Really Strategies Acquires DocZone.com
Posted on June 30, 2009 by Ann Rockley
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Today Really Strategies announced the acquisition of DocZone.com. Really Strategies’ RSuite is an XML-based content management system aimed at publishing and media companies. DocZone.Com is best known for its SaaS-based DITA solution for technical publishing.
SDL Acquires XyEnterprise
Posted on June 29, 2009 by Ann Rockley
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SDL announced today that is acquiring XyEnterprise. The XyEnterprise product suite will complement SDL Trisoft.
The acquisition of XyEnterprise was not a surprise, with this economy this is one of the products we had identified as ripe for acquisition, but it was a bit of a surprise to hear that it was SDL. SDL Trisoft and XyEnterprise Contenta compete head to head in the market place.
While these products do compete there are pieces of XyEnterprise that will augment SDL Trisoft. The first and most obvious being the publishing products XML Professional Publisher (XPP) and LiveContent (a dynamic delivery engine). XyEnterprise also brings an S1000D version to the table, an obvious gap in SDL Trisoft. However, there is a lot of overlap in the main product Contenta and we anticipate that a large portion of it will be discarded. The new product will be branded XySoft.
DITA 101 is here!
Posted on June 24, 2009 by Ann Rockley
Filed Under Best Practices, Intelligent Content, Talk DITA to me, XML | 1 Comment
There is often a lot of confusion around what DITA really is. Is it a technology? A format? A product? A process? All or any of these things? We’ve written DITA 101 to answer these questions and more.
XML and Marketing Materials
Posted on June 9, 2009 by Ann Rockley
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Use of XML for content has tended to be the job of technical communicators. Not so any more. This article illustrates the use of XML, structured content and reuse in marketing materials. For more information read my article XML and Marketing Materials in Quark’s newsletter The Dynamic Publisher.
Author-it receives patent for Xtend
Posted on May 25, 2009 by Ann Rockley
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Author-it announced today that they have received a patent for their Xtend functionality, functionality which identifies potential reuse at the authoring stage.
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IBM Does DITA
Posted on May 13, 2009 by Ann Rockley
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IBM and Quark have recently announced a partnership to provide DITA through FileNet. Quark XML Author 3.0 has been integrated with IBM FileNet Content Manager P8 4.5 to provide DITA functionality in an enterprise environment.
The second edition of the groundbreaking XML & Component Content Management Report is now ready!
Posted on April 8, 2009 by Charles Cooper
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Document management isn’t good enough anymore. Today we need to be able to track the creation of individual pieces of content through their entire lifecycle. We need the content to be intelligent.
Intelligent content is not limited to one purpose, technology or output. It’s structurally rich and semantically aware and is therefore automatically discoverable, reusable, reconfigurable and adaptable. And intelligent content isn’t just a future, it’s possible now.
But in order to create and manage intelligent content, you need a Component Content Management system.
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Steve Manning speaking at STC Rochester Chapter’s Annual Conference, Spectrum 2009.
Posted on April 6, 2009 by moreinfo
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Steve Manning will be speaking at the STC Rochester Chapter’s Annual Conference, Spectrum 2009 on April 6-7, 2009 in Rochester, NY.
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Ann Rockley speaking at DocTrain West 2009 Conference
Posted on February 23, 2009 by moreinfo
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Ann Rockley will be speaking at the DocTrain West 2009 Conference on March 17-20, 2009 in Palm Springs, CA.
Not intelligent content - just stupid results
Posted on February 13, 2009 by Charles Cooper
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After the success of our recent Intelligent Content conference, I thought I’d share a story that illustrates where two companies are working together and probably think what they’re doing is a great thing, but really what they’re delivering is an epic fail.
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