Recent Real Story Group Blog Entries

Oracle: Too Late to Take Its Ball Back?

Database and application server vendor Oracle has bundled various elements of its disparate product line into a CM offering after watching substantial value accrue to point solutions from other software companies (that often use an Oracle database as the underlying content engine).

What's Good for GM Can Be Good for CM, Too

0% financing terms being offered by automakers in the USA have spurred record vehicle sales in the last month. Now Starbase Corp., vendor of the eXpressroom CM package, is offering 0% financing over 12-24 month periods for software licenses totalling more than $50,000.

Vendor Labs Proliferating

Smart software vendors are joining forces with integrators to create hands-on laboratories for prospect and customer demos and R&D.

The CM World According to Interwoven

Leading CM vendor Interwoven has been loudly touting the sales success of Web Content Management, A Collaborative Approach by Interwoven founding engineer, Russell Nakano.

You Say Portlet, I Say Gadget

As content production and pubishing product offerings continue to separate in the marketplace, Enterprise Portal and CM vendors are beginning to collaborate more closely.

Lotus Content Management Potpurri

CMSWatch has noted IBM's strategy of pushing its enterprise CM products while partnering with other Web CM vendors to push DB2 and WebSpehere licenses.

Content Management Remains Warm

Amid declining software sales in nearly every sector, Content Management revenues continue to grow, although, as IDC recently reported, likely at a diminished rate for the next several quarters.

LMS Weds CMS in Private Ceremony

Various Content Management players have been slowly creeping in on the Learning Management System (LMS) space, while major LMS vendors such as Docent and Saba have been broadening their footprint to include traditional CM features in their core offerings.