500 (street price) for a single CPU license Reviewer's View: Adobe Graphics Server 2.0 indeed...

Searching for KM. (InfoInsider).
January 1, 2003... Knowledge Management is a term that goes in and out of favor. What ever name you give it though, consistently capturing and reusing intellectual assets is a critical endeavor within an organization that values information-sharing. In addition...

Email the other content management: email began as simple communication method, but has evolved into a mission-critical business application.
January 1, 2003... Today, crucial business is being conducted via email including market analysis, project management, purchase information, customer complaints, internal memos, and even letters of agreement to name but a few. With all this information...

Classmates: the power of 'whatever happened to...?' (Follow the Money).(Classmates.com builds national brand in 18-24 months)
January 1, 2003... You may not know much about Classmates.com, the service that brings together high school and college alumni, but certainly you have seen the company's ubiquitous (nay, relentless) online pitches. In what must be one of the best testaments to...

Thinking locally to communicate globally: delivering content to the world.(Localizing a Web site can be complex; gradual approach is needed)
January 1, 2003... Executives at an American cosmetics company decided to launch a Japanese version of the company's Web site. They worked hard to make sure the language and layout were just right. They even had a cool tool that let users apply makeup to a...

Make it your own. (Behind the Firewall).(Quebec Association for Intranet Professionals conference included discussion of intranet accessible through Enterprise Portal Implementation)
January 1, 2003... Last September, I was invited to return to the Intracom conference in Montreal that is run with great enthusiasm by Claude Malaison and his colleagues from the Association des professionnels en intranet (API, the Quebec Association for Intranet...

Get a grip on grids: can distributed computing power collaboration and content management?(Grid computing allocates individual ciomputing resources in an organization to accomplish common goals)
January 1, 2003... "There's no doubt that computational demands in the content business will rise over time," says Mike Riley, chief scientist at the RR Donnelley Technology Center in Downers Grove, Illinois. "The real question is how quickly Moore's Law can...

Case study: Xy enterprise keeps Kohler's content out of hot water: some content management players didn't stack-up when print publishing was a driving force.(Xyvision Enterprise Solutions Inc.'s Content Management solution)
January 1, 2003... In an atmosphere of consolidation among vendors in the marketplace, you are informed that your current content and document management solution will no longer be supported by the company from which you bought it. With more than ten thousand...

Contented readers and non-print magazines. (DisContent).
January 1, 2003... A year ago, I discussed the strength that magazines gain from their relationship with readers and the quandary of whether Web-based "magazines" could succeed. My key question: "How can an online artifact establish the same relationships as a...

iLanguage translations for global research. (Profile).(iLanguage provides translation and localization solutions to businesses and governments )
January 1, 2003... Coming up with an accurate translation of a marketing spiel might be demanding, but consider the work and expertise that must come into play to accurately translate and customize information for all of the different types of documents an...

Jibe speeds VOD with P2P. (Profile).(Jibe offers EdgeBurst Delivery System 1.0 to speed video on demand)
January 1, 2003... Up until now, Blockbuster had little to worry about when it came to competition from Internet-based video on demand. For customers without benefit of broadband, it could take hours to download one movie to a computer for viewing. But, out of...

I don't Google Madonna. (After Thought).(Econtent professionals should know two ways users consume information; should encourage serendipidity)
January 1, 2003... It seems to me there are exactly two ways to use and deploy econtent. As econtent professionals, I think we've focused too much effort on one way: answer my question, while not spending enough energy on the other: tell me something. Too often...