Alterian Web Content Management roadmap further
revealed
Following up on earlier
communications around its roadmap for the Alterian Content
Manager (ACM) product line, Alterian now provides even more details
about its upcoming Web Content Management (WCM) product
releases.
In parallel, Alterian is currently developing
the next release of its Alterian Content Manager – Corporate
product, CMC v6.3, as well as a major new release of its
Professional and Enterprise edition product, ACM v7. Both CMC 6.3
and ACM v7 are due to be released in the autumn of 2010.
CMC v6.3 features will include 64-bit support
for Windows 2008 R1 & R2, as well as support for SharePoint
64-bit in the SharePoint Connector. In addition, a number of known
issues will be resolved and a selection of customer requested
enhancements implemented, including changes to the JavaScript
stripping feature, the ability to search within Edit Source, and
additional API methods and Providers.
The next major release of Alterian Content
Manager - Enterprise edition, as well as the recently launched
Professional edition is designed to include a number of impressive
enhancements such as:
- flexible support for
branching and parallel workflows, allowing workflows from basic to
very advanced to be set up through a graphical user interface
- extensibility of both the
web interface and the smart client (desktop) editorial interface,
allowing partners and clients to add bespoke functionality to the
editorial interface
- Support for Google Chrome as
rich (AJAX driven) editorial interface, allowing contribution from
an unparalleled variety of browsers – Internet Explorer, Firefox
and Chrome
- Enhanced Microsoft Office
connectors allowing content contribution and approval to be
performed from within Microsoft Word and Outlook
In addition, based on ACM, Alterian is also
working on functionality to publish content directly into social
media channels such as Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and others, and
to capture and manage responses, allowing social media marketing to
comply with internal processes and authorizations.
Arjen van den Akker, Product Marketing
Director for Alterian’s Web Content Management products, says:
“Alterian has always tried not to follow a “me too” approach when
it comes to adding new features to its WCM product line. We believe
that the upcoming releases of our WCM products truly offer
differentiated feature sets that set us apart from competitors. We
do have a very compelling solution when compared to pure play CMS
vendors but, in addition, we are in a unique position to help
companies take the next step in their maturity model for web
content management, allowing them to progressively enter into a
true engagement cycle with their audiences. Our campaign management
and analytics, social media, and email solutions are crucial parts
of that and, these days, cannot be viewed separately from WCM.”
About Alterian
Alterian (LSE: ALN) enables
organizations to create relevant, effective and engaging
experiences with their customers and prospects through social,
digital, and traditional marketing channels. Alterian’s Customer
Engagement solutions are focused in four main areas: Social Media, Web Content Management,
Email, and Campaign
Management & Analytics.
Alterian technology is utilized either to
address a specific marketing challenge or as part of an integrated
marketing platform, with analytics and customer engagement with the
individual at the heart of everything. Working alongside a rich
ecosystem of partners, Alterian delivers its software as a service,
or on premise. For more information about Alterian visit www.alterian.com or the Alterian
blog at www.engagingtimes.com.
For more information, contact:
Beth Handoll
Bite PR
+44 (0)20 8741 1123
alterianuk@bitecommunications.com
Karen
Gibbons
Alterian
+44 (0)117 970 3200
karen.gibbons@alterian.com