EContent articles from January 2007

EContent archives from January 2007

Teaming with possibility.(edit this)(Jive Software, Clearspace)
January 1, 2007... Maybe it is the nature of publishing, but I don't remember ever working in the same office with every member of my team. Even in places where all the editors and creative and production people were on site, the writers have been located...

Wise up.(EMail)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... Your editorial [Michelle Manafy, September 2006, p. 4] "The Collective Wisdom at Work" intrigued me. Why? Because of its implicit attempt to characterize emerging web development trends using the by-now boring and meaningless "Web 2.0" moniker....

No more tears.(EMail)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... Walt Crawford's October column reported that the International Digital Publishing Forum says ebook sales in 2005 were $12 million. Wow! That means we had a 12% share of the ebooks market last year! Perhaps both Walt and the IDPF are looking in...

New and improved.(EMail)(Letter to the editor)
January 1, 2007... I was impressed by the EC100 this year. I think that it's a list that's more reflective of where the industry is at than last year's list. I was especially glad to see TYPO3 and EZ Publish in there, the two best CMS's that I've looked at for...

Taking the copyright initiative.(content news)(copyright infringement)
January 1, 2007... it may be important for user-generated content (UGC)/search provider GooTube to reach out to major copyright owners in order to avoid major lawsuits. But it's equally important for content producers to take some initiative and secure rights...

Copy Clearance Center (CCC).(peopleware)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) has announced that Tracey Armstrong has been named COO. Armstrong joined CCC in 1989 and most recently served as EVP. As COO, she will oversee all of company's business units, including CCC's corporate and...

Newstex has announced that information industry executive Rick Smith has joined the company as director of client services, a newly created role.(peopleware)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Newstex has announced that information industry executive Rick Smith has joined the company as director of client services, a newly created role. Smith will work with Michael Airhart, director of publisher services for Newstex. Smith has served...

EBSCO.(peopleware)(Phil Wallas, Tom Dyer appointed executives of EBSCO Information Services)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... EBSCO has promoted Phil Wallas to senior publisher relations executive and appointed Tom Dyer to publisher relations executive. In their new roles, Wallas and Dyer will provide liaison support to publishers with whom EBSCO works. Prior to his...

FAST acquires Platefood Ltd.(news & product briefs)(Fast Search & Transfer, Platefood Ltd.)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Fast Search & Transfer (FAST), a developer of search technologies, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Platefood Ltd. Platefood Ltd was originally set up as a joint investment in 2005 by Schibsted S0K AS, Sensis...

Reed Business Information to acquire BuyerZone.(news & product briefs)(BuyerZone.com Inc.)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Reed Business Information (RBI), a B2B publisher in the U.S. and part of Reed Elsevier (a worldwide publisher and information provider) has announced that it will acquire BuyerZone.com, Inc. (BuyerZone), an online lead generation company. The...

Attenex Patterns launch to coincide with new federal rules.(content news)
January 1, 2007... Since its founding in 2001, the main goal of ediscovery company Attenex Corp. has been to increase the efficiency of legal professionals during the ediscovery process. The company is now positioned to help its customers abide by new federal...

Information Access Alliance takes action on proposed Wiley acquisition of Blackwell.(News & Product Briefs)(John Wiley & Sons, Blackwell Publishing)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... John Wiley & Sons has announced its plans to acquire Blackwell Publishing--a publisher of scientific, technical, and medical (STM) journals--for a price of $1.08 billion. The combined company will control more than 1,200 titles, many of whch...

Arbinet acquires Flowphonics.(News & Product Briefs)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Arbinet-thexchange, Inc., a provider of solutions for the exchange of digital communications, has acquired Flowphonics, Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Flowphonics offers a license management platform for intellectual property...

Pixsy helps publishers get the picture.(content news)
January 1, 2007... thumbnails could become a new source of livelihood for web publishers who opt to work with PixsyPower--a new monetized image and video search program launched by the Pixsy Corp. in December. Having powered visual search for companies such as...

