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Have you taken the CM Pros 2010 survey yet?

10-May-2010

Tags: Web Content Management, Industry Events

As content management professionals, we know that you recognize the power of proper content management, but we also know that you face many challenges when trying to manage your enterprise's unique content. CM technology should help, not hinder your businesses goals.

Here at the Real Story Group, we are constantly trying to cut through sales and marketing hype so that you, the CM technology buyer can make the right choice for your enterprise. Our evaluation research is based primarily through one-on-one interviews of CM technology buyers, users, and implementers. We get great insight through these qualitative interviews, but we recognize that it is also good to get a view of the big-picture trends and challenges facing content management professionals.

This year, CM Pros (http://cmprofessionals.org/), the international content management community of practice, is doing a quantitative survey to try to capture the pulse of the community. I encourage you to take five minutes to complete the survey here: http://cmstate.com/. The results will be released at next week's CM Pros Summit in San Francisco.

One of the challenges that we know face web-focused CM Pros on a daily basis, is the question of "How do I know if it is time for a new Web CMS?" Tomorrow, Tony Byrne will be conducting a free webinar that addresses this issue with advice on good reasons to make a switch, and some reasons you should never use to justify a switch.

There is still time to join us by registering here:

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/450336320

In addition to asking questions during the webinar, you can participate in the discussion via the back-channel on Twitter by using the hashtag: #RSGwebinar

    Excerpt from the Web Site Management Evaluation

    Web Content Management Report looks at... Documentation in Open Text Web Experience Management

    "Documentation exists, but licensees complain it is quite cursory at times, leaving some features undocumented. A web search will turn up a lot of miscellaneous documentation, much of which is just old enough to be unreliable. Like many companies in this space, OpenText keeps its documentation hidden from public view, giving the impression of a closed, proprietary approach to technology in a time of increasing openness...."
    (p. 225)

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