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Dealing with the Module Problem - and the Rise of CMS Distros

16-Dec-2010

Tags: Web Content and Experience Management, Implementation, Marketplace at Large, Selecting Technology

Web Content Management (CMS) platforms have increasingly evolved into frameworks for pluggable services and applications, and more product-oriented CMS tools have sought to offer "website-in-a-box" functionality through add-on services. This has given rise to new kinds of "app stores," with modules from various providers designed to extend specific CMS offerings.

CMS vendors and open source community leaders frequently brag about the growing volume of such add-on modules, but for customers this landscape can be confusing and ultimately quite disappointing.

We've just published an advisory paper for our CMS stream subscribers outlining specific steps you can take to address the manifold problems that add-on modules can introduce into your environment.

One emerging alternative is the rise of specific package "distributions" (akin to "distros" in the linux world), although distros bring their own shortcomings as well.

Download the advisory, Keep "The Module Problem" from Ruining Your Web CMS Project. If you're not a subscriber, check out your options here.

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