Re: [Microsoft-based solution for a portal + CMS system] :Microsoft SharePoint portal + Microsoft CMS ?

I wrote a blog entry on this in January.  There is a useful link to a 
presentation by Mark Harrison.

http://contenthere.blogspot.com/2005/01/microsoft-may-be-regaining-interest-in.html

Jerry Santelli wrote:

> 
>Here is an excerpt from an article published by the Patricia Seybold Group
>in October of 2003.
>
>" NETTING IT OUT
>
>Microsoft has announced a series of enhancements to its Web content
>management product, Microsoft Content Management Server 2002, which are
>designed to keep it current with related .NET servers and the .NET
>Framework.  MCMS 2002, in our view, continues to provide "good enough"
>functionality as a base-level Web-only content management system. The
>introduction of a fully featured, low-cost Standard Edition will make this
>product more appealing to small and medium-sized enterprises. When working
>in conjunction with other Microsoft products, MCMS 2002 provides an adequate
>solution for WYSIWYG content editing and features some metadata management
>capabilities. MCMS 2002 supports Microsoft's push into XML by providing a
>native repository for managing XML documents. The future for MCMS 2002,
>however, is clear - it is heading into maintenance mode. Microsoft is now
>focusing on a new server architecture, code-named Jupiter, to combine
>enterprise content management with business process management. But
>Jupiter's launch is at least two years away. In the interim, expect to see
>innovations from Microsoft ISVs, who will add functionality to MCMS 2002."
>
>
>Thanks,
>Jerry
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Daniel Reardon [mailto:[email protected]] 
>Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 11:57 AM
>To: Jerry Santelli; [email protected]
>Subject: RE: [CMS] [Microsoft-based solution for a portal + CMS system]
>:Microsoft SharePoint portal + Microsoft CMS ?
>
>Jerry
>
>Unbelievable!!!!!!
>
>Your comments below are 100% , irrefutably incorrect regarding MCMS future.
>We are on the Microsoft Global Advisory Council for Portals advising
>Microsoft on the next version of CMS and SPS right now. I can confirm there
>is further development and a very strong new release is being built as I
>type. Although under NDA, rest assured a very strong strategy is in place. 
>
>That said Ektron is 100% .NET based. However if you are concerned about
>Microsoft's commitment to CMS (which is entirely unfounded!!!), surely you
>must be equally concerned regarding not just the future of Ektron CMS 400,
>but also Ektron as a company. Let's face it Microsoft are not likely to go
>bust, I'm not so confident about Ektron.
>
>Either way, I guess you choose!!!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jerry Santelli
>Sent: 24 February 2005 16:10
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: RE: [CMS] [Microsoft-based solution for a portal + CMS system]
>:Microsoft SharePoint portal + Microsoft CMS ?
>
>
>I see a lot of people recommending the MS CMS.  We actually chose not to use
>it for clients that require an ASP .NET based CMS based on the fact that the
>product is in maintenance mode for what I have read.  This means no further
>development will be done to the development of the product.  
>
>We have used Ektron for client installs where we can write ASP code and use
>the .NET architecture.  They have a CMS built on the .NET framework called
>CMS 400 (http://ektron.com/cms400.aspx).  One thing that is attractive to us
>was the release schedule of new updates and features as well as the
>stability.  When a new version was released we knew that it was going to
>work.  It also has an integration to SharePoint.
>
>Just my 2 cents.
>
>-Jerry
>
>Jerry Santelli
>Fusion Productions
>http://www.fusionproductions.com
>ph: 585-872-1900
>fax: 585-872-2014
>
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