ShopWiki.(peopleware)(ShopWiki, online shopping site appoints Barry Salzman)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... ShopWiki has hired Barry Salzman, former president of DoubleClick Global Media, as the company's first COO. Salzman brings more than 20 years of leadership and business experience, including five years as president of DoubleClick's...

Nstein Technologies, Inc.(peopleware)(hires Robert Barakett)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Nstein Technologies, Inc. announced that Robert Barakett, its EVP and CFO, will be leaving the company. He remained with the company until Nov. 30 to complete certain projects and facilitate the transition.

Dialogue Communications.(peopleware)
January 1, 2007... Dialogue Communications has appointed Simon Bury to the position of business development manager. Bury joins Dialogue following his previous role as integration solutions manager at Orange, a mobile communications companies and part of the...

Cadmus Communications Corp.(peopleware)(hires Graham Lawley)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Cadmus Communications Corp. has hired Graham Lawley as senior director, Europe for Cadmus' Publisher Services Group. Prior to joining Cadmus, Lawley was chief executive of The Charlesworth Group in the U.K. He will report to Robert Kidd,...

Can we be friends? Local papers building better relationships online.(content news)
January 1, 2007... With the rise of online classifieds, the internet is often seen as a direct competitor to local newspapers. However, in order to survive, many news organizations are figuring out that the internet actually needs to become a trusted ally. ...

KnowNow.(peopleware)(appoints Lorna Bender )(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... KnowNow has named Lorna Bender VP of business development and alliances. Bender brings more than 20 years of experience in establishing partner relationships for companies including Salesforce.com, PeopleSoft, Netscape, and Hewlett- Packard. In...

CBS Interactive.(peopleware)(names Quincy Smith as president )(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Quincy Smith has been named president of the newly formed division CBS Interactive. Prior to joining CBS, Smith worked for Allen & Co., where he was involved with projects including multiple transactions for Google, Advertising.com's sale to...

Kazeon.(appointment of Craig Conway )(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Kazeon has appointed Craig Conway to the company's board of directors. Conway has served as president and CEO of TGV Software and One Touch Systems and is currently serving on the board of directors for Salesforce.com. He has also held...

Quark, Inc..(appointment of Raymond Schiavone )(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Quark, Inc. has announced that Raymond Schiavone has joined the company as president and CEO. Acting President Linda Chase will remain with the company in her ongoing capacity as SVP of enterprise products. Prior to joining Quark, Schiavone was...

Kenneth Liu.(appointment of Kenneth Liu)(MindTouch)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Kenneth Liu has joined MindTouch as CEO. Over the past 16 years, Liu has held a variety of senior management positions with venture-capital backed startups.

CMS Watch.(appointment of Alan Pelz-Sharpe )(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... CMS Watch has appointed Alan Pelz-Sharpe as principal. Pelz-Sharpe joins CMS Watch following a career with Wipro Technologies, Ovum, and Andersen Consulting. At CMS Watch, he will evaluate enterprise content management (ECM) products and help...

The IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology).(appointment of Simon Thomson )(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... The IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) has appointed Simon Thomson as publishing director and GM of Inspec. Joining the IET from the Taylor & Francis/Informa Group, Thomson will oversee the IET Research Journals and the Inspec...

PowerDeck: presenting presentation management.(content news)(ClearStory Systems)
January 1, 2007... in order to keep up with the challenges and emerging needs of business organizations, ClearStory Systems has introduced PowerDeck, a new addition to the company's suite of solutions for managing digital assets. ClearStory, a provider of content...

SiteAssist 3.0.(DECISION-MAKER review)(web authoring software)(Product/service evaluation)
January 1, 2007... dreamweaver has long been the darling of professional website developers and designers, garnering the lion's share of the market. Yet in spite of the best efforts by Adobe (formerly Macromedia) to make it friendlier for less experienced users,...

