One of the theoretical advantages of Java-based Portals and Content Management applications is the ability to cluster servers for better performance. But the reality is that clustering is a black art that few vendors and implementation teams really ever seem to master adequately. So it comes as a (welcome) surprise to learn of an open-source technology that delivers many (if not most) of the things customers want here, but in surprisingly quick, painless fashion, at low cost, with no need to recompile code or stay up nights learning about disturbing-sounding concepts like "STONITH" (shoot the other node in the head).

The story begins with Computer Associates (CA), who spun off its Ingres line into a separate, open source project. Ingres is now teaming up with open source ECM provider Alfresco. The Ingres "Icebreaker" product (linux + database stack) will offer an ECM option provided via Alfresco.

Today we released The Web CMS Report - 2007. That's Version 11 if you're counting.

After luring away several Interwoven staffers earlier this year, open source ECM vendor Alfresco has beta-released a long-awaited Web CMS module.

In case you hadn't noticed, open-source content management vendor Alfresco has been preparing to expand its platform to cover Web content management.

When Alfresco made a noisy launch earlier this year, the new project put some noses out of joint elsewhere in the open-source CM community by claiming the mantle of first open-source ECM platform.

I recently reviewed open-source ECM project Alfresco in a short KMWorld article.