Vasont Systems is a content management software provider that places particular emphasis on publishing needs. Their software enables the creation, management, and storage for reuse in multiple languages though multiple channels. The systems are widely used for technical documentation, reference materials, and product manuals. Vasont offers some interesting case studies that you can read on their website.
 Emigsville, PA—December 14, 2009—Vasont Systems, a leading provider of content management software and data services, today announced the release of the next interim version of their content management system, Vasont 12.2, that enables users to store multilingual content once for maximum reuse and delivery to multiple channels. This release focuses on enhancing productivity for writers managing modular content using DITA, other industry-standard and custom DTDs. This release is available on December 14, 2009, for both the perpetual license and hosted (SaaS) content management system models.
New features in Vasont 12.2 include:
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EPiServer, a development firm based in Sweden, has integrated an e-commerce platform with its web content management and community platforms. The press release follows, with links provided by damTRENDS for depth.
 CHICAGO, IL—December 14, 2009—EPiServer, the world’s fastest growing provider of platforms that drive online engagement, today announced the addition of a complete, integrated e-commerce platform to its existing web content management and community platform. Through a strategic partnership with Mediachase, the EPiServer platform is uniquely positioned to power commerce, content and community, enabling companies in the retail and B2B vertical markets to advance their competitive position through a compelling online experience.
The addition of an e-commerce solution to the EPiServer platforms changes the dynamic and accelerates higher value results, in comparison to the integration model used to create most online stores today. The Mediachase .NET e-Commerce Framework (ECF) provides an agile best practices architecture, complete with user experience controls, loosely coupled subsystems, like catalog management, order management, customer management, merchandising, promotions, and a fully exposed .NET developer framework (API). Combined with the extensible EPiServer content management system (CMS) and EPiServer Community platform, .NET web developers can rapidly build and deploy state-of-the-art online stores, including multi-branding, multi-language, and multi-channel capabilities. Marketing tasks are streamlined through an easy-to-use interface and new capabilities to correlate visitor feedback and experience with store operation and order status, at every step of the process.
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 Earlier today, Alfresco Software and SpringSource announced the new Spring Surf Extension, a view composition framework for developing content-rich Java-based web applications. Here is how SpringSource, a division of VMware, describes Spring Surf:
Spring Surf is a view composition framework for Spring MVC that plugs into your existing Spring applications. It provides a scriptable and content-centric approach to building web applications.You can drop Spring Surf right into your existing Spring web applications or you can begin building new Spring Surf applications using SpringSource Tool Suite or Spring Roo’s command-line magic.
Spring Surf provides several useful modules for developers, including the following:
- Surf – A scriptable, content-oriented framework for defining pages, templates, components and layout of a web application
- Web Scripts – A scriptable, content-oriented framework for building remote REST interfaces
- Web Studio – A visual design environment for drag-and-drop assembly of Surf pages, layouts and components
- Sample Sites – Spring 3.0 PetClinic and Spring 3.0 Spring Travel sample sites (built and delivered using Surf)
- Spring Roo Add-on – A command-driven installation and generation of Surf scripts and configuration for either new or existing Spring projects
- SpringSource Tool Suite Plugin – Wizards and additional template types for Spring Surf projects
- PHP and Groovy scripting for Spring Web Applications – Mix and match technologies as required to quickly assemble and delivery your Spring MVC web application
Continue reading Alfresco and SpringSource Announce Spring Surf Extension for Spring Developers
Here’s some late-breaking news from MediaBeacon…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota—December 8, 2009—MediaBeacon, Inc., a leading provider of rich media solutions, is announcing that the next release of the MediaBeacon Digital Asset Management solution suite will use the latest version of the Google Web Toolkit to bring the user experience into the Web 2.0 era like no other rich media solution.
Google Web Toolkit offers the web development community an innovative way to create advanced web experiences and bring them to market.
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