Over half of digital readers use at least 7 different features of digital editions.(metrics)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Over half of digital readers use at least 7 different features of digital editions 71% Used 'Table of Contents' to navigate the issue 67% Linked to a website from an article 60% Saved digital issues to computer viewed...

Frequency with which U.S. adult Internet users use search engines, April 2005 (as a % of respondents).(metrics)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Frequency with which U.S. adult Internet users use search engines, April 2005 (as a % of respondents). Every online session 18% Most online sessions 35% Some online...

In the last 12 to 18 months, what initiatives have been the most effective in improving what the intranet brings to the organization?(metrics)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Number of times cited Improved navigation and usability 58 New design: look & feel 57 Communication to encourage usage (success stories)...

Impression that U.S. Internet users have of the companies that sponsor advertising on select emerging communication tools, September 2006 (% of respondents).(metrics)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
January 1, 2007... Impression that U.S. Internet Users Have of the Companies that Sponsor Advertising on Select Emerging Communication Tools, September 2006 (% of respondents) Positive Negative None RSS...

Faces of econtent.(employee of Xmetal)(Interview)
January 1, 2007... Name With The Face: Yas Etessam Job Title: Content Lifecycle Solutions Consultant Organization: XMetaL, a Justsystems company URL: www.xmetal.com Job Function: In her role as a content lifecycle...

Behavioral targeting could change the game.(follow the mone y)(trends in advertising)
January 1, 2007... behavioral targeting is the hot topic this year among publishers and advertisers, and for good reason. I have been covering this approach to online advertising since core providers like Revenue Science and Tacoda emerged several years ago. The...

Does anyone RTFM?(info pro)(Read the Fabulous Monitor, Read the F***ing Manual)
January 1, 2007... i recently moved and I seem to be turning into the User Interface Police. I am sure that, back in 1982 when they wrote the user manual for my "Generation II" microwave, pushing nine buttons just to set the clock made perfect sense. The UI...

Plugging information leaks.(information leakage)
January 1, 2007... Businesses today face a monumental challenge trying to contain and secure confidential content in a high-tech enterprise setting. Even employees with the best of intentions can mistakenly select the wrong email address and accidentally release...

Compare and contrast CMS.(i column like i cm)(content management systems)(Column)
January 1, 2007... in a classic high school essay, you are asked to find the similarities and differences between two things. In your current job, you may be asked to compare and contrast content management systems, probably the one you are using now and the new...

Collaboration 2.0: make the Web your workspace.(content management solutions)
January 1, 2007... Web 2.0, like many technology buzzwords, is a term that people love to use but, when asked, have trouble defining what it really means. Is it a hot new software application that all the kids can't wait to get their hands on? Is it a legitimate...

The search is on.(agile minds)(search engines on mobile phones)
January 1, 2007... Users can't buy content if they can't find it, so an increasing number of mobile operators and content providers are scrambling to offer search capabilities, as well as an array of tools to encourage users to explore more of the content at...

Findability factors found: leading customers to content.(efficiency of search engines)
January 1, 2007... Looking for a cost-effective way to get new customers for your content? Look no further than public search engines like Google, Yahoo!, and MSN. Americans conducted 6.4 billion searches online in June 2006, according to comScore Networks,...

A case of training the extended enterprise.(case study)(DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Latitude Consulting Group Inc., Learning Management System)
January 1, 2007... Company: DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION DaimlerChrysler Corporation, owned by the Chrysler Group, was created in November 1998 through the merger of Daimler-Benz AG and the Chrysler Corporation. DaimlerChrysler is a leading supplier of...

Invest in PR distribution.(after thought)(news release distribution)(Column)
January 1, 2007... the web has transformed the once lowly news release into a strategic marketing tool used by thousands of smart organizations to reach buyers directly. What was once a paper document (typically sent via fax and only to journalists) has morphed...